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Man hospitalized after being shot in the face in Clairton
A man was recovering Thursday after being shot in the face in Clairton. Allegheny County Police said officers were dispatched around 1:35 p.m. to the 300 block of New York Avenue for a shooting at the City of Prayer. First responders found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to...
No real estate tax hike in proposed 2025 Aleppo budget
Aleppo officials plan to hold the line once again on township real estate taxes as part of their 2025 budget. Commissioners recently approved advertising next year’s proposed $1.476 million spending plan. Budget documents indicate the millage rate will remain at 3.5 mills. One mill generates approximately $166,000 in revenue. It...
New housing development proposed in Indiana Township; public hearing scheduled
Indiana Township residents and property owners have an opportunity to weigh in on a proposed residential development off Saxonburg Boulevard. Imperial-based developer Maronda Homes wants to build 32 single-family homes on a 22.47-acre property in a residential district. The housing plan, called Frederick Farms, is expected to feature similar homes...
Sharpsburg passes budget with no tax increase; Hall of Fame induction set at next council meeting
Sharpsburg property owners will not have to pay more in real estate taxes or borough sewage fees as part of next year’s budget. Council approved its 2025 spending plan Nov. 21. It maintains the millage and sewage rates at current levels. A draft of the budget was made available at...
Leetsdale police ready to host 8th annual drive-thru gift giveaway
Leetsdale police officers are ready to give away some holiday spirit. They’re preparing for their eighth annual drive-thru gift giveaway, with Santa making a special stop at the Leetsdale VFW Post 3372 from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 21. The event is designed to provide presents to borough youth and...
Quaker Valley High School stadium to get new turf, track for next school year
Quaker Valley School District student-athletes will have a new home-field advantage next school year. The school directors recently voted to award a $1.16 million turf and track replacement project to Keystone Sports Construction of Montgomery County. Charlie Gauthier, district director of facilities and administrative services, said the current surface is...
Leetsdale officials plan to hold the line on real state taxes next year
Leetsdale officials plan to hold the line on real estate taxes with their 2025 budget. Council unanimously voted Nov. 14 to advertise its estimated $2.9 million preliminary spending plan. Budget documents indicate the millage rate will remain at 9 mills. Of that, 8 mills are planned for general purposes and...
Future of Herbst House in Sewickley discussed at borough library event
A slight majority of Sewickley Valley Historical Society survey participants want to see a former Catholic school and convent demolished in the borough’s historic district. An even larger majority of participants identified themselves as members of Divine Redeemer Parish, which remains in discussions with borough officials over the future of...
Sewickley’s Light Up Night set for Dec. 6
A holiday tradition that draws thousands of people to the main streets of Sewickley is quickly approaching. The borough’s annual Light Up Night celebration is set for 5-9 p.m. Dec 6. About 10,000 people attended last year’s celebration and organizers are expecting the same attendance this year. “Our goal is to...
Indiana Township officials plan to hold the line on real estate taxes with next year’s budget
Indiana Township property owners should not expect to pay more in real estate taxes to balance next year’s budget. Supervisors unanimously voted Nov. 13 to advertise its estimated $6.5 million 2025 budget. Budget documents indicate the millage rate will remain at 3.47 mills, with 2.99 mills for township operations and...
Quaker Valley joins Pennsylvania Harvest of the Month program to provide students special meals with local produce
Quaker Valley School District students this school year are getting a special meal made from scratch each month as part of a program designed to promote local agriculture and educate young folks about what they eat. The district has joined in the Pennsylvania Harvest of the Month program. It was...
Fox Chapel officials plan no tax increase with next year’s budget
Fox Chapel property owners should not expect to pay more in borough real estate taxes next year. Council unanimously voted Nov. 18 to advertise its proposed 2025 spending plan. Budget documents indicate the millage rate will remain at 2.95 mills. The borough has not raised taxes since 2019. Projected revenues...
O’Hara property taxes could spike by 14% as part of township 2025 budget
O’Hara property owners could see their real estate tax bills go up by about 14% as part of the township’s 2025 budget. Township officials mulled over next year’s budget at a special workshop meeting Nov. 19. Financial documents indicate the millage rate would increase from 2.1 mills to 2.4 mills....
Light Up Fox Chapel set for Dec. 4
Fox Chapel officials, hoping to build on a resurging holiday tradition, have added more activities to the borough’s upcoming celebration. The second annual Light Up Fox Chapel is set for 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 4 outside the borough building, 401 Fox Chapel Road. New things this year include performances...
Leet property owners could pay 18% more in real estate taxes next year
Leet property owners may see their township real estate tax bills jump by 18% as part of next year’s budget. Township commissioners unanimously voted Nov. 11 to advertise the proposed 2025 spending plan with a 1.4-mill tax hike. The current tax rate is 7.7 mills. The rate would go up...
Quaker Valley inks new pact with food service, buildings and grounds workers that includes 4.5% yearly raises through 2030
Quaker Valley School District recently approved a new contract with its buildings and grounds and food service workers that will cover employees into the next decade. The collective bargaining agreement with the district’s Unit 2 impacts 47 professionals. School board members unanimously voted Nov. 16 to approve the six-year contract....
Ribbon cut on Walnut Green, new parklet outside Sewickley theater
The Lindsay Theater & Cultural Center in Sewickley holds a special place in Mayor George Shannon’s heart. It was a fond place during development for him and his wife, Carol, years ago. “She had been sick for seven years and I took care of her,” said Shannon. “When they announced...
Sewickley officials plan to hold the line on real estate taxes
Sewickley officials plan to hold the line on real estate taxes as part of next year’s budget. Council unanimously voted Nov. 12 to advertise the 2025 spending plan, which maintains the millage rate at 6.25 mills. The borough has not raised taxes for at least the past seven years. Proposed...
Quaker Valley School Board accepts Leet conditions on proposed high school
Quaker Valley School District officials have cleared another procedural hurdle with the proposed high school project. The school board unanimously voted at a special meeting Nov. 12 to accept conditions imposed by Leet commissioners on the district’s land development plan. All five commissioners voted in favor of the proposed 167,000-square-foot...
Sewickley Hills plans for 2025 include $300K expansion of borough building
Sewickley Hills officials are planning an expansion of the municipal offices and reconstruction of two roads in the borough next year. The projects are part of a $1.1 million budget council introduced Nov. 12. The 1,000-square-foot expansion of the borough building could cost $300,000. Councilman Hunter Hopkins said the expansion...
Drone operators need certifications, license from FAA for public safety and commercial uses
People who want to operate a drone for public safety and commercial purposes are required to get a license or certificate through the Federal Aviation Administration. Some of the regulations state that an operator cannot fly more than one drone at a time and cannot fly one near manned aircraft...
Eyes in the sky: O’Hara police drone, operator serve multiple communities, purposes
O’Hara police Officer Maria Sciacca had a bird’s-eye view over the land where former President Donald Trump was shot and former Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company Chief Corey Comperatore was killed. Two others also were wounded in the July 13 assassination attempt of the Republican presidential nominee July 13 at...
Blawnox officials plan to hold the line on real estate taxes, restore paving program
Blawnox officials plan to hold the line on real estate taxes next year while restoring the borough’s paving program. Council voted 4-0 to advertise its preliminary 2025 spending plan of about $1.65 million. Council President Deborah Laskey and members Mark Lombardi and Elaine Palmer were absent. Budget documents suggest the...
EV charging station prices set in Sewickley, service to start in the coming weeks
EV charging stations in Sewickley are one step closer to being put in service. Council unanimously passed an ordinance on Nov. 12 setting charging rates and regulations for the recently installed devices in the Division Street parking lot. The charging fee is $3 per hour, billed to the user in...
Edgeworth Elementary fifth graders gain TV production experience
The next Walter Cronkite or Barbara Walters could be sitting today in a fifth-grade chair at Edgeworth Elementary School. Quaker Valley School District has helped give its young learners a chance to experience what it is like to be TV reporters with a recently upgraded student studio. Several students each...
