Dormont News

A state senator Wednesday denied he fired an employee of his district office, a Pennsylvania Air National Guardsman, because he was on extended active duty.

Robert Hotchkiss loaded his plate with steaming piles of turkey, stuffing and sweet potatoes, all drowned in gravy, in the social hall of Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Running for office is a lot easier than running a municipality, says Preston Shimer, an Upper St.

A person would be hard-pressed to find a place where cookies are more a part of a culture than Western Pennsylvania.

Robyn Gioia, a fifth-grade teacher at Bolles School, a private school north of St.

If you had to choose between giving up your car or your home computer for a week, which would you choose? It would be a tough call when so many of us rely heavily on our computers.

A "Now Hiring" sign hangs in front of a restaurant sign for Azzeria on Banskville Road in Dormont.

Empire Today of Monroeville and Legacy Remodeling Inc. of Dormont are winners of 2009 Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics from the Better Business Bureau.

Don Radovich went to bed Tuesday night trailing by 2 votes for the fourth and final open seat on Moon Area School Board.

Dormont council's vote earlier this month against building a skate park highlighted the issues that every municipality faces when confronted with a similar question: crime, litter, graffiti, security, noise and cost.

For years Light Rail Transit made its way through Beechview, Dormont and Mt. Lebanon on the way to its final destination, South Hills Village.

A federal judge sentenced a Dormont man to five years in prison for firearms violations.

The Hollywood Theatre, in partnership with Horror Realm, Pittsburgh's cutting edge horror convention, is pleased to present the Steel City Zombie Trick or Treat, a Halloween night event in the Zombie Capital of the World.

For the third time in two years, authorities on Thursday charged a Dormont divorce attorney with theft, this time accusing him of scamming a South Carolina doctor out of $100,000. Paul Staub Jr., 33, faced a December trial on two cases of thefts totaling more than $200,000 when he surrendered on charges he conned Dr.

Less than a year after a deadly stabbing at South Side's Paparazzi Italian Ristorante, the familiar sounds of live music have been silenced and long lines for late-night pizza there are a memory.

As a retired deputy director of special services for Allegheny County, Anthony Palombaro - better known as "A.J." by his boss - was the county's "man for all seasons." "A.J. would set up winter operations on a 24/7 basis," said Joe Moses, retired director of the department.

Who's your Godfather? - DINNER & A MOVIE WITH ENRICO BISCOTTI !!! Image via Wikipedia Enrico Biscotti is cooking up an evening of fun this Sunday at the Hollywood Theatre in Dormont, PA to bring you a dinner and a movie "Enrico" style.

Mark Kanny can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7877. Specialization can be useful, even essential in many professions.

Dormont Borough continues its ongoing Centennial Celebration and hosts its most exciting Street Fair to date.

The Borough of Dormont will commemorate its ongoing centennial year celebration on Saturday with the Street Fair & Music Festival.