Scott Township News

Scott Twp. OKs test borings on Boroview By Terry Kish For The Almanac writer@thealmanac.net In an 8-0 vote, Scott Township commissioners approved a proposal for $18,460 from Garvin Boward Beitko to perform a geo-technical engineering investigation on land on Boroview Avenue.

Father David Bonnar, pastor of St. Bernard Parish in Mount Lebanon, says the Scriptures tell us, 'Where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more.' 'Those words have really come to be so true,' said Father Bonnar, whose parish's outdoor statue of the Virgin Mary was damaged by vandals June 8. 'As a parish family we experienced a horrific act against ...

Jun 15, 2009 8:37 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jon Delano When hundreds of thousands of people descend on downtown Pittsburgh, somebody is sure to make money.

A man apparently made his way up and down U.S. Route 19 Friday and Saturday, breaking into three businesses along the road and stealing cash and cigarettes, state police said.

Some homeowners in Scott Township are looking for answers from local officials as their concerns grow because their homes are sliding closer to the edge of a hillside.

Police were out in full force today in Heidelberg to keep drivers safe. PennDOT District 11 officials along with Bridgeville, Carnegie, Heidelberg and Scott Township Police worked together to enforce seat belt laws.

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A man who told police he got a sense of euphoria from dropping rocks and bricks from a railroad trestle over a Pittsburgh-area interstate will spend five to 10 years in prison.

Kathleen Neumont lived the values passed down by her father, Jeremiah McCarthy, an Irish immigrant with six children.

Scott Township moves ahead on municipal project By Terry Kish The Almanac writer@thealmanac.net Scott Township commissioners have decided to move forward with plans for an addition to the municipal building.

The judge presiding over the trial of a Mt. Lebanon oral surgeon who's accused of assaulting female patients is temporarily taking the proceedings outside the Allegheny County Courthouse on Tuesday afternoon.

May 1, 2009 9:40 pm US/Eastern The prosecution is wrapping up its case against an oral surgeon from Mt.

Scott Conservancy Treasurer Jane Sorcan recently told the Scott Commissioners that the conservancy has acquired the 20 acres of green space adjacent to the Kane Woods and extending up the valley and ending at Meadowlark Park.

Scott Commissioners last night voted 6-2 to award four contracts totaling $229,000 for the expansion of its municipal building on Lindsay Road.

Historic events affect people in different ways -- people like Jennifer Ciptak, who will never forget the day she learned three Pittsburgh police officers were killed in the line of duty.

A former Kane Care Center employee is preparing to go to court to fight allegations that she stole thousands of dollars intended to go to nursing home patients.

PPL has announced plans to build a 500-kilovolt transmission line from Berwick to New Jersey.

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A house in Lackawanna Co. was destroyed by an overnight fire. Flames broke out on Chapman Lake Rd.

Charges were dropped against one of three Smith Township police officers who were accused of various charges at a preliminary hearing Wednesday.