Vandergrift News

Final plans have been drawn up for a new district magistrate's office in northern Westmoreland County.

Braving the first breath of winter, throngs of area residents spilled into Vandergrift for its holiday light-up night Friday evening.

VANDERGRIFT, Pa. - Imagine: It's 1895. A steel baron hires New York's Central Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted to build a town in western Pennsylvania where mill workers can live, work and play.

'Once Upon a Miracle': 14th annual Hometown Christmas includes 'Once Upon a Miracle' and holiday vignettes, music and dance When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday Where: Casino Theatre, Lincoln and Washington avenues, Vandergrift Admission: $10 and $15 Details: 724-567-5049; tickets available online at: www.casinotheatre.org ; or at ...

The Pitt Mobile Science Lab is funded through an award to the university's Department of Biological Sciences from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Undergraduate Science Education Program.

The Vandergrift Museum and Historical Society has opened a museum to honor the community's veterans.

Pediatrician Richard Lace had such an impact on his young patients that even after they grew up, they remembered the better aspects of visiting his office, such as receiving a piece of Juicy Fruit gum before walking out the door.

The following reports were issued by the Kittanning Borough Police Department: * Bryant Yeaples, 18, of 403 N. McKean St., was cited for criminal trespass and criminal mischief after he damaged a door at 907 Johnston Ave.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Saturday and Sunday, according to jail records: * Eric Tyrone Whiting, 27, of 1153 Laurel Drive, Vandergrift, by the probation office on a probation violation for failure to abstain from alcohol.

Sometime around 10 tonight, an escape hatch from the stress and problems of the real world will close for good in the Allegheny Valley.

A memorial marks the short-cut where Sheila Singer and her son, John, died Friday.

The Cheswick Theatre has been a mainstay in entertaining Alle-Kiski Valley residents through six decades.

Boosting Vandergrift's LaBelle Vue Road sewage project costs by adding a 5 percent contingency fee will not happen until borough officials confer with Allegheny Township officials.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Monday and Tuesday, according to jail records: * Richard Lee Little, 27, of 304 Northern Ave., Kittanning, by District Judge James Owen, on charges of simple assault and harassment.

Two men have been sentenced for their role in a ring that distributed steroids in western Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

Lawrence Christopher Clemons Jr., 38, of 1108 Fifth Ave., Ford City, was charged this week in connection with an armed robbery at the Famous Footwear store in the Hilltop Plaza just before 8 p.m. Sept.

Kiski Valley residents used to traveling to Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison for services such as X-rays and blood work will soon have a shorter trip.

In an unrelated police call, Allegheny Township police were called to investigate a possibly rabid raccoon.

Charlie Ban is a freelance writer for the Valley News Dispatch. While the NAACP prepares to celebrate its 100th birthday, the Alle-Kiski branch of the storied organization is focusing on youth.

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