Whitehall News

LOOKING FOR Leaf rake: Nan of Allentown is looking for a leaf rake. Whitehall High School yearbook: Debbie of Northampton is looking for a 1972 Whitehall High yearbook.

Q: I noticed while driving south on Route 309, just past the Route 22 overpass, a large container which had a sign posted, ''Lead -- Keep Out.'' Seems to me this is an open invitation for a hazard event.

Charlotte Love seems to know everyone at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.

Halloween weekend has arrived! A favorite holiday for many, Halloween costumes provide an opportunity for those who participate to get all dressed up in crazy outfits, wear something you would never be caught dead in on a typical day and act just a little bit out of character.

A former veterinarian from Pennsylvania was found guilty but mentally ill Tuesday of killing the founder of a Delaware church where he used to worship.

Work is scheduled to begin Wednesday on a Route 329 rehabilitation project in Whitehall and North Whitehall townships, according to a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation news release.

Bonnie Critchlow surprised her husband, the Rev. Robert Critchlow, better known as "Pastor Bob," with a celebration in honor of his 50th year as a minister but found it tough to keep it a secret from him.

Staying fiscally responsible, improving technology and keeping Whitehall a great place to live are three of the main issues that concern candidates vying for council in the Nov.

Sarah Dunn, a social worker at Paynter Elementary School in Baldwin, helps Bhuwan Dahl, 7, from Nepal, color his weather project earlier this month.

From left to right, Loran Skinkis, 38, of Whitehall, Nate McDonough, 21, of Mount Washington, and John Towers, 35, of Bellevue, begin the challenge of completing a 24-page comic in 24 hours at the Pittsburgh 24-Hour Comics event Saturday at Time Tunnel Comics and Collectibles in Castle Shannon.

The tone was friendly as parents walked in small groups down the ramp to the lower level of a Prospect Park apartment complex in Whitehall last week.

Daytime traffic restrictions on Brownsville Road in Baldwin and Whitehall will last another two days due to delays caused by inclement weather, Allegheny County officials said.

Standoff in Mt. Lebanon ends tragically By Terri T. Johnson Almanac staff writer tjohnson@thealmanac.net A more than four-hour standoff in the Sunset Hills section of Mt.

PITTSBURGH a ' Allegheny County Public Works today announced that Brownsville Road in Baldwin and Whitehall boroughs will be limited to one-way traffic from Streets Run Road to Curry Hollow Road beginning on Sept.

Michael Barone, 9, with his 10-month-old puppy Thunder, at home in Whitehall. When Michael Barone was about 2, he started speaking a few words, including "Mom," "Dad," and "Mallie," the name of his boxer.

Wilma Madden, of Whitehall, plays bridge with Pat Farley and Bob Beech, both of Bethel Park, at the Bethel Park Community Center.

At 9:41 a.m., the scream of police sirens signaled that, for the men of Alpha Company, their eight-month, 12,000-mile journey to Iraq finally was coming to an end.

From scholarships to recreational opportunities, the Whitehall Lions Club has been helping area residents for 60 years.

About 1,000 area high school students discussed civics and politics at a town hall meeting Monday morning with first lady Judge Marjorie Rendell and Gerald Zahorchak, state secretary of education.

Security officials are urging contractors to seal off construction sites in the city to prevent protesters at the Group of 20 economic summit from turning the stuff of Downtown's redevelopment into tools of destruction.