Wilmerding News

Low bids on stimulus-funded projects allowed PennDOT to spend the savings on another 33 road and bridge projects, Gov.

Gov. Ed Rendell announced Friday that 33 additional highway and bridge projects will be financed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the federal stimulus package.

The Haunted Castle will be open Oct. 22, and 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Oct. 23, 29 and 30 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The magic show will be for one night only on Oct.

The church is registered as a historical landmark. This former First Methodist church at 400 Westinghouse Ave.

O . Monday, September 21, 2009 G-20 Visitors Guide In which the author "O" the self titled Angry Drunk Bureaucrat discuffes miscellaneous miscellany that did not quite fit the other parts of his and which were Cobbled Together at the Last Minute and at Great Expense Fit the Fourth Language Pittsburgh English, popularly known as "Pittsburghese," is ...

Jodi Weigand can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7910. A North Versailles commissioner says the township can't afford to continue providing Wilmerding with police protection.

O . Wednesday, September 02, 2009 G-20 Visitors Guide [Part 1 of the G-20 Visitor's Guide is found here .] Getting Around... There's an old saying in Pittsburgh: "You can't get there from here." In other Cities this may be a metaphorical expression, but in Pittsburgh it is true.

U.S. rail equipment maker Wabtec said its subsidiary in Doncaster, England, won a $9 million contract to build 24 specialty trackbed maintenance cars for Irish Rail.

With its sales to the freight industry falling, in line with other rail equipment suppliers, Wabtec's new $44 million order to build commuter locomotives for Virginia Railway Express is helping cushion the impact of the recession on freight demand.

Authorities said a fire that started in the attic of a home in Wilmerding was intentionally set by a child.

Authorities said a fire that started in the attic of a home in Wilmerding was intentionally set by a child.

Authorities said a fire that started in the attic of a home in Wilmerding was intentionally set by a child.

Hazmat crews are cleaning up fuel that leaked from a tanker truck in Wilmerding Thursday morning.

Snapshot Report ) posted a 9% year-over-year decline in second-quarter GAAP net income to $30.8 million, or 64 cents per share.

PITTSBURGH a ' Allegheny County Public Works today announced that Wilmerding-Monroeville Road will remain closed between Howard Street and Woodlawn Drive until Thurs., July 30.

Laura Wells is at ease at the controls of an old trolley car, even though shea s just 20 and attending college.

Allegheny County is closing Wilmerding-Monroeville Road next week to repair a pipe damaged by last month's flooding, officials said.

One night of battling mother nature, followed by days of working in foul smelling flood water, has taken a phyiscal and now financial toll on the Turtle Creek fire department.

Thursday morning brought new views of the damage left behind by a slow-moving, severe thunderstorm that broke a rainfall record in the Pittsburgh area on Wednesday.

North Versailles police are searching for a man they said tried to lure a 13-year-old girl in Wilmerding on Tuesday.