Author: Gazette 2.0
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The Mel Weinstein Municipal Center for Kennedy Township where council meetings are held. Kennedy Township commissioners voted to accept grant money toward the purchase of body and dashboard cameras for the police department. The cameras are scheduled to arrive in several months, said Manager Greg Clarke during the Oct. 13 township meeting. The grant was $33,087 for 11 body cameras, said Clarke, who also gave credit to Chief…
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Gazette 2.0 Editor and Publisher Sonja Reis accepts the Best in Community Journalism Award. You’ve picked up a winner. Gazette 2.0 was named Best in Community Journalism during the Greater Pittsburgh Community Media Awards. If you are a regular reader, its something you’ve known for almost five years now. It’s the sixth year for the…
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All the information you need for the elections in our area. View our photo gallery of all the candidates. (Photos)
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Photo by Sonja Reis Motorists traveling along Forest Grove Road in Robinson may have noticed the former elementary school site is not only denuded of buildings but now also of trees. Contractors removed 29 mature trees lining Forest Grove Road, an action not in accordance with the original plan they filed with the township. The trees were removed to…
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See the food and fun in our event photo gallery. (Photos)
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Photo by Elizabeth Perry Doug Jackson, operations and management head, and Kim Kennedy, head of engineering and construction, explain the ALCOSAN plan during a Sept. 29 public meeting in McKees Rocks. Currently, 9 billion gallons of raw sewage flood into Pittsburgh’s three rivers each year. That fact is downright staggering. Common sense dictates that the “brown trout” floating in…
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At the Oct. 3 Board of Commissioners meeting in Robinson Township, coffers were flush with tax revenue and improvements to the area were being finalized. Commissioner Ron Shiwarski provided the finance report which discussed taxes. “We’re collecting above the forecast amount,” Shiwarski said. The budget forecast projected income of $3.6 million in earned income tax…
