Author: Gazette 2.0
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-UPDATE- Lane restriction on the McKees Rocks Bridge scheduled to begin Sept. 6 has been pushed back a week after weather issues delayed planned closures. “They need to conduct island work (which is happening tonight),” said Steve Cowan, PennDOT media representative, via email. The nearly $26 million project is scheduled to conclude in 2024. Work…
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Photo by Sonja Reis Construction of the nine-story, 410,000-square-foot physical rehabilitation center tower UPMC Mercy Pavilion site in Pittsburgh’s uptown. Should nonprofits of a certain size be required to pay property taxes? In this instance, we’re referring to regional healthcare giants University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Allegheny Health Network (AHN). We aren’t the only ones to wonder…
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Dear Editor, During the hottest summer in recent memory, it has become clearer than ever we need action to rein in climate change. And it’s not just the heat: here in Allegheny County, residents are already feeling the direct impacts of climate change with more smog and worsening air pollution. Yet with the Inflation Reduction…
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Photo by Alice Crow McKees Rocks resident Robbie Boyer was arrested less than a month after her 10-month-old grandson overdosed while in her care at her rented home on Fair Oaks Street. Robbie Boyer, a woman accused of exposing her grandchildren to street drugs leading to the overdose of a 10-month-old-baby, was taken into police custody on Aug. 25.…
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Photo by Lynne Deliman The McKees Rocks Historical Society is seeking input to create a monument celebrating the 130th anniversary of McKees Rocks’ Incorporation. People who want to join the 130th anniversary committee are encouraged to attend meetings at the Heritage Valley Senior Independent Living Community, 30 Heckel Road, Kennedy (previously the Willows Independent Living Community.) Meetings are scheduled…
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