Author: Gazette 2.0
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Area teams came away with three championship titles and two runners-up placements as the WPIAL basketball playoffs wrapped up Saturday afternoon. (Photos)
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It’s rarely discussed by local leaders and stakeholders, but transportation issues are one of the biggest hindrances to residents living West of Pittsburgh. Surveys conducted in McKees Rocks and Stowe by several community organizations in 2016 found transportation was the number one concern voiced by respondents. Ahead, that is, of poverty, hunger, education and violence. …
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Work is underway to level the former Forest Grove Elementary School in Robinson five years after its doors closed in 2017. Construction crews arrived on the scene during the week starting Feb. 14 to begin preparatory dismantling and are expected to soon move onto full-scale demolition work. New owner Kaclik Builders of Butler County, which…
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Photo by: Ishara Henry, Blacktea Brownsuga Network Editor and Publisher Sonja Reis surprised Gazette 2.0 Person of the Year recipient Marlene Banks with a certificate and subscription during the African American Celebration of Arts (AACOA) event held at the Father Ryan Arts Center in McKees Rocks on Feb. 19. Banks was chosen as person of the year for 2021 by the newspaper’s…
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A glass recycling drop-off location in Moon will be open to all Allegheny County residents after it launches March 7. The drop-off site, opening at the township public works garage on 1115 Stevenson Mill Road, will accept glass jars and bottles of all colors every weekday between 7 a.m and 3 p.m. The Moon facility…
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Former Stowe code enforcer Harry Seretti has accepted a job at Reserve Township in the North Hills. Seretti said the part-time role in a smaller, quieter community is a better fit after seven years at Stowe, and enables him to spend more time with his grandson. He stepped down in January citing increased crime in…
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A commercial fire that broke out on Chartiers Avenue Feb. 16 is under investigation by the county fire marshal. Local resident Marie Otto said she was walking her dog in her neighborhood when she heard “a loud popping noise” and saw smoke rising from behind a commercial building owned by J.V. Chujko, Inc. at 1125…
