Author: Jamie Wiggan
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After several hours of public discussion and multiple voting misfires, McKees Rocks has now agreed to bring its sewage systems into compliance with federal law. Council ultimately voted April 12 in favor of a consent agreement setting out minimum improvement standards it must meet over the next six years. But earlier during that meeting, a…
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The Sto-Rox School District has finished receiving applicants and is now reviewing a slew of candidates in its search for a new superintendent. “We were pleased to receive a number of applications,” Interim Superintendent Joseph Dimperio told the school board April 7. “We’re going to go through them now and try to decide which of…
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According to Council President Archie Brinza, ALCOSAN no longer intends to raze a former car dealership in McKees Rocks to use as a staging area for a long-term construction project. Speaking during a council meeting April 12, Brinza said representatives from the county sanitary authority had recently indicated they now intend to establish the staging…
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A 319-page study outlining a sweeping overhaul of county sewage infrastructure leaves unanswered questions about what will happen to a former car dealership in McKees Rocks that’s the subject of a lawsuit. The property has been a source of contention between the borough and ALCOSAN since the sanitary authority bought it in October 2020 for…
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Local grassroots organizations are looking to cash in on a new round of federal funding earmarked for community air monitoring projects. More than 15 environmental groups worked together on applications headed by Carnegie Mellon University’s Breathe Project that included funding requests for additional air monitoring equipment around Neville Island and the broader Ohio Valley area.…
