Author: Jamie Wiggan
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Votes cast July 27 in favor of hiring a new assistant manager and denying a permanent appointment to a recently-hired police officer have stirred discord among Crafton’s council and the wider public. In both cases, dissenting councilmembers accused colleagues of playing politics and resisting transparency. Those against hiring Douglas Sample as assistant manager claimed the…
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The Montour School District is offering flexibility to parents and students in response to COVID-19, with options in place for in-person, real-time virtual and self-paced cyberlearning. The district requested all parents indicate their preference by Aug. 3 and held a series of virtual “town hall” meetings in the preceding week to give detail on the…
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Thousands of foreign protesters from all walks of life went on a historic strike known as the “McKees Rocks Strike of 1909,” in order to improve working conditions for labor workers. Days before thousands of workers walked off the job protesting meager wages and harsh working conditions, the Pressed Steel Car Co. sponsored its first…
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In 2001, approximately 100 tombstones in the Beth Hamedrash Hagodal/Beth Jacob Jewish Cemetery in McKees Rocks were toppled. The FBI treated the incident at the site founded in 1869 as a hate crime. More than 600 years before the advent of the Third Reich, 800 Jews were massacred in Germany on July 24, 1298 amid…
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McKees Rocks Borough discussed two developments in a recent meeting, approving a cooperation agreement with the ACHA for office space while facing backlash over a proposed gas station site, highlighting community concerns over traffic and tax equity.
