Thornburg
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The Pennsylvania Department for Transportation will begin its preservation project on the Thornburg Bridge in June, with rehabilitation work expected to last for 12 to 18 months. The bridge, which is located on Route 60 between Thornburg, Crafton and Ingram, crosses over Chartiers Creek. The rehabilitation project will begin at Cornell Avenue and end at…
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Voter turnout statistics for the recent municipal elections suggest our communities are engulfed by disillusionment and apathy. Less than a third of our coverage area’s 38,050 voters expressed any preference over their incoming tax collectors, mayors, and commissioners. This means in any typical race won on slim margins, an official legally representing an entire ward…
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Preliminary data from the 2020 census shows an uneven range of growth and shrinkage across Allegheny County’s northwestern communities. While suburban areas like Robinson and Kennedy townships witnessed soaring population growth between 2010 and 2020, industrial urban centers like Stowe, McKees Rocks and Coraopolis underwent stagnation or slow decline. Increasing by 2.2% as a whole,…
