Pool reopening Robinson Township Manager Frank Piccolino confirmed the public swimming pool at Clever Park will open this year as long as health guidelines pertaining to COVID-19 do not tighten…
John Oliverio replaces Ed Alo on council
John Oliverio was selected March 11 by Crafton Borough Council to fill the seat of former councilman Edward Alo, who stepped down last month to focus on personal matters. The…
Planning and zoning leaders switch places
In a coordinated move March 9, council accepted the resignations of Ken Perl and Nick Radoycis from the borough’s planning commission and zoning appeals board and then immediately reappointed each…
Borough considers support program for petty offenders
McKees Rocks may join a group of neighboring municipalities in testing a diversionary program for keeping petty offenders out of the justice system. With sister programs already operating throughout the…
Crafton, Robinson get ‘Banner Community’ nods
Crafton and Robinson have been designated as countywide leaders in the 2021 Banner Communities program, announced March 8. “All of our communities have been stressed during this pandemic… Yet, throughout…
Commissioners respond to rock pile
Responding to a series of resident complaints over rock piles amassed at a construction site near a residential neighborhood, Rick Urbano, planning director, advised commissioners to address the concerns in…
Health and age big predictors of COVID fatalities
Since COVID-19’s introduction to the United States over a year ago, experts have learned there are two key factors to surviving the novel coronavirus once infected: young age and good…



