Despite technical issues cutting short its Nov. 10 virtual business meeting, McKees Rocks Council moved forward with motions lowering the town’s amusement tax rate, approving artwork for a saltbox decorating…
Rippole resigns Sto-Rox board
Shyanne Rippole resigned her seat as Stowe’s second-ward representative on the Sto-Rox school board during the district’s Nov. 19 business meeting. Rippole, who was first elected to the position in…
Lindy Paving closes on former Shenango Coke Works, plans for site unknown
The Shenango smokestacks were demolished in May of 2018. A brownfield site targeted by a coalition of regional stakeholders who hoped to steer the course of its development has been…
How did political parties become the central part of society?
“However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled…
Support your local shops this upcoming holiday season
While I want to use this column to discuss issues pending in Harrisburg, the reality is that, right now, there are not many new developments. We have been in recess…
We don’t need another gas station in McKees Rocks
After reading the Oct. 29 Gazette issue regarding the GetGo gas station at the former Pat Catan’s site (Chartiers Avenue) I was very disturbed regarding this decision to build near…
Is the stress really worth your long-term health?
Celebrated the first week of November, Stress Awareness Week was created in 2018 to cover awareness for stress-related issues. Although this week will have passed by the time you read…






