McKees Rocks
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Steelers Legend Rocky Bleier with the late VFW Post 418 Commander Chas Maritz at a 2021 veterans advocacy event. Former Pittsburgh Steeler legends Rocky Bleier and Jon Kolb will mingle with veterans during a Veterans Support Day event scheduled for March 26 at VFW Post 418 in McKees Rocks. Throughout the 1970s, Kolb helped the Steelers to win four Super Bowls alongside teammate and fellow veteran Bleier. “I’m so fortunate to share the day…
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Lifelong McKees Rocks resident, Nicholas “Nick” Radoycis Jr., 75, who was committed to serving not just his hometown but his county and country, as well, has died. (Photos)
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Recently the McKees Rocks Borough Council decided not to seek grant funding to determine the feasibility of a pedestrian bridge connecting a proposed park plan with a theoretical downtown McKees Rocks. If that sounds like a lot of far-off hypotheticals to you, you’re not alone. Still, Councilmember Nick Radoycis used some intense hyperbole about this…
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Editor’s note: McKees Rocks Councilmember Nick Radoycis, a longtime fire chief, borough proponent and Allegheny County District Attorney was admitted to an area hospital in critical condition and died Sunday, March 5. The team at Gazette 2.0 has Radoycis and his family and friends in our thoughts during this difficult time. McKees Rocks council members…
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A slate of items was discussed during McKees Rocks Borough council’s Feb. 14 voting meeting including issues with the new Dollar General at 1225 Chartiers Ave. Council President Archie Brinza said the store opened on Feb. 1 despite the sidewalk in front being unfinished and some other improvements that had been left undone, including a…
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McKees Rocks Public Works laborers Mike Stepeck Jr., a union steward, and Tim Bazmore install solar crosswalk signs along Chartiers Avenue on March 3. Thanks in part to the efforts of McKees Rocks Police Chief Rick Deliman and his wife Lynne Deliman, there will be 14 solar-powered crosswalks making McKees Rocks a little bit safer.…
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CORAOPOLIS – Council voted unanimously at a Feb. 1 meeting to pay Woltz & Wind Ford for a 2023 Ford Police Interceptor. Cost of the all-wheel drive hybrid sport utility vehicle is $40,400. The 2011 police vehicle formerly used by the chief of police will be repurposed for the Water Authority to use when meter…
