The McKees Rocks Borough Council refused a request to buy a property through the Allegheny County Vacant Property Recovery program at a June meeting. Reason being, the applicant did not…
First for PA: House rehab program provides avenue to ownership
The first of 10 unique home renovation projects in McKees Rocks have been saved from the wrecking ball. This home on Gardner Street in the McKees Rocks Bottoms neighborhood was…
They found everything, plus the bathroom sink
Area canoers and kayakers embarked on a journey to tidy up Chartiers Creek June 25. (Photos)
Is McKees Rocks part of the West Side? Part II: ‘‘The West Side is the Best Side’
Let me say it louder for the cheap seats in the back “The West Side is the Best Side.” Read about opinions on why living west of the Ohio River…
OPINION | Ridding McKees Rocks of poor by displacement is dehumanizing
—POINT-COUNTERPOINT— The crux of McKees Rocksʼ future: ‘Hays Manor’ When I was told Hays Manor was chosen to receive a HUD Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) Planning grant this year, I…
OPINION | $50+M for new and improved ‘Hays Manor’ is small-minded
—POINT-COUNTERPOINT— When is enough, enough? Meetings are being held in McKees Rocks with the Allegheny County Housing Authority to talk about the disposition of the Hays Manor public housing community. …
Street paving coming to several McKees Rocks roads
McKees Rocks council unanimously approved a paving contract for several neglected side streets June 14. —MEETING NOTES— A. Folino Construction will carry out the much-needed repaving on portions of Ella,…







