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Police in Arnold will start the new year with a new contract and, officials hope, a higher and more attractive starting wage. City Council unanimously approved the new, four-year agreement during a special meeting Friday. It covers 10 officers, nine full time and one part time, who already had accepted

US Navy veteran and firefighter Andrew Bischof, 21, has been arrested and charged with starting four fires in the community he serves in Pennsylvania. The fires, which occurred within a short distance of each other in New Kensington and Arnold, led to his suspension by the Arnold Fire Department. Surveillance footage placed Bischof near the […]

Nannette Banichar of Arnold is like a lot of people. She had no working smoke detectors in her home — that is, before Saturday. Tessie Amaranto, executive director of the American Red Cross, Chestnut Ridge Chapter, said that’s the case more often than not. The Red Cross teamed up with

Mayor Joseph Bia said he plans to rein in youths riding minibikes recklessly on Arnold’s streets before they injure somebody, including themselves. Bia brought the matter before city council at its meeting last week. “We’ve got a big problem with kids riding minibikes through the streets,” he said. “They’re breaking

A vote granting volunteer firefighters limited tax relief may be on Arnold Council’s agenda in October. Council held a public hearing last week on a proposed ordinance allowing the city’s firefighters and EMS personnel to claim an earned income tax or a real estate tax credit each year. Pennsylvania municipalities

Arnold Council has approved a proposal for the use of the city’s public safety building. The plan, prepared by Arnold Volunteer Engine Company No. 2 Fire Chief Eric Gartley, comes after council’s vote in June to decertify Arnold No. 1, which was based out of the Johnson Peltz Public Safety

A roomful of Arnold residents appeared to go through many of the seven stages of grief before the city’s council voted Tuesday to decertify the older of its two volunteer fire departments. Residents were in shock and angry that council was considering decertifying the 117-year-old Citizens Volunteer Fire Company No.

Arnold Council may vote Tuesday to decertify one of the city’s two volunteer fire departments. A vote to decertify the No. 1 fire department will be on the council’s agenda, said Councilman George Hawdon, who is in charge of public safety. Hawdon declined to discuss details of the matter ahead

A state police fire marshal is investigating a fire Thursday evening at an abandoned house in Arnold. Firefighters from Arnold, New Kensington and Lower Burrell responded to calls for a fire at 1931 Woodmont Ave. around 6:15 p.m. No injuries were reported and no utilities were on in the two-story

Arnold Councilman George Hawdon aims to encourage and reward volunteer firefighters through a tax relief proposal that could include neighboring communities. Hawdon said he plans to put forth a proposal in April that would give people volunteering as Arnold firefighters a tax credit of either 100% of the city real