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A dozen Latrobe City workers who are members of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 629 will receive annual pay hikes of 4.25% under a new three-year contract approved unanimously by city council. Beginning on July 1, the agreement covers seven public works employees and additional clerical

Sandra McCune, one of two Latrobe mayoral candidates listed on the Nov. 2 ballot, is ineligible because she has moved out of town, according to the city’s solicitor. That leaves Eric J. Bartels, a city councilman who is serving in the appointed role of deputy mayor, as the sole valid

Latrobe Volunteer Fire Department could find itself with two fewer companies, dropping from five to three, if city officials listen to recommendations of a new study. The reduction is necessary to eliminate redundant equipment and help the department become “sustainable for as long as possible,” said Nick Sohyda, chief of

Jeff Himler | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Residents’ complaints about recreational vehicles and trailers hogging on-street parking spaces prompted Latrobe Council to look at amending its parking regulations to prohibit the practice. At its May 10 meeting, council is expected to consider an ordinance change that would keep such vehicles from taking up street parking except for limited t...

Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review A triplex sits along Unity Street at Lloyd Avenue in Latrobe as photographed Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. The triplex took the place of a once dilapidated street corner. Courtesy of Homes Build Hope Homes Build Hope, a Greensburg-based nonprofit that develops affordable housing, constructed a triplex house in 2004 to replace this dilapidated dwelling and lot on Unity Street, at the intersection of Lloyd Avenue, in Latrobe. Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review An...

Latrobe Council adopted a $6.5 million budget for 2021 that holds the line on real estate taxes. Though the tax will remain at 21.5 mills, property owners will begin paying a new stormwater management fee. The fee, assessed at $90 per equivalent dwelling unit, is meant to help cover the city’s costs as it complies with a state directive to reduce sediment flowing into local streams by 10% each year over five years. Bills for the new fee will be sent in January and are due March 31. The revenu...