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PennDOT will be working to extend the life of 22 bridges in Westmoreland County in a project that will include lane restrictions next year. Before the work begins, PennDOT has scheduled an online display of plans for the project. The bridges are in about a dozen separate Westmoreland County municipalities.

Olympus Energy (formerly Huntley & Huntley) is expanding its drilling program in Upper Burrell, in Westmoreland County, PA, near Pittsburgh... Continue reading

Olympus Energy is seeking state approval to develop a Marcellus shale natural gas compressor station in Upper Burrell, off White Cloud Road on undeveloped industrial property owned by Arconic. Olympus Energy of Canonsburg has three well pads to tap natural gas in the Marcellus shale rock formation approved by the

The Upper Burrell supervisors are no longer considering enacting a controversial fire tax to help the township’s volunteer fire department buy a new truck. That’s because the township’s fire department announced earlier this month that they just bought one. “I don’t think we’re going to have a fire tax because

A preliminary hearing for a man charged with fatally shooting a patron at an Upper Burrell tavern on Nov. 13 has been delayed for two months to give his defense attorney more time to prepare a case. Daniel J. Moles, 61, of Dogwood Lane in Lower Burrell was scheduled to

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marion Yates lived the first 10 years of her life without...

Penn State will use a $1.5 million federal grant to create workforce education and retaining programs targeting Southwestern Pennsylvania, the university announced Wednesday. The university’s New Kensington campus, located in Upper Burrell, and its Digital Foundry, under construction in downtown New Kensington, will lead the project. It will be known

Upper Burrell released its 2022 preliminary $1.2 million budget with a 20% real estate tax increase to the Tribune-Review on Friday. Supervisors passed the preliminary budget on Wednesday evening but declined to release the budget to a reporter at that time. Local governments and school districts are required by the

After more than 16 years without a real estate tax increase, the Upper Burrell supervisors have tentatively agreed to raise taxes by 20% next year. If finalized in December, the average homeowner with a property assessed at $22,000 will pay $44 more in township real estate taxes next year. The

Jacob Bereznak was excited to get to Bella Terra Stables in Murrysville on Saturday morning for a glimpse at the Halloween decorations he helped set up. Jacob, 7, of Upper Burrell, was one of the first people at Bella Terra’s Halloween festival fundraiser where children trick-or-treated with seven horses dressed