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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Karen Snair, executive director of Allegheny Valley Association of Churches in Harrison, carries donated items to a vehicle outside the Alle Kiski Strong Chamber offices in Harrison on Friday, June 11, 2021. Women of Alle Kiski Engaging, a volunteer group and division of the chamber, collected the donations for the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches to distribute to families in need. Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Donations for Allegheny Valley Ass...

Upper Burrell supervisors will hold a hearing Wednesday night on a proposed site to control the flow of natural gas from nearby Marcellus shale wells. Olympus Energy’s subsidiary, Hyperion Midstream LLC, is seeking a conditional use for a natural gas valve site at 488 Rich Hill Road. The property is

Global safety equipment maker MSA Safety is expanding its gas detection business with the $337 million acquisition of Alle-Kiski Valley-based Bacharach, the companies announced. MSA, headquartered in Cranberry, plans to complete the acquisition of Bacharach and its affiliated companies from FFL Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, in early

Property owners in the Burrell School District will pay 3.5% percent more next school year. The school board unanimously approved a preliminary budget of $32.7 million that includes a tax hike of 3.5 mills. For a home assessed at $22,900, the district’s average home tax assessment, the homeowner would pay an additional $80 in real estate tax for 2021-22, said Jennifer Callahan, district business manager. “Tax appeals filed by owners of three of the district’s largest commercial properties...

It’s not usual for residents to complain about potholes. But when Upper Burrell residents recently complained about huge potholes on the Lincoln Beach bridge off of Greensburg Road (Route 366) at Lincoln Boulevard, township officials had to check who exactly owned the span over Pucketa Creek. They knew it wasn’t them. The answer wasn’t readily apparent at a Supervisors’ Wednesday night meeting: The bridge straddles the boundary of two communities and two counties. Officially known as Pu...

Courtesy of Westmoreland County IDC The Westmoreland Business & Research Park, seen here in 2017, sits off State Route 780 in Washington and Upper Burrell townships.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Directors for the Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corp. have approved an option agreement for a lot at the Westmoreland Business & Research Park that will add a new manufacturing facility and office b...

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Leechburg Borough is a big winner in Governor Wolf’s $45.9 million funding package designed for highway, bridge and rail improvements. Leechburg will receive $294,135 to mill and repave about 1.1 miles of roadway. The roads to be restored include those impacted by the recent project throughout the borough that was also funded by the state. Also in Armstrong County, North Apoll...

Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review Derica Carter, 10, holds her new puppy, CareBear, a pure-bred German shepherd, after it was delivered to her home in Upper Burrell by volunteer firefighters from Upper Burrell Volunteer Fire Company on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review Derica Carter, 10, embraces her new puppy, Care Bear, a German shepherd, after the Upper Burrell Volunteer Fire Company delivered the dog to her Thursday. Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review Vivian Drane, right, wi...

Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Construction of a new Olympus Energy natural gas well in Upper Burrell will start in September, according to company officials. The so-called unconventional wells into Marcellus shale are used in the natural gas extraction process known as fracking. Construction of the new Calliope Well pad, at 812 White Cloud Road, is planned from September to December. The d...

Courtesy of Macy Miller   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Upper Burrell officials want to make sure PennDOT is aware of the extent of drainage issues with its drainage pipe from Route 780 and surrounding properties that discharge to Lower Drennan Road. During their meeting Wednesday, supervisors temporarily shelved development plans for a Dollar General along Route 780 at Dewey Drive until the developer iron...