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Apollo-Ridge School District now has a direct-to-garment printer that will provide students creative and commerce opportunities. Arconic’s foundation and its technology center in Upper Burrell jointly worked on awarding the $25,000 grant to the district. The Pittsburgh-based metals manufacturer awards grants to community and educational efforts in areas where they operate. The grant will allow the district to establish an in-house T-shirt printing business. “All of the school’s clubs and ...

Tribune-Review Vertical extension of a fire truck ladder during a demonstration at the Upper Burrell Volunteer Fire Company, Aug. 24, 2020.   Get your tickets Tickets are available at the Upper Burrell Volunteer Fire Company fire station, 4370 Seventh Street Road. For more information, call the fire company 724-339-2080 or visit their Facebook page. TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. As the pandemic continues ...

Brian C. Rittmeyer Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review Firefighters use a ladder truck to reach the balcony of a Parnassus Manor apartment after a fire started at the New Kensington building on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review Firefighters use a ladder truck to reach the balcony of a Parnassus Manor apartment after a fire started at the New Kensington building on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review Firefighters tend to a resident at the Parna...

When: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: Virtual Details: Free event. Must register by visiting Penn State New Kensington website, newkensington.psu.edu. Free computer use for the event is available if needed by calling Alle-Kiski CareerLink, 724-334-8600. TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Organizers of the largest job fair in the Alle-Kiski Valley say there are jobs to be had for those job seekers not s...

Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Upper Burrell Supervisors Chairman Ross Walker stands for a portrait at his home Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Upper Burrell Supervisors Chairman Ross Walker stands for a portrait at his home Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Upper Burrell Supervisors Chairman Ross Walker stands for a portrait at his home Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Upper Burrell Supervisors Chairman Ross Wal...

Tribune-Review Arconic has a research center in Upper Burrell and a building and systems business site in Cranberry.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Pittsburgh-area nonprofits were among organizations worldwide benefiting from $360,000 in grants from the Arconic Foundation promoting environmental sustainability and social equity. Arconic, an Alcoa spinoff with roots in the Alle-Kiski Valley, is headquarter...

Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The Burrell School District plans to appeal a Westmoreland County assessment ruling that reduced the real estate tax assessment of Siemens Industry Inc. With the lower assessment, the school district stands to lose $53,000 this year. The tax challenge adds to another legal action Burrell, along with Upper Burrell Township, are pursuing to p...

School districts spend a lot of time trying to make the money match the mission. Administrators and school boards haggle endlessly, moving the pieces in a puzzle that will provide children with the best education possible within the framework of the available finances. An amazing arts program would be fantastic, but the money is needed for reading. Advanced Placement classes would be great, but the basics are what the tests measure. Small class size is ideal, and a new computer lab would be val...

The historic Addison House in Leechburg is set to reopen to the public after a five-year closure. The once-popular First Street eatery shut its doors in 2012 amid financial woes after the tragic death of co-owner Laura Stettmier in an October 2011 plane crash in West Virginia. John and Devra Gromley of Upper Burrell purchased Addison House in March 2015 for $106,000. The couple plan to name the business 1st Street Cafe. They intend to open sometime this year. “I don’t have a timeline on whe...

Steven Adams | Tribune-Review Rob Amen | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Environmental groups have called on Gov. Tom Wolf to revoke a state-issued permit that allows an oil and gas company to dispose of fracking fluids at a site in Plum. “We again want to ask the governor of Pennsylvania to uphold our constitutional rights to clean air and pure water and revoke the permit for the Plum wa...