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TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The Upper Burrell Planning Commission has granted conditional approval for the development of a Dollar General store at Route 780 and Dewey Drive. Township supervisors will have to grant final approval for the project to proceed. But first, the store’s developer will have to address several issues raised by township engineers. The development has been unwanted by residents along Dewey Drive, who have said they think the store would threaten the rural character of their neig...

Courtesy of PA Game Commission/HDonTap Mother bear and cub as seen on PA Game Commission’s bear webcam in 2019.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The Pennsylvania Game Commission launched a live webcam on a bear den under a porch in Monroe County this week. It’s the same den where the commission installed a webcam two years ago. The adult bear hibernating there currently could be the same one, the commission said in a press release. Female black bears typically breed and have cubs every two years. The...

Nate Smallman | Tribune-Review Christine Dymkoski, owner of Hole in the Wall Gallery, poses in the Lower Burrell store with her children, Casey and Carson, and dog Zoie. Nate Smallman | Tribune-Review Nate Smallman | Tribune-Review Christine Dymkoski, owner of Hole in the Wall Gallery, picks items for a customer Thursday in her store in Lower Burrell. Nate Smallman | Tribune-Review Nate Smallman | Tribune-Review Chocolate and biscotti are seen inside of a case at Hole in the Wall Gallery in Lower Burrell on Feb. 4, 2021. Nate Smallman | Tribune-Review Christine Dymkoski, owner of Hole i...

Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. While the VALarena roller rink in North Apollo paused their reopening this month, some loyal customers have raised more than $3,200 to help the cash-strapped, nostalgic icon reopen. For more than 70 years, generations have laced up for skating sessions in the cozy rink with the same snack bar that still draws a crowd. Pandemic restrictions closed the rink’s doors about 10 months ago. Working on building repairs and improvements at the ...

Courtesy of South Hills Cooperative Animal Control   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Pennsylvania had the sixth best black bear harvest in 2020, taking 3,608 bears. However, last year’s harvest was 20% lower from 2019 statewide and 24% lower in the southwestern part of the state. In 2019, hunters set a record in harvesting 4,653 bears. The annual average has been running 3,675 bears during the past five years, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. A big year of bear harvests is usually followed...