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Jeannette officials are looking into options after part of a wall along Chestnut Street collapsed last week following heavy rains. The collapse prompted the closure of part of the 400 block. A curb was constructed on the street to divert water away from the wall and properties below it at
A road that Jeannette city manager Ethan Keedy pegged as one of the worst in the city will be repaved. The entirety of Sellers Avenue — which Keedy described as one of the worst roads to drive on in Jeannette — will be resurfaced. That work will include Sellers Avenue/North
Westmoreland County is taking bites out of blight in five communities. The county commissioners this month approved spending up to $244,000 from Westmore­land’s Act 152 Demolition Fund to raze rundown buildings on four properties in Arnold, three in Jeannette, two in Derry Township and one each in Derry Borough and
Jeannette police Chief Derek Manley is working on a system to better use the department’s fleet of patrol cars while seeking the addition of three new vehicles. One of them would be used to transport portable scales that weigh about 250 pounds and are needed for commercial motor vehicle enforcement.
Jeannette’s ladder truck is in need of at least $20,000 in repairs as a result of heat-related damages related to a March 20 fire that killed five people. The truck failed a safety inspection and being repaired, said Fire Chief Bill Frye. One of the truck’s tires had to be