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Pavilion rental season is open at Kunkle Park in Washington Township. Township Supervisor Joe Olszewski said the pandemic resulted in fewer picnic pavilion bookings in 2020 for the 40-plus acre park. He estimated the township’s only park lost about $3,000 in revenue last year. Other area parks with gazebos and
Joyce Hanz | Tribune-Review TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A fundraiser for a gravel boat launch in Riverfront Park in Leechburg raised nearly $1,900, Mayor Wayne Dobos said, putting the borough even closer to constructing the park’s newest asset this summer. “Everything is in the planning stage right now,” Dobos said. The boat launch will allow canoeists and kayakers a free access point for recreation on the Kiskiminetas River. In a Facebook post last week, Dobos announced the borough had raised...
A partial wall reconstruction project in Leechburg is progressing. Portions of the 260-foot-long wall along the borough’s Third Street are collapsing. Plans call for about 150 feet of the wall to be replaced in a project that is expected to cost more than $216,000. Council on Wednesday awarded a contract for the work to low bidder Holbein Inc. of Buffalo Township. Five other companies bid for the contract. The project, first proposed in 2015, is being paid for with a PennDOT grant totaling $165,000, while Armstrong County is providing $25,000 and the borough is providing about $27,000. The...
A historic former bank building in Leechburg is for sale. The former drive-thru location of First Commonwealth Bank, at 200 Market St., was listed for $55,000 several months ago. Two First Commonwealth bank locations in Leechburg closed in December, the result of an increase in online banking and continuing challenges from the coronavirus pandemic. The borough has one remaining bank, Nextier Bank at 160 Market St. According to the Leechburg Area Museum and Historical Society, the three-story First Commonwealth property dates to 1893. It was built to be the new location for a drug store owned ...
A new wall reconstruction project on Third Street in Leechburg is underway. Borough engineer Shane Michael said portions of the wall on Third Street are collapsing in some places. “It’s 260 feet long, and we’re replacing about 150 feet of the wall,” Michael said. Council opened six contract bids Tuesday. They ranged from an apparent low bid of about $193,500 from Arch Masonry Restoration to a high bid of just over $408,000 from Kishmo Inc. Some included alternative bids to cover additional work. “This is good news,” Michael said. “I have at least two bids that came in competitiv...