Avalon News

Police, firefighters, river rescue workers and animal control officers proved to be two dogs' best friends yesterday when they rescued the trapped canines from a 75-foot hillside in Avalon.

Two dogs who somehow became trapped on a ledge midway down a 75-foot embankment in Avalon this morning were rescued by firefighters who rappelled down the hillside.

Allison M. Heinrichs can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-5607. A standing-room-only crowd made its disappointment known Wednesday when the Allegheny County Board of Health voted not to take action on a policy that would have imposed tougher air pollution rules on new and expanding industries.

Except for a hiatus during World War II, fireworks have lit up the sky over the Avalon Athletic Fields every year since 1911 for the Fourth of July.

Avalon resident Tracy Camerota is the kind of voter who's making state legislators sweat bullets over a proposed 16 percent increase in the personal income tax rate.

Ben Avon Heights organizations have been using raffles at community events for years - even though they technically weren't permitted to.

An advisory committee deadlocked Tuesday on whether the Allegheny County Health Department should adopt a new policy for airborne toxic chemicals.

A house in Avalon is shifting on cracks in its foundation caused by water damage, and its owner doesn't know what to do.

If I could be a boy again, I'd want to grow up on the same quiet street in the same old section of a small river borough just north of Pittsburgh called Avalon.

A successful Pennsylvania dentist accused of dumping medical debris at the Jersey shore is due in a New Jersey courtroom Friday.

A strong-smelling chemical by-product of sewer line work in the area forces the evacuation of an Avalon apartment building on Friday.

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Bernie Kersting's life was one of service to family, country and community. When he was young, he joined the Emsworth Volunteer Fire Department.

When a small plane crashed outside of Buffalo on an icy February night, it wasn't federal agencies that first shared the communications between the radio tower and the doomed pilot.

Pittsburgh Public Schools is exerting greater control over how the district pays consultants in an attempt to reduce the chance of fraud.

A former principal of Taylor Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill has been charged with stealing $4,500 in Giant Eagle gift cards from the school, a spokesman for Allegheny County District Attorney's Office said.

Traffic will be restricted on Ohio River Boulevard in Avalon, beginning tonight.

Kyle Barron, 13, reacts to spelling "ensconce" correctly in the 21st round of the 59th Annual Western Pennsylvania Spelling Bee yesterday.

Drivers using Route 65 in Avalon will face single-lane traffic and other restrictions starting Monday.

Sid the Kid Crosby will be at the Iceoplex at Southpointe next Saturday and March 22, and the admission fee is only $7 for adults and $5 for children.