Brackenridge News

At age 80 and coming from a family of military veterans, Helen Stevenson worries that the importance of remembering the sacrifice of American soldiers is lost on today's younger generations.

Silence is golden?: When we learned last month the Flabeg Corp. had sold its Brackenridge plant site to neighboring Tomson Scrap, we were understandably concerned.

Lance: To irresponsible political sign placers. Are you one of the people paid by a statewide political committee to stick signs in the ground? If so, go back out and get your signs off the sides of our highways.

A woman who was rescued from her burning home in Tarentum intentionally started the fire in an attempt to kill herself and her two young children, police said Tuesday.

Michael Remper said he didn't hesitate when he heard children screaming from the second floor of a burning house in Tarentum early this morning.

Flabeg Automotive U.S. Corp. will continue to lease the Brackenridge property it recently sold to Tomson Scrap Metal.

By George Guido , FOR THE VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Last updated: 8:26 am The comprehensive Natrona Revitalization Plan is nearly ready for publication.

A former Fawn Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization treasurer is charged with taking more than $15,000 from the PTO.

The Allegheny Health and Rehabilitation Center hopes to make Saturday's Make a Difference Day fundraiser an ongoing project.

The seat for 1st Ward council member is the lone council race being contested in the Nov.

Crews battled a three-alarm house fire in Brackenridge Tuesday morning. The blaze broke out at about 10 a.m. at a home along Brackenridge Avenue.

A woman and her three dogs escaped uninjured in a fast-moving blaze Tuesday morning that destroyed her Brackenridge Avenue home.

A morning fire destroyed a house in Brackenridge today. The fire apparently broke out in the laundry room of the two-story brick house at 1128 Brackenridge Ave.

Charlie Ban is a freelance writer for the Valley News Dispatch. While the NAACP prepares to celebrate its 100th birthday, the Alle-Kiski branch of the storied organization is focusing on youth.

A place to play: The long-awaited and much-touted Natrona Community Park and Playground debuted last week.

Police are looking for two men who pushed their way into a house in the 700 block of East Seventh Avenue, Tarentum, about 12:20 a.m. Friday.

Flabeg Corp. has sold most of its property in Brackenridge to Tomson Scrap Metal.

Dearest Answer Man, where does the name Brackenridge come from, as in Brackenridge Skyway Plaza in downtown Rochester? Is that a historical name in these parts? -- Daisy A plaque on the building at 21 Second St.

He wears brown plaid pants with blue, yellow and green knee-high socks to school and rides a unicycle while juggling rubber chickens or flaming torches.

Police are looking for two men whom they want to question about the shooting. They are identified as Anthony Howell and Andre "Scrappy" Johnson, both black and in their 20s.