Millvale News

An empty historic church in Allegheny County has been sold to a Pittsburgh-area advertising firm.

Shaler Area Middle School eighth-graders are painting the town red -- and green -- for the holidays.

A new northbound bridge at Route 28's Etna interchange will fully open this afternoon, marking completion of the latest phase of a project that started more than 10 years ago.

Allegheny County Council yesterday approved the much-debated sale of the county Health Department building in Oakland and did not contest County Executive Dan Onorato's veto of a proposal to impose county fees on nonprofit organizations.

Aiming to stop Pittsburgh government from subsidizing "poverty-level jobs," a coalition of labor, environmental, religious and community organizations joined City Council members yesterday to propose wage floors for certain workers on city-backed development projects and contracts.

PennDOT contractors should start work soon on a half-mile elevated trail along the Allegheny River that will officially connect existing trails between Pittsburgh and Millvale, officials said today.

An electrician working on the new Mister Rogers statue along Pittsburgh's North Shore is credited with saving the life of a bicyclist who took a spill, hit his head and fell into the river on Tuesday.

The next Great Allegheny Passage. That's the goal of the Erie-Pittsburgh Trail Alliance, a consortium of 12 rail-trail groups working with state and national advocacy organizations toward connecting non-motorized trails between Pittsburgh and Lake Erie.

Two local police officers were honored for going "above and beyond the call of duty" to protect their communities.

With Pennsylvania's unemployment rate at its highest in more than 20 years, fewer low-income residents will be able to receive help paying their heating bills this winter.

Paul Mertz, 77, and his wife Alice, 70, of Plum Borough, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on April 25.

Many families pull together in difficult times, but members of one North Hills family are combining its artistic talents to support each other.

Unemployment in the Pittsburgh region reached 8.1 percent for September, the highest in 23 years.

Voters will see two new names on the ballot vying for the one open seat on the Shaler Township Board of Commissioners in Ward 2 after incumbent Joe Gally chose not to seek re-election. Democratic candidate, Jim Tunstall, and Lori Voegtly Mizgorski, the republican candidate, will challenge each other for the open seat in the township elections Nov.

Fall is harvest time. Fortunately, we don't have to wander far afield in order to pile a table high with wonderful things to eat.

They Might Be Giants have a duality that's akin to the Roman god Janus. One side is as a successful band that balances witty, intelligent lyrics with engaging alternative pop.

After a three-month sabbatical, the Rev. Meredith Hutchison is back at Denmark Manor United Church of Christ, and she's hoping to incorporate what she learned into the church.

Brian Wolovich in front of the property in Millvale that is being converted into a library.

Despite having been with In Flames for 11 years, drummer Daniel Svensson still is the new guy.

Motherhouses welcome new members Several women religious from the Pittsburgh area have this year professed vows with religious communities that operate local motherhouses.