Oakmont News

Bob Clark, center, receives assistance with a puzzle from Recreational Services Therapist Tina Opina, left, and Clark's wife, Joan, at Woodside Place of Presbyterian SeniorCare in Oakmont, where Bob visits three times a week as an adult day services participant.

Have you seen this ... well ... um ... man? When a Bolivian taxi driver named Rafael Vargas was murdered in March, police asked for help.

A Common Pleas judge's four-year property reassessment plan for Allegheny County could serve as a blueprint for a statewide system, but lawmakers say they need more time to study all options.

Oakmont police Officer Trevor Okonak proposes to his girlfriend, Alice Marcus, during Oakmont's light-up night parade.

An obscure Pennsylvania law that hadn't been enforced in decades is suddenly alive again -- and it could cost you thousands of dollars.

By Brian C. Rittmeyer , VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Friday, November 13, 2009 Last updated: 8:43 am Presbyterian SeniorCare has enhanced training for the employees of its skilled nursing unit and removed the hand cranks from windows after the September suicide of a resident.

What: 54th annual Oakmont Lions Club show. When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

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Pediatrician Richard Lace had such an impact on his young patients that even after they grew up, they remembered the better aspects of visiting his office, such as receiving a piece of Juicy Fruit gum before walking out the door.

Olivia Phillips has been suspicious for years about how the couple who adopted her grandchildren spent the orphans' $1 million trust.

Sometime around 10 tonight, an escape hatch from the stress and problems of the real world will close for good in the Allegheny Valley.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is working to find out what led to a fatal construction accident in Plum.

By George Guido , FOR THE VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Saturday, October 31, 2009 Last updated: 10:52 am Oakmont voters will be busy at the ballot box on Tuesday.

Prices: Appetizers, $3.45-$10.95; sandwiches, $7.95-$8.95; lunch entrees, $9.95-$12.95; pasta, $8.95-$9.95 Ways to get us One of Oakmont's best restaurants continues to earn its reputation one meal at a time.

A Sheetz convenience store is a step closer to coming to the East Oakmont section of Plum.

By George Guido , FOR THE VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Monday, October 26, 2009 Last updated: 5:17 am Mary "Kitty" Vagley had just finished the book "John Adams" by renowned author David McCullough when the phone rang.

Construction workers clear machines yesterday from a new bridge that will carry eastbound turnpike traffic over the Allegheny River.

Audrey Luciana's two children say their writing teacher at Redeemer Lutheran School is tough.

Prosecutors and police across Pennsylvania are returning state grants awarded last year to crack down on illegal slots and video poker machines.

Port Authority officials charged today that several drivers operating out of its Harmar Division garage distributed false information to riders this morning about upcoming changes in bus routes.