Rural Ridge News

R.A. Monti is a Valley News Dispatch staff writer and can be reached at 724-226-4691 or via e-mail. Two local fire companies -- Rural Ridge in Indiana Township and Highland Hose in Tarentum -- have contracted with a local company to sell new, brand-name mattresses.

Although the township budgeted for a $5,000 donation, the area library asked for the equivalent of $5 per capita from the Township.

Lower Valley Little League expanded to serve more of the lower valley. The organization, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, recently received approval from the Charter Committee in Bristol, Conn., to begin accepting boys and girls from Oakmont, Verona, Blawnox and Indiana Township, including the communities of Rural Ridge and ...