West View rejects bids on Schwitter Mansion again
West View Borough Council in a special session rejected bids for the Schwitter Mansion property, citing bid plans not meeting specifications. Molnar offered 85000 for the lot, while Feits Mall bid 57000. The council will readvertise after consulting Kendree and Shepherd planning consultants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West View Borough
Schwitter
Old Borough Hall
Kendree & Shepherd
L. W. Molnar
Cedar Blvd
Mount Lebanon
Feits Mall, Inc
Tanglewood Drive
Hampton
Molnar
Leonard P. Kane Jr
West View
Car hits cruiser on Butler Street in Etna
James M. Hardesty Jr., 21, of Brentwood, drove off the Etna Bypass, flipped, then struck a police cruiser on Butler Street. Police officers Gregory Hroskey, 32, and Robert A. Sheets, 34, were examined at St. Margaret Memorial Hospital, their injuries ruled non serious. Hardesty was not hurt.
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Etna
Butler Street
St. Margaret Memorial Hospital
Robert A. Sheets
Vilsack St
Gregory Hroskey
Katherine St
James M. Hardesty Jr
Brentwood
Butler St
Hardesty
Christmas Eve car crash triggers city blackout
William Brodmerkl, 29, of 311 Meadow Road Shaler. his car struck a pole in the 500 block of Loose Road at 7 08 on Christmas Eve. The crash caused a power failure on McKnight Road and parts of Ross Shaler and West View. Brodmerkl treated at Allegheny General Hospital for hip and chest injuries. Italy's last merchant to close for the holiday in North Hills Village lock up at 7 p.m. North Hills Theater remained on a separate line and was not affected. Power restored at 7 41 p.m.
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William Brodmerkl
Meadow Road
Shaler
Loose Road
McKnight Road
Ross, Shaler
West View
Brodmerkl
Allegheny General Hospital
North Hills Village
Italy
Haliday
North Hills Theater
Kilbuck approves 1971 budget cutting fire tax by quarter mill
Kilbuck supervisors approve a 1971 budget cutting the fire levy by a quarter mill to 14s mills and setting the general fund rate at 9 mills. The fire company would receive about $9,041, about $500 more than last year, while overall spending totals $48,550 and the township ends with a small surplus. The plan keeps police and highway allocations and notes tax assessments rose 27.2 percent to $3,360,683 with total budgeted receipts around $56,492 in revenue plus $31,811 in nonrevenue receipts.
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14S Mall
North Hills
Allegheny County
Greater
Shaler
McCandless
Franklin Park
Emsworth
Kilbuck
Bellevue
Richland
West View
Millvale
Avalon
Ben Avon
Ben Avon Heights
Bradford Woods
Etna
Hampton
Marshall — Marshall
Pine
Ross
West Deer
Bridge Closure Report For Emsworth Center Avenue
The Emsworth Bridge, carrying Center Avenue, is closed to all traffic. Road users are advised to seek alternate routes while officials investigate structural concerns on the PAT bridge segment.
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Pat
Emsworth
Center Avenue
R— A Men En
PAT weight limit detours spark bus stop protest
Emsworth resident James W. Knox protests PAT imposed 9 ton weight limits and shifted bus stops in Ben Avon and Emsworth. Engineers from Michael Baker Jr. Co. weigh repair or replacement of the 65 year old bridge while local police may enforce limits. Knox, executive director of the County Housing Authority, calls for a smaller shuttle option due to longer walks in bad weather.
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Port Authority
Emsworth
Pat
Ben Avon
Michael Baker Jr
Pittsburgh Railways
James W. Knox
Redbird Point Lane
Knox
Hilands Avenue
Locust Street
County Housing Authority
Church Avenue
Perrysville
Beaver
Ohio River Boulevard
Center
Locust
Brighton
Hilands
Church
Richland man burned in wreck on Route 8
A Richland motorist Gregg K Heffley aged 21 of Clarenceaux Drive sustained facial and hand burns smoke inhalation a fractured nose and a strained knee after a flaming crash on Route 8 at Orchard Park Drive His passenger Bill Schultz 21 also burned The Heffley car struck a car driven by Harriet Canning of Richland causing the gas tank to ignite Firemen treated Canning for a bruised knee and her daughter Mary Jo 15 for a bruised knee Damages were estimated at 4600
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Richland
North Hills Passavant Hospital
Orchard Park Drive
Gregg K Heffley
Clarenceaux Drive
Bill Schultz
Heffley Auto
Harriet Canning
Canning
Passavant Hospital
Mary Jo
North Hills tax millage rises despite some cuts in 1971
North Hills residents face a $744,137 hike in municipal taxes for 1971 despite seven communities trimming millage. Higher real estate valuations drive the bump. several towns reduce rates while others raise budgets. Details by community outline rates, budgets and expected real estate receipts.
Open burning rules tighten as variances end
Allegheny County enforces a January 1 start for air pollution laws against open burning. Variances granted to 12 months expire midnight December 31 with no extensions. violators face fines up to 300 dollars or 30 days jail. subsequent offenses up to 1,000 dollars or a year. West Deer among communities appealing for more time, denied.
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Allegheny County
County Air Pollution Appeals Board
West Deer
Bell Acres
Robert Broughton
North Hills
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North Hills Middle High School
Laurel Gardens
West View Kills
Gerard Theater
Donald K Felsing
News-Record
John Lo Bell
Ohio Township
Marshall
Patrick D. Clarke
Frank Brittner
John Whitehead
Whitehead Hardware
Butler
Beaver County
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