November 19, 2025 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
(Tube City Almanac file photo by Vickie Babyak)
The city’s 60th annual Salute to Santa parade kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 22) along Fifth Avenue, Downtown. Parade units will begin lining up at 10 a.m. on Water Street near the Palisades Ballroom.
The reviewing stand is located at the corner of Fifth and Walnut streets. Weather-permitting, Tube City Community Media will carry live video on its YouTube channel.
The National Weather Service in Moon Twp. is predicting partly cloudy skies and air temperatures of 47 degrees for the start of the parade.
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November 18, 2025 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
Students at Twin Rivers Elementary School will return to class on Wednesday, one day after being sent home due to a water main break.
McKeesport Area School District announced Tuesday evening that water service to the school on Cornell Street has been fully restored and that normal operations have resumed.
Pupils were dismissed at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday after a water line break in the 2300 block of Oak Street. Crews from Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County were repairing the break on Tuesday afternoon.
The school district notified parents just before 11 a.m. of the early dismissal.
November 17, 2025 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements, North Versailles Twp. News
St. John's Lutheran Church will be holding a Jewelry, Scarf and Bag Sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 6 at the church, located at 715 Lincoln Hwy. in North Versailles Twp.
The event will include a hot cocoa bar, bake sale, free Christmas craft, caroling and a visit from Buddy the Elf.
Then, St. John’s will hold a Holiday Showcase and Local Book Show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 13.
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November 17, 2025 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements, West Newton News
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas already, and West Newton organizations are scheduling holiday activities.
The West Newton Community Singers will hold their Christmas concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at First Baptist Church, corner of Sixth and Vine streets. Tickets are $8 in advance and can be purchased at Maria’s Alterations, Main Street. Tickets will be sold for $10 at the door, or $5 for students.
The West Newton First Church of God will hold its seventh-annual Christmas Cookie Walk from 10 a.m. to 12 noon Dec. 13 at 157 N. Second St. Visitors can fill a box with cookies and pay $10 per pound for them. The church also will sell chocolate-covered peanut butter balls for $9 per dozen. For more information, call (724) 872-7467.
November 12, 2025 |
By Stacy Alderman | Posted in: Announcements
This house at 1500 Versailles Ave. is designed to serve as a “gateway” to the library district, says an ACTION-Housing official. (Submitted photo courtesy ACTION-Housing)
A local non-profit is looking for the right owner who wants to call a newly renovated home their own.
ACTION-Housing has rehabilitated a 1920s bungalow-style house on Versailles Avenue, one block from Carnegie Library of McKeesport. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home is listed at $180,000, but buyer assistance is available.
“We wanted to invest in the cultural district of McKeesport,” said Joseph Costa, ACTION senior development associate. “So we looked at several homes, some of which were on demo lists, and some where people were just looking to downsize.”
ACTION purchased the home in 2022. The agency, based in Pittsburgh, provides a variety of home repair and weatherization services for low- and moderate-income homeowners and provides related support services to communities in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
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November 07, 2025 |
By Jason Togyer | Posted in: Announcements
Ed Shoucair, president and co-founder of The Collaborative, prepares to lead a group of about 30 residents on a walking tour Thursday afternoon in Downtown McKeesport. (Tube City Almanac photo)
A group of internationally known community planners has begun its third day of meeting with city residents and business owners as they begin the process of developing a strategy for reinventing McKeesport’s Downtown.
On Wednesday, the consultants — known as The Collaborative — met with local elected officials and a group of students at McKeesport Area High School.
They were impressed with the students’ “great and relevant ideas” and will be meeting with them on a regular basis as they develop a plan, said Ed Shoucair, president and co-founder of The Collaborative.
The process is expected to take about nine months, said Matthew Craig, executive director of the Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh, which obtained the grant to hire The Collaborative on behalf of McKeesport.
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October 30, 2025 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
Family caregivers in need of support and help are invited to a free session Nov. 13 at Kane Community Living Center on Ninth Avenue in McKeesport.
A spokeswoman said “Family Caregiver Support 101” is sponsored by St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. The event will discuss taking care of a family member when you’re “in need of support (and) running on empty.”
The event will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in Room 124 on the main level of Kane McKeesport. To attend, RSVP to Lisa at (412) 401-6315 by Nov. 11.
October 30, 2025 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
State Rep. Dan Goughnour talks to a constituent during an event at the Palisades on Oct. 16. (Submitted photo courtesy Pennsylvania House of Representatives)
State Rep. Dan Goughnour has distributed a list of emergency food resources for families affected by the ongoing federal government shut-down.
The crisis, now nearly one month old, has caused the federal government to stop paying many employees and also led to the loss of funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly called “SNAP.”
“As of Oct. 16, SNAP benefits will not be paid until the federal government shutdown ends and funds are released to the state,” Goughnour said in a release. “If you or someone you know is experiencing food insecurity, please remember that there are resources available. All of my offices have contacts and can direct you to the closest location that food is available.”
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October 21, 2025 |
By Advertising | Posted in: Announcements
Tube City Community Media Inc., the non-profit publisher of The Tube City Almanac and operator of Tube City Online Radio, is accepting applications from people interested in serving on its board of directors for 2025-26.
This is an unpaid position.
Applications will be considered by the board of directors at an upcoming meeting. Deadline is Nov. 15, 2025.
Applicants should be at least 18 years old, be able to pass a background check, and live within a nine-mile radius of McKeesport. Most importantly, they should have a sincere interest in local, non-profit media and in promoting the McKeesport area via the Internet, radio and other means.
Previous experience in college or professional radio; at a college or professional newspaper; or on another non-profit board is helpful.
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October 15, 2025 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
(Photo “Socks at Rest” by Sally Cummings via Flickr, licensed as CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 220 Eighth Ave. at Walnut Street, is collecting new, unused socks, hats and mittens for adults to be distributed via local homeless shelters.
Items for “Socktober” are being accepted now through Oct. 31. To donate an item, call Karen at (724) 281-3002.
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