April 12, 2024 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: State & Region
Thursday’s storms were another record-setting day for the Pittsburgh area.
The National Weather Service in Moon Twp. said that 2.77 inches of rain measured at Pittsburgh International Airport nearly doubled the previous record for April 11, set in 1933.
It also was the 25th-wettest day on record in Pittsburgh, NWS forecasters said. Records go back to 1871.
So far, April’s rainfall has been 6.11 inches above normal and the month is now the third-wettest April on record, the weather services said Friday. By month’s end, April 2024 will probably be the wettest April in Pittsburgh, ever.
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April 12, 2024 |
By Bonnijean Cooney Adams | Posted in: Entertainment, McKeesport and Region News
During a rehearsal, Anastasia Bakaturski as Pharoah has a heart-to-heart talk with Lucas Sotereanos as Joseph about the importance of correctly interpreting certain dreams. (Bonnijean Cooney Adams photo for Tube City Almanac)
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“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”
Where: McKeesport Area High School Auditorium, 1960 Eden Park Blvd.
When: Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13 at 7 p.m., with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 13
Tickets: $10 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens. Available at https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/80225
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McKeesport Area High School’s spring musical is a story about jealousy, betrayal, revenge, and forgiveness — with plenty of lighter moments, too — all in a setting “way, way back many centuries ago.”
“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” opened Thursday night with a stellar cast of high school and younger students singing and dancing their way through a show with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.
It is based on the story of Jacob and his 12 sons, including his favorite, Joseph.
What makes this musical so different and challenging is the story is told almost exclusively through song from beginning to end.
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April 11, 2024 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: State & Region
BREAKING: This is a developing story and will be updated as necessary.
Another week, another flood: Just days after Western Pennsylvania cleaned up from record-setting rains that sent local rivers and streams over their banks, rainstorms again drenched the region on Thursday.
A flash-flood warning for the entire area is in effect until 2:30 a.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Moon Twp. McKeesport, Clairton, Liberty and the neighboring communities are all in the path of the current line of storms.
Route 48 (Long Run Road) was closed Thursday night in both directions between Cool Springs Road and Lou Washowich Way (Marshall Drive Extension) due to flooding, White Oak emergency management announced.
Forecasters and emergency personnel on Thursday night warned motorists to stay off of local roads unless absolutely necessary, adding that most flood deaths occur when drivers are trapped in stalled cars due to high water.
Emergency crews throughout southern Allegheny County were responding to literally dozens of calls for assistance on Thursday night after 2 to 3 inches of rain fell throughout the day, the NWS said.
Another 1 to 1.5 inches of rain are possible overnight, forecasters said.
Local streams are rising, including Thompson Run at Turtle Creek, which was at 4 feet and climbing on Thursday night. Normal flow is 1 foot.
Some of the worst flash-flooding was reported in Washington County and south and west of Pittsburgh, with emergency rescues reported in communities such as Oakdale, North Fayette Twp. and South Park Twp., and roads closed in Jefferson Hills, Brentwood, Baldwin and surrounding municipalities.
All lanes of the Parkway West (Interstate 376) were closed at the junction of Business Route 376 at approximately 7 p.m. due to flooding, emergency officials said.
But low-lying roads in the Mon-Yough area were again hard-hit, with emergency personnel reporting just after 8 p.m. that cars were stuck on Route 837 under the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge.
Munhall and Forward Twp. also were reporting localized flooding.
April 10, 2024 |
By Kristen Keleschenyi | Posted in: Entertainment
Daniel Cipcic (Robbie Hart) and the cast of “The Wedding Singer” are ready to rock the house.
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“The Wedding Singer”
Where: East Allegheny High School Auditorium, 1150 Jacks Run Road (Route 48), North Versailles Twp.
When: Thursday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. and two shows on Saturday, April 13 at 2:00 p.m. and at 8:00 p.m. The show does have a PG-13 rating for mild language, sexual references and drinking scenes.
Tickets: Tickets can be purchased online at eabooktix.net or at the box office before the show.
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Break out the Aqua Net and your jelly bracelets, because “The Wedding Singer” is about to open at East Allegheny High School. The musical will take audiences back to 1985 and tells the story of Robbie Hart, a wedding singer, and how sometimes true love is right in front of your eyes.
Amanda Rosco, EA’s musical director, said the cast they had to work with this year is quite diverse with a variety of skill sets. It was time to take a break, she said, from the “Disney-esque” productions of the past few years and do something a little bit different.
“This is not a year where we looked at them (the cast) and went ‘Wow, we need to do something really serious,’” Rosco said.
Senior Alauna Carter plays one of the female leads, Holly, and she was excited to change things up after doing the musical “Anastasia” last year and “Newsies” the year before. “I feel like with it being a comedy it gives more freedom and there is less pressure on everybody,” Carter said.
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April 09, 2024 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
During the 2022 flag-raising ceremony, Jeffrey Alvarez, nursing director at UPMC McKeesport, liver transplant recipient Gene Wagner and Leslie Lash of the Center for Organ Recovery & Education displayed a flag for “National Donate Life Month.” (Tube City Almanac file photo)
UPMC McKeesport will join doctors, nurses, professional staff and patients for a flag-raising ceremony to celebrate April as “National Donate Life Month.”
The event will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the courtyard of the hospital, near the Prescott Building, a spokeswoman said.
National Donate Life Month, recognized each April, is an annual commemoration of organ donors and the recipients they have helped. A UPMC spokeswoman said more than 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant, and at least 17 will die each day waiting to receive an organ.
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April 09, 2024 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: State & Region
Spalding County, Ga., resident Dan Garvin was receiving free tax preparation help from University of Georgia students and Spalding County Extension Agent Cindee Sweeda in this file photo. (File photo by Sharon Dowdy/University of Georgia via Twitter. Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC 2.0 Deed)
With less than a week to go before the deadline for most federal and state income tax and municipal wage tax forms, Pennsylvania residents who need assistance in filing their returns can use the free services of the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program. You don’t have to be an AARP member or a senior citizen to get help.
Francis Tremel, Pennsylvania state coordinator for the program, said that while Tax-Aide volunteers assist people of all ages, their main focus is on serving individuals with low to moderate incomes.
“Last year, over 1.5 million Tax-Aide participants nationwide saved more than $1.1 million in refunds and credits. I work also at the Indiana office,” Tremel said. “And we will do 1,200 returns this year, which is a very significant number for individuals that really need the assistance.”
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April 09, 2024 |
By Tom Leturgey | Posted in: Duquesne News
City officials recently took a tour of Duquesne streets to identify problem parking areas, including cars blocking emergency vehicles and parked on sidewalks.
The group included Mayor R. Scott Adams, Police Chief Tom Shaw, Solicitor Myron Sainovich and Public Works Director Steve Arbasak.
Among other issues, Sainovich said, “we wanted to see if fire trucks could make turns.”
Many of the concerns are centered around the area of Overland and Clearview avenues and Richford Street. In some areas, officials said, are forced to walk in the middle of streets because so many cars are pared on sidewalks.
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April 09, 2024 |
By Tom Leturgey | Posted in: Duquesne News
Duquesne City Council unanimously approved the disposal of three blighted properties through the Allegheny County Vacant Property Recovery Program.
At April’s meeting, council approved a resolution authorizing the acquisition and subsequent disposition of 122 Overland Ave. to Jamie Gatewood of Duquesne.
County tax records indicate that the property includes a one-story 768 square foot home listed in “Grade D” condition. According to an online obituary, the previous owner passed away in 2017.
Two vacant parcels of land on Viola Street only identified by lot and block numbers were obtained by Mustard Seeds and Soil Properties of Glassport. According to its website, the company does property flips and other services.
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April 05, 2024 |
By Vickie Babyak | Posted in: North Versailles Twp. News
High school teacher Gerald McGrew, from Dravosburg, poses with his student, Nie’Zhay Jefferson, 16 years old, from McKeesport, as he explains the importance of using solar eclipse glasses while looking at the sun. (Vickie Babyak photo for Tube City Almanac)
On Monday, millions of people will observe a historic total solar eclipse as the moon’s shadow sweeps across the United States.
Mon Valley communities will begin to see the moon’s shadow slowly creep across the sun around 2 p.m. Between 3:15 to 3:20 p.m., viewers will see 97 percent “totality” with some darkness in the sky, and at approximately 4:30 p.m., phases of the eclipse will conclude.
Scientists say this year’s eclipse will be different from the 2017 solar eclipse.
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April 05, 2024 |
By Adam Reinherz | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
(Adam Reinherz photo)
McKeesport Area School District will vote to adopt a preliminary budget for 2024-25 during next week’s school board meeting. Business manager Joseph Villella presented the report at the district’s open agenda meeting Thursday.
MASD’s budget for the 2024-25 is projected to be $82.8 million, a $3.28 million decrease from the 2023-24 budget.
Total revenue is expected to be $82.47 million, a decrease of $9.9 million from the 2023-24 budget.
Revenue decline is due to the end of funding from the American Rescue Plan’s Elementary and Secondary School Relief program, Villella said.
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