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2 weeks ago | 
monvalleyindependent.com | James L Engel |Justin Vellucci
Death Notices
By JAMES ENGEL, JUSTIN VELLUCCI and JOANNE KLIMOVICH HARROP TribLive
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2 weeks ago | 
triblive.com | James L Engel |Justin Vellucci |JoAnne Harrop
Scores of area pet owners were shocked and angered this week when authorities charged a Pittsburgh and Harrison funeral director with improperly disposing of thousands of dogs and cats after owners paid for pet burials or cremations. Patrick Vereb, 70, of Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, owns and operates funeral homes in Hazelwood and Harrison, as well as Eternity Pet Memorial, which provides funerals, burials and cremations for pets.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
triblive.com | James L Engel
Shaler police Chief Sean Frank recently was named president of the Western Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. The organization, which spans 21 counties, seeks to “secure personal and professional relationships” between local chiefs and advance law enforcement standards and goals, according to its website. Frank said he has been involved with the organization since 2019 and had served on its executive board. But on Jan.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
triblive.com | James L Engel
The Shaler Area School District recently presented six staff members with its annual Kim Baysek-Young Extra Mile Award, which recognizes those who have “gone above and beyond” in their work for the district. On Jan. 21, Lisa Anderson, Greg DeFazio, Monica McElwain, Cristin Pintar, Steve Siedelson and Mitch Stivason received the honor. The prize is named for Kim Baysek-Young, a beloved teacher at Reserve Primary School who died a year after receiving the award in 2019.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
triblive.com | James L Engel
The Pine-Richland School Board again fell into turmoil as it sought to revise its Board Procedure policy at a meeting Jan. 22.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
triblive.com | James L Engel
A Pine-Richland 11th grader has gathered nearly 1,900 signatures for an online petition against the Pine-Richland School Board’s controversial library policy revisions. Elise Duckworth said she created the change.org petition on Jan. 12 as an outlet for those in opposition to the board’s proposed policy changes and to insist the board change its course. The petition comes amid a yearslong battle in the district over its Library Resources policy.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
triblive.com | James L Engel
Students from McKnight Elementary School recently returned from Philadelphia with a first-place prize in hand after competing in the Citizenship Challenge, a civics competition. The competition, organized by the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement, asked students to consider whether the Constitution should be amended to remove the Electoral College in favor of a national popular vote for the presidency.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
triblive.com | James L Engel
Alabama-based author Randi Pink announced her hope to visit Pine-Richland after the district’s school board voted not to include her novel, “Angel of Greenwood,” in its ninth -grade language arts classes. The novel, a young adult romance set during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, was rejected 3-5-1 during the board’s Monday meeting. Although the board approved, 5-4, a revised ninth grade language arts curriculum that could have included the novel, members ultimately voted down Pink’s work.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
triblive.com | James L Engel
Allegheny County police arrested a 25-year-old man on homicide charges Thursday in connection with a body found in Shaler the day after Christmas. Eugene Jones of Pittsburgh is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, attempted criminal homicide, carrying a firearm without a license and recklessly endangering another person.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
triblive.com | James L Engel
John Kettering was sworn in as the newest Ross Township commissioner during a brief special meeting of the board on Jan. 13. He will serve the township’s sixth ward for the remainder of 2025 after former Commissioner Jason Pirring resigned to coach North Hills girls basketball. Kettering, 36, said he has lived in Ross for three years, though he grew up in the Pittsburgh area and studied at the University of Pittsburgh.
