Michael Divittorio

Blawnox police Chief Patrick Goodman sat at the main desk of the police station talking with his fellow officers on the first floor of the borough building.

Graham Walker sat stoically in the Sewickley Public Library surrounded by balloons, marshmallow snowmen and inflatable reindeer antlers.

Aspinwall property owners will not have to pay more in borough real estate taxes next year. Council voted 6-0 on Dec. 11 to pass its 2025 budget and maintain the millage rate at 8.36 mills, including 0.5-mill for public safety. Councilman Lou Curcio was absent. One mill generates about $150,000

Blawnox property owners will not have to pay more in borough real estate taxes next year. Council unanimously voted Dec. 11 to pass its 2025 budget and maintain the tax rate at 10.85 mills.

Leet property owners will see their township real estate taxes go up about 18% next year. The township commissioners voted 4-0 on Dec. 9 to pass the 2025 budget, which includes the first township tax hike in the last seven years. Commissioner Rody Nash was absent. The millage rate will

Indiana Township property owners will not have to pay more in township property taxes next year. Some township volunteer firefighters also will receive a tax break as part of a new relief program. Supervisors unanimously voted to pass their estimated $6.5 million 2025 budget. The millage rate remains at 3.47

Plans for a proposed injection well project in Plum will once again be debated before the borough’s zoning hearing board as the governing body adheres to a state court ruling. Board members voted 5-0 Thursday evening determining a section of the zoning ordinance involving setbacks do apply to Penneco Environmental

Sewickley property owners will not have to pay more in borough real estate taxes next year. Council voted unanimously on Dec. 10 to pass the borough’s projected $10.76 million spending plan and maintain the millage rate at 6.25 mills. The garbage collection and sewer fees also will remain the same.

Plans for a new church in Plum, to be built very close to an existing house of worship, cleared a procedural hurdle with approval from the borough's zoning hearing board.

Quaker Valley School District police will start the new year with new leadership.