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Airport That Lost All Passenger Flights After Spirit Airlines Shut Down Finally Gets a New Airline
A Pennsylvania airport that lost all its scheduled passenger flights when Spirit Airlines shut down in May has finally found a replacement. Arnold Palmer Regional Airport announced Tuesday, October 13, that Breeze Airways will begin flying from Latrobe in 2027. Breeze’s first destination will be Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in February. Orlando flights are expected...
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tarentum electric customers likely facing 5% hike in bill next year
Tarentum residents likely will be paying more for their electricity in 2027. “I am recommending a 5% adjustment on the electric rate,” Borough Manager Dwight Boddorf told council at its October meeting. If council approves that recommendation, the current rate of 17.85 cents per kilowatt would rise to 18.74...
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 18, 2021
Joshua Charles Foster sold property at 525 Agnew Road to Bradley and Jamie Stevens for $195,000. BJ&T Devwlopment LLC sold property at 121 Bella Vista Drive to Clayton Waldron for $310,899. Michael Reynolds sold property at 5255 Elmwood Drive to Daniel and Linda Herrle for $267,500. Vipin Mehta sold property...
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Century-old Downtown Pittsburgh office building to be converted into apartments
Developers say they’re working to transform a vacant office building in Pittsburgh’s Downtown Cultural District into dozens of apartments and a restaurant by early 2028. The site — a century-old, eight-story building located at 933 Penn Avenue — is owned by New Jersey-based Rugby Realty, which will develop it in collaboration with Walnut Capital, among Pittsburgh’s largest real estate firms.
wesanews.org
Air permit hearing for new hot strip mill in Braddock gets heated
Residents who live near the Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock expressed their frustration at a U.S. Steel project to build a hot strip mill at the plant. A public hearing over an air permit for the plant was held Thursday night. The hot strip mill will lower U.S. Steel’s overall...
wcn247.com
Round Table: Entrepreneurship, success and more with Abigail Cannon
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Abigail Cannon, a Westminster alumna, has more than an early graduation to brag about. As founder and lead wedding planner of Arch Events in Pittsburgh,. Cannon has a track record of successful entrepreneurship. As a student in Westminster’s School of Business, she gained hands-on experience starting her business. Inspired by a class assignment, she decided to turn her schoolwork into reality during one winter break.
sgbonline.com
Sierra to Open Three Stores in Minnesota and Pennsylvania
Sierra, the outdoor-themed off-price retailer owned by TJX Cos., continues its rapid expansion, with one store in Duluth, Minnesota and two in Pennsylvania’s Pittsburgh region set to open in coming weeks. The Duluth store at 5115 Burning Tree Road is scheduled to open on October 24. In the Pittsburgh...
Pitt News
Displaced energy workers will help build AI infrastructure with help from Pitt researchers
Displaced coal workers and union electricians will soon be retrained to help build AI data centers and other technological infrastructure through an initiative led by Pitt researchers. Led by Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering and Robert Morris University, a new three-year project dubbed the Pittsburgh Laser Engine will aim to...
hel.news
PNC Home Equity Portfolio Flat
Modest year-over-year expansion in home-equity assets at PNC Bank, N.A., was reported despite stagnating quarter-over-quarter growth. Loan performance showed ongoing improvement. Assets. Home-equity loans outstanding totaled $26.280 billion as of September 30, unchanged from three months earlier, according to the third-quarter earnings report from The PNC Financial Services Group Inc....
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Pittsburg corporation closing after over 6 decades
Burlington County Times
City's Edge Apartments brings affordable housing to Uptown Pittsburgh
New affordable housing is beginning to come online in Pittsburgh's Uptown neighborhood as residents move into City's Edge Apartments while construction work continues around the property. The development, located near Fifth Avenue between Downtown, Duquesne University and PPG Paints Arena, is expanding housing options in the corridor, according to a...
kidsburgh.org
6 local farms for family pumpkin-picking in the Pittsburgh area
Prime pumpkin-picking season is happening now in southwestern PA. At these local farms, families can gather some gorgeous pumpkins while enjoying plenty of fall fun. Through Oct. 25: Trax Farms Fall Festival. The festival operates on weekends with hayrides, pumpkin picking, a three-acre maze, yard games and farm animals. Festival admission is free. Hayrides are $12 online, $14 onsite, free for ages 2 and younger.
Trains.com
Alstom to open U.S. Innovation Station in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH — Alstom will open its first U.S. Innovation Station in Pittsburgh, the company has announced. It will join similar facilities in Montreal, Paris, Stockholm, and Singapore. The new facility will be alongside the company’s global development center for signaling and train control in Pittsburgh. It is intended to provide a location where transit agencies, [...] Read More...
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U. S. Steel to host job fair touting up to 100 open positions
Pittsburgh-based U. S. Steel plans to host a job fair on Oct. 14 to fill up to 100 open positions across its three Mon Valley facilities. The event will be held from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at 1 South Linden Street in Duquesne. “In our drive toward the future,...