In 1753, George Washington, at age 21, was sent on a historic mission by the Governor of Virginia to take a message to Fort Le Boeuf in Erie. He hired Christopher Gist, a surveyor and an experienced wilderness traveler, as his primary guide, as well as six others. Washington and
Both outbound lanes of Route 28 near the Tarentum exit are shut because of a fatal crash, according to authorities. First responders were dispatched around 2:30 p.m. to just before Exit 14 near the area where Bakerstown Road crosses over the highway for a single-vehicle crash, according to an Allegheny
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Tarentum Sunday in the 1400 block of Bakerstown Road. They were taken to an area hospital by ambulance, according to Allegheny County emergency dispatchers. Details on their conditions and the crash were not available. A section of Bakerstown Road was closed
Tarentum mail carrier Donna McCorkle quickly checked the pockets of a new jacket bestowed on her by Postmaster James Aiello after earning the USPS Million Miler Award. “Where’s the Asti Spumante?” joked McCorkle, a 30-year employee at the post office along Corbet Street. McCorkle, of Verona, joined the elite rank
West Tarentum is the focus of Tarentum’s road paving this year. Roads included in the project are the intersections of West Sixth Avenue and Center Street; Center Street at West 12th Avenue; the 200 block of West 12th; Hill Street, from Bakerstown Road to Locust Street; Locust Street, from Hill