Tacos, shrimp po’boys and ice slushies will be on the menu at Tarentum Recreation Board’s inaugural Food Truck Festival. Scheduled for Aug. 11, the event is expected to fill Riverview Memorial Park. “We thought this would be a fresh idea for Tarentum,” said Carrie Fox, board president. “We wanted to
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Tarentum Councilwoman Carrie Fox has won the primary Democratic nomination to run for borough mayor in November. She won against (from left) Bob Lang, Carrie Fox and current Mayor Eric Carter.
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Tarentum Councilwoman Carrie Fox has won the Democratic nomination to run for mayor in November, according to unofficial primary results.
But who won the Republican nomination could not be immediately determined because there were so many write-in votes.
On the Democratic side, Fox collected 43.4% of the votes counted in all five precincts, compared with 39.1% for retired borough police officer Robert Lang and 16.5% for incumbent Mayor Eric Carter.
Eric Carter is facing two challengers in the upcoming Democratic primary to remain mayor of Tarentum. His opponents should not be strangers to most people in town. Carrie Fox is a current council member who was last elected in 2019 and a former Highlands School Board member. Robert Lang had
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The oldies group American Pie had a busy year planned in 2020 with more than 40 gigs scheduled, up from the usual 30 to 35.
“We were headed for a pretty good year,” said Richard Gainor, 63, of Arnold, the four-member band’s bass guitar player for 30 years.
The covid pandemic changed all that. They played only eight times, all outdoors.
“We all understood what was going on. We were happy to play where we could,” Gainor said.