Playground equipment removed from a New Kensington neighborhood’s parklet can be replaced but can’t be done in time for this summer, a city councilman said. The removal of the equipment on Campbell Avenue came as a shock to children and adults. Tracy Mercuri said she went to city council’s meeting
A young New Kensington girl murdered in 1979 was remembered Saturday with an outpouring of love by family and friends in JFK Playground along Fourth Avenue. A bench in the park was dedicated to the memory of Tiffany Renee Miller, who was 5 years old when she went missing from
There will be a professional fireworks display for Independence Day in New Kensington this year, but it won’t be put on by the city. The city will not be launching fireworks because the usual location, the Kensington Plaza Garage on Fourth Avenue, is closed and can’t be used, city clerk
A pair of resignations and the retirement of a longtime officer have left New Kensington’s police force short-staffed. City Council on Monday approved the retirement of Detective Sgt. Dino DiGiacobbe and the resignations of patrol Officers Jose Pantoja and Christian Leonarski. A 1982 graduate of Freeport Area High School, DiGiacobbe,
New Kensington residents will have opportunities to learn about trees before five dozen are planted in the city this fall. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy will hold two “tree tender” training sessions before the trees are planted in at least two sessions in late October and early November, said Brian Crooks,