Tarentum’s business corridor is expected to gain a focal point in the form of a gazebo later this year. If approved, the 24-by-24-foot open-stage gazebo would be built at 215 Corbet St., where a three-story building was demolished earlier this year. Council is scheduled to vote on the project during
If all goes as planned, six dilapidated homes will be demolished this year in Tarentum, clearing what council called significant eyesores and hazards from the borough. Work would bring the total to 60 structures razed since council began its anti-blight fight in 2020. “Eventually, most of the blighted properties will
Demolition of a building in the heart of the Tarentum business district will interrupt traffic for a few days this week. A three-story brick building at 215 Corbet St. is scheduled to come down, beginning Tuesday. The project is expected to last two to three days. Borough Manager Dwight Boddorf
A building in the heart of the Tarentum business district is back on track for demolition, officials hope. The three-story brick building at the corner of Third Avenue was set to be razed before Christmas, but the job was ignored by contractor AP Wise Excavating of Butler, borough officials said.
Harrison will keep a township contractor busy not only with demolishing structures but doing some building work as well. Township commissioners awarded two contracts to Ron Gillette Inc. and expanded another. The commissioners approved a contract for Gillette to tear down a number of abandoned, blighted structures in the Natrona