Doreen Smeal of Leechburg received a unique gift on her 70th birthday. A mayoral title. She was sworn in Dec. 29 as the second female mayor of the borough she has called home her entire life. “I live in my late grandfather’s house,” Smeal said Monday while stopping by the
The Kiskiminetas Watershed Association formally opened a canoe/kayak access ramp Saturday in Leechburg’s Riverfront Park. The boat launch actually has been in use since mid-April. Genay Hess, association president, told the people gathered that the group took on the project at the request of late Leechburg mayor Wayne Dobos and
Leechburg incumbent Mayor Tony Roppolo lost to Councilwoman Doreen Smeal by fewer than 40 votes in the Democratic primary election, according to unofficial returns from the Armstrong County Election Bureau. Smeal garnered 77 votes to Roppolo’s 40. There are 94 Republican write-in votes, so Smeal could face a challenger in
It just got a lot easier to float your boat in Leechburg. A public recreational project several years in the making was completed Saturday. The Leechburg primitive gravel boat launch in Riverfront Park is a packed-gravel road with an adjacent parking lot designed for nonmotorized boats, specifically kayaks and canoes.
A Leechburg councilwoman is running against the incumbent mayor in the Democratic Party primary May 16. Leechburg Mayor Tony Roppolo is seeking election to the position he was appointed to last March, while Councilwoman Doreen Smeal is trying again to become mayor. After the death of Mayor Wayne Dobos last