UpdatedWed, Dec 23, 2020 at 12:33 pm ET
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PITTSBURGH, PA The Allegheny County Health Department has ordered four restaurants to close violating the state s latest coronavirus mitigation orders. Gov. Tom Wolf announced earlier this month that restaurants across the state would be subject to three weeks of occupancy restrictions in attempt to curb an alarming rise in coronavirus cases and deaths in Pennsylvania.
The edict prohibits indoor dining until Jan. 4. Takeout and outdoor dining are still available, with many restaurants offering those options.
Al s Cafe on McMurray Road in Bethel Park was ordered shut down for providing indoor dining, bar service and for removing previously placed closure placards. Over the summer, Al s owner Rod Ambrogi launched the Southwestern Pennsylvania Restaurant and Tavern Association to fight the state s coronavirus restrictions.
The Waterworks mall near Aspinwall is losing a big-box tenant.
The Bed Bath & Beyond store began liquidation sales this week and will close by the end of February, according to a store manager who declined to comment further.
Messages left with the company’s corporate office were not returned.
In July, the company reported poor sales during the first quarter of its fiscal year, which included March, April and May.
Net sales in those months totaled $1.3 billion, down 49% from the same period last year.
Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Mark Tritton wrote in a July news release that the covid-19 pandemic contributed to the losses.
Jan Pakler | For the Tribune-Review
Aspinwall council is studying the safety of Freeport Road and its uses by pedestrians, mass transit and bikers.
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Aspinwall council hopes to implement safety initiatives along Freeport Road in 2021 that could include upgraded bus shelters, bike sharrows and increased parking.
The plan would follow some of the many recommendations derived from a 2019 TranSystems study, paid for by a near $13,000 grant from Allegheny County.
The list of recommendations was so extensive that it outweighs council’s ability to implement them all, but board president Tim McLaughlin asked for a list that is doable in spring.
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
Blawnox basketball court is in line to get about $110,000 in upgrades. The design process is underway, with work expected over the next two years.
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Blawnox residents will pay the same real estate taxes to the borough in 2021 but revenue loss related to covid-19 will suspend road improvements in the new year.
Council approved the borough’s $2.6 million budget on Dec. 10, keeping the property tax rate at 9.85 mills.
The owner of a home assessed at $100,000 will again pay $985 to the borough.
ROCKTON A woman was seriously injured Monday in a rollover crash in Rockton Township.
County deputies were dispatched around 2:15 p.m. to the area of Owen Center and Freeport roads after the single-vehicle crash.
The driver of the vehicle, a 29-year-old woman, was taken to a Rockford hospital with what authorities are calling life-threatening injuries.
During the preliminary investigation it was determined the woman was traveling east on Freeport Road when she lost control of her vehicle and rolled it several times.
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department is conducting the follow-up investigation.