Filed Under: Events || By Jacqueline Dell
Jazz Fundraiser Nets $95K for Penn State Campus
Category: Events || By Jacqueline Dell
Betel Gebre and Matthew Curcio, members of the Penn State Greater Allegheny Lion Ambassadors, join MC Bill Flanagan on stage during the campus' "All That's Jazz" scholarship benefit Nov. 8. (Penn State photo)
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The Nittany Lion stood at the door of the Student Community Center at Penn State Greater Allegheny, as the house grew full for the 11th annual All That's Jazz scholarship benefit on Nov. 8. As guests entered the building, they heard the melodic voices of the Penn State Greater A Capella Melody Lions, led by Doretta Whalen, adjunct instructor in music.
All That's Jazz is an annual scholarship fundraising event that hosts donors from around the state. Nancy Herron, interim chancellor of Penn State Greater Allegheny Campus, said the fundraiser helps students with great financial needs. Since 2004, the All That's Jazz event has raised $820,000 for students.
"The first year we raised $20,000 in scholarships," said Clifford Wise, president of the Penn State Greater Allegheny Advisory Board.
This year's event, which raised $95,476 for the McKeesport area campus, included improvisational musical-comedy group "Broadway's Next H!T Musical," a silent auction and Italian food. Music was provided by David Pellow, Mark Strickland, and Benny Benack Jr.
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Bridge Linking Turtle Creek, NV Twp. Reopens
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Local, state and federal officials this morning celebrated the completion of the Greensburg Pike Bridge with a ribbon-cutting.
The new 663-foot bridge connects North Versailles Twp. with Turtle Creek boro., crossing the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks and Turtle Creek itself. The former bridge, a steel truss structure, was built in 1925. It closed in November 2013 and was demolished.
Before closing, the former bridge carried upwards of 8,000 cars per day, linking Monroeville with Route 30 and serving the North Versailles Wal-Mart and the Great Valley shopping center.
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Mifflin Twp. Historical Society Holds Ribbon-Cutting
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The
Mifflin Twp. Historical Society will have a ribbon cutting ceremony at its new home, the former West Mifflin police station on Greensprings Avenue, at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, a spokesman said.
The old township included modern-day Homestead, West Homestead, Munhall, Hays, Lincoln Place, Whitaker, Duquesne, Pleasant Hills, Clairton, Dravosburg, West Elizabeth, Jefferson Hills, Baldwin and West Mifflin. Festivities begin at 12 noon and continue until 4 p.m., with ribbon cutting at 12:30.
The police station moved in May to the new West Mifflin borough offices on Lebanon Road, near the Allegheny County Airport.
(Photo courtesy Mifflin Twp. Historical Society, via Facebook.)
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City's Holiday Parade One of Region's Largest
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One of Western Pennsylvania's largest holiday parades gets underway at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the McKees Point Marina.
The annual "Salute to Santa" parade includes police, fire and EMS units, drill teams, bands and a visit from the Jolly Old Elf, himself, and continues up Fifth Avenue to McKeesport's City Hall at the corner of Fifth and Sinclair.
The parade will be followed by a party for kids at the Palisades Ballroom, corner of Fifth and Water streets.
(Tube City Online file photo from 2006)
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Bottom Dollar to Sell, Close 20 Local Stores
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Local officials helped mark the January 26, 2012 opening of a Bottom Dollar supermarket in the city's Christy Park neighborhood. The parent company of Bottom Dollar announced plans Thursday to close all of the company's 66 locations, including 20 in the Pittsburgh area. (Tube City Almanac file photo: Denise L. Ritter)
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Less than three years after opening stores in McKeesport, Homestead and other nearby communities to great fanfare, the parent company of
Bottom Dollar Foods announced Thursday that all 66 locations are being sold to a competitor, and will close.
Salisbury, N.C., based Delhaize America --- itself a division of Belgium-based
Delhaize Group --- said all of its Bottom Dollar locations are being sold to Aldi in a transaction reportedly valued at $15 million. Aldi also will assume leases on Bottom Dollar stores, as well as other financial obligations, according to published reports.
About 2,200 employees will lose their jobs.
"This decision was difficult given the impact on our associates, customers and communities in which we operate," said Gene Faller, vice president of retail operations for Bottom Dollar Food. "We want to thank our associates, customers and communities for their support over the past four years."
Aldi is also a discount supermarket chain, albeit with a more limited selection than Bottom Dollar, and is also a division of a European supermarket chain. According to broadcast reports, an Aldi spokesperson said it is too soon to say if any of the Bottom Dollar locations might reopen as Aldi stores.
The nearest Aldi locations to McKeesport are in North Versailles and North Huntingdon townships and West Mifflin.
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