Saturday, January 26, 2013
Week in Review, Jan. 21 to Jan. 25.
Busy week? No downtime? Missed the news? Don't sweat it. Here's a list of this week's top stories from Dormont-Brookline Patch, so you can catch up on the goods. This week on Dormont-Brookline Patch: Residents Evacuated from Apt. Building After Gas Leak Police Investigating CVS Robbery 'Living Dead' to Help Save Hollywood Theater Brookliners Featured in 'Equal Magazine' KOSD Students, Staff Avoid Intense Flu Season Where to Get Taxes Done in Dormont and Brookline? Got your own news to share? Add your organization's events to our Event Calendar. Share your wedding, baby or graduation news in our Announcements section and, while you're at it, upload your photos to our Neighborhood Gallery. We'd love to hear from you! Follow Dormont-Brookline…
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
A gas leak at a Voelkel Avenue apartment building in Dormont is under control.
A gas leak reported at a Voelkel Avenue apartment building is under control, but crews are still conducting tests and residents still are not allowed back in the apartment building. The leak was reported at 2900 Voelkel Avenue, the six-unit apartment building at the corner of Voelkel and Potomac avenues, around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Dormont Volunteer Fire Department Captain Jeff Stakich told Dormont-Brookline Patch the leak occurred in the basement of the apartment building, and that crews initially had trouble stopping the leak. He said it was unclear whether that was due to the cold or to old pipes. The gas company was on scene, and the leak was stopped around 6 p.m. Stakich said fortunately, crews were able to stop what could have been a …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
A gas leak has been reported on Voelkel Avenue in Dormont.
A gas leak has been reported on Voelkel Avenue in Dormont. According to U.S. Emergency Alerts, local emergency crews, including the Dormont Volunteer Fire Department, were dispatched to 2900 Voelkel Avenue for a report of gas leak that crews are unable to control. Lt. Jim Medsger of Dormont VFD said the leak occurred in the basement of the multi-unit apartment building on the corner of Voelkel and Potomac avenues. The building includes about six apartments, possibly more, and residents are currently being evacuated onto a bus owned by the Mt. Lebanon Fire Department to keep warm. Medsger said the gas company is on scene but has been unable to shut the gas off, for an unknown reason. "I don't know if it's due to the cold weather, or what, …
Sunday, September 30, 2012
The 22-year-old Dormont woman was killed in 1989 on her way home from a party in Mt. Lebanon—her mutilated body found in the backyard of a house on Voelkel Avenue near the light rail transit tracks.
Today, 23 years after her death, people in Dormont are still talking about what happened to Catherine Corkery. The 22-year-old left a party in Mt. Lebanon at the Academy Avenue home of Sam Amado on July 22, 1989 and headed home to the apartment she shared with a boyfriend, Tim Rooney, on Ordinance Avenue. But she never made it. Somewhere along the light-rail transit tracks where the "T" runs, Corkery met her attacker. She was just 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighed just 100 pounds. That person twisted a rope-like restraint around her throat and pulled her to the tracks, splitting her head open when it struck a rail, the Tribune-Review reported. In a 1997 story, the newspaper quoted Allegheny County Homicide Sgt. Nicholas Bruich, the lead case…
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Several cars were the target of vandalism this weekend.
Seven cars were targets of vandalism in Dormont over the weekend. Five cars in the 2600 block of Voelkel Avenue and two cars, one each in the 2700 and 2800 block of Connecticut Avenue, had slashed or punctured tires. A Voelkel Avenue resident contacted Dormont police on Saturday evening, Aug. 25, to report the vandalism. Police Chief Phil Ross said that when officers arrived, they noticed several cars on the street had damaged tires. Connecticut Avenue residents made similar reports the same evening. All of the damage occurred late Friday night or early Saturday morning. Ross said the incident seems to be an act of random vandalism, and that the police do not yet have suspect information, and no witnesses have come forward. Those with …
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8:21 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Agreed! As a former volunteer FF/EMT in another community (many years ago), I know how much our volunteers do and give to keep us safe! And I am glad we have such dedicated and hard working volunteers here in Dormont! Thank youi Dormont FD for all you do! more ›