Mayor John “Jack” Muhr By Sonja Reis Longstanding holiday outreach efforts by McKees Rocks Mayor John “Jack” Muhr are this year taking on a new twist. He’s challenging others to open their hearts and their wallets to those in need. […]
Fourth-grader Ella Kurschinske and fifth grader Daymire Spencer, both of Stowe, join instructor Erin McAuley of Gemini Children’s Theater. By Sonja Reis | MRCDC Students at the Sto-Rox Upper Elementary school are putting in extra hours with the start of […]
A 10-month, part-time training program and networking opportunity for people who seek to learn and collaborate with others to make positive change in their neighborhood is returning to Sto-Rox. The current Next Neighborhood Leaders program is open to those who […]
Plan to repeal and replace Affordable Care Act means bad news for low income suffering addiction, mental health issues
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald talks with U.S. Senator Bob Casey and Ross resident Michelle Schwartzmier after the conference. By Sonja Reis | MRCDC U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) was in McKees Rocks this week to discuss the Graham-Cassidy bill, the […]
What’s thrive? Sto-Rox Community Resource Center Spends Its First 100 Days Helping Members Learn to Thrive
By Sonja Reis | MRCDC Traveling through downtown McKees Rocks, you can’t help but notice subtle changes to the landscape along the Chartiers Avenue business district. There are building facade updates, additions to the outdoor space at Rocks Landing, signs […]
By Sonja Reis | MRCDC Colorado jam band Leftover Salmon will be headlining Feastival, the annual end of summer party set for August 26 in McKees Rocks. The music, food and art festival also will feature Pittsburgh Jamband theCAUSE with […]
Help create opportunity and impact by sharing ideas during Launch Sto-Rox, a community conversation
Launch Sto-Rox is a program to help local business and community project leaders create opportunity and impact. Your views will guide the direction of this program and future programming in McKees Rocks and Stowe Township. Focus On Renewal, the McKees […]
Sonja Reis | MRCDC It’s been several months since an Urban Land Institute advisory services panel traveled to McKees Rocks bringing with it national experts in the real estate field who studied land use planning and development projects, programs, and […]
Sonja Reis | MRCDC The McKees Rocks Borough is the recipient of a $377,000 Green Revitalization of Our Waterways (GROW) grant through the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority. This grant is one of 32 matching municipal grants totaling $9 million that was […]
‘It Starts With the Field’ funding campaign aims to bring synthetic turf field for Sto-Rox activities
Sonja Reis | MRCDC It’s been 40 years since the grass field at Sto-Rox Memorial Stadium has been resurfaced and for many of those years, fear of further damaging the already fragile playing area forced the school district to severely […]
