Alma Fleming Alma Eleanor Oestreicher Fleming, 97, of Wadsworth, OH, formerly of Kilbuck Township and wife of the late James D. Fleming, died Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Livingston and her husband Paul; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three nephews; and a niece. She was preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Nellie Oestreicher; and her brother, Charles Oestreicher and his wife Helene. Friends were received at O'Brien Funeral Home, North Side, until the time of services on Friday. Burial was in Rosedale Cemetery.

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Matthew Torres, 23, from Pittsburgh, was arrested for driving under the influence following a traffic stop on Route 65 in Kilbuck Township on Sept. 22.

Amanda Smith, 28, from Pittsburgh, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance following a traffic stop on Route 65 in Emsworth on Sept. 23.

Ronda Draper, 46, from Pittsburgh, was arrested for DUI following a traffic stop on Route 65 in Emsworth on Sept. 24.

Following a tip from a suspicious resident, Ohio Township Police discovered marijuana growing in two locations and made an arrest of the alleged “gardener.”

Police found Thomas Kastory, 21, of Emsworth, in a vacant Kilbuck Township field with four marijuana plants on Aug. 10. Officers then obtained a search warrant for Kastory’s home, where they five additional plants growing in a garden next to the house. A search of the interior produced paraphernalia, police say.

In the future, when North Boroughs residents use the words “Lennon” and “police” in the same sentence, they may not be talking about former Kilbuck Township Police Chief Jack Lennon. Instead, they may be referring to his grandson, and namesake, John Lennon, who was sworn in as a Bellevue Police officer Tuesday evening.

Kilbuck Township will advertise both its fire station and municipal hall properties for sale.

The township supervisors voted Tuesday to go ahead with the sale of the properties after exploring the procedure and the cost of moving government operations elsewhere.

Offers on the properties are expected to be considered at the supervisors’ meeting on June 28.

Although nowhere near as big as the landslide that ended hopes of a Super WalMart in Kilbuck Township a few years ago, the crumbling hillside along Route 65 in the same vicinity has once again closed the highway to traffic.

Relatively minor levels of rocks and mud came onto the northbound lanes in Glenfield on Wednesday, about a quarter mile north of the I-79 interchange. PennDOT officials closed all four lanes of traffic to clear the area and assess the danger, but southbound lanes were reopened to traffic later that day.

Both the old fire station and the current municipal building in Kilbuck Township soon will be sporting for sale signs.

The township supervisors, at their meeting Tuesday, unanimously approved a motion authorizing the solicitor to prepare a notice advertising the properties for sale.

Officials previously said that the municipal building is seldom used, and that they could save thousands of dollars in maintenance and operation costs by holding meetings elsewhere. The fire station was donated to the township when the volunteer fire company disbanded.

Although most of the homes in the proposed Carey's Bluff development will lie within Glenfield Borough, one key element is planned for Kilbuck Township, where officials are hoping to protect Kilbuck and its residents from any future problems.

Developers of the community -- which will include both single family homes and condominiums -- along Toms Run Road want to place a sewage treatment plant on the Kilbuck side of the border, but officials want to make sure that plant doesn't end up costing Kilbuck in the future.

An attempted vehicle break in was reported on Camp Horne Road in Kilbuck Township on Jan. 28. The complainant found one vehicle, a Chevy Metro, had the steering column broken and a tire iron was found next to the ignition. A second vehicle, a Mercury Villager, was found with the front driver’s side door partially opened. Both vehicles’ glove boxes were opened but nothing was reported stolen from either vehicle.

Daniel T. Rai, 45, from Pittsburgh, was arrested for driving under the influence following a traffic stop on Ohio River Boulevard in Kilbuck Township on Jan. 29.

With local property owners being approached to allow natural gas drilling, the Kilbuck Township Supervisors have approved the introduction of an ordinance that will put restrictions and regulations in place.

Township secretary Harry Dilmore said that the township’s zoning code already restricts drilling to a limited number of parcels, most of which are conservation lands that are unlikely to host the drilling operation required to obtain natural gas from the Marcellus Shale.

The Kilbuck Township Supervisors voted Tuesday to award the contract for a Camp Horne Road drainage pipe repair to Diamond Landscaping, which submitted the lowest of three bids at $3,770.

Supervisor Tom Tomaro abstained from the vote because he owns the company.