We will reveal the answer on Monday.
The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch has partnered with the Baldwin Historical Society to bring you a weekly trivia question that delves into our area's colorful past. Pat Lombardi and Patty Woehler, co-presidents of the society, generously write the questions and provide the pictures. Here is this week's question: The first picture above is of an Honor Roll captured in 1945. It was located near the corner of Horning and Curry roads, across the street from Bloom Engineering Company. The names of the two servicemen are unknown. The second picture found above is of a flag hung to honor the men of the Baldwin community who answered the call of their country for service during World War I. Local officials placed a large banner along the road, which was…
Pole was split in half, and road was shut down from Cedar Street to Broad Street.
UPDATE: The road has been reopened. Crews from Verizon are repairing a severed utility pole on Horning Road in south Baldwin Borough after a truck got caught there underneath telephone wires hanging too close to the street. Horning is closed from Broad Street to Cedar Street (near Bob-Bets Lounge and the Curry Road intersection) while officials from the South Baldwin Volunteer Fire Company and the Baldwin Borough Police Department remain on the scene. Motorists can detour around that closure by taking Cedar to Chestnut Street or vice versa. The trucker operating the vehicle is from Vitran, which was doing business at the Bloom Engineering Company on Curry. His truck became stuck at around 12:30 p.m. while he was turning around in a nearby …
40.33737
-79.9923
Horning Rd & Cedar St, Pittsburgh, PA
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40.33769
-79.99434
Horning Rd & Broad St, Pittsburgh, PA
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Robert Edward Healy, III
9:38 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012
The answer this week is B! more ›