🌱 How Riverview’s $10 million school plan could hit Oakmont tax bills
Oakmont, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Oakmont! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Riverview’s $10 million school plan could hit Oakmont tax bills
- Why Oakmont’s new Allegheny Avenue parking lot is still locked up
Also on today's calendar: PreK Story Time PLUS and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 53 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 58.
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 66 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Proposed renovation of Riverview Jr.-Sr. High School met with both criticism and praise (triblive.com) — Oakmont residents are weighing in on a proposed $10–11 million renovation of Riverview Jr.-Sr. High School that could raise property taxes beyond an already proposed 1.5% hike. Neighbors, students, and former board members are split between prioritizing building upgrades and investing more in staff, as the board prepares for a key June 8 budget and tax vote. 
• Oakmont parking lot opening day still a mystery to nearby business owners (triblive.com) — A long-awaited public parking lot on Allegheny Avenue in Oakmont, built by the Oakmont Community Foundation, remains closed with no clear opening date, frustrating nearby shop owners. Businesses say the roughly 40 new spaces could significantly ease chronic parking shortages in the borough’s main business corridor, but they’ve received no communication about what’s causing the delay.
📸 Around Oakmont
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Buzz Worthy Pub Trivia - Name That Tune →
The Oaks Theater, 310 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont
7:30 pm
Wednesday June 3
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Other local events
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School Wide Locker Clean Out
Fox Chapel Area High School 611 Field Club Road , Pittsburgh, PA 15238
7:30 am -
Fairview Elem. PTO Fun Fair
Fairview Elementary School, 738 Dorseyville Rd, Pittsburgh, PA
5:30 pm -
PreK Story Time PLUS →
Oakmont Carnegie Library, 700 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont
10:30 am -
E Collar Hike (Oakmont Dark Hollow Park) →
Dark Hollow Woods Nature Reserve, 39 Crystal Dr, Oakmont
11:00 am -
PreK Story Time PLUS →
Oakmont Carnegie Library, 700 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont
10:30 am
Thursday June 4
Wednesday June 10
Saturday June 20
Wednesday July 1
📣 Oakmont Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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DMS - Math 8 Final
Dorseyville Middle School 3732 Saxonburg Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15238
8:15 am -
School Wide Locker Clean Out
Fox Chapel Area High School 611 Field Club Road , Pittsburgh, PA 15238
7:30 am -
Fairview Elem. PTO Fun Fair
Fairview Elementary School, 738 Dorseyville Rd, Pittsburgh, PA
5:30 pm -
Last Day For Students and Teachers →
New Kensington-Arnold SD New Kensington, PA 15068 -
Graduation Day →
New Kensington-Arnold SD New Kensington, PA 15068 -
Smoke Signals Live at Moondogs!! →
Moondogs, 378 Freeport Rd, Blawnox
8:00 pm
Wednesday June 3
Thursday June 4
Friday June 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Orkin posted a job opening for Commercial Pest Control Technician in Oakmont. Apply here.
- Arby's Restaurant posted a job opening for Team Member in Verona. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oakmont here.
🗞 Nearby News
Cheswick
- Data center developers plan to return to Springdale for open house in early June (triblive.com)
- House Votes to Ban cell phones (audacy.com)
Fox Chapel
- Pittsburgh Pride Guide: 40+ things to do, from festivals and parades to an alley dance party and a doggie drag pageant (nextpittsburgh.com)
- PIAA 3A girls lacrosse tournament: Contenders, sleepers and bracketology (pennlive.com)
Plum
- The Stroller, June 2, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley (triblive.com)
- Local men wounded at Trump rally shooting in Butler sue U.S. (triblive.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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