Marion Marty of the Allegheny-Kiski Health Foundation helps New Kensington and Arnold residents disembark from a bus Wednesday at the Pittsburgh Mills complex in Frazer. The foundation offers the transportation service twice a month. Growing up in New Kensington in the 1950s and ’60s, Joan Smith said there was a variety of grocery stores, most within walking distance, no matter which section of town you lived in. “There was IGA and Gold Circle, and even at Kmart you could get some stuff,” Smith said. That is no longer the case for people who live in downtown New Kensington and Arnold. A resident of Arnold Towers, Smith said grocery stores are out of reach for people without a vehicle after the Shop ’n Save in Central City Plaza, easily accessed by people in The Flats, closed its doors in 2020. “There’s nowhere for us to even try to walk to, except little places,” Smith said. “You can’t be paying an arm and a leg every week.” A grocery shopping program sponsored by Harrison-based Allegheny-Kiski Health Foundation aims to alleviate the struggle. The group pays $11,000 a year to Valley Lines in Slate Lick to pick up shoppers from four sites […]
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