12-12-12 Concert to Benefit Sandy Victims Airing on Multiple Channels, DVE Tonight

Some of the biggest names in music will play at a benefit concert on Wednesday. It will be shown on multiple TV stations and will air on DVE.

Huge names in music are lending their talents to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts at the "12-12-12" concert on Wednesday. Every penny sold from ticket sales will go directly to Sandy victims via the Robin Hood Relief Fund, which provides material, money and aid to local organizations that are serving families and individuals in the regions hardest hit by the storm, including over 200 Patch towns in New Jersey, in Connecticut and on Long Island. The all-star lineup includes Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Eddie Vedder, Roger Waters, Kanye West, The Who and Paul McCartney, with other artists to be announced. The concert will start at 7:30 p.m. EST on Dec. 12 and …

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Heidi Klum to Aid Hurricane Sandy Victims

In partnership with Patch, the supermodel mom will help distribute supplies in partnership with the American Red Cross and Patch on Sunday, Dec. 2.

Supermodel Heidi Klum is lending her efforts to affected victims and families of Superstorm Sandy by distributing supplies, food, and water in the afternoon on Sunday, Dec. 2 at the American Red Cross Nassau Chapter in Mineola, NY, in partnership with the American Red Cross, AOL, and Patch. After, Klum will go to Lindenhurst, NY, for the tree lighting with Mayor Thomas Brennan. Klum's efforts are a reminder that these communities still need help rebuilding. Here's how you can help: Donate to the American Red Cross, Long Island Cares, or Island Harvest. And, you can help rebuild communities that were hit by Hurricane Sandy by simply sending a tweet: Patch’s effort to help support devastated communities after the storm, Patch Rebuilds, will …

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Tweet #PatchRebuilds to Help Hurricane Sandy Survivors

Patch will make a $1 donation to AmeriCares for every tweet with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds.

Upper St. Clair residents can help rebuild communities that were hit by Hurricane Sandy by donating cans of food, volunteering for cleanup efforts—or simply sending a tweet. Patch is excited to announce our new effort to help support devestated communities after the storm. For every tweet sent with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, we will donate $1 to the AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund, up to $125,000. Your contribution will go toward medical and humanitarian aid, grants and programs to help Sandy survivors. You can simply tweet the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, or go to our Patch Rebuilds website, rebuilds.patch.com/upperstclair, and tweet directly from the site. A customized tweet that starts “My heart belongs to…” is created from …

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USC Rallies to Help Hurricane Sandy Victims

Over a ton of supplies donated by USC faculty, staff, and families delivered to Hurricane Sandy victims thanks to the generosity of community members and local businesses.

A colleague of my father’s, a gentleman named Kevin, was on the “Miracle on the Hudson” flight that, after an engine emergency, landed in the Hudson River.  Kevin was in the back of the plane, and as he waded through shin-deep water to the emergency exits he saw numerous examples of the inherent goodness in people:  passengers steadied each other on the wet, slick airplane wings, buckled the elderly and children into the first available life jackets, and instinctively leapt into the icy waters after those who slipped off of the wings and fell in. “In this moment of crisis,” Kevin told my father, “it became clear to me that people are, by nature, inherently good.” In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, I too I have had the privilege of witnessing …

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Local Red Cross Volunteers Scramble to Sandy Disaster Areas

Volunteers from the South Hills of Pittsburgh recently traveled to the places hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy.

The American Red Cross has sent several volunteers from the South Hills of Pittsburgh to the places hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. The Red Cross announced that it sent five volunteers to Morgantown last week to help people affected by the large snowfall in the rural areas of West Virginia. Rose Marie Malizio of Heidelberg, Lauren Pucci of the South Hills, Cindy Chmel of Claysville, Ken Brown of South Hills, and John Breitweiser of South Park, were sent to West Virginia on Oct. 31. That area suffered severe power outages from the heavy snowfall, prompting many residents in rural areas to evacuate to shelters until electricity was restored. The Red Cross has mobilized 1,700 disaster workers from all over the country who have served more …

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Patch & AOL Send Hurricane Sandy Relief Trucks to Long Island, New Jersey

Employees help out, and you can, too

It's been said it's far better to have a neighbor who's near, than a brother who's far away, but in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Americans across the nation have proven to be the best neighbors and the strongest of families. This past weekend, AOL and Patch employees took an opportunity to pitch in, packing two tractor trailers worth of food, water and supplies in Dulles, VA, and Baltimore. The donations are headed to Hurricane Sandy ravaged areas in New Jersey and Long Island. Want to join the relief efforts? Click here to donate: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol "When a catastrophe of this size hits, we all feel it, both the hundreds of us who live in the impacted towns, and our colleagues who are watching and wishing they could …

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PennDOT Extends Expiration Dates for Licenses, Registrations, More

The measure comes in response to Hurricane Sandy.

Because of the damaging effects of Hurricane Sandy across the state, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Barry J. Schoch has authorized an extension of the expiration dates for Pennsylvania driver's licenses, identification cards and vehicle inspections/registrations. Oct. 31 expiration dates for vehicle registrations and safety and emissions inspections have been extended until Nov. 15—as have expiration dates between Oct. 26 and Nov. 15 for driver's licenses and identification cards. These extensions apply for customers statewide. Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook

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Reminder: Trick-or-Treating Is Tonight

Hope you have candy left!

Hurricane Sandy Floods Movie Theater

Heavy rain from Hurricane Sandy dumped water on moviegoers at the former Destinta movie theater Monday night.

Heavy rain from Hurricane Sandy dumped water on moviegoers at the Phoenix Big Cinema on Monday night. Patrons sitting inside theater No. 16 told emergency responders they “smelled something electrical” around 8:30 p.m. while the movie was playing. Kirwan Heights fire Chief Mark Lewis said the water that flooded inside was contained to that one theater. He did not know how many people were inside the theater or which movie was playing at the time. Lewis said it appeared that there had been a leak in the theater’s ceiling for some time and the heavy rain from Sandy exacerbated the problem. Lewis estimated the Kirwan Heights area received about three inches of rain. “It was an old leak,” Lewis said. “When you get all of this rain, it just let…

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