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North Allegheny High School presents ‘Sweeney Todd’
Carnage and comedy befall the student cast of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street! School Edition,” this year’s spring musical at North Allegheny Senior High School. The adaptation of the Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler is scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 28- 29...
Chocolate Walk in McCandless benefits North Hills Community Outreach
Sweets can lead to good things at the Chocolate Walk scheduled for March 2 at McCandless Crossing, a fundraiser benefiting North Hills Community Outreach. Candy lovers can sample chocolate from participating vendors from noon to 6 p.m. in the open-air shopping center at the crossroads of McKnight Road and Duncan...
A.W. Beattie Career Center in McCandless explores renovations
An expansion may be in the works by next year for A.W. Beattie Career Center in McCandless. Student enrollment at Beattie is growing, according to director Eric Heasley “The possibility of an addition to the existing career center building is due to continued enrollment growth and additional potential program considerations,”...
Acorn Park work to begin in spring in Franklin Park
Updates on the way for Acorn Park in Franklin Park will include an outdoor classroom, trail work, restroom facilities and more. “Work is expected to begin in the spring of this year and completed by the end of 2024. The borough is currently awaiting approval of a national pollutant discharge...
North Allegheny senior wins national award for brain research
Only three high school students in the United States won the 2024 American Academy of Neurology Neuroscience Research Prize in recognition of an outstanding research project, and North Allegheny’s own Thrisha Kalpatthi was one of them. Kalpatthi’s project is titled “RhoA Signaling Is a Convergence Point for Nogo Receptor and...
A.W. Beattie Career Center hosts spring open house in McCandless
A.W. Beattie Career Center will host a spring open house from 5:15 to 8 p.m. Feb. 29 at its campus, 9600 Babcock Blvd., McCandless. The event gives prospective students an opportunity to learn about the school’s 19 programs and how each one prepares students for college and career pathways, according...
McCandless resident answers retired priest’s plea for kidney donation
Father Tom Kredel didn’t quite say it was a miracle that he found a kidney donor after celebrating Mass at St. Alexis Church in McCandless last summer. But he is certainly grateful. Kredel, a retired priest of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh who is suffering from kidney failure, was running...
Franklin Park residents can apply for community scholarships
High school seniors who live in Franklin Park can apply for one of up to 10 scholarships, each worth $1,500. Applications for the Franklin Park Community Scholarship program are being accepted through March 15. They are available at www.franklinparkborough.us. The program is open to students of North Allegheny and other...
Year’s worth of improvements begin Feb. 12 on McKnight Road in McCandless, Ross
Motorists can keep up with traffic advisories and construction email updates on the McKnight Road improvement project that is scheduled to begin Feb. 12. The $25.5 million PennDOT District 11 project will affect roads in Ross and McCandless, and is expected to last until spring 2025. Work will include bridge...
Spring play Feb. 7-10 at North Allegheny Intermediate High School
See what happened “While the Lights Were Out,” the spring play at the North Allegheny Intermediate High School set for 7 p.m. Feb. 8 and 9, and 2 and 7 p.m. on Feb. 10. There is a gold card/senior citizen’s performance only at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 7. All shows are...
Pine nonprofit’s donation program helps young-adult cancer survivors
Young Adult Survivors United is inviting the community to help give young cancer survivors a helping hand through a new basic-needs donation program. Distribution Days provides household items, toiletries and nonperishable products for members of the Pine-based nonprofit, those diagnosed with cancer between the ages of 18 to 45, according...
‘Wonderful school memory’: North Allegheny class pets offer variety of learning opportunities
Not everyone in Dana Cornelius’ third-grade class at Peebles Elementary School gets fed a fish on his or her birthday. But Yertle does. Yertle the turtle is Cornelius’ class pet. And speaking of birthdays, he’ll be turning 25 on Sept. 11. “Yertle brings so much excitement to our third-grade classroom....
McCandless receives grant toward park improvements
More accessibility and overall improvements to five McCandless parks will be aided by a recent grant of $98,931 from the state. The award, through the Commonwealth Financing Authority, will help fund the town’s parks master site development plan and town trail feasibility study. “The town is excited for this funding...
Bradford Woods grant helps pay for summer road work
A $204,000 grant from the Allegheny County Conservation District will help fund a stormwater infrastructure project in Bradford Woods this summer. Road work continues to be one of the larger expenses in the 2024 borough budget. The $1.432 million spending plan was adopted by Bradford Woods Council on Dec. 11...
La Roche University grant helps get meals to students
College students should be focused on passing classes, not looking for their next meal. The 2023-24 PA Hunger-Free Campus awards can help alleviate that worry by providing funds to campuses across the state to combat food insecurity on campus. This includes La Roche University in McCandless, which was awarded a...
McCandless adds funding for ambulance, fire services
McCandless council revised the 2024 municipal budget to provide additional funding for the Peebles District Volunteer Fire Company and McCandless Franklin Park Ambulance Authority. Despite the revision, the real estate tax rate remains at 1.236 mills, the second-lowest in Allegheny County behind neighboring Pine’s 0.998 mills. The extra funds were...
Marshall holds 35-year real estate tax line
Marshall enters its 35th straight year without a real estate tax increase, with the rate of 1.42 mills remaining among the lowest in Allegheny County. The township’s 2024 budget, as approved unanimously by supervisors in December, calls for $9.836 million in expenditures, a slight increase over last year’s $9.358 million....
Family donates $20,000 to North Allegheny High School theater department
John Woffington, who directed nearly 40 plays while a teacher at North Allegheny, is continuing his love of the stage by gifting the district’s theater department $20,000. He and his wife, Judy, presented a $20,000 check to benefit the North Allegheny High School theater department on Jan. 3 to theater...
North Allegheny Foundation honors distinguished alumni
Nine North Allegheny High School alumni will be honored for their postgraduate contributions during the 2024 North Allegheny Foundation’s Distinguished Alumni Gala on Jan. 25 at The Chadwick in McCandless. Each honoree represents a different award category: arts, business, community service, education, government, law, medicine, science and young alumni who...
‘Happy that we’re staying’: Land purchase preserves North Park ‘gateway’
Local businesses in North Park along East Ingomar Road in McCandless are staying put for now, thanks to a local resident and business owner who bought the property in late December. Jason Wolfe purchased the 41-acre parcel from Joy Irwin, the daughter of the late Joan Ammer of Fox Chapel,...
Ingomar Elementary students in the North Allegheny School District craft gingerbread look-alikes
Students at Ingomar Elementary School added some sparkle to the Ashton Commons Senior Living Center in McCandless by making cardboard gingerbread houses during art class to be displayed at the senior community’s Light Up Night on Dec. 8....
Marshall Township teen writes book for elementary girls ‘The Four Take on the Fifth’
Eighteen-year-old Sawyer Wright has penned a book about four fourth-graders moving up to fifth grade and their experiences. She wrote “The Four Take on the Fifth” as part of her project to win a Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement within the Girl Scouts of USA. “My goal with...
Chief of police at the North Allegheny School District hired at a $105,000 annual salary
The North Allegheny School Board hired a task force officer with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to serve as the school district’s first chief of school police, safety and security and as school safety coordinator. Eric Harpster — who has more than 30 years of law enforcement experience, according to...
Santa, cookies kick off Christmas Eve 5K in North Park
Work off those inevitable Christmas cookie calories by racing in the Christmas Eve 5K Run/Walk in North Park. The event, sponsored by Wolf Creek Race Management, starts at 10 a.m. Dec. 24 near the lake at the North Park Swimming Pool on South Ridge Drive in Allison Park. Volunteers from...
Winterfest in McCandless attracts hundreds to holiday event
Hundreds of people came out for McCandless Township’s third annual Winterfest celebration on Dec. 2. Food, games, light displays and fireworks were part of the fun. The event was held at the public works garage adjacent to the township building on Grubbs Road. Winterfest is one of the township’s best-attended...
