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Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream teams up with Daugherty Orchards of Murrysville
Chad Townsend of Fox Chapel grew up eating frozen Ho Ho cakes, courtesy of his late grandmother, Mildred Trau. That love of noshing on frozen treats would later inspire Townsend to hone his ice cream-making skills and later open Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream, based in Pittsburgh. Mildred, or “Millie” was...
Retiring St. Margaret Foundation president fundraised $19 million for projects
Mary Lee Gannon finds peace in gardening. As president of the nonprofit St. Margaret Foundation, Gannon spearheaded a $364,000 fundraising campaign to add a colorful plot of perennials, a fountain, rocking chairs and a swing on the campus of UPMC St. Margaret near Aspinwall. “I was comforted to know we...
Fox Chapel area student achievements for the week of Nov. 11, 2025
Fourteen Fox Chapel Area High School students participated in the third annual Allegheny County Chorus Festival: seniors Daniel DeMotte, Maggie Jones, Benjamin Shuttleworth and Robert Svenson; juniors Cascie Banachoski, Aubrielle Cheatham, Evangeline Sereno and Emma Smith; and sophomores Anita Fava, Sophia Geraci, Kassidy Joyce, Abigail Ornelas Barajas, Addison Smith and...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 9, 2025
Aspinwall Cecelia Bender sold property at 221 Third St. to Aaron and Riya Zell for $545,000. Fox Chapel Vincent Pollino sold property at 507 Dorseyville Road to Wesley and Kathleen Oliver for $440,000. Estate of Barbara Jean Tucciarone sold property at 121 Shadow Ridge Drive to Adam Sharbaugh and Elizabeth...
Herald notebook: Shady Side Academy, Fox Chapel field hockey bow out of state playoffs
The most challenging sports for teams coming out of the WPIAL to compete with teams out east may be field hockey. All three WPIAL champions — Pine-Richland, Fox Chapel and Shady Side Academy — were all shut out in the first round of states. The Foxes lost to Hershey, 2-0....
With patience, determination, Fox Chapel girls march into state playoffs
The Fox Chapel girls soccer team hasn’t had to worry about battling through another version of the WPIAL tournament through the first few rounds of the PIAA Class 3A playoffs. That’s exactly how Foxes coach Carlo Prati prefers things to shake out. Fox Chapel knocked off District 10 champion Harbor...
Pair of Fox Chapel players cap season with all-conference honors
The Fox Chapel football program has many markers it would like to hit on its way back to respectability. Foxes coach Dave Leasure was happy to cap the season, where Fox Chapel finished 3-7 overall and 0-5 in the Northeast Conference, with Harran Zureikat and Max Melocchi earning all-conference honors....
Shady Side Academy girls focus on team success, win program’s 1st cross country state title
Shady Side Academy girls cross country coach Jeff Perlis talked to Charlotte Barker and Josephine Lenart the night before the PIAA Class A championship race to discuss strategy. Both girls were among the favorites to cross the finish line first. Lenart and Barker had traded wins at meets back and...
Dorseyville Middle School student author embraces fantasy fiction
A pint-sized student author continues to develop her creative writing skills as she transitions from Kerr Elementary School to Dorseyville Middle School in the Fox Chapel Area School District. Bella Gao, 11, lives in O’Hara and is a sixth-grader with a zest for writing fantasy fiction. While enrolled for four...
A-K Valley PIAA soccer playoff preview capsules for Nov. 8, 2025
PIAA soccer playoffs Boys Class 4A Quarterfinals 1-2 Abington (19-2-3) vs. 7-1 Fox Chapel (17-2) 1 p.m. Saturday, Trojan Stadium, Chambersburg Winner plays: Winner of 3-1 Warwick (19-2-1)/7-2 Seneca Valley (18-3) on Tuesday in semifinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Carter Shannon, Abington; Rocco DiDomenico, Fox Chapel Corner kicks:...
Fox Chapel police host pumpkin painting event at borough station
More people meant more pumpkins painted by Fox Chapel area families as part of the borough police department’s annual fall event. Officers hosted Painting Pumpkins with Police on Oct. 18 at the station, which is behind the borough building at 401 Fox Chapel Road. “We had more people this time,”...
Dancing Gnome reopens original taproom as 925 in Sharpsburg
There’s more room to roam for customers at Dancing Gnome Brewery with the expansion of a new specialty cocktail bar located a block away from the well-established brewery in Sharpsburg. 925 opened on Oct. 17 in the original Dancing Gnome location at 925 Main St., serving Pennsylvania-produced wines, liquors, Dancing...
Voters in the Fox Chapel area select some new mayors but retain many other incumbents
Fox Chapel area voters have elected new mayors in Fox Chapel and Aspinwall while re-electing a number of familiar faces for council, school board and other mayoral races. Here are the results from the Nov. 4 election, according to Allegheny County Elections Division records. Fox Chapel Area School Board Incumbent...
Aspinwall expected to change 15 parking spaces at the ball field to resident-only parking
Aspinwall officials seek to change more than a dozen parking spaces by the borough ball field to residential-only spaces in an effort to make it easier for their constituents to find parking during busy recreational days. However, some residents question whether the adjustment will force visitors to park in front...
Michael Stevens retires as Fox Chapel police chief, Sgt. Craig Sorg promoted to interim chief
Fox Chapel Police Chief Michael Stevens is stepping down from his top law enforcement post to take up another calling. Stevens, 59, has retired from the borough force to become the regional supervisor of the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Eastern Region. He will be managing officers in multiple Diocese’s schools and...
Sharpsburg welcomes new junior councilperson
Sharpsburg teen Grace Cooper wants to make a difference in her community. The Fox Chapel Area High School freshman has earned a unique opportunity to do just that while bolstering her knowledge of local government. She was appointed the borough’s new junior councilperson and was sworn in by Mayor Kayla...
In brief: Bake sale, vaccine clinics and more in Fox Chapel area
Breakfast with Santa Lauri Ann West Community Center is hosting Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 6 from 10 am to noon, sponsored in part by Jane Siddons Herrmann of Berkshire Hathaway Realty. Tickets are $15 each and can be purchased by visiting LauriAnnWestCC.org. Bake sale The Wayne Fusaro Pancreatic Cancer...
Actress, Fox Chapel Area alum Regina Gibson returns home for original 1-woman show
Actress and singer Regina Gibson returns to her Pittsburgh-area stomping grounds for a one-night show on a relatable topic – dating angst – heightened by the comedic addition of opera music. The Fox Chapel Area High School alum brings her “Divina: A Fantasy Cabaret,” a one-woman original opera-comedy-cabaret, to the...
Pittsburgh’s Zack Keim on music, Penguins’ collaboration and coming homeVideo
It’s been a busy year for Pittsburgh indie singer-songwriter Zack Keim. The Fox Chapel Area High School graduate, 28, released his second solo album, “Battery Lane,” in February, logged more than 100 shows around the country and completed a 10-concert tour of Spain. “My music’s really big in Spain for...
Fox Chapel area student achievements for the week of Nov. 4, 2025
The Fox Chapel Area High School Marching Band won first place at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Marching Band Association Championships. The Marching Foxes placed first in Class 2A at the competition, which was held Oct. 18 at Deer Lakes High School. The Marching Foxes earned a score of 86.375, and also...
A-K Valley high school soccer PIAA playoff preview capsules for Nov. 4, 2025
PIAA soccer playoffs Boys Class 4A First round 3-4 Central York (15-5-1) at 7-1 Fox Chapel (16-2) 5 p.m. Tuesday, Burke Stadium, Fox Chapel Winner plays: Winner of 1-2 Abington (18-2-3)/3-2 Chambersburg (12-4-4) Saturday in semifinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Alex Neff, Central York; Sean Regan, Fox Chapel...
Fox Chapel Area High School performers prepare for fall play ‘Our Town’
Fox Chapel Area High School performers are gearing up for this year’s fall play production. Students in all grade levels have been working diligently to present the Thornton Wilder classic “Our Town.” The play explores the relationship between two young Grover’s Corners neighbors, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, whose childhood...
Sharpsburg native a law enforcement staple for 35 years
Sharpsburg police Chief Thomas Stelitano knows every street in the one-mile stretch in the borough of Sharpsburg. “I can name those streets with my eyes closed,” said Stelitano, 56. Chief Stelitano now lives in Blawnox but grew up on Eighth Street and still has relatives and friends who live in...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 2, 2025
Aspinwall Lee Harrison trustee sold property at 5 Knollwood Drive to Joshua Nellist and Anat Kohn for $614,000. Fox Chapel Mark Heinauer sold property at Old Indian Trl to Mansoor and Nabila Raja for $343,550. Mark Biedrdzycki sold property at 106 Shannon Drive to Michael and Cheryl McHale for $989,000....
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week for week ending Nov. 2, 2025
Lily McLaughlin School: Fox Chapel Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: McLaughlin scored the golden goal with 1:38 left in overtime to lift the top-seeded Fox Chapel (19-1-1) to a 1-0 victory over No. 2 South Fayette in the WPIAL Class 3A championship game. The Foxes will look to...
