Hampton Journal category, Page 44
Happenings in Hampton and nearby, June 23, 2022
Calvary Church plans fireworks display Calvary Baptist Church, 4765 S. Pioneer Road, Hampton, plans its annual fireworks show at dusk on July 3. Everyone is invited to the show and to the church’s services that day, at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. The church’s annual revival with Dr. Dennis Corle...
Hampton to hold Community Day July 3
Hampton Township is continuing its annual tradition of holding a Community Day for its residents, with the pool opening at 11 a.m. and the festivities beginning at 1 p.m. July 3. This year, the event will be held on the soccer fields near the Community Center to allow for more...
Hampton’s Murder By Book Club celebrates 10th anniversary
Here’s a mystery: Why don’t more people read mysteries? At least, that’s what members of the Hampton Community Library-based Murder By the Book Club probably wonder as they delve into their latest whodunit. For a decade now, starting with “Mirror Image” by Dennis Palumbo in June 2012, the group has...
North Hills Community Outreach launches drive to collect school supplies for needy kids
Now through Aug. 6, residents in the North Hills can help a local charity fulfill its yearly mission to collect school supplies for needy children. North Hills Community Outreach is seeking donations to help children in preschool through high school. “With rising inflation, we expect an increase in demand for...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 19, 2022
Bellevue AVBLG Ltd. sold property at 509 Forest Ave. to Praveen Bhandari and Rameswara Bobbiti for $230,000. Unity Properties LLC sold property at 561 Highland Pl to Austin Orth for $302,500. VAZ P1 LLC sold property at 201 Lincoln Ave. to Matt Simpson and Ceillum Ohare for $188,000. JNI Management...
Hampton volleyball coach’s departure ‘heartbreaking’
Hampton didn’t have to look far to find its new girls volleyball coach. And they don’t have to look far to see where their old coach ended up. Dainen Holler, the district’s middle school coach, was promoted to the Talbots’ top spot after Annie Bozzo departed following two seasons at...
Hampton-area happenings: Farmer’s market, garden tour, more
Farmer’s market held Wednesday afternoons The Township of Hampton Farmer’s Market is held from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through mid-October in the lower parking lot of the Hampton Community Center, 3101 McCully Road. Vendors for 2022 include Bates & Hayes Concessions, Carlos Aviles Farms, Cindy Munchies, Cunning House Supply...
Using their heads: Fox Chapel sisters create hats with bows and memories
Sarah Shelby was bundling up for a wintry day. She threw on a bulky warm coat and reached for her baseball hat. But something was missing. “I just didn’t feel feminine,” said Shelby, who is known for wearing signature bows in her hair. “I thought, ‘what if this signature baseball...
Students at Aquinas Academy in Hampton compete at PJAS State Tournament
Fifteen eighth-graders at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton qualified for the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science State Meeting competition. The students qualified by earning a first-place award at the PJAS Region 7 meeting. Twenty-two Aquinas students submitted video entries for the regional meeting in February, and 15 received first-place...
Hampton High School graduates Class of 2022
Hampton High School’s Class of 2022 commencement took place June 9 at Fridley Field, with Principal Marguerite Imbarlina welcoming the graduates and acknowledging academic recognitions. She joined other Hampton Township School District administrators, including Superintendent Michael Loughead, joined Bryant Wesley, school board president, in presenting diplomas. Quentin Romero-Lauro, senior class...
Rust Project carries on tradition of Neil Young, other hall of famers
Sometimes brother knows best. While listening to the radio one day in her Indiana Township home, young Suzy Wargo heard a song she didn’t recognize. “I was sitting on the floor with my stereo on, and my mouth, you had to pick my jaw up off the floor,” she said....
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 12, 2022
Bradford Woods David Chidester sold property at 4920 Wexford Run Road to Jennifer Zeitler for $480,000. Franklin Park Matthew Ferriolo sold property at 1553 Crestview Drive to Kevin and Brittney Elizabeth Corcoran for $295,000. Susan Frank sold property at 2450 Dogwood Drive to Jae Seok Lee and Pyung Hwa Kim...
Standout guard Peter Kramer returning to Hampton
The Hampton boys basketball team will get some excitement this upcoming season when coach Joe Lafko collects his 500th career coaching victory. The Talbots this summer received some other exciting news. Peter Kramer, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard who last March helped Shady Side Academy to its first WPIAL boys basketball...
Hampton ace Apaliski aims to build on breakout season
If Hampton left-hander Ryan Apaliski improves this summer as much as he did last summer, Talbots coach Kellen Wheeler may start running out of superlatives. Apaliski, who recently completed his junior year, used a strong summer of 2021 as a springboard to a first-team All-Section 2-5A performance this past season....
Hampton resident works toward protecting green space
A typical day on the job just doesn’t exist for Hampton resident Emilie Rzotkiewicz. “Some mornings I wear a suit, asking for significant dollars, and in the afternoon I’m out walking in the mud,” she said. “Yesterday, I was digging out a tractor from the mud, trying to figure out...
Hampton Township Farmer’s Market opens for season
You don’t really need a farm to be a farmers’ market vendor. “We decided to start our own little thing called Hugh’s Heirloom Herbs,” Stacey Gray said, with the venture being named after her son. “We got this herb catalogue and picked out some thymes and basils that we’d never...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 5, 2022
Bellevue Jimmy Prudencio sold property at 33 E Roseridge St. to Carl Loos for $150,000. Terrence Cavanaugh sold property at 34 E Roseridge St. to Angelica Cervantes for $98,000. Pittsburgh Property Group LLC sold property at 57 S Bryant Ave. to Matthew Snyder for $299,900. Ralph Montgomery sold property at...
Hampton girls lacrosse team delights in exceeding expectations
The Hampton girls lacrosse team entered the 2022 season with tepid expectations after graduation losses decimated last year’s WPIAL Class 2A semifinalist. “Honestly,” senior captain Hannah Acquafondata said, “I kind of came into this season with my head down.” The Talbots ended the spring with their heads held high. Hampton...
Blessed Trinity Academy student heads for National Marbles Tournament
Meet the Natural, and she’s quite a bit younger than Robert Redford. She’s Shaler resident Emilie Lepic, a third-grader at Blessed Trinity Academy, and she’s headed to the 100th-anniversary National Marbles Tournament in Wildwood, N.J., after qualifying through Allegheny County’s tourney. Her success comes as a surprise — shall we...
Crews work to repair major water main break in McCandless
Crews worked Thursday morning to repair a major water main break at a McCandless intersection, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Water was bubbling up out of the ground at the corner of Ingomar and Bellcrest roads near the Ingomar Elementary School early Thursday. WPXI reported the break appeared to...
Hampton High School spring musical earns 3 Gene Kelly Awards
The Hampton High School spring musical production of “Into the Woods” received three Gene Kelly Awards: Best Scenic Design (Budget Level II), Best Vocal Ensemble (Budget Level II), and Best Musical (Budget Level II). On May 28, Hampton High School performing arts students participated in the 31st annual Gene Kelly...
Weather cooperates for Hampton pool opening
The weather couldn’t have been more cooperative for the seasonal opening of Hampton Community Outdoor Pool Complex over Memorial Day weekend. With the temperature already zooming into the high 80s on the morning of the holiday, a fairly long line of swimmers formed in anticipation of being able to enter....
Meaning of Memorial Day reinforced at Hampton observance
The relevance of the last Monday of each May can get lost in the late-spring shuffle. “Before I actually knew what Memorial Day was, I just thought it was a day we celebrate that has something to do with soldiers,” Hampton High School junior Gabby Imbarlina said. “Now, thinking back,...
Western Pennsylvania population continues to trickle downward
Municipalities across Southwestern Pennsylvania continued to lose populations between 2020 and 2021, estimates show, a continuation of a decadeslong slide felt across the region. Those trends were largely visible in Allegheny County, where Pittsburgh saw one of the biggest population declines across the state between July 2020 and July 2021,...
Happenings for week of May 30, 2022: Hampton farmer’s market and more
Farmer’s market held Wednesday afternoons The Township of Hampton Farmer’s Market is held from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through mid-October in the lower parking lot of the Hampton Community Center, 3101 McCully Road. Vendors for 2022 include Bates & Hayes Concessions, Carlos Aviles Farms, Cindy Munchies, Cunning House Supply...
