Hampton Journal category, Page 48
Maple House Music + Arts Festival to debut in Hartwood Acres Park
Entertainment manager Da’Lyn Bauman was meeting with Ghost Hounds, a Pittsburgh rock and blues band she manages. Music brought a harmony between them. “We quickly learned how drastically different our musical experiences had been, but the through-line that tied us all together was a deep love for storytelling and timeless...
Easter services at Hampton Presbyterian
Hampton Presbyterian Church has announced its Holy Week and Easter services. Holy Week April 10 — Palm Sunday We will herald the entrance of King Jesus with palms and songs! Palm Sunday Musical at both the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. services. Worshipers are asked to bring their fish bank for...
Hampton Community Library offers variety of programs
Plenty of programming is on tap for the spring at Hampton Community Library, with the exception of April 15, when the library will be closed for Good Friday. Among the offerings: • It’s a Wonderful World Drop-in Storytime, for children of all ages and abilities, takes place on Tuesdays and...
Aquinas Academy musician makes all-state ensemble
Helayna Baer, a student at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton, reached the highest level a high school musician can achieve by earning a place in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association All-State Festival ensemble. Each year, thousands of high school musicians across the state audition in their respective geographic areas....
Hampton High School’s Talbot Thon fights pediatric cancer
Whether they were playing volleyball or dodgeball, participating in Zumba or purchasing food-truck cuisine, the folks who gathered at Hampton High School on March 25 seemed to have something in common. They were smiling. After spending a significant portion of their lives to this point contending with covid-related restrictions, Hampton...
In brief: Vendors sought for farmers’ market, Community Clean-Up Day, meetings and more around Hampton
Vendors sought for farmers’ market in Hampton The Township of Hampton is accepting applications from vendors selling items such as fresh produce, homemade items, baked goods and jams for the Hampton Farmers’ Market, which is scheduled to begin June 1. The market, which will take place in Hampton Community Park,...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 27, 2022
Franklin Park Peter Seppi sold property at 2499 Elkridge Drive to Can and Husniye Demirturk Kocasarac for $525,000. John Hite Jr. sold property at 1470 Laurel Drive to Joseph and Edna Ficerai for $700,000. Lauren Dragun sold property at 2387 Magee Road Ext. to Lauren Dragun and Kevin Reeg for...
Battery powers Hampton softball team
The Hampton softball team this season will use its battery to make up for some lost power. Senior Division I-bound catcher Bella Henzler and improved sophomore pitcher Charlotte Lomb are expected to form a potent combo for the Talbots, who graduated the program’s most prolific single-season home run hitter. Henzler,...
High hopes for Hampton baseball after up-and-down playoff season
The Hampton baseball team was taking indoor batting practice earlier this month when players were asked to close the gymnasium doors to accommodate a meeting in the adjacent cafeteria. The Talbots are looking to make more noise this spring. Hampton return seven starters from an up-and-down WPIAL Class 5A playoff...
Hampton’s hub of history: Depreciation Lands Museum prepares for Opening Day
What now is Hampton, believe it or not, once was in Connecticut. That changed by decree of England’s King Charles II back in late the 1600s, and the geographic curiosity represents one of the fascinating facets of history you’re bound to learn at the Depreciation Lands Museum. Rather than memorizing...
Hampton High School’s Talbot Thon raises money for Children’s Hospital
The Talbot Thon fundraiser returns March 25 to Hampton High School, with proceeds going to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. Hampton High School Student Council is partnering with Pitt Dance Marathon to reach a goal of raising $40,000 to support children with cancer. This year’s event, which runs from...
Indiana Township farm’s goat cheese wins top spot at World Cheese Championships in WisconsinVideo
An Indiana Township farm has partnered with local businesses to create one of the world’s best cheeses, at least according to the judges at the World Championship Cheese Contest, held March 1-3 in Wisconsin. Bamboozle cheese, created from a blend of goat and cow’s milk at Goat Rodeo Farm &...
Aquinas Academy students raise $3,500 on behalf of Ukrainian orphans
Thanks to a couple of groups of empathetic youngsters, more than $3,500 is going to a relief fund for Ukrainian orphans. Students at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton raised the money through two efforts, with third- and fifth-graders bringing in some $1,000 through a bake sale. The remainder came...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 20, 2022
Bellevue Grand Old Properties LLC sold property at 115 Cedar Ave. to Melvin Parks and Raushana Ellison for $289,500. James Frew sold property at 623 Highland Place to Tim Wilson and Christi Iwasaki for $180,063. Adele Stewart sold property at 499 Roosevelt Ave. to Tyler Babcock for $224,000. Spring Way...
Hampton shatters expectations while winning back-to-back WPIAL swim titles
Four individuals — Will Retsch, Ben Sheets, Chris Belch and Zach Sutterlin — and all three boys relays at Hampton qualified for the PIAA Class 2A swimming championships, as did Pax Carslaw, a diving specialist. The leader of the pack was none other than Retsch, a senior who won WPIAL...
After rounding out game, Hampton’s Hoehler headed to Pitt-Greensburg
Hampton’s Kayla Hoehler has been playing basketball for more than half of her life. She started playing at around age 7, continued through her middle school days and was a four-year varsity starter for the Talbots from 2018-22. The 5-foot-8 senior guard plans to extend her career to the next...
McCandless man faces felony charge after girl, 10, reports he tried to lure her away from friends
A man from McCandless was arrested after a 10-year-old girl told her mother that a neighbor tried to lure her away while they were playing outside. McCandless police charged Damon M. Bregg, 32, of 8600 block of Wittmer Road with a felony count of luring a child into a motor...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 13, 2022
Franklin Park Estate of Stanley Hoehl sold property at 2387 Fairhill Road to Patricia Edwards for $389,000. John Keelin sold property at 1527 Field Club Drive to Joseph Fennimore and Julie Mueller for $466,000. David Fassinger III sold property at 2521 Hopkins Church Road to Jonathan Ray Crawford for $224,900....
Win total shows growth of Hampton hockey
The PIHL season can be a long five-month grind. Hampton’s schedule started Oct. 4 and ended Feb. 28. The Talbots switched from Class 2A to A during the PIHL offseason performance-based realignment as members of Varsity Northeast Division. Fox Chapel sailed through the division with a 19-0-1 record. Freeport, Plum...
Hampton maintains level of success during strong girls basketball season
The Hampton girls basketball team rang up one of the best regular seasons in school history. The Talbots did not lose a game in December, won 11 of their first 12 contests and captured seven of eight down the season’s home stretch. Balanced scoring and full-court defensive pressure sparked the...
Hampton Community Library storytime offers fun, flexibility
For parents, mornings can be kind of hit or miss, as staff members at Hampton Community Library are well aware. “If your kid wakes up tired or grouchy,” Annie Avondolio said, “you can still make it to storytime.” She is the children and youth librarian, and she’s excited about a...
Portrait of Patsy: Singer brings country legend’s spirit to Hampton
Music was the order of most days at the Rhodes house in South Greensburg. “Dad would play guitar and sing. My mother would harmonize while she was doing dishes,” Cathi Rhodes said. “I thought everyone grew up this way. I’d go to some of my friends’ houses, and I’d say...
Sophomore steps up for Hampton boys basketball team
Liam Mignogna stands above the crowd in most instances. Mignogna is a 6-foot-8, 225-pound sophomore frontcourt player on the Hampton boys basketball team. He stood at the top of several statistical categories for the Talbots this season. Mignogna led the team in field goal shooting percentage (55.7), two-point field goal...
North Hills area real estate transactions for the week of March 6, 2022
Bradford Woods Michael Masilunas sold property at 65 Seldom Seen Road to Brandon and Erin Guy for $475,000. Franklin Park Marcello Munoz sold property at 2498 Elkridge Drive to Saurabh and Swati Jaiswal for $380,000. David Haser sold property at 2362 Kuhlview Drive to Brian and Maria Rutherford for $555,000....
Hampton High School students win Shakespeare contest
Hampton High School junior Kai Suyama and sophomore Andrew Kaehly placed first in the Upper Division Scenes in Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 28th annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest. Kai and Andrew performed a scene from “Two Gentlemen of Verona.” More than 400 area students from 60-plus schools competed in the...
