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Hampton School District gauging interest in on-site covid-19 vaccination clinic
Hampton School District students, staff and family who are interested in getting a covid-19 vaccination might be able to do so at an on-campus clinic in May. The district is gauging interest from the community before making a final decision on hosting a clinic. Pfizer vaccines will be doled out...
‘Getting Pittsburgh Vaccinated’ and other Facebook groups offer neighborly resources
Leighann Bacher started the Facebook page “Getting Pittsburgh Vaccinated” with a few other women, thinking she might share some resources with other residents of Hampton. Four months later, the page has nearly 40,000 members. After making her own vaccine appointment and helping members of her family do the same, she...
News Briefs: Spring craft show, mobile shredding event and more in Hampton
Spring craft show There will be a spring craft show May 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hampton Township Volunteer Fire Department, 2536 Duncan Ave. Over 100 vendors will be present. All proceeds benefit the Allegheny Fire Police Association. Mobile shredding event There will be a mobile...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of May 2, 2021
Hampton Cathy Romantic sold property at 3146 Camberly Drive to Robert Galli and Galli Honore Sullivan for $144,000. Estate of Scot Taylor sold property at 3155 Camberly Drive to Kelli Leigh Decker for $159,000. Thomas Holleran Jr. sold property at 4870 Ottawa Court to Jeffrey and Beth Bright for $320,000....
Aquinas Academy student receives award for Eagle Scout project honoring veterans
All it took was a visit to a cemetery near Sam Everson’s home to spark an idea for his Eagle Scout project. The project would lead him to receive an award for his efforts. In addition to attaining Eagle Scout rank, Everson received the Sons of the American Revolution Bronze...
Hampton tennis reaches WPIAL playoffs thanks to unexpected help from section foe Indiana
The pizza and cupcakes started to taste a little bit better to the Hampton boys tennis team. The Talbots were holding a post-match birthday celebration for senior teammate Coray Bennett on April 23 at their home tennis court when they received a text from coach Grant McKinney. The players learned...
Talbots baseball armed for another WPIAL playoff bid behind Kosko, Marshalwitz
A pair of lefties have the Hampton baseball team on the right side of the WPIAL playoff picture. Senior Michael Kosko and junior Cam Marshalwitz are a steady 1-2 punch for the Talbots, who sit on the verge of a fourth consecutive WPIAL postseason berth for the first time in...
4 nominees seeking 2 ballot spots in Pine-Richland School Board Region 2 race
Editor’s note: The Pine Creek Journal is only spotlighting contested races in the primary election. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, Pine-Richland School District residents who live in Region 2 will see four nominees on the May primary ballot vying for two available school director...
2 names on Democratic ballot for Hampton council term; 1 nominee has withdrawn
Editor’s note: The Hampton Journal is only spotlighting contested races in the primary election. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, there are two Democratic nominees on the ballot for the two-year term on Hampton Council. One candidate has withdrawn from the race but his withdrawal...
3 seats up on McCandless council, only 1 race in spring primary
Three of the seven seats on McCandless Town Council are up for reelection this year, but there is only one race in the spring primary among the candidates seeking office. Ward 2 Incumbent representative Shelly Spohnholz, who was appointed in May to fill an unexpired term that runs through 2021,...
In brief: Glenshaw Century Club to-go dinner event, spring plant sale and more in Hampton
Glenshaw Century Club is hosting a dinner to-go By Heavenly Cuisine Custom Catering on May 7 from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Pickup will be at Glenshaw Valley Presbyterian Church, 1520 Butler Plank Road. The cost is $15 per meal. Payment is by cash only at time of pickup. Order by...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of April 25, 2021
Hampton David Lindell sold property at 3030 Apache Court to Robert Alan and Peya Robinson for $405,057. Glenn Miller sold property at 4571 Bucktail Drive to Sandra Burns for $274,000. Robert Ostryniec sold property at 2128 Grandeur Drive to Richard and Patricia Kwiatkowski for $834,500. Catherine Harshman sold property at...
Hampton product Bischke roams to Oklahoma juco
Former Hampton infielder Tyler Bischke took the long way to end up “in the middle of nowhere.” After playing an abbreviated season at Division I Kent State, the 2019 Hampton graduate has found a new home following a transfer to Murray State, a tiny junior college in Southeastern Oklahoma. Bischke...
Division I-bound catcher Bella Henzler is big hit for Hampton
The first time Hampton coach Ron Fedell saw star catcher Bella Henzler playing softball he wondered if the diminutive seventh-grader had a future behind the plate. “I thought, ‘I don’t know about catcher, but maybe we can move her somewhere else,’ ” Fedell said. “I’m thinking she’s so small. But...
Walking trail coming to Hampton Community Park
Visitors to Hampton Community Park could be enjoying a new walking trail by early May. Construction has begun on a limestone-covered stone path that will loop around the northern section of the park and connect with the Rachel Carson Trail. The cost is near $900,000. The contractor, Independent Enterprises, will...
Talbots top Fox Chapel in extra innings to earn key section victory
Redemption was the name of the game Monday night at Hampton High School as the Talbots topped Section 2-5A opponent Fox Chapel, 4-3. With the Talbots (5-5, 5-2) down by one in the bottom of the seventh inning, senior Brock Mattiuz hit a fly ball to the infield and rounded...
In brief: Spring plant sale, museum opening and more in Hampton
The Greybrooke Garden Club is hosting its annual spring plant sale form 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 8 in McCandless. Hanging baskets, perennials, herbs, annuals and garden supplies will be available for purchase. The event is being held in the grassy area near the Bonefish Grill restaurant in...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Hampton Matthew Feroce sold property at 2889 Harts Run Road to Maurice Spencer for $13,100. Paul Sweeney sold property at 5055 Harvest Lane to Renee Foy for $127,000. Cartus Corp. sold property at 4801 Stonebridge Drive to Roman and Svetlana Kharkovski for $829,000. McCandless Tara Kunkle sold property at 176...
Hampton girls track team off to quick start behind versatile senior jumper
Hampton senior Hannah Schepner still is unsure about her best event in track and field. She finished seventh in the high jump in the WPIAL Class AAA championships as a sophomore. Then, the first time she tried long jump this spring, she came within six inches of matching the school’s...
Hampton football players give boost to boys track and field team
If the Hampton boys track and field team can reach the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs for only the second time in a decade, it will have another Hampton team to thank. Roughly half of the athletes on the track squad also played for the Talbots football team, which last fall...
Artist and preschool teacher open Squirrel Hill studio for children to paint
Tucked away on a Squirrel Hill back street, the top level of a two-story parking garage hums with activity — not that of cars, but of little hands, messing with paint. In the converted garage space, Laura Wagner and Kevin Wenner opened Raw Space Art in January with the motto...
North Park gearing up for influx of visitorsVideo
Work crews have been busy wrapping up several improvement projects in North Park in time for the return of large crowds expected with the waning of winter weather and pandemic restrictions. A nearly $250,000 project to replace the dilapidated pedestrian bridge leading from Pearce Mill Road to one of the...
Hampton Community Center’s new HVAC system tops $865,000
Hampton Community Center is expected to reopen Friday after a brief closure to replace the HVAC system. The cost of the work topped $865,000, Manager Christ Lochner said. The project was a major undertaking since the building spans 51,000 square feet. Contractors from Trinity Automated Solutions in Bridgeville began the...
‘Twenty Won,’ an anthology by female writers sharing stories of resilience, launches April 21
Weary from a year of pandemic-related isolation, a McKeesport-area woman transformed her anxiety into an inspirational book detailing the good that transpired from a global lockdown. “Twenty Won: an anthology of 21 female entrepreneurs sharing stories of business resilience during the 2020 global crisis,” will launch April 21. It is...
Support continues to grow for annual golf outing honoring Pine-Richland athlete who died in 2013
Family and friends of Pine-Richland senior Matt Graf were deeply shaken when the promising 18-year-old died tragically in 2013 just a few weeks before graduation. To honor the life of the young athlete who was planning to continue his baseball career at the University of Pittsburgh’s Greensburg campus, an annual...
