Hampton Journal category, Page 63
McCandless receives state award for efforts to improve communication with residents
Until just a few years ago, getting information from McCandless often required attending council meetings or making a round of phone calls to town officials. And while residents can still do those things, the municipality has launched several initiatives that use technology to expand the way residents and officials communicate...
In brief: Church service, North Hills Genealogists roundtable discussion and more in Hampton
Northmont United Presbyterian Church will begin having in-person worship, starting April 18 at 11 a.m. Livestreams and recordings of services will be available for members who prefer to worship at home. In-person services will include the following: • The expectation that no one will attend if they feel sick •...
Trib HSSN What to Watch for: Monday, April 12, 2021
Over the past 10 seasons, there have been two dominant WPIAL baseball teams in the sport’s highest classification that have played in eight district title games, winning six Class AAAA or 6A championships. Pine-Richland and Seneca Valley. The Rams won in 2010, 2017 and 2019. The Raiders won three championships...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of April 11, 2021
Hampton Matthew Thimons sold property at 5146 Amleth Drive to Garrett and Gabrielle Macdonald for $255,000. Hampton Township sold property at 5425 Deveny Drive to James and Kristin Picchi for $130,000. Mark Brynes sold property at 5047 Hardt Road to Evan and Kassandra Brynes for $190,000. Daniel Friedeman sold property...
Loaded senior class has Hampton girls lacrosse seeking 3rd WPIAL title since ’17
On the eve of each home section game, the Hampton girls lacrosse players gather after practice for a team dinner. On game day, all eyes are on the Cook. Hampton midfielder Megan Cook is one of the most exciting players in Western Pennsylvania and is a key reason why the...
Hampton eyes another run to WPIAL boys lacrosse finals
The Hampton boys lacrosse team waited 667 days between matches. But after a 12-0 victory over North Hills in the 2021 season opener March 29, all appears well for the perennial WPIAL title contender. “It’s just good to be back on the field,” coach Jim Vollberg said after an energetic...
Pockets of growth in north suburbs buck Allegheny County population decline
Hari and Shyamala Elluru of Franklin Park have moved around a lot for work since arriving in the U.S. from India in 2013. Before moving to Green Tree four years ago, the Highmark Health software developer and his wife lived in Colorado, Texas and Connecticut. But a search for the...
In brief: Hampton Community Library activities, Carnegie Science Center program and more in Hampton
At the library The Hampton Community Library is continuing its virtual programming. See below for more details. • On the Road: A Family Adventure on Wednesdays mornings at 8 a.m. We care about the important learning that happens through reading, writing, singing and playing. Tune in to a new adventure...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Hampton Elisa Sartori sold property at 2463 Cove St. to Paul and June Slagel for $40,000. NVR Inc. sold property at 5188 Hamton Place Drive to Chao Wang for $603,045. Brandon Gallion sold property at 4337 Kenson Drive to BGRS Relocation Inc. for $260,000. BGRS Relocation Inc. sold property at...
Hampton tennis off to quick start in return to Class AA
The Hampton boys tennis team is hoping to make a racket this season. After playing in a loaded Class AAA section for most of the past decade, the Talbots are competing in Class AA as part of the enrollment-based realignment. Four-time defending WPIAL Class AAA champion Fox Chapel, perennial power...
Hampton hockey rolls with punches
The youthful Hampton hockey team endured a lot of growing pains this season. The Talbots finished 4-14 in a season that started one month late because of the pandemic. They were shut down for two weeks in mid-February when a player tested positive after a practice, and two key players...
McCandless mulling organized archery hunt to help reduce town’s prolific deer populationVideo
McCandless council is mulling whether to move forward with the second phase of its program to curtail the deer population — an organized archery hunt. Following recommendations from state game officials and other experts in deer population management, council in March enacted a ban on residents purposely placing food out...
$1 million in paving work scheduled to begin next month in McCandless
Thirty-four streets in McCandless are scheduled to be resurfaced this year as part of the town’s annual paving program. Council voted unanimously in February to award a $999,492 contract to Youngblood Paving of Wampum, Lawrence County, which was the lowest responsible bidder for the annual paving program. Town manager Bob...
Rep. Mercuri launches initiatives to address covid’s impact on business, mental wellnessVideo
Freshman North Hills state Rep. Rob Mercuri has launched a pair of initiatives to address long-standing concerns that have been magnified by the coronavirus pandemic. The Pine Township Republican has invited representatives from more than a dozen North Hills companies to serve a two-year term with an advisory group dubbed...
Elfinwild Meals Ministry provides nutrition, interaction year-round
Dick Friedline derives genuine pleasure from working in the kitchen — slicing fruit, mixing salad and packing lunches. It’s a good thing, since he compiles up to 180 meals a day in his job as manager of Elfinwild Meals Ministry, a delivery service that sends meatloaf, lasagna, hot dogs and...
Neighbor Spotlight: Hampton man finds new life focus with group promoting, preserving North Park
Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...
UPMC St. Margaret Harmar Outpatient Center opens covid-19 vaccine clinic, doles out 600 doses a day
Retired nurse Audrey Wagner didn’t pay much attention when her husband dismissed the idea of getting a covid-19 vaccine. “I knew we were getting it, there were no ifs about it,” said Wagner, 77, who spent more than three decades as a cardiac nurse at St. Francis, St. Margaret and...
YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh offering scavenger hunt in parks through April
YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh has planned a scavenger hunt in order to get families out of their homes and into the parks this spring. The hunt is throughout April. Participation is free. “We were trying to find ways to get families to go outside together,” said Todd Brinkman, YMCA vice...
AHN names chief medical officer for new Wexford hospital set to open this fall
Allegheny Health Network has appointed Dr. Katie Farah to serve as chief medical officer for the new 160-bed AHN Wexford Hospital scheduled to open this fall. Farah is a practicing gastroenterologist and therapeutic endoscopist with AHN’s Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and serves as the department’s chief quality officer....
In brief: Carnegie Science Center garden program, yard waste collection and more in Hampton
Carnegie Science Center’s Lettuce Grow Together! program The Carnegie Science Center is teaming up with North Hills Community Outreach to broadcast three Facebook Live events that will explore the science behind gardening and healthy eating. The following virtual events will be hosted on Carnegie Science Center’s Facebook page and will...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of March 28, 2021
Hampton Estate of Doris Hauswalk sold property at an unknown address to Ann Rebecca Ensminger for $153,000. Cathy McMullen sold property at 3133 Cheltenham Court to Sarah Bader for $183,133. Theodore Nalepa sold property at 4860 Cherry St. to et al for $285,000. Guy Bacco sold property at 3124 Mohawk...
Silver lining, record finish for Hampton swimmer Donato
The Hampton 100-yard breaststroke record stood for 25 years until senior Richie Donato broke it March 6. It lasted about two weeks. Donato topped his own record in the event on the way to a second-place finish at the PIAA Class AA swimming championships March 19 at Cumberland Valley High...
Hampton softball has ‘a lot of games to win’ after coach’s covid scare
They were simple get-well cards. Some were store-bought, some caringly drawn by hand. But when Hampton softball coach Ron Fedell returned home in mid-January after a frightening two-week hospital stay with complications from covid-19, the stack of well-wishes meant the world to him. “Some of these kids sent me cards,”...
Hampton baseball deals with numbers crunch
Turns out the pandemic isn’t finished with the Hampton baseball team. A year after covid-19 canceled all spring sports, the Talbots had only 27 players try out this spring, by far the lowest number in third-year coach Kellen Wheeler’s 12 seasons associated with the Hampton baseball program. “I usually have...
2021 WPIAL Class 5A softball preseason breakdown
After a year away from the diamond, softball players from across Western Pennsylvania are itching to get back in the field of play. With the 2021 season moving forward as planned, WPIAL teams will get the chance to do just that. Several perennial powers will look to regain their place...
