Bethel Park Journal category, Page 20
SAD no more: Live Well Bethel Park program addresses cures for winter blues
You’ll lose an hour of rest on March 12, but the tradeoff may be well worth it. When Daylight Saving Time starts at 2 o’clock that morning, it ushers in a natural remedy for what’s ailing plenty of Western Pennsylvanians. “Less sunlight during the day affects how our bodies regulate...
Fast start lifts No. 2 Peters Township past No. 4 Bethel Park as Indians secure 1st section title since ’09
No. 4 Bethel Park and No. 2 Peters Township both controlled their own destiny for a title in Section 1-5A going into the final Friday night of the 2022-23 boys basketball regular season. Peters Township secured its first section championship since 2009 with a dominant 72-45 victory at the AHN...
Bethel Park gets sticker shock in school renovation costs
The ongoing renovation of Bethel Park’s Independence Middle School will cost a lot more than anticipated. The school has been under construction for about a year. The project, which had an original estimate of $42 million, was split into two phases, with construction spread over two to three years. The...
Bethel Park named Banner Community
The Allegheny League of Municipalities, in conjunction with Allegheny County and program sponsor HRG Engineering, announces its 2023 Banner Communities. Bethel Park is among the municipalities earning the distinction. The Banner Community Program recognizes municipalities that distinguish themselves as model communities through a commitment to effective, efficient and accountable government...
Bethel Park hires offensive coordinator Phil Peckich as football coach
Bethel Park promoted offensive coordinator Phil Peckich to head coach Tuesday night, giving the Black Hawks football program some continuity under a coach who’s among the youngest in the WPIAL. The 31-year-old is a first-time head coach but brings eight years of experience to the job. Peckich spent five seasons...
Bethel Park happenings, week of Jan. 23, 2023
Bethel Art Guild meets Bethel Art Guild will meet on Feb. 2 at the Bethel Park Community Center, 5151 Park Ave. Art marketing consultant Becky Sciullo will discuss how to begin sharing paintings with others. She supports artists with web-based programs and consultations, and started her marketing business in 2007...
Bethel Park real estate transactions, week of Jan. 22, 2023
Bethel Park Boris Tafkov sold property at 4471-4473 Fourth St. to Brandon Quarles Jr. and Alexandria Quarles for $244,000. Estate of Phillip Fink sold property at 1290 Bethel Green Drive to Almond and David Maleski for $247,000. Agnes Smith sold property at 5805 Glen Hill Drive to Daniel and Danielle...
Bethel Park notebook: Brian DeLallo gets coach of year award as parting gift
Bethel Park’s Brian DeLallo was named coach of the year in the Class 5A Allegheny Six football conference. Call it a going-away present for DeLallo. After coaching the Black Hawks for four seasons, DeLallo stepped down following the team’s final game in 2022. “I retired, or maybe more accurately stated,...
Senior captain leads way as Bethel Park hockey looks to make playoff push in season’s 2nd half
It was a month to remember for Bethel Park hockey player Christian Strang. Strang was named Class 3A Player of the Month in November by the PIHL as the senior left winger scored twice for the Black Hawks. “I am honored to have been named 3A player of the month,”...
Allegheny County detectives accuse contractor of failing to do work in Hampton, Bethel Park after being paid
Detectives with the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office have charged a McKeesport man with home improvement fraud after investigating complaints from residents in Hampton and Bethel Park. John Fritzius III, 54, of the 500 block of Lincoln Way was charged with felony and misdemeanor counts of theft by deception, deceptive...
Bethel Park Lions Club celebrates 80th anniversary
Part of Bethel Presbyterian Church is eminently familiar to Jay Wells. “When I joined the club, we met right in this same room,” he said. The group he referenced is the Bethel Park Lions Club, which is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its establishment. The club was organized on Dec....
Peters Township creates 3-way section tie with narrow win over Bethel Park
Peters Township broke a tie on the scoreboard to create a tie in the standings. Locked at 66 with 70 seconds left, Peters Township used its defense, some clutch free throws and a disputed technical foul to clinch a 75-67 victory over host Bethel Park, a win that created a...
Electrify Your Symphony returns to Bethel Park for rock-style concert
Addressing a stage full of young musicians, Greg Byers was all about encouragement. “You sound great,” he told students gathered in the Bethel Park High School auditorium. “We’ve got to look great, too. Bring the energy.” The ensemble of mostly stringed instruments was rehearsing the afternoon of Jan. 6 for...
Bethel Park parents welcome year’s first Pittsburgh-area AHN baby
New parents Katherine and Anthony Rusch of Bethel Park welcomed a healthy baby boy, Braxton Rusch at 2:02 a.m. Jan. 1 at Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital. He came in at 8 pounds, 1 ounce and just a little over 20 inches long, and is AHN’s first baby born in...
Pine-Richland’s Ryan Palmieri, Jon LeDonne tabbed state’s Class 5A player, coach of the year
Ryan Palmieri was at his best on the state’s biggest stage, and Friday he was recognized for his efforts. The Pine-Richland senior quarterback, who accounted for four touchdowns in leading the Rams to a 28-14 win over Imhotep Charter in the PIAA Class 5A championship game, was named the state’s...
Bethel Park girls basketball team beats short-handed Plum
Bethel Park came into Latrobe’s two-day holiday girls basketball tournament having won just once in its first seven games. The Black Hawks came away with a pair of victories to stretch their winning streak to three after the latest success Thursday, a 41-36 decision over short-handed Plum. The Mustangs, who...
Electrify Your Symphony returns to Bethel Park High School
Considering that the Beatles disbanded more than half a century ago, today’s teenagers couldn’t be blamed for considering their music to be ancient history. Yet the George Harrison composition “Here Comes the Sun” is one of the songs in the repertoire for the upcoming Electrify Your Symphony performance at Bethel...
Luminary lighting in Bethel Park honors victims of Alzheimer’s disease
An estimated 6.5 million Americans ages 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease. “It’s awful. And in the next 25 years, that number will double,” Bethel Park resident Dayna Brown said. “So if you don’t know someone or haven’t personally experienced the effects of Alzheimer’s or another form of...
Gala supports nonprofit that serves students in Baldwin-Whitehall, Bethel Park, South Park
For nearly two decades, Melting Pot Ministries has had an overriding goal for the youngsters served by the nonprofit: “To try to help them become the best that they can be,” executive director Diane Ford, a lifelong Bethel Park resident, said. “And I’m very serious when we talk about being...
Bethel Park honors service members with Wreaths Across America ceremony
The weather may have been wintry, including a light dusting of snow, but that hardly deterred a healthy gathering at Bethel Park’s Wreaths Across America ceremony. “This is the second year for this event, and I am very overwhelmed with the response,” organizer Lisa Jenkins said as she greeted guests...
South Arts honors Bethel Park residents as ‘202 Years of Artists’
After taking a break for the winter, Jean Benson plans to resume teaching classes in tole painting. In the meantime, John Del Monte probably isn’t planning to take much of a break from sketching. At ages 104 and 98, respectively, the Bethel Park residents continue to impress fellow South Arts...
Bethel Park area happenings, week of Dec. 5, 2022
Dean Streator holiday concert The Dean Streator holiday concert is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Bethel Park Community Center. Featured will be Community Band South, directed by Jim Bennett and Max Gonano; Bethel Park High School’s Top 21 Vocal Ensemble, directed by Todd Kuczawa; Southminster Presbyterian Church...
Bethel Park area real estate transactions, week of Dec. 4, 2022
Baldwin Borough Clayton Palmieri sold property at 1179 Camarta Drive to Lisa Palmieri for $265,000. Duk Sapkota sold property at 524 Judith Drive to Tek Bir and Yashoda Kadariya for $260,000. Estate of George Nuemah sold property at 3536 Wallace Drive to Victor and Laura Mull for $188,800. Lauren Markely...
Expectations high for ‘underestimated’ Bethel Park girls
Optimism is abundant in the Bethel Park girls basketball program. “The team is very excited for the season to start,” coach Samantha Loadman said. “We’ve been putting in the work for months and can’t wait to start playing some games. “We expect to show up for every game prepared and...
New coach Dante Calabria working with youthful roster at Bethel Park
Seven seniors. Count ‘em, seven. That’s half a roster, and that’s how many players the Bethel Park boys basketball team lost to graduation. It’s the team that Bethel Park floor boss Dante Calabria inherited from former coach Josh Bears this season. Bears resigned after seven years with the Black Hawks....
