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Collier, South Fayette area real estate transactions for the week of July 18, 2021
Bridgeville Patrick Ketchel sold property at 315 New York St. to Klaus Hoenscheid for $205,000. Robert Price sold property at 1321 Union St. to Lataya Seaton for $30,000. Carnegie Bjoern Knuettel sold property at 719 Darlington St. to Zachary Heller for $172,500. Daniel Sloan sold property at 182 Mountain Drive...
Academic achievements, honor roll for the week of July 17, 2021
Academic achievements The following students from the area were recognized for their academic achievement during the spring 2021 semester by being named to the dean’s, president’s or provost’s list at the college or university they attend: • Bucknell University: Sophia Donati • College of the Holy Cross: Brendan McCarthy, Andalushia...
Police: Desperate notes in Walmart, Fallingwater led to woman held captive
The first note appeared just over a week ago. Stuck to a mirror in the women’s restroom at the Walmart on Washington Pike in Scott, a handwritten note pleaded for help, police said. The writer, a woman, wrote that she was being held captive by a man named Corey Brewer...
Trib HSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team: Lamont Payne, Chartiers Valley
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Lamont Payne made a name for himself as an outstanding cornerback in a breakout...
South West communities receive fire, EMS grants
Local fire and EMS companies have received grants from the annual Fire Company and Emergency Medical Service Grant Program. The program is open to volunteer and career fire companies, emergency medical services and rescue squads, according to the Office of the State Fire Commissioner, which oversees the grant applications. The...
Library Park nearly finished at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall
As I wrote in this column on May 21, the Library & Music Hall is embarking on the last leg of transforming its facility from rundown to remarkable – we are completing the Carnegie Carnegie. What began with men in hazmat suits remediating asbestos in late 2004 soon morphed into...
In brief: Church of the Atonement flea market, Carnegie farmers market and more in Carnegie, South Fayette
Carnegie Farmers Market The Carnegie Farmers Market will take place every Sunday on East Main Street between Broadway and Mary from noon-3 p.m. through Sept. 26 with more than 40 vendors. Shoppers will have the ability to use SNAP and WIC benefits to purchase produce. The virtual market is open...
Bridgeville, Scott area real estate transactions for the week of July 11, 2021
Bridgeville Estate of Leo Steiner Jr. sold property at 241 Eisner Ave. to Joseph David Andrews and Erica Nicole Duda for $145,000. Mary Zuzack sold property at 1342 Terrace St. to Hanna Kirkwood for $160,000. Carnegie Joiner Properties LLC sold property at 28-32 E Main St. to 32 E Main...
Soccer, lacrosse titles lift Mars to Class 5A Trib Cup championship
Thanks to a historic run in soccer and lacrosse this past school year, Mars’ climb to the top of the HSSN Trib Cup standings in Class 5A was out of this world. The Fightin’ Planets swept district and state gold on the pitch by winning boys and girls WPIAL and...
South Fayette boys volleyball makes massive strides in program’s 1st season
All of the spring high school sports teams around the WPIAL and throughout the state were in the same boat this past season. Everybody had to regroup and start all over after losing the 2020 spring sports season to the covid-19 pandemic. Perhaps that was to the advantage of the...
Carnegie man charged in overdose death of 4-year-old son
A Carnegie toddler overdosed on fentanyl after a day spent with his father, who has since been charged with involuntary manslaughter, police said. Van Redding, 36, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of his 4-year-old earlier this year. The child died May 7 at St. Clair...
In brief: Carnegie farmers market, butterfly festival, more in Carnegie, South Fayette
Carnegie Farmers Market The Carnegie Farmers Market will take place every Sunday on East Main Street between Broadway and Mary noon-3 p.m. July 11-Sept. 26 with more than 40 vendors. Shoppers will have the ability to use SNAP and WIC benefits to purchase produce. The virtual market is open year-round...
Get organized: North Side woman writes book about tools to get through the clutter
The green bench on the cover of the book has a distinct meaning. “I chose a bench because anyone can sit on a bench,” Jill B. Yesko said Thursday inside Kingfly Spirits in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. “A bench is usually accessible to everyone. The bench represents my personal opinion to...
Carnegie, South Fayette area real estate transactions for the week of July 4, 2021
Carnegie Thomas Burch sold property at 17 Dean St. to Thomas Johnson and Kayla Davis for $96,810. Sumac Tree LLC sold property at 427 Library Ave. to Sumac Tree LLC for $151,000. Darrell Conley sold property at 42 Parkview Drive to Adbulaziz Isaqov and Nilufar Utalova for $241,500. Robert Heinrich...
Chartiers Valley lacrosse beats odds to have memorable season
Overcoming great odds. It is the stuff of lore that has been the focus of many Hollywood scripts. It also could be the theme for the 2021 Chartiers Valley boys lacrosse team. What started as a season of major roster concerns ended with success in the regular season, the district...
Academic achievements, MAC Sportsmanship Team and more from Carnegie area students
SUNYAC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll Natalie Wasielewski, a resident of Carnegie, was one of 100 SUNY Potsdam student-athletes to earn a spot on the State University of New York Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for the 2020-21 school year. Wasielewski is a senior member of the SUNY Potsdam women’s...
Committee to Save St. Philip School, Pittsburgh diocese clash over items removed from building
An ongoing dispute regarding the future of St. Philip School — which the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh plans to merge despite strong opposition — escalated Thursday morning when police responded to the school as diocesan officials removed some equipment from the building. A spokesman for the Committee to Save St....
Neighbor Spotlight: SWCCOC executive director Mandi Pryor puts businesses, communities first
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...
Carnegie public art project brightens borough
Crossing the West Main Street Bridge in Carnegie will be a brighter and more colorful experience, thanks to a new public art project. The borough’s first public art project sought to bring an uplifting voice to community spaces, and that voice was found in local artist Alicia Kesneck. She, along...
The Espy Post and First Bull Run, 160 years later
Later this month — July 21, to be exact — we will mark the 160th anniversary of the first major land battle of the Civil War at Bull Run. It was on the fields around Manassas, Va., only 25 miles from Washington, D.C., that some 60,000 Union and Confederate soldiers...
Chartiers Valley School District raises taxes, plans facility upgrades as part of 2021-22 budget
Chartiers Valley area property owners will have to pay a little more in real estate taxes next school year as part of next school year’s $72.1 million budget. School directors approved their 2021-22 spending plan with a tax hike of just under 3% in setting the new millage rate at...
Carlynton School Board votes to raise taxes for 2021-22 school year
Residents within the Carlynton School District will see an increase in taxes for the 2021-22 school year. On June 22, Carlynton School Board approved the final balanced general budget of $30,879,655. The millage rate for 2020-21 was 25.7891. Superintendent John Kreider said the 2021-2022 millage will increase by .9541, for...
Fourth of July celebrations in Carnegie, South Fayette area
Carnegie Carnegie Park will host an Independence Day Celebration beginning at 2 p.m. July 3. There will be live music, food trucks, games, fireworks and more. The Pitcher Party Skate Tournament will take place at 2 p.m. for those under 17 and at 3 p.m. for those over 18. A...
Allegheny County pools open for swimmers again
Allegheny County’s swimming pools will be open for swimmers Tuesday. It’s just in time for the high temperatures expected — Pittsburgh’s high is forecast to be 91 degrees, with a slight chance of thunderstorms. All four pools will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., weather permitting. On Monday,...
In brief: Farmers market, butterfly festival, more in Carnegie, South Fayette
Carnegie Farmers Market The Carnegie Farmers Market will take place every Sunday on East Main Street between Broadway and Mary noon-3 p.m. July 11-Sept. 26 with more than 40 vendors. Shoppers will have the ability to use SNAP and WIC benefits to purchase produce. The virtual market is open year-round...
