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Bridgeville, Carnegie area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 3
Bridgeville Lori Koteles sold property at 917 Edna St. to Michael Hemman for $189,900. Judith Capurso sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 604 to Kathleen Capilongo for $62,000. Carnegie KAAR Services sold property at 321 Second Ave. to Scott and Lori Ritter for $27,861. KAAR Services sold property at...
Chartiers Valley’s Perri Page commits to Division I Columbia
Chartiers Valley’s Perri Page is in a New York City state of mind. The daughter of former Pitt men’s basketball standout Julius Page committed Friday to continue her basketball career at Columbia in Manhattan. She announced her decision on Twitter. Page, a 5-foot-11 junior forward, had numerous Division I offers,...
Carnegie Carnegie’s director looks back at New Year’s Eves, 2020
New Year’s Eve is a special occasion night. I have a few good memories. Being kissed by a stranger in the Times Square throng when I was 13 or 14. (My height made me appear older.) My glowering father was right there, but I was thrilled! A few eves later,...
Carnegie passes 2021 budget without raising taxes
Carnegie held the line on property taxes heading into 2021. The borough’s council unanimously approved the $6.8 million budget during a Dec. 28 meeting. Council president Sue Demko was absent. The budget represents a 2.9 increase in spending compared to 2020’s plan. Still, the borough expects to net a little...
Man hospitalized after being shot in Green Tree
A man was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries Monday after being shot in Green Tree. Allegheny County police said the shooting occurred around 8:15 p.m. along the 1100 block of Greentree Road. First responders found the man and transported him to an area hospital. No further information about the victim...
In brief: Dean’s list, networking and more in the Carnegie, Bridgeville area
Dean’s list Attallah Moore of Carnegie has been named to the Fall 2020 Dean’s List at Berea College. A student is named to the Dean’s List who achieves a GPA of 3.4 or higher while passing at least four total credits, a course load equivalent to 16 semester hours. Women’s...
Carnegie, Scott area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 27
Bridgeville Purva Mohnot sold property at 615 Baldwin St. to Tommaso Folino for $160,000. Carnegie 500 Beechwood L.P. sold property at 500 Beechwood Ave. to DJV Holdings LLC for $449,500. Robert Sunderland sold property at 737 Charles St. to Jennifer and Kathleen Grande for $141,000. Aaron Colberg sold property at...
Pine-Richland’s Cole Spencer tabbed state’s Class 5A Player of the Year
Postseason honors continue to roll in for Pine-Richland’s Cole Spencer. After leading the Rams to WPIAL and PIAA championships this fall, the senior quarterback was named the state’s Class 5A Player of the Year on Wednesday in a vote by Pennsylvania football writers. The Trib HSSN Football Player of the...
Assault, harassment, trespassing among charges handled recently by Bridgeville, Carnegie, Scott judges
District court judges in Bridgeville, Scott and Carnegie handled these criminal cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in appropriate district courts or the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet, Bridgeville • Michael Waite, 31, of Carnegie on charges of simple trespassing, theft from a vehicle,...
In Brief: Covid changes at South Park rink, free Christmas dinner and more the Carnegie area
Free Christmas Day dinner Saint John Carnegie and St Paul’s Mt. Lebanon invite the community to a free Christmas Dinner delivered to your home. Meals will be delivered between noon and 3 p.m. Dec. 25. The dinners are available to residents of Carnegie and surrounding South Hills communities. Residents are...
Scott, South Fayette area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 20
Bridgeville Kelsey Hersh sold property at 741 Bluff St. to Jamison Hersh for $33,117. Carnegie Adam Hyp sold property at 716 Darlington St. to Nicholas Garlitz for $159,900. Collier CE Gregg Station L.P. sold property at Unknown Address to NVR Inc. for $84,000. Jessica Cabin sold property at 617 Aylesworth...
Bridgeville adopts final 2021 budget with no property tax hikes
Bridgeville council ratified the borough’s spending plan that did not raise property taxes for the next year during its meeting Monday. Council voted unanimously to adopt the $3.3 million budget, which includes 2.5% salary raises for police and public works employees. Other expenses for the police department – which has...
WPIAL football players sign with Division I FBS, FCS programs
Division I FBS Senior football players from the WPIAL who signed with Division I programs: Name, high school, pos., college • Evan Azzara, Plum, OL, Miami (Ohio) • Derrick Davis, Gateway, S, LSU • Khalil Dinkins, North Allegheny, TE, Penn State • Elliot Donald, Central Catholic, DT, Pitt • Trevor...
Number of coronavirus cases varies in Signal Item communities
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the Signal Item coverage area have varying numbers of both positive cases and deaths. As of Dec. 16, there have been 245 total cases of the novel coronavirus in the Borough of Carnegie since...
Andrew Carnegie Free Library celebrates the Icelandic ‘Christmas Book Flood’
If you are on social media and you love books, chances are you’ve had someone send you a picture of a Christmas Tree made out of books, or a post about the Icelandic people who give and receive books on Christmas Eve. I am skeptical about much of what I...
Charges recently filed in Scott, Carnegie district courts
District court judges in Scott and Carnegie handled these criminal cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in appropriate district courts or the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Jack R. Kobistek, Carnegie • Steven H. Whitmore, 45, of Pittsburgh on charges of simple assault, recklessly endangering another...
Scott Township 2021 budget holds line on taxes, no service cuts proposed
Scott Township used a little more than $2 million in money left over from this year’s budget to make up for an expected drop in revenue in 2021. Supervisors voted unanimously Dec. 8 to approve a more than $12.6 million spending plan with no tax increase. The budget is about...
In brief: Visits from Santa, free Christmas Day dinner and more in Carnegie, Kirwan Heights
Kirwin Heights Fire Department and Collier EMS are partnering to bring Santa in his sleigh to Kirwan Heights VFD area neighborhoods 6-8 p.m. Dec. 20. For more information, visit kirwanfire.com. Trib offering journalism scholarships Trib Total Media is now accepting applications for both the Scholarship for Diversity in Media and...
South Fayette to honor veterans with military banners next year
South Fayette officials plan to honor veterans from the township by hanging military banners next year. Community development coordinator Andrea Iglar discussed the idea during this month’s commissioners meeting. The presentation is available on the township’s website. “We look forward to being able to recognize the men and women who...
South Fayette budget adopted with no tax increase, EMS funding approved
South Fayette Township property owners will not have to worry about a real estate tax hike as part of next year’s municipal budget. Commissioners unanimously adopted their 2021 spending plan Wednesday. It maintains the millage rate at 4.73 mills, the same as the past few years. Projected revenue and expenditures...
Scott, Upper St. Clair area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 13
Carnegie RKW Real Estate LLC sold property at 517 E Main St. to Thomas Hughan for $200,000. Collier Tobiann Mousessian sold property at 607 Aylesworth Ave. to Danielle Kirker for $136,000. Mina Patel sold property at 2040 English Turn Drive to Daniel Mark and Bethany Lynn Pisula for $639,900. Federal...
Chartiers Valley girls keep winning streak alive with win over game Baldwin squad
Chartiers Valley waited exactly nine months to pick up their 59th consecutive victory toward breaking a state record winning streak. Now the Colts will have to wait another four weeks before attempting to win No. 60. The top-ranked girls Class 5A team in the district and the state bottled up...
Signal Item communities’ coronavirus numbers vary
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the Signal Item coverage area have varying numbers of both positive cases and deaths. As of Dec. 8, there have been 197 total cases of the novel coronavirus in the Borough of Carnegie since...
Remembering Richie Cole at the Carnegie Carnegie
The holiday season is here, but the Music Hall is closed due to covid. It makes me nostalgic. We lost a good neighbor, dear friend and phenomenal talent when Richie Cole passed away last May. The saxophone virtuoso, composer and arranger was born in Trenton, N.J., and lived ‘everywhere’ as...
Crafton Celebration of Lights kicks off Dec. 12
Crafton Borough’s Celebration of Lights, a donation-based, self-guided light tour, highlights 14 area homes and benefits the Crafton-Ingram Food Bank. The first annual event is an initiative of Crafton’s Parks and Recreation Committee. Tickets for the tour, which runs Dec. 12 through Jan. 3, can be purchased online at craftonborough.com....
