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In brief: Weight loss group, Nutcracker online and more in South Fayette, Carnegie
Looking for a great Weight Loss Club? Come and join our happy little TOPS group. Lose weight and make new friends. For more information, call Jane at 412-279-6140 or 412-452-6964. The Nutcracker — online This holiday tradition continues with the Carnegie Performing Arts Center Dec. 15-25. Christmas time brings to...
Undefeated state champions lead Trib 25 football all-stars
Two WPIAL teams went unbeaten from start to finish, remarkable seasons that included lopsided wins, running clocks and record-setting stats. Ultimately, WPIAL champions Central Valley and Pine-Richland both celebrated undefeated state titles in Hershey. Their dominance — outscoring opponents by more than 400 points — is represented here in the...
Trib HSSN 2020-21 WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preseason breakdown
This will surely be a boys basketball season like no other. WPIAL teams are set to tip off Friday and embark on a masked journey through a schedule likely to change many times as the year progresses. Teams all have hopes of hoisting a WPIAL championship trophy in March, much...
SouthBridge EMS asks Bridgeville, Cecil and South Fayette townships for financial help
SouthBridge EMS, the ambulance service provider for Cecil and South Fayette townships and Bridgeville, is in some financial distress due covid-19. Executive Director Daniel Miller said patient transports dropped by 40% in March and April. Calls also went from an average of 230 per month to about 150, and transportation...
South Fayette Elementary School moves temporarily to remote learning
South Fayette Elementary School is going remote today through Dec. 7 due to three new positive cases of covid-19, according to a letter from South Fayette School District Superintendent Dr. Ken Lockette. In the letter posted to the district website Dec. 2, Lockette said that the three new cases bring...
A different kind of holiday season at the Carnegie Free Library
Anyone who’s worked at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall for any of the last six Decembers will tell you about the magic and conviviality of our traditional holiday collaboration with the borough, known as “Carnegie Celebrates the Season.” For three special hours, Carnegie families share in the...
Charges recently filed in Bridgeville, Scott, Carnegie district courts
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 • Zacary Tay Hesselgesser, 19, of Chicora, Pa., on charges of prohibited acts, possession of...
Aliquippa, Chartiers Valley lead all-conference football team in Parkway
Aliquippa’s Vernon Redd and Chartiers Valley’s Anthony Collura earned all-conference honors on both sides of the football in the Class 4A Parkway. Along with first-team honors, Redd was named the conference’s offensive MVP and Collura earned the defensive award in a vote of coaches. Aliquippa and Chartiers Valley claimed eight...
In brief: Virtual wine tasting fundraiser, basket raffle and more in Carnegie, Bridgeville
Myasthenia Gravis Association fundraiser The Myasthenia Gravis Association of Western PA is hosting a virtual wine tasting/painting party to benefit MGA’s free patient support services. The virtual event will be held 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 10. For a $50 donation to MGA, participants will receive a link to participate in the...
Scott, Upper St. Clair area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 29
Bridgeville Michael Mulholland sold property at 722 Chess St. to Selder & Son LLC for $215,500. Jeffrey Druzak sold property at 622 Elizabeth St. to David and Jessica Morrison for $209,000. Priminvest Corp. Inc. sold property at 182 Liberty St. to Segavepo LLC for $175,000. Justin McKean sold property at...
Construction underway at McLaughlin Run Park
A flood mitigation project has begun in Bridgeville’s McLaughlin Run Park. The ballfield there is being lowered four to six feet and trash racks are being installed in the stream in order to prevent large debris from blocking upstream culverts during high water and from getting to bridges downstream in...
In brief: Carnegie tree lighting, glass recycling and more
Traveling glass recycling bin to be in South Fayette PRC’s traveling glass recycling bin will be at the South Fayette Township Municipal Building, 515 Millers Run Road, Nov. 28-Dec. 3. All colors of glass bottles, jars and jugs will be accepted. The following items will not be accepted: cut glass,...
Carlynton moving to full-remote learning to address county’s hike in covid cases
The Carlynton School District is temporarily moving to full-remote learning in response to the increase in covid cases and new restriction issued by the state. The change to online-only instruction begins Nov. 23. Students are scheduled to return to a blend of in-person and remote learning Dec. 7. Under the...
Charges recently filed in Bridgeville, Scott, Carnegie district courts
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 • Edward Belveny Jr., 62, of McDonald on charges of simple assault and harassment. Charges...
Chartiers Valley reports 4 new covid cases this week, switching to remote instruction
The Chartiers Valley School District reported four new positive covid-19 cases this week and will temporarily switch to full-remote learning until early December. The change is scheduled to begin on Nov. 23 and will be in effect through Dec. 4. Students will return a blend of online and in-person instruction...
Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center reports sharp rise in covid-19 cases, 2 deaths
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 12:23 Nov. 17 with the latest numbers from Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center. A long-term care facility in South Fayette has seen a substantial increase in covid-19 cases among staff and residents since Nov. 4. Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center reported Tuesday that...
In brief: Holiday market, Thanksgiving open house and more in Carnegie, Bridgeville
Holiday market Get in the holiday spirit on Nov. 22 as Carnegie’s Holiday Market takes place on East Main Street between Broadway and Mary from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Shop your favorite farmer’s market vendors and Carnegie businesses. Masks are required to be worn by visitors and vendors. For...
Carnegie, Upper St. Clair real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 15
Bridgeville Kimberly Aul trustee sold property at 953 Edna St. to Eric and Chelsey Cook for $138,000. Carnegie Donald Kaercher sold property at 215 Second Ave. to New Horizon Financial LLC for $65,000. William Streiff sold property at 409 Cubbage St. to Gina Leigh Thornberg for $152,500. Estate of Earl...
Keystone Oaks moves to online learning after 4th covid-19 case this week; Chartiers Valley reports case at high school
Keystone Oaks School District has closed for the remainder of the week after a member of the Myrtle Avenue Elementary School tested positive for covid-19. Superintendent William Stropkaj on Tuesday posted a letter to the district’s website to alert families of the case, which marks the fourth in the past...
District court cases from Nov. 4-10 in Bridgeville, Carnegie and Scott
District court judges in Bridgeville, Scott and Carnegie handled these criminal cases from Nov. 4-10. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet, Bridgeville • Alexander Demitr Norton, 33, of Pittsburgh with drug possession, a DUI and careless driving. Charges were...
November is a busy month at the Library & Music Hall
It’s not as though things will return to “normal” at the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, but that doesn’t make me want to hurry through the rest of 2020 any less. It’s been quite a year, yet we’ve managed to keep things going here at the Andrew Carnegie Free...
North Huntingdon man details Pitt football coach, Carnegie native who died in World War IVideo
A World War I history buff from North Huntingdon shed light on the University of Pittsburgh football coach who quit patrolling the Panthers’ sideline at Forbes Field more than a century ago so he could become a lawyer, only to be killed a month before the Armistice took effect on...
Carnegie, Scott real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 10
Bridgeville Dixon Voss LLC sold property at 647 Cherry Way to Craig Lessler for $90,000. UCG Thirty Three LLC sold property at 237 Missouri Ave. to Evan Gray for $125,000. Carnegie Divina Development LLC sold property at 603 Gormley Ave. to Cory Beam and Hannah Bailie for $169,900. Margaret Ann...
In brief: Virtual divorce workshop, virtual cookie walk and more around Carnegie, South Fayette
Cookie Walk goes virtual St. Matrona Ladies Society of St. Peter & St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church is hosting its cookie walk virtually this year. Orders can be placed online at stmatronacookiewalk.com until Nov. 15. Cookie varieties include nut crescents, fruit-filled kolache, Hamantaschen, lady locks and other favorites. Cookies will...
Carlynton football moving in right direction after 3-win season
While the struggles were evident at times, the Carlynton football program continues to take baby steps after three winless seasons in a four-year period from 2014-17. The Cougars finished 3-5 overall, giving them a combined six wins in back-to-back years for the first time since the 2011 team won five...
