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New I-79 traffic patterns in South Fayette coming due to Southern Beltway construction
According to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, a traffic shift will occur on I-79 in South Fayette Township and Cecil Township beginning this evening. Crews will begin the traffic shift starting at 8 p.m. Aug. 20 and will be finished setting the pattern by 6 a.m. Aug. 21. Traffic traveling southbound...
Serendipitous encounters at the Carnegie Carnegie
I am delighted that the Signal Item, the “longest continually running weekly West of the Alleghenies,” is back in print. In a Zoom call with the Item’s new editor, Katie Green, I was further delighted that she invited the Library & Music Hall to resume its bi-weekly column. I wrote...
Ukrainian food festival, car raffle and more around Bridgeville, Carnegie area
Ukrainian food festival slated The Parish of Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church will host the Ninth Annual Ukrainian Food Festival, featuring delicious homemade Ukrainian foods and pastries, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sept. 11-12. The Covid-safe festival will offer phone orders, take out and limited outdoor dining at SS Peter...
Signal Item-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Bridgeville Mark Cimarolli sold property at 1085 Chartiers St. to Robert and Deborah Martini for $165,000. Veterans Administration sold property at 1625 Critchfield Drive to Steven Vesci for $165,000. Estate of Charles Tornabene sold property at 38 New York Circle to Christine Mondine for $224,900. Certified Investment Properties LLC sold...
Molly’s Dog Park opens in Collier
Molly’s Dog Park recently opened in Collier Township, on the Panhandle Trail by Walkers Mill. It was made possible by several generous donations from residents, Friends of the Panhandle Trail and Friends of Collier Parks and Recreation, according to Collier Township manager Kyle Thauvette. The park has picnic tables, memorial...
Clemente rookie card, 1900 Wagner team photo up for auction
Pittsburgh Pirate history buffs, get your wallets ready: a New Jersey auction house is taking bids on Roberto Clemente’s 1955 Topps rookie card, as well as a team photo of the Pirates taken during Honus Wagner’s first year with the team in 1900. The auction concludes Sunday. Bidding on the...
Carnegie, Scott area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 10
Carnegie Estate of Margaret Aldridge sold property at 24 Charter Oak Drive to Susan Monteverde trustee for $235,000. Collier Michael Stubna sold property at unknown address to Maronda Homes LLC for $450,000. Robinson Bradley Lewis sold property at 105 Camelot Circle to Kevin and Darian Karsch for $410,000. Mary Crown...
Bishop Canevin High School plan includes 5-day, in-person learning and a virtual option
Bishop Canevin High School families can chose to either send their students back to school or opt for online learning this coming school year during the covid-19 pandemic. Principal Michael Joyce said the school will offer in-person instruction five days a week as well as “a synchronous virtual option” for...
Andrew Carnegie Free Library’s new director started during the pandemic
Walker Evans was ready to step into his new role as director of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library when, on March 13, libraries were ordered to close. Ten days later, the state’s stay-at-home order was put in place. “It’s certainly a unique situation,” said Evans. “I was eager to start,...
Carnegie, Bridgeville area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 2
Carnegie Holly Olsen sold property at 17 Watson St. to Keith Fitzpatrick for $121,200. Collier Apexis Parkside L.P. sold property at 6006 Beechmont Drive to Brett and Ashley Creasy for $135,000. Russell Schreffler sold property at 79 Price Road to Ernestine Cooper trustee for $136,250. Ingram R. Lane Enterprises LLC...
Takeout bingo helping to boost South Fayette restaurant businesses
Many restaurants throughout Allegheny County are struggling to stay afloat during the covid-19 pandemic. State and county officials have limited alcoholic beverage sales and pushed for outdoor dining and takeout due to safety concerns. South Fayette officials have taken to bingo to help give township food purveyors a boost in...
Carnegie Carnegie presents The Woman’s Hour: 100 Years and Counting …
On March 6, jazz and blues vocalist Jessica Lee performed a beautiful tribute concert to Pittsburgh’s own jazz innovator, Maxine Sullivan. That concert became the first and last live, onstage performance in our 2020 Woman’s Hour program series due to the Music Hall’s abrupt closure due to covid-19. It seemed...
Unmarked abandoned mine discovery puts stability of Painters Run Road in Scott into question
An unmarked underground mine has put the stability of Painters Run Road in Scott and Upper St. Clair into question. A portion of the roadway was closed Wednesday after a Northeast Paving construction laborer performing drainage work near the road fell into the mine, Allegheny County Public Works spokesman Brent...
Painters Run Road paving to take place overnight for roughly 2 weeks
Painters Run Road – just west of its intersection with McMillan Road in Upper St. Clair – was unexpectedly closed today. While completing drainage work there, crews encountered an unmarked underground mine void that might affect the road’s stability. As a result, Public Works will keep that section of road...
South Fayette School District officials approve reopening plan
South Fayette School District officials have approved their 2020-21 school year reopening plan with both in-person and online learning for students during the pandemic. School directors unanimously voted on the plan on July 28. Board President Leonard Fornella said plans will be revised as necessary. Superintendent Ken Lockette said staffers...
Dayton extends 1st Division I offers to 3 WPIAL football recruits
Three WPIAL football players drew their first Division I offers from the same Ohio school. Dayton’s coaching staff extended offers last week to North Catholic’s Nick Maher and Seneca Valley teammates Jimmy Royal and Josh Miller. All three are rising seniors. Maher is a 6-foot-2, 200-pound wide receiver and linebacker....
Bridgeville, Carnegie area real estate transactions for the week of July 26
Carnegie TRU SKY Properties LLC sold property at 410 Second Ave. to Sydney Dixon for $85,000. Karl Ellenberger sold property at 605 Beechwood Ave. to Railroad Street Holding LLC for $13,000. Raymond Kraus sold property at 103 Railroad Ave. to Michael and Susan Dalton for $84,000. Ryan Ramsey sold property...
PNC to close 52 branches, including 9 in Western Pa.
PNC Financial Services plans to permanently close 52 branch offices. In a filing with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the financial powerhouse said it intends to close nine branch offices in Western Pennsylvania, including offices in downtown Greensburg, Indiana, North Versailles, Elizabeth, Mt. Lebanon, West Mifflin, Bridgeville...
Carnegie Farmers Market opens, Scott offices closed and more
Carnegie East Main Farmers Market The Carnegie East Main Farmers Market opens July 26 on East Main Street between Broadway and Mary streets. The market will take place noon-3 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 25. Masks and social distancing are required. Sampling, eating food on-site and handling products is prohibited due...
Heidelberg’s Mayor LaSota named Mayor of the Year
Kenneth LaSota, mayor of Heidelberg, has been named Pennsylvania Mayor of the Year 2020 by the Pennsylvania State Mayors’ Association. Each year, a PSMA committee, comprised of city, borough and municipal mayors across the state, selects a mayor who has had a significant impact upon the community, is a leader...
South Fayette pushes back start, end of school year because of coronavirus concerns
South Fayette School District officials have changed the proposed start and end of the upcoming school year because of covid-19 concerns. The school board voted 6-1 Tuesday night to adjust the 2020-21 school calendar to move the first day of school from Aug. 19 to Sept. 2 and the last...
Carlynton to begin school year with remote instruction
Carlynton School District has decided to begin the school year with remote instruction for the first four and a half weeks. Superintendent Dr. John Kreider said the district will monitor local and state data early on to make the appropriate determination as to whether to continue being fully remote, move...
WPIAL swimmers earn NISCA All-American laurels
Several WPIAL swimming standouts recently were honored as All-Americans by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association for times recorded during the 2019-20 season. The lists are compiled based on individual and relay times recorded at sanctioned high school meets during the season and submitted by the programs during the application...
Bridgeville, Carnegie area real estate transactions for the week of July 20
Bridgeville Michael Reynolds sold property at 814 McLaughlin Run Road to Ragtop Properties LLC for $350,000. George Harris sold property at 312 St. Clair St. to Vanessa Love for $132,900. Carnegie Wanda Clay trustee sold property at 920 Forsythe Road to David and Vicky Jo Sawyer for $94,036. Collier Mark...
86-year-old Carnegie man’s drowning death ruled accidental
An 86-year-old Carnegie man’s July 15 drowning death has been ruled an accident by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. John Kirby was found in a pool in the 500 block of Flynn Ave. at 4:22 p.m. and pronounced dead about a half-hour later, the medical examiner’s office said. Allegheny...
