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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...
Bridgeville, Carnegie area student news for the week of July 16
Olivia Cindrich of Carnegie was one of eight Lebanon Valley College student-athletes to be named to the 2019-20 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Winter Sportsmanship Teams. Cindrich, a graduate of Carlynton Jr-Sr High School, is pursuing a bachelor of science in exercise science and is a member of the women’s ice...
South Fayette School District reopening plan presented, approval set for next week
South Fayette School District’s health and safety plan for the upcoming school year requires students and staff to wear face coverings and practice social distancing as much as possible when returning to school. It also provides an option for parents to continue their student’s distance learning or enroll in a...
West Main Street in Carnegie will be down to a single lane beginning Wednesday
Those who live in Carnegie or travel through it should be prepared for potential traffic delays beginning Wednesday, July 15. Road work to improve Route 3048 (West Main Street) in Carnegie Borough and Collier Township, will resume on Wednesday, weather permitting. According to a news release from PennDOT, West Main...
Bridgeville, Carnegie area real estate transactions for the week of July 12
Bridgeville Margaret Danilo sold property at 1083 Bank St. to Christopher Colin Petricca and Christina Marie Cvetic for $190,000. Robinson Paul Zucchero sold property at 30 Beaver Grade Road to Patrick and Hannah Marie Fowler for $212,000. South Fayette Justin Windle sold property at 2031 Berkley Ridge Drive to Cartus...
South Fayette Township Library reopening, Movies in the Park, postponed
South Fayette Township Library patrons will have to wait a while longer before coming inside and taking part in programs during the covid-19 pandemic. Library officials tentatively set July 13 as the opening date with adjusted hours, the facility open at half capacity and everyone wearing masks. Commissioners learned at...
Scott Township officials fill 2nd commissioner vacancy in as many months
Scott Township officials selected a nonprofit founder and Chartiers Valley School District bus driver as their new commissioner. Michelle Sedlak was appointed at Wednesday night’s special meeting to fill the unexpired term of Paul Abel of Ward 6, who resigned from his elected post June 17. Hundreds of people both...
Work on Painters Run Bridge in Scott postponed until July 20
Closure on part of the 1800 block of Painters Run Road in Scott Township has been delayed due to another delay in completion of nearby utility work, according to a news release from the Allegheny County Department of Public Works. The closure is now scheduled to begin at 7 a.m....
Carlynton’s Nathan Milsom honored by Athletic Administrator’s Association
Nathan Milsom loves to challenge himself. The athletic director in the Carlynton School District for more than a decade fills his plate with his duties with the Cougars athletic program, work as the president of several conferences, his involvement with the WPIAL basketball committee and as the veteran head coach...
Bridgeville-South Fayette Rotary presents scholarship checks
The Bridgeville-South Fayette Rotary Club had presented checks to this year’s Harry W. Buzzatto Memorial Community Service Scholarship winners from Chartiers Valley and South Fayette high schools included Sarah Verduci, Brittany Gallo, Loren Shaffer and Emma Bryant. Bert Cherry, president of the Rotary Club, visited with each student and presented...
Carnegie free lunch program continues
Carnegie’s Grab-and-Go free lunch program continues through July. The program is open to anyone 18 and under and provides bagged lunches with wholesome snacks, frozen yogurt and other items. The St. John’s Lutheran Church site, at 601 Washington Ave., distributes lunches from noon to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Lunches...
Carnegie Carnegie: In calm and in crisis, the library is here to help
For weeks now, hundreds of thousands of Americans have taken to the streets to denounce the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the centuries of racism that still haunt our country. Others are struggling to understand what’s going on. For white people who are feeling confused by this movement,...
Signal Item area real estate transactions, July 6
Carnegie Esther Chapman sold property at 527 Middle Pl to Craig and Caitlin Miller for $95,000. Bryan Stoy sold property at 145 Mountain Drive to Lance Faidley for $168,500. Heather Hastings sold property at 604 Sarah St. to Christian Girard Johnson and Madison Grudi for $165,000. Collier Maronda Homes Inc....
Pittsburgh breweries are delivering beer to your home
Bartenders at East End Brewing Co. are still working. “Only now, they are serving our customers in another way,” said owner Scott Smith. “Some of our bartenders have become delivery drivers.” Bringing the beer to you is not a new concept, but it’s become more active in the coronavirus pandemic....
16th Port Authority employee tests positive for coronavirus
Another Allegheny County Port Authority bus driver tested positive for covid-19, bringing the agency’s total number of employees who tested positive to 16, agency officials said. The employee, who works at the Collier garage, last drove a Port Authority bus June 24 and has been recovering at home. Officials believe...
