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Carnegie woman celebrates 93rd birthday
Lena Enrietti of Carnegie will celebrate her 93rd birthday with family Feb. 2. Lena is the wife of the late Ernest Enrietti, former owner of Enrietti News in Carnegie. She has two daughters, Jean (Michael) Martin and Diane (Marc) Pakler. Lena also has five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Lena is...
George Washington’s 1770 expedition to the Ohio country
This month, the Bridgeville Area Historical Society’s workshop series on George Washington’s impact on Western Pennsylvania focused on his 1770 expedition to the Ohio country. Now 38 years old and a highly successful Virginia country gentleman, he had been appointed to administer the disposition of 200,000 acres of land “on...
Canevin student among Medallion Ball recipients
Ann Walsh, a senior at Bishop Canevin High School, was among 128 young women to receive St. Joan of Arc medallions for volunteering a minimum of 150 hours with local organizations. The event was part of St. Lucy’s Auxiliary to the Blind’s 55th Medallion Ball, held this past November at...
Carlynton scores above average on state testing
Students at Carlynton Junior-Senior High School are scoring above the state average when it comes to state tests, but regular attendance in two subgroupings has given the district a dubious asterisk mark. Carlynton students in grades seven through 12 have scored above the state average on the 2017-18 PSSA (Pennsylvania...
Carlynton board approves 2019-20 proposed preliminary budget
Carlynton School Board members approved the 2019-20 proposed preliminary budget during their Jan. 15 meeting. The $29.98 million preliminary budget was approved with the intent to request an OK from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to go above the index for a referendum exception up to the maximum permitted by...
Man arrested in Carnegie on drug charges
An anonymous tip led to the arrest of a wanted man in Carnegie Jan. 16 on charges of felony drug possession. Rocco Vincent Colonello, of Valencia, had previously evaded police during a separate incident in Franklin Park, according to an incident report. Carnegie police apprehended Colonello outside a residence at...
Longtime teacher celebrates birthday
Patricia McGrath of Collier celebrates her birthday Jan. 21. Mrs. McGrath taught for 30 years at St. Luke’s and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School in Carnegie. She is the wife of the late Jack McGrath, mother of Sharon, Sean, Keith (Jami), Jerry, Matthew and the late Colleen McGrath, and the...
New high school at CV gets rave reviews from students, teachers
Laughter — and lots of chatter — can be heard across the large commons area at the new Chartiers Valley High School, one week after the school’s opening. Principal Patrick Myers smiles as he looks down from a hallway two floors above, that’s encompassed by a railing and open to...
Pet Palace moving into Newbury Market
One of the newest plans for Newbury Market will not benefit the humans in the area at all. Their pets, if they could talk, might tell another story. Pet Palace, a boarding, daycare and grooming facility, is the third confirmed tenant for the South Fayette market. Newbury Market’s project manager...
Carlynton free-throw contest winners recognized
A free-throw tradition dating back more than 50 years was held at Carlynton High School on Jan. 11, sponsored by the Carnegie Elks and organized by Gary Marches, a retired reading specialist for North Hill School District and former member of the Carlynton School Board. ” Each year, The Elks...
Carnegie police increased patrols in 2018, calls for service up 12 percent
Carnegie police officers ramped up foot patrols in 2018 in what Chief Joe Kennedy called a proactive approach to policing. The number of officer-initiated calls for business, school and welfare checks rose to approximately 3,700 in 2018, according to service call records, up 41 percent from 2017. Kennedy said, for...
Learn new skills, life hacks through program
Mary Menk chopped the tomatoes, cilantro and jalapenos as a small group of ladies looked on inside the Lincoln Gallery at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. A squeeze of lime juice and voila! The fresh, homemade pico de gallo was ready for devouring. It’s that simple. Even...
Crafton resident promotes Edgar Allan Poe in film
Thad Ciechanowski of Crafton graduated from Canevin High School (now Bishop Canevin) and then received his bachelor’s degree in communications from Robert Morris University. He has gone on to a career as a video editor, director and camera operator, currently employed at a small ad agency in Pittsburgh. First beginning...
J&L Travel Celebrates 30 Years
Joanne Letcher started in the travel business coordinating ski trips to Europe, prompting her to open her own travel agency in Carnegie 30 years ago. Her first location was on Third Avenue, but now operates out of Suite 205 at 150 E. Main Street in the Masonic Building. Over the...
Bridgeville couple welcome birth of first child
Jillian (Butts) and David Head of Bridgeville welcome their first child, Lillian Rien Head, who was born Dec. 31, weighing in at six pounds, 13 ounces and measuring 18 inches long. She was the last baby born at St. Clair Hospital for 2018. Maternal grandparents are Jeanine and Robert Butts...
South Fayette grad’s starts woodworking business
While attending South Fayette High School, David Petyk discovered his love for wood. He had always loved working with his hands, so he took as many engineering and shop classes as he could. Upon graduation last June, he began studying mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University-Erie, returning home to South...
Birthday wishes across the region
Birthday greetings are sent to Arlene Yustak of Collier Township, who celebrates on Jan. 6. Arlene and her late husband, Ted, are the parents of Monica (John) Zajicek, Melissa (Ken) Hackman, Marla (Bob) Malcolm and Mandy (Graham) Turnbull. They have 16 grandchildren. JoAnn (Choura) McIntosh of Carnegie celebrates another year...
Pitt students examine flash flooding in McLaughlin Run watershed
One of my responsibilities at Pitt has been coordinating the Civil Engineering Department’s Senior Design Project program. In this program each senior, in his/her last semester, is required to participate as part of a multi-discipline team in a challenging “near-real-world” design project. This semester, one of our teams studied flash...
