Chartiers Valley category, Page 8
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of Jan. 22, 2023
Bridgeville Jeffrey Ghelarducci sold property at 1061 Laurel St. to Alexis Sheets and Kameron Truscott for $133,400. Orion Develop RA XXXII LLC sold property at 417 Chartiers St. to OFP Wagradol PA2 LLC for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $4,217,771). Mitchell Zgorliski sold property at 1317...
Students celebrate Chartiers Valley Primary School’s birthday
Students helped the celebration by making a card, putting their fingerprints on a flag and listening to stories from retired teacher Mary Coperich. Each student at the primary school, which serves approximately 800 students in kindergarten through second grade, received a cupcake eraser thanks to the Social-Emotional Learning Committee. In...
South Fayette man pleads to Jan. 6 Capitol riot charges
A South Fayette man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Jorden Mink, 29, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss on April 11 on two counts including assaulting, resisting or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon and theft of...
Food bank director receives Unsung Community Service Award in Bridgeville
Each year, the Bridgeville nonprofit One Music Fest Inc. presents an Unsung Community Service Award. The 2023 recipient is Tim Anderson, director of the Bridgeville Community Food Bank, who received his honor during One Music Fest’s fifth annual Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr., held Jan. 16 at Bethany Presbyterian...
Bridgeville event celebrates life of Martin Luther King Jr.
For more than half a century, students in most American classrooms have learned at least a little something about Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. They may have memorized it as occurring in 1963 before a quarter of a million people in the nation’s capital, and that...
New year, new librarian, new children’s programs at library in Carnegie
It is a new year full of possibilities and potential! Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall has been a pillar of our community since 1901. Even with over a century of activity in the space, we still find ways to make each year a little different than the one...
Bridgeville welcomes senior living community
Some students of the former Washington Elementary School in Bridgeville will admit to sneak over to the candy store across the street. Today, the senior living community Halcyon of Bridgeville occupies the erstwhile academic building. And the candy store is no more, having been supplanted by Country Style Pizza. But...
Student-run coffee shop proposed for Chartiers Valley High School
Business teacher Christopher Meyer has a vision for Chartiers Valley High School. “Imagine walking in,” he said. “There’s a fully functional coffee shop going on, where students of all ability levels are working hand in hand toward making a really good cup of coffee, while also learning real-world skills that...
Senior driver improvement courses offered in Plum, other areas
Seniors For Safe Driving is offering senior citizen driver improvement courses to help motorists understand how aging affects driving abilities and prove insight about navigating today’s roads. The PennDOT-approved courses are designed for drivers age 55 and older, and include no testing or behind-the-wheel driving. As mandated by Pennsylvania law,...
South Hills Lights festival celebrates Hanukkah
This year’s Hanukkah celebration has a special significance for Rabbi Mendel Rosenblum and, by extension, Jewish communities throughout the world. In leading the annual South Hills Lights festival on Dec. 19, Rosenblum told a story related to him by a fellow rabbi, Eliezer Chitrik of Nuremberg, Germany. In 1938, the...
Chartiers Valley Middle School named ‘School to Watch’
Chartiers Valley Middle School has been named a PA Don Eichhorn Schools: “Schools to Watch.” The designation recognizes the level of academic excellence, developmental responsiveness, social equity, and organizational structures and processes at the school. “What an honor to be recognized for our outstanding team and their commitment to helping...
Chartiers Valley area happenings, week of Dec. 5, 2022
Presto VFD pancake breakfast Presto Volunteer Fire Department, 5228 Thoms Run Road, Collier, will hold a pancake breakfast with a special seasonal guest. The event is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 18. Toys for Tots drive Scott Township is collecting for Toys for Tots. Last year’s drive...
After wholesale changes, new coach excited to see what Chartiers Valley girls can do
The Chartiers Valley girls basketball team in 2022-23 will definitely look different than it has the past four seasons both on the court and on the bench. That may even be an understatement. The past four seasons have gone tremendously well for the Colts. Under the direction of longtime coach...
After showing flashes last season, Chartiers Valley boys look to return to contention
Two seasons ago, the Chartiers Valley boys basketball team was a WPIAL finalist. The Colts went 22-4 with that fourth loss a defeat at the hands of New Castle in the district title game. That group was led by Brayden Reynolds, now at Farleigh Dickinson, and had a senior class...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of Dec. 4, 2022
Bridgeville Shawn Kief sold property at 615 Chartiers St. to Melody Kief for $103,000. Estate of George Maioli sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 606 to Lewis and Barbara Speeler for $125,000. Barbara Drexler sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 807 to Claudia Maioli for $74,627. Mohit Sharma...
Give the gift of experience
Happy Holidays from the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall! As the paper copy of this issue of the Signal Item hits your doorstep or mailbox on Dec. 8, there are 17 days until Christmas. Is your holiday shopping done? Or, like the much-beloved character Ralphie from “A Christmas...
Former Steeler’s foundation conducts 10th annual Holiday Giving Program
Youngsters often take what is given to them for granted. Will Allen was an exception. While growing up in Dayton, Ohio, the future Pittsburgh Steeler would go to his elementary school in the summer for breakfast and lunch, and he’d take part in enrichment programs to supplement his basic education....
Collier DJ parlays love of music into global audience
Some people find music to be little more than a pleasant auditory diversion. Others take a more active interest. And then there are those for whom music pretty much constitutes a way of life. For Collier resident Robert Paparella, his fascination stretches back about 60 years, to when he was...
Bridgeville names street after lifelong resident
Welcome to Weise Way. The narrow thoroughfare connecting McMillen and Chartiers streets in Bridgeville had no name until Nov. 14, when borough council adopted an ordinance to honor a lifelong resident. Whether she was serving ice cream at the family grocery store or serving two decades on council, Mary Weise...
Meals On Wheels rings in season with Bridgeville fundraiser
’Twas the month before Christmas, and Santa had a good beard going. Dressed in his red-and-white suit and matching cap in mid-November, Al Welle said that he usually just sports a white goatee. But when he was asked to portray St. Nick, he promptly started to grow the rest of...
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden hosts ‘Dazzling Nights’ holiday light show
A million glittering lights will illuminate the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden during “Dazzling Nights,” an immersive pop-up light installation running Nov. 27 to Jan. 1. Features of the night-time, winter wonderland display will include an interactive lighted walkway, a forest of light and fog evoking the aurora borealis and a 65-foot...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of Nov. 21, 2022
Bridgeville Ian Ball sold property at 1075 Harding St. to JS Land Co. LLC for $299,500. Italian Mutl Beneficial Soc Bridgeville sold property at 404 Margaret St. to Bridgeville Borough for $110,000. Dennis Kohlmyer sold property at 158 Pennsylvania Ave. to Douglas and Katherine Zwolinski for $355,000. Wayne Richard Pilarski...
Chartiers Valley area happenings, week of Nov. 21, 2022
Blood drive scheduled South West Regional Chamber of Commerce is hosting a blood drive from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at the Collier Community Center, 5 Lobaugh St. To schedule an appointment, visit donateblood.centralblood bank.org. The group code is C812. If you cannot schedule online, call 412-209-7000. Light Up Night...
Young doubles duo makes impact for Chartiers Valley tennis
The sky’s the limit for the dynamic duo of the Chartiers Valley girls tennis team after a breakout 2022 season. Sophomore Kaitlyn Kuczinski and freshman Delaney Fox helped the Colts team reach the WPIAL team playoffs and advance to the quarterfinals with a first-round win over North Catholic. It was...
Season of change brings challenges to Chartiers Valley football team
This was a season of change for the Chartiers Valley football program. Following district realignment, an already tough Class 4A Parkway Conference became incredibly deep with the additions of defending WPIAL and PIAA champion Central Valley moving up and traditional 5A power West Allegheny moving down. This added to a...
