Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 112
Portion of Sharpsburg’s Main Street to close through March
A long-term closure of Main Street in Sharpsburg is expected to begin Tuesday. Road construction will begin at 6 a.m., with crews working to install sanitary and stormwater sewer lines, PennDOT announced. Specifically, traffic will be detoured between Sixth and Eighth streets. Work is part of a $3.8 million improvement...
Fox Chapel reveals roads to be paved this year, OKs body camera purchase for police
Fox Chapel officials are gearing up for a busy spring, eyeing an expected $1.2 million in road paving and nearly $600,000 in improvements for the public works department, police and municipal office. Council is targeting nine roads throughout the borough in this year’s improvement program. They include St. James Place...
Blawnox seeking code enforcement officer
Blawnox is seeking a part-time code enforcement officer to help with the borough’s efforts to maintain safe properties. The job entails making sure homeowners keep up with cutting grass, keeping properties free of junk cars and shoveling snow in a timely manner. The position is for six hours a week....
Baristas at Coffee Tree Roasters vote to unionize in Allegheny County
Baristas and employees of local coffee chain Coffee Tree Roasters voted to unionize Tuesday. Workers at five coffee shops across Allegheny County voted to join Local 1776 of the United Food and Commercial Workers labor union, according to UFCW Local 1776 President Wendell Young. “This is a great win for...
Fox Chapel teen, emergency responders and dispatcher honored for saving boy’s life
New Year’s morning began with a crisis for the Stephany family of Fox Chapel. Their youngest member, Max, 11, was found unconscious inside their Riding Trail Lane home. Parents Rob and Molly Stephany tried all they could to wake him up. However, Max did not respond and was not breathing....
Police: Woman followed Aspinwall man from Rivers Casino, robbed him of winnings
A Forest Hills woman has been charged with assaulting and robbing a man of around $1,500 after following him from Rivers Casino to his Aspinwall home, according to Allegheny County Police. A 66-year-old man turned up at UPMC St. Margaret hospital around 1:45 a.m. Tuesday with face and head trauma,...
Seeders and Weeders Garden Club creates floral deliveries for Meals on Wheels clients
Aspinwall Meals on Wheels clients received more with their deliveries recently than the typical meatloaf or lunchmeat sandwich. Each of the 48 participants living in the Fox Chapel Area School District was gifted a vintage tea cup with a dainty succulent wedged inside. “They truly appreciate it,” said longtime cook...
Fox Chapel Area High School to present whimsical musical ‘Seussical’
The Cat in the Hat is one of the many Dr. Seuss characters set to unleash entertainment in Fox Chapel Area High School’s spring musical production of “Seussical.” A cast of more than 100 students will present “Seussical” March 3-6 in the high school auditorium. The family-friendly, whimsical show is...
With a pandemic pivot to tech, Christ Church Fox Chapel builds flock
A former British barrister turned minister in Fox Chapel has turned to technology to boost membership during the pandemic. The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth, 43, a native of Liverpool, has been at Christ Church Fox Chapel since 2014. Since then, membership has grown by 50%, with 44 new members added during...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 20, 2022
Aspinwall Kathleen Meade sold property at 336 First St. to 336 1st St. LLC for $400,000. PD & E Associates Inc. sold property at 803-805 Center Ave. to Meraki Resident II LLC for $900,000. Lee Ann Kline trustee sold property at 111 Lexington Ave. to Michael Kukurza and Rita Horton...
SSA students named National Merit finalists
Five members of the Shady Side Academy Class of 2022 have been named finalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. They will compete for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarship awards worth more than $30 million, which will be offered this spring. The...
Dalton Bacco fund aids foster children
Kerri and Frank Bacco of West View are channeling their grief by honoring their late son with a fund created to assist foster children in Western Pennsylvania. The couple, both 44 and teachers, created The Dalton Bacco “Living the Dream” Fund in June 2017 after the tragic death of their...
Fox Chapel’s Emi Kartsonas makes mark in multiple sports at Aquinas Academy
Emi Kartsonas has been one of the area’s busiest student-athletes, and it looks like she won’t be slowing down anytime soon. The Aquinas Academy senior has had an outstanding high school career, lettering in basketball, field hockey and lacrosse, and those teams have all made the WPIAL playoffs each of...
Fox Chapel community mourns Mark Bellinger, who revitalized crew program
In the early 1990s, Dr. Mark Bellinger bought a scull and took up rowing for personal exercise. His daughter, Katie, thought it looked fun and began urging her father to help start a rowing team at Fox Chapel Area High School. It turned out to be the start of a...
Fox Chapel Area School District police chief to become treasurer of national nonprofit
Joseph Kozarian, Fox Chapel Area School District’s chief of police, will soon add a new title to his resume. The law enforcement veteran takes over as treasurer for the National Association of School Resource Officers in July. “It’s a great honor, great organization and wonderful people,” said Kozarian, 55, of...
Western Pennsylvania athletes ready for Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon
Every time Tom Weir has participated in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, he has turned left to venture into Downtown at the Birmingham Bridge. On May 1, Weir, 60, of Hempfield, plans to make a right turn, hoping it’s the correct one. The bridge from Pittsburgh’s South Side is...
Some Fox Chapel Area parents lobby for masks to be optional at schools
Several Fox Chapel Area School District parents want administrators and elected leaders to rethink their health and safety plan and lift the district’s mask mandate. They have brought their concerns before the school board. Protests also have occurred outside the district’s administration offices. “Covid has affected every aspect of our...
Northbound Route 28 in Aspinwall to have single-lane restriction during the day starting Monday
Lane restrictions will start Monday on northbound Route 28 in Aspinwall, PennDOT announced. Single-lane and shoulder restrictions are planned between the on-ramp from the Highland Park Bridge to the Delafield Avenue exit starting Monday, weather permitting. Officials said they will continue as needed weekdays from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m....
Juices are flowing as Juicery at Oakmont opens along Allegheny Avenue
A Fox Chapel couple has opened a new business at the former Oakmont Bakery location along Allegheny Avenue. The Juicery at Oakmont has replaced Rev22 Salud Juice and Wellness Bar. The new smoothie and shake shop had a soft opening in November after some renovations and adding a new menu....
Briefs from Fox Chapel Area High School
Fox Chapel Area High School’s speech and debate team participated in the annual North Catholic High School Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament, held in-person on Dec. 11. Senior Patrick Alexander won an Outstanding Performance award by finishing in the top five. Approximately 270 students from 27 public and private high...
Crews respond to Fox Chapel gas leak
First responders from Fox Chapel and Aspinwall, along with crews from People’s Gas, responded to shut off natural gas to a home on Delafield Road in Fox Chapel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, officials said. Fox Chapel Assistant Fire Chief Brian Zimmerman said workers apparently damaged a gas line. The house...
Group of Fox Chapel Area School District parents continue push to make masks optional
Protests against masks for Fox Chapel Area School District students continued Wednesday outside of the administrative offices, marking the third such gathering against the district’s policies this month. About 13 protesters, including two children, gathered along Field Club Road about 2:30 p.m. during dismissal at the high school. They later...
Lifeguard certification classes offered for Allegheny County pools
Lifeguard certification classes begin Feb. 25, and will continue throughout the next few months for those interested in working as a lifeguard at one of Allegheny County’s four swimming pools, including North Park. The first set of classes will be Feb. 25-27 at Upper St. Clair Recreation Center, followed by...
Fox Chapel Area school board approves needs assessment to bolster district mental health services
Fox Chapel Area School District officials have taken another step this year to address mental health issues. The board unanimously voted Monday night to have a University of Pittsburgh professor do a school mental health needs assessment of prevention and intervention services and resources. Cost of the assessment is expected...
New York jazz trio’s newest songs named for Pennsylvania disaster townsVideo
To call Moppa Elliott’s approach to music composition “loose” might be an understatement. The Pennsylvania native is a music teacher at Information Technology High School in Long Island City, N.Y., and the bassist for jazz collective Mostly Other People Do the Killing, which will perform in Pittsburgh on Feb. 23...
