Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 114
Fox Chapel officials hold the line on real estate taxes, maintain recycling program
Fox Chapel property owners will not have to pay more in real estate taxes as part of the borough’s 2022 budget. Council recently approved its spending plan and tax ordinance maintaining the millage rate at 2.95 mills. Projected revenues are listed at about $8.908 million and expenses at $8.7 million,...
Indiana Township neuroscientist turns her passion to art
Paintings by an Indiana Township neuroscientist-turned-artist are on exhibit at Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel. YeePing Lucia Wong Yip, born in China and raised in Hong Kong, worked as a cancer researcher for nearly four decades before reigniting her childhood passion for art. As an artist, she uses the...
Aspinwall resident earns recognition for tireless commitment to community
An Aspinwall pharmacist has been honored for lengthy public service that includes flood relief efforts, mission trips to Honduras and volunteering with the Boy Scouts. She has walked for diabetes awareness and educated teens on safe dating practices. For her tireless commitment to a healthy community, Trish Klatt, a borough...
Indiana Township neuroscientist turns her passion to art
YeePing Lucia Wong Yip, born in China and raised in Hong Kong, worked as a cancer researcher for nearly four decades before reigniting her childhood passion for art. Paintings by the Indiana Township neuroscientist-turned-artist are on exhibit at Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel. As an artist, Yip uses the...
New York Subs in O’Hara sells quality and quantity
The motto at New York Super Subs in O’Hara doesn’t mince words. “It’s two feet and a pound of meat,” said owner Clint Vinson. Tucked away in a small strip mall along Freeport Road, the Italian-influenced deli serves up specialty subs, homemade sauces, salads, meatballs and more. “We sell quality...
St. Margaret Foundation announces more than $721,000 in grants to help patient services, education, transportation
The St. Margaret Foundation announced Dec. 14 that it will award $721,688 in grants to benefit patient access and education and to improve patient experience. The largest award — $309, 940 — will go to the Rod Rutkowski Bed Fund and to patient transportation through Care Management services. The Care...
Young Fox Chapel wrestling team looks to build throughout season
Fielding one of its youngest teams in memory, the challenge for Fox Chapel wrestling is to quickly get the newcomers into varsity competitiveness. It doesn’t help that injuries and covid concerns have hampered the Foxes start this season. “We have a couple of injuries early on in the year that...
Fox Chapel swimmers set championship goals
Fox Chapel’s swimming teams got their seasons off on the right track, but coaches and swimmers are hoping that it’s only the start of bigger things to come. The girls defeated local rival Shady Side Academy, 98-75, while the boys took care of the Bulldogs, 102-71, at the home pool....
Fox Chapel teen wins singing awards
Shady Side Academy junior Sloane Simon won two voice awards in the 2022 YoungArts National Competition, receiving an honorable mention in the Voice/Popular (Pop) category and a merit award in the Voice/Singer-Songwriter category. The YoungArts National Competition is open to artists ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12 in the United...
Rain postpones Lantern Walk in Fox Chapel’s Salamander Park
A celebration of light in Fox Chapel will have to wait. Heavy rain predicted for Saturday has postponed the park conservancy’s Winter Solstice Lantern Walk until Saturday, Jan. 8. “For the safety of our guests, we have to push it back,” said Mandy Steele, councilwoman and conservancy co-founder. The lantern...
Volunteers sought for Christmas Bird Count
Be part of what’s called the country’s oldest citizens science project by counting birds in the Pittsburgh Christmas Bird Count, happening in the North Hills and beyond. Master birders, casual birders and novices can take part in the early winter bird census coordinated by the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania....
Lawsuit: Accused killer’s parents, counselor covered up evidence in Fox Chapel shooting death
The mother of a man who was shot and killed in Fox Chapel two years ago is suing the alleged killer’s parents and their marriage counselor, accusing the three of covering up evidence of the crime. T. Lee Rouse believes that if Adam Rosenberg’s parents would have been forthright when...
Fox Chapel Area teens create their own jobs using tech skills
Technology is changing the way some teens work. Meet three Fox Chapel Area High School sophomores using their entrepreneurial skills online to turn a profit with unique part-time jobs. Stephen Schrim, James Kneiser and Justin Ling are 15-year-old friends and help one another with their businesses. Kneiser, of O’Hara, owns...
Shots fired outside Walmart in The Waterworks mall, police looking for 4 suspects
A Pittsburgh police SWAT team responded to the Walmart department store at The Waterworks mall Tuesday evening after shots had been fired. Wendell Hissrich, Pittsburgh Public Safety director, said the shooting happened outside Walmart. He believes the shooters were inside the store and came outside when multiple shots were fired....
Shady Side Academy Speech and Debate Team starts strong
The Shady Side Academy Senior School Speech and Debate Team is off to a strong start in the 2021-2022 season, school officials said. After kicking off the season in the Upper St. Clair Novice Tournament on Oct. 30, the SSA team traveled to the Moon Area High School Tournament on...
With accomplished coach on board, Shady Side Academy girls basketball begins new era
When Shady Side Academy was looking to fill its girls basketball coaching vacancy, the school reached out for a big name. Jonna Burke, who has had a successful career at Butler and Bethel Park, was hired by Shady Side in late September. The former Bethel Park and Pitt player wanted...
Deep, unselfish Shady Side Academy boys basketball team set to build on strong season
Despite the pandemic-related starts and stops to last year’s scholastic basketball season, the Shady Side Academy boys had a surprisingly successful campaign. And the formula for winning was simple: No one cared about individual statistics. “It was a bit of a surprise,” coach David Vadnais said of his team’s accomplishments....
Fox Chapel Winter Lantern Walk aims to connect people with nature
Salamander Park in Fox Chapel will transform into an illuminated wonderland for a winter walk on the longest night of the year. The Winter Solstice Lantern Walk, hosted by the Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy, will wrap up a year’s worth of fundraisers aimed at protecting the borough’s green spaces. “Well...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 12, 2021
Etna James Rodgers sold property at 31 Dewey St. to James Rodgers for $85,000. Fox Chapel Matthew Stansfield sold property at 205 Field Club Road to Anne and McKenna Houston for $556,831. Peter Rubin sold property at 304 Hallsborough Drive to Jackson Baker and Sarah Crafton for $910,000. Grant Mason...
Fox Chapel Area students to host telethon to benefit Fox Families Care
Fox Chapel Area School District students will host their 32nd annual telethon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 23 to raise money for Fox Families Care. Fox Chapel Area High School’s Student Government and the school’s digital media production students plan and produce the event, which will involve students...
Highlands girls pull away from Fox Chapel in Freeport Tip-Off Tournament
The Highlands girls basketball team trailed Fox Chapel for most of the first half of Friday’s season opener at the Freeport Tip-Off Tournament. But senior guard Maria Fabregas’ 3-pointer at the first-half buzzer gave the Golden Rams a one-point advantage. Highlands didn’t look back from there as it opened the...
Holiday event at Allegheny RiverTrail Park includes music, vendors, ‘joy’
Allegheny RiverTrail Park will be filled with joy this holiday season. A pair of 7.5-foot signs that spell “joy” were manufactured by students from the Fox Chapel Area School District and will be unveiled during the park’s Shiver on the River event from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 17. “In...
Fox Chapel Presbyterian announces Advent, Christmas Eve services
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church is inviting worshipers to Advent and Christmas Eve services. The church at Fox Chapel and Field Club roads is commemorating Advent with worship services on Sundays through Dec. 19. Worship with Communion is scheduled for 8:15 a.m.; Contemporary Worship at 9:30 a.m. and Traditional Worship at...
Fox Chapel Newcomers Club celebrates the holiday
The Fox Chapel Newcomers Club held its holiday luncheon on Dec. 3 at the Fox Chapel Field Club with about 65 people attending. For more than 40 years, the club has welcomed new residents to the Fox Chapel Area. Hope Beukema and Dawn Gibel met in 2011 at a Fox...
Christ the Divine students share holiday joy with patients at UPMC St. Margaret
The mammoth tree at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital is dazzling with hand-made décor, thanks to students from Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy in Aspinwall. Third grade students from teacher Mira Fontana’s class and fourth graders from teacher Clare Yaksich’s class walked the few blocks from their school along Brilliant...
