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Aspinwall seeking more than $215,000 in grants for townwide upgrades
Aspinwall council is seeking three grants totaling more than $215,000 for townwide upgrades. They include money for trail improvements at Fireman’s Memorial Park, sewer separation along Western Avenue and work at the Aspinwall Volunteer Fire Department garage. Work at the park in upper Aspinwall will include replacing the current asphalt...
Support sought for purchase of Brilliant Line rail corridor for bike/ped trail from Aspinwall to Pittsburgh’s East End
Residents from Sharpsburg to Pittsburgh’s East End could be connected by a four-mile bike/pedestrian corridor that would provide access to fitness, recreation, shopping and dining in a project that’s expected to cost nearly $14 million. Allegheny Valley Railroad has agreed to sell the Brilliant Line to Aspinwall Riverfront Park. The...
Spring lantern walk by Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy brings in nearly $20,000 for preservation efforts
A starry night and a tree-lined walking path combined for a picturesque fundraiser by the Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy. The group ushered in spring with a lantern walk at Riding Meadow Park, the second in a series of four fundraisers to protect green space in Fox Chapel. “It was a...
North Catholic takes over Class AA top spot in latest WPIAL coaches boys volleyball rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 2 boys volleyball rankings Monday morning, and there is a change at the top in Class AA. North Catholic, No. 3 in last week’s top 10 poll, has taken over the No. 1 position, unseating Seton LaSalle. The teams went head-to-head...
In brief: Aspinwall flea market, adopt-a-block and more in the Fox Chapel area
The Aspinwall flea market is back. The event will be April 11 starting at 11 a.m. in the Aspinwall Municipal parking lot, 217 Commercial Ave. For more information, visit aspinwallpa.com. Adopt-a-block program The Best of Blawnox Organization is introducing a new volunteer opportunity, an adopt-a-block program, for community members. Adopt-a-block...
2021 Trib 10 Boys Basketball All-Stars
This year’s Trib 10 boys basketball all-star team could look a lot like next year’s team. Of the 10 players selected, six are juniors or sophomores. That list includes Laurel Highlands sophomore Rodney Gallagher and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart junior Jake DiMichele, who earned Trib 10 honors for...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Aspinwall OB Properties LLC sold property at 217 Delafield Road to Delafield Flats LLC for $480,000. Jeffrey Benzing sold property at 110 Lexington Ave. to Dylan Thomas Christiansen and Martha Michelle Tye for $327,500. Blawnox Leon Pawelak sold property at 721 Laurel St. to Franklin Home Design LLC for $8,700....
‘B’man’ continues to enjoy his honking ‘Beeple,’ but now also volunteers, raises money for charityVideo
After receiving countless beeps and honks from the motoring public, B’man is giving back. Sixteen-year-old Bill Carney, also known as B’man, is a fixture most evenings at what his family dubs his “corner office,” located at the corner of Freeport and Fox Chapel roads in the Fox Chapel Plaza parking...
Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Fox Chapel’s Eli Yofan
Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year Eli Yofan, Fox Chapel 6-2, Jr., Guard Heading into this season, the Fox Chapel boys basketball team was set to replace four senior starters from a team that went 21-2 the previous year and earned the No. 2 seed in the...
Student news: Dean’s list, science awards, National Technical Honor Society, speech league accolades and more
Fox Chapel Area High School and Dorseyville Middle School students won awards as part of the virtual 87th Annual Region 7 Meeting of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS). District first-place winners were seniors Jackson Romero and Sanjay Seshan; juniors Zoe Lakkis and Siddharth Yende; sophomores Lawrence Liu and...
Shady Side Academy girls lacrosse ready to rewrite story
Two years ago, the Shady Side Academy girls lacrosse program won its first WPIAL championship in historical fashion. In a game that stretched over 24 hours because of weather conditions, Shady Side Academy’s Molly Walsh scored with three minutes left in the second overtime of their WPIAL championship match with...
Shady Side Academy’s Melissa Riggins ready to end high school career on high note
Shady Side Academy senior Melissa Riggins had her sights set on becoming the first girl to win state medals in the 800- and 1600-meter races in four straight years. She was halfway there heading into her junior season when the coronavirus pandemic brought an end to that goal after the...
Good Friday fish fry happening in Sharpsburg
Main Street in Sharpsburg will be a little busier today as crowds flock to the Good Friday fish fry hosted by the volunteer fire department. Assistant Chief Mike Daniher said volunteers have nearly 800 pieces of fish ready to drop into the fryers. Slaw, pierogies and fries are chopped, stuffed...
Neighbor Spotlight: Energetic leader of Second Harvest Community Thrift Store sees opportunity to grow prideVideo
Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...
UPMC St. Margaret Harmar Outpatient Center opens covid-19 vaccine clinic, doles out 600 doses a day
Retired nurse Audrey Wagner didn’t pay much attention when her husband dismissed the idea of getting a covid-19 vaccine. “I knew we were getting it, there were no ifs about it,” said Wagner, 77, who spent more than three decades as a cardiac nurse at St. Francis, St. Margaret and...
Citing toxic risks to health and environment, Sharpsburg bans coal tar
Sharpsburg has joined a growing list of municipalities to ban coal tar, a chemical used to seal asphalt driveways and which has been linked to certain cancers. “It’s so important that we do everything in our powers to leave the world in a better place than we found it, or...
Aspinwall seeking volunteers to make borough greener, cleaner
Greener and cleaner is the aim of Aspinwall’s spring litter collection, scheduled from April 23 to 25 to celebrate Earth Day. “Green Streets” is a decade-long effort that relies on volunteers to make the trash pickup a success. “This is a family-friendly volunteer opportunity that allows Aspinwall residents to take...
Sharpsburg launches Adopt-A-Block program to keep borough clean
Sharpsburg residents can step up to keep the community clean, “adopting” their own little piece of the borough. Council on March 25 approved an Adopt-A-Block program through which residents and business owners can sign up to rid litter from a particular stretch of road for at least a year. “I...
In brief: Blawnox adopt-a-block program, food box distribution and more in Fox Chapel area
Adopt-a-block program The Best of Blawnox Organization is introducing a new volunteer opportunity for community members with an adopt-a-block program. Adopt-a-block is a volunteer program aimed at keeping the streets of Blawnox free from litter and debris. Volunteers will be assigned one (or more) designated neighborhood blocks to clean up...
Cooper-Siegel, Sharpsburg Community Library, reopening Thursday
Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel – as well as its Sharpsburg branch – will reopen to the public on Thursday. No appointment is necessary but visits will be limited to one hour each. “When we reopened for a limited time back in October, people were so thrilled to be...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of March 28, 2021
Aspinwall Kurt Simmonds sold property at 325 Second St. to Elizabeth Krahe for $325,000. Blawnox Arlie Nogay sold property at 1206 Carla Drive to Tilman Nadolski for $195,000. Etna Wells Fargo Bank NA sold property at 21 Sycamore St. to Sang Hyun Woo for $87,087. Estate of Jefrey Woyick sold...
Aspinwall, Shaler police urge people to lock doors after recent thefts
A rash of thefts from cars and homes has local police urging people to lock their doors. It’s a reminder that’s issued often and is a frustrating problem because it is easily preventable, officers said. In Aspinwall, police responded to two incidents Monday, one a theft from a home and...
Women’s Board of Pittsburgh raises $90,000 for children’s programs
Up against a pandemic, the Women’s Board of Pittsburgh hosted a virtual edition of its annual fundraiser and found that support still flooded in. “Even in these unprecedented times, very generous sponsors and a large group of supporters from the Pittsburgh area helped make this event a big success,” spokeswoman...
This week’s Giant Eagle Heinz Field vaccination clinics are full
As of Tuesday afternoon, Giant Eagle’s mass vaccination clinics at Heinz Field on Thursday and Friday are full. Giant Eagle spokesperson Dick Roberts said that while additional clinics will take place, he cannot comment on how many more there will be. Appointments are required. Only those eligible under Pennsylvania’s Phase...
Fox Chapel baseball ‘chomping at the bit’ to get back into game action
If a high school baseball team wasn’t loaded with freshmen or sophomores two years ago, it’s probably going to lack experience in 2021. Fox Chapel is one of those teams. Senior Dante DiMatteo is the only letter winner returning for fourth-year coach Jim Hastings from a team that went 10-8...
