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Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of May 21, 2023
Fox Chapel Hammock Beach Partners LLC sold property at Old Mill Road to Karl Anthony Calandra trustee for $850,000. Harmar Joseph Ober sold property at 224 Acme Ave. to William Martin Maher for $219,900. Indiana Bradley Orr sold property at 201 Indian Drive to Ian Tomichek Zacharias and Mary Kathleen...
School news from the Fox Chapel area
Twenty-eight Fox Chapel Area High School rising seniors are among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants on the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and have met the requirements to enter the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. The students are: Jacob Anthikad, Annalese Bartolacci, Dylan Berman, Joshua Correnti, Amelia Costello,...
Fox Chapel notebook: Girls lacrosse, baseball teams open playoffs with win
The eighth-seeded Fox Chapel baseball team opened the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs on a winning note. The Foxes were able to take down Mars, 6-4, in a first-round game May 17. Fox Chapel pitcher Jeremy Haigh threw a complete game, striking out four batters to grab the win. Dom Cassol...
Fox Chapel girls soccer star learned life lessons during Hall of Fame career
Lily Feldman was eager to plot her own course after graduating from Fox Chapel High School in 2009. Instead of sticking with a program closer to home, Feldman ventured to Vermont to try her hand at living on her own and playing for the Catamounts’ women’s soccer program. “I think...
County Wine & Spirits festival set for Hartwood Acres in July
One of Allegheny County Parks most well-attended events is coming to Hartwood Acres on July 22. Tickets are on sale for the Allegheny County Wine & Spirits Festival, County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced. The event includes an afternoon of wine and spirits, food trucks, and live music. There are two...
Aspinwall Memorial Day plans come together for May 29
It takes a lot of planning to put together one of the area’s largest commemorations honoring fallen and current military personnel. Aspinwall’s annual Memorial Day service is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. May 29 in front of American Legion Post 77 along Commercial Avenue. “Everything is on schedule,” said...
Write-in votes could be key in several Fox Chapel area races
The May 16 primary election results are in for Fox Chapel area’s municipal and school board races, with 100% of precincts reporting, according to Allegheny County’s unofficial election results. But some results could be upended once write-in votes are counted, which had not yet been done when this edition went...
Fox Chapel baseball breaks through with playoff win over Mars
The Fox Chapel baseball team has been close in recent years, and after six seasons a breakthrough in the WPIAL postseason happened Wednesday night. And they needed all facets to do so, fittingly enough against a Mars team that has been a thorn in the Foxes’ sides in recent years....
Fox Chapel Area School District hosts Community Safety Event in Aspinwall
A wet weekend could not dampen the spirits of Fox Chapel Area residents and first responders who participated in the school district’s annual Community Safety Event. Children received new bicycle helmets, toy prizes, food and much more during the event in the Aspinwall Municipal Parking Lot along Commercial Avenue on...
Primary Election results in the Fox Chapel Area
These are the Fox Chapel area 2023 Primary results, according to unofficial Allegheny County election returns. The election results won’t be official until certified by the Allegheny County Board of Elections. Counting of write-in ballots was not completed as of press time for this edition. School board candidates are allowed...
Fox Chapel to build new public works office building
Fox Chapel public works officials plan to move into a new office building by winter if all goes well with a recently approved construction project. Council unanimously awarded four contracts on May 15 related to an estimated 4,000-square-foot facility to be built behind the borough building and near the public...
Specht-Coban, Palmer and Simmons top vote-getters in Blawnox Democratic Council Primary
Kathryn Specht-Coban, Elaine Palmer and John D. Simmons Jr. were the top vote-getters May 16 in the Democratic Primary for three seats on Blawnox Council, according to unofficial Allegheny County Elections results. Specht-Coban had 139 votes; Palmer, 138 votes; and Simmons, 131 votes with 100% of precincts reporting. Charles P....
Turnquist, Chimel and McCaffrey finish 1-2-3 in Aspinwall Democratic Council primary
Heath R. Turnquist, Mark Chimel II and Patti McCaffrey were the three top vote getters in the May 16 Democratic primary for nominations to three seats on Aspinwall Council, according to unofficial Allegheny County Election results. Turnquist had 379 votes; Chimel, 362 votes; and McCaffrey 359 votes with 100% of...
Indiana Township supervisors’ races set for November general election
Indiana Township incumbent Darrin Krally was able to fend off challenger Brandice Miller for the Republican nod for District 3 supervisor, according to complete but unofficial returns from the Allegheny County Elections Division. All results were with 100% of precincts reporting May 16. Krally earned 87 votes to Miller’s 68...
A-K Valley WPIAL baseball playoff capsules: Games for Wednesday, May 17, 2023
WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 5A First round 8-Fox Chapel (12-8) vs. 9-Mars (9-9) 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Plum Winner plays: Winner of 4-Plum (13-7) and 13-Trinity (6-9) in quarterfinals (time, date, site TBD) Players to watch: Jeremy Haigh, Fox Chapel; Jacob Maple, Mars Extra bases: The Foxes finished third in...
Aspinwall adds new security cameras in its parks
New cameras have been installed in Aspinwall parks to boost security. Borough Manager Melissa Lang O’Malley said the borough spent a little more than $6,000 on nine cameras from Security Systems of America. Three were placed at Firemen’s Memorial Park, three at the Recreation Area ballfields and three at its...
200 years of beer: Author shares Allegheny County’s brewing history
Milwaukee’s nickname may be Brew City, but the title just as well could apply to another town. “I know Pittsburgh had more breweries,” Richard Ober said, and he’s done the research to prove it. With “200 Years of Brewing in Allegheny County,” Ober and co-author Robert Musson compiled a comprehensive...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of May 14, 2023
Blawnox John Devine sold property at 1021 Woodland Road to Thomas and Emily Morrison for $218,000. Etna Dylan Witte sold property at 16 Spring St. to Carlucci Holdings LLC for $107,500. Ann Bridgham sold property at 37 Vilsack St. to Anthony Didiano and Ali Wetzel for $223,647. Harmar Patricia Violi...
Hall of Famer’s running career took her from Fox Chapel to Franklin Field
Rachel Humphrey’s affection for distance running started thanks to her dad’s interest in the sport. The 2008 Fox Chapel graduate used her abilities in the sport to take her sporting career to the University of Pennsylvania. “My dad ran track and cross country in college,” Humphrey said. “I looked up...
Former Fox Chapel, Pitt distance runner Eric Burnett honored to join Foxes’ Sports Hall of Fame
Eric Burnett wasn’t an athlete who was highly coveted by the Pitt track program. Once Burnett found his way to Pitt, he attempted to walk on to the program twice before earning a spot on the cross country team as a senior. What kept Burnett, who was chosen as a...
New Harrison Hills exhibit showcases ‘Native Americans of the Allegheny Valley’
A small-scale replica of a Native American longhouse sits among artist Robert Griffing’s depictions of 17th-century life in a new display at the Harrison Hills Environmental Learning Center. “If you have ever wondered what life was like in our locale before it was densely populated by European settlers, the new...
FCA students place in science, history, geography bees
Eight Dorseyville Middle School students will be testing their knowledge of geography, history or science in national and international competitions after winning awards at the International Academic Competitions Latrobe Regional Finals. Geography Bee Seventh-grader William Henderson won second place in the IAC Geography Bee, and Lucas Ahern and Diego Pelfrey...
Fox Chapel Area School News
Dorseyville Middle School eighth-graders Ané Giguere and Alyssa Poole were selected to perform with the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 1 Junior High Chorus. The chorus featured 155 students from 58 schools from Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. The festival was held at North Hills Middle School April...
Blawnox Memorial Day plans set
Blawnox will have a parade and service on Memorial Day that one official believes will be its biggest ever. “This is probably the biggest parade that we have,” Mayor Anthony Gross said. “It’s a very big town event. It’s always exciting. It’s become more exciting because year by year we’re...
Fundraiser for Aspinwall’s Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy draws record attendance
A fashion-themed fundraiser proved to be a perfect fit for Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy in Aspinwall. The school hosted the 2023 Sip & Style Fashion Fundraiser May 7 at the Pittsburgh Field Club in Fox Chapel. The event drew more than 200 people and raised more...
