Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 90
Blawnox cookie tour, Night of Lights celebration draws families to the borough
A stroll through Blawnox turned very delicious for many families as the nonprofit Best of Blawnox hosted its second annual cookie tour. More than 20 businesses up and down Freeport Road participated in the holiday event Dec. 3. Bella Iarrapino, 12, of Blawnox was dressed as one of Santa’s little...
Bare bones Sharpsburg budget still requires 30% tax hike
A bare-bones Sharpsburg budget will still require a 30% property tax hike for residents next year. Several council members said it was a challenge to balance needs and costs. Council approved the $4.6 million budget in November, with member Jon Jaso voting against the plan. The 6-1 budget vote increases...
Foster, Highlands boys race past Shady Side Academy
While most of us were chomping down turkey dinners on Thanksgiving Day, Bradyn Foster was sneaking into the gym working on his shooting. The extra work paid off as the Highlands junior scored a career-high 31 points Tuesday night as the Golden Rams rolled past Shady Side Academy, 92-53. Junior...
Students from Aspinwall’s CDTCA deliver holiday cheer to UPMC St. Margaret
Students from the third and fourth grade classes of Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy helped decorate the courtyard of UPMC St. Margaret hospital with their handmade ornaments on Dec. 6. “Many of our patients aren’t sure if they will be home for the holidays,” said St. Margaret Foundation President...
Fox Chapel Are students host telethon on Dec. 23 for Fox Families Care
Save the date! Students in the Fox Chapel Area School District will present their 33rd annual telethon 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 23 to raise money for Fox Families Care. Fox Families Care helps bridge the gap between needs of children and families in the school district and resources. Students from...
Veteran football coach Tom Loughran resigns after 8 seasons at Fox Chapel
After 40 seasons as one of the WPIAL’s winningest football coaches, Tom Loughran has stepped down at Fox Chapel. Loughran won 210 games in his career, one of just 34 coaches in the league’s 117-year history to reach that plateau. In 1997 and in 2005, his South Park teams won...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 4, 2022
Aspinwall Donna Lee Jamison trustee sold property at 325 First St. to Bruce and Ann Gabler for $260,000. Fox Chapel Bhupinder Singh Datta sold property at 529 Fairview Road to Blaise and Julie Abramovitz for $1,025,000. Jason Rose sold property at 212 Highland Road to Michael Jacobson for $895,000. Anthony...
In brief: News from Fox Chapel Area High School, the Williams Memorial Scholarship
Fox Chapel Area High School sophomore Swati Mylarappa took home fifth place in the Student Congress portion of the Moon/Our Lady of Sacred Heart Speech and Debate tournament at Moon Area High School on Nov. 19. Approximately 340 students representing 26 public and private high schools from Western Pennsylvania and...
Shady Side Academy has six National Merit semifinalists in the Class of 2023
Six members of the Shady Side Academy Class of 2023 were named semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These seniors will compete for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million offered next spring. The SSA semifinalists are: Ella Gardner, Shaler; Emma Gardner, Shaler; Elaine Gombos,...
After turnaround season, Shady Side Academy girls look to take another step forward
As one of the WPIAL’s most accomplished girls basketball coaches, Jonna Burke would rather talk about her players. Burke, entering her second season at Shady Side Academy, is just eight victories away from the coveted 500 mark. “It means I’ve been coaching a long time,” Burke said with a laugh....
Shady Side Academy boys look to reload for repeat run
It was a memorable season for the Shady Side Academy boys basketball team. The Bulldogs, in their first year with that moniker, brought home the WPIAL Class 3A title with a 66-54 win over Avonworth at Petersen Events Center. It was part of a 20-7 season that ended with a...
In brief: news from Fox Chapel Police, The Positive Painting Project, Lauri Ann West Community Center and more
Fox Chapel Police Department’s Stuff-a-Store toy drive ends Dec. 8. The department is collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in need for the Western Pennsylvania Police Athletic League’s Stuff-a-Store program. Donation boxes are located at the Cooper-Siegel Community Library, Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel Gold Club, Pittsburgh Field Club, BZ Deli...
Cooper-Siegel, Sharpsburg libraries conduct needs survey of Fox Chapel Area communities
Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel and the Sharpsburg Community Library in Sharpsburg are conducting a survey of residents in and around the Fox Chapel Area School District to better understand the changing needs of the community and ensure that the libraries are investing their resources to maximize the benefits...
Proposed ordinance to allow backyard chickens in O’Hara scheduled for council consideration in January
A proposal to allow O’Hara Township residents to keep backyard chickens is now before O’Hara Council and is scheduled for consideration at its Jan. 3 meeting. Chickens have never been permitted on township residences under 5 acres. Allowing them on smaller properties has been on the radar for several years....
Sharpsburg residents can have say in garbage collection cost increase
Sharpsburg residents will pay more for garbage collection in the new year, but they’ll have a say in how much bills will increase. Property owners are asked to complete an online survey to help council choose from several options in the Waste Management contract. The survey is available at...
Kiski Area, A-K Valley Class 3A teams look to add to wrestling trophy cases
The road will be a bit different, but the goal remains the same for Kiski Area wrestling. It wants to be competitive, have a solid bond within the team and win another section title. It’ll be a smaller roster than normal because of graduation and a few non-wrestling-related injuries, but...
News from: Fox Chapel, West Deer and O’Hara
Fox Chapel Garden Club is hosting Glitter and Glow from 7-9 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Fox Chapel Golf Club, 436 Fox Chapel Road. The club will be selling festive fresh arrangements made by its members. Other activities include an auction and cash bar. Tickets are $35. More information is...
News from Fox Chapel Area schools
Hartwood Elementary School fourth-grader Charlene “Cici” Xu was recently won the Allegheny County Sumdog contest, which is an online math quiz students take on their own time. Cici took the online test in November and answered 991 out of 1,000 questions correctly, more than any other participating student in the...
New business brewing in Blawnox
A new java spot is coming to Blawnox. Black Canary Coffeehouse, located in Springdale, is expanding with a second location at 276 Freeport Road. The flagship coffee and ice cream shop opened in 2021 in Springdale and is located at 636 Pittsburgh St. Co-owners Julie Kahlbaugh and Rodney Burrell said...
Fox Chapel Area students help stock trout
The Fox Chapel Area High School Fishing Club recently partnered with the Allison Park Sportsmen’s Club and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to stock trout in the Pine Creek Watershed. Students placed trout in the delayed harvest stretch of the creek located between Bryant Road and Mt. Royal Boulevard...
Major Fox Chapel Garden Club fundraiser planned
An annual Fox Chapel Garden Club fundraiser will soon make its return to a familiar location. After a year outside in the cold due to covid-19 pandemic protocols, Glitter & Glow comes back to the Fox Chapel Golf Club on Wednesday, Dec. 7. The fundraiser was canceled in 2020 due...
Mandy Steele steps down as Fox Chapel councilwoman to take state House seat
Fox Chapel Council chose a former borough councilman who lost his bid for re-election in 2021 to fill the remaining 13 months of state Rep.-elect Mandy Steele’s council seat. Steele, 44, a Democrat in her first term on council, won the 33rd District state House seat in November’s general election...
Christ the Divine students deliver holiday cheer to Sharpsburg’s St. Vincent dePaul food pantry
Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy students and staff have much to be thankful for, and they were busy spreading the good cheer ahead of Thanksgiving. Students made their traditional pre-holiday trek to St. Vincent dePaul food pantry in Sharpsburg to donate an abundance of food. Student council members delivered...
Fox Chapel’s 2023 proposed budget holds the line on real estate taxes
Strong earned income tax collection and a projected year-end surplus for 2022 has put Fox Chapel officials in a position to hold the line on real estate taxes next year, according to council Vice President Harrison Lauer. “The EIT was about $600,000 over budget, tremendous year,” he said at the...
Upgrades coming to Camp Guyasuta’s McGinnis Center
Leaders at Camp Guyasuta are eyeing renovations to the McGinnis Education Center, the massive dorm and conference facility at the entrance to the wooded grounds in O’Hara. The Boy Scout-run camp received word last week that it received a $100,000 state grant through the Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund. Money...
