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North Hills area real estate transactions for the week of March 6, 2022
Bradford Woods Michael Masilunas sold property at 65 Seldom Seen Road to Brandon and Erin Guy for $475,000. Franklin Park Marcello Munoz sold property at 2498 Elkridge Drive to Saurabh and Swati Jaiswal for $380,000. David Haser sold property at 2362 Kuhlview Drive to Brian and Maria Rutherford for $555,000....
Fox Chapel stuns top-seeded North Hills to win 1st WPIAL title in 45 years
Eli Yofan celebrated with the WPIAL trophy in his hands Saturday night, but he also acknowledged the fingerprints his teammates left all over this championship win. The Foxes’ star senior made only one basket in the game, a quiet night offensively for the team’s leading scorer, so No. 2 seed...
2022 WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship breakdown: North Hills vs. Fox Chapel
WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball No. 1 North Hills vs. No. 2 Fox Chapel 7 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: North Hills 0, Fox Chapel 1 (1977) North Hills (24-0) Coach: Buzz Gabos 5, Alex Smith, 6-3, sr., G 10, Will Blass,...
Western Pennsylvanians from Ukraine tell their stories
Tears. Helplessness. Heartache. Nightmare. Denial. These are some of the reactions from people of Ukraine living in Western Pennsylvania when they heard about the military assault on Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month. They’ve spent the past 11 days seeing videos and photographs documenting the destruction of their...
Fox Chapel gets clean slate in rematch with North Hills for WPIAL Class 6A title
December 11 wasn’t that long ago in chronological terms. But in WPIAL basketball terms, it’s been a while. Fox Chapel and North Hills met in a tip-off tournament final that night, and North Hills convincingly defeated the Foxes, 87-57. But coaches of both boys basketball teams feel plenty of water...
Pittsburgh pastel artists show ‘Pure Colors’ at North Hills Art Center
“Pure Color,” an exhibit by the Pittsburgh Pastel Artists League, will run March 12 through April 8 at the North Hills Art Center. A reception is planned for 5-7 p.m. March 19, with first- through third-place cash awards to be presented at 6 p.m. The show will include 25 member...
‘Smashing bots’: High schools battle in regional robotics competition
Riley Davison’s Wednesday was filled with excitement for one reason: “smashing bots.” The Pine-Richland senior was among dozens of high school students who crowded in Robert Morris University’s John Jay Center for the 17th annual BotsIQ, a regional competition in which student-made robots fight each other gladiator-style. In one corner,...
No. 1 North Hills reaches WPIAL finals with low-scoring win over Mt. Lebanon
Mt. Lebanon is notorious for consuming clock with long possessions, but when the Blue Devils did so Tuesday night, it was often because they found no easy route to the rim. No. 1 seed North Hills leaned on a stout half-court defense, allowed only three points in the first quarter...
FBI: Ross man arrested for trying to meet for sex with 12-year-old girl
Authorities say a Ross man who arranged a meeting with a 12-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity was arrested by FBI agents when he went to meet her, according to his arrest papers. An FBI agent had been posing as the girl in communications online for several months. Vikash...
Jeremy Shaffer, former Ross commissioner, to run for Congress
A former Ross Township commissioner is the latest candidate to enter the race to replace U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb. Jeremy Shaffer joins at least three other Republicans vying for the seat representing Beaver County and many suburbs north and west of Pittsburgh. The boundaries of the congressional district were finalized...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 27, 2022
Bellevue Estate of Helen Sheline sold property at 33 S Harrison Ave. to Robert Whitley for $60,000. Bradford Woods Kevin Anthony Wright sold property at 117 Boothbay Hbr to Maria Pengidore Robinson for $370,000. Franklin Park Mark Lambo sold property at 1574 Crestview Drive to Daina Coury for $704,000. Tyson...
No. 1 North Hills celebrates 4th win over rival North Allegheny in WPIAL quarterfinals
As the saying goes, it’s tough to beat a basketball team three times in one season, but what about four? The sold-out crowd that packed into North Hills’ gym was there to find out. Indians sophomore Royce Parham scored 24 points, senior Alex Smith had 21, and No. 1 seed...
Fish fry dinners around the North Hills
Fish fry dinners, though mostly curbside or take-out, have returned for 2022. The fish fries are popular during the Lenten period, a religious observation period that commonly requires Christians to abstain from meat on Fridays. Lent began on Ash Wednesday, March 2, and lasts until Good Friday, April 15. Many...
Southbound I-79 in Franklin Park area reopens after crash closed it for hours
The southbound lanes of Interstate 79 reopened shortly before 5 p.m., following a multi-vehicle crash between the I-279 and Mt. Nebo Road exits in the Franklin Park area. Emergency personnel were on scene shortly after the crash was reported around 3 p.m., according to PennDOT officials. PennDOT officials are advising...
North Hills students rise to the occasion to bring ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ to the stage
Tired of the same old song-and-dance? Check out “Once Upon a Mattress,” the North Hills High School Drama Club’s spring musical. The lighthearted comedy, which is set in medieval times, puts a twist on “The Princess and the Pea” fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson. When the domineering Queen Aggravain...
Ross commissioners president defends police chief after ‘no confidence’ vote from union
Dan DeMarco, president of the Ross Board of Commissioners, defended his police chief at Tuesday night’s meeting following a “no confidence” vote from the township’s police union. A letter sent earlier that day from the executive board of the Ross Township Police Association announced that 27 officers voted in favor...
Ross police union members cast ‘no confidence’ vote for chief
For a second time, members of the union representing police officers in Ross have taken a “no-confidence” vote in the leadership of Chief Joe Ley. A letter sent on Tuesday from the executive board of the Ross Township Police Association announced that 27 officers voted in favor of the no...
Seeing double: 2-22-22 is not your ordinary Tuesday
Some dates just stick out. Today is one of those. It’s Feb. 22, 2022, or 2-22-22. People are calling it “Twosday” and it falls on a Tuesday, which makes it even more of an anomaly. Known as a palindrome, which means it reads the same backward and forward, people take...
Garbage truck strikes school bus in Ross, no injuries reported
A school bus in the North Hills School District was struck by a garbage truck Tuesday morning on Roseland Avenue in Ross. In an email to district parents, school officials said Highcliff Elementary students on Bus No. 696 were onboard when the truck backed into the school bus around 8:30...
North Hills School District student, teacher accolades
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Nineteen works of art and writing created by 11 North Hills students were chosen to receive Scholastic Art and Writing Awards this year. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards honors students in grades seven through 12 in 28 categories of art and writing. Entries are...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 20, 2022
Bellevue Thomas Anzio sold property at 10 N Bryant Ave. to MSM Properties Group LLC for $213,000. PD & E Associates Inc. sold property at 444 Orchard Ave. to Meraki Resident IV LLC for $500,000. Bradford Woods Estate of John Brassell sold property at 147 Bradford Road to JohnPaul Bray...
Before speeding off to Youngstown State, North Hills swimmer excited for WPIAL meet
As Maddie Mahoney learned, she also grew an appreciation for teaching. That’s why Mahoney wants to study early childhood education when she heads to Youngstown State this fall. She also will do a little swimming. Mahoney, a senior at North Hills, committed to the Penguins in December, a culmination of...
Family, opportunity led North Hills speedster Dickerson to Robert Morris
After an explosive high school football career and a winding, challenging recruiting process, Robert Dickerson has found a home for the next four years. And he will have to drive only a few miles down the road to get there. Dickerson, North Hills’ dynamic wide receiver, committed to Robert Morris...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 13, 2022
Bellevue James West sold property at 36 Florence Ave. to Mac & Mac LLC for $289,000. Tytus Mapp sold property at 238 Grant Ave. to Wesley Smith for $203,000. Estate of Jeffrey Ellsworth Snyder sold property at 245 Laurel Ave. to Evangelo and Kelley Kaparakos for $150,000. Sandra Anderson sold...
Former Pitt emergency management director pleads guilty to stealing PPE, selling it online
The former director of emergency management at the University of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than 13,000 pieces of personal protective equipment from the school’s stockpile at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic to sell at inflated prices online. Christopher Casamento, 42, of Ross, will be sentenced on...
