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Parents were included in the ceremonies honoring their senior students and accompanied them during the ceremony held during the North Hills vs. Fox Chapel football game on Oct. 22. Senior Brenton Perkins, a member of the band and this year’s drum major, appreciated the effort put in by the district....

North Hills School Board approved the Future Ready Comprehensive Plan, effective July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025, at the Oct. 28 legislative meeting. Pennsylvania school districts are required to present a Future Ready Comprehensive plan to the PA Department of Education every three years. Board president Allison Mathis was...

Bellevue SFR3 LLC sold property at 65 N Jackson Ave. to Amit Property Holdings LLC for $80,000. Gabriel Dicostanzo sold property at 98 S Harrison Ave. to Kenneth Lee Jr. and Teriney Peterson-Lee for $300,000. Francis Juracko sold property at 454 Teece Ave. to Mark Steven Rawlings for $170,000. Bradford...

Three of Ross Township’s incumbent commissioners were able to retain their seats and a new commissioner was chosen to represent her community for the next four years when the township held elections on Nov. 2. The four openings on the board of commissioners were in Wards 2, 4, 6 and...

Bellevue Michelle Salisbury sold property at 117 Center Ave. to Jacob Very for $166,000. Kevin Wright sold property at 403 Forest Ave. to David and Elizabeth May for $380,000. Scott Russell sold property at 512-514 Highland Pl to Krutarth Patel for $276,789. Vanaja Tripuraneni trustee sold property at 638 Monroe...

Two incumbents will retain their seats on the North Hills School Board, and they will be joined by two newcomers. Two of the open seats were due to board members Kathy Reid and Annette Nolish not seeking reelection. Current board members, Democrats Allison Mathis and Sandra Kozera retained their positions...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission says motorists should slow down and stay alert as deer become increasingly active and drivers adjust to daylight-savings time. Deer become more active in autumn with the lead-up to their fall breeding season. Pennsylvania drivers face some of the highest risks of a vehicle collision with...

Students in the North Hills School District will be able to ride the bus to school Wednesday after drivers who were poised to strike reached a tentative contract agreement. Union drivers for the district’s contracted bus provider, ABC Transit, reached the agreement shortly after midnight. The drivers rejected a contract...

Bus drivers for the North Hills School District rejected a contract offer Monday evening and have authorized a strike. Drivers for district’s contracted transportation provider, ABC Transit, are represented by Teamsters Local 249. Bus service will not be available starting Wednesday morning for district students and students from private and...

Bellevue Estate of Bruce Simpkins sold property at 512-514 Carolyn Ave. to Mineweaser Development Group LLC for $143,500. SFR3 LLC sold property at 175 N Jackson Ave. to Huachan Jiang for $73,000. Barry James Shenck sold property at 622-624 Orchard Ave. to NYXQ31201 LLC for $127,700. Bradford Woods Frederick Shaheen...

When an old dead oak holding a bald eagle nest crashed to the ground in North Park last week, a legion of photographers and watchers collectively gasped. The tree supported not just the park’s only eagles’ nest, but the only such nest in any Allegheny County park. The two bald...

Kurt Weiss was supposed to go mountain climbing with the Boy Scouts. He never went. Little did he realize that there was another uphill challenge in front of him. Weiss’ right leg hurt so badly the day of that Boy Scouts’ adventure in 1989, his mother took him to the...

North Hills School District students will learn online Wednesday so that district bus drivers can attend a funeral for longtime colleague Nancy Von Vreckin. A notice posted to the district’s website said Von Vreckin drove for the district more than 40 years. “Many of her closest friends were also her...

There were several items on the agenda for the Oct. 17 board of commissioners meeting in Ross, including transfers of an alcohol license and the renaming of Sangree Park to Bruno Sammartino Park, but temporary political signs specifically caught the attention of board president Dan DeMarco. During his president’s report,...

Franklin Park Maronda Homes LLC sold property at Unknown Address to Kunal Kapoor and Devika Gandotra for $566,294. Marshall Koen sold property at 2512 Adele Ct to Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc. for $505,000. Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc. sold property at 2512 Adele Ct to Ramandeep Kakar and Manisha Vasudeva for...

North Hills hockey was able to close out last year’s regular season as strong as any team in the PIHL’s Class A. But now the program wants more following a crushing ending. The Indians went 12-6-1 in 2020-21, finishing second in the Southwest Division behind Chartiers Valley. But North Hills...

After neither team could get things going offensively against stout defensive play in the first half, North Hills took over in the middle of the second quarter with the worst field position for either team at its own 10-yard line. The drive that followed sparked the Indians to a 17-10...

If you’ve packed on some pandemic pounds and want to get back in shape, Earl Schweinsberg has the perfect place for you. On Sept. 28, he opened a Volofit franchise in Ross Township to offer high-intensity interval training workouts. It is located in the McKnight-Siebert Shopping Center at 885 McKnight...

Some North Hills municipal races are uncontested. In Ohio Township, newcomer Robert Huffmyer is the lone candidate on the ballot for a six-year supervisor term. Races in West View are also uncontested. Mayor John R. Henry is running for reelection unopposed. In the council race, incumbents William Aguglia, Bryan Kircher...

The commissioners’ race in Ross has two wards with multiple candidates, and two wards uncontested, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections’ unofficial candidate list. In Ward 2, Chris Eyster and Eric Ticjak are vying for the open four-year seat. Ward 4 is uncontested, with Joseph Laslavic as the...

The race for North Hills School Board has seven candidates vying for four, four-year terms. Incumbents Allison Mathis and Sandra Kozera are facing newcomers Dale Bricker Jr. Jim Barr, Joe Muha, Elisabeth Nease and Michael Santucci. Here are the candidates and their responses to questions posed by the Tribune-Review. [gps-image...

Bradford Woods Jennifer Ann Freel sold property at 59 Marblehead Harbor to Amanda Komar for $304,000. Franklin Park Aaron Comstock sold property at 1516 Ashbury Lane to James Fager and Kathryn Tate for $585,000. Ronald Blanton sold property at 1511 Brimfield Drive to Bogdan Nicolae and Brenda Vasilescu for $621,000....

A defensive football game Friday at a loud Martorelli Stadium in West View came to a fitting close Friday night. North Hills made one last stand with Pine-Richland trying to score to win the game in the final minute, giving the Indians a 13-7 victory in the Class 5A Northeast...

Salem Church Autumn traditions continue at Salem Church. All children are welcome to Trunk-or-Treat at Salem Church on from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Oct. 31. Come in costume for treats, games and story time. It’s also time for pumpkin rolls at Salem. The annual fundraiser is underway, and orders can be placed...