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Oakmont Bakery parking lot plan aims to ease traffic near busy sweet shop
Oakmont officials are considering vacating land along Cedar Way to make room for Oakmont Bakery to build a new parking lot. According to bakery owner Marc Serrao, the idea for the lot came as a solution for the consistent traffic on Third Street. “We are trying to keep people from...
Market begins heating up for 2025 U.S. Open rental properties in and around Oakmont
A rental frenzy is underway in Oakmont and surrounding communities in anticipation of the 2025 U.S. Open Championship. Some homeowners already are looking to cash in, potentially raking in big bucks, by renting out their homes to golf fans, who will be flocking to the borough for the June 12...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area events, week of June 17, 2024
Plum approves GAMA Sports Training development Plum Council has approved plans for the expansion of a sports training facility in the borough. At its June 10 meeting, council unanimously approved the project proposed by GAMA Sports Training for its $2.5 million development on Sheena Drive. That included approval of a...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 16, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Ernestine Cratsley sold property at 3752 Margate Road to Susan Helene Goodis and Matthew Brian Mathis for $155,000. 3608 McCrady Road Trust sold property at 3608 McCrady Road to Pittsburgh Protestant Reformed Church In for $289,900. Edgewood Roger Dale Anderson sold property at 215 Race St. to...
Oakmont prepares for 50th Greek food festival
Andy Gavrilos has seen it all during his time as co-chair of the Oakmont Greek Food Festival. From tornadoes, thunderstorms and fires, to a power outage that caused volunteers and parishioners of the Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church to cook by candlelight. “At the end of the day,...
Downpours make for memorable Riverview graduation; double rainbow at end delights
This year’s graduating class at Riverview High School battled some intermittent downpours to get their diplomas, but no spirits were dampened. By the end of the ceremony, the newly minted graduates were able to throw their caps in the air under a double rainbow. “This is an extraordinary group of...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area events, week of June 10, 2024
Volunteers sought to help Plum fire departments Volunteers are being sought to help Plum’s four fire departments. Councilwoman Vicki Roessler said she has started “Friends of the Plum Fire Departments” to help the Holiday Park, Logans Ferry, Renton and Unity volunteer fire departments. They would do things such as selling...
Oakmont presents Dark Hollow Woods master plan, looking for volunteers
Last July, Oakmont Council set in motion a plan to restore Dark Hollow Woods, a 40-acre nature reserve that has fallen victim to erosion and invasive species. A year later, Assistant Borough Manager Phyllis Anderson and other members of the master plan’s committee have introduced the Dark Hollow Woods Restoration...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 9, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. sold property at 2504 Churchill Road to Chang He Lin and Xiuying Jiang for $121,000. Zachary Brannan sold property at 335 Churchill Road to Patrick and Charissa Murray for $153,000. Robyn Coffman sold property at 1711 Jamestown Pl to Justin Kovach for...
John McIntire comedy talk show in Oakmont dedicated to Dr. Cyril Wecht
The world’s on fire — and John McIntire is here to make everyone laugh about it. Since 2007, McIntire has been hosting a comedy talk show with a panel of guests — often local political figures, sometimes comedians. The former host of PCNC’s “Night Talk” and KDKA radio voice has...
U.S. Senate calls on Russia to release Oakmont teacher Marc Fogel
The U.S. Senate is officially calling for the release of Marc Fogel, an Oakmont teacher arrested nearly three years ago by Russian authorities for possessing medical marijuana. The Senate unanimously passed a resolution June 4 calling for Fogel’s release and declaring that the Russian government gave him a disproportionate criminal...
Riverview football standout Carlo Buzzatto excited to compete on global stage
Carlo Buzzatto graduates Thursday with the Riverview Class of 2024. It closes one chapter of his life before he makes the transition to St. Francis (Pa.). But before he heads to the Loretto campus and joins the Red Flash football team, he will get the chance to represent the United...
U.S. Senate calls on Russia to release Oakmont teacher Marc Fogel
The U.S. Senate is officially calling for the release of Marc Fogel, an Oakmont teacher arrested nearly three years ago by Russian authorities for possessing medical marijuana. The Senate unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling for Fogel’s release and declaring that the Russian government gave him a disproportionate criminal sentence....
Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont to host Washington County crime novelist
As a fourth-generation resident of Washington County’s Smith Township, author Annette Dashofy has spent her whole life in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It should come as no surprise, then, that the region’s rolling hills and bucolic countryside have served as the setting for many of her books. The latest, “What Comes Around,”...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area events, week of June 3, 2024
Oakmont Carnegie Library summer events on tap The Oakmont Carnegie Library has released its list of summer events for adults, teens and young children. Recurring events for adults include the library’s book club, Cookbook Club, yoga, Meditation with the Monks every Tuesday, open hours in the Makerspace, and Third Tuesday...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 2, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Douglas Dorsey sold property at 2331 Marbury Road to Christiana Trust Tr et al. for $125,000. Edgewood Carolyn Hess sold property at 420 Greendale Ave. to Valentin and Sophia Sulzer for $420,000. Forest Hills Anntoinette Doheny sold property at 108 Ave. A to CFPACP Properties LLC for...
Riverview relay falls just short of medal at PIAA championships
Members of the Riverview track and field teams competed in five events at the PIAA Class 2A championships in Shippensburg, and the boys 3,200-meter relay came the closest to making it onto the medals podium. Junior Holden Deasy, sophomore Braden Longstreth and juniors Christopher Barnes and Micah Ivy came in...
Historic Oakmont church celebrates 150 years of community service
St. Thomas Memorial Episcopal Church in Oakmont has seen a lot of history. The church has had congregants march off to two world wars as well as conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East. It weathered the Great Depression and recessions — all while remaining a haven and support...
Riverview baseball team reflects on WPIAL playoff run
Riverview baseball coach Bill Gras said the mood was somber — as would be expected — after his team’s 1-0 loss to No. 2 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals May 20 at Seneca Valley. The Raiders and Chargers played scoreless baseball into the...
From the Newsroom podcast: TribLive unpacks the exclusive interview with Marc Fogel
Marc Fogel is an international teacher from Oakmont. Until the fall of 2021, the 63-year-old traveled to various countries teaching history. In August 2021, Fogel was arrested in Russia for the possession of 17 grams of medical marijuana, prescribed in Pennsylvania for his back and knee pain. Fogel is currently...
Wildlife, plants, paddlers find a haven on Sycamore Island
From a passing watercraft or the banks of the Allegheny River, Sycamore Island appears untouched by humans. A wall of invasive Japanese knotweed anchors the 14-acre island’s northern end, giving way to silver maple, cottonwood and, of course, sycamore trees, each grasping the silt against the river’s current. From off...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area events, week of May 27, 2024
Plum’s ‘Monday Market’ begins June 3 This year’s “Monday Market” in Plum will begin June 3. Markets will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. every Monday until Aug. 26. They will be held at Plum Creek Park, near the ballfields on New Texas Road. Plum summer movie night “PAW...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of May 26, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Rybee 2 LLC sold property at 2302 Marbury Road to Djarrard Dutrieuille for $410,000. Edgewood Jessica Nevins sold property at 440 Greendale Ave. to Christopher Carosi and Rebecca Wetherbee for $292,500. Forest Hills Concetta Leary sold property at 336 Sharon Drive to William Henry and Courtney Strouse...
Marc Fogel speaks about his health and hope of returning home in interview from Russian prison
After nearly two years in a Russian prison, Oakmont teacher Marc Fogel said Thursday he is able to live with excruciating joint pain but pleaded for U.S. officials to bring him home, the hope of a miracle never far from his thoughts. “I see doctors here. They’ve given me medicines....
Pickleball coming soon to Oakmont’s Riverside Park
Oakmont is hopping on the pickleball bandwagon. Council voted Monday, May 20, to award the contract for the Oakmont Borough Park Improvement project to Dun Rite Construction & Paving of Tarentum. The more than $251,000 project will take place at Riverside Park to help foster a community-friendly activity space. “I’d...
