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Shoppers forgo the internet, fill Oakmont business district for Small Business Saturday
When Mystery Lovers Bookshop opened in 1990 on Oakmont’s brick-lined Allegheny River Boulevard, it didn’t contend with online shopping. There was no Amazon Prime service, no Target app, no click-n-ship from Walmart.com. But co-owner Tara Goldberg-DeLeo said the quaint bookstore, with its checkerboard floors and the smell of fresh paper...
Riverview boys put focus on winning close games in Section 3-2A
Riverview boys basketball’s fortunes came down to a few possessions last year. Tight losses to Clairton, Serra Catholic, Jeannette and Leechburg left the Raiders on the outside looking in when it came to the postseason. The goal for this season is to flip the results of those tight games while...
Oakmont celebrates 60th annual Hometown Christmas and Parade
The weather forecast called for no precipitation on Nov. 18, and the temperatures would be mild, too. On that front, everything was good news for the organizers of the 60th annual Oakmont Hometown Christmas and Parade, following a decidedly chilly 59th event last fall. This year, the parade took its...
Oakmont Council to host hearing on proposed brewery
Oakmont Borough Council will be hosting a public hearing on Dec. 18 to discuss the conditional use of the proposed site for Local Remedy Brewing. If approved, the microbrewery will take the previous site of the Oakmont Bakery on Allegheny Avenue. According to borough solicitor Kate Diersen, conditional use is...
No tax increase in Oakmont proposed budget
Oakmont’s proposed 2024 budget calls for no tax raises. The budget includes over $5.4 million in expenditures with about $5.1 million in revenue. according to information presented at council’s Nov. 20 meeting. The proposal calls for the borough’s real estate tax rate to stay at 3.73 mills, with residents owning...
Oakmont business owner opens 2nd location in Penn Hills
Penn Hills will welcome a new gift shop just in time for holiday shopping. Teresa Stitt of Oakmont is opening a second storefront for her gift shop Embroidery From the Heart. Stitt and her husband have lived in Oakmont for 38 years, and she has run her business there for...
In brief: Oakmont, Plum area happenings, week of Nov. 20, 2023
Church hosts Christmas bazaar Oakmont Presbyterian Church will host its annual Christmas bazaar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 2. Featured will be a luncheon, bake sale, holiday crafts and attic treasures. The church is at Fifth Street and Maryland Avenue in Oakmont. For more information, call 412-849-6834 or...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Nov. 19, 2023
Churchill Kyle Joseph Watson sold property at 2405 Collins Road to Joseph Podnar and Elizabeth Shelly for $237,000. Enterprise Bank sold property at 3779 Greensburg Pike to Harold Shekels for $168,000. Edward Fischer trustee sold property at 2072 Hampstead Drive to J & M Development for $180,299. Edgewood Michael Kostek...
Riverview settles for silver after falling to Dock Mennonite in PIAA Class A girls soccer final
MECHANICSBURG — The Riverview girls soccer team’s history-making postseason run ended one win short of PIAA gold. District 1 champion Dock Mennonite (21-1-2) scored twice in the in the first half and three more times over the final 40 minutes to finish off a 5-1 victory in the Class A...
Friends mourn the loss of 2 men found in region’s rivers
The recent deaths of two men from the Lower Valley have stunned the people who knew and cared about them. Sean Dugan, 58, of Springdale was found dead Tuesday in the Allegheny River. He had been missing since Oct. 30. The body of Jeremy Gilroy, 42, of Verona was recovered...
Riverview girls soccer team ready for ‘last hurrah’ in PIAA championship game
Of the 140 PIAA schools to sponsor girls soccer at the Class A level, only two are left standing. Riverview is one of those two, and the Raiders are one win away from adding the final golden chapter to an already history-making story. Playing in its first state championship game,...
Riverview keeper Brun used trip to Belgium to expand her game, help Raiders reach state final
Chiara Brun spent last season taking classes and playing club soccer in Belgium. She would keep tabs on her Riverview soccer teammates, following their path through the section games to the WPIAL Class A playoffs. When she came back to Riverview for her junior year and her second season with...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area happenings, week of Nov. 16, 2023
Christmas show at Oaks Theater “Sounds of Christmas” featuring the Latshaw Pops Orchestra is scheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 25 at the Oaks Theater, 310 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont. At more than 30 years, the Latshaw Pops Orchestra stages the longest-running Christmas show in the area. The variety show features...
Body of Verona man who jumped from Hulton Bridge recovered from Ohio River
The body of a man who crashed his car on the Hulton Bridge in Oakmont on Nov. 7 and then jumped over the side into the Allegheny River was recovered on Wednesday afternoon from the Ohio River in Pittsburgh. Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the deceased as Jeremy Gilroy,...
Lola Abraham does it again, scoring 4 to send Riverview to state championship game
The Riverview girls soccer team’s second trip to the Johnstown area in a week’s time was just as successful as the first. Senior Lola Abraham tallied all four goals for the Raiders in a 4-1 victory over District 6 champion Bishop Guilfoyle on Tuesday in a PIAA Class A semifinal...
Riverview girls hope to continue historic march through PIAA soccer playoffs
Last fall, Juliette Brun was watching Riverview girls soccer games, including the WPIAL Class A first-round matchup with Chartiers-Houston, from the stands, knowing that she along with others in her then-eighth grade class soon would get their chance to contribute. Brun, a defender on a Raiders unit that has allowed...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Nov. 12, 2023
Chalfant Karen Curtis sold property at 220 Fairview Ave. to Celeste Rousseau and Lydia Drew for $169,000. Churchill Joseph Sheehan sold property at 811 Margaretta St. to Ranney Lawrence for $152,000. Edgewood Kenneth Bonawitz sold property at 233 Elm St. to Nicholas Kilwein for $141,649. Monroeville Tim Becker sold property...
Riverview girls advance to 1st PIAA semifinal after another win over rival Springdale
In Lola Abraham’s freshman year at Riverview, there weren’t enough girls to field a soccer team, and in her sophomore and junior years, the team didn’t get a win against neighboring rival Springdale. So Saturday’s 3-1 win for the Raiders over the Dynamos in the PIAA Class A quarterfinals at...
Riverview cross country caps season with 2nd-place finish at PIAA meet
An award-winning season for the Riverview boys cross country team ended with silver medals and a runner-up trophy at the PIAA Class A championships Nov. 4 on Hershey’s Parkview course. It was the second podium finish for the Raiders in five years. The 2019 squad, led by Mason Ochs, Gideon...
Neighborhood rivals Riverview, Springdale to battle for 3rd time in PIAA quarterfinals
The Springdale and Riverview girls soccer teams both had to make long trips to earn victories Tuesday in the first round of the PIAA Class A playoffs. The WPIAL runner-up Raiders traveled 84 miles east toward Johnstown and came away with a 5-3 victory in a back-and-forth game against District...
Council members reelected in Verona
Races for Verona Borough Council included an incumbent winning both a two- and four-year seat, according to unofficial Allegheny County election results. Running as a Democrat and Republican for a four-year term, Nancy A. Carpenter received 288 votes to finish third, with three seats up for election Nov. 7. She...
Knights of Columbus donates coats to Plum, Riverview students
Holy Family Knights of Columbus Council 4242 donated 48 new winter coats for elementary students in Plum and Riverview school districts. Coats are being distributed to students through the assistance of the elementary guidance counselors at both school districts. Coats for Kids is one of the many charitable programs that...
More questions than answers in search for man seen jumping from Hulton Bridge
More questions than answers remain as authorities continue to search the Allegheny River for a man witnesses say jumped from the Hulton Bridge between Harmar and Oakmont after crashing his car Tuesday evening. The man remains missing and unidentified publicly, Harmar police Chief Jason Domaratz said Thursday while providing an...
Democrats sweep Riverview School Board races
Democrats swept the races for Riverview School Board, earning five seats for four-year terms and another for a two-year term in the Nov. 7 election, according to unofficial Allegheny County results. Jennifer K. Chaparro, board president, won reelection with a leading total of 1,875 votes. “I am grateful to the...
3 candidates elected to Oakmont Council
Three members have been selected from the six candidates running for Oakmont council. According to Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial election results, Nancy Ride, Jennifer Paris and Deborah Ormay will each serve four-year terms. Ride has been reelected for a second term on the board with 1,546 votes. She...
