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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...
Serving up smiles: Whitehall Eat’n Park employee celebrates 50 years and counting
Carol Kusan was working as a server at a bar/restaurant. She explained that if her infant son was sick, she would need to call off. Her boss told Kusan she was required to be there Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights for her shifts. “I left, and applied for a job...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 20, 2022
Bell Acres Neil MacGill Jr. sold property at 3 Sands Ave. to Michael Collins and Jennie Conn for $208,000. Leet John Carpenter sold property at 147 Pilgrim Drive to Edgar Largaespada and Krista Joseph for $340,000. Sewickley Carroll Curragh Properties LLC sold property at 230 Chestnut St. to Joshua Early...
Pittsburgh’s eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 20, 2022
Churchill Nancy Carpenter sold property at 2300 Forest Drive to Adam Bates and Abigail Kalnas for $187,000. Edgewood Heather Elise Gomer Kirschner sold property at 123 Pennwood Ave. to Kelly Currie for $209,000. Forest Hills Estate of Karen McMahon sold property at 285 Barclay Ave. to Carl and Susan Depasquale...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 20, 2022
Aspinwall Kathleen Meade sold property at 336 First St. to 336 1st St. LLC for $400,000. PD & E Associates Inc. sold property at 803-805 Center Ave. to Meraki Resident II LLC for $900,000. Lee Ann Kline trustee sold property at 111 Lexington Ave. to Michael Kukurza and Rita Horton...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 20, 2022
Paul Vincent Saporito sold property at 2612 Bethel Church Road to Jorge Guadalupe and Linda Newton Lizarraga for $249,900. Gary Devine sold property at 1082 Cork Drive to HP Pennsylania 1 LLC for $339,900. Scott Forse sold property at 1266 Delfield Drive to Austin and Jennifer Hauck for $369,000. NVR...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 20, 2022
Bridgeville Eric Rousell sold property at 210 Charlet St. to Carolyn McElhany for $230,000. Tru Sky Properties LLC sold property at 742 Mill St. to Patrick Fleck and Ellen Trippe for $215,000. John Sosinski sold property at 247 Ramsey Ave. to Felimon Arroyo and Beatriz Ososrio for $180,000. Betty Jean...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 20, 2022
Baldwin Borough Edward Emes III sold property at 1623 Beryl Drive to Stephanie Kristen Grabbitt for $182,000. Estate of Linda Jean Haines sold property at 5323 Blossom Road to Jesse Tyler and Ashley Kuehn for $190,000. Fifth Ave Property Group LLC sold property at 5217 Broadlea Drive to Willard and...
Lower Burrell Council agrees to shore up EMS’ increasing labor costs
Lower Burrell Council voted this week to give $77,000 to Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Company No. 3’s EMS to help it weather increasing labor costs for emergency medical technicians. The fire company approached city council last year asking for help. During the pandemic, emergency calls spiked while medical insurance reimbursements...
The Stroller, Feb. 20, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Drive-through food...
Resignations leave Westmoreland coroner’s office short-staffed
Tim Carson, Westmoreland County’s new coroner, has lost 40% of his full-time staff as the office’s top lieutenant resigned and one of its longest- serving deputies retired. Chief Deputy Kirk Nolan and deputy John Ackerman, both holdovers from former Coroner Ken Bacha’s administration, are off the job, Carson said. The first-term...
Snowstorm doesn’t deter apple pruners at Murrysville nature reserve
A cold, blustery morning punctuated with a 30-minute snowfall Saturday didn’t stop about a dozen people from joining in an educational experience of pruning wild apple trees in part of the 183-acre Morosini Reserve in Murrysville. As Camie Szantner of Export watched her 6-year-old daughter, Callie, carefully cut a small,...
Allegheny County Conservation District to inspect Cheswick site where 2 excavators are buried under water, mud
The Allegheny County Conservation District investigated the Cheswick site Tuesday where two excavators are submerged up to their cabs in mud and water along the Allegheny River. Spokesperson Lauren Fraley said the Department of Environmental Protection found a contractor for the Allegheny Valley Joint Sewage Authority was working at the...
Armstrong County commissioners give $15,000 to keep open Allegheny River locks to recreational boaters
Armstrong County Commissioners delivered $15,000 to the Allegheny River Development Corp. toward costs of keeping locks open on summer weekends for recreational boaters. The ARDC pays the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to open six Allegheny River locks in Armstrong and Allegheny counties on summer weekends and holidays. Because of...
SSA students named National Merit finalists
Five members of the Shady Side Academy Class of 2022 have been named finalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. They will compete for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarship awards worth more than $30 million, which will be offered this spring. The...
Dalton Bacco fund aids foster children
Kerri and Frank Bacco of West View are channeling their grief by honoring their late son with a fund created to assist foster children in Western Pennsylvania. The couple, both 44 and teachers, created The Dalton Bacco “Living the Dream” Fund in June 2017 after the tragic death of their...
North Allegheny High School presents spring musical, “The Drowsy Chaperone”
North Allegheny High School will present its spring musical, “The Drowsy Chaperone” at the high school March 2-6, all at 7 p.m. This is the first larger-scale spring musical since before the pandemic hit, with a larger student cast and an orchestra pit, according to director David Schmiech. There are...
2 Black community leaders recognized for Greensburg-area community outreach
The founder of a Jeannette-based nonprofit that focuses on educating athletes, as well as the pastor of a Greensburg church were recognized Saturday for their work in reaching out to help the Black community in the region. Dorsey Cox of Jeannette, chief executive officer of Educated Athletes First, and Bishop...
Crushed Grapes Wine Tasting event raises funds for Pittsburgh’s Sisters Place
Sisters Place helped a teen and his family with a place to live after a house fire so he could concentrate on his education. Sisters Place welcomed a homeless mom and her kids to provide them food, shelter and love. Sisters Place became a place of refuge for a mother...
3 injured in head-on crash in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place neighborhood
Three people were injured in a head-on crash involving two cars in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place neighborhood Saturday afternoon. Police responded to the collision on Mifflin Road, just past Mooney Road, around 1:35 p.m. Police found an injured male and female inside one vehicle. Medics transported them both in critical condition....
Greensburg Hose Company No. 1 planning first Spring Vendor Show
After successfully hosting their first car cruise last year, members of the Greensburg Hose Company No. 1 have their sights set on a new event. The Spring Vendor Show is planned for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 21 at the McLaughlin Drive station. The event will feature 36 vendors...
‘You should be inclined to be skeptical’ police chief says about cash scam targeting elderly
The calls seemed so real. It played on their emotions — relatives were in jail and needed cash to post bond. But two Westmoreland County women were too wise and didn’t fall for the trick. Both received similar phone calls this week as state police warn residents of numerous reports...
Slots for 11th annual Derek Kotecki golf outing filling up quickly
Organizers and supporters of the K9 Officer Derek Kotecki Memorial Scholarship Fund will hold the 11th annual golf outing Aug. 20 at Hill Crest Country Club. The tournament is an 18-hole, four-person scramble with 32 foursomes. Organizers initially planned to cap the golf outings at 10 years — the time...
Allegheny County eyes work on 2 Fawn bridges in poor condition
Two short bridges in Fawn are among those to be replaced by Allegheny County for poor conditions revealed in recent inspections. Both are part of Thompson Road and cross Bull Creek. Designated as Bull Creek bridges No. 7 and No. 8, they carry a combined 550 vehicles a day. Neither...
Kiski Area School District offering additional staff, counseling to help young kids deal with pandemic
In response to students’ growing needs for emotional support, Kiski Area School District has increased its counseling staff. Behavior specialist Autumn Patterson was hired in December to assist students in grades K-6. She joins fellow specialists T.J. Neal and Chelsey Perriello, both hired in August. In the wake of the...
