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Photo Gallery: Aspinwall/Blawnox Cash Bash
Aspinwall and Blawnox Fire Departments hosted their 11th annual Cash Bash selling over 1,000 tickets. The event was at the Comfort Inn in O’Hara on Jan. 26. Close to 20 baskets were donated and raffled off along with a free buffet. The funds raised will go to purchase new equipment....
Route 28 lane restrictions expected this week
Motorists who travel Route 28 near O’Hara will encounter lane restrictions this week. PennDOT announced today that overhead sign inspections will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Crews from Mackin Engineering Company and the Sofis Rigging Company will conduct the inspections. They will work Tuesday...
After Randyland’s namesake loses partner, friends chip in with crowdfundingVideo
Randy Gilson has lost the love of his life. His partner of more than 20 years, David Paul Francis “Mac” McDermott, died from prostate cancer on Jan. 10. “Mac’s in Heaven now,” Gilson said. Co-creators of the Randyland outdoor art exhibit, McDermott and Gilson have been a fixture of the...
Challenge to Murrysville fracking ordinance will continue in February
The Murrysville Watch Committee’s challenge of the local fracking ordinance will continue Feb. 12 before the municipality’s zoning hearing board. The board’s three-hour Jan. 24 session was devoted to testimony by Murrysville Chief Administrator Jim Morrison, whose work on the existing fracking ordinance dates back nearly a decade. Morrison outlined...
North Hills area students perform sneak peek of spring musicals at Twilight Night
Musical theater lovers can sneak a glimpse of what’s on tap for North Hills area schools during Twilight Night at Memorial Park Church. High school actors and singers will perform a peek of their spring musicals at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at the church, 8800 Peebles Road....
North Allegheny holding pair of meetings to discuss construction at 2 grade schools
The North Allegheny School District has scheduled two informational meetings for residents interested in learning more about the proposed renovations of the Franklin and McKnight elementary school buildings. The first meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the Franklin Park Elementary School gymnasium at 2401 Rochester Road...
Aquinas Academy student to play lacrosse, major in biology at MIT
Aquinas Academy senior Margaret (Molly) Maglio, daughter of Mike and Wendy Maglio of Hampton Township, has committed to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She will continue her lacrosse career playing for the MIT Engineers. She plans to major in biology. Maglio is known for her outstanding academic and athletic...
Richland Elementary students STEAM on ahead
In what used to be the band room when Richland Elementary was a high school, one group of second-grade students built bridges using Legos, another group used rubber bands to make designs on a nail board, and another programmed directions into robotic bumblebees in order to get them to travel...
Millvale is home to numerous delis
Millvale might have a population under 3,800, but it has something in common with New York City — a reputation for delis, purveyors of sandwiches, soups and salads. Deli on North A few weeks ago, owner Pete Notarangelo of Verona opened this establishment at 215 North Ave. as a second...
Shaler Area’s financial future looks bright
Shaler Area School District has increased its positive fund balance by adopting an attrition model, reviewing operational efficiency and increasing property taxes, according to Sherri Ludwig, business affairs director. When she joined the district during the 2015-16 school year, S&P Global Ratings ranked the district as having a “negative outlook,”...
Hampton ends 2018 better than expected financially
A year-end financial summary for 2018 was presented by the Hampton Township Controller Jerry Speakman at the Jan. 23 council meeting, and it showed a better-than-expected outcome. Overall, the revenues for 2018 exceeded expenses by $80,925, according to Speakman. Year-end revenues were $91,000 higher than they estimated at the end...
Carnegie resident celebrates 80th birthday
Mary Ann Kundra of Carnegie celebrated her 80th birthday Jan. 20, 2019. She is the wife of the late John (Ken) Kundra and has one son, Ken (Joan), and one grandson, Jacob, who reside in Heidelberg. Happy birthday to Barb Metsger of Cubbage Hill who celebrates Feb. 4. Barb is...
Community learns about proposed Millvale charter school
Community members met Jan. 17 at the Millvale Community Library to learn about the R.E.A.A.D.Y. (Redefining Education Achieving Associate Degrees for Youths) STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) & Performing Arts Charter School, which has an anticipated 2020 opening in the borough’s former Holy Spirit School. High schoolers could major...
Security assessment approved for West Jefferson Hills schools
The Homeland Security and Law Enforcement coordinator for Allegheny County Emergency Services will conduct a security and vulnerability assessment of all five West Jefferson Hills schools to see where improvements can be made. Board members on Jan. 22 approved the free assessment. “It’s really to identify any vulnerabilities, really just...
Pine-Richland 8th-graders recognize Holocaust through project
In recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, eighth-graders at Pine-Richland Middle School have been reading the names of Holocaust survivors at the end of their classes all week. Eighth-grade Honors English Teacher Mario Oliverio and his students wanted to do something in remembrance. “This was...
Verona officials pass ordinance regulating brew pubs, breweries
Two new breweries and a cider house under construction in Verona have prompted borough officials to enact brew pub restrictions. “We wanted to have something on record so we can manage any additional ones,” Borough Manager Jerry Kenna said. “We hope that it attracts people to come into Verona, which...
Fox Chapel Area’s Jacques Moye selected as Disney Dreamer
Fox Chapel Area sophomore Jacques Moye is aiming for the stars. His goal is to be an astrophysicist. Moye’s more immediate focus is a stellar trip to Disney Dreamers Academy, to which he won entry in a nationwide essay contest. The 16-year-old is one of only 100 students selected to...
North Hills plans to move 6th graders to middle school due to growing elementary enrollment
North Hills school officials can’t know for sure how many school-age kids will move into the district over the next several years. But demographic predictions indicate that within a year or so, the district will being running out of room in its four elementary schools to handle the influx of...
Protect P-T hopes letter-writing campaign can spur DEP investigation
A citizen’s group working to make sure unconventional gas development is done safely is not convinced that the Pennsylvania department charged with the same task is doing its job. Protect P-T, which is currently appealing two Penn Township well permits issued by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection to Apex...
‘Little Shop of Horrors’ coming to Shady Side Academy
Shady Side Academy students plan to shake up the stage with a rock comedy that follows a woeful florist in his pursuit of love. This year’s winter musical, “Little Shop of Horrors,” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8-9 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Hillman Center...
Franklin Park residents urged to test for radon amid reports of high levels
Franklin Park residents will be receiving a letter in the mail during the coming weeks informing them that several homes in the borough have experienced high levels of the potentially deadly gas radon, including at least one with a reading 25-times higher than the government recommends. The letter dated Jan....
Rodi Road in Wilkins Township closed because of water main break
A portion of Rodi Road in Wilkins Township is closed because of a water main break, according to Wilkins police. The portion of Rodi Road between Thomson Run Road and Penn Center Boulevard was closed Friday morning due “to a significant water main break.” A Nixle alert warned residents to...
Gateway students part of ‘Hamilton’ projectVideo
Gateway High School students were up for the challenge when teachers told them they had two weeks to prepare a project before being able to enjoy Broadway’s next sensation – “Hamilton” – in Pittsburgh. “It really worked out well,” said Mark Wallace, a high school social studies teacher. Wallace said...
Baldwin Borough Public Library to open at long lastVideo
They’ve been waiting decades for this moment. Coming in mid-March, Baldwin Borough Public Library will open its doors to a new library in a building it can call its own. “I pinch myself every day. I just cannot believe it,” said Nancy Musser, adult services coordinator who has worked at...
Council to review latest Windmont plan revision
Hampton Township Council approved to review the latest set of revised plans from the developer of the proposed Windmont Farms planned residential development, with a public hearing still scheduled for Feb. 13, at 7:30 p.m., at the Council Chambers on McCully Road. Last week’s motion included making the revised plans...
