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Primary election results for Penn Hills races
As of press time on May 18, 96% of Penn Hills precincts have fully reported vote counts for the primary election. Here are the unofficial results, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections. Mayor Three Democrats sought their party’s nomination for mayor. Incumbent Pauline Calabrese received 2,778 votes, Qiana...
Penn Hills council meeting canceled due to lack of quorum
Penn Hills Deputy Mayor and candidate in the Democratic mayoral primary Frank Pecora said “political obligations” prevented him from attending the May 15 council meeting, which was canceled due to a lack of a quorum. Pecora said he got a “late start” placing his campaign signs by the polls in...
What kind of impact can transfer WR Dante Cephas have at Penn State?
The four-month wait for Dante Cephas’ arrival has ended. Cephas, one of the top wide receivers in the transfer portal, officially is a Nittany Lion. The former Penn Hills and Kent State star, who verbally committed to Penn State in January, enrolled in classes Monday for the first summer semester,...
In brief: Zoning hearing board, family summer fest and more in Penn Hills, Verona
Zoning hearing board The Penn Hills Zoning Hearing Board will meet at 7 p.m. May 24 in Penn Hills council chambers, 102 Duff Road. An agenda is posted online at pennhills.pa.gov. Family summer fest An all ages event sponsored by First Baptist Church and Iglesia Hispana Church of Monroeville will...
Penn Hills rugby team takes big step forward
Following several years of building the program from the ground up following the start of the pandemic, Big Red rugby coach Matt Rosemeyer got to see the fruits of his labor in 2023. The rugby team, which is a club sport, was able to get 23 players out for the...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of May 14, 2023
Churchill Peter Spirtes sold property at 1903 Hampstead Drive to William and Wendy Colbert for $220,000. Estate of Conrad Mitchell sold property at 3430 Ridgewood Drive to Rodney and Eulalia Patricia Sinclair for $310,000. Forest Hills Ronald Barnes sold property at 356 Sharon Drive to Grace O’Neal for $210,000. Monroeville...
Penn Hills notebook: Fitness team's Jadyn Wright on winning streak
Jadyn Wright is providing new entries in the Penn Hills fitness team’s history book. Even longtime coach Bob Martini doesn’t recall having another athlete find this much success at meets. Wright recently won the BethPage Invitational on Long Island, N.Y. It was his third victory in as many meets this...
Police charge teens in Penn Hills carjacking
Penn Hills police have charged three 15-year-old boys in the robbery and carjacking of a pizza delivery driver Wednesday night in township. Police said the driver for Domino’s Pizza was bleeding from a cut above his eye when officers arrived shortly after 11:30 p.m. at Pennoak Manor Drive. The driver...
Ladies Spigno Saturnia Society honors its president
The Ladies Spigno Saturnia Society held its Annual Mother’s Day Party at Pugliano’s Italian Grill in Plum on May 7. Each year, the event honors members past and present who have belonged to the organization since 1938. The society spotlights the Spignese nationality of Saturnia, Italy. The Pittsburgh area has...
Pittsburgh woman charged in fentanyl death of her 7-month-old granddaughter
Allegheny County police charged a second person in connection with the fatal fentanyl poisoning of a 7-month-old Penn Hills infant — the girl’s grandmother. Barbara Ann Dunlap-Toombs, 66, of Larimer, turned herself in to sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday. She is charged with involuntary manslaughter, endangering the welfare of children and...
In brief: Parks and rec volunteers needed, bus trip and more in Penn Hills, Verona
Zoning hearing board The Penn Hills Zoning Hearing Board will meet at 7 p.m. May 24 in Penn Hills council chambers, 102 Duff Road. An agenda is posted online at pennhills.pa.gov. Parks and rec volunteers needed Verona’s Parks and Recreation Committee is looking for volunteers interested in joining. The Borough...
Penn Hills notebook: Daemar Kelly earns all-state honors
Penn Hills guard Daemar Kelly was determined to finish his senior season with a WPIAL Class 5A championship in boys basketball. Kelly, who led Penn Hills in scoring, was able to help deliver that. As a result of the Indians’ success and Kelly’s achievement, the Indians were able to finish...
College coaches sing praises of Penn Hills junior lineman Kelsey Hundley
Being on stage doesn’t change much for Kelsey Hundley. The Penn Hills junior feels about as comfortable there as he does in football pads. After getting wrapped up in sports, Hundley had stepped away from the performing arts for a few years. He was convinced to get back into them...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of May 7, 2023
Churchill Estate of Eric Velazquez sold property at 3460 Ridgewood Drive to Jeffrey Samuels for $320,000. Edgewood Maureen Smith sold property at 528 Greendale Ave. to Kaitlin Kirkpatrick Heimke for $265,000. Kevin Haworth sold property at 120 Oakview Ave. to Ian McIntyre and Richelle Szypulski for $220,000. Forest Hills Lisa...
‘Not just one size fits all’: Autism Employment Network provides opportunities in Monroeville, other locations
For anyone who thinks people stopped taking pride in their work, meet Robert Hester. “You happen to have popped in on me at the same time I’m going to make my 100th package,” he told a recent visitor to his Monroeville Mall workplace, as Hester and a colleague placed a...
TV Talk: ‘Daniel Tiger’ visits Hosanna House; new Steelers player on ‘Hey Rookie;’ Pete Davidson’s ‘Bupkis’ premieres 
“Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” PBS’s animated “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” spin-off produced by SouthSide Works-based Fred Rogers Productions, debuts three new episodes next week, including one that visits Hosanna House in Wilkinsburg during a live-action, mid-episode interstitial. The May 9 episode (9 a.m. Tuesday, WQED-TV) focuses on the skill of children learning...
Penn Hills student accolades for the week of May 2, 2023
The Thiel College Phoenix Journal of Art and Literature appointed Taylor Clayborn, class of ‘24 as co-editor of art and publicity for the spring 2023 publication. Clayborn is an English major and graduate of Penn Hills Senior High School. The theatre department at PennWest California presented Eupipides’ Greek Tragedy in...
In brief: Bus trip, plant sale, Arbor Day and more in Penn Hills, Verona
Bus trip Beulah Presbyterian Church is sponsoring a trip Aug. 15-16 to Lancaster to see two productions: “Moses” at Lancaster Sight and Sound and “Guys N Dolls” at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre. Cost is $487 per person, based on a double occupancy room. Trip cost includes two shows, two dinners,...
Penn Hills grad Yasmine Logan finding comfort, success at Ohio U
Building relationships and the ability to maintain them is something Yasmine Logan came by honestly. The 2020 Penn Hills graduate learned through life communication is easier when things are direct. When Logan went to Ohio University to play softball, not much changed about her approach. When things need to be...
Penn Hills grad heads south to continue college baseball career
Josh Zambito ventured up to the University of Maine for a semester, but didn’t find the right fit, so the 2021 Penn Hills graduate decided to hit the transfer portal. Zambito’s journey took him to Motlow State Junior College in Tennessee. After a strong fall, Zambito committed to Mississippi Valley...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of April 30, 2023
Churchill Estate of Lamar Kinghorn sold property at 2148 Beulah Road to James Burke Sr for $165,000. William Levin sold property at 3710 Henley Drive to Toby and Danielle Weaver for $190,000. Monroeville Dorothy Sciotti Henry sold property at 406 Center Road to Cindy Vulgris for $50,000. Tri COG Land...
Penn Hills Rotary hosts spaghetti dinner fundraiser for volunteer firefighters
Hundreds of people participated in a Penn Hills Rotary spaghetti dinner fundraiser April 27. The social hall of Mt. Hope Community Presbyterian Church along Frankstown Road in Penn Hills was packed with hungry supporters and volunteers for the event. Rotary officials said they served about 325 dinners in an effort...
Penn Hills School Board censures member over comments to superintendent
Penn Hills School Board members have censured one of their own for comments made about Superintendent Nancy Hines. The board voted 8-1 at Wednesday night’s meeting to censure Rob Marra, finance committee chairman. Marra cast the dissenting vote and called the action by his colleagues a surprise. Marra said the...
Penn-Trafford gets needed sweep, improves playoff position
If the Penn-Trafford baseball team had any hope of making the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs this season, a sweep of last-place Penn Hills was mandatory. The Warriors split three previous two-game series in Section 1. After holding on to defeat Penn Hills on Monday, the Warriors weren’t about to split...
Verona bike derby to return in June
The Verona Police Department plans to bring back one of its popular community events after a three-year hiatus. The annual Verona Bike Derby returns June 10 outside the borough building. Railroad Avenue will be closed between Center and South avenues from at least 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. “It’s good...


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