Penn Hills Progress category, Page 7

Real ID informational session set at library State Rep. Joe McAndrew, D-Penn Hills, wants to talk about Real IDs. In collaboration with PennDOT, McAndrew will be hosting an informational session at 5:30 p.m. April 3 at the Penn Hills Library, 1037 Stotler Road. Beginning May 7, Pennsylvanians will need a...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Mary Wilson sold property at 219 Greenfield Ave. to Midfirst Bank for $25,000. Harry Leeper sold property at 302 Greenfield Ave. to Tri COG Land Bank for $85,896. Churchill Prestige Property Develop LLC sold property at 2162 Garrick Drive to Derek Leung for $368,800. AV Restorations LLC...

Old William Penn Highway will be closed Monday, March 31 between Evergreen Drive and Duff Road as work crews conduct demolition work on the Parkway East bridge that runs over the road. Old William Penn will be closed from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. to accommodate the work. East of...

The Penn Hills boys volleyball team has a team loaded with juniors and seniors. The Indians also have the benefit of having coach Will Piccolino back for his third season. Penn Hills is more capable of playing his system now. While the Indians dropped their first two matches of the...

Joe Capobianco has never torn a baseball program down and built one back up before. The 1996 Penn Hills graduate is learning on the job with his alma mater. The Indians coach also admits that he may be learning things about himself. Penn Hills is off to an 0-4 start...

Penn Hills teachers were able to avoid a strike after a contract agreement was reached with district administration. According to a news release from the Penn Hills Education Association, an unspecified majority of the membership voted to ratify their collective bargaining agreement with the district Wednesday night. The school board...

Denele Hughson is being the change she wants to see. Being the executive director of nonprofit Grow Pittsburgh, Hughson has advocated for the physical, mental and communal advantages of food access across the Pittsburgh area. Her efforts have not gone unnoticed. Hughson, 38, was one of 19 women to receive...

The Penn Hills Library, 1037 Stotler Road, offers a variety of programs for all ages. For a complete list of offerings, visit pennhillslibrary.org. Registration is required for the following programs unless otherwise indicated; however, the following teen programs do not require registration. To register for any of the programs, visit...

Roadwork set through April on Allegheny River Boulevard PennDOT is alerting motorists about maintenance work taking place through the end of April on Allegheny River Boulevard between Washington Boulevard and Sandy Creek Road in Penn Hills. Single-lane alternating traffic will be in place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays....

The Penn Hills Police Department is asking the public to help locate a missing man. Courtney Charles, 35, of Mount Oliver, was recently reported missing by his family, police said. He was last seen near McKeesport Hospital. Police said they had also received a tip that Charles may have been...

Emily Ruperto qualified for many events at the WPIAL Class 2A swimming championships. The Serra Catholic sophomore and Penn Hills resident chose the ones she felt most comfortable in. After qualifying for the PIAA meet in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, Ruperto also figured out what she wanted to...

Mike Ulyas never felt like an outsider on the Burrell hockey team. The Penn Hills senior hopped onboard to play with a group that returned a lot of skaters who played for the PIHL’s Division 2 championship. “It feels like I was here last year even though I wasn’t,” Ulyas...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY Edgewood Jeanne Marie Meyer sold property at 225 E Swissvale Ave. Unit 3 to Kealsey Brennan McNeil for $158,500. Thomas Crosby Lakeman sold property at 429 Locust St. to Eric and Jennifer Graham for $425,000. Tiffany GP Inc. sold property at 153 Oakview Ave. to Adrian Kasicky and...

Penn Hills High School students got their day in court. Traffic court. A group of students in the district’s Students Against Destructive Decisions organization were invited to Judge Anthony DeLuca Jr.’s office for mock trials in traffic court. Students were given charges and a scenario a day before heading to...

Two men meet on a train. One makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. The other more humbly swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother’s failing health. The conmen make a short-lived alliance until they decide a small French town...

The Penn Hills Library, 1037 Stotler Road, offers a variety of programs for all ages. For a complete list of offerings, visit pennhillslibrary.org. Registration is required for the following programs unless otherwise indicated; however, the following teen programs do not require registration. To register for any of the programs, visit...

A boutique store in Aspinwall is relocating to Verona. Dovecote’s owner, Jessica Rehling Vukmir, said news of the building at 20 Brilliant Ave. going on the market served as a catalyst to find a new ZIP code for her specialty shop known for its vintage-inspired items and antiques. Fox Chapel...

Slide repairs will close section of Leechburg Road through mid-April PennDOT is alerting motorists of slide remediation work starting March 17, weather permitting, on Leechburg Road in Penn Hills. The work requires the closure of a portion of Leechburg Road between Courtney Avenue and Sutton Drive. The around-the-clock closure is...

The Penn Hills swim team recently competed at the WPIAL Class 3A championships at Trees Pool. While the Indians didn’t send anyone to Bucknell for the state championships, there was improvement throughout their lineup. Anthony Sipple placed 21st in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.76 seconds, which was...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Jones Property LLC sold property at 134 Parkway Ave. to Anise Petite for $18,000. Monroeville Yvonne Morrison sold property at 1372 Hillsdale Drive to Joseph Vincent Jabeir and Christina Anne Lauver for $299,000. Cupola Homes 27 LLC sold property at 1165 La Salle Road to Samah Alhajia...

Penn Hills will hold the first of two public hearings at 7:30 p.m. March 27 to guide its 2025 Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships spending. These monies come from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to benefit low- and moderate-income residents, combat blight and address other...

Ever wondered what it’d be like to live at the same time as Shakespeare? What about being a writer trying to compete with the literary great? More than 90 Riverview students help answer those questions during this year’s school musical, “Something Rotten!” The story follows brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom,...

An 84-year-old woman died Tuesday in a fire in Penn Hills that officials say was set off by a propane gas leak. Allegheny County medical examiner personnel were called to the scene of a fire and explosion in the 300 block of College Street. The victim will be identified by...

The Goodwill store and donation center in the Penn Hills Shopping Center briefly shut down Tuesday afternoon after somebody donated a grenade. “One of our employees at this location was going through a gaylord (box) when she noticed what appeared to look like really large bullets,” said Brian Minefield, an...

The Penn Hills Library, 1037 Stotler Road, offers a variety of programs for all ages. For a complete list of offerings, visit pennhillslibrary.org. Registration is required for the following programs unless otherwise indicated; however, the following teen programs do not require registration. To register for any of the programs, visit...