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Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 22, 2022
Churchill Tuan Le sold property at 110 Fenwick Drive to Ruben Williams for $244,000. Thing Of Ours Limited sold property at 2340 Greensburg Pike to Callawe Bey for $5,000. Terri Nuyianes sold property at 3783 Greensburg Pike to Donald Justin White for $124,000. Edgewood Kay Masten sold property at 236...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: GCC’s Corinn Brewer, Penn-Trafford’s Andrew Kessler
Corinn Brewer School: Greensburg Central Catholic Year: Senior Claim to fame: Brewer continues to prove she is one of the elite track and field athletes in the WPIAL. The Notre Dame commit won the pole vault at the WPIAL Class 2A championships at Slippery Rock, while also finishing second in...
Penn-Trafford boys volleyball peaking at perfect time
The Penn-Trafford volleyball team is picking a good time to play its best. After finishing third behind Hempfield and Norwin in the difficult WPIAL Class 3A Section 3, the Warriors have put together two solid performances in the WPIAL playoffs. The Warriors defeated Fox Chapel, 3-1, in the opening round...
Bushy Run Battlefield race to aid fight against human trafficking
Runners will have a chance to compete in a 3.1-mile race at the Bushy Run Battlefield along Route 993 in Penn Township on June 18 and raise awareness of human trafficking, sexual abuse and assault, and homelessness in the region. Those participating in the race, Colors for a Cause, will...
Penn-Trafford knocks off Hempfield in Class 3A playoff volleyball classic
You couldn’t have asked for a better volleyball match than the one between No. 6 Penn-Trafford and No. 3 Hempfield in the WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals Thursday. It was a classic battle between Section 3 rivals that went five games before the Warriors stunned the Spartans, 3-2, by scores of...
Smith’s pitching, pair of homers lead Penn-Trafford softball past Shaler
Mia Smith was concerned she might not pitch well Thursday because she had a shaky warmup session on an adjacent field at Plum. When game time arrived, though, the Penn-Trafford senior was practically unhittable. Funny how the best ones can lock in on the biggest stages. “Watch out when she...
Peters Township escapes Penn-Trafford upset bid with walk-off single
Wes Parker said he didn’t pay too much attention to Penn-Trafford reliever Evan Del Signore as he was warming up with the winning run on third. That’s because he already had his mind set on what he was going to do when he stepped into the batter’s box. “I knew...
Penn-Trafford On the Move: Book presentation, awards, more
Penn-Trafford football coach John Ruane, whose 2021 team won the WPIAL and PIAA championships, received 90 copies of “A Noble Knight/Dan Priatko’s Story of Faith and Courage” to distribute to players. The inspirational book details the life of North Huntingdon resident Priatko, a 1984 U.S. Military Academy graduate who was...
Protect PT to host discussion on gas well development
Community group Protect PT will host a May 26 meeting at 6:30 p.m. to host a discussion about gas well development in the Level Green area. It will take place at the group’s new Community Environmental Education Center, 3344 Route 130, Suite B in Penn Township, and will include Protect...
Cooper unseats incumbent Silvis; Dunbar wins in landslide
Former Westmoreland County Republican Committee Chairwoman Jill Cooper unseated first-term incumbent Rep. Jason Silvis in the GOP primary for the redrawn 55th state House district. Two years ago, Silvis, 47, defeated Democratic incumbent Joe Petrarca in 2020 to win the legislative seat that was previously based in Derry. A redistricting...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 15, 2022
Chalfant Futures Properties LLC sold property at 246 Highland Ave. to RP Homes 2 LLC for $104,000. Forest Hills Marquette Espy sold property at 352 Barclay Ave. to Thomas Kempen and Stephanie Carmichael for $289,000. Dwight Helfrich sold property at 539 Pacific Ave. to Timothy Daughtery and Jessica Au for...
Level Green cleanup slated for Saturday
The Level Green Lions spring cleanup event, postponed last week because of rain, will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday in the Penn Township community. Registration will be from 8:30 to 9 a.m. at the Level Green Community Building, Murrysville Road. Roadside cleanup sites will be assigned at...
2 jailed in Trafford drug bust; police seize $81K from suspect
Two people are being held without bail after police said they found $6,000, four bricks of suspected heroin and a stolen gun at a Trafford apartment last month, according to court papers. Westmoreland County detectives and Penn Township police on Friday charged Gessica A. Merlin, 25, of Hempfield, and Damone...
Penn-Trafford area: Senior citizen groups meet
Patsy Cline music featured at meetings for seniors Singer Cathi Rhodes will perform as country singer Patsy Cline at these upcoming meetings held at the Community United Methodist Church, 3487 Route 130, Harrison City: • Penn Township Senior Citizens, 1 p.m., May 25. Lunch is $6; dues are $2. Masks...
Ron Rometo is the man behind the music in Penn-Trafford
For almost 15 years, Ron Rometo has been spreading the word about the Penn-Trafford community simply by playing music. Rometo in 2007 formed the Penn-Trafford Community Band, an organization that today is made up of more than 60 community members and three high school students. The band performs at various...
Fundraiser planned to establish scholarship in memory of Penn Township couple killed last year
As the one-year anniversary of the shooting deaths of Jacob Erdeljac and Mara Casale in Penn Township approaches, Liz Amend said it doesn’t get any easier for family still questioning why the couple’s lives were cut short. “I’m still in limbo. … My head knows what happened, but my heart...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for May 8, 2022
Penn-Trafford second baseman Dylan Grabowski loves to golf with his father. In fact, Warriors coach Dan Miller and his staff often have to remind him to wait until the season is over before hitting the links. However the junior continues to hit like the baseball is on a tee as...
Penn-Trafford notebook: P-T’s Yacamelli, Hershberger named finalists for scholar-athlete award
Cade Yacamelli and Gwendolyn Hershberger were finalists for the 66th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Awards, hosted by Judge John J. Driscoll. They were among a group of 13 considered for the annual awards, which were handed out May 3 at Ferrante’s Lakeview in Hempfield. The banquet was sponsored by...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 8, 2022
Churchill Hawre Jalal sold property at 42A Churchill Road to Richard and Phyllis Bender for $389,000. Edgewood Donna Tamres sold property at 520 Greendale Ave. to Alan Schlossberg and Loretta Hurley for $219,900. Corwin Parker sold property at 1026 Savannah Ave. to Nicholas and Katherine Burton for $630,000. Robert Vanwassen...
Penn-Trafford area: Students win video contest, yard sale, more
Penn-Trafford students earn $10K video prize Penn-Trafford High School’s Students Against Destructive Decisions club was awarded $10,000 for its public service announcement video on the issue of distracted driving. Penn-Trafford won second place among 38 Pennsylvania schools for its “Drive Distracted Free” video in the Pennsylvania Just Drive Public Service...
Protect PT will open environmental education center in May
Citizen-led environmental group Protect PT will expand its presence in the Penn Township Plaza with the grand opening of a new community environmental educational center on May 7. “We actually moved our office to the other side of the building,” Protect PT Executive Director Gillian Graber said. “We expanded from...
Penn-Trafford uses disciplined attack to back pitcher Grabowski in win over Latrobe
Penn-Trafford baseball coaches and players talked about the importance of hitting and throwing first-pitch strikes against section champion Latrobe. They also discussed ways to possibly drum up offense if they were to earn a Section 1-5A sweep against the Wildcats. It all worked out according to plan, and the Warriors...
Penn-Trafford wrestling coach A.J. Brentzel steps down
A.J. Brentzel’s stint as Penn-Trafford wrestling coach has ended after three seasons. With a fifth child on the way in the next three months, Brentzel made a difficult decision and resigned as coach. Job responsibilities and family trumped being a coach. “I hate losing him,” Penn-Trafford Athletic Director Kerry Hetrick...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 1, 2022
Chalfant Ronald Rocco sold property at 141 Greenfield Ave. to PGH Holding LLC for $60,000. Churchill Estate of Harold Schall sold property at 225 Thornberry Drive to Richard Allen Radvansky Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Radvansky for $306,150. Edgewood Jaime Guerrero sold property at 185 Gordon St. to Andrew Letourneau and...
New Bushy Run Battlefield facilitator is pre-Revolutionary War history buff
The Bushy Run Battlefield and museum near Harrison City will have a new leader, a soon-to-be University of Pittsburgh graduate with a history degree who will oversee day-to-day operations at the Penn Township site of the 1763 battle between British and colonial soldiers and Native Americans. Elizabeth Staab, 22, of...
