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Spin Your Wheels fundraiser marks milestone supporting McCandless charity
Organizers of a fitness-themed fundraiser in Fox Chapel celebrated a milestone supporting Riding for the Handicapped of Western Pennsylvania. The McCandless-based nonprofit is a therapeutic horseback riding program that has helped children and young adults with disabilities for decades. It is staffed entirely by volunteers and funded exclusively by donations,...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 4, 2025
Bellevue Estate of Elmer Hohn sold property at 419 Forest Ave. to Derek Bryan Muensterman for $395,000. Bellevue 3 LLC sold property at 151 Kendall Ave. to Charlotte Dimery Davis for $290,000. Estate of Clare Miller sold property at 535 Lincoln Ave. to Beechtree Realty Services LLC for $400,000. Etna...
New zombie rock musical ‘Romero and Juliet’ features local actors
A new musical is set to hit the stage at Saint Vincent College in Unity next month. But according to its lyricist and co-creator Scott Logsdon, the whole concept is the result of a typo. Several years ago, while corresponding with a friend about auditions for a showing of Shakespeare’s...
Hempfield softball rebounds with mercy-rule win over Pine-Richland
Fresh off a career milestone and a tight loss, Riley Miller made sure Hempfield softball bounced back on senior day. The senior ace, who reached 500 strikeouts in her previous outing — a 2-1 loss to rival and No. 2 Seneca Valley — helped the top-ranked Spartans return to form...
Northern Tier Regional Library renovating Richland site, celebrates success of Pine branch
Northern Tier Regional Library is one of 11 libraries to receive a Keystone Grant this year. The nearly $92,000 grant will help pay for some much-needed renovations at the library’s Richland location. A portion of the grant will be used to redo the bathrooms at the Richland library, as the...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 28, 2025
Bellevue Adi Balint sold property at 565 Highland Place to Sean Lardo for $360,000. 37 N Bryant Associates LLC sold property at 37 N Bryant Ave. to SP 37 N Bryant LLC for $615,000. Bradford Woods Kimberlee Rhule sold property at 241 Bradford Road to Larry Glenn and Catherine Kerr...
Live like Batman and Robin at this ‘castle estate’ on market for nearly $4M in PineVideo
Batman and Robin would likely approve. An opulent castle-like residence at 724 Bristlecone Drive — with 10 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms and a nod to Hollywood with a replica of Batman’s office and his Batcave — is on the market for nearly $4 million in Pine. The estate includes a playful...
Pine-Richland puts pressure on Shaler, wins opener of key section series
The foul poles on Pine-Richland’s baseball field stand 360 feet from home plate — deeper than those at PNC Park — so there’s a lot of outfield grass to cover. The Rams might call it their home-field advantage. “The biggest thing is just putting the ball in play and putting...
McCandless Township Sanitary Authority celebrates Earth Day, upgrades to Pine Creek treatment facility
Flushing the potty will never be the same for 7-year-old Aria St. Onge. Aria and her dad, Joseph St. Onge of Richland, were among residents, officials and authority members who celebrated Earth Day on April 22 with a tour of McCandless Township Sanitary Authority’s Pine Creek wastewater treatment facility. “She...
Pine-Richland hires former college assistant, top WPIAL scorer as boys basketball coach
Steve McNees, a former college assistant who ranks among the WPIAL’s all-time leading scorers, was hired Monday as Pine-Richland’s boys basketball coach. McNees, a 2006 Shenango graduate, scored 2,192 points in his high school career and played college basketball at Akron under Keith Dambrot. McNees later served as an assistant...
Pine-Richland School Board majority, administration differ on increasing property taxes
A majority of the Pine-Richland School Board does not want to consider increasing the district’s property tax rate, despite administrators’ recommendation that they should. Superintendent Brian Miller said the administration is recommending a 2.1% property tax increase. Administrators also have recommended cutting 9.5 positions, including 3.5 teachers, through attrition, as...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 20, 2025
Bellevue Margaret Neely sold property at 272 Dakota Ave. to Glenn and Teres Carey for $150,000. Spadafora Estates LLC sold property at 166-168 Lincoln Ave. to Yury Horbach for $297,500. WAP Properties LLC sold property at 204 Shiloh Ave. to John OMalley for $210,000. Estate of Andrew Bush sold property...
Pine celebrates Easter season with egg hunt, bunny visit
Pine celebrated the Easter season this year with goodies and furry friends. Children swarmed the Pine Athletic Complex looking for eggs April 12. The Egg-cellent Egg Hunt was open to those 10 and younger, with time slots allotted for the different age groups. Supervisors Chairman Ryan Colombo was pleased with...
Richland awards contracts for paving, sealing of more than a dozen township roads
Richland supervisors awarded the contract for their 2025 road paving program to Shields Asphalt Paving. “Natalie; myself; Mike Kuhn, our public works director; and Scott Shoop, our township engineer, went out and did a road tour of all the roads that are on this list, along with some other ones...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for April 17, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball team of the week – Pine-Richland Rams Coach: Sam Hartzberg (fourth year) Record: Pine-Richland is tied for third place in Class 6A with a 7-3 section mark and an overall record of 8-3 with four consecutive wins, including two over previously unbeaten Seneca Valley. #Earned: It was...
Richland updates Right-to-Know policy, which now denies anonymous requests
Following an influx of anonymous Right-to-Know requests across Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors has advised municipalities to review and update their Right-to-Know policies. In light of this development, Richland recently updated its Right-to-Know policy. The Right-to-Know law is the Pennsylvania law that guarantees a person’s right to...
Richland recognized as banner community for 12th year
Richland has been named a banner community by the Allegheny League of Municipalities for the 12th consecutive year. The banner community program recognizes municipalities that distinguish themselves as model communities through their outstanding commitment to professional development, prudent fiscal management, transparency, accountability and proactive communications to engage community stakeholders. “I...
Richland resident and her Alaskan malamute, Brio, enjoy rounds on dog show circuit
Jo Ann Evans of Richland unwinds from her high-stress job as a nurse practitioner with an unconventional hobby — she is part of the competitive dog show circuit. Evans said she spent two years researching before she got her first puppy from “a wonderful breeder and mentor.” “This was a...
New owner of McCandless Floral hopes to keep business blooming for another 50 years
Whether it’s a grandiose bloomy show for a wedding, a stately arrangement for a funeral or just a simple pop of color to brighten mom’s special day, flowers can say just the right thing. “Someone told me last week that flowers are for the emotions of the moment. They’re not...
Residents of 2 Pine-Richland regions to see contested primaries for school board
Residents of the Pine-Richland School District will see contested primary contests in two of the district’s three regions at the May 20 primary. In Region 1, Liz DeLosa is cross-filed and uncontested in the primary. Incumbent Lisa Hillman is not seeking reelection. Region 2 In Region 2, six candidates, including...
Part I: Richland History Group explores Massey Harbison’s incredulous May 1792 abduction by Native Americans
Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on Massey Harbison by the Richland History Group. Part 2 will appear in the May edition of the Pine Creek Journal. On May 22, 1792, today’s Pine and Richland townships were in the “Wild West” of the United States of...
Pine seeks volunteers to help with planting of trees in 3 community parks
Pine is sprucing up the community with tree planting events in three parks. The township’s Environmental Advisory Council will be planting trees April 22 in Pine Community Park, Pine Haven Park and Karrington Woods Park. The Pine Community Park tree planting will take place at 10 a.m., followed immediately by...
In brief: Happenings in the Pine Creek Journal area
Shaffer organizing license plate replacement event State Rep. Jeremy Shaffer, R-Pine, is sponsoring a hard-to-read license plate replacement event from 3 to 5 p.m. April 29 at his district office, 5500 Brooktree Road, Pine. If your license plate is blistered, peeling or discolored, you can fill out the required PennDOT...
Pine-Richland softball focuses on fundamentals, hangs tough in challenging section
Over the last two seasons, the Pine-Richland softball team committed 101 errors. Coach Sam Hartzberg’s mission this offseason was to clean up his team’s fundamentals. “Our girls weren’t throwing to the wrong base or anything of that nature,” Hartzberg said. “They just weren’t making the plays they should have.” From...
With no easy outs, Pine-Richland lineup puts pressure on opposing pitchers
For 27 years, Kurt Wolfe has been coaching baseball at Pine-Richland. His first two years were as junior varsity coach, the next five were as an assistant coach on varsity and for the last 20 seasons, he’s been at the helm for the Rams. So, when he talks of his...
