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Love Your Library at Northern Tier in Richland
September marks the eighth annual Love Your Library campaign, and all donations made to Northern Tier Regional Library during the month will receive a prorated match from the Buncher Foundation. Library events and activities include: • Mamma Mia Disco Party, 3 p.m. Sept. 28. Join the chorus and sing along,...
Pine welcomes pooches for 1st Dog Day at splash pad
A well-attended summer for the Pine Community Park Splash Pad culminated with play time for pooches. The township’s parks and recreation department organized the first-ever Dog Day at the fountain-filled facility, attracting plenty of people with their canines. Although the temperature on the morning of Sept. 8 prompted some folks...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of Sept. 8, 2024
Bellevue Kathleen Beatty sold property at 608 Forest Ave. to Eva Rybak for $187,500. Franklin Park Estate of Donald Corace sold property at 2613 S. Hunters Point Court to Lanxi Tang for $301,100. Hampton Maronda Homes LLC sold property at 5064 Chalfant Ln to Jonathan Martin and Michelle Lynne Sharp...
Pine-Richland girls volleyball ready to walk tough road to playoffs
The road to the playoffs in Section 1-4A girls volleyball has always been tough, but the addition of North Catholic for 2024 has made the group even stronger. Add in the fact that only three teams from the section will qualify for a postseason berth instead of four, like in...
Young linemen, skill players vault Pine-Richland to strong start
The pair of victories the Pine-Richland football team earned to start the season were welcomed results, but it’s the development that has occurred during them that has Jon LeDonne and his coaching staff excited. The Rams have a young offense that is coming together fairly quickly, scoring 57 points in...
Rev into reading: Pine hosts Touch-a-Truck, library center opening
Get ready for Revving Into Reading. That’s the theme for festivities scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 14, when the grand opening of Northern Tier Regional Library’s Pine Center runs in conjunction with a Touch-a-Truck event. More than 15 trucks and other vehicles will be parked outside the...
Day of Peace Celebration coming to North Park
A procession of 195 United Nations flags will be part of the festivities of the 20th North Hills International Day of Peace Celebration on Sept. 22 in North Park. The free event is from 2 to 4 p.m. at North Park Point Grove on Lake Shore Drive. The flag ceremony...
Northern Regional promotes 24-year department veteran to police chief
Bryan DeWick is the new chief of the Northern Regional Police Department, of which he has been a member for 24 years, following the retirement of Chief John Sicilia. The department serves Bradford Woods, Marshall, Pine, Richland and Seven Fields. Sicilia was given a special proclamation for his 28 years...
Pine-Richland notebook: Mac Miller off to fast start as lead runner
Mac Miller has been a strong wrestler at Pine-Richland with a 69-17 record in two years, and in his varsity debut as the featured running back on the football team, he showed he can be a force on the gridiron as well. Miller, a junior, rushed for 234 yards and...
Experienced roster has Pine-Richland in position for 6th straight WPIAL field hockey title
Pine-Richland’s incredible run in WPIAL field hockey continued last year with a fifth straight Class 3A title. With 10 seniors and nine starters returning, the Rams look to be the favorite again, but they know there’s a lot of work to be done to increase the streak to six. “I...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of Sept. 1, 2024
Bellevue John Stranger sold property at 424 Hallett Pl to Brian Campe trustee for $85,000. Estate of Robert Thomas sold property at 154 Kendall Ave. to Alexandra Stangle for $118,500. Etna Paul Weisenee sold property at 52 Angle Aly to Anthony Williams for $20,000. Franklin Park Edward Hunter sold property...
Pine-Richland students embark on new school year
Think back to those opening days of each new school year. Maybe you remember starting kindergarten or first grade, excited about riding a big yellow bus and walking into a big brick building. Perhaps you recall the anticipation of greeting classmates you hadn’t seen since spring, trying to finally work...
New coach sees potential to reach new heights in Pine-Richland girls soccer
After four years at the helm of the Pine-Richland boys soccer program, Jordan Wiegand has decided to pull double duty this fall and coach the Rams’ girls program as well. It’ll be a unique challenge to balance, which Wiegand has a plan for, but how impressive the Rams girls have...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of Aug. 25, 2024
Etna Terry Wagner sold property at 61 Spring St. to MB Trade LLC for $100,000. Franklin Park Deerfield Estate FP Development LLC sold property at 1326 Adrian Drive to Maronda Homes LLC for $140,300. Stephan Strunk trustee sold property at 1509 Brimfield Drive to Kiler and Steven Wilson for $660,000....
Summer of fun: Pine wraps up first 10-week camp, looks toward next year
Pine’s annual summer activity camp wrapped up six days before the Aug. 22 start of the Pine-Richland School District academic year. For those who like to plan ahead, registration for next year’s campo opens Feb. 15. Themes for 2024 varied from week to week, with kids’ favorites including Mystical Magic,...
Ambulance subscription drive in progress for McCandless, Franklin Park
The annual subscription drive of the McCandless Franklin Park Ambulance Authority is being mailed to residents of local municipalities as a potential cost-savings measure in the case of emergency care. Coverage will run from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2025, for people who live in Franklin Park and McCandless. “The...
412 Gives Back raises $9K selling cold drinks on cool day in Pine
On a positive note, it was far from the lowest recorded temperature for the day in the Pittsburgh area, according to the National Weather Service. Raise your hand if you remember bundling up when it hit 43 degrees Fahrenheit on Aug. 19, 1977. But given the relative scorch of this...
Pine-Richland business education teacher earns honor
Pine-Richland High School business education teacher Courtney Kronk-Love has been recognized as a Distinguished Educator by Next Gen Personal Finance, a national nonprofit organization, for outstanding commitment to professional development in real-world personal finance topics. Kronk-Love has earned nine NGPF certifications, each of which requires 10 hours of live, collaborative...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 18, 2024
Franklin Park Thomas Pfeiffer sold property at 1556 King Charles Drive to Jacob Murphy for $477,000. Suzanne Urso sold property at 1701 Saw Grass Ct to Steven and Tyler Irlbacher for $750,000. Hampton Dale Michael Andromalos sold property at 4465 Laurel Oak Drive to Jacob Ireland for $170,000. Kristen Peifer...
Pitt national champion John Falvo gets call from Pine-Richland hall of fame
The announcement for the 2024 Pine-Richland Sports Hall of Fame class was made a few weeks earlier, but John Falvo had no idea he was included. That was until he received a phone call from a family member. “Nobody knew where I was or my phone number, so they were...
Richland holding public meeting on bicycle, pedestrian recommendations
Richland Township will hold a public meeting on Aug. 27 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the municipal building for residents to learn more about the proposed recommendations outlined in the Active Transportation Plan. The upcoming meeting is to gather public input and answer questions the public may have about proposed bicycle...
Richland celebrates 30th annual Community Day
With students in the Pine-Richland High School Band performing as they marched up the midway, so came the start of the 30th annual Richland Township Community Day. Members of Richland American Legion subsequently raised the U.S. flag while sisters Claire and Raegan Dosch provided vocal harmonies for “The Star-Spangled Banner.”...
Aquinas Academy students promote expressiveness through Paul’s Art
Growing up with an older brother who is autistic proved to be a major inspiration for J.J. Ortiz. “I always saw him doing a lot of drawings. He’d do maybe 50 to 100 sketches a day on pieces of paper,” the Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh senior said. “That’s kind of...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of Aug. 11, 2024
Etna Philip Raymond sold property at 16 Mary Lue Drive to Peter Michael Horgan and Sierra Lynn Walp for $225,000. Franklin Park Shu Tong sold property at 1412 Mystic Valley Drive to Tanmay Anil Gokhale and Manisha Bhattacharya for $879,000. Ryan Schwiebert sold property at 1801 Thronewood Ct to Shao...
Volleyball star, WPIAL championship team headline Pine-Richland hall of fame class
Jamel (Nicholas) Debri hasn’t been back to Pine-Richland since she graduated nearly two decades ago, but before going to Notre Dame, she left her imprint on the Rams’ volleyball program. Debri was a standout on Pine-Richland’s only state championship volleyball team in 2005 and is one of the members of...
