Pine Creek Journal category, Page 57
Clutch efforts in close games help Pine-Richland softball to 5-1 start
Natalie Zentz and Alexia Brown both pointed to the bond within the Pine-Richland softball team as one of the factors to their early season success. While the team is close off the field, they’re pulling together between the lines as well. The Rams have been solid in all three phases...
Pine-Richland baseball team builds confidence after sweeping Seneca Valley
Pine-Richland baseball has a bunch of underclassmen in the lineup, but the Rams also have a lot of fight. Proof of their resilience was on display in a big sweep of Seneca Valley April 12 and 13. It’s not just that they won. It’s how they did it. They earned...
Nature center program to replace lawns with wildlife habitat serves as ‘anti-grassroots’ campaign to improve environment
For many people, the lush green lawn and meticulously landscaped gardens surrounding their homes can be like a slice of heaven. But no matter how beautiful or verdant, when it comes to supporting the ecosystem, most lawns and gardens are hell on earth, experts say. To help combat what environmentalists...
Gibsonia native advocates for bone marrow donations
Many Slippery Rock University students have interesting life experiences encountering both adversity and advocacy. One such example is Madalyn Mote, a junior early childhood education major from Gibsonia. In 2016, Mote’s younger brother, Nicholas, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a disease in which the body fails to produce blood cells,...
New high-speed internet service coming to Pine, Richland residents
Residents in parts of Pine and Richland will be among those able to make use of a new high-speed fiber optic internet service. Fidium Fiber is a new service from Consolidated Communications. It is being offered for the first time in Pennsylvania in the areas of Gibsonia, Cranberry, Mars, Saxonburg,...
Police in North Park host National Prescription Drug Take Back Day site
The North Park Police Station, 700 West Ridge Drive, will serve as a site for Allegheny County police’s participation in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30, area residents can drop off any over-the-counter, controlled substance or prescription-required drugs. Tablets, capsules, ointments, creams,...
Pine Creek wastewater treatment facility in McCandless expanding
A $21 million expansion of the Pine Creek wastewater treatment facility will allow the site to enlarge its capacity and make the facility more environmentally friendly. The McCandless Township Sanitary Authority broke ground on the expansion project in early April, said William Youngblood, director of MTSA. The authority hopes the...
Building the Valley: Barnyard Coffee & Creamery brings ice cream and more to No Offseason Sports complex in Russellton
What started as a vision for an ice cream shop evolved into a coffee shop and cafe, Barnyard Coffee & Creamery, offering experimental taste twists at the No Offseason Sports complex in Russellton. Barnyard owner Holly Johnston, a Richland resident and Shaler native, worked for years as a sales rep...
2 Pine Township restaurants cited by Health Department for cockroaches
Update, April 21: After an inspection on Thursday, the consumer alert for Thai Place North has been lifted. All major issues have been resolved. The Allegheny County Health Department posted consumer alerts at two restaurants located next to each other in the North Hills, after finding cockroaches in the kitchen...
Pine-Richland’s Reid Duncan ready to make jump to high-level ultimate with Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
About a month ago Reid Duncan found out that he had made the Pittsburgh Thunderbirds roster, which was a dream come true for the ultimate disc player, but he had to keep it a secret. “When I made it, I was so excited, but I couldn’t tell anybody and it...
Pine-Richland track and field team off to strong start
Through wind, rain, sleet, snow and cold temperatures, Pine-Richland track and field has powered through the dreadful early spring weather. Team-wise the Rams have achieved some good results with the girls at 2-1 in section dual meets through Wednesday. Individually there’s been some progress as well, and the goal is...
Northern Regional Police department promotes first woman to rank of sergeant
It was on one of their first calls together when Northern Regional Police Chief John Sicilia knew he had a keeper in Jennifer Abbondanza. Sicilia was a sergeant at the time, and Abbondanza was new on the job, the last officer he trained before becoming captain. They were looking for...
Longvue Acres Garden Club hosting 72nd annual spring plant sale
The Longvue Acres Garden Club is playing host to its 72nd annual spring perennial plant sale, featuring more than 500 plants grown by members and donated for sale. The cash-only plant sale will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on May 14 — rain or shine — in the...
North Park, South Park golf courses open for the season
More proof that spring has finally arrived. Not only is Tuesday opening day for the Pirates at PNC Park, but it’s also a day that golfers can finally hit the links at two of Allegheny County’s most popular public courses. The county has declared both the North and South park...
Pine-Richland football players collect food to help needy families prepare Easter dinner
Members of the Pine-Richland football program recently teamed up with volunteers from a local charitable group to collect and distribute food to help 50 needy families prepare an Easter dinner. The players helped raise money to buy food and volunteered at Bakerstown Alliance Church in Richland on April 11 to...
Chatham University study shows positive results when students spend time in sensory garden
“A breath of fresh air” is more than just a saying. There is some proof that being outside has positive effects on people. For Carlee Domke, a second-year occupational therapy doctorate student at Chatham University in Shadyside, part of the experiential curriculum includes visiting the school’s sensory garden. “When I...
In brief: Blessing of the Athletes, high school reunions and more in Pine, Richland
Gibsonia church to hold Junque Sale Bakerstown United Methodist Church in Gibsonia will hold a Junque Sale flea market and grab and go breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 30. Proceeds benefit BUMC mission projects. For more information, call 724-443-3184. Perry Highway church to hold Blessing of the...
Challenges aplenty for Pine-Richland boys tennis team
A brief summary of the Pine-Richland boys tennis team’s season so far is that it has been a challenge. Rams coach Dang Siriprasert has had to navigate poor weather that’s led to four match postponements and some canceled practices. There’s also a school band field trip coming that will take...
New coach Hodowanec hopes to continue success with Pine-Richland girls lacrosse
Alex Hodowanec was close to applying as an assistant for the Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team last season but ended up taking a job coaching club volleyball. A year later, she did apply with the Rams, but this time it was for the head coaching job. Hodowanec, a former standout lacrosse...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 10, 2022
Bellevue Richard Jones sold property at 621 Cliff Ave. to Katelyn Nadel for $157,500. David Anthony sold property at 566 Highland Pl to Peoples Properties LLC for $110,700. Raymond Reed Jr. sold property at 29 N Bryant Ave. to Scott Taylor and Tamar Kamin for $275,000. Stephen Williams sold property...
Eden Hall’s 1st business pitch competition focuses on food, agriculture
Chatham University’s Eden Hall campus in Richland hosted its first-ever “pitch” competition, for people in the region who have ideas about new or emerging food and agricultural businesses. The competition, sponsored by Chatham’s Center for Regional Agriculture, Food and Transformation, or CRAFT, was held April 2 in the Esther Barazzone...
Police: Pine man faces felony for stabbing mother in head with fishing tweezers
A Pine Township man was charged with a felony after medical staff at a hospital called police when his mother came in to be treated for a stab wound to the head. Northern Regional Police charged Demitri R. Marsh, 19, of the 8000 block of Falcon Court, with one felony...
It’s just about blooming time for North Park’s cherry blossoms
Each spring, the drab colors of fall and winter are overtaken in North Park by vibrant hues of pink, as the blooms on hundreds of cherry trees planted in the park since 2009 begin flowering. But exactly when the dramatic transformation will happen is a mystery. “We’ve got our best...
Police: Former worker charged with bakery burglary didn’t know security cameras were installed
A former employee of a Pine bakery faces multiple felony counts after police say he burglarized the business three months after quitting, unaware that security cameras had been installed after his departure. Lloyd R. McCoy III, 53, of Latonka Drive in Cool Springs Township, Mercer County, was charged by the...
In brief: High school class reunions, Women’s Business Network and more in Pine, Richland
Class of 1970 and ’71 reunion Pine Richland High School classes of 1970 and 1971 are holding a long overdue, combined reunion for their 52nd and 51st years Aug. 12-14. For more information, email Don Bost at debo1379@gmail.com for the class of ’70 and Bonnie Adler for the class of...
