Pine Creek Journal category, Page 73
Splash of color: Pine prepping popular splash pad for Memorial Day opening
The splash pad in Pine Community Park won’t be open until the Memorial Day weekend in May, but the township is already gearing up for a busy season at the popular attraction. The aquatic playground located near the soccer fields in the park, which debuted last summer, has more than...
North Allegheny, Mt. Lebanon move on to Penguins Cup finals in Class AAA
Connor Chi’s second goal of the game 30 seconds into overtime gave No. 4 North Allegheny a 4-3 win over Peters Township in the first of two PIHL Class AAA semifinal matchups at the RMU Island Sports Center on Neville Island on Monday night. Chi, who also connected on a...
Support continues to grow for annual golf outing honoring Pine-Richland athlete who died in 2013
Family and friends of Pine-Richland senior Matt Graf were deeply shaken when the promising 18-year-old died tragically in 2013 just a few weeks before graduation. To honor the life of the young athlete who was planning to continue his baseball career at the University of Pittsburgh’s Greensburg campus, an annual...
In-brief: PRHS blood drive, e-waste pickup and more in Pine, Richland
PRHS scholarship blood drive Pine-Richland High School is hosting a scholarship blood drive 9 a.m.-2 p.m. April 18 at Vitalant North Hills Donor Center, located at 9365 McKnight Road. Four PRHS seniors — Ava Foster, Max Romano, Caitlin Golla and Aakash Kottakota — organized the drive to encourage fellow students...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of April 11, 2021
Pine Kenneth Virostek Jr. sold property at 601 Broadway to Passavant Memorial Homes for $305,000. Leslie Road Assoc. LLC sold property at 508 Cambridge Ct to NVR Inc. for $182,900. Frank Madia sold property at 806 Chapel Hill Ct to Leonard and Kristen Gallo for $750,000. CG Master GP LLC...
Pugh, Faber leading the way for Pine-Richland boys volleyball
When the 2020 spring sports season was canceled because of the covid-19 pandemic, it brought a sudden end to the careers of a dozen Pine-Richland boys volleyball players. It was a season the Rams were building up to, and losing it impacted the program several ways. Normally Rams coach Shawn...
Sophomore McGuire off to impressive start for Pine-Richland baseball
Jacob McGuire walked off the mound after the final out of Pine-Richland’s 11-0 win in five innings in the season opener against North Catholic happy with his performance. He had no idea, though, that he had thrown a no-hitter in his first varsity start. “I found out at the end...
Pockets of growth in north suburbs buck Allegheny County population decline
Hari and Shyamala Elluru of Franklin Park have moved around a lot for work since arriving in the U.S. from India in 2013. Before moving to Green Tree four years ago, the Highmark Health software developer and his wife lived in Colorado, Texas and Connecticut. But a search for the...
Traffic disruptions for paving work on Rt. 19 in Cranberry will last through November
Traffic will be disrupted through November along a section of Route 19 in Cranberry for a more than $8.4 million road resurfacing project, PennDOT announced. Work to repave 7.4 miles of roadway from the Allegheny-Butler county line past the Zelienople area began April 5. The project by Lindy Paving includes...
In brief: PRHS blood drive, garden club seeking volunteers and more in Pine, Richland
PRHS scholarship blood drive Pine-Richland High School is hosting a scholarship blood drive April 18 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Vitalant North Hills Donor Center, located at 9365 McKnight Road. Four PRHS seniors – Ava Foster, Max Romano, Caitlin Golla and Aakash Kottakota – organized the drive to encourage fellow...
Big 33 Football Classic down to 13 WPIAL players for May all-star game
The Big 33 Football Classic is down to 13 WPIAL athletes for this year’s game after a sixth player withdrew. WPIAL leading rusher and Beaver Falls senior Josh Hough was replaced on the all-star game roster this week. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound running back is a Syracuse recruit and withdrew from...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Pine NVR INC sold property at Unknown Address to Molly Siegel for $341,065. Nvr INC sold property at Unknown Address to Ganapathy Murugan and Meenakshi Valli Thanumalayan for $310,695. Valerie Pearce sold property at 10995 Babcock Blvd. to Daniel and Ralph Ruffolo for $277,500. Villas English Farms L.P. sold property...
Pine-Richland track team boasts large crop of WPIAL, PIAA contenders
The Pine-Richland boys and girls track teams are looking to go the distance this spring. The finish line many of the Rams hope to cross is at the state championship. That includes the endurance runners, who are part of a deep and talented group of athletes on both the boys...
Pine-Richland hockey team solidly in Class AAA mix
A glance at the PIHL Class AAA standings shows the field is wide open with the top five teams separated by four points. A closer look at Pine-Richland’s season really highlights the parity. The Rams, who were third in the final standings, split with the other top-five teams: Peters Township,...
Northern Tier Library kicks off month-long used book sale
The Northern Tier Regional Library is holding a month-long used books sale in April to celebrate National Library Week. Donated books from patrons will be on sale for 50 cents or $1. DVDs, CDs and audiobooks will be $2. As books sell, more will be replenished each day. Proceeds from...
Rep. Mercuri launches initiatives to address covid’s impact on business, mental wellnessVideo
Freshman North Hills state Rep. Rob Mercuri has launched a pair of initiatives to address long-standing concerns that have been magnified by the coronavirus pandemic. The Pine Township Republican has invited representatives from more than a dozen North Hills companies to serve a two-year term with an advisory group dubbed...
Neighbor Spotlight: Creating sense of community key to Pine man’s volunteer efforts
Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...
AHN names chief medical officer for new Wexford hospital set to open this fall
Allegheny Health Network has appointed Dr. Katie Farah to serve as chief medical officer for the new 160-bed AHN Wexford Hospital scheduled to open this fall. Farah is a practicing gastroenterologist and therapeutic endoscopist with AHN’s Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and serves as the department’s chief quality officer....
In brief: Carnegie Science Center program, spring leaf collection and more in Pine, Richland
Carnegie Science Center’s Lettuce Grow Together! program The Carnegie Science Center is teaming up with North Hills Community Outreach to broadcast three Facebook Live events that will explore the science behind gardening and healthy eating. The following virtual events will be hosted on Carnegie Science Center’s Facebook page and will...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of March 28
Pine Christopher Hunzeker sold property at 10756 Babcock Blvd. to Nicholas Frederick Quarantillo and Janine Clare Melvin for $265,050. Pine Develop Co. sold property at 203 Emerald Fields Drive to Matthew Poremba and Heather Rehrig for $145,000. Michael Gartley sold property at 606 Fairgate Drive to Truesdell Properties 002 LLC...
Young Pine-Richland roster ready to contend during chaotic WPIAL lacrosse season
On paper, the Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team is still the defending WPIAL Class AAA champion, but there’s been plenty of change in the two-year span since they last took the field. “We have two combined starts. Not starters, but starts on the team from that 2019 unit,” Pine-Richland coach Kevin...
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse looking to ‘bounce back’ in ’21
Every year Pine-Richland girls lacrosse coach Brittany Adams asks the team’s seniors to come up with a motto for the season. For 2021, they chose “bounce back.” Those two words are fitting on a couple of levels. They signal a return to play after the 2020 season was canceled because...
Football and cheer registration open, residency match and more for Pine, Richland area students
Dean’s list Brendan Moyer of Gibsonia was named to the Dean’s List at The Citadel for the fall 2020 semester. The dean’s list is a recognition given to cadets and students who are registered for 12 or more semester hours and whose grade point average is 3.20 or higher, with...
2021 WPIAL Class 6A softball preseason breakdown
After a year away from the diamond, softball players from across Western Pennsylvania are itching to get back on the field of play. With the 2021 season moving forward as planned, WPIAL teams will get the chance to do just that. Several perennial powers will look to regain their place...
This week’s Giant Eagle Heinz Field vaccination clinics are full
As of Tuesday afternoon, Giant Eagle’s mass vaccination clinics at Heinz Field on Thursday and Friday are full. Giant Eagle spokesperson Dick Roberts said that while additional clinics will take place, he cannot comment on how many more there will be. Appointments are required. Only those eligible under Pennsylvania’s Phase...
