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Kiski Area, Plum boys golf on collision course with playoff spot up for grabs
The Plum boys golf team snapped an eight-year WPIAL team playoff drought last year by finishing second to Central Catholic in Section 4-3A. The Mustangs took advantage of their opportunity in the first round at Beaver Valley Golf Club and earned a spot in the finals. Kiski Area hopes to...
Man accused of raping co-worker while they were providing care to special-needs clients at Pine apartment building
A Plum man was charged with rape after his co-worker at a Pine apartment complex accused him of sexually assaulting her. Shawde Steve Jenkins, 31, of Murray Court in Plum is charged with felony counts of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault along with a...
Plum names new high school, middle school principals
The Plum School Board filled the remaining vacancies in the district’s administrative team created by the departure and advancement of personnel. During a special voting meeting Tuesday, the board approved hiring Patrick Baughman as principal of Plum High School, Stephan Sereda as an assistant high school principal and Adam Szarmach...
Plum to host 76th Alle-Kiski Marching Band Festival
The 76th annual Alle-Kiski Marching Band Festival is scheduled for Sept. 19 at Plum High School, 900 Elicker Road, featuring students from 11 schools. Following the national anthem at 6:50 p.m., the main event will begin at 7. Admission is $5. The rain date is Sept. 20. Each September, the...
In brief: Plum area happenings, week of Sept. 11, 2023
Plum Distinguished Alumni The new class of Plum Distinguished Alumni has been announced. Inductees are Amy Davis McShane (1989), Mark Gorman (1978), Crystal Hall (1999), Josh Verbanets (2001) and posthumously, Joseph Grubich (1980). The Plum High School graduates will be honored for their exemplary accomplishments at a banquet at the...
Gabriel Powell, Aiden Steinagle return to lead Plum runners
When Connor Pivirotto and Nate Mienke, the top runners the last couple of years for the Plum boys cross country team, graduated following the 2022 season, a pair of rising seniors with experience — Gabriel Powell and Aiden Steinagle — were ready to take the reins of the team and...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Sept. 10, 2023
Monroeville MLM Bros 2020 LLC sold property at 2802 Broadway Blvd. to Erhan Tuncbilek for $45,000. Philips RS North America LLC sold property at 1740 Golden Mile Highway to Icon Golden Mile Partners LLC for $400,000. Plum Frederick Hohman sold property at 324 Ligonier Ln to Luis Summers and Rebecca...
Shaler uses big second half to topple Plum
The Shaler and Plum football teams entered Friday’s game undefeated, looking to take a big step forward in the Class 5A playoff picture. Opportunistic and explosive Shaler scored three second-half touchdowns to claim a 28-14 victory. Shaler started the game with a bang as senior quarterback Keegan Smetanka found receiver...
Investigators say cause of fatal Plum explosion came from inside the home
The point of origin for a deadly home explosion in Plum on Aug. 12 came from inside the house at 141 Rustic Ridge, the Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office said Friday. Officials continue to investigate the explosion that occurred just less than a month ago in Plum’s Rustic Ridge subdivision,...
VA outpatient clinic officially opens in Monroeville
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs held a Sept. 1 ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the state-of-the-art outpatient clinic in Monroeville. The new building is known as Monroeville Multi-Specialty VA Outpatient Clinic and is located at 421 Mall Circle Drive. The clinic will serve the exceptionally large group...
Plum EMS to host car seat safety check at Holiday Park VFD
Safety is always top of mind for Plum first responders, which is why they have organized an event to make sure families are taking proper care of their most precious cargo. Plum EMS hosts its annual car seat safety check from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 16 at the...
Belle Vernon votes to hire controversial former Plum superintendent
The Belle Vernon Area School District voted Tuesday evening to hire former Plum superintendent Timothy Glasspool. Some parents at the school board meeting voiced opposition to the decision, citing a grand jury report that condemned Plum School District officials following a sexual assault scandal involving a former teacher, according to...
Plum musicians rock for Rustic Ridge
Support for Plum’s Rustic Ridge neighborhood continues with the help of some musically inclined residents. Janet Schoedel, who sings for the rock band Barracuda, and Ken Joy, drummer for MoJo — The Band, live near the site of an Aug. 12 explosion that claimed six lives. Their groups will join...
PUC rules public utility equipment not at fault in 2022 Plum home explosion
A Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ruling that an April 2022 home explosion in Plum was not caused by public utility equipment does not eliminate the possibility that natural gas caused the explosion. In a statement released Tuesday, the PUC’s safety division found no evidence that public utility natural gas equipment...
Monroeville softballers raise money for Plum families
The Monroeville Sting Fast Pitch Tournament Team recently held a car wash to raise money for the families of the Rustic Ridge neighborhood in Plum. Head Coach Pete Griffith reported that the team raised almost $650. “It’s important to all of our coaches that we teach our team the importance...
In brief: Plum area happenings, week of Sept. 4, 2023
Plum hydrant flushing The Plum Borough Municipal Authority will be flushing fire hydrants from Sept. 18 to Oct. 27. Flushing is required to check the operation of all fire hydrants and to clean the distribution lines, according to the authority. No work will be done on weekends. Because flushing may...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Sept. 3, 2023
Chalfant Gregory Ventrice sold property at 318-320 North Ave. to Susan Repon for $50,000. Edgewood Patrick Russell sold property at 253 Maple Ave. to Justin Seaman and Kristen Kamp for $317,500. Monroeville Edmund Haberle trustee sold property at 2635 Third St. to Slatehouse Group LLC for $145,000. Jeet Shah sold...
Plum fire trucks among vehicles at food truck rally, touch-a-truck event benefiting Rustic Ridge
Three of the Plum fire trucks that responded to the Rustic Ridge house explosion Aug. 12 were out in the community for a different, but related, reason on Saturday. Ladder trucks from the Holiday Park and Unity fire departments and an engine from the Renton company were among the vehicles...
Plum boys soccer team learns from early setback
The Plum boys soccer team had a most interesting, and exhausting, opening to its season Aug. 26. Kiski Area pulled out of the Mustangs’ kickoff tournament which also featured West Allegheny and Upper St. Clair. It created a void that the coaches of Plum, West A and USC worked to...
Plum shuts out rival Franklin Regional in early season section showdown
Plum is finding different ways to score goals this soccer season. It doesn’t have to be pretty. It can even be boring, as long as the ball goes in the net. The fourth-ranked Mustangs did enough to claim a 1-0 shutout in a chippy Section 3-3A matchup against neighboring Franklin...
Woman offers gas imaging camera service to Rustic Ridge residents
A certified thermographer said Thursday she hoped to give residents in Plum’s Rustic Ridge neighborhood some peace of mind by volunteering to use hydrothermic technology to look for possible gas leaks in homes. Christina Digiulio of Chester County visited Rustic Ridge and offered to use a hydrocarbon imaging camera to...
Plum School District pays $3K to settle dispute with transportation contractor
Plum School District paid $3,000 to settle a dispute with a transportation contractor that accused the district of failing to reimburse it during the covid disaster emergency. The school board approved the agreement with A-1 Transit in July. The district released the agreement following a Right-to-Know request by the Tribune-Review,...
Gateway names acting superintendent
Gateway School District begins the 2023-24 school year with a new lead administrator. The school board unanimously approved Guy Rossi as acting superintendent, stepping in for William Short, who took the superintendent’s position in 2016. Short approached the school board in late June about taking “leave to deal with family...
Lane shifts on Greensburg Road in Plum end
Lane shifts on Greensburg Road in Plum have ended earlier than expected, Allegheny County’s department of public works announced Tuesday. The lane shifts began March 13 and were originally expected to last into December. They were required for the replacement of Pucketa Creek Bridge No. 5, which carries Lincoln Beach...
Plum mayor, police advise residents to secure vehicles parked outdoors
Plum officials are warning residents to secure vehicles that are parked outside. At the August borough council meeting, Mayor Harry Schlegel said police had 866 calls for service in July, a 16% increase over June. Thefts from vehicles are one of the things he said have been keeping officers busy....
