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Plum girls pull away from Lincoln Park, earn program’s 2nd playoff win
For just the second time in program history, the Plum girls basketball team owns a WPIAL playoff victory. Behind a game-high 19 points from senior Kennedie Montue, the Mustangs pulled away from Lincoln Park for a 44-31 WPIAL Class 5A preliminary-round victory Monday at Plum. “We knew Lincoln Park was...
Plum volunteers to bring back drive-thru Easter celebration in early April
Plum families will have a chance to socially distance with the Easter Bunny in a few weeks. A Drive-Thru Eggstravaganza is set for April 3 at the public works facility along Old Mine Road. It is organized by Plum Rotary president Mona Costanza and her volunteers. The idea for the...
News briefs: Girl Scout cookies to be sold at drive-up booth at Panera Bread in Oakmont
Still haven’t satisfied your fix for Girl Scout cookies? A drive-up cookie booth will be available at Panera Bread in Oakmont on March 6 and 7. Oakmont/Verona Girl Scouts will be selling cookies to support their activities and adventures from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot along...
A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games for Monday, March 1, 2021
Here’s a look at Monday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving A-K Valley teams: Boys Preliminary round Class 4A 18-Yough (3-12) at 15-Knoch (6-9) 6 p.m. Monday Coaches: Jim Nesser, Yough; Alan Bauman, Knoch Winner plays: At 2-Lincoln Park (14-5), 6 p.m. Thursday About Yough: Two of their wins this season...
Moss scores 29, Plum boys hold off West Allegheny to advance in WPIAL playoffs
In what is likely to be their final home game, Plum’s Connor Moss and his fellow seniors came up big in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s WPIAL Class 5A preliminary-round playoff game. Moss scored 11 of his 29 points in the final quarter, and Plum went 9 of 10 from...
Plum grad Maria Lawhorne making most of shortened season at W&J
In November, the Presidents’ Athletic Conference released a return-to-competition plan for the spring 2021 semester. Plum graduate Maria Lawhorne, a senior on the women’s basketball team at Washington & Jefferson, was encouraged as she completed remote-learning classes for the fall semester. “It was challenging and definitely not something I was...
Plum swimmers seeking success at WPIAL championship meet
The Plum boys and girls swim teams are making final preparations for this weekend’s WPIAL Class AAA and AA championships at Upper St. Clair High School. After a month and a half of meets and numerous qualifying attempts, the Mustangs swimmers found out last week where they would be situated...
‘Shark Tank’ circles back to highlight Murrysville company’s success story
The home page for Murrysville-based company FlexScreen has a concise message: “The world’s first and only flexible window screen.” It seems like such a simple concept, even company founder Joe Altieri couldn’t believe no one had done it. And his execution of it was so effective that he had multiple...
Plum creates online proclamation application to help honor more residents
Plum Mayor Harry Schlegel believes the best part about his job as an elected official is honoring residents. “Our community is really great. People step up and do things. I try to get as much out as I can,” the mayor said. Trouble is, it can be difficult to recognize...
Plum’s Alex Kirilloff ready to be regular for Twins, but on Opening Day?Video
MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Kirilloff never has played in a regular-season major league game. The Plum product is on track to soon become Minnesota’s regular left fielder. “We know what he’s capable of. We’re going to have to wait and see how this spring plays out,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. There’s...
Certain grade levels at Plum School District allowed to return to full-time, in-school classes
Plum School District students in select grades were able to return to full-time, in-person instruction the last week of February. The district operated on a hybrid model for most of the school year due to the covid pandemic. Students were split into two groups with each one in classrooms two...
Geneva Silverio celebrates 100th birthday with family from Monroeville, PlumVideo
Geneva Silverio said the secret to living to see 100 is being happy. “That’s important,” she said, smiling Feb. 24 on her 100th birthday. She said staying away from smoking, drinking and staying active through exercise and her faith helped, too. Silverio, originally from St. Augustine, Fla., now lives at...
Plum School District hires social workers to help with students’ mental health
Plum School District officials plan to bring in social workers to help bolster their students’ mental health resources. The board approved a memorandum of understanding Feb. 23 with the teachers union to have three social worker positions added to the collective bargaining agreement. It also hired two of the three...
Plum Rotary partners with Pittsburgh area charity to collect socks for the homeless
Plum Rotary partnered with a Pittsburgh nonprofit to procure new socks for the city’s homeless population. The borough’s inaugural sock drive is slated for March 1 through April 5. It is in support of Socks with a Mission (SWAM), a charity founded last February by Amy Wetterau and her daughter,...
20 WPIAL players selected to big school East-West All-Star Game
For the first time in the history of the event, there will be two PSFCA East-West all-star football games. On Sunday, May 30, the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association will host two games at Central Dauphin’s Landis Field, which will be split by classification and pit all-stars from the Eastern...
News briefs: Scholarship applications being accepted, dean’s lists accolades, graduations and more
The Bob Williams Rotary Memorial Scholarship Committee is accepting applications for a $5,000 scholarship through February. The scholarship is available to eight high school seniors who plan to enroll in a state-certified college and who maintain at least a 2.5 GPA or to a GED recipient who intends on returning...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 21, 2021
Chalfant Excalibur REP 01 L.P. sold property at 765 Greensburg Pike to Pittsburgh Real Estate Invest Group LLC for $30,000. Churchill Estate of Joseph Malone sold property at 828 Beulah Road to Robert and Judith Yulfo for $124,900. Sonja Austin sold property at 47 Holland Road to Thomas and Diane...
Plum’s Logan Parker improves on indoor shot put record
At the third Youngstown State open high school meet of the indoor season Feb. 13, Plum senior Logan Parker threw further than anyone else in the shot put. He recorded a heave of 57 feet, 6½ inches to claim the title, outdistancing regional rival Connor Vass-Gal, a senior from Wilmington...
Ash Wednesday was a little different for Holy Family Parish members in Plum, OakmontVideo
Mary Kitchener of Plum had prepared herself for Mass and to receive ashes on her forehead much like she had done for the past six decades. However, due to the pandemic, this start of Lent would be different. The Holy Family Parish member stood before the Rev. Kevin Poecking as...
Our Lady of Joy Catholic Church in Plum begins Lenten fish fry season
Our Lady of Joy Catholic Church in Plum opened its Lenten fish fry season on Ash Wednesday. It is takeout only due to the covid pandemic. Volunteers serve patrons in a drive-thru format with a group taking orders near the main entrance and other volunteers downstairs in the kitchen filling...
No new Plum High School distinguished alumni class due to covid restrictions
An annual tradition of recognizing Plum High School graduates who have made their mark in the world has been postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic. There will be no 2021 class of distinguished alumni, committee president Margie Evans announced. Reasons for not inducting a new class include travel and indoor...
News Briefs: Plum Republican Committee to meet, Oakmont looking for seasonal employees, library news and more
Committee to meet Plum Republican Committee will meet Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. at Palmieri’s Restaurant, 951 Old Frankstown Road. Guest speaker will be Frank Gamrat, executive director of the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. The meeting is open to all registered Republicans and serves as a forum to meet...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 14, 2021
Churchill Keith Kanel sold property at 822 Graham Blvd. to Terrence Vaughn Stevenson Sr for $135,680. Delmont Edward Kraus Jr. sold property at 229 Valley Stream Drive to Charles and Megan Yorio for $155,000. Edgewood Bradley Taylor sold property at 315 W Hutchinson Ave. to John Schaaf and Michael Weaver...
Plum’s Montue grateful to reach top of program’s career scoring list
Kennedie Montue had scored 30 or more points three times this season and added a fourth game with 29, so 28 points — what was left for the Plum senior forward to secure the program’s all-time career scoring record — was attainable Friday as the Mustangs battled Section 2-5A rival...
Plum wrestlers ready for individual tournaments
The Plum wrestling team turns its focus this week from team competition to individual accomplishments with subsection and section tournaments taking center stage throughout the WPIAL. The Mustangs were slated to wrestle at the Class AAA Section 1B tournament Wednesday which feeds surviving qualifiers to Saturday’s main Section 1 tournament...
