Plum Advance Leader category, Page 97
Plum High School students take to social media to promote positivity, togetherness during pandemic
With schools across the state being closed for the rest of the academic year due to the covid-19 crisis, it can be challenging to stay in touch with classmates and stay positive. So a few Plum High School students took to social media to spread good cheer and let their...
Oakmont, Plum real estate transactions for the week of May 3
Oakmont Timothy Galata sold property at 393 Hulton Road to Rushi Homes LLC for $50,000. Edgewater Properties L.P. sold property at 202 Park Pl to Douglas Adam and Courtney Elizabeth Whitcher for $414,099. David Helkenn sold property at 362 Virginia Ave. to Natalie Haller for $198,000. Alojz Kajinic sold property...
Plum to replace grass ball fields with turf, resurface football field with ‘NFL quality product’
Plans to replace Plum High School’s baseball and softball field playing surfaces with synthetic turf, and replacing the football field turf and track are moving forward. The school board Wednesday night approved using about $2.32 million in bond refinancing saving for the project, as well as award contracts to three...
Plum’s Oblock art department seeks 2nd Pittsburgh CLO award
Plum School District’s Oblock Junior High School has a chance to add another masterpiece to its art collection. The art department was recently nominated for the Charles Gray Award in recognition of Excellence in Art Education. The award is given annually by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera to an elementary,...
East Suburban clinic reports data breach affecting 500 patients
East Suburban Sports Medicine Center, an athletic training and physical therapy center with branches in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, announced a data security breach that affected more than 500 Pennsylvania residents. Last spring, two patients told center officials that, when they ran a Google search for their names, the results...
Plum has 14 positive cases of covid-19
Plum has 14 positive cases of covid-19, according to the latest map published by Allegheny County. According to the same map, 271 tests have been conducted in the borough. In addition, a Pennsylvania Department of Health map breaks down the cases by ZIP code. That map shows 27 cases in...
Plum, Oakmont real estate transactions for the week of April 26
Oakmont Tiffany Ann Meinert sold property at 251 Commons Drive to Christine Andreyo for $153,000. Betty Anderson sold property at 1537 Oak St. to Maureen Conroy for $305,000. Plum Eric Huggins sold property at 765 Center Road to James and Aimee Tonn for $114,000. Bradley King sold property at 128...
Driver hospitalized after crash in Plum
A two-vehicle crash in Plum ended with a car on its side and a driver hospitalized. Police Chief Lanny Conley said officers responded to the wreck at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday along the 100 block of Coxcomb Hill Road. A driver of one of the vehicles was transported to Forbes...
How a Plum tobacco shop is able to stay open during Gov. Wolf’s ‘non-life-sustaining’ business shutdown
While Gov. Tom Wolf plans to gradually reopen the state’s economy starting May 8, the only businesses currently operating are those deemed “life-sustaining.” Puff Discount Tobacco is one such business. Owner Bob Busche of Murrysville has 13 stores in Western Pennsylvania, including Plum and Monroeville, and has 80 employees. Busche,...
Plum library gets a gold star
Plum Community Library is among a handful across the state to earn a gold star for its commitment to the community, particularly now while providing public services despite being closed amid coronavirus concerns. The site along Center-New Texas Road is a PA Forward Star Library, as designated by the Pennsylvania...
Police: Body found in Plum identified as Whitehall woman missing for a year
Nearly a year after she was reported missing, Elizabeth Wiesenfeld’s remains were found Sunday, Allegheny County police said. Wiesenfeld, 67, of Whitehall, had been missing since April 30, 2019. In September, Douglas Berry, 48, was charged with homicide in connection with her death, but authorities had been proceeding with the...
Plum police discover possible human remains in illegal dumping spot
A Plum police officer discovered possible human remains while patrolling the borough Sunday morning, Allegheny County police reported. The officer was in an area known for illegal dumping and off-road vehicles around 10:20 a.m. and spotted a suspicious garbage bag. Upon a closer look the officer found what appeared to...
Plum, Oakmont real estate transactions for the week of April 19
Oakmont Michael Terebessy sold property at 226 Delaware Ave. to Nicolas and Audra Avendano for $200,000. Shirley Moffat sold property at 1544 Pinehurst Ln to Michael and Audrey Terebessy for $200,000. Plum Estate of Barbara Ann Theresa Thiry sold property at 513 Deborah Jane Drive to Sarah Beatty for $139,900....
Nurse N’at brings faces of Pittsburgh-area front line workers to the publicVideo
A Pittsburgh-area registered nurse is bringing the faces of the front lines to the community, in hopes that their support will help the region’s nurses push through the daily work related to the coronavirus pandemic. Dena Strano of Plum has been collecting photographs of nurses wearing items from the online...
Riverview, Plum students among Heinz History Center competition winners
Riverview and Plum high school students are among those recently honored by Senator John Heinz History Center officials. More than 350 students in grades six through 12 from around the region competed individually or as part of small groups in this year’s National History Day competition. Categories including documentaries, exhibits,...
Riverview reworks prom, graduation plans
High school prom and graduation could be a challenge for families in the coming weeks as Gov. Tom Wolf recently ordered all school districts to remain closed the rest of the academic year due to the covid-19 pandemic. Extracurricular activities such as sports and musicals were already canceled in many...
Plum School District receives national acclaim for music education
Plum School District was named one of the Best Communities for Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. It’s a first for Plum, one of 754 districts in the nation to receive the honor. “We submitted a rather lengthy application that assesses the music department and (the...
Plum students play Fortnite, earn money for Pittsburgh food bankVideo
A video game tournament played by Plum elementary students has raised nearly $2,000 for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank since the end of March. The online, interactive video game has been Jason Simonson’s sons’ go-to game to connect with friends they haven’t seen since the covid-19 pandemic moved most...
Plum fire victim fears homelessness; fundraising campaign launched
Two weeks after fleeing her burning home in Plum with her three children, Monica Hanner is again worrying about keeping a roof over their heads. The house Hanner shared with her children — ages 15, 12 and 8 — on Emerald Drive in Kellywood Estates was destroyed the morning of...
Plum among police departments treated to lunch
An oil and gas company treated police officers in Plum and other communities with lunch last week as a thanks for their work amid the coronavirus pandemic. Olympus Energy delivered around 200 individually wrapped meals on Thursday and Friday and plans to deliver more soon as part of its “Olympus...
Plum police hire new officer
Plum Police Department welcomed its newest member to the force Monday. Jakob Plonski, 25, of Erie was sworn in by Plum Mayor Harry Schlegel and police Chief Lanny Conley at the borough building during a ceremony that was closed to the general public. His starting salary will be $57,000. The...
Plum hosts virtual meetings
Plum Council will host virtual meetings Monday and again April 13 in order to avoid gathering in public spaces amid the coronavirus pandemic. Monday’s meeting will be the borough’s agenda-setting meeting and April 13’s meeting will be a voting meeting. Both begin at 7 p.m. The borough will still broadcast...
3 injured in fire at Plum manufacturing facilityVideo
Three people were taken to a hospital Saturday after being involved in a fire at a Plum manufacturing facility. The fire started shortly before noon at Affival Inc., a metallurgy-based manufacturing firm specializing in cored wire products. Workers handling titanium and calcium powder reported a machine “had caught fire or...
Plum plans Easter ‘Drive-Thru Eggstravaganza’
A “Drive-Thru Eggstravaganza” will be held at the Plum Public Works Facility, 2001 Old Mine Road, on April 11. Participants will stay in the safety of their cars and receive a “bunny bag” from a gloved volunteer. Rain or shine, the Easter Bunny will be there to wave to participants....
Some locks on Allegheny River operating under reduced hours, staff
Allegheny River locks in Harmar and Aspinwall will operate under reduced hours and less staff during the coronavirus pandemic. The move is an effort to minimize exposure to covid-19 for workers and the public, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials said. Changes affect Lock 2 (Highland Park), which sits near...
