Plum Advance Leader category, Page 99
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...
Employee at Sheetz in Plum has tested positive for covid-19
An employee at the Sheetz store on Plum’s Hulton Road has tested positive for covid-19, the company announced Friday. A store manager reached by phone Friday morning said the store and gas station at 2175 Hulton Road were closed. She deferred questions to the company’s corporate office. Sheetz spokesman Nick...
Family safe after fire tears through house in PlumVideo
Monica Hanner had lived in her home in Plum’s Kellywood Estates for 11 years, but she didn’t really know her neighbors. And some of her neighbors said they didn’t really know her. That didn’t stop them from offering their help after Hanner’s Emerald Drive home was severely damaged, if not...
Changes made to Plum trash removal
A trash pick-up company serving Plum has said it will no longer take trash or yard waste that isn’t bagged and placed in containers as a precaution to its workers amid the covid-19 pandemic. Republic Services has made the changes to “try to limit exposure to their drivers during this...
Oakmont Bakery hosts 10,000 free sandwiches giveawayVideo
Kindness filled the air during a rainy Monday morning in Oakmont as free sandwiches made their way into trunks and passenger seats, destined for churches, nursing homes and hungry families’ kitchens. In all, 10,000 sandwiches made from 2,500 pounds of deli meat and 400 pounds of cheese were handed out...
Plum implementing program for kids to keep learning while buildings closed due to coronavirus quarantine
The Plum School District has received permission from the state Department of Education to implement a “Continuity of Education Plan” for students to keep working on their classwork while school buildings are closed to limit possible exposure to the coronavirus. Before the district shut down schools, students in grades five...
Emergency medical providers fear information gap in local cases of coronavirus
As covid-19 cases continue to rise in Allegheny County, so do worries among some emergency personnel who fear being exposed to the virus without knowing it. “Basically, it is frustrating at this time that the Allegheny County Health Department has no system in place to provide municipalities with a confirmed...
Local governments face transparency challenges during coronavirus
As large governing entities like Allegheny County Council and Pittsburgh City Council hold virtual or teleconference meetings to vote on legislation in order to curb the spread of covid-19, smaller communities face a challenge. How do these councils and boards avoid meeting in groups larger than 10 while simultaneously following...
Community rallies around Lelulo’s Pizzeria after burglary, free student lunches continue
Sometimes bad things happen to good people. The phrase never rang more true for Patyn McCune than Tuesday morning when the young owner of Lelulo’s Pizzeria walked up to her shop and found it had been burglarized. Her shop at 311 Unity Trestle Road in Plum has been offering free...
Plum addressing community on coronavirus via Plum Borough TV videos
Plum Mayor Harry Schlegel urged the borough’s residents to take “common-sense precautions” during the coronavirus pandemic while being interviewed by Plum Borough TV for an informational video series production on Tuesday. The police chief, EMS director, YMCA director, the manager and the mayor all spent time on-camera addressing how the...
Grab a seat, have some meat at Verona’s newest BBQ spotVideo
There’s a new meaty eatery in Verona. Off The Rails Barbeque and Drafthouse opened March 14, serving up hearty, slow-roasted barbecue from Ken Shields, the man behind the well-established food truck Oakmont Barbeque Co. “This is a hobby-turned-business, and I always wanted to open a brick-and-mortar restaurant,” says Shields, 52,...
Plum school district closed, additional precautions against coronavirus
In accordance with Governor Tom Wolf’s order to shut all Pennsylvania schools down for 10 days, the Plum Borough School District will be closed from March 16-27. In addition, the district announced a list of precautionary measures in response to growing fears surrounding covid-19 on Friday. The following directives will...
Plum looking to replace grass ballfields with turf, resurface football field and track
Plum School District officials are exploring replacing the high school baseball and softball field playing surfaces with synthetic turf, and replacing the football field turf and track. District Athletic Director Joshua Shoop said the football turf has outlived its lifespan and fibers are starting to break down. Changing the ball...
24-year-old man shot at Plum apartment complex
A 24-year-old man was shot Thursday morning at an apartment complex in Plum. Police responded to Plum Park Apartments on Deborah Jane Drive near Universal Road in Plum’s Regency Park neighborhood around 7:30 a.m. The man was shot as he came out of his apartment to get into his car,...
