Sewickley Herald category, Page 104
Quaker Valley volleyball team gains experience, shows improvement
Call it a “near-miss” for the Quaker Valley girls volleyball team. QV finished 4-8 in Section 2-2A, one game behind fourth-place finisher Brentwood (5-7), which earned the section’s final WPIAL playoff spot. North Catholic, the defending WPIAL champion and a PIAA semifinalist a year ago, Avonworth, Seton LaSalle and Brentwood...
Senior sparks Quaker Valley hockey team with high-energy game
Max Quinn is known for his hard-charging, high-energy attitude on the ice. Both are reputations the Quaker Valley hockey senior embraces with fervor. A defenseman who moves to center at times, Quinn is in his second season as team captain. He was an alternate captain two years ago when he...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 31, 2021
Aleppo Richelle Denning sold property at 205 Sewickley Heights Drive 8910 to Richard and Barbara Joy Starr trustee for $217,500. Edgeworth Craig Heryford sold property at 318 Meadow Lane to Simon and Sarah Horslen for $1,374,688. Leet Trent Bower sold property at 308 Kenney Drive to Edward Plachecki Jr. and...
Sewickley area student news for the week of Oct. 29, 2021
Homecoming court Andrew Novak was nominated for Homecoming King at Marietta College. Novak was nominated by the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He is majoring in political science and is a graduate of Quaker Valley Senior High School. Homecoming took place Oct. 23. Day of Service Tice Harkins, along with 11...
Leetsdale withdraws objection to Quaker Valley School District request for Leet Township zoning exception
Leetsdale officials have withdrawn their objection to a special exception request from the Leet Township Zoning Hearing Board for a new Quaker Valley High School. Meanwhile, several township residents testified Tuesday night that the proposed main entrance of the facility is on a winding, treacherous road with additional traffic likely...
Grounds crew: Goats cleared ravine at Sewickley Academy, became teaching tool
Earlier in October, as students at Sewickley Academy walked into school, the youngsters noticed images of goats on their lockers. They were puzzled until they looked out the window. The meaning behind the pictures came into full view. Eight live goats were grazing in the ravine behind the early childhood...
Letter to the editor: Neighbors deserve support, not ridicule
We moved to Sewickley nearly eight years ago now. My wife is from the region, but not the community. When friends and family at my forever home of the Jersey Shore ask how I like living in Pittsburgh, I always answer, “I like living in Sewickley,” and proceed to let...
Letter to the editor: Build the new Quaker Valley High School on existing site
While I live in Glen Osborne, pay substantial tax to support Quaker Valley Schools and have no children who attend schools in the Quaker Valley System, I nonetheless have an opinion about the current dilemma in search of a site for Quaker Valley High School. My understanding is that the...
Sewickley Academy settles with Black former administrator who filed race discrimination lawsuit
The former director of admissions and financial aid at Sewickley Academy who was fired this summer has settled a federal lawsuit he filed against the school. Federal court records show U.S. Magistrate Maureen P. Kelly signed the order dismissing Douglas Leek’s case against Sewickley Academy on Monday. Attorney Sam Cordes,...
Austin’s Playroom opens at The Watson Institute in Leet
A new Austin’s Playroom has opened at The Watson Institute in Leet. “We’re so pleased to have an Austin’s Playroom in our newly-renovated space and know that it will bring smiles and laughter to our children and families as they await their appointments,” said Barry W. Bohn, president and CEO...
Letter to the editor: QV taxes not as high as ads would lead you to believe
The Quaker Valley Region GOP is running advertisements on behalf of Quaker Valley school board candidates suggesting that Quaker Valley residents are paying significantly more in school taxes than residents in Upper St. Clair, Mt. Lebanon and South Fayette. The truth is the exact opposite. School district taxes are significantly...
In brief: Sewickley UMC luncheon, craft show and more around the area
Sewickley UMC Luncheon The Sewickley United Methodist Church is hosting its popular monthly luncheon in person or as take-out on 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in the church’s social hall. The menu is hot ham and cheese hoagie, butternut squash soup, broccoli slaw and pumpkin cake all for $10. For...
Quaker Valley girls soccer pleased with trip to postseason
The Quaker Valley girls focused firmly on one thing this soccer season. “Our goal from the start was to make the playoffs, and the girls got that done,” said Maggie Behun, QV’s co-coach with Rachel Loudermilk. “We were able to win the games we needed to and our losses were...
Sewickley Academy, Quaker Valley boys soccer teams look forward to postseason
Sewickley Academy’s boys soccer team eked out a section championship by the narrowest of margins this season. The Panthers and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart tied 1-1 in their Section 1-A showdown Oct. 13; the Panthers locked up first place with a 9-0-1 record. OLSH ended up in second...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 24, 2021
Bell Acres Estate of Dale Clifford sold property at 140 Beadnell Drive to Olga Kunco for $131,214. Edgeworth Tracy Parrella sold property at 537 Irwin Drive to Ashwin Bhatawadekar and Lindsey Farrell for $1,270,000. Sewickley Estate of Robert Loucks sold property at 316 Beaver St. Apt 201 to Sandra Arkell...
Sewickley council candidates sound off
Sewickley residents will have a variety of candidates to choose from on the ballot in their respective wards for council. In Ward 1, incumbents Brian Bozzo and Sean Figley and newcomers Todd Hamer and Craig Waller are running for two, four-year seats on council. In Ward 2, incumbent Todd Renner...
Sewickley’s Tull Family Theater part of Film Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Film Festival
In the film “My Fiona,” Jane finds herself overwhelmed by the loss by suicide of her best friend, Fiona. The movie is one of 32 films that are part of Film Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Film Festival Nov. 10-17 being shown at various theaters across the city. According to Film Pittsburgh,...
7 candidates running for 4, 4-year seats on Bell Acres council
The race for Bell Acres council has seven hopefuls running for four, four-year seats, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections’ unofficial candidate list. Incumbents Brock Meanor, David Renfrew and Michelle Veeck face newcomers Janelle Hanneman Aslam, Julie Klug DiCenzo, Finn Johnson and Charles Kulbacki. Incumbent Lane Grafton is...
Upper St. Clair, Sewickley Academy claim WPIAL team tennis titles
It was a great day to be a Panther at the WPIAL girls team tennis championship. That’s because Upper St. Clair in Class 3A and Sewickley Academy in Class 2A captured titles with impressive 4-1 wins Wednesday at the Washington & Jefferson College Tennis Center. Upper St. Clair defeated 2020...
Sewickley Nonprofit corner for the week of Oct. 19, 2021
Fern Hollow Nature Center 1901 Glen Mitchell Road, Sewickley Heights. 412-741-6136. fhnc.org. Chily & Oyster Festival date moved Join Fern Hollow Nature Center on its beautiful grounds 5:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 5 for an Oyster and Chili Festival featuring The MillBillys, an acoustic good-time country, roots and blues band from Pittsburgh....
Leetsdale council has 4 open seats and 6 candidates on the ballot
Six candidates are in the race for four, four-year terms on Leetsdale council. Incumbents Benjimen Frederick (current council vice president) and Osman Awad will face newcomers Beth Carroll, Patricia Lee, Maria Napolitano and Elizabeth Surmacz. Here are the candidates and their answers to the questions posed by the Sewickley Herald....
In brief: Light Up Night set, craft show and more around Sewickley
Light Up Night date set Sewickley Light Up Night is set for 5-9 p.m. Dec. 3. Celebrations will take place along Broad and Beaver streets. There will be fireworks, live music, food trucks, ice sculpture competitions, live reindeer, horse and carriage rides and more. It also will be a Zero...
Quaker Valley boys soccer team tears through section, preps for playoffs
Quaker Valley already has claimed one championship this fall. QV’s boys soccer team prepped for the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs by stacking up a 12-0 record in section play. Not only were the Quakers unbeaten in the section, they did not allow a single goal. Remarkably, QV outscored the opposition...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 17, 2021
Aleppo Joseph Cibulas sold property at 260 Ferry Road to Branden Halaja and Mikaela Duckstein for $365,000. Bell Acres Kurt Meyer sold property at 120 Gaydos Lane to Hoffman Brothers Property Management LLC for $33,000. Sewickley Kimberly Moslen sold property at 525 Bank St. to Illya Yanchuk for $289,900. Real...
DEP denies PennEnergy Resources’ request to draw millions of gallons of water per day from Big Sewickley Creek
A decision by state environmental regulators to deny an energy company’s request to draw up to 3 million gallons of water a day from Big Sewickley Creek and one of its tributaries for fracking is being lauded as an important step toward protecting the waterway’s ecosystem. PennEnergy Resources’ application in...
