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Sewickley Valley Chamber of Commerce calling this year’s Night Mart season a success
Sewickley Valley Chamber of Commerce officials are celebrating what was described as a successful Night Mart season. Night Marts are the summer vendor and artist gatherings the last Friday of June, July and August in Sewickley’s business district. Organizers estimate between 2,000 and 3,000 people attended the final Mart of...
Mavuno Festival returns as celebration of BIPOC culture in Sewickley
Sweetwater Center for the Arts is continuing an almost-30-year tradition of celebrating Black art and culture with the Mavuno Festival and Exhibition, and this year it will be bigger than ever. Mavuno, which means “first fruit” in Swahili, is a celebration of BIPOC art, food, music and culture that aims...
Leet officials approve new war memorial plans, park projects
Plans for a memorial honoring current and former soldiers from Leet are moving forward. Commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 8 to award an $11,000 war memorial project to Rochester-based Rome Monument. The granite structure will be built in the heart of Ambridge Avenue Park, a short walk from the township office....
Senior captains lead way for otherwise young Quaker Valley volleyball roster
They have achieved prominent, high-level status in the Quaker Valley girls volleyball program. Mia Gartley, Bella Jarrett and Megan Harris rarely if ever leave the court during QV volleyball games. Gartley and Jarrett are 5-foot-9 outside hitters while Harris is a 5-5 junior libero. They are serving as captains this...
Planning, discipline help Sewickley Academy’s Blake Wilmot manage dual-sport fall at 2 schools
Sewickley Academy and the Class 5A Moon Tigers have a co-op partnership on the football field. And Sewickley senior Blake Wilmot has taken full advantage of the opportunity this fall. A senior defender on the Panthers’ soccer team, Wilmot also is a kicking specialist for the Moon gridders. “This is...
Quaker Valley’s Avery Allan set for 2nd half of season after claiming section singles title
Quaker Valley’s Avery Allan had to be at her competitive best if she entertained any thoughts of winning the girls singles title in Section 5-2A tennis. As the No. 1 seed, the QV sophomore faced Sewickley Academy junior Lucy Taylor in the championship round where she emerged with a 6-1,...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 21, 2025
Bell Acres Kevin Leonard sold property at 80 Charleston Sq to Christopher Robert and Megan Eyre Bunting for $1,300,000. Edgeworth Stephanie Gray sold property at 309 Highland Ln to Casey Shea and Kelly Jean Townshend for $675,000. Franklin Park Ruth Lestina sold property at 2465 Citation Ct to Norbert Pawel...
Morning worship, Sunday school and more at Sewickley area churches
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. The fourth pastoral anniversary of beloved Pastor Verton L. Dean Sr. will be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 10:45 a.m. The guest speaker...
Sewickley Harvest Festival draws 6,000 people despite spotty weather
Kelsey Taroli could not stop smiling at the Sewickley Harvest Festival earlier this month. The 9-year-old and her family had just moved this summer from Chesapeake, Va., to the borough and were in the midst of one of its largest community celebrations. What made her smile the widest was not...
Morning Roundup: Man stabbed in Carrick; Sewickley library closed due to water damage
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Saturday, Sept. 20: Man in stable condition after stabbing A man is recovering after being stabbed in the neck in Carrick. Pittsburgh police were dispatched around 2:10 a.m. Saturday to the 2300 block of Brownsville Road for reports of...
Tu Y Yo café in Sewickley offers Latin American coffee, small bites and sweets
Tu Y Yo means “You and I” in Spanish. It’s the moniker of the newest café in Sewickley, offering Latin American coffee, small bites and sweets. “This is my newest journey,” said owner Grace Betancourt Jones, who lives in Fox Chapel. “I talked with my husband, my children, my mother...
Taste of Sewickley fundraiser surpasses $1M for KidsVoice
Taste of Sewickley began as a small potluck among friends a decade ago and has grown into a well-known Sewickley fundraiser where dozens of volunteers plan, cook and serve their neighbors a multi-course gourmet meal. Children are the focus of the annual event that raises money for KidsVoice. The Allegheny...
Arrival of Stanley Cup champ Tyler Kennedy boosts Sewickley Academy hockey program
Tyler Kennedy adds high value and instant credibility to the Sewickley Academy hockey program. Kennedy spent nine years in the NHL where he played in more than 500 games for four teams. He was an integral member of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Stanley Cup championship squad in 2009. Kennedy brings his...
Quaker Valley basketball star Mimi Thiero commits to Maryland
Two weeks after cutting her college basketball choices to a dozen schools, Quaker Valley’s Mimi Thiero whittled her list all the way to one. The 6-foot-4 senior committed to Maryland on Wednesday, choosing a Big Ten program that just made a trip to the NCAA’s Sweet 16. Thiero announced her...
In brief: Paving contract, alumni weekend and more in Sewickley area
Paving awarded The Sewickley Heights council recently awarded a contract estimated at $54,700 to Youngblood Paving to repair Pink House Road. Borough manager Nathan Briggs said the deal was for patching and a stretch of overlay on Pink House Road and Pony Hollow Road. These roads will also have Microsurfacing...
Sewickley barber’s passion for hair inspired by family history
A black-and-white photograph of Justin David’s great-great-grandfather giving David’s great-grandfather his first haircut is adhered to the top right corner of the mirror inside The Sewickley Barbershop at David’s styling station. A second image, this one in color, that captured his mother, Pamela Kim, giving his father, Robert Kim, a...
Leet commission president Martin McDaniel honored by QVCOG
Leet Commission President Martin McDaniel was recently honored for his years of public service to the Quaker Valley area. The former Edgeworth borough manager received a proclamation from the Quaker Valley Council of Governments during its annual reception at the Edgeworth Club on Aug. 28. It was also McDaniel’s 78th...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Defense leads Quaker Valley girls volleyball
Quaker Valley recorded its first sweep of the girls volleyball season Sept. 9 against a section opponent, New Brighton. QV defeated the visitors by scores of 25-15, 25-21, 25-20 to improve to 2-1 in Section 1-2A and 2-4 overall. “I think this team’s strength has to be defense,” QV coach...
Sewickley Academy girls golf ready to contend in season’s 2nd half
Sewickley Academy’s girls golf team wrapped up the season’s first half at 6-2, capped by a one-shot win Sept. 3 against Beaver. Sewickley edged the Bobcats, 218-219, at Seven Oaks Country Club in a match that took one extra hole. “The whole team has worked really hard,” Sewickley coach Kelly...
Sewickley Academy boys soccer uses home-field advantage to get off to quick start
Sewickley Academy’s boys soccer team finally hit the road in mid-September. The Panthers played their first four games on their home turf, compiling a 3-1 record and a 1-0 mark in Section 1-A. Sewickley was scheduled to visit Freedom on Sept. 9 and South Side on Sept. 11 in section...
MAC title highlights promising girls tennis season for Quaker Valley
Winning the Midwestern Athletic Conference girls tennis championship could usher in bigger things for Quaker Valley in 2025. Led by sophomore Avery Allan, QV repeated as the winner in the team competition at this year’s MAC tournament at Beaver. Teams from both Class 2A and 3A were in the field,...
Globe-trotting Quaker Valley tennis player learns Arabic in Morocco
Hannah Stein, at age 16, already is a world traveler. Make that a globe-trotting linguistic. Stein, a junior and returning starter on the Quaker Valley girls tennis team, spent almost seven weeks on the other side of the earth this summer. The QV jetsetter traveled to Morocco through a program...
Quaker Valley takes pride in girls soccer rivalry win over Sewickley Academy
Quaker Valley scored twice in each half en route to a 4-0 victory in its annual girls soccer rivalry game. The Quakers blanked visiting Sewickley Academy in a nonsection contest Sept. 4 at Chuck Knox Stadium. QV has captured the last three games in the rivalry, winning by 2-1 and...
Eden Christian Academy girls volleyball looks to defend section title
Eden Christian Academy’s girls volleyball team opened the season with 3-1 wins over West Allegheny and South Park. Since then, the Warriors went 2-2 in their next four decisions with 3-0 victories against Western Beaver and Brentwood. Eden is the defending champion in Section 5-A as the Warriors were undefeated...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 14, 2025
Bell Acres Aurum Assets Ltd. sold property at 724 Campmeeting Road to Robert and Lisa Hohman for $148,750. Franklin Park Karla Martinelli sold property at 1533 Bonnett Drive to Ty and Amandas Best for $324,227. Wei Xu sold property at 1537 Field Club Drive to Joshua Brent Winters and Elizabeth...
