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Allegheny County will allow outdoor dining beginning Friday, Rivers Casino allowed to reopen
Outdoor dining at Allegheny County restaurants and bars will be allowed beginning Friday according to revised covid-19 restrictions issued by the county Health Department. Also, Rivers Casino will be permitted to reopen. Indoor dining and alcohol consumption will continue to be banned at restaurants and bars under the new two-week...
Fern Hollow offers summer programs
Fern Hollow Nature Center, 1901 Glen Mitchell Road, is offering summer programs for children and families. With the “Rent a Naturalist” program, small groups can accompany a naturalist on a discovery trek. The program is customizable, with topics including fishing, archery, creek exploration, bird watching and more. Treks are two...
Sewickley’s Tull theater delays reopening
The Tull Family Theater reopening has been delayed. In light of the Allegheny County Health Department’s encouragement to voluntarily stay at home, the nonprofit decided to delay the originally planned opening that was to occur July 10. A reopening date will be announced this month, according to an email from...
Dive into Sewickley history with the Herald and library
Sewickley Public Library is encouraging users to get a glimpse into history — online. The Sewickley Herald digital archive, which spans 1903 to the present, and Sewickley Historic Images and Documents collections are always available. The collection of digitized images and documents come from the Sewickley Library History Room. The...
Sewickley’s War Memorial Park temporarily closed
Sewickley Borough has announced that War Memorial Park is temporarily closed. The decision comes in the wake of Allegheny County’s new guidelines limiting gatherings to 25 people or less. The borough will update the municipality’s website with any changes....
Sewickley-area real estate, July 6
Bell Acres Virginia Decanini sold property at 760 Camp Meeting Road to Rex Park for $459,000. Sewickley Gwendolyn Raso sold property at 842 Thorn St. Unit 57 to Dennis Davis Campbell Jr. for $100,000. Sewickley Heights David Morehouse sold property at 97 Pink House Ln to Earl and Katie Miller...
Sewickley’s Sweetwater to reopen in time for summer camps
Sweetwater Center for the Arts will reopen next week with a modified summer schedule. The Sewickley institution closed in March due to the covid-19 pandemic. According to an email from Executive Director Thomas Walters, Sweetwater will open July 6 using safety practices developed with a group of 50 regional cultural...
Sewickley-area real estate transactions for the week of June 29
Aleppo Lisa Sevcik sold property at 210 Timber Ln to Dennis Campbell Jr. for $195,000. Edgeworth W. Daniel Driscoll sold property at 304 Quaker Road to Matthew and Elisabeth Chapman for $850,000. Leetsdale Robert Cobourne Jr. sold property at 14 Ohio River Blvd. to Nealy Maytic for $125,000. Sewickley Bradley...
Quaker Valley swimmer Sophie Besterman to join sister at Bloomsburg
After turning down an offer to play soccer, Quaker Valley graduate Sophie Besterman will join her sister Amelia on the Bloomsburg women’s swimming team. Besterman, 18, committed to compete for the Division II school next season. Besterman was part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team that placed third in this...
Sewickley to open park shelter reservations
Sewickley Borough has announced online reservations for park shelters will reopen at 9 a.m. June 29. Rentals will be available from July through October. The non-institutional/non-commercial rental fee was waived for the 2020 season. The borough noted that War Memorial Park can close and events can be canceled due to...
Parkway North lane restrictions planned in Ohio Township
Traffic will be impacted on the Parkway North next week. Lane restrictions on I-279 in Ohio Township will occur Monday through Thursday, weather permitting, according to a PennDOT press release. Single-lane restrictions will occur in both directions between Mt. Nebo Road and Camp Horne Road, Exit 8, from 9 a.m....
Sewickley Community Center Food Pantry continues distribution
The harvest from Fern Hollow Nature Center’s garden was recently donated to the Sewickley Community Center Food Pantry. The pantry remains available to residents of the Quaker Valley School District and is open for drive-up food distribution from 9 to 11 a.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month....
Sheetz employee in Ohio Twp. tests positive for covid-19
An employee at a Sheetz location in Ohio Township has tested positive for covid-19, company officials announced Wednesday night. An employee from the store at 1910 Mt. Nebo Road tested positive. The employee has not worked at the store since June 17, according to Sheetz spokesman Nick Ruffner. “According to...
Nazareth Prep taps former Vincentian Academy principal as new head of school
Nazareth Prep, a Catholic high school in Emsworth, named Rita Canton as executive director and head of school. According to a news release from the school, Canton brings more than 20 years of teaching and school leadership to her new role. Canton spent four years as principal and head of...
Quaker Valley student awarded scholarship from women’s organization
A Quaker Valley High School senior has been selected to receive the PEO STAR Scholarship. Hannah Peacock, daughter of Bradley and Karen Peacock, is the recipient for the 2019-20 academic year. PEO is a philanthropic organization that celebrates the advancement of women. Peacock, who was recommended for the scholarship by...
Sweetwater kicks off summer jazz series with free, outdoor concert
Summer Sweet Jazz Music Series returns to Sweetwater Center for the Arts with a free outdoor concert. Pittsburgh drummer Roger Humphries and the RH Factor will play classic jazz from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Sewickley Riverfront Park. The band will perform under the gazebo at Riverfront Park, 300...
Sewickley-area real estate for the week of June 21
Bell Acres Judith Van Schoyck Scheel trustee sold property at 214 Dilworth Road to Bruce and Elizabeth Wright for $790,000. Edgeworth Molly Amsler trustee sold property at 312 Highland Ln to Benjamin Herring and Kara Vezza for $312,500. Leetsdale Kara Vezza sold property at 449 Washington St. to Justin and...
Fern Hollow invites families to take a Sewickley Storywalk
Fern Hollow Nature Center, 1901 Glen Mitchell Road, invites area families to Sewickley Storywalk. Take a walk through Fern Hollow while enjoying one of three nature picture books. Pages from a children’s book are placed along walking paths for children and their caregivers to read together while outside. Two Storywalks...
Drilling underway on Ohio Township road
Drilling operations on Red Mud Hollow Road (Route 4043) in Ohio Township have begun. According to a PennDOT news release, work will occur from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays through June 22 at two locations between Mt. Nebo Road and Brighton Drive. Single-lane alternating traffic will be controlled by...
PennDOT: Sewickley Bridge to be closed around-the-clock for 24 days
The Sewickley Bridge will be closed for 24 days for repairs starting next month, PennDOT announced Tuesday. The around-the-clock closure of the bridge spanning the Ohio River between Route 51 in Moon and Route 65 in Sewickley is scheduled to run from July 17 through Aug. 10. About 20,000 vehicles...
Sewickley Farmers Market open for business
The Sewickley Farmers Market, held in the St. James Church parking lot, 200 Walnut St., returns, operating from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through the last Saturday before Thanksgiving. During the green phase of reopening, customers are required to wear masks and asked to stay 6 feet away from...
Sewickley Academy graduate names released
Fifty-two graduating seniors have been honored by Sewickley Academy. The class of 2020 is: J.F. Aber Ella Balet Alexis Barlock Arjan Bedi Vinka Bencic Mira Bhatia Alex Billiar Chloe Black Connery Brown Sarah Brown Catherine Cable Chase Capito Cooper Cheng Annie Clouse Alessandro Cocovich Jackson Coles Caroline Cox Tru Dabney...
Concerts to benefit Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank rescheduled to Butler drive-in
A benefit concert for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank has been rescheduled. Rockers Gene the Werewolf, the Hawkeyes and the Clarks will now perform June 27 at the Starlight Drive-In along North Main Street Extension in Butler. It was originally booked as a two-night performance with Gene the Werewolf...
Sewickley-area real estate for the week of June 14
Edgeworth John Stunda sold property at 223 Hazel Ln to Evan McClung for $179,000. Leet Damien Philibert sold property at 300 N. Chaucer Court to Julian and Aundrea Carrillo for $737,000. Mathew Killian sold property at 220 Pilgrim Drive to Jeffrey and Suzanne Modrovich for $432,000. Sewickley Hills Earl Miller...
La Roche hosting summer virtual campus visits, admissions programs
The coronavirus pandemic put a stop to in-person visits for those interested in attending La Roche University. But prospective students can get university information during a series of virtual admissions events scheduled throughout the summer. High school students can sign up to meet with faculty and staff using the Zoom...
