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Sewickley-area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 5
Aleppo Jason Weisser sold property at 112 Little Hollow Drive to Rachel Pool for $190,000. Bell Acres Kevin Harkins sold property at Camp Meeting Road to Virginia Decanini for $287,500. Leet Jehovahs Witness Ambridge Congreg sold property at 194 Ambridge Ave. to Leet Township for $225,000. Real estate transactions provided...
Sewickley’s ALT land acquisition at Montour Trail to enhance outdoor recreation
Sewickley-based Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) finalized the purchase of 38.5 acres of Moon Township green space near mile marker 1 of the Montour Trail last month. Hundreds of thousands of people use the trail for outdoor recreation each year. Hollow Oak Land Trust and Montour Trail Council used their donor...
Sewickley’s Sierra Sellers has a budding, promising music career
Sierra Sellers, 24, is one of the youngest and most promising voices in Pittsburgh’s soul scene. On Aug. 10, she performed at Pittsburgh’s Very Own 2, a concert at Mr. Smalls featuring the city’s most prominent female R&B singers. Con Alma, a jazz bar that opened in Shadyside this spring,...
Antioch Baptist in Sewickley to hold youth day
Antioch Baptist Church The church is at 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. followed by worship and praise service at 10:45 a.m. A Bible study and prayer service is at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. For details, call 412-741-7688 or visit antiochfwbaptist sewickley.org. • The church will host...
Women’s Adventure Club of Sewickley encourages year-round outdoor activity
No matter if there’s rain, snow or sleet, a group of Sewickley-area women will be headed outdoors this winter to breathe in the fresh air, converse with their neighbors and get exercise hiking or biking through area trails. The Women’s Adventure Club of Sewickley, launched a little more than a...
HGTV star Leanne Ford’s Sewickley Heights home for sale for $1.3M
Leanne Ford, a Pittsburgh native and star of HGTV’s “Restored by the Fords” and “Rock the Block,” has put the Sewickley Heights home that she shares with her husband on the market for $1.3 million. The property, located at 227 Merriman Road, sits on more than five acres of land...
Remember When: 1925
In the news this week 94 years ago: • “It is important for every citizen to vote next Tuesday,” Herald reporters wrote. “… for the complexion of Sewickley’s ballot showing makes a big difference in many ways; failure to secure a fair share of state or county benefits has been...
Sewickley’s Glow Blotique makes every day a great hair day
A woman is getting ready to go out — maybe she’s meeting friends for a night out or going to dinner with her husband and a few coworkers. She’s selected her best outfit, the one that makes her feel like a million bucks, painted her nails and applied her makeup....
Sewickley-area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 30
Aleppo Robert Gurecka sold property at 202 Little Hollow Drive to Glenn Besser for $176,000. Estate of Peggy Lee Humes Marshall sold property at 503 Sewickley Heights Drive to Mitchell Barcaskey for $145,000. Edgeworth Jean Bley sold property at 439 Maple Lane to Andrew and Alissa Wilmot for $1,000,500. Real...
Quaker Valley grad publishes poetry book
Bonita Lee Penn uses her words to empower women. Her poetry gives a voice to those who are not heard or are marginalized. Through her writing, she tells the story of her experiences as a black woman and the troubles she sees in the world. “Usually, I am inspired by...
Retired Quaker Valley teacher, Rep. Gaydos travel to Serbia for World War II anniversary
Of World War II’s countless accounts of devastation and triumph — the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Siege of Leningrad, the Battle of the Bulge — Operation Halyard is one of the more obscure. For Mim Bizic, though, the amazing-but-true account of a secret mission in which more than 500...
Sewickley retailers impacted by condo construction
Retailers on Sewickley’s Blackburn Road and Centennial Avenue say they have been impacted by construction of a luxury condominium. The first of two condos at 400-420 Centennial Avenue has been under construction since this summer. PJ Dick, a Pittsburgh-based contracting company, is constructing the development for Zamagias Properties. Chuck Batchelor,...
Christ Church to hold men’s conference
Antioch Baptist Church The church is at 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. followed by worship and praise service at 10:45 a.m. A Bible study and prayer service is at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. For more information, call 412-741-7688 or visit antiochfwbaptist sewickley.org. • The church will...
Remember When: 1970
In the news this week 49 years ago: • Sewickley’s annual Halloween parade was scheduled for Friday, Oct. 30. The Quaker Valley High School marching band was to lead “the procession of Young Ghouls, Goblins, Ghosts and Gangs of Witches and whatever.” Most Valley townships and boroughs would hold trick-or-treat...
Check out these events happening in the Sewickley area
SA performs free show Sewickley Academy Senior School presents “Around the World in 80 Days” at 7 p.m. Oct. 24-26 and 2 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Gregg Family Theater. Danger, romance and comic surprises abound in this whirlwind of a show as five actors portraying 39 characters traverse seven...
Sewickley-area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 20
Bell Acres James Rogers sold property at 124 Skymark Lane to James Dietz trustee and Kelly Gray trustee for $1,175,000. Sewickley Ronald Kwalick sold property at 830 Thorn St. Unit 8 to John Kwalick and Melanie Plaikner for $85,000. Real estate transactions provided by RealSTATs. Contact RealSTATs at 412-381-3880 or...
Sewickley’s Ramp ‘N’ Rize hosts fundraiser for Ryan Shazier’s foundation
Put on your workout clothes and get ready to ramp, row and rize for a good cause. Sewickley-based Ramp ‘N’ Rize is teaming up with Athleta Shadyside and Row House North Hills on Oct. 25 to host the “Shalieve in Halloween” fundraiser to benefit Pittsburgh Steeler Ryan Shazier’s newly created...
Quaker Valley’s Osborne to aid students in Uganda
The 387 students at Osborne Elementary are used to giving back through an annual service project that takes place the day before winter break. In recent years, they have collected and donated supplies to schools in need. But this year, students won’t take a day to give back — they’ll...
Work on Mt. Nebo in Ohio Township done earlier than expected
Work on Mt. Nebo Road between Arndt Road and Lowries Run Road in Ohio Township has been completed earlier than expected, according to a news release from the Allegheny County Department of Public Works. The work, which began Aug. 26, included milling and paving, base repairs, drainage repairs and safety...
Big changes to Sewickley parking in new year
Parking meter glitches and lack of availability in the central business district have complicated the parking situation in Sewickley. As part of their effort to address these issues, Sewickley Parking Authority board members plan to test new meters, change parking rates and introduce new time limits in some areas starting...
St. Brendan’s men’s breakfast returns
Antioch Baptist Church The church is at 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. followed by worship and praise service at 10:45 a.m. A Bible study and prayer service is at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. For more information, call 412-741-7688 or visit antiochfwbaptist sewickley.org. • The church will...
7 candidates in Sewickley council race
Seven candidates are running in the Nov. 5 general election to fill four open Sewickley Borough council seats. Among these seven candidates, current council members John Dunn, Cynthia J. Mullins and Hendrik van der Vaart will run for reelection. Sewickley council is comprised of nine members, three from each ward....
4 in race for 3 open Bell Acres council seats
Voters in Bell Acres who go to the polls Nov. 5 to fill the three open council seats will see four candidates, including a Democrat, two Republicans and an Independent. Council members serve four-year terms in office. Following is information submitted by the candidates as well as their response to...
5 vie for 3 open Leet commissioner seats
Five names will appear on the ballot in the race for three open Leet Township commissioner seats. All are four-year terms. The Trib asked each candidate three questions. Below are their answers. Question 1: What are the two biggest challenges facing Leet Township and what ideas or policies will you...
3 newcomers compete for 2 Quaker Valley seats
Three newcomers will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot seeking to fill two open, four-year seats in Quaker Valley School District’s Region 2, which encompasses Sewickley Borough. Chesney Soderstrom will appear on both the Democratic and Republican ballots, after receiving both party nominations in the May Primary. Geoff Barnes will...
