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Glen Osborne council welcomes 2 new members to fill roles of longtime public servants
Glen Osborne Council recently added two familiar faces to its seven-member panel shortly after saying goodbye to two longstanding members. Council President Thomas Huddleston and Councilwoman Holly Merriman resigned effective Dec. 31. Council accepted their resignations and swiftly appointed their replacements, Greg Curran and Anne Fruehauf, on Dec. 17 following...
Leetsdale holds line on real estate taxes, maintains programs and services
Leetsdale property owners will not have to pay more in borough real estate taxes in the new year. Council voted unanimously Dec. 12 to pass the $2.9 million 2025 budget and maintain the millage rate at 9 mills. Of that, 8 mills are planned for general purposes and 1 mill...
Registration open for youth, family bowling leagues in Sewickley
Registration is open for a youth and family winter bowling league in Sewickley. The youth and family bowling leagues are eight weeks starting Jan. 11 at Fair Oaks Lanes. Both league games are Sundays starting at 2 p.m. at 660 Ambridge Ave. This is the second year for the program...
Glen Osborne holds line on real estate taxes, maintains programs and services
Glen Osborne property owners will not have to pay more in borough real estate taxes this year. Council voted unanimously Dec. 17 to pass its 2025 budget and maintain the millage rate at 4.9 mills. This is the third straight year borough taxes have remained steady. The $800,0000 spending plan...
Quaker Valley School District closed Monday due to expected inclement weather
Quaker Valley School District will be closed Monday because of projected inclement weather, district officials announced via social media. After-school and evening activities were also canceled. Jared Rackley, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Moon, said Allegheny County will see between 2 and 5 inches of snow through Monday,...
Seniors celebrate at annual Leetsdale Manor Christmas party
More than 50 senior citizens celebrated the holidays with a party at the Leetsdale Manor apartments on Dec. 11. It was the third annual Christmas party organized by Mayor Sandra Ford. The event was sponsored by the borough and the Quaker Valley Salvation Army. Dinner included pulled pork, chicken, green...
Bell Acres officials hold the line on borough real estate taxes in 2025
Bell Acres officials held the line on real estate taxes and maintained services in their 2025 budget. Council voted 5-0 on Dec. 9 to pass next year’s spending plan and keep the millage rate at 4.82 mills, which includes 4.32 mills for general purposes and a 0.5-mill fire tax. Council...
Sewickley man draws from Alaskan experiences for homemade salsa business
Living life below zero left a lasting impression on the Blizzards of Sewickley. Alan and Pam Blizzard lived in Eagle River, Alaska, for 19 years after fleeing the urban hustle of New York and San Francisco. Their Alaskan adventures spurred Alan into the kitchen, where he found a keen interest...
Quaker Valley School District police force to be under new leadership in January
Quaker Valley School District police will start the new year with new leadership. David Watts was promoted to top school cop following the resignation of chief Aaron Vanatta, who resigned this month to take a similar role at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children in Pittsburgh. The board approved...
Sewickley Library has ghost-hunting kit
Paranormal investigators now have a free ghost-hunting kit at the ready at The Sewickley Public Library. The kit is available for lending for one week for teens and adults. For speculative purposes only, the kit is available on a first-come, first-served basis and includes a UV blacklight flashlight, spirit box,...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of Dec. 15, 2024
Edgeworth Timothy Brown trustee sold property at 9 Little Sewickley Creek Road to Brian and Janet Easter for $1,365,000. Robert Gordon sold property at 333 Woodland Road to Ryan Graves and Clare Casey for $2,566,080. Sewickley Mary Floro trustee sold property at 709 Centennial Ave. to Christopher Zeiders and Adrianne...
Religious school, holiday services and more at Sewickley area houses of worship
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antioch fwbaptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. First Friday virtual Bible study is at 7 p.m. A link is available via Pastor Dean’s Facebook page. Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810...
Sewickley doctor returns to care for hearts in the community
Dr. Chad Kosanovich knows some of his newest patients from his childhood. “Some of the people who come in are parents of my friends,” said Kosanovich, a cardiologist practicing medicine in his hometown of Sewickley. “There is some added stress there because I know them. But the goal has always...
Sewickley’s 2025 budget approved with no tax hike, garbage and sewer fees remain stagnant
Sewickley property owners will not have to pay more in borough real estate taxes next year. Council voted unanimously on Dec. 10 to pass the borough’s projected $10.76 million spending plan and maintain the millage rate at 6.25 mills. The garbage collection and sewer fees also will remain the same....
In brief: Gift giveaway, holiday movies and more in Sewickley area
Gift giveaway Leetsdale police officers are ready to give away some holiday spirit. They’re preparing for their eighth annual drive-thru gift giveaway, with Santa making a special stop at the Leetsdale VFW Post 3372 from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 21. The event is designed to provide presents to borough...
Leet commissioners approve 18% tax hike next year
Leet property owners will see their township real estate taxes go up about 18% next year. The township commissioners voted 4-0 on Dec. 9 to pass the 2025 budget, which includes the first township tax hike in the last seven years. Commissioner Rody Nash was absent. The millage rate will...
Sewickley Light Up Night draws thousands, sparks holiday spirit
Graham Walker sat stoically in the Sewickley Public Library surrounded by balloons, marshmallow snowmen and inflatable reindeer antlers. The Sewickley teen was focused and determined as he dared not jingle a single bell stacked on a popsicle stick. He walked out a victor in one of the many games taking...
2 local booksellers receive holiday bonus from author James Patterson
Two local independent bookstore employees — Weston Millar from Penguin Bookshop in Sewickley and Carolyn Pallof from White Whale Bookstore in Bloomfield — are getting a little extra cash this holiday season, courtesy of bestselling author James Patterson. Since 2015, Patterson has provided these monetary rewards through the American Booksellers...
Edgeworth couple creates community camaraderie with running club
Calling all runners: There’s a new Sewickley-based running club, compliments of a sporty, social married couple living in nearby Edgeworth. Anne and Joel Simpson moved to Edgeworth from New Jersey in 2022 and noticed a lot of solo runners in the Sewickley area but discovered there wasn’t a nearby organized...
Quaker Valley boys find stride in early season tournaments
It was tournament time for the Quaker Valley’s boys basketball team in the first week of the season. The Quakers swept through the Lake Ethel Classic held Dec. 6-7 at Derry, rolling past Class 5A Laurel Highlands, 65-29, and Class 4A Derry, 58-27, in the two-day event. “We had good...
Sewickley Herald notebook: College offers piling up for Quaker Valley’s Mimi Thiero
The number of college offers received by Quaker Valley basketball standout Mimi Thiero seemingly increases from week to week. “My recruiting process has been going really well,” Thiero said. “I enjoy talking to all of the college coaches and hearing about their programs.” An updated list of offers the 6-foot-5...
Sewickley Academy boys deliver 1st win to coach Mike Iuzzolino
The game of basketball has taken Mike Iuzzolino, Sewickley Academy’s first-year boys hoops coach, to Europe and back. Iuzzolino’s focus Dec. 7, nonetheless, was at 315 Academy Ave. in Sewickley for a nonsection game against Riverview. The Panthers steamrolled past the Raiders, 56-28, to give the retired professional basketball player...
Quaker Valley wrestlers show potential, win 2 titles at Chartiers-Houston tournament
Quaker Valley secured fifth place at the season-opening Chartiers-Houston wrestling tournament held on the weekend of Dec. 6-7. QV coach Austin Heinl believes it was a good learning experience for his team, but he has loftier expectations for the Quakers in 2024-25. “I think the Chartiers-Houston tournament was a great...
Quaker Valley hockey passes tough early season test
The Quaker Valley hockey team passed its first major test of the season with flying colors. The Quakers defeated Chartiers Valley, 6-2, on Dec. 2 at Mt. Lebanon Ice Center in a battle of two of the top teams in the PIHL Class A Gold Division. QV remained undefeated at...
Holiday services, religious school and more at Sewickley area houses of worship
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antioch fwbaptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. First Friday virtual Bible study is at 7 p.m. A link is available via Pastor Dean’s Facebook page. Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810...
