South Hills Record category, Page 71

Real estate taxes will remain the same for Jefferson Hills residents in 2020. Borough council on Dec. 9 approved the municipality’s spending plan that includes a $10.7 million general fund. The real estate tax rate will stay at 5.66 mills. Property owners with a home assessed at $100,000 will pay...

Thomas Jefferson High School students will be recording beats in a professional sound studio built by their peers within the next year. It will be a place where students can learn the ins and outs of the sound industry, from microphone placement to instrument isolation and how to bring it...

While Brentwood leaders are planning ribbon-cuttings for a new municipal building and renovated borough pool in 2020, residents won’t be feeling the pinch at the bank. Council members on Dec. 9 approved the borough’s 2020 budget that keeps real estate taxes at 10 mills for the fifth straight year. The...

Real estate taxes will remain the same for Pleasant Hills residents in 2020. Borough council members on Dec. 16 approved the borough’s annual budget that holds the line on real estate taxes at 6.75 mills. Of that, 6.3855 mills goes to the borough, .2734 mills goes toward the purchase of...

For South Hills residents living without a car, simple tasks like getting to the grocery store or doctor’s office can be a challenge. Access to transportation in the area is a steady problem, local leaders say, and they’re hoping a new pilot program will help chip away at the issue....

Luke Fitzgerald smiled as Pot Pie — a two-and-a-half-year-old Buff Orpington chicken — climbed onto his lap inside Baldwin Borough Public Library’s program room. “What are you doing there?” he asked, while telling his dad that he would like to get a chicken for a pet. Less than three months...

Baldwin Borough leaders are making the rules clear: They don’t want you firing weapons in the municipality and they don’t want you shoveling snow onto the street. With the hiring of new borough manager Bob Firek and police chief Tony Cortazzo in 2019, the two have been giving Baldwin’s code...

Makenzie Shandor pulls the plastic tightly around Paige Young’s knee, making sure the ice stays in place. “How did I do?” the Baldwin High School senior asks, as she practices wrapping her classmate’s knee for an injury. “Looks good. I’ll give you a 10 on that,” said Natalie Sorce, an...

A group of students at Baldwin High School learned the valuable lesson this week that life does go on without access to their cell phones for a day — all while raising money for a good cause. Nearly 40 students had their cell phones locked in a safe for seven...

Denise Kahler plans to use her years of teaching experience to aid the West Jefferson Hills School District as she serves as a member of the school board. Kahler, of Jefferson Hills, was sworn in on Dec. 3 to a four-year term, along with incumbents Suzanne Downer, Jill Bertini, Brian...

West Jefferson Hills School District leaders hope to have a new multipurpose turf field complete behind the new Thomas Jefferson High School by the end of the summer. The demolition of the old Thomas Jefferson High School, however, could take longer than initially thought, as utilities on the site will...

On Nov. 16, Brownsville Road in Brentwood and Carrick received 11 new street trees thanks to a grant from TreeVitalize and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. The Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Shade Tree Commission organized the event and gathered volunteers to plant the trees in the long-vacant tree pits. The trees were specially selected...

Nicole Leckenby hopes her new book, “Summer Vacation,” will not only serve as a fun bedtime read for youngsters but will raise money for children suffering from cancer. Leckenby, 43, of Pleasant Hills, and a mom of two boys, released “Summer Vacation” Nov. 12. One dollar from each book sale...

The Jefferson Hills planning commission could make a recommendation to borough council on how they think the municipality should proceed with a land development application for UPMC in December — or they could agree to extend the deadline. UPMC, operating under the name AUUE Inc., is appealing a decision by...

Friends and family filled their plates to the brim with turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes, along with traditional Nepali momo and samosa. This wasn’t your typical Thanksgiving dinner. But for students in the English as a Second Language program at Moore Elementary School in the Brentwood Borough School District who...

The recent Jefferson Hills Borough Council race proved that every vote does count. One vote could be the difference in who wins the third of three open four-year seats on borough council, according to the latest results released on Nov. 20 by the Allegheny County Elections Division, which puts Democrat...

The site of the old Thomas Jefferson High School could be transformed into added parking spaces for the TJ stadium within the next year. School board members likely will vote in December to enter a contract with a company seeking to salvage the remainder of the 60-year-old building at 310...

Residents in Jefferson Hills’ Deer Park neighborhood say they worry a new housing development will disrupt their community — and they don’t want it. Yet, developers say they hope to work with neighbors so they too can benefit from the 67 single-family homes planned on roughly 47 acres, with access...

Doug and Suzanne Grimes are paying a mortgage on a house that’s no longer there. Their North Strabane home was ruined by a landslide in June 2018 and declared unsafe. It was demolished a few months later. The couple is now saddled with a second mortgage, storage costs and over...

A man convicted of multiple robberies was arrested again Monday in connection with the robbery of a Bethel Park convenience store. Bethel Park Police say Sean Randy Beach, 48, no known address, stole $200 from a CoGo’s on South Park Road. Police were called to the store just after 9:45...

If there was any doubt that the holidays were upon us, the Nov. 24 Symphony Splendor Holiday Home Tour in Upper St. Clair makes it official. The tour, which benefits the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, features seven beautifully decorated homes located just minutes apart. “This holiday fanfare tour, presented by the...