South Hills Record category, Page 80
Baldwin zoning board denies plans for hazardous waste disposal company
The room erupted in cheers as Baldwin Borough’s zoning hearing board voted unanimously May 16 to deny a hazardous waste disposal company from operating on Streets Run Road. About 200 people packed the Baldwin Borough municipal building, pleading with board members to stop the company from coming to their community....
Whitehall, PennDOT at odds over Baptist Road repairs
Tom Stefano fought back tears as he stood at the top of his Baptist Road driveway in Whitehall Borough. The gravel on the driveway is gone in some parts, shifted in others, due to water from heavy rains that swells up from underneath. There are drainage issues along the street....
Steel Blossoms, with roots in Western Pa., sign record deal
There was a definite spark the first time Sara Zebley and Hayley Amour performed together inside the Pleasant Hills American Legion. They knew they had something special. Fast forward a few years, and the two were packing up their bags and moving to Nashville to form Steel Blossoms, an Americana...
Brentwood Formula 1 team racing to raise funds for trip to world finals
The success of a miniature race car designed and built by a team of Brentwood High School students is taking them to Abu Dhabi in November to compete in the world finals of F1 in Schools. “It’s kind of insane. We’re always used to this small town vibe where everybody...
Photo Gallery: Pleasant Hills Preschool Mud Day
Pools of mud provided plenty of fun for preschoolers during the fourth annual Mud Day at Pleasant Hills Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. The messy event also featured a mud kitchen, mud fishing, a station to dig for worms and a mound of mud where the kids...
Final beam installed for Jefferson Hospital ER expansion
Allegheny Health Network is one step closer to finishing its emergency room expansion at Jefferson Hospital. The final steel beam was placed Wednesday as officials from AHN and Highmark Health celebrated with local leaders and EMS crews at the Jefferson Hills facility. The $21 million expansion and renovation project will...
Offering STEAM to students with special needs should be a priority, Mon Valley educators say
Robert DeFillippo challenged his geometry students at Mon Valley School in Jefferson Hills to create a code that would guide a robot through blobs of paint spread across a large canvas. He then asked them to again use coding to make the robot splatter the paint around. Their efforts resulted...
Whitehall golf prodigy got into the swing of things in Augusta
Michael Quallich was headed home to Whitehall after a whirlwind weekend at the Drive, Chip and Putt contest in Augusta, Ga., in early April when he got a very important phone call. On the other end of the line was PGA pro John Daly, calling to compliment him on his...
Baldwin-Whitehall School District students, staff participate in second Day of CaringVideo
When Rosetta Bower signed up for Baldwin’s second annual Day of Caring, she had one request—send Superintendent Randy Lutz. Bower, 89, was Lutz’s high school bus driver. “He was a good bus rider. And he’s good now with everything that he does,” she said. Lutz and nine members of the...
Field set for Baldwin-Whitehall school board primary after court decision
The nine-member Baldwin-Whitehall School District Board has five seats up for reelection this year and no shortage of candidates interested in filling them. Eleven people are running in the May 21 primary. Five of six new candidates are running as a group called Fresh Start, while five incumbents have formed...
4 running for 3 Brentwood council seats
Brentwood residents vying for a party nomination for a seat on borough council in the May 21 primary say they want to help keep Brentwood running strong. Four candidates will appear on the Democratic ballot for Brentwood council, seeking a party nomination for one of three, four-year seats. Candidates on...
Brentwood officials break ground on new borough building project
Brentwood leaders plan to open the doors to a new municipal building in July 2020. The 10,000 square-foot building will be complete with state-of-the-art technology and heat — something they haven’t always had at their current building. The project is one of many leaders say are leading to a resurgence...
Baldwin council candidates want to foster strong sense of community
Baldwin Borough Council candidates want to see more recreation in the community and an increased focus on public safety. Four candidates will appear on the Democratic ballot, seeking a party nomination for one of three, four-year seats. Candidates on the Democratic ballot include James Behers, Denise Maiden, Erin M. Brown...
Brentwood’s Art in the Park event showcases local talent
More than just art will be on display in the Brentwood Borough School District on May 15, as this year’s Art in the Park comes to life in the middle/high school cafeteria from 4 to 7 p.m. Students from the high school communication classes will showcase videos they’ve produced, elementary...
Candidates ready to tackle tough issues in Jefferson Hills
Jefferson Hills residents vying for a seat on borough council say there are many issues facing the growing community and they’re ready to tackle them. With resident concerns over UPMC’s plans to build a new hospital in the borough, questions surrounding the potential of oil and gas drilling, and the...
Baldwin High mock crash shows prom-goers dangers of driving under the influence
A mock crash at Baldwin High School on Tuesday, held ahead of prom, showed students the consequences of driving under the influence. The event featured emergency personnel and a LifeFlight helicopter in addition to students acting out an accident....
Candidates for councils, school boards fill primary ballot in South Hills
It’s election season and residents across the South Hills on May 21 will make some key decisions on who they want to represent them on local councils and school boards. The municipal primary will narrow down the field, as voters decide who they want to represent their party in the...
Mental health education cited as biggest issue during South Hills roundtables
Residents across the South Hills want to see more education done surrounding issues of mental health and addiction. They want support groups formed and to ensure that people have access to help when needed. On April 17, the Jefferson Regional Foundation released a report detailing the conversations of more than...
Small tax increase expected as West Jefferson Hills school budget takes shape
West Jefferson Hills School District leaders are sticking to a seven-year financial plan to help fund the new Thomas Jefferson High School — with a tax increase to the state-issued index slated for year seven of the plan in 2019-20. The district’s finance director, Tracy Harris, presented a first look...
$6.3 million expansion of Gill Hall Elementary set to begin
Construction on a 10-classroom addition at Gill Hall Elementary School needed to meet the needs of the booming West Jefferson Hills School District likely will begin in May. School board members April 23 awarded contracts to six companies for the project, totaling $6.3 million. “We’re ready to get going,” said...
Elm Leaf Park renovations take shape in Baldwin
The basketball courts at Elm Leaf Park in Baldwin Borough are getting a facelift, a second playground is being added and part of the parking lot soon will be lined and fenced in for dek hockey play. All of this is coming by the spring of 2020, as the second...
Pleasant Hills resource officer works to combat drug addiction
Pleasant Hills police Officer Ron Porupsky has seen lives destroyed by drug addiction. People become a shell of who they once were. Some don’t survive. Porupsky, school resource officer at Pleasant Hills Middle School, is always looking for ways help students make better life decisions. With the opioid epidemic facing...
Some Whitehall residents trash new garbage bins as being too big
Christie Milano was angry when a 95-gallon garbage can showed up at her home in Whitehall Borough in early February. At 5 feet 2 inches tall, Milano, 58, had to pull the container up the 10 steps from the curb to the front of her home each week for storage....
Baldwin Borough’s new manager no stranger to community
Having lived in the borough for 22 years and worked as director of municipal services in the community for two, Bob Firek knows the ins and outs of Baldwin. “There’s a lot of good that I think the borough has to offer,” he said. On April 1, Firek, 51, took...
Annual Thomas Jefferson dance event to raise funds for student with rare cancer
This year, when Thomas Jefferson High School students take the stage to dance the jive, Charleston and two-step, they’ll be doing it for something bigger. They’ll be supporting classmate Rachel McGough, a senior who recently was diagnosed was Ewing’s Sarcoma. The school’s annual “Dancing with the Athletes” event has been...
