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Tapas Talks hosts Sandy Cooper for talk about holistic health and wellness
Tapas Talks hosted the second event of its 2026 season on May 4 at Allegheny Country Club, drawing another inquisitive audience to explore the evolving landscape of holistic health and wellness through the lens of functional medicine. The evening featured board-certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and certified Functional Medicine practitioner...
Sewickley Heights police chief search, investigation costs $26K
Sewickley Heights officials have partnered with the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association to search for the borough police department’s next chief. Borough manager Nathan Briggs said officials researched four groups to provide the service and went with the association due to its expertise in Pennsylvania and inherent commitment to the...
Quaker Valley School District officials approve 2026-27 budget
Quaker Valley School District property owners will pay about 3.5% more in real estate taxes as part of the next school year’s budget. No cuts to programs or services are included in the 2026-27 spending plan, which was approved by school directors in a 6-0 vote on May 20. Board...
Quaker Valley High School students mark prom milestone
The life of a high schooler consists of multiple milestones. There’s the first and last day of school, field trips, homecoming, possibly getting a first job and learning how to drive. Few of those events have the glitz and glamour of prom. There’s the suits and dresses, the hair, the...
In brief: Aleppo VFD open house, Colosimo golf outing and more in Sewickley area
Offices closed Sewickley borough offices will be closed on May 25 in observance of Memorial Day. Spring book sale The Friends of the Sewickley Public Library will host the Spring Book Sale June 5-7. Shop the book sale for great prices on gently used books for adults, teens and children;...
Leetsdale, Leet and Bell Acres firefighters move forward with merger
The proposed merger of three Quaker Valley area fire departments is moving forward. Firefighters from Leetsdale, Fair Oaks Volunteer Fire Protective Association in Leet and Big Sewickley Creek Volunteer Fire Department in Bell Acres voted on May 11 to become Quaker Valley Fire District. Each department held separate business meetings...
Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse focused on playing to potential
Sewickley Academy’s boys lacrosse team won six of seven decisions in the second half of the regular season. Sewickley secured a WPIAL playoff berth and the No. 5 seed in Class 2A. The Panthers tied for third with Shaler in Section 2 at 7-3 and took an 11-5 overall record...
All-time leading scorer Lucy Roig plays starring role with Quaker Valley girls lacrosse
Lucy Roig has had a legendary lacrosse career at Quaker Valley. A four-year starter, the QV senior broke the all-time record for goals scored, finishing the regular season with 258 in her career. Roig eclipsed the record with a seven-goal performance April 30 in a 16-4 win against Aquinas Academy....
Senior class lays groundwork for growth of Quaker Valley boys lacrosse program
The Quaker Valley boys lacrosse team is a veteran group. Normally, there are seven upperclassmen in its starting lineup. “This senior group and previous assistant coaches on staff really welcomed my arrival and have allowed me to help build something that future generations of players can look forward to,” said...
Eden Christian baseball carries momentum into playoffs
Eden Christian Academy came into the playoffs as the favorite to win the WPIAL Class A baseball championship The Warriors finished first in Section 3 with an 8-0 record, ended the regular season 13-4 overall and was seeded No. 1 in the WPIAL Class A bracket. “We played a very...
After playoff loss, Sewickley Academy looks to bright future
The Sewickley Academy baseball team started out dismally this season with three losses before righting the ship with four consecutive victories. The Panthers routed West Greene and Monessen, both by 16-1 scores in four innings, followed with a 17-0 whitewash over Monessen again in four frames, and trounced Union, 13-6,...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of May 17, 2026
Aleppo 79 North Land Owner LLC sold property at Deer Run Road to OLP Pitt Land LLC for $68,200. 79 North Land Owner LLC sold property at North Drive to OLP Lot 14 PA Land for $391,105. 79 North Land Owner LLC sold property at North Drive to OLP Lot...
Basketball tournament, men’s breakfast and more at Sewickley area churches
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfw baptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. The fourth annual 3 vs. 3 Basketball Tournament will take place at noon on May 23 at Quaker Valley High School. The event is...
Sewickley Memorial Day festivities set
Volunteers are finalizing plans for Sewickley’s 133rd Memorial Day parade and services. Sewickley United Methodist Church will have a veteran’s service at 11 a.m. May 24. The borough’s main streets are expected to be filled with families from throughout the Quaker Valley area on May 25, as many of the...
Dr. Jonas Salk-inspired poetry lessons empower Quaker Valley, Watson Institute students
A poetry activity May 6 in Sewickley not only paid homage to borough history, it also inspired youth to channel poetry and art as a form of expression and healing. The Sewickley Public Library and Ivy Smith, the Youth Poet Laureate of Allegheny County, led two haiku workshops for students...
Fern Hollow Nature Center breaks ground on renovation
Fern Hollow Nature Center facility sits empty, its contents packed into two pods. Shovels have been used to remove the first few piles of dirt and heavy equipment is on site. The long-awaited transformation for the future of this Sewickley Heights community resource is underway. A ceremonial groundbreaking for the...
In brief: Glen Osborne exploring livestreaming, book sale and more
Livestream meeting update Glen Osborne council on April 21 approved a committee to explore the possibility of livestreaming its workshop and voting sessions. Mayor Matt Doebler, who proposed the idea months ago, is on the committee. He said the current plan is to video record meetings and post them to...
Sewickley Hunt Club’s Derby Party raises money for the Sewickley Hounds Foundation
The Sewickley Hunt Derby Party on May 2 welcomed 144 people — most wearing fashionable hats — at The BarN in Sewickley Heights. Co-hosted by Bill and Jodie Welge and the Sewickley Hunt Club, guests dined on appetizers and desserts and toasted the evening with, of course, mint juleps. The...
A-K Valley baseball capsules for May 12, 2026
WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 5A First round 12-Upper St. Clair (10-9) vs. 5-Plum (17-3) 4 p.m. Tuesday at Gateway Winner plays: Winner of 4-Moon (15-4)/13-Baldwin (11-8) on May 19 in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Nico D’Orazio, Upper St. Clair; Max Vollmer, Plum Extra bases: Upper St. Clair...
Sewickley sports notebook: Quaker Valley’s Jonah Montagnese sets invite record
Quaker Valley’s Jonah Montagnese was one of five record-breakers May 1 at the annual Pine-Richland Invitational. Montagnese broke a meet record with a time of 4 minutes, 10.77 seconds in the 1,600 meters and also won the 800 and two-mile run. His younger sister Lucy won the 3,200 and two-mile...
Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse proud of season of growth
The three stars of the game for the Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse team April 28 against Freeport were Emma Eannarino, Sofia DiCicco and Charlotte Morton. Eannarino, a junior midfielder and third-year starter, scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime to lift Sewickley to a thrilling 11-10 win over the...
Jake Donesec’s scoring touch helps Sewickley Academy roll toward postseason
Jake Donesec is a member of the distinguished 100-100 club as a talented midfielder on the Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse team. Donesec has been an offensive catalyst for the Panthers throughout his career. At the beginning of May, the 5-foot-8, 175-pound junior had scored 107 goals and added 24 assists...
Quaker Valley baseball, Sewickley Academy softball win rivalry games
Quaker Valley stepped outside of section play April 30 and “traveled” to an away game against a Class A opponent, rival Sewickley Academy. Despite a late-game charge by the home team, QV prevailed to win a hard-fought 11-9 decision. The Quakers held leads of 5-2, 6-4 and 11-5 before Sewickley...
Quaker Valley soccer standout Ari Bosh makes college decision
The three captains of the Quaker Valley girls soccer team — senior midfielder Ari Bosh, senior defender Emma Currier and junior F/M Annabel Miko were lauded as All-WPIAL selections following the 2025 season. They also were named all-section along with QV juniors Eliza Rahm (M/D), Rowan Wallace (MF) and Maddie...
Pittsburgh-area high schools to test new course on human flourishing, well-being
Self-awareness, empathy and conflict management could soon become part of the curriculum for some Pittsburgh-area high school students. In an effort to support student well-being, educators in the region are considering teaching the science of human flourishing in high schools, based on a course developed at Penn State. Blake Colaianne,...
