Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 107
Herald notebook: Fox Chapel’s Dering, Turnquist earn strength, conditioning awards
Fox Chapel senior swim team members David Dering and Lydia Turnquist were named All-American Athlete Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year Award recipients in swimming earlier this month. The National Strength and Conditioning Association recognizes high school and collegiate athletes whose athletic accomplishments reflect their dedication to strength and...
A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame inductee was top Fox Chapel wrestler before PSU football career
Rich Kriston is recognized as one of the best heavyweights in the storied history of the Fox Chapel wrestling program. Kriston won three consecutive section titles from 1970-72 and was the first of 25 section champions at Fox Chapel in the ’70s. After two years of covid-related postponements, Kriston, who...
Fitness fundraiser Spin Your Wheels returns to Allegheny RiverTrail Park in Aspinwall
A fitness-themed fundraiser offering fun and fellowship returns to Allegheny RiverTrail Park in Aspinwall April 23. Spin Your Wheels was created in 2015 by Aspinwall resident and attorney Jennifer Evashavik. She bills it as the “fitness party of the year” and hundreds attend. The family-friendly event offers classes for everyone,...
College notebook: Point Park names Scarborough women’s hoops coach
Dave Scarborough is coming home to coach the Point Park women’s basketball team. A Fox Chapel and Cal (Pa.) graduate, Scarborough was announced Friday as the Pioneers’ next coach. He has been an NCAA Division I women’s assistant for the past nine years — and 13 of the last 14...
Cintas’ move will double industrial space at RIDC Park in O’Hara
An O’Hara business that specializes in first aid, safety and cleaning supplies is expanding to nearly double its size in the township’s industrial park. Cintas will move operations from a 5,000-square-foot facility along Alpha Drive in RIDC Park to one that’s nearly 10,000 square feet and just a few doors...
Sharpsburg seeks nearly $25 million in federal grant money to aid private developer
Sharpsburg officials have applied for a $24.4 million federal grant to help with transportation infrastructure for the Allegheny Shores development. Council unanimously voted at a special meeting April 9 to seek the grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s RAISE program, which stands for Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and...
Fox Chapel Area Adult Education adds tech lessons to help eliminate digital clutter
Fox Chapel Area Adult Education has a perfect class this spring for tech novices who accumulate thousands of emails or for people who yearn to shoot better photos with an iPhone. Private lessons for Apple devices, taught by Plum resident Emily McNeil, are part of the spring offerings that launched...
Year-’round dog park being proposed in Aspinwall
Aspinwall officials are pondering a permanent spot to put a dog park. The borough has such a space during the winter months at Ben Killian Field along Field Avenue. It’s open from Nov. 1 through March 31. Council members earlier this month talked about having a dog park in the...
Foxwall EMS subscription drive is underway
Foxwall Emergency Medical Service has launched its annual subscription drive. The advanced life support ambulance company serves Fox Chapel and Aspinwall. It has a mix of paid staff and volunteers with at least two people available each shift, each and every day. Subscriptions are one way of making ends meet....
Sharpsburg council formally approves contract with consulting business founder
Sharpsburg officials took a public vote April 9 to hire Jason Dailey and his company, Dailey Operation Consulting, for temporary administration and managerial services after first voting to hire him in February during a closed-door meeting, a possible violation of the state’s Sunshine Law. The law requires that all votes...
‘It’s a way of life’: Fox Chapel officer devoted to life and service with police dogs
With the Fox Chapel police, Officer Robert Katich is well regarded for the K-9 program he started 23 years ago. But his renown in the field extends beyond the woodsy suburb. Over the decades, he has become a nationally recognized master dog trainer who has trained more than 1,000 dogs...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of April 10, 2022
Aspinwall Kevan Graves sold property at 16 Fourth St. to Shannon Salicce for $320,000. David Schwemmer sold property at 212 Emerson Ave. to Catherine Rivi for $231,000. Wilma Hutchings sold property at 133 Virginia Ave. to Dustin Franklin and Jessica Kyle Demoise for $340,000. Etna Kim Stewart sold property at...
Dorseyville Middle students recognized for STEM achievements
Fifty-eight young women from Dorseyville Middle School were recognized for their achievements in STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — fields. Due to Covid restrictions, the traditional ceremony, sponsored by the American Association of University Women, Fox Chapel Area Affiliate, could not be held in person. The young women...
Route 28 traffic near Powers Run Road in O’Hara will be restricted starting Monday
Single-lane restrictions on Route 28 will start Monday where a bridge goes over Powers Run Road in O’Hara Township. The lane restrictions will occur in both directions weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through the end of May. The restrictions will be removed in the southbound direction two hours...
Fox Chapel Golf Club set to host Big Ten women’s golf championships
The Big Ten is coming. The prestigious, Power Five conference has selected the Fox Chapel Golf Club for the site of its women’s golf championships over the next two seasons. This year’s event will be from April 22-24, with a practice round on April 21. There will be six female...
‘Maximum depth’ helps Fox Chapel tackle boys tennis season
Fox Chapel is off to its typically strong start in boys tennis. The Foxes were 5-0 headed into a week-long spring break for the school district. Fox Chapel won four consecutive WPIAL team titles from 2016-19. Then the pandemic year of 2020 came along and the season was wiped out....
News from Sharpsburg, Indiana Township, Fox Chapel, O’Hara
Sharpsburg The Sharpsburg Volunteer Fire Department hosts a Good Friday fish fry on April 15 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the borough building at 1611 Main St. It is takeout and delivery only. Deliveries end at 5 p.m. Pre-orders can be made on April 14 from 6-8 p.m....
Fox Chapel Area grad creates painting commemorating alma mater’s WPIAL basketball championship
Fox Chapel Area High School’s 2022 championship-winning basketball team has been immortalized not only in the WPIAL history books, but through the artistic talent of an alum. George Williams, art teacher and boys soccer coach at Seneca Valley High School, crafted a painting based off a team photo following the...
Sharpsburg council to meet in special session Saturday, April 9
Sharpsburg Council will conduct a special public meeting Saturday night to address several issues, one of which involves the hiring of an interim borough manager in a closed-door session instead of a public vote. Council last month introduced former Crescent Township administrator Jason Dailey as the temporary replacement of former...
Sneakers, jacket and car trouble lead to charges in Fox Chapel, O’Hara burglaries
Police said they used a Squirrel Hill man’s distinctive Adidas shoes and North Face jacket to link him to a series of burglaries in Fox Chapel and O’Hara over the course of a year, according to charges filed Tuesday. Andrew Clinton, 20, faces more than a dozen charges, including burglary,...
Fox Chapel Area High School to host final blood drive of school year
Fox Chapel Area High School students need help giving the gift of life. The students will host a blood drive 7:30 a.m. to 1:3o p.m. April 21 at 611 Field Club Road in O’Hara Township. The school district has partnered with Vitalant for years. Vitalant staff members draw the blood...
Blawnox egg hunt makes return after 2 years of pandemic cancellations
After two years in a covid-related hiatus, the Blawnox Easter Egg Hunt will return Sunday April 10 with cookie decorating, crafts and hundreds of candy-filled plastic eggs hidden in Community Park. Hosted by the nonprofit Best of Blawnox, the event is scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. at the park...
Fireworks expert enlivens his Indiana Township neighborhood with birthday blasts, more
You could call him Pyro Joe. Joe Veltri has a blast using his love of fireworks to brighten the nights of residents in his Indiana Township neighborhood, known as Park Place. Veltri, 49, began putting on fireworks shows in the neighborhood after virtually everything — including in-person birthday parties —...
Sharpsburg to form parks and recreation commission
Sharpsburg residents will soon have another way to influence the borough’s recreational offerings and opportunities. Borough council is in the process of forming a parks and recreation commission, spearheaded by Councilwoman Carrie Tongarm and Councilman Peter Adams. “I think we have a great opportunity to get more of our residents...
Concerts, cookies and crafts all part of National Library Week
Patrons of Alle-Kiski Valley libraries this week can buy a cheap bag full of books, build a stuffed bunny, listen to a teen singing sensation and satisfy their taste buds with homemade cookies. And maybe even check out a good book. The libraries in Harrison, New Kensington, Leechburg, Plum and...
