Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 94
Single-lane restrictions begin Monday along Route 28 near Highland Park Bridge
Motorists who travel along northbound Route 28 in O’Hara and Sharpsburg should allow extra time next week. Single-lane restrictions are scheduled to begin Monday, according to PennDOT. Crews from Swank Construction Company will be installing new signs. Work will begin at about 7 a.m., just before rush hour, and will...
Fox Chapel Area High School homecoming court announced
Fox Chapel Area High School will host homecoming activities on Oct. 14 with the homecoming game played against Woodland Hills High School at 7 p.m. at the school stadium. The Fox Chapel Area Community Carnival will take place from 4-7 p.m. on the front lawn and front parking lot of...
Caliente named official Pittsburgh Penguins pizza
After Caliente Pizza & Draft House marked its official 10th anniversary in September, the award-winning chain is taking its yearlong celebration a step further, this time with the help of Pittsburgh’s five-time Stanley Cup champions. The local eatery has been named the official pizza of the Pittsburgh Penguins and opened...
Events at Cooper-Siegel library
Grey the Great Dane, a certified therapy dog, will be at the Cooper-Siegel Community Library for a special storytime from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 Grey’s visits are on the third Saturday of the month. Call 412-828-9520 for more information. The library is locate at 403 Fox Chapel Road. Sharpsburg...
Fox Chapel Area HS to host blood drive
Fox Chapel Area High School is conducting a community blood drive Oct. 19 from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the high school’s large group instruction room. People people 16 and older can donate blood. Donations can be scheduled by going to: Choose “Donor Login” if you have donated blood before...
Blawnox seeks code enforcement officer to help keep town in shape
Blawnox is seeking to hire a code enforcement officer — and the search is becoming a bit frustrating for administration officials after not being able to fill the position for at least eight months. “It’s been a struggle,” Manager Kathy Ulanowicz said. “Code enforcement is one of the most important...
Shaler Area students rally to protect Girty’s Run farmland
A project to protect green space and fill it with clusters of endangered butterflies has taken flight at Shaler Area High School. Students in the district’s Sustainability class have partnered with the Sewickley-based nonprofit Allegheny Land Trust on a fundraiser to preserve former farmland in Reserve and Shaler. The parcel...
Trick or treating scheduled in the Fox Chapel area
Trick or treating will occur on Oct. 31 in Fox Chapel area communities. Local officials have set these times for ghosts and gobblins to knock on your door: Aspinwall: 6-7:30 p.m. At 7:30 p.m. a costume contest will be conducted at the Aspinwall borough building on Commercial Avenue with the...
Fox Chapel Area students collect donations for Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Fox Chapel Area High School students collected more than 1,000 items for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in September. The student government’s community outreach committee food drive took place Sept. 19-30. Students brought donations to their homerooms and the class with the most donations earned a free breakfast. Community...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 2, 2022
Aspinwall Patrick Carnevale sold property at 412 Virginia Ave. to Jonah Sol Rattner for $450,000. Etna Sandra Stayduhar sold property at 158 Washington St. to Philip Cristina for $170,158. Fox Chapel Nathaniel See sold property at 220 Woodland Farms Road to Brett and Amanda Rampone for $531,900. O’Hara Richard Moody...
Shady Side Academy shakes off tough start, starts to find stride
After a rough start, the Shady Side Academy football team finally broke through with a resounding 41-0 victory over South Allegheny. The victory was at the Gladiators’ new stadium in Liberty Borough, near McKeesport. The key performers for the Bulldogs were senior Joey Bellinotti, who scored touchdowns on a 5-yard...
Fox Chapel girls tennis preparing for WPIAL team tournament
It’s a high school girls tennis season where Fox Chapel is once again at its accustomed spot among the WPIAL’s elite. The Foxes were 6-0 in the section and 7-2 overall heading into the home stretch of the regular season. Fox Chapel was a strong candidate to bring home the...
Route 28 construction 70% done; the rest is coming — eventually
PennDOT will complete about 70% of the work for the Route 28 Highland Park interchange by the end of the year as well as 40% of the Harmar-to-East Deer improvement project. A third, related project on the expressway will be mostly finished by the end of the year. The $15.3...
‘Dont Wait on 28!’ Facebook page sees big uptick in followers
Whether it’s to discuss what caused traffic backups or to lambaste pokey drivers insist on using the passing lane, the “Dont Wait on 28!” Facebook page has amassed more than 26,000 followers since its inception eight years ago. “The crazy part is when the page was first created, they didn’t...
Annual Fall in the Wall celebration in Aspinwall set for Oct. 8
Aspinwall’s annual autumn celebration returns with some new activities and food trucks to compliment its traditional fall feel. The Aspinwall Chamber of Commerce presents Fall in the Wall from 3-6 p.m. on Oct. 8. Brilliant Avenue from First Street to Freeport Road, and Commercial Avenue will be closed for the...
Best of Blawnox hosts Fall Harvest Fest
The Best of Blawnox will be celebrating its Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 1, noon to 3 p.m. at Blawnox Community Park. There will be more than 25 vendors and different activities for children, including a duck and chicken rescue and a bee keeper. Special guest Doug Oster will...
Emergency responders poised to upgrade equipment via federal grant money
Volunteer fire companies and EMS organizations across Southwestern Pennsylvania continue to benefit from federal grants targeted at local emergency responders. Since 2001, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Department of Homeland Security has doled out more than 1,800 Assistance to Firefighters Grants across the country, totaling nearly $323 million. The most...
Luke & Mike’s in Aspinwall gets new culinary team
There’s a new culinary team at Luke & Mike’s Frontporch in Aspinwall. The newest face customers will see there is Scott Baker, of Pittsburgh’s North Side. Baker, 31, will serve as executive kitchen supervisor. He was born in Charleston, S.C. After graduating high school, Baker began working as a cook....
Blawnox VFC hosting blood drive to assist critical shortage
An upcoming blood drive sponsored by the Blawnox Volunteer Fire Company is aimed at helping people in the community and beyond. Victor Eperthener, department member and blood drive coordinator, said, “We want to help people all across the Pittsburgh area.” The event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m....
Sharpsburg to host public safety event in October as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Social worker interns with the Sharpsburg police are organizing an event to raise awareness about stranger safety, fraud and scams, domestic violence and more. Slippery Rock University master’s degree students Mary Bauer of Richland Township and Kirsten Giovengo of Ohio Township have planned their inaugural Community Safety and Awareness event...
Sharpsburg’s police dog, Jango, dies after battle with health issues
Sharpsburg’s police dog, Jango, a 6-year-old German shepherd who retired in August after a little more than four years of service, has died. Jango “crossed that rainbow bridge” around 9:30 a.m. Sept. 26, according to a Facebook post by Sharpsburg’s K-9 unit. “Jango was not only a part of the...
Pumpkin sale at Fox Chapel church benefits Haitians
Haiti H2O: Hope to Opportunity will have a pumpkin sale from Oct. 6-9 at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, 384 Fox Chapel Road. Each year, Haiti H2O sells pumpkins to support the communities in Haiti with which it partners. The pumpkin is an important reminder to Haitians of their independence, dating...
Haunted Guyasuta returns with fright-filled festivities
Fright will abound in the forest during the annual Haunted Guyasuta event at the Boy Scout camp in O’Hara. The Halloween-themed festival is scheduled for Oct. 15 and offers both fun and fear, depending on the time of day. Pumpkin patches, hayrides and other non-scary activities will run from 3...
Donor families honored for gift of life at the CORE ceremony
Antwon Rice Sr. of Homewood was shot twice in the head during a crime in April 2020. When he died, his mother, Yolanda White made the difficult decision to donate his kidney and liver through the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), headquartered in O’Hara. “I didn’t even know...
Mellon Foundation bolsters effort to address chronic absenteeism in region’s schools
Schools are back in session for in-person learning, but in some cases, students are simply not showing up. And these are not just kids ditching a class or two. Millions of students are now being classified by the U.S. Department of Education as chronically absent after missing 10% or more...
