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Volunteers gathering at Bradford Woods Reserve for Audubon’s annual bird count
For the seventh consecutive year, the Bradford Woods Conservancy is seeking nature lovers interested in participating in the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count on Jan. 2. A small team of conservancy members and volunteers is scheduled to be in the Bradford Woods Reserve at 10 a.m. “looking, listening and...
Shaler Area schools extend remote learning for one more week
Shaler Area School District has extended its remote learning model for an additional week. Students will return to a hybrid learning model beginning Jan. 11, according to a letter posted to the district’s website on Dec. 17. “This additional week will provide a natural 10-day quarantine for any coronavirus exposures...
In brief: board vacancies, road closures, fundraising and more in the Shaler area
Etna is seeking candidates to fill the newly created human relations commission. Of the five-member board, two people will serve three-year terms, two will serve two-year terms and one will serve for one year. Members can’t hold public office and must be borough residents or own a business in town....
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 27
Etna James Smith trustee sold property at 322 Butler St. to Jason Hopler for $135,000. 3M Holdings LLC sold property at 95 Wilson St. to Demetrius Titus for $207,000. Millvale Ora Lynn Kifer sold property at 827 Evergreen Ave. to Jacqueline Michalik for $95,000. Russell Smith sold property at 15...
Shaler Area Backpack Initiative dishes up meals for more than 100 district students a week
Shaler Area is seeking secret Santas to help feed district children – but the good deed will last long after the holidays. The district’s Backpack Initiative provides weekend meals to more than 100 children in kindergarten through eighth grade, dishing out easy-to-prep meals and single-serving snacks to ensure nutrition isn’t...
Shaler holds line on taxes, moves forward with $700,000 in trail work and stream restoration
Shaler residents will pay the same in property taxes to the township in 2021 after commissioners approved its $14.5 million budget. The plan maintains a real estate tax rate of 3.49 mills. The owner of a home assessed at $100,000 will again pay $349 to the township. Residents also pay...
News briefs: Christmas Eve Jingle planned, fundraising calendars on sale
Etna is hosting a Christmas Eve Jingle at 7 p.m. on Dec. 24. Everyone is encouraged to go outside onto their doorsteps and ring a bell for two minutes to spread Christmas spirit. Canned goods drive on tap at Caliente Caliente Pizza in Hampton is collecting canned goods through Dec....
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 20
Etna Estate of Hilda Maier sold property at 46 Grant Ave. to James Yagusic for $10,000. Shawn Ryan sold property at 19 Lincoln St. to Andrew Gardner et al. and Travy Neuendorf for $163,000. Reserve Gregory Manganas sold property at 33 Arlor Drive to William Coffee III and Xia Winston...
Body found in Allegheny River in Shaler identified
Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a body that was recovered from the Allegheny River on Wednesday morning. Officials said it was David Lesser, 54, of Shaler. Allegheny County homicide detectives were notified shortly before 8:30 a.m. of a body in the river near Pine Creek. Lt. Venerando Costa...
Covid-19 numbers vary across Shaler Journal communities
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the Shaler Journal area have varying numbers of both positive cases and deaths. As of Dec. 16, there have been 933 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Shaler since March, according to the...
Shaler expands tax credit for fire volunteers to include retirees
Shaler Commissioners are expanding the township’s tax assistance for fire volunteers by offering a property tax credit to department retirees and others who qualify. Manager Tim Rogers said the township currently offers firefighters a $300 earned income tax (EIT) credit but wanted to extend a hand to fire volunteers that...
Shaler real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 13
Shaler Craig Steiner sold property at 110 Lehr Ave. to Ronald Sweazen for $176,500. John Blakeney sold property at 131 Richard Drive to Anthony Citro and Mackenzie King for $369,900. Valerie Jean Burns Winghart sold property at 975 Saxonburg Blvd. to William and Bethany Lynn Henline for $179,000. Estate of...
Shaler indoor track working hard, hoping for chance to compete
Shawn Ryan sees the challenges ahead of him for the Shaler indoor track team. Keeping a positive attitude will be difficult. The Titans are training hard, but their ability to compete will be largely left to the whims of the number of coronavirus cases. All high school sports in Pennsylvania...
Shaler notebook: Pair of volleyball standouts named all-state
Marching into the WPIAL Class 4A volleyball championship game allowed the Shaler girls volleyball team to turn some heads. Along with compiling a 14-3 record before falling in four sets in the district final to four-time defending state champion North Allegheny, the Titans had two players named to the all-state...
Covid-19 numbers vary across Shaler Journal communities
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the Shaler Journal area have varying numbers of both positive cases and deaths. As of Dec. 9, there have been 764 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Shaler since March, according to the...
Shaler Area Elementary School counselor chosen as top in state for 2020
A longtime Shaler Area Elementary School counselor was named the top counselor in Pennsylvania for her efforts to foster kindness and acceptance in her young students. Lezlie DelVecchio-Marks was chosen as the state’s School Counselor of the Year by the Pennsylvania School Counselors Association (PSCA) during the group’s annual conference...
Shaler Area girls volleyball team raises money for Glenshaw Century Club
Shaler Area girls volleyball coach Paul Stadelman teaches his team that small individual contributions turn into large team success. He does that on the court and off. At the start of every season, each of his players commits to giving up something she enjoys – cookies, gum, chocolate – no...
News briefs: Shaler North Hills Library offers glimpse into Pittsburgh’s Victorian holiday traditions
A virtual program called “Victorian Holiday Traditions” is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Dec. 16 through the Shaler North Hills Library. Take a step back in time and explore how the holidays were celebrated in Victorian Pittsburgh. There will be photos from Clayton, home of the Henry Clay Frick family,...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 6
Etna Josephine Meinhardt trustee sold property at 51 Bridge St. to 51 Bridge St. LLC for $2,950,000. Transcendent Staging & Renovation LLC sold property at 23 Kittanning St. to Ryan Moll and Danielle Miller for $245,900. Reserve Estate of John Robert Chernosky sold property at 1 Scriba Place to Kellen...
Shaler Area extends online learning model through Jan. 4
Shaler Area students will continue virtual learning a bit longer than expected. Superintendent Sean Aiken alerted families on Friday that the district will extend its remote learning model at least through the beginning of January. Officials had planned to resume in-person instruction the week of Dec. 14 but because of...
Etna approves non-discrimination ordinance to protect from bias in housing, jobs
Just after being elected to Etna council in 2019, Jessica Semler introduced an anti-discrimination ordinance to support marginalized residents. “I ran for council as an openly queer woman because representation matters,” Semler said. The ordinance prohibits bias based on race, sexual orientation, family status, age and other identifiers. It follows...
Shaler Area, teacher’s union reach 1-year contract extension
Shaler Area teachers will see a 3.9% pay increase in the 2021-22 school year, according to a contract extension approved Dec. 2 by the school board. The teacher’s union and the board agreed to a one-year extension of their contract, which was set to expire on Aug. 15, 2021. Highlights...
Administrator of new Shaler Area parish urging members to ‘focus on the whole’
Recent parish mergers by the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh can be likened to Jesus’ death and resurrection, according to the Rev. James Gretz, administrator of a new grouping in the Shaler area. “In this corner of the Kingdom, we travel that same path,” Gretz said. “There are things through which...
Shaler awarded $208,000 from ALCOSAN for sewer work along Saxonburg Boulevard
Shaler has been awarded nearly $208,000 from the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) for sewer work in the township. The money will help pay for the second phase of the township’s Saxonburg Boulevard sewer lining project, Engineer Matt Sebastian said. “It involves the lining of about 2,500 linear feet of...
North Hills libraries halting in-person visits, still offering services online
Three public libraries serving the North Hills are temporarily suspending in-person services in response to the county health department’s stay-at-home advisory to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. A third library plans to close for two weeks starting Dec. 24. Allegheny County has been experiencing a sharp increase in the...
