Shaler Journal category, Page 54
Improved offense adds new dimension to Shaler volleyball
Tia Bozzo doesn’t want to look at the start of Shaler Area’s girls volleyball season and think the culture has changed. No alteration was necessary. The Titans want to maintain their identity as a scrappy group. Shaler is doing it with more oomph behind its offense. After a 25-8, 25-18,...
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Upper St. Clair tops West Allegheny in Allegheny 6
Ethan Dahlem threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more TDs to lead Upper St. Clair to a 37-27 triumph over West Allegheny (3-2, 1-2) in Class 5A Allegheny 6 Conference play Friday night. David Pantelis caught seven passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns while...
Federal program offers free meals for all students in Fox Chapel, North Allegheny, Shaler school districts
Students in the Fox Chapel Area School District can receive free breakfast and lunch, likely through the end of the year. The free meals are available to all students – not just those who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches — through a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) program...
Sharpsburg library offers full schedule on limited hours
Sharpsburg Community Library is packing in the programs, despite being open limited hours for coronavirus concerns. The Main Street site reopened Oct. 1 after being closed to the public for nearly six months to help stem the spread of the virus. Director Sara Mariacher said programs have hit the ground...
Shaler Area students heading back to class; orientations scheduled
Shaler Area students will return to class Monday after beginning the first five weeks of school online. Students who chose in-person learning will transition to hybrid instruction, with Cohort A beginning Monday and Cohort B having its first day of in-person instruction Oct. 15. Shaler Area School Board voted in...
Pittsburgh Zoo parking lot and front entrance to get makeover
The deteriorating parking lot at The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is expected to get an overhaul, thanks to an Allegheny County gaming grant. It will be the first extensive renovation to the lot in 40 years. The zoo was awarded $450,000 through the county’s Gaming Economic Development and Tourism...
Shaler girls soccer cranks up defensive pressure, sees results
Emily Moorey wants the Shaler Area girls soccer team to seize extra opportunities. When the Titans senior defender sees opponents being lax with the ball, Moorey and her teammates want to apply pressure. When everything is humming — as it was during the Titans’ 5-3 win over North Hills on...
Shaler-area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 4
Millvale Estate of Raymond Rice sold property at 1224 Evergreen Ave. to Jonathan Leya for $87,000. Reserve Sean Condie sold property at 114 Cedarwood Drive to Todd Donofrio and Rita Moan for $210,000. Tara Nikonow sold property at 3539 Faber Terrace to Mark Allen Thon Jr. for $190,000. Shaler Barbara...
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Justin Rice shines as Fox Chapel tops Shaler
Justin Rice threw for 174 yards and five touchdowns — three to Lorenzo Jenkins — to lead Fox Chapel to a 36-21 victory over Shaler (0-4, 0-2) in a Class 5A Northeast Conference game Friday night. Benjamin Wilk and Colin Kwiatkowski also caught TD passes for the Foxes (1-3, 1-1)....
WPISL teams continue push to league playoffs
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League is winding toward the end of the varsity regular season, and the teams continue to battle for positioning in the team standings. Montour and Seneca Valley remain at the top of the standings at 9-1. The only blemishes on each team’s record came in...
A-K Valley don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 4
Class 5A northeast North Hills (1-2, 1-0) at Kiski Area (1-1, 0-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Richard J. Dilts Stadium, Allegheny Township Cavaliers standout Kenny Blake, hobbled by a sprained ankle early in Saturday’s loss to Penn Hills, returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown before leaving the game. Assistant coach...
News briefs: Millvale church reopens; Glenshaw club hosts to-go dinner; library activities on tap
Christ Lutheran Church in Millvale will reopen Oct. 8 for worship. The 6 p.m. service will be contemporary worship with Pastor Scott Olbert and the SoulSpirit Band. CLC is at 917 Evergreen Ave. On Oct. 11, traditional service will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Everyone must wear a mask. Glenshaw...
Shaler freshman Joey Miller shows poise at section tournament
Knowing the target score didn’t rankle Shaler Area freshmen golfer Joey Miller. Carding a par on the 402-yard 18th hole during the Section 3-AAA tournament Sept. 21 at North Park would allow Miller to finish with an 8-over par 80 and march on to the WPIAL Class AAA semifinals. Miller...
Shaler football battling through one of WPIAL’s toughest schedules
Don’t waste time looking for a spot where the Shaler Area football program can take a breath. The Titans schedule doesn’t allow for it. All seven of Shaler’s opponents qualified for the WPIAL playoffs last season in various classes. In the first two weeks, North Hills and West Allegheny beat...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 27
Reserve William Schnarrenberger sold property at 3901 Spring Garden Road to Jared Mitchell for $86,000. Shaler Shelly Swartz sold property at 45 Bismark St. to 25/7 Investments LLC for $173,100. SRIII LLC sold property at 807 Burchfield Road to James McKee and Ashly Rhiannon Dekort for $178,500. Paul Lindenfelser sold...
Pittsburgh woman killed in Etna crash
A woman is dead after a crash Thursday night in Etna, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. Henrietta Barricella, 83, of Pittsburgh died at Allegheny General Hospital shortly after the crash, which happened around 5:10 p.m. at the corner of Crescent Avenue and Butler Street. Further details about...
Millvale police seek person they say vandalized, then burned, house
Millvale police are looking for a person who they say lit a North Avenue house on fire early Wednesday morning. Firefighters and police officers were called to the scene shortly after 4 a.m. Police said witnesses said they had seen someone spray paint the home’s front steps, throw a brick...
Mr. Smalls in Millvale switches focus to food, outdoor concerts
The scent of grilled burgers and Mexican street corn will fill Butler Street in Millvale on weekends as Mr. Smalls Cafe takes over the road for socially distanced food, friendship and live music. It is the latest move by the music venue to stay afloat after being hard hit by...
Glass recycling event in Hampton bumped up to 5 days to meet demand
Residents in Hampton and many other communities can no longer put glass out for recycling, but there are plenty of people who cringe at the thought of their used bottles and jars being tossed in a landfill. “There are a lot of people who have simply been trained to recycle,”...
Shaler community hosts Birthday Beep for school board member
A Birthday Beep drive-by event had Shaler Area School Board member Suzanna Donahue feeling like a queen to celebrate her big 5-0. The event doubled as a fundraiser for Donahue, who is battling bile duct cancer. Friends and strangers lined up outside Burchfield Primary School, along with the high school...
Allegheny County grants target conservation efforts in O’Hara, Shaler, other communities
A deteriorating stormwater line in O’Hara will be replaced with a natural open channel thanks in part to a grant from Allegheny County. The township was among three local groups to share in more than $795,000 distributed through the county’s Gaming Economic Development and Tourism grants program. The projects include:$245,248...
Shaler man pleads guilty to starting May riot in Pittsburgh during peaceful protest
A Shaler man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to initiating the destruction of a Pittsburgh police car during a May protest over the death of George Floyd outside PPG Paints Arena. Brian Bartels, 20, pleaded guilty to a charge of obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder before U.S....
Part of Mt. Troy Road in Reserve to close through late October
A portion of Mt. Troy Road in Reserve, between Fornof Lane and Ampere Street, will close starting at 9 a.m. Thursday. The closure is expected to last through late October. The Allegheny County Department of Public Works announced Tuesday that it has allowed Peoples Natural Gas to close the road...
WPISL teams gearing up for stretch run
With four weeks of action left in the regular season, the varsity teams in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League are preparing for the stretch run to the playoffs. Seneca Valley, Peters Township, Montour, North Allegheny and North Hills swept doubleheaders from their competition Sunday. North Allegheny (6-0) remains the...
Shaler Rotary donation helps 6 food pantries replenish supplies
Bread of Life food pantry in Etna served more families in September than in each of the previous five months. “Resources are becoming scarcer, unemployment is becoming more evident and benefits are running out for families,” food pantry manager Alexis Weber said of the covid-19 impacts on the program. A...
