Shaler Journal category, Page 55
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...
Top-ranked girls volleyball teams keep positions in coaches rankings
WPIAL girls volleyball competition turns to Week 2, and section races are heating up in the four classifications. The top-ranked teams in each class from last week’s preseason Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association top-10 poll — North Allegheny (Class AAAA), Franklin Regional (Class AAA), North Catholic (Class AA) and Bishop...
Caribbean-themed brewpub Mastic Trail opens in ShalerVideo
Reach the beach without leaving the Pittsburgh area at Mastic Trail Brewing. The newly opened Caribbean-themed brewpub and restaurant, at 1044 Saxonburg Blvd. in Shaler, is the creation of island aficionado and Robinson Township native Ben Williams. “My favorite island is Grand Cayman and the Mastic Trail is a three-hour...
Paszkowski, Paris lead Shaler cross country team into promising season
Running at North Park and the river trails in Millvale helped Tyler Paszkowski and Ryan Paris pass a lot of time during quarantine. Doing so was only natural for the two Shaler Area junior cross country runners. “Training with Tyler has been great,” Paris said. “We’ve been training together since...
Shaler boys soccer adapting to change early on this season
Peering at the scoreline of the Shaler Area boys soccer team’s season opener,coach Adam Hunter doesn’t find what he anticipates seeing all season. The Titans were blanked by Fox Chapel, 3-0, in their Section 1-4A opener last Monday, conceding two goals late in the contest. What Hunter believes is that...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 20
Etna Doreen Miller sold property at 94 Dewey St. to Michael Chraska for $16,000. Millvale Anthony Zbierajewski sold property at 504 North Ave. to Jaison and Jennifer Palermo for $100,000. Reserve US Bank NA sold property at 2126 Pittview Ave. to A3N Realty LLC for $85,000. Shaler Lawrence Farmerie sold...
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Derrick Davis scores 4 times as Gateway tops Bethel Park
Carsen Engleka threw for 240 yards and four touchdowns to lead Class 5A No. 2 Gateway to a 55-14 victory over Bethel Park (0-2) in Class 5A nonconference play Friday. Derrick Davis ran for 157 yards and four touchdowns for Gateway (2-0), which scored all of its points in the...
Presidential town hall a deciding factor of some undecided voters
Currying favor with Pennsylvania voters such as Laura Galvas, Alexandra Stehman and Flora Cruceta could prove crucial in the battle to claim Pennsylvania’s 20 Electoral College votes this fall. Like the other participants in ABC’s Philadelphia Town Hall — where they had an opportunity to question President Trump last week...
Birthday drive-by event scheduled for Shaler Area board member battling cancer
A 50th birthday drive-by celebration for a Shaler Area School Board member will double as a fundraiser to help her fight medical expenses. District residents are invited to partake in the parade from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday for board member Suzanna Donahue, who is battling cholangiocarcinoma, or bile...
Cooper-Siegel, Sharpsburg libraries to reopen doors Oct. 1 with limited capacities
Cooper-Siegel and Sharpsburg community libraries will reopen their doors Oct. 1, albeit with limited capacities. Twenty patrons will be permitted at one time to browse the shelves at Cooper-Siegel in Fox Chapel, while 10 will be allowed in to the smaller Sharpsburg site. “It’s been a long, hard road, but...
Third year a charm for North Park Bald Eagle chicks?Video
The bald eagle pair known as Ms. Rachel and Mr. Carson have returned to North Park, presumably for a third attempt at nesting with courtship expected to ramp up later in the fall. The pair have created buzz in the only Allegheny County park with an eagle’s nest. Although the...
Shaler-area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 13
Reserve Jennifer Ehnot sold property at 1728 Luty Ave. to Michael Seitz and Jennifer Ehnot for $7,000. Shaler Regis Donald Komraus sold property at 1041 Anderson Road to Scott Whipple for $161,000. Greater Pittsburgh Properties LLC sold property at 108 E Littlewood St. to Brittany Lynn Buchheit for $237,200. Michele...
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Penn-Trafford shuts down Latrobe
Ethan Carr threw for 180 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another TD to lead Penn-Trafford to a 48-14 victory over Latrobe in the Class 5A Big East Conference. Cade Yacamelli ran for 126 yards and a touchdown while teammate Brad Ford ran twice for 102 yards and a...
Shaler woman offers free weekly yoga at Sharpsburg’s Kennedy ParkVideo
Francine Porter twisted her right leg high into the air, balanced on her left and stood still in the center of Sharpsburg’s Kennedy Park, exhaling away the day’s worries. “We want to concentrate on our breathing to wash away everyday stresses and feel relaxed, strong and peaceful,” said the Sharpsburg...
Plans fall through for new playground at Shalercrest Apartment Complex
A playground that was planned for construction this summer at the historical Shalercrest Apartment Complex is now most likely moving to Greenville, Mercer County, about an hour-and-a-half away. Andrew Weckman, the project’s developer, said the plans fell through because the homeowners association’s insurance company for the 251-apartment complex determined the...
Shaler volleyball hopes to ride experience into postseason
Sierra Ricci knows this isn’t the type of year she can ease back into the lineup. The defensive specialist for the Shaler Area girls volleyball team is returning to the lineup after missing last season with an ACL tear. But because of covid-19, the Titans will only play Section 1-4A...
Wilkins steps into No. 1 singles role for Shaler tennis
Olivia Wilkins didn’t want to come into her senior tennis season unprepared. She took private lessons a few days a week over the summer to prepare for the daunting task of taking over the No. 1 singles spot on the Shaler Area girls tennis team. Wilkins knew taking the top...
Glenshaw Century Club makes stuffed bears for Shaler Area kindergarten students
Everyone needs a friend on their very first day of school – even if it’s a colorful piece of stuffed felt. Glenshaw Century Club members spent nearly three months making sure every kindergarten student at Shaler Area School District had a friend to hold on to when they began school...
Route 28 lane restrictions to continue this weekend
Motorists who travel along Route 28 through O’Hara, Shaler and Sharpsburg should allow for extra time this weekend as there will be single-lane restrictions, PennDOT announced. Work will happen from 7 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday, opening just in time for weekday rush hour traffic. Construction will target both...
WPISL opens season with varsity games, JV tournament
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League kicked off its season over the weekend, and in varsity league play Sunday and Monday, Baldwin, Ellwood City, Seneca Valley and Montour picked up doubleheader sweeps. Baldwin stopped Mt. Pleasant twice, while Ellwood City took its twinbill against Hempfield. The Highlanders and Wolverines averaged...
Road projects affecting traffic in several North Hills communities
Several road closures and lane restrictions will affect motorists in the North Hills during the next several weeks. Following are some of the areas where work is being done: Franklin Park, Shaler PennDOT is installing traffic signals at two locations in the North Hills that will require single-lane restrictions between...
Millvale man hit, killed by train near Shaler Township
A Millvale man died when he was struck by a train on Monday afternoon in Shaler, according to authorities. The incident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. on the northbound Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks near the 3-mile marker of Route 28, according to emergency dispatchers. The site is near the entrance...
After back-to-back playoff trips, Shaler looking to take next step
What a difference a couple of years make. For most of this recent decade, the Shaler football team entered a season just looking to win a game or two. From 2012-17, fans were forgetting the Titans as they struggled to a 2-56 overall record with five winless seasons. However, the...
Shaler-area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 6
Millvale PMH Real Estate LLC sold property at 524 Evergreen Ave. to Jacob Rice for $57,000. Brian Hyatt sold property at 11 Spring St. to Lucais Wallace for $139,000. Reserve Mitchell Prince sold property at 106 Biscayne Terrace to Joshua and Chelsea Rowntree for $190,000 Shaler Michael Romac sold property...
