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Aleppo Brenda Hepner sold property at 109 Forest Edge Drive to Peter Borstelmann for $265,000. Bell Acres Jennifer Ashley Wiebe trustee sold property at 1623 Camp Meeting Road to 1623 Camp Meeting Rd LLC for $6,000,000. Bellevue BG15 Properties LLC sold property at 633 Orchard Ave. to Bryant Street Apartments...

Aleppo Angela Schembre sold property at 212 Timber Lane to Cartus Financial Corp. for $322,500. Cartus Financial Corp. sold property at 212 Timber Lane to Michael George and Judith Ostronic for $306,500. Franklin Park Adrian Ciganic trustee sold property at 2652 Glenchester Road to Jared and Erin Lang for $676,000....

Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewick­ley. 412-741-7688. antiochfwbaptist sewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. 412-266-5238. bethsamuel.org. Beth Samuel Jewish Center offers weekly Shabbat services, monthly family and Zoom Kabbalat...

Nestled inside Mi Cita, an upscale bar and lounge, is a chic holiday pop-up establishment serving high-end wines and champagne, craft cocktails, beer and mocktails as well as small plates. This is the second year for the Bar Noel Sewickley concept. In 2023, it was located inside the Sewickley Tavern....

Glen Osborne officials plan to hold the line on real estate taxes in 2026. Council recently authorized advertising next year’s proposed spending plan, which maintains the tax rate at 4.9 mills. It would be the fifth consecutive year without a tax hike if the budget is passed as-is on Dec....

While searching through boxes after her mother’s death, Nancy Hayes Kilgore came across handwritten letters from her grandmother to her grandfather. As she read the words, she decided to type them into her computer. The more she documented the correspondence, an idea came to her about how the letters could...

Dressed in gowns and western-style attire, complete with boots and cowboy hats, guests did a little line dancing at the biennial Backwoods Ball on Nov. 22. Held at the Edgeworth Club, proceeds from the ball and play go to the Child Health Association of Sewickley. Child Health’s mission is to...

Leetsdale officials plan to use eminent domain to acquire the borough’s Veterans of Foreign Wars’ parking lot. Council recently approved advertising an ordinance declaring its intentions to take the 36 off-street parking spots at 515 Beaver St., also known as Leetsdale VFW Post 3372. The plan is to use those...

Sweetwater to host RAD open house Sweetwater Center for the Arts, in partnership with the Allegheny Regional Asset District, is hosting an Open House on Dec. 7, serving as the official launch of Sweetwater’s Giving Tree campaign. The RAD Open House is a free event, inviting community members of all...

Bell Acres property owners should expect to pay about 5.8% more in real estate taxes next year. Council recently approved advertising its 2026 budget that contains a 0.25-mill hike. That raises the millage rate from 4.82 mills to 5.07 mills. The total millage includes a 0.5-mill fire tax. The budget...

Leetsdale officials plan to raise real estate taxes by about 5.5% to help support the borough’s first responders. Council recently approved advertising its proposed 2026 budget. It includes a tax hike from 9 mills to 9.5 mills. Borough tax collector Thomas Belacastro said the 0.5-mill increase is expected to generate...

Sewickley property owners should not expect to pay more in real estate taxes as part of next year’s borough budget. Council unanimously voted on Nov. 11 to advertise its 2026 spending plan and is set to formally adopt the budget on Dec. 9. Borough documents indicate the millage rate will...

Quaker Valley School District will have a two-hour delay Tuesday due to projected inclement weather. District officials made the call around 7 p.m. Monday to postpone student arrival in respond to reports of heavy snow and expected icy conditions. The district Monday afternoon released how officials decide on delays and...

Sewickley Heights officials plan to hold the line on real estate taxes with their 2026 budget. Council recently authorized the advertisement of next year’s proposed spending plan. It was to be posted by Dec. 1 at the borough office, 238 Country Club Road. Formal budget adoption is set for Dec....

Members of the Village Garden Club of Sewickley gathered at a home in Edgeworth on Nov. 18 to make holiday ornaments for the upcoming Greens and Goodies sale. The event is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 6 at The Henning House at 327 Broad St. in Sewickley. The...

Last year’s rash of injuries may prove helpful to the Quaker Valley boys basketball team in 2025-26. “We have a very young roster with only two seniors but return a number of key letter winners,” coach Mike Mastroianni said. “We battled a number of injuries last season that allowed our...

Sewickley Academy’s first-year girls basketball coach Rob Shazer sticks to the basics. “Play hard, play together and have fun,” said Shazer, who has been coaching hoops for more than two decades. Shazer was an assistant for seven years for the Chartiers Valley boys team and one year at Bishop Canevin....

Quaker Valley’s girls basketball team appears to be built for success. The Quakers lost just one senior from last year’s WPIAL playoff team and are energized by 6-foot-5 senior guard/forward Oumou “Mimi” Thiero, a fourth-year starter and Maryland commit. Thiero averaged 23.1 points and 16.7 rebounds last season, along with...

Bell Acres Tracia Kunovic sold property at 121 North Ave. to Jason and Tresa Steranko for $435,000. Franklin Park Patricia Cash sold property at 1603 Briarwood Drive to American International Relocation Solutions LLC for $1,000,000. American International Relocation Solutions LLC sold property at 1603 Briarwood Drive to Jason and Danielle...

Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewick­ley. 412-741-7688. antiochfwbaptist sewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. 412-266-5238. bethsamuel.org. Beth Samuel Jewish Center offers weekly Shabbat services, monthly family and Zoom Kabbalat...

Sewickley Hills property owners should not expect to pay more in real estate taxes as part of next year’s borough budget. Council approved advertising its proposed 2026 spending plan earlier this month. It is available for review at the borough office, 349 Magee Road. Borough documents indicate the tax rate...

Things are about to get a lot greener at Robinson’s Home & Garden in Sewickley. The live Christmas trees and wreaths were expected to arrive at the shop on Nov. 23, just in time for the holiday rush, which officially begins the day after Thanksgiving. “Our busiest times are spring...

Local mariners may rejoice as a dilapidated public boat launch into the Ohio River from the Leetsdale Industrial Park will soon reopen. The original concrete slab broke off in the 1990s, causing a safety hazard. Borough engineer Dan Slagle said boaters could easily lose an axle or a whole trailer...

Christmas tree recycling Aleppo residents should check their mailboxes for a township postcard about its annual Christmas tree recycling program. Township Manager Gwen Patterson said the card will have information about when residents should leave out their trees. Public works crews will collect and mulch them after the holiday. Meeting...

The Sewickley Academy community demonstrated its generosity and commitment to community service through the annual “Spirit of Community” Thanksgiving Food Drive. On Nov. 19, Sewickley Academy Senior School students delivered donated goods to the Good Samaritan Food Pantry at Saint Luke Evangelist Parish in Ambridge. Over the two-week collecting period,...