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Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of April 26, 2026
Aleppo Estate of Susan Reuter sold property at 311 Sewickley Ridge Drive to T Ronald and Bonnie Casper for $791,000. Franklin Park Deerfield Estate FP Development LLC sold property at 1141 Deerfield Drive to Maronda Homes LLC for $160,000. Maronda Homes LLC sold property at 1208 Magnolia Ct to Ranbir...
Bell Acres police chief recognized for life-saving effort
Bell Acres officials recognized Police Chief Kristoffer Korol for his life-saving efforts at a crash scene earlier this year. Korol was first on scene for a single-vehicle crash along Ambridge Avenue in Bell Acres on Feb. 24 at 8:37 a.m. A woman had crashed her SUV into a trailer in...
Silo turned into an Airbnb stop on the Sewickley House Tour
Jennifer DeSalvo wanted to create a space that was unique and that also honored the history of the former farm she owns. So, she purchased a silo. “One of my favorite parts of the property is the woods surrounding it,” DeSalvo said. “The silo becomes one with its surroundings.” The...
Sewickley Public Library improvement plan bolstered by state funds
Plans to revamp the Sewickley Public Library’s first floor and make it more expansive, accessible and modernized are moving forward with the help of state funds. Library officials recently partnered with Pittsburgh-based consulting firm Bridging Generosity to do a feasibility study. That study is expected to analyze fundraising data and...
Proposed 2026-27 Quaker Valley School District budget includes 3.5% tax hike
Quaker Valley School District officials plan to raise real estate taxes by 3.5% in next school year’s budget. No cuts to programs or services are included in the proposed 2026-27 spending plan, which was approved by school directors via 8-0 vote on April 21. Geoff Barnes, school board vice president...
In brief: Spring cleanups, summer programs and more in Sewickley area
Sewickley Area Mothers Club family field day SAMC will host an all-ages Family Field Day on May 17 from 3-5 p.m. at Sewickley Academy’s Wardrop Field. Have fun in the sun with Coach Dave, touch-a-truck, food trucks and more. This event is open to the public for a suggested charitable...
Leetsdale mayor’s husband hired as borough code enforcement officer
Leetsdale Council recently hired Mayor Sandra Ford’s husband, Bob Ford, as its new part-time code enforcement officer. The vote was 6-0 on April 9. Councilman Scott Zahner was absent. The employment is for up to four hours a week at $30 per hour. Council President Maria Napolitano said the borough...
Sewickley officials approve resolution limiting interactions with ICE
Sewickley officials have approved a police policy limiting interactions with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Council unanimously passed its resolution on April 14. The resolution was meant to reaffirm the borough’s “commitment to community trust, public safety and the proper scope of local law enforcement authority with respect to federal...
Man’s body recovered from Ohio River in Sewickley
Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office is working to identify a body pulled from the Ohio River in Sewickley. A man’s body was discovered in the river by a rowing team near a sports complex in Neville Island shortly after 7 a.m. Friday. Sewickley Police Chief Dave Mazza said his officers...
Sewickley officials approve 2026 paving program, separate sewer project
Sewickley officials plan to spend about $550,000 to repair four streets this year. Council unanimously voted April 14 to award this year’s paving program to Wampum-based Youngblood Paving. They were the lowest of six bidders and finished last year’s paving program this month, according to borough engineer Mike Galet. The...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Sewickley Academy softball earns sweep
Sewickley Academy recently swept a Section 1-A softball doubleheader against Rochester, winning convincingly by scores of 16-1 and 16-0. In Game 1, junior outfielder Cherish Wilson went 3 for 4 with a triple, two doubles and five RBIs, Keira Church, a junior shortstop, doubled and plated two runs, and senior...
Quaker Valley’s Will Meagher takes pride in run to WPIAL tennis finals
Quaker Valley junior Will Meagher ended his WPIAL boys tennis season as the district runner-up in Class 2A. Belle Vernon’s Max Henson repeated as the WPIAL champion in 2A, defeating Meagher, 6-0, 6-2, in the finals April 8 at North Allegheny. “This feels twice as good,” said Henson, the No....
Sewickely’s Ryder Fetterolf wins Jim Rutherford Trophy as OHL’s top goaltender
Ryder Fetterolf, a native of Sewickley, won the Jim Rutherford Trophy as the top goaltender of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the 2025-26 season. In his first campaign with the Ottawa 67’s, Fetterolf appeared in 41 games during the regular season and posted a 29-9-3 record, a 2.07 goals-against...
Day 2 of Sewickley’s Herbst House hearing set
Evidentiary hearings for Divine Redeemer Parish’s request to demolish the former convent known as the Herbst House will continue on April 29. The hearing — remanded by Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas after Sewickley council denied the demolition in April 2023 — is focused on whether the structure can...
Flea market, live music and more at Sewickley area houses of worship
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfw baptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. The fourth annual 3 vs. 3 Basketball Tournament will take place at noon on May 23 at Quaker Valley High School. The event is...
Leetsdale secures loan to help purchase VFW lot near Henle Park
Leetsdale officials have taken out a loan to buy the borough’s Veterans of Foreign Wars’ parking lot. Council voted 6-0 on April 9 to pass an ordinance approving borrowing $203,000 from Huntington Public Capital Corporation at an annual interest rate of 4.13%. Councilman Scott Zahner was absent. Negotiations between the...
Leet officials approve resolution limiting interactions with ICE
Leet commissioners approved a new policy for township police limiting interactions with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Commissioners unanimously voted in favor of the resolution on April 13. Solicitor Stephen Chesney said the policy is based on a template from the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office. He said it behooved...
Washington Street ‘hump’ in Leetsdale removed, road reconstructed
A troublesome section of a Leetsdale road has been realigned after being closed for about a year. Washington Street had what residents called a hump at the intersection of the former Leet Street Bridge, which was closed to traffic in 2013 and removed in 2017. The bridge side had been...
Sewickley father detained by ICE since February has reunited with family
A Sewickley father has been reunited with his family after being in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody for nearly two months. Bruno Guedes da Silva, a native of Brazil, was freed on a $5,000 bond set by an immigration judge this week. He reunited with the family Tuesday evening at...
In brief: Antique appraisal, spring cleanups and more in Sewickley area
Antique Appraisal Scour the attic and basement for forgotten treasures and bring them to the Sewickley Antique Appraisal and Donation Day on April 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Old Sewickley Post Office, 200 Broad St. The Sewickley Valley Historical Society will host professional antique appraisers, including...
Sewickley man detained by ICE for weeks expected to return home within next few days
A Sewickley man will be released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody after spending weeks in detention, following an immigration judge’s decision Monday to grant him bond. Bruno Guedes da Silva, a native of Brazil, is expected to be freed on a $5,000 bond set by the judge after he...
Man rescued from hillside near Emsworth Lock and Dam
A fisherman was rescued after being trapped on the riverbank near the Emsworth Lock and Dam late Saturday. Emsworth Volunteer Fire Company posted to Facebook that crews responded at 9:45 p.m. and found an elderly man about 20 feet over the hillside on rocky ground. The incident happened near Pittsburgh...
Quaker Valley’s Will Meagher takes another step forward with section singles title
Quaker Valley junior Will Meagher was seeded second in the Section 3-2A boys tennis singles tournament. But the athletic Meagher climbed one rung up the section ladder at this year’s championship event. Meagher defeated North Catholic senior and No. 1 seed Justin Garvey, 6-2, 7-5, in the finals April 2...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Quaker Valley boys tennis stacking wins
Quaker Valley’s boys tennis team was unbeatable at 4-0 in the early part of the spring season. The Quakers were 2-0 in Section 2-2A and won two other nonsection matches against Class 3A Moon and 2A Montour. QV rolled past Knoch and Springdale in section play and won all four...
Quaker Valley track teams get off to quick start
The Quaker Valley track and field program has been a powerhouse in this decade. QV was represented by 16 athletes in 24 events, along with four relay units, at the PIAA Class 2A meet last year. The boys team advanced as a two-time WPIAL champion then racked up 75 points...
