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Fall shoe recycling program breaks Fox Chapel Garden Club record
Fox Chapel Garden Club had a record-setting year with its annual tennis shoe recycling program. The volunteer group, led by co-chairs Ellen Romsaas and Susie Williams, collected 3,198 shoes from late August to early October. It was the 15th straight year for the club’s project designed to repurpose athletic wear....
Volunteers needed for Light Up Night in Sewickley
Sewickley officials need some help with an upcoming holiday celebration. Volunteers are being sought for Light Up Night, which is scheduled from 5p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2. Festivities will take place along Broad Street, from Centennial Avenue to Thorn Street; and Beaver Street, from Blackburn Road to Chestnut...
Aspinwall Council adopts ordinance regulating outdoor business operations in the borough
Aspinwall Council adopted an ordinance on Oct. 12 that prohibits all outdoor business, commercial and trading activities in the borough from 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays and midnight to 7 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. The vote was 5-2 with council President Tim McLaughlin and Councilwoman Mary Hancock...
Route 28 work continues in East Deer
Single-lane restrictions along Route 28 in both directions near the structure over Crawford Run Road in East Deer have been in place since mid-September as crews from Swank Construction Co. perform roadway reconstruction and bridge deck rehabilitation. Restrictions were recently extended until Friday, Oct. 14. The work is part of...
Arrest made in fatal Penn Hills shooting
A man was shot to death on Oct. 12 in Penn Hills, Allegheny County Police reported. Police responded to a shooting around 3:20 p.m. along the 9000 block of Frankstown Road. First responders found a man who had been shot. He was dead at the scene. The victim was identified...
Megan Turnbull to step down as Leetsdale solicitor
Leetsdale is in need of a solicitor. Attorney Megan Turnbull, who has provided legal services to the borough for more than 10 years, has tendered her resignation. Council discussed her departure at a workshop meeting Oct. 6. Members plan to vote to accept the resignation, as well as a motion...
Code Orange Air Quality Action Day declared for Liberty-Clairton area Tuesday
The state Department of Environmental Protection has declared Tuesday a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter for several Mon Valley communities. Officials said areas impacted include Clairton, Glassport, Liberty, Lincoln and Port Vue. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index provides standardized color codes for...
Aspinwall’s Fall in the Wall attracts hundreds
Hundreds of people packed Aspinwall for the Aspinwall Chamber of Commerce’s annual Fall in the Wall celebration Oct. 8. “The turnout’s incredible this year,” said Adam Redling of Aspinwall, whose daughter, Elliana, 7, received a unicorn balloon animal from Quin McLaughlin, known in entertainment circles as “Q the Clone” of...
Community meeting to discuss Sharpsburg’s Kennedy Park planned for Tuesday
Sharpsburg residents will have an opportunity to help decide the future of Kennedy Park at an event hosted by a borough teen leader. Junior council member Roman Mason will host a community meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Atithi Studios, 1020 North Canal St. The event is described...
North Hills School District parents, students, staff split on logo, nickname issue
North Hills School District parents, students and employees seem split on a major decision recently made by their school board. The high school football team hosted Shaler Area High School at Martorelli Stadium Friday night, about 24-hours after school directors voted 7-2 to stop using a Native American chief logo,...
Quaker Valley area firefighters to collaborate on fire safety fair in Sewickley
Fire departments throughout the Quaker Valley are coming together for a fire safety fair in Sewickley. The joint event will feature trucks, equipment and members from Cochran Hose, Aleppo, Big Sewickley Creek, Fair Oaks, Leetsdale, Emsworth and Ohio Township volunteer companies. It is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m....
Inaugural Leetsdale Pumpkin Festival going on through Saturday in Henle Park
Families are flocking to Henle Park in Leetsdale for the parks and recreation committee’s inaugural Pumpkin Festival. The fall event at the corner of Beaver and Ferry streets kicked off Thursday afternoon. Festivities continue from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission is free. There is a haunted pavilion...
Fox Chapel Area High School homecoming court announced
Fox Chapel Area High School will host homecoming activities on Oct. 14 with the homecoming game played against Woodland Hills High School at 7 p.m. at the school stadium. The Fox Chapel Area Community Carnival will take place from 4-7 p.m. on the front lawn and front parking lot of...
Events at Cooper-Siegel library
Grey the Great Dane, a certified therapy dog, will be at the Cooper-Siegel Community Library for a special storytime from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 Grey’s visits are on the third Saturday of the month. Call 412-828-9520 for more information. The library is locate at 403 Fox Chapel Road. Sharpsburg...
Grant awarded for design of bike trail through Verona, Oakmont, Penn Hills and Plum
Penn Hills was recently granted a $1.173 million grant through the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Trail Development Fund to design and engineer a multi-municipality bike and walking trail. The project, dubbed the VOPP Trail – Verona, Oakmont, Penn Hills and Plum - is a proposed 13.4 mile stretch with...
Quaker Valley School District to celebrate Homecoming this weekend
Quaker Valley High School’s Homecoming game is against South Park on Oct. 7. The Homecoming court has been selected. Its king and queen will be announced at halftime. A dance is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Oct. 8 at the high school. The theme for this year is Pink Out. The...
Trick or treating scheduled in the Fox Chapel area
Trick or treating will occur on Oct. 31 in Fox Chapel area communities. Local officials have set these times for ghosts and gobblins to knock on your door: Aspinwall: 6-7:30 p.m. At 7:30 p.m. a costume contest will be conducted at the Aspinwall borough building on Commercial Avenue with the...
Fox Chapel Area students collect donations for Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Fox Chapel Area High School students collected more than 1,000 items for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in September. The student government’s community outreach committee food drive took place Sept. 19-30. Students brought donations to their homerooms and the class with the most donations earned a free breakfast. Community...
Appeal hearings for former Leet Police chief’s termination postponed indefinitely
An appeal hearing for the termination of former Leet Police Chief Michael Molinaro has been postponed indefinitely. Civil Service commissioners unanimously voted at a special meeting on Sept. 29 to approve a postponement request from attorneys representing the township and the former chief. Attorney Massimo Terzigni of Joel Sansone Law...
Police: 15-year-old boy charged in August shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood West neighborhood
A 15-year-old Pittsburgh boy was apprehended by the U.S. Marshal’s Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force and the city’s Bureau of Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit on Friday. Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews said the boy, whose name has not been released, was wanted in connection with a shooting around 1:15 p.m....
Kennywood reopens with new security measures in place after triple shooting
An increased police presence and stricter security screenings awaited Kennywood customers Friday night as the amusement park reopened six days after a shooting that wounded three people. An altercation between two groups of juveniles led to a 39-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy being shot in the leg and another...
Annual Fall in the Wall celebration in Aspinwall set for Oct. 8
Aspinwall’s annual autumn celebration returns with some new activities and food trucks to compliment its traditional fall feel. The Aspinwall Chamber of Commerce presents Fall in the Wall from 3-6 p.m. on Oct. 8. Brilliant Avenue from First Street to Freeport Road, and Commercial Avenue will be closed for the...
Kerr Museum in Oakmont hosts Victorian Halloween exhibit, tours
The Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont has been transformed into a haunted mansion for a Victorian Era Halloween exhibit. Tours are going on now through Nov. 11 at the historic home at 402 Delaware Ave. About a dozen rooms were redecorated with papier-mache, costumes, photos and other items designed to...
Proposed soccer field in Bell Acres to be memorial for Sewickley Area Soccer founder
Leo Moss left an indelible impression on young Quaker Valley athletes. Members of the Quaker Valley Recreation Association, the nonprofit umbrella of Sewickley area soccer, baseball/softball and lacrosse athletic leagues, want to ensure his legacy lives on through a new artificial turf field. Fundraising has begun for the proposed Leo...
Quaker Valley COG launches new drop-off yard waste program with Reserve Twp. company
The Quaker Valley Council of Governments is looking to build off its recycling program with a new drop-off yard waste program. It has partnered with Michael Brothers Hauling to allow residents of member communities to dispose of grass clippings, leaves, brush, wood chips, concrete chunks, dirt and small logs at...
