Monroeville Times Express category, Page 66
Gateway stuns Laurel Highlands, earns 1st appearance in state basketball semifinals
There will be a WPIAL rematch in the state semifinals, but Laurel Highlands won’t be there. The previously undefeated WPIAL champions were stunned Tuesday night by a determined Gateway team that dominated on the glass, piled up second-chance points and celebrated a 55-52 victory in a PIAA Class 5A quarterfinal...
Monroeville police investigating shooting in Olive Garden parking lot
Monroeville police are investigating a shooting that sent an Olive Garden employee to a hospital. Police Chief Doug Cole said the worker, a 19-year-old man, was treated and released from Forbes Hospital after being shot in the leg Saturday around 9:30 p.m. in the restaurant’s parking lot along Mall Plaza...
Volunteers bring therapy dogs to AIU’s Sunrise School in Monroeville
Talk about feeling welcome. “We usually come here one Friday a month,” Gloria Frick said, “and they always tell us, you can come every Friday.” As a volunteer for the Alliance of Therapy Dogs, Frick leads groups of four-legged friends to various locales, including the special-education Sunrise School in Monroeville....
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week: March 13, 2022
Through six games, the Gateway boys basketball team didn’t look like a district final four team or a state elite eight squad. The Gators were 3-3 and spinning their wheels. After an early January loss to Penn Hills, Gateway found traction and ripped off six consecutive wins. Since that loss...
Gateway wrestlers cap season at WPIAL championships
Arontay Heningcamp’s debut match at the WPIAL/Southwest Regional Class 3A wrestling tournament didn’t exactly go the way he had hoped. The Gateway junior suffered an 8-0 major decision loss to Chartiers Valley junior Brady Joling in the first round. But instead of folding his tent, Heningcamp bounced back and scored...
Gateway’s Hunter Raymer swims to WPIAL gold medal, eyes success at PIAA meet
Hunter Raymer was no stranger to big swim meets before the WPIAL Class 3A championships March 3 and 4 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. But the Gateway freshman still marveled at the spectacle that is the WPIAL meet, with its packed pool deck, boisterous spectator section and intense races over the...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 13, 2022
Edgewood Eric Holtzman sold property at 430 Greendale Ave. to Harvey and Roberta Lyn Borovetz for $319,000. Forest Hills Curtis Cunningham sold property at 401 Woodside Road to Mary Joyce Connors for $171,000. Monroeville JCMR Properties LLC sold property at 1206 Bowling Green Drive to Michael and Melanie Hampton for...
Spring Fever Festival returns to Monroeville
The 23rd annual Pittsburgh Arts & Crafts Spring Fever Festival is scheduled from March 18-20 at the Monroeville Convention Center. Festival hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Exhibitors from 11 states will have 165 booths set up, offering a variety...
Allegheny Health Network’s Monroeville surgery center earns patient safety award
Allegheny Health Network’s Monroeville Ambulatory Surgery Center has been recognized with a 2022 safety award by the Patient Safety Authority, an independent state agency which collects reports of patient safety events from Pennsylvania health care facilities. Pennsylvania is the only state that requires health care facilities to report all incidents...
Caliente Pizza looks to add another award to its collection at International Pizza ExpoVideo
When Nick Bogacz of Pine Township returned from his first trip to the International Pizza Expo in Parma, Italy in 2015, he was reinvigorated. “I saw how culinary-inspired it was,” said Bogacz, owner of the Caliente Pizza chain in the Pittsburgh area. “When I came back, I managed to convince...
State awards grants to Monroeville-area emergency service providers
When a 10-year-old used pumper fire truck still costs about $170,000, a grant for $15,000 might not seem like a lot. But it means plenty to local fire companies, according to Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company No. 4 Chief Logan Stadler. “These grants are extremely beneficial,” Stadler said. “It helps us...
Monroeville Historical Society seeks donations toward repairing Old Stone Church bell tower
To restore an iconic part of local architecture, the Monroeville Historical Society is seeking donations toward repairing the bell tower of Old Stone Church. The tower came into disrepair about two years ago, when it slipped from its moorings because of deterioration to its masonry support. Since publishing an In...
Monroeville church has new layout, indoor dining for fish fryVideo
Fish fry season, or what others call Lent, has begun. Many local churches, fire departments and organizations take this 46-day opportunity to raise funds selling fish, fries, haluski, desserts and other foods on Fridays. St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church in Monroeville is no exception. The fish fry is coordinated by...
Gateway boys fall short in WPIAL semifinals
The Gateway boys basketball team had its run in the WPIAL playoffs come to a close last week in the semifinals. Mike Wells scored 23 points and junior Isaiah Boice had 22 as second-seeded New Castle celebrated a 72-62 victory over No. 6 Gateway in a WPIAL Class 5A semifinal...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 6, 2022
Churchill Robert Render sold property at 3619 McCrady Road to Jordan D’Ambrosio for $310,000. Jon Patrick Hansen sold property at 1630 Williamsburg Pl to Flavia Laun for $225,000. Edgewood Philip Roy Currie sold property at 1208 Savannah Ave. to Stephen Panicho for $370,500. Forest Hills Robin Wagner sold property at...
1 dead following crash in North Versailles
A 59-year-old man died of injuries following a two-vehicle crash in North Versailles on Wednesday night. Emergency officials responded to the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Congress Street at 10:52 p.m. where a Dodge Caravan with two passengers struck a Ford Explorer with a single male driver. All three people...
Get ready for spring cleaning with Monroeville waste collection day
Household hazardous and electronic waste collection days are scheduled at the Monroeville Public Works Building, 200 Starr Drive. The collections are open to everyone, and the next event will take place starting at 9 a.m. April 16. Accepted chemicals include paint and workshop products, automotive products, cleaning products, lawn and...
Monroeville, Pitcairn named Banner Communities
Monroeville and Pitcairn have been designated as 2022 Banner Communities by the Allegheny County League of Municipalities. This marks the 10th year of the program, which recognizes municipalities and municipal authorities that show a commitment to professional development, prudent fiscal management, transparency, accountability and proactive communications to engage community stakeholders....
Defending champion New Castle reaches WPIAL finals for 8th time in 11 years
The road to the WPIAL championship winds through gyms all across Western Pennsylvania, but New Castle rarely gets lost along the way. They know the route better than most. “This is the road we take every year,” senior Mike Wells said Monday night, after the Red Hurricanes clinched their eighth...
In brief: Broadway Boulevard road work, Fire & EMS Show and more in Monroeville
Broadway Boulevard road work Lane restrictions have begun on Route 130 (Broadway Boulevard) in Pitcairn, Monroeville and Trafford. Single-lane alternating restrictions are occurring on Broadway Boulevard between Second Street and Haymaker Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily through April 30 as crews construct ADA curb ramps. Traffic will...
Gateway swimmers chasing medals at WPIAL championships
Before competing in college at Youngstown State, Summer Raymer has one final chance to make her mark on the biggest high school stages in Pennsylvania. The Gateway senior distance swimmer, who will compete in both the 200- and 500-yard freestyles and the 200 and 400 free relays at the WPIAL...
Young Gateway lineup ‘trending in right direction’
The Gateway junior varsity hockey team finished its regular season Feb. 14 with a tough 3-2 loss to Mt. Lebanon. It completed a 3-10-3 run, and while that record might not look inspiring at face value, coach Shawn Jesih said a closer look reveals marked improvement for a roster with...
Eastern suburban Pittsburgh real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 27, 2022
Churchill Estate of Marylyn Knolle sold property at 2525 Greensburg Pike Apt 305 to Andrea Bullock for $180,000. Aaron Billger sold property at 2416 Marbury Road to Paul Jeffrey and Gail Elizabeth Roup for $482,085. Edgewood Brian Henry sold property at 1220 E End Ave. to Brian Wallace for $335,000....
Gateway upsets No. 3 Mars, earns 1st WPIAL semifinal appearance since 2012
Gateway was only a couple of minute away from upsetting No. 3 seed Mars, but for the Gators, those final moments seemed to last forever. This was a big moment for a team that hasn’t reached the WPIAL semifinals in a decade. “That last two minutes felt like an hour,”...
Police: Mother charged for threatening student on Gateway school bus
A Monroeville woman is charged with terroristic threats and other crimes for allegedly threatening a Gateway elementary student on a bus. Jada Northcutt, 34, got on to a bus with Evergreen Elementary School students at the intersection of Garden City and SunnyField drives the morning of Jan. 27, according to...
