North Allegheny category, Page 53
In brief: news from AARP, Cranberry Public Library, Providence Heights Alpha School
AARP AARP 595 welcomes new members and guests to its meeting on the first Tuesday of the month at 12:30 p.m. at Hampton Presbyterian Church, 2842 E. Hardies Road. Join us for great fellowship, luncheons, entertainment and trips. The next meeting is Feb. 7. Guest speaker will be Bob Cahalan...
DECA team wins big for North Allegheny
An impressive win by the DECA team has North Allegheny students headed to a state competition in February. North Allegheny stood out at the District 2 DECA Conference at the Community College of Beaver County in December. NA received 64 out of 76 individual awards, including first place awards in...
Unified bocce team at North Allegheny brings together students with, without disabilities
Unified bocce finally is rolling at North Allegheny. Unified bocce is one of the latest sports added to the NA athletic department. Unified sports join people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It’s sponsored by the Special Olympics. “I have loved bocce ball ever since I have...
Gun safety program at Northland Library in McCandless to focus on kids
A local gun safety awareness group is working to keep unsecured guns from getting into the hands of children. Be SMART Pittsburgh is presenting Be SMART for Kids on Feb. 2 at 6:30 p.m., at the Northland Public Library on Cumberland Road in McCandless. Be SMART for Kids is a...
Ross hires veteran Pittsburgh police commander to serve as its 1st female chief
Ross Township officials broke with the long-standing tradition of promoting their most senior police officer to chief when an opening comes up. With help from a consultant who developed a plan to restructure the police department, the township announced during a news conference Jan. 17 that it has hired its...
In brief: news from Longvue Acres Garden Club, AARP
Longvue Acres Garden Club Longvue Acres Garden Club’s January will present “The History of North Park,” an overview from prehistoric times to the present by Allegheny County Interpretive Park Ranger, Deaglan McManus on Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Northmont United Presbyterian Church, 8169 Perry Highway, McCandless. The club’s programs...
McCandless Democrats host Feb. 23 fundraiser
The McCandless Democratic Committee is hosting its annual petition season fundraiser on Feb. 23 at the Chadwick Event Center at 10545 Perry Highway in McCandless from 6 to 8:30 pm. The purchase of a ticket includes a buffet dinner. Democratic candidates will be available for a meet-and-greet. Candidates will be...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of Jan. 15, 2023
Bellevue DXX Properties LLC sold property at 101 Grant Ave. to HKH Properties LLC for $331,000. Adrian Posteraro sold property at 215 Grant Ave. to RKS Investments LLC for $195,000. North Bryant Partn. L.P. sold property at 16-20 N Bryant Ave. to Alexandra Seibert for $265,000. Estate of Robert Scott...
North Allegheny Foundation to honor alumni at awards dinner
The North Allegheny Foundation will honor 10 North Allegheny graduates by bestowing 2023 Distinguished Alumni awards for outstanding achievement. The awards will be presented during a Jan. 26 gala at The Chadwick on Perry Highway in McCandless sponsored by the foundation, a broad-based community group founded in 1989, said Bill...
Northern Regional Police accuse woman of assaulting construction flagger with bat
Northern Regional Police accused a woman of using a baseball bat to assault another woman who was working as a flagger at a road construction site in Pine. Police say that on Jan. 5, a woman who works for Wright Traffic Control Inc. was working as a flagger at the...
North Park offers winter fun
Flurries or not, many cold-weather die-hards are taking advantage of North Park this winter. Those looking for winter workouts can cross-country ski when it snows throughout the 3,094-acre North Park located in McCandless, Hampton and Pine townships and even on the North Park golf courses. “The golf courses are available...
North Allegheny custodian passes away at 30
Students and staff of North Allegheny School District are mourning the death of the head custodian at Hosack Elementary School. Kevin Cavlovich, 30, died on Jan. 5, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. “Mr. Kevin” had been a custodian for the North Allegheny School District for more than...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of Jan. 8, 2022
Bellevue Jeffrey Bergman sold property at 75 Kendall Ave. to J & D Living LLC for $70,000. Estate of Donald Elphinstone sold property at 712 Means Ave. to R & E Ventures LLC for $95,000. Stephen Mosolansky sold property at 515 Monroe Ave. to Amanda Anne Szafraniec for $180,000. Matthew...
Memorial Park Church in McCandless offers money management course
Beginning Jan. 18, Memorial Park Church will offer Financial Peace University, a class that teaches people how to handle money God’s way, not the world’s way, and live a life of freedom and generosity. The first session will be conducted in Westminster Hall at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 18. It will...
Solar push for business, nonprofits in McCandless
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the name of Sharon Grace Pillar. Big tax breaks await businesses and nonprofits in McCandless that go solar, and they can get help with the process through nonprofit Pennsylvania Solar Center. An online informational webinar is scheduled for Jan. 13, from...
K9 retires from Northern Regional police department
Though he’s not beach-bound, a local police dog has recently retired to the “lap” of luxury. That lap belongs to his former police partner and now permanent owner Sgt. Michael Dorsch of the Northern Regional Police Department. K-9 Nolte retired in December from the NRPD, which he first joined in...
Venkat announces traffic safety grants for Hampton, McCandless
Hampton and McCandless townships will receive a combined $626,483 for traffic safety improvements, state Rep. Arvind Venkat, D-McCandless, announced on Jan. 4. The grants are funded by PennDOT’s Automated Red-Light Enforcement program, or ARLE. McCandless will receive $451,483 to upgrade accessible pedestrian signals, equipment for flashing yellow arrow operations, controller...
New state legislator for Hampton, McCandless takes oath
State Rep. Arvind Venkat, D-McCandless, took the oath of office in the state Capitol Jan. 3 to begin representing the 30th Legislative District. The district includes Hampton, Franklin Park and five other municipalities in addition to McCandless. Venkat is first Indian American to be elected to the state House, and...
North Hills Genealogists host Jan. 16 presentation about Civil War ancestors
North Hills Genealogists will host an online presentation on Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. by Brian Rhinehart entitled, “I Have a Civil War Ancestor… Now What?” The event is free and open to the public. Civil War soldiers often left a rich genealogical paper trail. Many records are tucked away...
Police accuse man of being drunk with child in car, assaulting woman
Northern Regional Police accused a Bucks County man of being drunk while driving with a toddler in his vehicle to a family Christmas dinner and then assaulting a woman when she asked him to pull over so she could take the wheel. Thomas William Cooke, 40, of Edgewood Road in...
One of Franco Harris’ last public appearances was at North Allegheny’s Ingomar Middle School
Just moments before Franco Harris’s surprise appearance to students at Ingomar Middle School on Dec. 12, as he walked toward the doors of the auditorium, he was warm, approachable and genuine with the few who were waiting in the lobby. Harris was vibrant and enthusiastic. And it clearly generated with...
What’s new at Northland Library in McCandless
More library events, activities and ongoing groups are listed on the Northland Public Library’s website at www.northlandlibrary.org. Library News New Year — New Gear Thanks to funding from the Jack Buncher Foundation, Northland has replaced the book drops at at the Baierl YMCA and the Marshall Township Municipal Building with...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of Dec. 18, 2022
Bellevue Karen Brooks trustee sold property at 120-122 N Sprague Ave. to Hobbs Homes LLC for $105,000. George Malsch sold property at 734 Orchard Ave. to Daniel Seifer Sr for $185,000. Sisters Holy Family Nazareth USA Inc. sold property at 152 Ridge Ave. to Simmer & Simmer LLC for $205,500....
North Allegheny students recreate sweet treats for tree.
Thirty fifth-grade students from North Allegheny’s Ingomar Elementary School decorated sweet treat ornaments for the tree at Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream on Perry Highway in Wexford. The shop invited the students of IES teacher Lauren Clore’s art classes to pick a favorite holiday sweet and recreate it. Shop owner Nicole...
K9 Joy and Sgt. Madden retire from McCandless Police Department
McCandless Police Sgt. Bryan Madden and his sidekick, K-9 Officer Joy, have retired from McCandless Police Department. Madden joined the department in 1993 and Joy in 2017. Their resignations were effective Dec. 16. Madden called it “an honor and a privilege” to serve the McCandless community, and McCandless Township Council...
