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Borough secretary, 2 council members resign in Verona
Verona is going through a transition period following the unexpected resignations this past week of three members of the borough’s management team and council. At its Aug. 30 meeting, Verona council accepted the resignation of borough secretary Christine DeRunk, effective Sept. 9. DeRunk came aboard in August 2021 and had...
Verona Community Day returns Sept. 24
On Sept. 24, the Verona Community Group will present the second annual Verona Community Picnic, to take place at Cribbs Field on Second Street from 2 to 6 p.m. The day will feature a wide array of family-friendly activities, but the cornerstone will be the food, with the community group...
In brief: Car seat check, Touch a Truck, other Plum-Oakmont area happenings, week of Sept. 5, 2022
Car seat safety check A free car seat safety check event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 24 at Holiday Park VFD, 415 Abers Creek Road, Plum. Along with seat checks, featured will be free hot dogs and drinks, tours of the fire station, and EMS, fire...
Riverview girls look to build on trip to WPIAL playoffs
For the Riverview girls varsity soccer team, 2021 certainly was a year of growth. The Raiders rose like a phoenix from the previous fall when no team took the field because of the covid pandemic and lower-than-needed roster numbers. A group of 16 came together to finish 4-10 overall and...
East suburban real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 4, 2022
Chalfant Karl Kutz sold property at 113 Parkway Ave. to Duque Management Group LLC for $85,000. Edgewood Casey Totten sold property at 1115 E End Ave. to Jeremy and Katherine Hopkins for $495,000. James Michael sold property at 1128 E End Ave. to Thomas Hircock and Trinity Sprague for $394,500....
New member appointed to Riverview School Board
Riverview School Board members have appointed a high school alum as their newest colleague. Elected officials unanimously voted Aug. 29 to have Oakmont resident Antonio Paris fill the vacant seat of Tara Jean Schaaf of Verona. Schaaf resigned Aug. 1 to pursue a new job as a certified registered nurse...
Oakmont Chamber of Commerce has final Night Market of the year
Oakmont Chamber of Commerce closed out the summer with a few hundred people at its Night Market. The last of three such vendor and community outreach gatherings took place in the borough business district Friday, Aug. 19. Several businesses such as the Oakmont Olive Oil Co. stayed open later than...
Happenings in the Plum-Oakmont-Verona area, week of Aug. 29, 2022
New season for Plum Area Ladies Society Plum Area Ladies Society will start its new season with a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept.7 at Plum Community Center, 499 Center New Texas Rod. The speaker for the meeting will be Kim Weber, a registered nurse. She will speak on the challenges...
Experienced Riverview boys soccer team hopes to continue turnaround
The Riverview boys soccer team went winless in 2021. There were several close matchups that went down to the wire, but the youthful Raiders squad, with no seniors and just four juniors, weren’t able to get over the hump. But while the team didn’t find success in terms of wins...
East suburban real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 28, 2022
Chalfant Edward Doheny sold property at 264 Brighton St. to Jamaal and Amy Loman for $95,000. Churchill Sandra Schreib sold property at 1611 Branning Road to Bellagia Properties LLC for $90,000. Vincent Pupich III sold property at 340 Homer Drive to Tim Schmitt and Rochelle Hawkins for $140,000. Edgewood Barbara...
Love Your Library: Annual campaign supports Allegheny County lending institutions
You don’t need to know the Dewey Decimal System to enjoy today’s libraries. “There’s so much more going on than just books,” Allegheny County Library Association chief executive officer Amy Anderson said. “That’s an important part of what we do. It’s never going to go away.” But people who remember...
‘New connections and new friends’: PTO event at Oakmont school welcomes back students, families
Many of Oakmont’s youngsters returned to school a bit early. The occasion was 10th Street Elementary School’s meet-and-greet event for returning and incoming students and their families, featuring free snow cones from Kona Ice’s truck and a menu of Mediterranean-style food for sale from Ash and Kris Kitchen. The festivities,...
Investigation continues for car pulled from Allegheny River in Oakmont
Oakmont police are trying to find out who owns an old model Pontiac Firebird — and how it got into the Allegheny River. The submerged sports car was discovered upside down Tuesday afternoon by kayaker Ian Simmers, 13, of Verona. Ian said he was out on the river with his...
Senior Kevin Tomlinson driven to restore Riverview pride
Riverview senior Kevin Tomlinson has grown 5 inches in height since his freshman football season. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound wide receiver/free safety also has grown significantly through all of the ups and downs experienced during his varsity career with the Raiders. Those experiences fuel the team co-captain, and he said that...
U.S. senators request State Department declare Oakmont man jailed in Russia ‘wrongfully detained’
A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators, including both of Pennsylvania’s, signed on to a letter Tuesday requesting Secretary of State Antony Blinken designate Oakmont native Marc Fogel as being “wrongfully detained” under federal law. The Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act is named in honor of former...
Oakmont Boy Scouts celebrate 75th anniversary
Boy Scouts of America Troop 854 is holding its 75th-anniversary celebration on Sept. 3 at the place where the group has met since 1947, when it was known as Troop 84: Oakmont Presbyterian Church, 415 Pennsylvania Ave. The event will feature guest speakers including Jim Hamilton, an Eagle Scout from...
Verona’s Battle in the Borough 4 benefits first responders
An event to benefit first responders wrapped up, fittingly enough, in an ambulance. Verona’s Battle in the Borough 4 took place Aug. 20 at Cribbs Field, with the Keystone State Wrestling Alliance putting on a series of matches pitting “babyfaces,” as they call fan favorites, against villainous “heels.” Culminating the...
Riverview rebuilding project could pay off this season
Riverview has struggled in and out of Eastern Conference play with just seven victories over the past five seasons. But third-year Raiders coach Trevor George is sounding the bell of optimism that this year’s group can turn things around and be a factor in conference play and also make a...
In brief: Boy Scout celebration, other happenings around Oakmont, Plum, Verona, week of Aug. 22, 2022.
Boy Scout celebration Boy Scout Troop 854 of Oakmont, originally Troop 54, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. In commemoration, the troop is holding an anniversary gathering and dinner from 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 3 in the dining room of Oakmont Presbyterian Church, 415 Pennsylvania Ave. All current...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 21, 2022
Churchill Allison Hoge sold property at 2409 Marbury Road to Tony Castillo II for $620,000. Forest Hills Anna Viselli sold property at 1987 Centurion Drive Apt 514 to Michael Caroccia Jr. and Margaret Caroccia for $80,000. Douglas Ram Contractors LLC sold property at 162 Fairfax Road to Aren Davey for...
Back to school: Tenth Street Elementary in Oakmont welcomes large influx of kindergartners
Aug. 25 marks the return to the classroom for students in all three Riverview School District buildings, and one of the notable changes this year is an extra-large group of kindergartners at Tenth Street Elementary in Oakmont. The school will be inviting 70 kindergartners, and according to Principal David Zolkowski,...
In brief: Events around Oakmont, Plum, week of Aug. 15, 2022
RCAC hosts ‘Rags to Riches’ Riverview Community Action Corp. is hosting an informative program, “From Rags to Riches,” at 7 p.m. Sept. 13 at 501 Second St., Oakmont. The entrance is on Delaware Avenue. Author, historian, and presenter Debra Sandoe McCauslin will discuss Jessie Mathews Vann, wife of Robert Vann,...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 18, 2022
Churchill Thomas Foster sold property at 1068 Black Forest Drive to Joshua and Rachel Clay for $187,000. Clarence Gillcrese sold property at 2039 Hampstead Drive to Michele Boyd for $192,000. Michael Connors sold property at 2200 William Penn Highway to Vusala Snyder for $265,000. Forest Hills Barbara Bridge sold property...
Verona Presbyterian Church sets date for its final service
Verona Presbyterian Church will soon shut its doors for good. Church leaders said its membership has dwindled over the years from more than 400 to just 31 people, and about 10 come to Sunday services religiously. The pandemic also had a tremendous impact in cutting programs and stopped in-person services...
Riverview School Board has vacancy following resignation
Riverview School Board vice president Tara Jean Schaaf has resigned. Her departure was effective Aug. 1. The Verona parent cited a new job as her reason for leaving the board. “I loved my time on the board and was sad to have to resign, but I had to make decisions...
