Plum Advance Leader category, Page 26
Plum recognizes first responders to Rustic Ridge tragedy
What Peter Troxell remembers most about the August day when a house exploded in Plum’s Rustic Ridge neighborhood is that it was hot. As a fire police officer with the Holiday Park Volunteer Fire Department, it was Troxell’s job to make sure the first responders who needed to get to...
Connellsville jumps on Plum early in Class 5A 1st-round win
Gateway High School’s softball field isn’t the most popular place for Plum. The Mustangs have seen their season end on that field three of the past four years. Two years ago in the WPIAL Class 5A first round, Fox Chapel blanked Plum. Last year, Thomas Jefferson rallied from three runs...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area events, week of May 13, 2024
‘Bowl for the Cure’ scheduled The 15th annual “Bowl for the Cure” will be held beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at Nesbit’s Lanes, 3501 Leechburg Road in Plum. The cost is $20 per person or $100 per lane and includes bowling, shoes, pizza, pop, random drawings, a 50/50...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of May 12, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Dennis Syska sold property at 301 Greenfield Ave. to Aviedaleen Rozina Carden Miller and Maleena Matilda Escalera for $164,000. Churchill Jessica Buitrago sold property at 3310 Longbow Drive to Daniel Mankin and Kyrnan Matthias for $352,500. Mary Ann McClain sold property at 3318 Scathelocke Drive to Finnbarr...
Plum notebook: Mustangs wrestlers make college decisions
Antonino Walker and fellow Plum seniors celebrated their high school wrestling careers and wrestling futures as they finalized decisions to compete at the next level. Walker, who committed to Division I Edinboro, as well as Sam Snyder (Division III Saint Vincent), Carson Yocca (Division II Ashland) and Rylen Campbell (Ashland)...
GAMA Sports Training working on move into new $2.5M facility in Plum
A sports training facility in Plum is growing again. Joe Fischetti hopes to move his family business, GAMA Sports Training, into a 27,000-square-foot home in September. The new building would be at the end of Sheena Drive, a dead-end road off Davidson Road, where GAMA currently is housed in a...
Suspect in Mount Oliver drug deal shooting arrested in Plum
A Clairton man accused of shooting a person during a drug deal in Mount Oliver in April was arrested Wednesday night in Plum. Plum police arrested Dorian Randell Ingram, 29, after an anonymous woman said she saw him at a residence in the 100 block of Unity Center Road. The...
Plum School District to honor 22 retiring employees with special reception
The Plum School District is preparing to bid farewell to nearly two dozen employees with more than 550 years of combined service to the district. The district plans to honor its 22 retirees with a reception beginning at 6:30 p.m. May 28 at the high school library. It will be...
Plum baseball defeats Fox Chapel to create WPIAL’s 1st 4-way tie for section title in 20 years
On the final day of section play, the Fox Chapel baseball team controlled its destiny for an outright title. Instead, with help coming from another section matchup, Plum’s victory over the Foxes solidified an ultra-rare four-way tie atop the Section 1-5A standings. With Plum’s 10-4 victory and Franklin Regional pulling...
Residents voice displeasure over lack of upkeep at Cribbs Field in Verona
Like many residents of Oakmont and Verona, Colin Wiehagen would like to know what is going on with Cribbs Field. Wiehagen, an Oakmont resident who works in Verona, has children who use the fields for baseball and softball. The fields, where some of his fondest memories were made, have seen...
New Kensington gift shop, Ethical Hope, seeks to make a difference around the world
Each of the items for sale in Meredith Hedeen’s New Kensington gift shop has a story behind it. They come from all over the world: hand-painted ceramics made in home studios in San Juan de Oriente, a town in Nicaragua; hand-sewn goods made by a seamstress at a cooperative workshop...
Fox Chapel lefty shuts down Plum as 4-way battle for section title rages on
Fox Chapel lefty Jeremy Haigh worked fast, threw strikes and sometimes bopped along to Plum’s walkup songs. There was no doubt Haigh had found his groove. The junior needed fewer than 80 pitches to finish off a dominant one-hitter Monday afternoon as Fox Chapel strengthened its section title hopes with...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area events, week of May 6, 2024
Plum to honor Rustic Ridge responders A ceremony honoring the first responders to the Rustic Ridge house explosion is scheduled to be held at 6 p.m. May 13 at the municipal center on Mike Thomas Way. The event, sponsored by the borough, will be held at the outdoor amphitheater or,...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for May 5, 2024Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week: Plum Mustangs Coaches: Carl Vollmer (20th season) Records: Plum is 8-2 in Section 1-5A, 11-6 overall #Earned: Plum helped make a somewhat interesting four-team race for the top spot in Section 1-5A into an extremely interesting race with only two games remaining in...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of May 5, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Jaron James McClain sold property at 292 Brighton St. to Jeffrey O’Kelly and Gwen Elizabeth Pearson for $115,000. Mary Renwick sold property at 303 Lynnwood Ave. to DN Team Holdings 1 LLC for $5,000. Edgewood Karla Cepeda sold property at 129 W Swissvale Ave. to Keldin Sergheyev...
Helping hands: Donations exceed $875,000 for those affected by Plum house explosion
Rafal Kolankowski and his family have felt the full embrace of the Plum community since August — some of it in the form of bracelets, lemonade and yard signs. The Kolankowskis are among about a dozen families whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged when a nearby house exploded in...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Mason Miles, Plum’s Gabrielle Layne
Gabrielle Layne School: Plum Class: Junior Sport: Track and field Report card: Plum junior Gabrielle Layne won the 200-meter dash in 25.56 seconds Friday at the Pine-Richland Invitational. She also placed third in the 100 (12.56). One of the WPIAL’s top sprinters, she finished fifth in the 100 and eighth...
Plum’s Owen Proskin looks to contend for WPIAL medals in multiple events
During a high school track and field meet this season, Owen Proskin can be seen anywhere from the track to the jumps and to the throws. The versatile 6-foot-5 Plum sophomore is making his mark in several events and producing points, top place finishes, and creating positive vibes toward what...
Plum Mustang mountain bike team gears up for season of growth, camaraderie
Jim Yurek gets excited when talking about the continued growth of the Plum Mustang mountain bike team. “I love what this team has done for my sons and what it still does for my daughter,” said Yurek, a retired police officer who runs The Bike Lab shop in Plum and...
Fox Chapel, Plum baseball teams meet again with high stakes
It is becoming an annual tradition that the Fox Chapel and Plum baseball teams meet in the final section series with something on the line. This is the fourth year in a row that there’s playoff implications for their two-game set. Fox Chapel and Plum are 8-2 in Section 1-5A,...
Sheetz celebrates opening of new store on Plum’s Golden Mile Highway
Promotions and giveaways drew large crowds to the new Sheetz store that opened in Plum on Wednesday, May 1. The convenience store is on Golden Mile Highway at Presque Isle Drive, where a Kings restaurant was torn down after closing in September 2022. Part of the adjacent Presque Isle Plaza...
Plum volunteer firefighters begin training sessions at former borough building
Plum’s volunteer firefighters began using the borough’s former municipal building for training Tuesday night. Firefighters from the Holiday Park, Logans Ferry, Renton and Unity departments were expected to start by practicing forceful entry, wall breaching, large room searches and long hallway searches in the building. The building is slated for...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area events, week of April 29, 2024
Plum High auditorium to get new lighting system The Plum School Board approved paying Integrated Theatre Systems about $333,680 for a new lighting system for the high school auditorium. Integrated’s cost, one of three considered by the district, was in the middle. Despite there being a lower cost, it was...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of April 28, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Brian Polinsky sold property at 53 Garden Ter to 53 Garden LLC for $87,000. Samuel Mussmann sold property at 2184 Garrick Drive to Sean and Jena Billock for $318,500. Edgewood Joseph Grabowski sold property at 1027 East End Ave. to Joseph Bowers and Amanda Hinton for $525,450....
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Plum’s Riley Stephans, Kiski Area’s Nate Witt
Riley Stephans School: Plum Class: Sophomore Sport: Softball Report card: Plum sophomore Riley Stephans tossed two no-hitters and a two-hitter this week in leading the Mustangs (9-4, 6-3) to three victories. On Monday, she allowed zero hits and struck out 10 in four innings in a 15-0 win over Oakland...
