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Plum grad Dannika Susko quickly growing into college game for Pitt-Johnstown women’s volleyball
For most teenagers, the transition from high school to college is a giant leap, particularly when it comes to time-management skills. The ability to multi-task gets even harder for those who also play a sport. Dannika Susko didn’t see it that way. In fact, the Plum grad feels like she...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area happenings, week of Oct. 23, 2023
Plum Area Ladies Society Plum Area Ladies Society will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at Plum Community Center, 499 Center New Texas Road. The theme for the refreshments and Friendship Basket is “Fall Harvest.” The speaker, Eric Selinger, is presenting “Rock Talks: Actually, Disco Didn’t Suck.”...
‘We’re all coming together’: Plum teachers revive festival to support Rustic Ridge families
After stopping by the airbrush booth and trying their hand at carnival games, it was time for the Betancourt family and their friends to swing by the food trucks. The group had donned their Halloween costumes to attend the Festival of Honor Sunday at Plum Senior High School. The event...
5 candidates vying for 3 council seats in Plum
Voters in Plum will have five people to choose from to fill three council seats in November. Those seeking to vote a straight Democratic ticket will elect a Republican. Three seats on the seven-member council are up for election this year. Two incumbents, Dave Vento and Dan Hadley, are not...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Oct. 22, 2023
Edgewood John Cresswell sold property at 144 Washington St. to Ryan Prendergast and Robert Ramirez for $540,000. Forest Hills Central Penn Capital Management LLC sold property at 1010 Braddock Road to Heather Fries and Catherine Jane Lachman for $300,000. Matthew Stein sold property at 1265 Brinton Road to Ian Glasgow...
After series of tough losses, Plum football aims to finish strong
The Plum football team, for the second year in a row, will cap its season Friday with a nonconference matchup against Indiana. The Mustangs last year went out with a bang in a 46-27 victory over Indiana which saw the now-graduated Eryck Moore set the career-yards record for a Plum...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Plum’s Brady French
Plum boys soccer coach Raf Kolankowski doesn’t subscribe to the notion the coach should select the captain of his teams. “I usually let the players pick the captains,” he said. “After tryouts, I usually have them make those decisions. The kids know who the leaders are.” This year, his players...
In brief: Oakmont, Plum area events, week of Oct. 16, 2023
Halloween tours at museum Halloween tours are scheduled for Oct. 20, 21 and 27 at the Kerr Memorial Museum, 402 Delaware Ave., Oakmont. Tour the museum and learn how Halloween was celebrated in the Victorian Era. Reservations are required. Cost is $35. Call 412-826-9295, and leave your name and telephone...
Plum’s Festival of Honor returning to support Rustic Ridge community
A festival created after a tragedy that shook the Plum community more than a decade ago is returning in the wake of another. After a six-year absence, the Plum Borough Education Association, the school district’s teachers union, is bringing back its Festival of Honor to support Rustic Ridge families affected...
Pittsburgh eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 15, 2023
Churchill Rhonda Miller sold property at 12 Garden Ter to Katherine Anne Kefalos for $160,000. Edgewood Clarence Paul Enterprises LLC sold property at 323 Coal St. to 325 Coal St. LLC for $25,000. Susan McBride sold property at 128 Lincoln Ave. to Christopher Scott for $396,000. Aarika Taylor Turpin sold...
Plum runners prepare for WPIAL cross country championships
Gabriel Powell has the PIAA cross country championships on his mind as the days become fewer and fewer before the WPIAL’s top races of the year take center stage Oct. 26 at White Oak Park. The Plum senior finished 32nd at last year’s WPIAL Class 3A meet at Cal (Pa.),...
Defense, rushing tandem of Grabowski, Whipple leads Penn-Trafford over Plum
Tasso Whipple and Ben Grabowski spearheaded the Warriors rushing attack as Penn-Trafford ran its way to victory over Plum, 21-6, on Friday night. Grabowski and Whipple combined for 281 rushing yards. The win put the Warriors one step closer to a playoff birth. Grabowski scored all three P-T touchdowns while...
Defense, rushing tandem of Grabowski, Whipple leads Penn-Trafford over Plum
Tasso Whipple and Ben Grabowski spearheaded the Warriors rushing attack as Penn-Trafford ran its way to victory over Plum, 21-6, on Friday night. Grabowski and Whipple combined for 281 rushing yards. The win put the Warriors one step closer to a playoff birth. Grabowski scored all three P-T touchdowns while...
Butler teachers organize concert fundraiser for colleague who lost husband, home in Plum explosion
It was from the shape of a swimming pool that Valerie Lepage realized her friend and colleague, Jackie Thomas, was among those affected by the August house explosion in Plum. The pool was all that was left of the Thomas home, which burned after the house of Paul and Heather...
Old Mine Road in Plum to be renamed Mike Thomas Way in memory of borough manager
A Plum street that leads to the borough building, public works facility, Plum EMS and a fire station will be renamed in memory of a late borough manager. Michael Thomas, 57, was among six people who lost their lives Aug. 12 in a house explosion in the borough’s Rustic Ridge...
Penalty kick sends Plum girls soccer team past Franklin Regional, clinches section title
The Plum girls soccer team clinched its fifth straight outright section championship Wednesday evening at Mustangs Stadium. But the Mustangs needed overtime to get the victory. A controversial penalty call on a Franklin Regional defender in the box set up a penalty kick for Plum. Senior Ava Weleski set up...
Some Plum residents, activists push back against additional injection well
Some Plum residents, officials and local activists are continuing to push against the possibility of a second injection well in the borough. Delmont-based Penneco Environmental Solutions is looking to launch a second injection well on a site off Old Leechburg Road, where the company has had one Sedat injection well...
Kiski Area volleyball sweeps Plum in nonsection play
Plum and Kiski Area teams are no strangers to each other as the schools match up in multiple sports across fall, winter and spring. The Mustangs and Cavaliers girls volleyball teams continued that series Monday with a nonsection matchup at Kiski Area High School. With both teams hoping to build...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area happenings, week of Oct. 9, 2023
Kerr Memorial Museum tours Halloween Tours are scheduled for Oct. 20, 21 and 27 at the Kerr Memorial Museum, 402 Delaware Ave., Oakmont. Tour the museum and learn how Halloween was celebrated in the Victorian Era. Reservations are required. Cost is $35. Call 412-826-9295, and leave your name and telephone...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Oct. 8, 2023
Forest Hills Rosemary Forester sold property at 316 Edgewood Road to Nicole Sefonek-Weiss and Jeffrey Michael Weiss for $311,081. Monroeville Gina Giacchino sold property at 275 Shady Ridge Drive to Christie Foremsky for $170,000. Ryan William McNatt sold property at 601 Spring Run Drive to Tilak Joshi for $249,900. Oakmont...
Young Plum girls volleyball team growing up fast in time for WPIAL playoffs
When Rachel Satira was hired as head coach of the Plum girls volleyball team, she knew the team would be young with some growing to do to get to where it wanted to be. With just two returning starters and only four seniors, three of which owned prior playing time...
Plum sophomore girls soccer player steps into Bigger role with football team
One day a couple of years ago, Olivia Bigger was delivering soccer kicks toward a goal from about the 40-yard line. A couple of Plum football coaches took notice of her booming boots. “They were impressed with my leg and asked me to try out,” Bigger said. “I told them...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Plum’s Tristan Ralph, Riverview’s Lola Abraham
Lola Abraham Class: Senior School: Riverview Sport: Soccer Report card: Abraham tallied three goals and an assist Monday in a 10-0 win over Serra Catholic and added four goals and three assists as the Riverview soccer team beat Steel Valley, 9-0, on Wednesday. She has 42 goals and 17 assists...
Penn Hills funeral home earns Pursuit of Excellence Award
Soxman Funeral Homes Ltd. is one of only 104 funeral homes from around the world honored with the 2023 National Funeral Directors Association Pursuit of Excellence Award, placing it among an elite group of funeral service professionals. Pursuit of Excellence Award recipients are recognized for adhering to the highest ethical...
Funeral home earns Pursuit of Excellence Award
Soxman Funeral Homes Ltd. is one of only 104 funeral homes from around the world honored with the 2023 National Funeral Directors Association Pursuit of Excellence Award, placing it among an elite group of funeral service professionals. Pursuit of Excellence Award recipients are recognized for adhering to the highest ethical...
