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A-K Valley football players to watch in 2023 Week 6
Player of the week Jake Cummings Leechburg, Jr., TE/LB Cummings carried the ball seven times for 31 yards and two touchdowns, caught an additional five passes for 91 yards and a score and converted two 2-point conversions Friday in Leechburg’s bounce-back win over Frazier. He also blocked a punt that...
Doyle, Pallone vie for district judge office serving Plum, Oakmont
A Plum councilman and a Riverview School Board member have their eyes on a new office they each want to hold. Republican Mike Doyle and Democrat Melanie Pallone are vying in the general election to succeed Linda Zucco as the district judge serving Plum and Oakmont. In making their argument...
Plum boys rally from 2-goal deficit to avoid soccer upset vs. Latrobe
Everything seemed to be going right for Latrobe, until it wasn’t. Visiting Plum erupted for three second-half goals to avoid an upset and overcome the Wildcats in a 3-2 Section 4-3A boys soccer victory Tuesday night. Plum recovered nicely from its first 2-0 deficit of the season, staging a great...
Plum Distinguished Alumni honors 5 at 13th annual banquet
Five Plum High School graduates have joined the ranks of the district’s distinguished alumni. The Plum Distinguished Alumni Committee honored the inductees during its 13th annual banquet Sept. 28 at Oakmont Country Club. The committee recognizes district alumni who have distinguished themselves in various fields of excellence or who have...
Plum girls soccer defeats Latrobe in overtime thriller
The Plum and Latrobe girls soccer teams needed overtime to decide their Section 3-3A matchup Monday evening at Plum’s Mustangs Stadium. Freshman Emily Grubich made sure the homestanding Mustangs came away with the crucial three points. She raced down the middle of the field, possessed the ball after passes from...
In brief: Homecoming, craft festival, other Plum area happenings, week of Oct. 2, 2023
Homecoming events at Plum Plum High School’s Homecoming bonfire is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 12 at 900 Elicker Road. The event precedes the following night’s football game vs. Penn-Trafford, and the Homecoming dance is at 7 p.m. Oct. 14. Fall craft festival Plum Creek Lodge 799 Masonic...
Car rally for Rustic Ridge families raises thousands
A large event in support of families of the Rustic Ridge tragedy exceeded expectations Sunday, with thousands of attendees raising at least several thousands of dollars. Rachel Vlosich co-organized a car rally expecting about 300 people to bring their muscle cars and designer vehicles to Plum Senior High School. More...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Oct. 1, 2023
Chalfant Lockwood Mgmt LLC sold property at 210 Fairview Ave. to Noel Quintana and Carrie Ann Zayas for $61,000. Churchill Francis McCracken sold property at 3828 Henley Drive to Germaine Anne Marie Schumann for $422,500. Edgewood Sean Rohrer sold property at 210 Beech St. to Aaron Steely and Alexandra Olson...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Knoch’s Mason Nebel, Plum’s Ava Weleski
Ava Weleski Class: Senior School: Plum Sport: Soccer Report card: Weleski netted a hat trick Thursday night in helping Plum to a 7-0 nonsection win over Hampton. The senior forward also scored Wednesday as the Mustangs shut out Greensburg Salem, 3-0. Plum, which also beat Gateway, 5-0, on Monday, entered...
24-hour spinning competition at Petersen Events Center aims to connect service dogs with veterans
For 24 hours — 10 a.m. Saturday until 10 a.m. Sunday — the Petersen Events Center in the Oakland will be a cyclist’s dream, as Team Foster, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit dedicated to connecting veterans with service dogs, hosts its third Ruff Ride in Pittsburgh. Part festival, part competition, Ruff Ride...
Plum renews contracts with assistant superintendent, chief financial officer
The Plum School Board has renewed contracts for two district administrators. The new contracts for Assistant Superintendent Denise Sedlacek and Ryan Manzer, chief financial officer, began Tuesday. Sedlacek’s three-year agreement runs through June 30, 2026, while Manzer’s five-year agreement is through June 30, 2028. Each of their salaries were set...
Plum’s Aldi Flowers chasing professional dream with FC Cincinnati development academy
Aldi Flowers’ story is a case study in a phrase that has been told to young athletes over and over again. Always be at your best because you never know who’s watching. For Flowers, it was a scout from FC Cincinnati who was watching, and he had no idea until...
‘Keep it from becoming a strip mall’: Plum farm joins state preservation program
Farmland may be disappearing from Western Pennsylvania, but some property owners are bucking the trend. Greg and Kim Serakowski of Plum, for example, guarantee that their 36 acres off Elicker Road is preserved in perpetuity. On Sept. 26, they greeted guests with custom-made ball caps and T-shirts to celebrate Serakowski...
Plum to begin taking orders for new military banner program
Plum is rolling out a revamped program through which borough residents can honor family and friends who have served in the military. The new military banner program will launch Oct. 2 on the borough’s website at plumboro.com. The borough is partnering with CHi Signs & Designs of Penn Hills. The...
In brief: Plum-Oakmont area happenings, week of Sept. 25, 2023
Fall Fest 2023 Plum’s annual Fall Fest will be from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Plum Creek Park on Ross Hollow Road. The event is free and for borough residents only. Kids activities will include a pumpkin patch, games, arts and crafts, and pony rides. There also...
Plum School District pays $30K to settle teacher grievances over use of paid leave during sabbaticals
The Plum School District agreed to pay just over $30,000 to settle grievances over sick leave days involving three teachers. The school board approved the settlement with the Plum Borough Education Association, the district’s teachers union, on Sept. 12 . After a representative initially said the agreement would not be...
Pittsburgh eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 24, 2023
Churchill Joshua Kubizne sold property at 2335 Greensburg Pike to Gregory Tate for $205,000. Mark Dovey sold property at 2525 Greensburg Pike Unit 303 to Philip Parr for $205,000. Adam Ford sold property at 66 Holland Road to Jeffrey Ford for $187,500. John Kurtz sold property at 108 Valiant Drive...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Freeport’s Lillie Snow, Plum’s Wes Lorish
Lillie Snow Class: Senior School: Freeport Sport: Golf Report card: Snow shot a 92 and finished fifth at the Section 2-2A qualifier Tuesday at Fox Chapel Golf Club, beating the target score of 95 to qualify for the WPIAL championships for the third straight season. The senior golfer, who has...
Plum School District investigating bullet found on school bus
The Plum School District is investigating a recent incident in which a bullet was found on one of its school buses. The district said it’s working closely with law enforcement agencies to gather information. It said there was no immediate threat to any students or staff members. In a letter...
Plum girls golf team shows improvement in inaugural season
In past fall seasons, female golfers at Plum would get their opportunity to compete, but they would have to share the course with their Mustangs male counterparts and challenge for positions in the starting lineup. That started to change last year when a group of Plum girls gathered to test...
Plum boys soccer passes tests in 1st round of section play
It wasn’t easy — Raf Kolankowski would be the first one to say it never is — but the Plum boys soccer team passed all of its tests in the first cycle of Section 4-3A play and sits at the top of the standings in its quest for another section...
Gateway football makes short work of Plum on road
The Gateway football team is hitting its stride at the right time. The Gators improved to 2-0 in the Big East Conference on Friday at Plum after their three nonconference setbacks to start the season. Brad Birch threw for 358 yards and two touchdowns, Jaquon Reynolds added three short TD...
A-K Valley football players to watch in 2023 Week 4
Player of the week Derek Burk Deer Lakes, Sr., QB Deer Lakes won its third in a row with a 48-14 nonconference win over Greensburg Salem last Friday, and Lancers senior Derek Burk’s influence was all over the victory. Burk completed 11 of 12 passes for 251 yards and five...
Plum waterlines working as designed on day of deadly home explosion, municipal authority says
Plum Municipal Authority officials said the borough’s water system and hydrants were working as designed when firefighters responded to a house explosion that killed six people in the Rustic Ridge neighborhood on Aug. 12. Firefighters initially attempted to pull water from the hydrants at a greater rate than the system...
Plum girls soccer earns tightly contested win over Franklin Regional
The Plum and Franklin Regional girls soccer teams met twice last year in section play, resuming a local rivalry that was dormant for three years. The Mustangs swept the Panthers en route to their fourth straight section championship. Franklin Regional hoped to change that narrative Monday evening at home as...
