Plum Advance Leader category, Page 43
Plum girls lacrosse team reflects on section championship season
The Plum girls lacrosse team had big things in mind for the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs and beyond after a regular season which saw it finish undefeated in section play for the first time and rack up a 14-3 overall record. The Mustangs were awarded the No. 2 seed —...
New season of Plum’s Monday Market in Plum Creek Park has begun
Plum’s Monday Market kicked off its season at Plum Creek Park with a plethora of vendors and a variety of offerings. Opening day for the market, near the ball fields along New Texas Road, was Monday, June 5. It was sunny shopping for Cheryl Stezoski of Plum, who picked up...
Plum adds varsity teams for girls
Plum Borough School Board voted May 30 to recognize golf and wrestling for girls as varsity-level sports. The school district added a girls wrestling team last June, and members just finished their first season, competing in events primarily hosted by other districts. When Plum sanctioned girls wrestling, it was the...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Plum’s Carson Svidron
For as long as he can remember, Plum senior Carson Svidron has been a catcher. “Honestly, I liked having as much gear as possible when I was younger because I thought it was fun to wear,” Svidron said. “Growing up, I kept getting better and better at it, and no...
In brief: AARP meeting, Military connections yard sale, week of June 5, 2023
Plum AARP meets at Legion post Plum AARP 3067 will meet at noon Tuesday at American Legion Post 980, 7824 Saltsburg Road. Meetings usually are held at Unity Community Church. There will be no formal program, just an opportunity to socialize with other members. The annual summer social is scheduled...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 4, 2023
Churchill Adam McDowell sold property at 3860 Henley Drive to Elias and Katherine EC Bardis for $315,000. Merle Mermelstein sold property at 2309 Marbury Road to Richard Vanburgess II and Gabriella Alvarez for $540,000. Forest Hills Estate of Regina Zezza sold property at 29 Fairview Road to An Lewis and...
Libraries aim to curb summer slide, keep kids engaged in literacy
Area libraries are turning the page on another year of free summer reading programs for children. The 2023 Collaborative Summer Library Program’s national slogan is “All Together Now.” Summer reading programs date back to the late 1800s, as a way to coax school-age children to utilize libraries and foster reading...
Penn-Trafford earns spot in PIAA baseball playoffs with win over rival Plum
The first two meetings between baseball section rivals Plum and Penn-Trafford were close and low-scoring. Each won on their home field. The rubber matchup between the Mustangs and Warriors on Wednesday at Washington & Jefferson’s Ross Memorial Park was expected to be a similar type of contest, and it was....
Plum food workers reach deal
Plum Borough School District and Plum Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ reached a new four-year agreement as their current agreement, a three-year contract signed in 2020, was set to expire. “The union and district teams have worked hard over the last six months to provide a contract that balances...
Plum board approves contract with teachers
The Plum Borough School Board voted May 30 to approve the six-year contract that the school district signed tentatively with teachers this month. The deal will extend the current contract from 2024 to 2029. “We started in the fall,” Superintendent Brendan Hyland said about the negotiating process, “on the off...
Meet new student representative to Plum board
Therese Schollaert was introduced as the new student representative to Plum Borough School Board during its May 30 meeting. She succeeds Lauren Price, who graduated and plans to attend the University of Notre Dame to study civil engineering. “It was an honor to be a voice for my student body...
Portion of New Texas Road in Plum to close through June
Slide repair work on New Texas Road in Plum begins Tuesday. PennDOT announced that New Texas Road, between Old Leechburg Road and Rosemary Hill Drive, will be closed to traffic from 7 a.m. Tuesday until the end of June, according to a posting on the borough’s website. A detour will...
In brief: Story time, yard sale and more, week of May 29,2023
Garden hosts story time Verona Community Garden, in partnership with Oakmont Carnegie Library, is offering summer story time from 11:30 a.m. to noon weekly on Wednesdays from June 7 through July 26 at 246 W. Railroad Ave. Stories will be geared toward children ages 1 to 5. Contact veronagardengrows@gmail.com for...
Recent Plum grads show ‘High Q’ smarts
See how you do in coming up with six-letter answers for these prompts: “She played Hermione Granger in the ‘Harry Potter’ movies.” “This Anne was Henry VIII’s second wife.” “A common truck engine is named for this German inventor.” Those are examples of what a trio of then-Plum Senior High...
Faces of the Valley: Young Plum couple rides waves of emotion as infant son battles through immune deficiency disorderVideo
Every parent knows their child is unique. Eric and Kayla Gidel of Plum didn’t know how unique their son, Easton, was until they had to save his life. Born on Feb. 7, 2022, Easton was diagnosed a little more than six months later with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or HLH, an immune...
East suburban real estate transactions week of May 28, 2023
Churchill Jessica Binder sold property at 3826 W. Rural Ct to Dennis Buffone for $235,000. Edgewood Maryanne Silverstein sold property at 224 Elm St. to Colin Deppen and Katie Weidenboerner for $355,000. Aaron Smith sold property at 414 W Hutchinson Ave. to Allyson and Cat rico Morris for $275,000. Forest...
Return to Passion after 3-year hiatus ‘feels right’ for Plum graduate Lauren Ferragonio
The passion for the Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team never left Lauren Ferragonio. That desire to make a difference in the sport is what drives the Plum graduate and Penn Hills resident to put the pads and helmet back on and mix it up again after three years away from...
Riverview junior to play for Team USA at ball hockey World Juniors
Riverview junior Landon Johnson has been working on playing all the angles. When it comes to playmaking in ball hockey, being in the right position is a large part of the battle. “One thing I realized is that I need to know the angles,” Johnson said. “When I know the...
Class of 2023 graduates from Plum
Plum High School graduates made their way onto the football field to thunderous applause at the start of the commencement ceremony May 24. Bleachers were packed with family and friends of the 268 diploma recipients. School board representative Lauren Price delivered some opening remarks. The chamber choir performed the national...
Plum library encourages summer reading with concert, other activities
Summer is a time for relaxing by the pool, traveling and spending time outdoors. Pamela Fauls hopes Plum residents add another activity to their to-do list — visiting the library. Plum Borough Community Library is hosting a summer reading kickoff on June 7 from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Local musicians...
Banner year for Plum robotics
Robert Miller, the adviser for Plum’s school robotics club, wasn’t sure if the program would survive past this year. When the team’s previous advisers stepped down a week before school started and his son couldn’t find a replacement teacher, Miller stepped up despite being, as he put it, “just a...
Plum School Board to discuss needs, cost of work at O’Block, middle schools
The Plum School Board will discuss how to pay for work at two of the district’s schools during a meeting in June. The board also will address priorities at Plum Middle and O’Block Elementary schools, separating needs from wants, board President Michael Devine said. “I can tell you off the...
Pest alert: Allegheny County meetings address spotted lanternfly
Allegheny County residents can learn how to identify the spotted lanternfly and help curb its spread by attending a series of public meetings sponsored by Penn State Extension. The invasive insect has expanded throughout Pennsylvania since 2014, posing a threat to the state’s grape, tree fruit, hardwood and nursery industries....
Plum reliever shuts door on South Fayette in Class 5A quarterfinals
Plum relief pitcher Colin Watson isn’t so worried about how things start but rather how they finish. The Mustangs maybe had a rough beginning to this season, but they’re now headed to the WPIAL semifinals after their top reliever pitched three scoreless innings Monday night. Watson entered with a one-run...
Plum grad Silvio Ionadi produces strong freshman season for Penn State Behrend baseball
Silvio Ionadi enjoyed a standout high school career with the Plum baseball team, but he knew nothing he did with the Mustangs would matter once he crossed over to college baseball. Especially as a freshman. For first-year college players, playing time often is hard to come by. So when he...
