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Happenings for week of May 23, 2022: SummerFest scheduled, Memorial Day events
Plum Borough SummerFest scheduled Plum Borough’s SummerFest 2022 is scheduled from June 23-25 at Larry Mills Park, Fontana Drive. Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday. The festival features food trucks, games plus fireworks on Saturday. Free round-trip shuttle...
Plum’s Brooks, Domke earn WPIAL track and field medals
The Plum boys and girls track and field teams were well represented at the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championships last week at Slippery Rock University. A pair of Mustangs — senior Logan Brooks and junior Connor Domke — brought home top-eight medals from the meet which was contested...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 22, 2022
Churchill Tuan Le sold property at 110 Fenwick Drive to Ruben Williams for $244,000. Thing Of Ours Limited sold property at 2340 Greensburg Pike to Callawe Bey for $5,000. Terri Nuyianes sold property at 3783 Greensburg Pike to Donald Justin White for $124,000. Edgewood Kay Masten sold property at 236...
Special Olympics event hosted by Plum Borough School District
Plum Borough School District hosted its first multi-district Special Olympics event on May 19 at the high school stadium. Special Olympics Pennsylvania provides year-round athletic training and competition in 21 sports for individuals with intellectual disabilities, providing them with continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness skills, express courage, and participate...
‘Come and have a good time’ at free-membership Plum Community Center
With his Fender Stratocaster strapped to his shoulder and plugged into his amplifier, Dennis Cunningham is carrying on a tuneful tradition. “Plum Community Center has had volunteers playing music with guitars and singing for 20 years,” he said. “It started with older guys. They retired.” Apparently, the founders of the...
Plum area happenings for week of May 16, 2022: Memorial Day, library activities
Parade, memorial service set in Oakmont, Verona The Oakmont-Verona Memorial Day Parade and Memorial Service is scheduled for May 30. The parade starts at 9:30 a.m. along James Street by the Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge in Verona. The route travels along Allegheny River Boulevard to Pennsylvania Avenue in Oakmont,...
Plum notebook: Softball team grabs final berth, earns trip to Class 5A playoffs
It has been an up and down season for the Plum softball team, but last Tuesday against Penn Hills, the Mustangs were able to enjoy a victory which clinched a spot in the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. Plum controlled its own destiny for the fourth and final spot from Section...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 15, 2022
Chalfant Futures Properties LLC sold property at 246 Highland Ave. to RP Homes 2 LLC for $104,000. Forest Hills Marquette Espy sold property at 352 Barclay Ave. to Thomas Kempen and Stephanie Carmichael for $289,000. Dwight Helfrich sold property at 539 Pacific Ave. to Timothy Daughtery and Jessica Au for...
Plum principal swaps ‘interim’ for official title
Since November, the principal of Plum’s Pivik Elementary School had been working with “interim” as part of his title. With the school board’s approval, Michael Gauntner now is the lead administrator minus the temporary connotation. “Really, I didn’t really think about that. The title doesn’t mean anything. It’s just having...
Athletes honored by Plum Borough School Board
Thirty-Eight athletes were honored at the April Plum Borough School Board meeting for their achievements during the winter sports season. The students participated on the high school’s air rifle, basketball, bowling team, gymnastics, swimming and wrestling teams. Alaina Claassen of the junior high’s wrestling team was also honored as Pennsylvania...
Walk to Cure Arthritis May 22 at Boyce Park in Plum
While the debilitating effects of arthritis most commonly are associated with aging, consider what happened to Allie McGinnis when she was just 5. “I fell at a bowling alley, and my arm, it was stuck at a 90-degree angle. It wouldn’t move. My joints were so stiff that my arm...
Happenings for week on May 9, 2022: Touch A Truck, line dancing
Touch A Truck at Plum High School The Plum Chamber of Commerce is holding a Touch A Truck event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 14 at Plum Senior High School. More than 20 vehicles will be on site, along with attractions including food and snack trucks, and children’s...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 8, 2022
Churchill Hawre Jalal sold property at 42A Churchill Road to Richard and Phyllis Bender for $389,000. Edgewood Donna Tamres sold property at 520 Greendale Ave. to Alan Schlossberg and Loretta Hurley for $219,900. Corwin Parker sold property at 1026 Savannah Ave. to Nicholas and Katherine Burton for $630,000. Robert Vanwassen...
Plum resident Allison Polesnak runs Pittsburgh Marathon in wedding outfit
Allison Polesnak knows all about running marathons and half-marathons, especially the one closest to home in Pittsburgh. The Monroeville native, 2007 Gateway High School graduate and Plum resident ran the Pittsburgh Marathon for the fifth time on May 1, her 33rd birthday, while also putting the finishing touches on wedding...
Plum church continues 60-year tradition with rummage sale
Plum Creek Presbyterian Church has been providing a rummage sale to the community for the past 60 years, and the tradition continues into 2022. Some changes are in store for the sale, which is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 13 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May...
‘Next-level educator’: Plum teacher among 50 selected nationwide for Disney honor
Plum Borough School District announces that Nathan Pfeiffer, a teacher at Holiday Park Elementary School, has been selected by Disney Imagination Campus as one of 50 inspiring teachers from across the nation who will be the guests of honor for a celebration of America’s education heroes. The event will take...
Plum students call for more attention to mental health issues
Several Plum Senior High School students attended the school board’s April 26 meeting to call for more resources to address mental health. “After spending two-and-a-half years of modified education — a hybrid schedule, not being able to see each other’s smiling faces, not having a normal high school experience and...
Happenings for the week of May 2, 2022: Library events in Plum, plant sale in Oakmont
Events schedule at Plum Community Library Plum Borough Community Library events include a presentation on retirement planning with David Bousquet, May 11. Patio Pleasures, piano and painting on the patio, is scheduled for May 24. Monthly features include mahjong, Scrabble, chess, coloring, take-home kits, Movie Day, book club and Knit/Crochet...
Plum softball team making final playoff push
Despite a sometimes-rocky trip through the Section 1-5A schedule this spring, the Plum softball team still was alive for a WPIAL playoff spot as it entered its home stretch of games. “It’s been a progression throughout the season, and the girls have dealt with a lot, from injuries to a...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 1, 2022
Chalfant Ronald Rocco sold property at 141 Greenfield Ave. to PGH Holding LLC for $60,000. Churchill Estate of Harold Schall sold property at 225 Thornberry Drive to Richard Allen Radvansky Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Radvansky for $306,150. Edgewood Jaime Guerrero sold property at 185 Gordon St. to Andrew Letourneau and...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Leechburg’s Anna Cibik, Plum’s Silvio Ionadi
Anna Cibik Class: Junior School: Leechburg Sport: Softball Report card: Leechburg junior pitcher Anna Cibik capped a busy week by throwing a pair of one-hitters Friday in a doubleheader sweep over Ellis School. The Blue Devils won 15-0 and 12-1. On Monday, she threw a four-hitter with 10 strikeouts in...
Kiski Area defeats Plum, clinches WPIAL playoff berth
The Kiski Area softball team missed the WPIAL playoffs in 2019 and ‘21 after a run to the quarterfinals in ‘18. But the Cavaliers have assured themselves a return to the postseason this spring. They solidified their positioning in the Section 1-5A standings and clinched Wednesday at home against rival...
Scholarship set up to honor Plum motorcyclist who died in crash; family says justice system failed them
The family of a 20-year-old Plum man who died in August when his motorcycle collided with a car that pulled out in front of him has set up a scholarship in his memory at his high school alma mater. The Adam J. Garvin Memorial Scholarship, for seniors at Plum High...
Plum Chamber of Commerce presents Touch A Truck on May 14
In 2019, plenty of youngsters — grownups, too — had the opportunity for close encounters of the vehicular kind during the Touch A Truck, the Plum Chamber of Commerce’s largest event to date. Chances for a repeat were delayed two years, but plans call for a convoy to gather again...
Enjoy nature at Allegheny Land Trust’s Barking Slopes Conservation Area in Plum
Technology and a walk in the woods tend not to mix. “We usually promote putting your phone away while hiking,” Lindsay Dill said, ready to produce hers as she traversed a tree-canopied trail. “But sometimes it can help.” Her stroll led her through the lower reaches of the Barking Slopes...
