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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...
Mother describes ‘nightmare’ after blast destroyed her family’s Plum home
It was a normal Friday night for Laura Petty and her family at their new home on Hialeah Drive in Plum. It was shortly after 11 p.m. She was sleeping, and her husband, Jake Rabb, had fallen asleep in the living room. Of their three sons, Dean, 2, and Colin,...
Alayna Mintz, Francesca Beighley help build foundation for young Carlow softball team
With a roster that features only four seniors, the Carlow softball team was going to have plenty of space for younger players to step into prominent roles. Two A-K Valley graduates — Alayna Mintz (Kiski Area) and Francesca Beighley (Plum) — have done just that. The pair played against each...
Happenings for the week of April 25, 2022: Y’s Healthy Kids Day, library events in Plum
Y’s Healthy Kids Day scheduled YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh’s Healthy Kids Day will take place from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 30 at locations including the Sampson Family YMCA, 2200 Golden Mile Highway, Plum. The event features activities such as swim lessons, paint by numbers and relays to motivate and teach...
Plum family whose house exploded treated at hospitals, 1 child with burns; no gas leaks found
Authorities are still investigating the cause of a house explosion Friday night along Hialeah Drive in Plum that sent a family to local hospitals. Although the family of five — a husband, wife and three children, ages 2, 6 and 11 — escaped the house safely, one child suffered burns...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban area real estate transactions for the week of April 24, 2022
Churchill Victoria Parks Buford sold property at 2290 Forest Drive to SIRVA Relocation Credit LLC for $199,900. SIRVA Relocation Credit LLC sold property at 2290 Forest Drive to Stephen Gazzo Jr. for $199,900. Julio Mariscal sold property at 3791 W. Rural Ct to Louis Eugene Daugherty IV and Cecilia Elizabeth...
Plum baseball rebounds after dropping series to Mars
The Plum and Mars baseball teams set the standard for close and competitive games the past two seasons. That was evident when the Section 2-5A rivals met April 12 and 13. The Mustangs swept the Planets last year — both games ending in one-run results — and Mars returned the...
Explosion levels house in Plum, neighbors describe the harrowing scene
Residents in Plum’s Holiday Park ran to help as smoke, embers and screams filled their neighborhood Friday night. People living around the house at 5021 Hialeah Drive reported hearing a loud boom that shook their homes. A man living nearby thought his own hot water tank had exploded; a woman...
Plum painter puts particularly creative perspective into familiar themes
In a time-honored spousal activity, Bob and Nicole Freyer were relaxing in front of the television, watching a show called “Pumpkin Wars.” “It’s not that hard,” Bob said about the participants’ creative endeavors. “They’re just connecting lines.” To which Nicole replied, “I’ve never seen you do anything artistic.” Actually, Bob...
Penn Hills alumni, teacher surprise family on Easter
A Penn Hills School District teacher and a Plum resident worked together to bring an uplifting surprise to a family in need on Easter weekend. Alexa Verricho and her family started a tradition three years ago of reaching out to their alma mater to find families in need in the...
Plum’s Kaitlyn Killinger commits to Pitt women’s soccer
Pitt is it for another Plum girls soccer standout. Junior Kaitlyn Killinger, an All-WPIAL and all-state forward who helped the Mustangs reach the WPIAL Class 3A championship game for the second year in a row and make a deep run in the PIAA playoffs, gave a verbal commitment to the...
What’s happening: Week of April 18, 2022
Y’s Healthy Kids Day scheduled YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh’s Healthy Kids Day will take place from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 30 at locations including the Sampson Family YMCA, 2200 Golden Mile Highway, Plum. The event features activities such as swim lessons, paint by numbers and relays to motivate and teach...
Plum girls lacrosse in hunt for Section 2 championship
The Plum girls lacrosse team reached the midpoint of its Section 1-2A slate in contention for the section title. The Mustangs, who are gearing up a nonsection clash with Class 3A Penn-Trafford on Friday, improved to 4-1 in section play and 5-2 overall with an intense 11-8 victory over rival...
Pittsburgh eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of April 17, 2022
Churchill Joseph Rochez sold property at Churchill Road to Gregory and Jacqueline Karkowsky for $53,000. Alan Petrucelli sold property at 13 Garden Ter to Cheryl Shullick and Heather Laabs for $120,750. Tandy Rice sold property at 24 Thornycroft Road to Cindy Haigh for $121,401. Edgewood Estate of Richard Gusic sold...
Plum girls lacrosse in hunt for Section 2 championship
The Plum girls lacrosse team reached the midpoint of its Section 1-2A slate in contention for the section title. The Mustangs, who are gearing up for their next game, a nonsection clash with Class 3A Penn-Trafford on Friday, improved to 4-1 in section play and 5-2 overall with an intense...
Hulton Road in Oakmont reopened to one lane after a large fallen tree and down wires caused a 9-hour closure
Hulton Road in Oakmont reopened Friday night to one lane after a large oak tree fell across the road, between Fifth and Seventh streets late Friday morning, pulling down electric lines, causing a power outage and blocking the well-traveled street for at least eight hours. The tree came down on...
Fox Chapel Area Adult Education adds tech lessons to help eliminate digital clutter
Fox Chapel Area Adult Education has a perfect class this spring for tech novices who accumulate thousands of emails or for people who yearn to shoot better photos with an iPhone. Private lessons for Apple devices, taught by Plum resident Emily McNeil, are part of the spring offerings that launched...
Local music legend Bill Deasy returns for show at The Oaks, with new album online for free
Bill Deasy wasn’t planning on making his new album, “If the Creek Don’t Rise.” Nor was he planning on playing a show featuring his new and favorite songs at The Oaks on April 22. But Deasy — the longtime singer, songwriter, solo artist and front man of The Gathering Field...
Pittsburgh eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of April 10, 2022
Chalfant Estate of Arthur Breeger sold property at 130 Lynnwood Ave. to Valerie Alexis Stallworth for $80,000. Patrick Clevenger sold property at 214 Wilkins Ave. to Alfred Cova for $180,000. Churchill Ralph Pichardo sold property at 2187 Garrick Drive to Brian Jones and Alexa Tokarski-Jones for $319,000. Dale Ford Jr....
Plum boys volleyball hunting for Section 2 championship
The Plum boys volleyball team has goals and aspirations of claiming the Section 2-2A championship. Six starters are back from last year’s team which outlasted Trinity, 3-2, in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs before falling to eventual WPIAL champion Seton LaSalle in the quarterfinals. Second-year coach...
Promising performances highlight start of season for Plum track and field
Plum boys and girls track and field coach Stephanie Kennedy witnessed a plethora of promising performances from the more than two dozen athletes who competed at the early-season Altoona Igloo Invitational on April 2 at Altoona’s Mansion Park. “It was awesome,” said Kennedy, who saw three individuals and four relays...
Volunteers needed for Plum’s annual Clean-Up Day
Volunteers are needed for Plum’s sixth annual Community Clean-Up Day, scheduled for April 23. They are asked to report to the public works facility at 2001 Old Mine Road between 8-8:30 a.m. A continental breakfast including coffee and Oakmont Bakery goods will be provided. Participants receive T-shirts, gloves, trash bags...
Plum’s Easter celebration drive-through for 3rd straight year
Plum officials are gearing up for the borough’s annual Easter Eggstravaganza. It will take place April 16 in drive-thru fashion for the third straight year at the public works building, 2001 Old Mine Road. The free event is for borough residents only and limited to the first 700 children who...
Plum Council OKs $900,000 contract to repave 20 streets
Plum officials plan to spend a little less than $900,000 to repair 20 streets. Council recently awarded this year’s paving project to Derry Construction. Derry was the lowest of nine bidders at about $892,300. The borough allocated about $775,700 in state liquid fuels tax money for street reconstruction this year....
Handyman who killed Whitehall woman missing for nearly a year gets 17 to 40 years
Since her death nearly three years ago, what would have been Elizabeth Wiesenfeld’s first grandson was born and her first granddaughter is set to arrive soon. But Betsy, as she was known to her family, never had the chance to meet them. Instead, she was killed and taken from her...
