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Pittsburgh Penguins players make annual holiday visit to UPMC Children’s Hospital 
The Pittsburgh Penguins made the holidays a little brighter for patients at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh on Monday. Donning Santa hats, the players stopped by several rooms at the hospital to drop off gifts including stuffed penguins, hats and calendars and to spend a little bit of time talking,...
Pittsburgh Penguins players make annual holiday visit to UPMC Children’s Hospital
The Pittsburgh Penguins made the holidays a little brighter for patients at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh on Monday. Donning Santa caps, the players stopped by several rooms at the hospital to drop off gifts such as stuffed penguins, hats and calendars. They spent time talking, posing for photos and...
Deer Lakes High School choir and band perform at Allegheny County Courthouse 
Holiday sounds echoed through the halls of the Allegheny County Courthouse on Thursday as members of the Deer Lakes High School Concert Choir and Symphonic Band performed on the building’s grand staircase. Deer Lakes was the fourth of more than 20 schools participating in this year’s Holiday Music Program, which...
Quaker Valley choir kicks off holiday program at Allegheny County Courthouse 
The Quaker Valley High School Concert Choir kicked off Allegheny County’s 52nd Annual Holiday Music Program on Dec. 3. The program includes two performances each weekday at 11:30 a.m. and 12:20 p.m. through Dec. 19. All concerts are held on the Grand Staircase of the Allegheny County Courthouse, located at...
Baldwin student’s play produced at EQT Young Playwrights Festival 
Walking through the hallways at J.E. Harrison Middle School, Ava Weidensall noticed a flier for City Theatre’s Young Playwrights contest. She had to know more and sought out answers from a teacher who explained that middle and high school kids have the opportunity to submit one-act plays in the contest....
Deaf model, actor Nyle DiMarco surprises students at Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf 
Model, actor and deaf advocate Nyle DiMarco brought his message of self love and acceptance to the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf on Friday as part of a celebration of the school’s 150th anniversary. DiMarco, who was born deaf, surprised students at the Edgewood school, signing on stage for...
Osborne students raise over $28K thru Race For Education 
Students at Osborne Elementary braved the cold, damp weather to run and walk laps around the school’s track for the Home & School Association’s annual Race For Education on Thursday. The race marked the end of a weeks-long fundraising campaign in which students were asked to send emails to potential...
Get spooked at the Sewickley United Methodist ‘Sewickley Asylum’
The Sewickley United Methodist Church’s annual haunted house is back for its 13th year. This year’s attraction, dubbed the Sewickley Asylum, will take people on a spooky journey through the church’s basement, where they will encounter bloody scenes, a haunted cemetery, a morgue and other surprises along the way. The...
Carnegie’s Trail of Terror returns 
As volunteers for Carnegie’s annual Trail of Terror worked on art pieces for one of the haunted attraction’s rooms, a large limb from a tree crashed to the ground nearby. The irony of this odd occurrence at the scene of a Halloween haunt might have been enough to scare away...
Osborne club combines art and gardening 
Many may think gardening would not be a favorite hobby amongst young children, but that is not the case at Osborne Elementary School. The club, which combines gardening and art, allows 12 students from each grade level to join at a time during both the fall and spring sessions. There...
Sewickley-area first responders treated to 9/11 dinner 
Sewickley-area police officers and firefighters were treated to an appreciation dinner at the Cochran Hose Company’s station on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks Wednesday. The feast of lasagna, meatballs, sausage, pierogies, salad and more was prepared by Sewickley residents Matt and Jenn Custer. Safran’s Supermarket, the Ultimate...
Fans from across the world celebrate life of Mac Miller at Pittsburgh’s Blue Slide Park 
Hundreds of fans from across the world came together Friday for a celebration of the life of rapper and Pittsburgh native Mac Miller nearly one year after his death. Frick Park’s Blue Slide Park playground, which was made famous by Miller’s album and song of the same name, was filled...
Sewickley Academy students return to campus
Sewickley Academy students were on campus Aug. 29 for the first day of the 2019-20 school year....
Sewickley’s St. James students head back to class
St. James opened for the 2019-20 school year on Monday. The school, located on Broad Street, is part of St. James Parish and educates students in kindergarten through eighth grade....
Video: Take a look inside the new Thomas Jefferson High School
West Jefferson Hills School District officials welcomed students, parents and community members for the first public viewing of the new 300,000 square-foot Thomas Jefferson High School during an open house on Aug. 18. The school features a natatorium with an eight-lane competitive pool, a 1,400-seat gymnasium, an auxiliary gym with...
TSA: What not to bring on a plane 
From hammers to hatchets, miniature baseball bats to tire irons, camping forks to cat-eye knuckles, Transportation Security Administration agents have seen it all. And agents have probably confiscated it as well. Lisa Farbstein, a spokesperson for the TSA, said as the number of travelers increases, so does the number of...
Chartiers Valley welcomes back students
Excitement was in the air Tuesday as the Chartiers Valley School District welcomed back students for the new school year. Children at the primary school were hugged and high-fived by teachers, staff members and school police officers who offered words of encouragement as they exited their buses or were dropped...
Osborne Elementary students arrive for 1st day of school
Quaker Valley students in kindergarten through ninth grade returned to classes Wednesday. Students at Osborne Elementary were greeted by district Superintendent Dr. Tammy Andreyko and school staff as they arrived for classes. Sophomores, juniors and seniors will head back to school Thursday....
Pittsburgh’s hip-hop community forms board to support local acts
The shooting at a July 13 concert at Nova Place was the final straw for Jeff “DJ Chevy” Cobbs. The Braddock native had already been working for a year on finding ways to recognize, resolve and prevent issues faced by the local hip-hop community. After a fight escalated and led...
Thomas Jefferson Marching Band practices for football season
The Thomas Jefferson High School Jaguar Marching Band is gearing up for another season. The band, along with cheerleaders and colorguard members, practiced various songs from their halftime show routine, as well as the national anthem and the school’s alma mater at the stadium on Wednesday . The Jaguar’s first...
Quaker Valley marching band back at it
The Quaker Valley High School Marching Band was back at it this week with the start of band camp at the middle school. On Wednesday, members—some dressed in mismatched socks, Christmas sweaters, and colorful prints—practiced formations and songs for this year’s superhero-themed halftime show. The band was led by Batman-mask-wearing...
Bridgeville students study the human body with Carnegie Science Center
Though school is out for a few more weeks, some Bridgeville-area children spent last week learning about the human body through Carnegie Science Center’s Science in the Summer program at Bridgeville Public Library. The theme for this summer’s program is “The Science of Me.” Students learned about the circulatory system...
Keep cool at the Sewickley Community Center pool
The Sewickley Community Center pool is open for the season. Located at 15 Chadwick St., the pool operates daily from 12:30 to 6 p.m. Daily rates are $6 for adults, $5 for students/seniors and free for children younger than 2. Concessions are available. Coolers are welcome. No adult beverages are...
Annual iBike camp held at Quaker Valley Middle School 
The fifth annual iBike@QV camp was held at Quaker Valley Middle School this week. The week-long camp offers Western Pennsylvania students with special needs the opportunity to learn how to ride a bicycle. The children are given the bikes to take home with them after the camp ends. The iBike@QV...
Char Valley custodian earns 2019 Champions of Learning Award
It’s lunchtime at Chartiers Valley Middle School. Music is pumping and students are dancing. Just a few minutes prior, boredom had set in. The food had all been eaten and it seemed like forever until the next period would begin. But head custodian Dona Gaudio once again came to the...


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