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Trick-or-treaters get early start on candy collection at the Verona Farmers Market
Dozens of families from multiple communities flocked to Verona for its third annual Trunk-or-Treat event. The Halloween-themed activity was part of the Verona Farmers Market at Railroad Park Oct. 26. Borough police and fire departments, along with local organizations such as the Lower Valley Athletic Foundation participated. There were multiple...
Volunteers needed to help with environmental efforts during Sewickley’s Light Up Night
Volunteers are needed to make Sewickley’s Light Up Night celebration environmentally friendly. The holiday event is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 1. Festivities are planned for 5-9 p.m. along Broad, Beaver and Walnut streets. More than 10,000 people attended last year’s Light Up Night. Such a crowd can produce a lot...
Quaker Valley School District officials, teachers continue contract negotiations
The Quaker Valley teachers’ union and school district officials are inching closer toward a new contract. The previous four-year deal with the 165-member Quaker Valley Education Association union expired June 30. The negotiations teams met Oct. 25. It was unclear how talks progressed. However, officials from both sides of the...
Fire that destroyed Eiler’s Hardware in Verona, displacing 5 people is not suspicious, fire marshal says
Five people are displaced and a longstanding Verona business was destroyed as a result of a fire Wednesday evening. Smoke and flames began to billow from the basement of the Masonic Building, a three-story structure along the 300 block of Center Avenue around 6:15 p.m., according to Verona fire Chief...
Fox Chapel Police Department, Foxwall EMS host pumpkin-themed events at stations
Fox Chapel Police Department and Foxwall EMS each hosted pumpkin-themed events. Police officers transformed their station at 401 Fox Chapel Road into a pumpkin patch with about 90 children painting pumpkins on Oct. 21. There were other crafts and a costume contest. Children received glow sticks and glowing wrist bands...
Police: Man shot in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood
A man was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood Tuesday. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said officers were dispatched to the intersection of Geyer and Shadeland avenues for two ShotSpotter alerts. Eight rounds reportedly were fired. Police found a man in the area of Schimmer...
Sewickley Academy bus involved in crash along Ohio River Boulevard
State police are investigating a crash involving a Sewickley Academy school bus. Sewickley police were among the first on scene Tuesday around 5 p.m. at the intersection of Ohio River Boulevard and River Road. Police Chief Dave Mazza said the bus and two other vehicles were traveling northbound along the...
Annual Monster Bash fundraiser set for Saturday at the Edgeworth Club in Sewickley
A Halloween themed benefit party is planned for Saturday in Sewickley. The Edgeworth Club hosts Monster Bash from 7-11:30 p.m. at 511 East Dr. It is a fundraiser for Christopher’s Kitchen, a nonprofit dedicated to helping sick children and their families. There will be live and silent auctions for various...
Allegheny RiverTrail Park in Aspinwall hosts fall festival, showcases recreational development
Rainy weather could not dampen the spirits of the dozens of families at Allegheny RiverTrail Park’s fall festival in Aspinwall. “We definitely wanted to experience some local community activities,” Alyson Frick of O’Hara said at the event Oct. 20. “It’s been a little rainy today, but wanted to make sure...
Residents question Aspinwall media policy, officials say it streamlines communication
Aspinwall residents questioned why borough officials implemented a policy that regulates how the borough responds to inquiries from news outlets. Council never formally adopted the policy, which was released in July and posted on the borough’s website. Resident Steve Kochanowski at the Oct. 4 workshop meeting asked why it was...
Leetsdale council race has 5 candidates seeking 3 seats
The race for Leetsdale Council has five candidates vying for three four-year seats in the November election, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Candidates are Democratic incumbents Roger A. Nanni; Republican incumbent Jeffrey Weatherby; Republican challenger Debra Canney; and Democratic challengers Scott Zahner and Benjimen...
Sewickley approves new 5-year police contract, promotes part-timer
Sewickley officials have inked a new five-year contract with their police department and promoted a part-time patrolman. Both actions were done by unanimous vote earlier this month. The contract runs from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2028. It includes 3% salary increases the first year and 2.5% annual wage hikes...
Deliberations in former Leet police chief’s appeal continue
Deliberations continue in the appeal from former Leet Police Chief Michael Molinaro to the township’s Civil Service Commission. Molinaro, a Leet officer since 2013 and chief since March 2021, was fired on July 25, 2022, at a township commissioners’ workshop meeting. He appealed his termination to the commission. It resulted...
Leet commissioner race has 6 candidates for 3 seats
Leet Board of Commissioners’ race features six candidates vying for three four-year seats in the upcoming November election, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Candidates are incumbent and commission president Martin McDaniel, incumbent and vice president Carolyn Verszyla, former commissioner Donna Adipietro, newcomer Katherine Longwell,...
‘Someone’s going to get seriously hurt’: Fox Chapel residents concerned about speeding
Fox Chapel resident Byron Falchetti wants motorists to slow down when driving in the borough. “It’s getting worse,” Falchetti told borough officials Monday. “Someone’s going to get seriously hurt and there’s going to be liability issues. I don’t think it’s right. “I have never seen a car pulled over for...
Aspinwall council race features 6 candidates seeking 3 seats
The Aspinwall Council race has six candidates vying for three, four-year seats in November. Republican incumbent and current council president Tim McLaughlin and Democratic incumbents Patti McCaffrey and Heth Turnquist are joined in the political battle by Republican challengers Terry Taylor and Louis Curcio Jr. and Democrat Mark Chimel. Here...
Sewickley council race features 2 contested Wards
Editor’s note: Sewickley Herald is featuring candidate interviews in contested municipal and school board races only. Additional race previews will run in the Oct. 26 issue. Two out of three four-year Sewickley council seat races in the upcoming November election are contested, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections...
Changes are coming to Aspinwall’s dog park
Aspinwall officials are making changes to access and regulation of the borough’s dog park. Dogs can roam free in the Aspinwall Recreation Area ball fields Nov. 1 through March 31. The infields are fenced off to limit damage to the baseball playing area. Residents and nonresidents will have to register...
Sewickley officials approve chicken raising regulations
Those who want to raise chickens in Sewickley have some new rules to follow. Council unanimously voted Oct. 10 to adopt an ordinance regulating chickens in the borough. “We have a fair number (of people raising chickens) as far as I know,” said council president Cynthia Mullins. “(Their chickens) are...
Sharpsburg Sports Hall of Fame set to induct inaugural class at Linden Gym
The inaugural class of the Sharpsburg Sports Hall of Fame will be inducted later this month. A banner with the names of the inductees will be raised high into the rafters of the Linden Gym during halftime of the youth basketball game between the Sharpsburg Wolves and Caveman AAU on...
Police: Joke backfires and leads to O’Hara child luring investigation
Two juveniles who thought they were “joking around” by offering candy on Oct. 11 to children in O’Hara Township’s Crofton housing plan ended up spurring a child luring investigation by O’Hara police. After extensive interviews with the two juveniles, police announced on Oct. 12, they determined there was no intent...
Fall in the Wall brings folks to Aspinwall for annual autumn festival
Pumpkin painting, pony rides and a plethora of activities and foods to pick from were all part of the Fall in the Wall festival in the heart of Aspinwall. Dozens of families from the borough and nearby communities participated in the autumn celebration Oct. 7. It was a first for...
Old Mine Road in Plum to be renamed Mike Thomas Way in memory of borough manager
A Plum street that leads to the borough building, public works facility, Plum EMS and a fire station will be renamed in memory of a late borough manager. Michael Thomas, 57, was among six people who lost their lives Aug. 12 in a house explosion in the borough’s Rustic Ridge...
Oral arguments heard in appeal of Allegheny County Court’s decision of Quaker Valley High School
A pair of Quaker Valley area residents hope a state court’s decision will send plans for a proposed high school back to Leet Township’s zoning hearing board. Oral arguments were made at the top floor of the City-County Building, led by attorney Lou DePaul Jr. of the firm Eckert Seamans...
Sewickley area district judge seat up for grabs
Sewickley area district judge seat is up for grabs in November. Two candidates are vying to replace longtime magistrate Robert L. Ford, who decided not to run for reelection and will retire at the end of the year. Ford’s district encompasses Aleppo, Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Franklin Park, Glen Osborne, Glenfield,...
