Paul Guggenheimer stories, Page 8
Rebranding of North Hills School District moves forward
The rebranding of North Hills School District — complete with a new advertising design — took another step forward on March 2 as the school board got their first look. The next step is voting to approve the branding. High school seniors from the A.W. Beattie Career Center, which draws...
Ross woman missing for 3 decades found in Puerto Rico, police confirm
Robert Kopta waited three decades for the news that was revealed Thursday at Ross police headquarters. His wife, Patricia, who went missing from the area in 1992, was alive in Puerto Rico. “What would you do when somebody’s gone for 30 years?” Robert Kopta asked a room full of reporters...
North Hills junior Ella Niemi earns Girl Scout Gold Award
It seems most people are aware of what it means to be an Eagle Scout, the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America program. But not as many seem to know about the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn. However,...
Shaler Area Unified bocce teams face each other in playoffs
As if it were not nerve-wracking enough having two teams from the same school playing each other in the same sport, imagine that scenario pitting sister against brother. That’s exactly what’s about to play out on the bocce court in the first round of the playoffs Wednesday at Gateway High...
Band Together Pittsburgh gives performers on autism spectrum a chance to be in spotlight
On the second Sunday of every month, something special happens at Moondog’s in Blawnox, a bar, restaurant and club that hosts a variety of performers and uses the slogan “We Still Believe in Music.” Moondog’s also believes that music is for everyone, including those on the autism spectrum. So, in...
Fire sprinkler rupture forces Pittsburgh Playhouse evacuation, shows canceled
A ruptured fire sprinkler caused an emergency alarm to go off forcing a mid-performance evacuation of the Pittsburgh Playhouse on Point Park University’s Downtown campus Friday night. It happened in the middle of a performance of Disney’s Newsies, a musical. “A piece of scenery fell to the stage and a...
I-79 crossover express lane reopens with safety improvements
PennDOT has reopened the southbound I-79 crossover after closing down the left-hand express lane last Monday night and implementing a 45 mph speed limit in the work zone. The crossover reopened at 4 p.m. Friday in Glenfield, Sewickley Hills, and Frankin Park and Ohio and Aleppo townships. After several crashes...
Annual Etna Street Skate set for Sunday on Butler Street
Holding an outdoor ice skating event can be a little tricky at the end of a week where the temperature has risen to an unseasonable 70 degrees. But folks in Etna anticipating the 2023 Street Skate event need not worry. When Butler St. transforms into an outdoor ice rink Sunday...
Ukraine 1 year later: Kyiv resident and Pitt professor talks about how life has changed
For the better part of the past decade, Tymofiy Mylovanov has maintained a dual role as president of the Kyiv School of Economics and an associate professor of economics with tenure at Pitt, traveling back and forth between Kyiv and Pittsburgh. In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, maintaining that...
Greg Porter resigns from Etna Borough council
After spending roughly a decade serving on the Etna Borough council, first ward councilman Greg Porter submitted his resignation due to conflicts created by his new job as director of Ross/Westview Emergency Medical Services. At its Feb, 21 meeting, the Etna Borough Council voted 8-1 to accept Porter’s resignation. Porter...
West View Elementary renovation enters second phase
West View Elementary School is getting a facelift with the goal of creating a building that is more energy efficient and sustainable for the future. This includes the roof — part of which will be a “green” roof with live plants — all utilities (plumbing, electrical and sewer) and the...
Anti-violence and community healing event in New Kensington urges citizens to ‘get on board with love’
Parents, teachers, children, pastors and concerned citizens turned out Saturday afternoon at Valley High School auditorium in New Kensington to consider how the area’s recent spate of violence might be stopped. The event was coordinated by former New Kensington- Arnold School District dean of students Henry “Hank” Commodore, who said he...
Barebones productions launches 20th season with fiery ‘Is God Is’
The brooding man acts on his cruel intentions. Married with 3-year-old twin daughters, he wants out. He wants a new life and sets a fire and leaves his family for dead. The fire does not kill his family, but horrifically scars them. Eighteen years later, the now 21-year-old twins Anaia...
Shaler commissioners planning discussions for Jeffery Primary School property
The future of the land once occupied by Jeffery Primary School is a step closer to being determined. The Shaler Township Board of Commissioners unanimously approved by a 9-0 vote a Jeffery Elementary School demolition project change order at its regular meeting on Feb. 14, which will allow a concrete...
Steelers fans rooting for Chiefs, unless there’s money involved
Though Pittsburgh has bragging rights when it comes to pro sports championships, the speculation has it the Steel City has a deep-rooted resentment of all things Philadelphia because Philly is a bigger and, arguably, more influential city. Whether that’s on the mark or not, for whatever reason, a lot of...
It’s not easy being an Eagles fan in Steelers country, but Philadelphia-area transplants not deterred
They literally wear their allegiance on their sleeves — Philadelphia fans who proudly sport their teams’ colors despite living in Black and Gold country. That often comes with what they described as good-natured ribbing from their Pittsburgh neighbors — which they’re happy to return in favor — over who has...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 10-12
It’s Super Bowl weekend! Even though the Steelers are not in the big game this year, there are plenty of super things going on in Pittsburgh this weekend. ‘Dracula’ Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s much anticipated premiere of Michael Pink’s “Dracula” opens Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Benedum Center. There are...
Holocaust Center’s ‘Revolving Doors’ exhibit focuses on persistent antisemitism
It was the Spanish and American 20th century philosopher George Santayana who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” A new exhibit presenting a curated selection of artwork and artifacts from the collection of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh is designed to drive that very...
Knoxville shooting sends juvenile to hospital
Pittsburgh Police from Zone 3 found a juvenile male who was shot in the hand in the 300 block of Matthews Avenue in Knoxville on Saturday night. Allegheny County dispatchers say police were called to the intersection of Grimes and Matthews avenues for a six-round ShotSpotter alert at around 6:30...
Apsaalooke Women and Warriors exhibit opens at Carnegie Natural History Museum
Western Pennsylvania’s curiosity about Native American culture, particularly the Apsaalooke people of the Northern Plains — also known as the Crow — is being fed abundantly by a new exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History that opened Saturday. It continues through May 29. “Apsaalooke Women and Warriors” celebrates...
Motorists will face I-79 delays starting Tuesday between Neville Island Bridge and I-279
Motorists who regularly use Interstate 79 may want to consider giving themselves extra time to get where they’re going starting Tuesday, Feb. 7. PennDOT has announced beginning on that Tuesday morning there will be daylight and overnight lane restrictions on I-79 in Glenfield, Sewickley Hills, and Franklin Park and Kilbuck,...
Will Chinese surveillance balloon heading east reach Western Pennsylvania?
The Pentagon says the Chinese balloon spotted over the western U.S. is a surveillance balloon, leading to the question: Will it arrive over Western Pennsylvania? The balloon is heading east, and there is a chance it could end up over Western Pennsylvania, the National Weather Service said Friday. Still, it’s...
Boggs Mansion on North Side comes with a lot of house and a lot of history
It’s made of stone and has its original slate roof. It’s 9,000 square feet with eight guest rooms and nine bathrooms, a third floor ballroom, a European fireplace made of blood marble — a sturdy substance normally used to build royal tombs — finely crafted American chestnut woodwork and a...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 3-5
From Beethoven to the Bucs, there is a wide variety of exciting things to do in the next few days. Here are five things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend. Beethoven’s Fifth at Heinz Hall Maestro Manfred Honeck leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the symphony that...
Westinghouse Arts Academy ready for long-awaited opening of the ‘Castle’
The next chapter in the storied history of the ornate Westinghouse Air Brake General Office in Wilmerding is about to be written. On Thursday morning, members of the public and the media were invited into the stately, 1890 Frederick J. Osterling-designed Romanesque/Revival structure from which George Westinghouse once directed his...
