Tawnya Panizzi stories, Page 114

Bike lanes, bus shelters and increased parking could all be in store for Freeport Road in Aspinwall. Amenities will depend on the results of a safety study, which kicked off last week. Council hired consulting firm TranSystem to study the corridor and its opportunities for walkers, riders and those who...

Motorists who travel near the Highland Park Bridge can expect slight delays for the next week. Inspections will be conducted at the interchanges, reducing traffic to single lanes near Sharpsburg, O’Hara and Aspinwall, PennDOT announced. Work will be done from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be single-lane restrictions...

A Verona-based company is seeking to erect a billboard along Hershey Road in Indiana Township, which sits adjacent to the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Residents can hear more about the project during a zoning board public hearing at 7 p.m. March 6. Steel City Billboards wants a special exception to hang the...

Hunt Road in Fox Chapel will be closed periodically for several weeks while crews install stormwater pipes and catch basins. Construction on the road is part of the borough’s rebuilding program for 2019, Manager Gary Koehler said. Because work is weather dependent, there is no set schedule, Koehler said. Costs...

Fox Chapel Area High School and A.W. Beattie Career Center senior Logan McKaveney didn’t spin his wheels during a regional Peddle Car Challenge at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Instead, McKaveney is among a group of students who designed a car that won first place in the World of...

The James Sharp Landing in Sharpsburg remains closed after flooding in mid-February. Heavy rain and warm temperatures early this month caused Allegheny River levels to rise and wash over the riverfront park, borough officials said. Manager Bill Rossey said the water rushed over the ramp and parking lot at the...

An anonymous donor has saved the day for Sharpsburg Community Library — at least through 2019. Leaders announced Tuesday a $10,000 donation will restore hours previously slashed because of budget constraints. The library, at 1212 Main St., will resume operating 30 hours a week on March 4. Hours will be...

Celtic trio Poor Man’s Gambit will perform at Shady Side Academy in March. Traditional Irish musicians, the group is heavy on accordion, cittern and fiddle. The show will be at 7:30 p.m. March 9 in the Hillman Center for Performing Arts on the Senior School campus, 423 Fox Chapel Road,...

Morningside VFW Post 3945 is preparing for its sixth annual Fish Rodeo where more than 125 hospitalized veterans will sink a line in the pond at Squaw Valley Park in O’Hara. The event will be May 8, with veterans invited for a free day of fishing and a cookout. “They...

Site preparation at Riverfront 47 in Aspinwall and Sharpsburg will move forward thanks to a $9.6 million loan from a private investment fund, organizers announced Feb. 19. The Power of 32 Site Development Fund aims to propel the number of shovel-ready sites across a four-state region, moving key commercial and...

Shady Side Academy alumna Sloane Davidson started her nonprofit Hello Neighbor to partner local families with immigrants and help both to learn and grow. Volunteers help newcomers find their way around the Pittsburgh region and make connections with the city. The program also helps volunteers better understand the immigrant experience,...

Senior citizens in the Fox Chapel Area School District can get a sneak peek at the high school’s upcoming spring musical during a free dress rehearsal of “Les Misérables School Edition.” Students will perform the show at 3:45 p.m. March 12 in the auditorium. Refreshments will be served prior to...

A course that helps prepare students for life after high school will become a graduation requirement at Fox Chapel Area School District. The school board approved the move this month, saying that with increased emphasis on planning and next steps after high school, Career and College Essentials helps students explore...

Cabrini “Rene” Vioral is a well-known Sharpsburg businesswoman, but people visit her office for more than notary public work. Vioral, who has lived and worked in the Lower Valley for more than seven decades, shares her days with about four pounds on four feet, her tiny dog, Reba. A tea-cup...

Eton Drive in O’Hara could reopen as soon as Friday if crews are able to wrap up storm water line repairs. The road is closed at the Delafield intersection while crews replace a culvert that was damaged in the July 2018 storms, Township Engineer Chuck Steinert said. Cost is $55,000....

Fox Chapel Area High School students performed the Young People’s Disney Concert adorned in costumes Feb. 9 at O’Hara Elementary. The concert introduced string instruments to students in pre-K to second grade who danced along in the front of the stage. After the show, small stations were set up in...

Portions of Saxonburg Boulevard in O’Hara are expected to be limited to single-lane traffic through at least Feb. 22. PennDOT announced a sanitary sewerproject in the area, weather permitting. Work is occurring between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the intersection of Saxonburg Boulevard and Brownshill Road. Crews from Fairview,...

PennDOT will host a meeting for invited residents — those benefitting from the potential sound barriers related to the $55 million Highland Park Interchange reconstruction project — in Sharpsburg on Tuesday. There will be a presentation for Aspinwall residents from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and for O’Hara residents from 7...

Fox Chapel Area Adult Education is embracing its future. For the first time in its 55-year history, the program is offering online registration and payment for the spring semester, now under way. “We are always looking for ways to make it easy for adults to have fun, improve their health...

A sloppy mix of snow, rain and ice caused numerous crashes and shut down several roads Sunday night and Monday morning. Mt. Pleasant Road in Hempfield Township was closed because of two early morning crashes, according to Westmoreland County 911. A vehicle crashed into a utility pole knocking down power...

Eleven Fox Chapel Area High School students were chosen for two 2019 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) honors bands. The PMEA District 1 honors jazz ensemble includes seniors Alexander Perez and Glenna Van Dyke and juniors Michael Mendelson and Jacob Rendall. They were selected by audition. The ensemble each year...

Motorists are reminded that the Rachel Carson Bridge, which links downtown Pittsburgh with the North Shore, is scheduled to close Monday through summer 2020. The 97-year-old span, also called the Ninth Street Bridge, will get a new concrete deck, structural steel repairs and a fresh coat of Aztec Gold paint,...

Emergency demolition was ordered Friday morning for a building along Kelly Avenue in Wilkinsburg after it partially collapsed overnight. Police were called at about 2 a.m. after reports that bricks and other materials were crumbling to the ground, WPXI reported. Bricks were falling from the upper level of the 100-year-old...