Hampton Journal category, Page 10

Small, as they say, can be mighty. “I think it’s awesome that at a school of our size, with 154 high school students, six of our seniors are going to be playing college athletics,” Leslie Mitros said. She is head of school at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton, which...

The tents and trucks were set up and ready to go. Mother Nature had other ideas. Hampton’s first Pints in the Park event of the season got off to a soaky start, with steady rain creating less-than-ideal conditions around 5 p.m. The precipitation eventually tailed off, giving guests an opportunity...

Pool season begins Hampton’s outdoor pool complex will open for the season on May 25, with hours from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The complex includes a heated in-ground pool with a zero-foot walk-in area and spray feature, four adult lap lanes, two small slides, one large slide and two...

Bellevue Adam Vozza sold property at 197 Dakota Ave. to Sean Kelley for $25,000. Etna Marlene Black sold property at 59 Vilsack St. to Geoffrey Alexander II for $120,000. Franklin Park Deerfield Estates FP Develop LLC sold property at 1324 Adrian Drive to Maronda Homes LLC for $280,600. Cheryl Hand...

Central Catholic senior defender Mike Kistler “felt a pop” in his right leg at preseason lacrosse practice in February. In that split second, the Hampton resident would go from looking forward to his senior season in high school to working toward his freshman year in college. “I got an MRI...

The WPIAL track and field championships started about as well as could be expected for the Hampton boys. Then things got crazy. In the meet’s opening event, the Talbots’ 3,200 relay team took second in Class 3A with a near-school record time and qualified for the PIAA championships before Mother...

Hampton Township School Board approved two firms to work on advancing the second phase of renovations to the high school, a project with an estimated cost of between $30 million and $33.2 million. On May 13, the board voted 8-1 for DRAW Collective of Mt. Lebanon to perform architectural and...

A race is being held in North Park on May 25 to raise money for the Veterans Leadership Program, which helps former Western Pennsylvania military service members with housing, employment, mental wellness and more. The inaugural Memorial Day Remembrance Run will be held in the parking lot of the North...

Pints in the Park series starts Pints in the Park events are scheduled for 5 to 9 p.m. May 17, June 28, July 26, Aug. 23 and Sept. 27 in the parking lot of the Hampton Community Center, 3101 McCully Road. The events feature food trucks, entertainment and beverages for...

Bellevue Erik McKibben sold property at 69 N Harrison Ave. to Caitlyn Doyle for $330,000. David Reed sold property at 21-23 S Euclid Ave. to Nicole Marie Vanwagenen for $225,154. Stephanie Haynes sold property at 278 Summit Ave. to National Residential Nominee Services In for $306,000. National Residential Nominee Services...

State funding for mental health programs at schools like A.W. Beattie Career Center in McCandless will help keep a positive vibe on campus. Beattie was the recipient of a $70,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, approved in April through the PA School Safety and Security Committee...

Former Hampton star Laryn Edwards made national headlines over the winter when she transitioned from coach to player for the Providence women’s basketball team. Little did she know, in a roundabout way, it would bring her all the way home. “I would never have thought this was going to happen,...

Because first-year coach Kate Hedderman runs a batting cage facility in Hampton, she was confident the Talbots would hit the ball this season. She wasn’t so sure about catching it. “That made me nervous,” she said. “We didn’t get a lot of fielding practice because we were stuck inside with...

Federal prosecutors say a Hampton man received information from a corporate Dick’s Sporting Goods employee that he used to net more than $800,000 in profits. Frank T. Poerio Jr., 62, has been charged with four counts of securities fraud, U.S. Attorney Eric Olshan said Friday in a news release. Olshan...

Remake Learning Days is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. May 14 at Hampton High School The free event offers community members an opportunity to engage in the school district’s teaching and learning experiences According to Ed McKaveney, the district’s director of technology, Remake Learning Days began several years ago...

In November, Paul McDonnell lost his wife of 30 years, Terri, to pancreatic cancer. “We did hospice at home, and I didn’t do any support groups when she was sick,” he recalled. “There was too much care that had to be given.” After Terri’s passing, he took the suggestion of...

The second of three planned phases of Hampton High School renovations could begin next spring. Representatives of construction management firm PJ Dick, which served as project manager for the first phase, presented a tentative timeline at the school board’s May 6 work session. They estimated the total Phase II cost...

When Kelly Enders told her daughter that she was going to tan her hide, she meant it literally. It seems that Bri Bicker has a Renaissance fair costume in which she portrays a satyr — “So she’s half-goat, half-human,” her mother said — and wanted to change it up with...

Bellevue Estate of James Dennis Momper sold property at 115 Beaver Ave. to Isici Leonard for $155,000. Jay Holtz sold property at 4 Burnside Ave. to Michael Carroll and Victoria Grace for $345,000. Kenneth Lucas sold property at 504-506 Roosevelt Ave. to Spaceflow LLC for $112,000. Etna George Clementson sold...

The Hampton boys tennis team traveled to Philadelphia for a mid-April match, running up the “Rocky” steps and visiting the Liberty Bell during a day of sightseeing. The Talbots were something to see this season. Paced by an experienced senior class and the second PIAA singles qualifier in program history,...

One day after Hampton’s WPIAL playoff hopes ended with a walk-off loss at Knoch, senior Matt Erka searched for a bright spot. “We tried our best, and we just couldn’t get it done,” the outfielder/pitcher said. “I guess it just wasn’t enough.” Needing to win one of its final two...

Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh’s middle school students performed “The Phantom Tollbooth,” a play by Susan Nanus closely based on the classic children’s novel of the same name by Norton Juster. The cast of 61 students performed the evenings of March 22 and 23 in the Rhodora J. Donahue Multipurpose Building...

Trib HSSN softball player of the week – Mackenzie Reese School: Hampton Class: Senior Position: Catcher, third base, first base #Earned: The senior swung a big stick in four section wins that moved Hampton closer to a section championship after finishing in third place a year ago. In a Monday...

Bellevue Ashley Griffin sold property at 434 Dawson Ave. to Joseph Price III and Madeline Hirsch for $330,000. Bradford Woods Daniel McElhinny sold property at 68 Forest Road to Emilio and Kristina Moriconi for $530,000. Etna Certified Investment Properties LLC sold property at 41 Cherry St. to JNM Investment Group...