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Desiree Schramm wasn’t looking to become a firefighter when she was choosing electives during her junior year at North Hills High School. “I was scheduling for classes and, ‘What’s this?’ ” said Schramm, of Ross, now 18 and a senior. “This is actually pretty cool.” What Schramm stumbled across was the...

The Block Northway, a large shopping plaza in Ross, is hosting a student art exposition featuring work from several local schools. Through March 2, viewers will find artwork from seven North Hills institutions on the upper level of the mall between Lands’ End and DSW shoes. The display is free...

Bellevue David Bauman trustee sold property at 113-115 Meade Ave. to Kayla Tiara Davis for $212,000. Christopher Hawkins sold property at 705 Means Ave. to Hannah Sims for $192,000. New Resident Mtg Loan Tr 2014-3 sold property at 189 N Balph Ave. to Bopp KZ Holdings LLC for $57,750. Shaun...

Three schools in the North Hills celebrated Catholic Schools Week with a series of scholastic and community events. The events Jan. 26 through Feb. 1 were part of annual festivities among Catholic schools throughout the nation. This year’s theme was “Catholic Schools: United in Faith and Community.” Blessed Francis Seelos...

Eating lots of chocolate can have its benefits. And such is the case for the McCandless Crossing Chocolate Walk on March 1, a fundraiser for North Hills Community Outreach. The sweet sequel to 2024’s inaugural chocolate walk is the result of last year’s great response, said Jeff Geissler, spokesperson for...

The wildfires in California may be a sobering reminder of the importance of fire safety locally, especially in the dry winter months. Generally speaking, there does seem to be more fire-related incidents during the winter, said Ingomar Volunteer Fire Company Chief Greg Quatchak. “We also see an increase in the...

Bellevue Michael Belenak sold property at 77 Longmore Ave. to Pridewell LLC for $58,377. Christopher Hicks sold property at 182 N Balph Ave. to Evan Johnson and Meghan Veglia for $195,500. John Manzella sold property at 620 Orchard Ave. to Robert and Jeanne Randig for $253,750. Bradford Woods LW Invests...

The Clubhouse, the beloved longtime restaurant and sports bar in Richland, soon will be under new ownership. While his status as sole owner is new, Mark Baranowski is not new to the Clubhouse. He and Greg Maggio founded the Clubhouse in 1995 after the two had previously established the North...

Seven new stores, a restaurant and a bank-cafe are set to open this year at Ross Park Mall, some of which are new to the region, according to Simon Property Group, the mall’s owner. Upstairs, there will be a Capital One Café, which will offer customers “a full range of...

A new Crispy Cones location, the first in the state, is set to open this spring along Route 8 in Hampton. The ice cream shop offers soft serve in a sugary rotisserie-baked dough cone rather than a traditional hard cone, which it says is inspired by similar confections in the...

The A.W. Beattie Career Center soon will have a “true-to-life” ambulance simulator in one of its classrooms. The school, a technical high school open to students in nine North Hills school districts, was among dozens of institutions awarded with competitive equipment grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Beattie received...

Bellevue David Veneziale sold property at 33-35 Florence Ave. to 3 Rivers Living LLC for $270,000. Robert Whitley sold property at 33 S Harrison Ave. to Joseph Rogers and Jessica Parente for $340,000. Catherine Brown sold property at 506 Tingley Ave. to Nicholas Comstock and Rachel Burnett for $283,000. Etna...

The Kiski Area boys basketball team had payback on its mind Friday night from a six-point loss to Section 2-5A rival Hampton on Dec. 20. Mission accomplished. The Cavaliers, ahead by six at halftime and nine at the end of three quarters, weathered a couple of Hampton second-half rally attempts...

Classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder are among those being celebrated for their talents and overcoming their disabilities at Unlimited Sound, a free concert set for Feb. 2 at Temple Ohav Shalom in Allison Park. The event from 2 to 3 p.m. is part of the Azure...

Despite the freezing temperatures outside, attendees turned out and filled almost every seat in the Zappala Campus Center Square room at La Roche University to hear Dr. Angela Reynolds proclaim this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day to be “a day of recommitment and a purposeful decision to not give...

• Evan Marentay and Clayton Sheleheda were named to the president’s list at Capital University for the fall 2024 semester. • Lindsay Liebro was named to the dean’s list at Belmont University for the fall 2024 semester. • Julia Bigante, Kendal Constantakis, Alexander Dowling, Tori Fiscus, Katherine Jenkins, Brandi Klutts,...

Bellevue JR1 Holdings LLC sold property at 396 Caughey Ave. to RTN Realty Invests Ltd. Liability Co. for $75,000. Tonya Watson sold property at 564 Dawson Ave. to Wilmington Savings Federal SOC FSB Tr et for $100,000. Mary Fortun sold property at 688 Forest Ave. to Cardo Equity Mgmt LLC...

Hampton wrestling has no seniors on its 17-man roster, but the Talbots are aging well. During a season in which they moved up to Class 3A and lost nine seniors from a WPIAL playoff team, the youthful Talbots have witnessed a group of wrestlers take big strides this season. “We...

The Hampton girls swimming team is counting on quality over quantity this season. With a shorthanded but gifted roster of only a dozen swimmers, the Talbots are looking to move up at the WPIAL Class 2A championships after last season’s seventh-place finish. “We are a high-quality team in terms of...

AARP meetup to feature local historian The Allison Park AARP Chapter 3736 will hold its monthly meeting at 1 p.m. Feb. 13 in St. Ursula’s social hall, 3945 Kirk Ave., Hampton. This month’s entertainment will feature historian Jonathan Klemens, an expert on local lore and a frequent speaker and presenter...

For its holiday season community service project, the North Hills-based AARP Chapter 595 donated $1,000 and more than 100 books to Hampton Community Library, Northern Tier Regional Library and Shaler North Hills Library. The chapter’s community service chairperson, Leslie Molyneaux, said because seniors and children are among the libraries’ primary...

Bellevue Scott McDougall sold property at 231 Grant Ave. to Eve Heshler for $230,000. Prosper Home & Properties LLC sold property at 551 Highland Place to Jasmine Moore for $285,000. General Construction & Realty LLC sold property at 20 Meade Ave. to Schneiders Properties LLC for $80,000. Etna Estate of...

A Westmoreland County farming collective has the best barley in the state, according to the judges at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Allegheny Mountain Malt’s barley entry brought home a gold medal this week in the show’s grain competition. “It’s a beauty contest without the fancy question at the end,” said...

After months of fundraising, the Hampton Township Police Department presented a $1,200 check to the It’s About the Warrior Foundation during a special meeting of Hampton Council on Jan. 8. The money, according to IATW founder and executive director Steve Monteleone, will go toward the foundation’s Rob Kirsopp Memorial Scholarship....

While going through Army basic training at the same location, Rob and Rodger Kirsopp created some cases of mistaken identity for their drill instructors. And the brothers usually were the ones who paid the price. “We both ended up having to do pushups together,” Rob recalled. “For no reason, other...