Hampton Journal category, Page 30

Flurries or not, many cold-weather die-hards are taking advantage of North Park this winter. Those looking for winter workouts can cross-country ski when it snows throughout the 3,094-acre North Park located in McCandless, Hampton and Pine townships and even on the North Park golf courses. “The golf courses are available...

Hampton Township School Board plans to vote Jan. 16 on a resolution not to exceed a 4.1% real estate tax increase for 2023-24. The percentage represents the base index established for the next fiscal year under the provisions of the state’s Special Session Act 1 of 2006, which basically puts...

Visiting his best friend is pretty much a straight shot for Shad Spencer and his family. Fellow fourth-grader Cooper Harrington lives close to the Hampton exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, with an Allison Park address in West Deer. The boys are in the same class and like to get together...

Council president, VP reelected During Hampton Township Council’s organization meeting on Jan. 3, Carolynn Johnson was reelected as president and Bethany Blackburn, vice president, after having served in the same capacities in 2022. Council set agenda/workshop meetings for the second Wednesday of each month and regular meetings for the fourth,...

Bellevue Jeffrey Bergman sold property at 75 Kendall Ave. to J & D Living LLC for $70,000. Estate of Donald Elphinstone sold property at 712 Means Ave. to R & E Ventures LLC for $95,000. Stephen Mosolansky sold property at 515 Monroe Ave. to Amanda Anne Szafraniec for $180,000. Matthew...

The Hampton girls basketball players received a Christmas present they will never forget. The Talbots competed in the Pensacola Beach Christmas Tournament in Pensacola, Fla., the first time the program has traveled to an out-of-state tournament in at least two decades. “It was great,” junior guard Kathleen Milon said. “We...

The Hampton boys basketball team is hoping a season that began with a memorable win ends with a whole bunch more. The Talbots headed into their Section 1-4A showdown with No. 3 Highlands on Jan. 3 with a 7-2 record, the program’s best start to a season since going 12-0...

A surefire way to raise money in Western Pennsylvania is to auction off anything related to the Pittsburgh Steelers. That’s what young Hampton resident Rylan Lennex had in mind when he attended a “Final Farewell to Pittsburgh” event in June for JuJu Smith-Schuster, who was leaving the Steelers for Kansas...

Hampton and McCandless townships will receive a combined $626,483 for traffic safety improvements, state Rep. Arvind Venkat, D-McCandless, announced on Jan. 4. The grants are funded by PennDOT’s Automated Red-Light Enforcement program, or ARLE. McCandless will receive $451,483 to upgrade accessible pedestrian signals, equipment for flashing yellow arrow operations, controller...

State Rep. Arvind Venkat, D-McCandless, took the oath of office in the state Capitol Jan. 3 to begin representing the 30th Legislative District. The district includes Hampton, Franklin Park and five other municipalities in addition to McCandless. Venkat is first Indian American to be elected to the state House, and...

Hampton’s Peter Kramer shushed the Highlands crowd after one of his seven 3-pointers, a celebration he downplayed later, but nobody was able to quiet the Talbots’ newest star on this night. “I was in the moment,” said the 6-foot-4 junior, who scored a game-high 37 points as No. 4 Hampton...

North Hills Genealogists will host an online presentation on Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. by Brian Rhinehart entitled, “I Have a Civil War Ancestor… Now What?” The event is free and open to the public. Civil War soldiers often left a rich genealogical paper trail. Many records are tucked away...

West Deer police accused a former employee of Narcisi Winery of stealing nearly $40,000 by applying a discount to patrons’ bills or voiding them altogether and pocketing the difference. Kevin William Weis, 52, of the 2800 block of Middle Road in Hampton was charged by summons with felony counts of...

For the 123rd Christmas Bird Count, several hundred people scoured all types of habitats from Pittsburgh’s three rivers to the brushy fields of Hartwood Acres in Indiana Township to the Laurel Highlands for the annual census of birds. There are never enough boots on the ground for the longest-running community...

Nestled on a shelf in Three Little Birds Cafe & Juice Bar on Middle Road are dozens of dangle earrings for sale of varying shapes and sizes: white flowers with silver sparkles, dark blue with large gold circles and, for the holidays, green and red charms. The only clue that...

Bellevue Karen Brooks trustee sold property at 120-122 N Sprague Ave. to Hobbs Homes LLC for $105,000. George Malsch sold property at 734 Orchard Ave. to Daniel Seifer Sr for $185,000. Sisters Holy Family Nazareth USA Inc. sold property at 152 Ridge Ave. to Simmer & Simmer LLC for $205,500....

Any mention of the Aquinas Academy boys basketball team starts with 6-foot-2 guard Vinnie Cugini. The senior backcourt star led the WPIAL in scoring in each of the past three seasons, averaging 34.2, 39.2 and 35 points per game. Cugini reached the 2,000-point mark in his 55th varsity game Feb....

For the longest time, Hampton’s Ava Vitiello believed a Division I scholarship was out of her reach. But she kept running and eventually caught up to one. “I never really thought I was going to be D-I athlete,” she said. “It was never a dream of mine. It kind of...

With all the running around during the holidays, there are several upcoming events at North Park that take running literally. The Christmas Eve 5K and the Resolution Run 5K North Park are being held by Wolf Creek Management on separate dates this month, followed by the North Park Half Marathon...

The 2022 holiday season marks the 75th anniversary of the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program, and a Pittsburgh restaurant chain has been providing considerable help toward the cause. Mineo’s Pizza House collected toys at its three locations — in Squirrel Hill, Mt. Lebanon and Hampton — culminating with...

As Hampton’s municipal manager put it, change is always difficult. In a letter to township residents, Christopher Lochner outlines what they will encounter in 2023 as a new waste removal contract with Waste Management takes effect. Along with experiencing a cost increase to $30.51 per month, households will receive new...

Middle school students at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton performed “Peter Pan and Wendy,” a play by Doug Rand, during two November performances in the Rhodora J. Donahue Multipurpose Building. Rand’s work is based closely on the original play and novel “Peter and Wendy” by J.M. Barrie, With a...

Bellevue Brian Clause sold property at 550-552 Forest Ave. to Derek and Kayla Higham for $225,555. Anna Catherine Properties LLC sold property at 563 Lincoln Ave. to Blue Owl Properties for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $184,746). Kenneth Kitchen sold property at 70 N Sprague Ave....

Because Hampton’s Dawson Dietz was a sophomore first-year starter at Washington & Jefferson, opposing quarterbacks and running backs probably didn’t know too much about him. So he introduced himself. After playing only two games as a freshman on a senior-stacked depth chart, the 6-foot, 245-pound defensive tackle burst onto the...

Former Hampton volleyball star Anastasia Russ has come out of her shell. After three years at Pitt as an underused backup, Russ transferred to Maryland in January and flourished in her first season with the Terrapins. The 6-foot-5 redshirt junior middle blocker emerged as one of the best defensive players...