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Three Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh seniors have been recognized in the 2023 National Merit Competition as Commended Students. Mary BouSamra, Sam Buchanan and Liam Ellis rank among approximately 34,000 Commended Students nationwide who are gaining acknowledgement of their exceptional academic promise, representing fewer than 3% of all who enter the...

Allegheny County’s holiday drive-in laser show is back for a third year, County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced Wednesday, Nov. 16, with the first 45-minute light show being held on Dec. 9. Tickets go on sale Thursday, Nov. 17, at noon. The synchronized light show allows families to enjoy the lights...

McCandless Crossing in McCandless will kick off the holiday season with two signature events. The annual Christmas Tree Lighting celebration will be Monday, Nov. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. The sights and sounds of the season will fill the Town Green with Santa’s arrival as well as musical and...

Church to host ‘BOB’ concert A “BOB” Concert — Bells, Organ and Brass — is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at St. Catherine of Sweden Church, 2554 Wildwood Road, Hampton. The event is part of the newly established Saints Martha & Mary Parish Concert Series, which will foster a...

Bellevue Kyle Properties LLC sold property at 20 Margaretta Ave. to Kevin Fekete and Megan Clark for $395,000. Harry Richard Melvin sold property at 134 Riverview Ave. to Unity Properties LLC for $120,000. Andrew Kolenda sold property at 148 S. Bryant Ave. to Carrick Pittsburgh Properties LLC for $123,000. Eric...

Hampton’s boys cross country team is working on mini-­dynasty status. The Talbots won the 2022 WPIAL Class 2A boys cross country championship Oct. 27 to become the first team to repeat in its division since Knoch in 2014-15. “It was definitely a team goal,” Hampton coach Dean Longwell said. “The...

Hampton senior Eric Weeks has replayed the final moments of the Talbots’ 34-33 gut-wrenching last-second WPIAL Class 4A playoff loss to Montour over and over again. But the ending never changed. “I’ve watched that play probably 50 times, thinking of anything I could have done better,” the wide receiver/defensive back...

Two seniors at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton signed their letters of intent on National Signing Day, Nov. 9. Isabella Hite and Vincent Cugini affixed their signatures in a ceremony held in the Rhodora J. Donahue Building in front of classmates, high school coaches and family members. Hite signed...

For the first time since 2019, Hampton Middle School is able to stage a full-fledged fall musical. Back then, the students who will take part in presenting “Newsies Jr.” were in elementary school. “It’s different, because you have all these kids who aren’t used to the production,” director Greg Shumaker...

Fall leaf collection Waste Management collects yard waste, including leaves in paper biodegradable bags, the third full week of each month, April through November, in Hampton. Township officials acknowledge that for most property owners, storing leaf bags for once-a-month collection can be difficult. As a result, road crews will be...

Say you’re a musician who has poured the proverbial heart and soul into a writing a song, one that you’re proud to perform in front of a live audience. But a glance at the crowd shows eyes focused on cellphones and mouths jabbering away, as if you didn’t really exist....

Bellevue Lori Schmidt sold property at Alley D to Monarch Properties Fresno LLC for $5,000. Jacyln Hobbs sold property at 18 Grant Ave. to Thomas Colin Greene and Amanda Terasa Camplesi for $425,000. Doris Halsey sold property at 193 Lincoln Ave. to Cambara Properties L.P. for $155,000. Kocero Realty LLC...

Hidden beneath the emotional hugs following Hampton’s first-round playoff loss was a sense of pride and accomplishment. The Talbots finished 14-4 and reached the girls soccer playoffs for the seventh consecutive season, losing to No. 11 seed Montour, 2-1, on a late goal in the WPIAL Class 3A opener Oct....

Playoff games between No. 8 and 9 seeds are — on paper, at least — expected to be close. Friday night’s first-round WPIAL Class 4A matchup between Montour and Hampton couldn’t have been much closer. No. 8 Montour won on the game’s final play: a 23-yard Hail Mary pass from...

Each year, Hampton Township School District honors members of the military, past and present, as Hampton Heroes. Traditionally, the ceremony for new inductees took place on an alternating basis at the high school, middle school or an elementary building. “During the pandemic, we decided to move this outside,” Superintendent Michael...

Hampton Township Council members debated a proposed ordinance at their Nov. 2 meeting that would allow residents to rent out their homes on a short-term basis for 120 days per year. Short-term rentals have grown in popularity in the past 10 years due to online marketplaces such as Airbnb. However,...

• Murder By the Book! A Mystery Book Discussion. The group will discuss “Gone for Good” by Joanna Schaffhausen at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 16. Please call the library at 412-684-1098 to request a copy of the book. Everyone who is interested in great reads is invited to the group. •...

A state $344,000 grant will help pay for a $650,000 project for stream bank restoration, buffers and flood control along Pine Creek in Hampton. The work is planned for the creek near the intersection of Wildwood-Sample Road and Sample Road. The project also includes installation of a boardwalk to allow...

Rich Mushinsky has seen firsthand the positive effect that boxing workouts can produce in people affected by mental and physical disabilities. Mushinsky is the owner of Fit 4 Boxing Club, with gyms in Murrysville and Hampton’s Allison Park neighborhood. In addition to serving as a workout location, both gyms also...

North Park road closure The Allegheny Parks Department announced that Lake Shore Drive in North Park will be closed to vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic starting at 6 a.m. Oct. 31. The closure, which is expected to end in December, is required for slope stabilization work. Other than the J.C....

Bellevue Jeanne Mahlmann sold property at 25 S Jackson Ave. to Michael Keith and Crystal Freeman for $220,000. Michael Galone sold property at 124 W Riverview Ave. to Zachary Lee Snyder and Sydney Sokol for $211,500. Etna Regis Donovan Jr. sold property at 30-32 Ganster St. to Hiland Park Capital...

Iraq War veteran and voting rights attorney Chris Deluzio faces former Ross Commissioner Jeremy Shaffer in a race to replace U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania’s newly redrawn 17th Congressional District. Deluzio, 37, of Aspinwall, earned the Democratic nomination to run for the seat in the Nov. 8 election, while...

The struggle was real last season for Hampton all-conference wide receiver Benny Haselrig. It was his junior season, by far the most important for potential college recruits, and while the Talbots were rolling to one of the best seasons in program history, Haselrig was rarely targeted in the run-first offense....

Hampton boys soccer coach Matt McAwley is practical enough to know this season wasn’t going to end anything like last season. “It’s very, very rare that a (player’s) last moments on a soccer field is a moment of winning everything,” McAwley said. “We were fortunate last year to experience that...

In a game with playoff implications in the Class 4A Greater Allegheny Conference, Highlands defeated Hampton, 19-7, Friday night. Highlands’ defense did the heavy lifting, stopping Hampton on fourth-and-short inside the red zone twice. Highlands (9-1, 5-1) had already clinched a playoff spot, but Hampton (5-5, 3-3), North Catholic and...