Hampton Journal category, Page 36

Some patrons of Hampton Community Library circle a certain month on the calendar. “They will say to me, ‘Are we going to do Love Your Library in September?’” library director Suzanna Krispli said. “And they will wait until Sept. 1 and write me a check and say, ‘All right, here...

Hampton Township School Board held a special meeting Aug. 18 to address concerns regarding the district’s ongoing high school renovation project, as brought to the attention of township council the previous week by municipal manager Chris Lochner. The issues, primarily regarding storm sewer work, also were communicated to P.J. Dick...

A 3K nature hike in North Park will be held in memory of a young Pine man who died from cancer a year ago. Christian Cochran was 23 when he died Sept. 1, 2021, a little over a year after he was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer of the...

Students are returning to a campus with a new look for the school year, as Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh is in the process of completing a $5.2 million building that will house the lower- and middle-school students. For the fall semester, the lower school students will occupy the completed second...

Depreciation Lands Museum events Mark your calendars for these events at Depreciation Lands Museum, 4743 S. Pioneer Road, Hampton: • Flax to Linen, 1-4 p.m. Aug 28. Come to watch the process and perhaps to lend a hand. Admission is charged. • Hydref, the museum’s fall festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m....

Etna Thomas Sauers Jr. sold property at 69 Cherry St. to Alexander Clark and Erica Long Peterson for $156,156. Franklin Park John Marklewicz sold property at 1625 Forest Ridge Drive to Nolan and Elizabeth Kurtz for $445,000. Richard Lee Masters sold property at 2564 Glenwood Drive to Daniel and Kristin...

Hampton senior left-hander Ryan Apaliski needed only two innings to help secure a home for the next four years. Apaliski caught the eye of the James Madison coaching staff at a baseball camp in late June at the Harrisonburg, Va., school and showed enough during a brief two-inning audition in...

A portion of Mt. Royal Boulevard in Hampton was closed down Wednesday and residents were without power after a tree fell and knocked down power lines. More than 900 properties have had their power restored, after being without the utility for hours. Duquesne Light crews were on the scene before...

Penn State Extension is hosting a meeting about the invasive and destructive spotted lanternfly in the region at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 22 at the lodge in North Park. Populations of the spotted lanternfly, the invasive plant hopper from Asia, have skyrocketed in Allegheny County: From Jan. 1 to July 11,...

Hampton Township School Board will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Aug. 18 in the Middle School Auditorium. The meeting will be an opportunity for the community to hear an update on the progress of the Hampton High School renovation project. The school district’s plans for the first day...

Along with English and Spanish, voter services in Pennsylvania now are available in Chinese. “Many of our community members don’t know yet,” Stephanie Sun, executive director of the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, said. “So that’s why we’re here, to share more resources and information.” She and...

No one needs to tell Hampton first-year coach Steve Sciullo about the importance of an offensive line. The former NFL lineman knows the front five is the anchor of any offense. “It’s super important,” Sciullo said, “for those guys to jell.” Hampton enters the 2022 season with the challenge of...

Bellevue Estate of Charles Sanfilippo sold property at 151 Kendall Ave. to Bellevue 3 LLC for $185,000. Roy Jones IV sold property at 146 Riverview Ave. to Seth and Audrey Stayer for $175,601. Etna Timothy Ludwig sold property at 18 Greismere St. to Kayleigh Cooper for $125,000. Franklin Park Andrew...

During his first two seasons as Hampton’s starting second baseman, Anthony Bucci was known as a flashy fielder without much pop in his bat. He has gone hardcore to change that. Bucci, who is entering his senior year, turned himself into a more formidable presence at the plate this summer...

As far as prestige goes, consider that alumni of Boston’s Berklee College of Music have rung up a total of 320 Grammy Awards. When Caroline Collins was a senior at Hampton High School, she learned that Berklee had accepted her. But because of tuition considerations, she opted to attend Penn...

Hair loss hardly is limited to one gender. “So many times, I have women cry and just say, ‘Thank you for giving me my confidence back and making me feel comfortable to go out,’” Kristine Lewis said. Her Hampton business, Creative Hair Solutions, does have male clients. But for the...

Glass recycling bin offered Allegheny County and the Pennsylvania Resources Council are offering a Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program in county parks. Locally, a bin will be at Hartwood Acres Park from 7 a.m. to sundown Sept. 17-22 in the amphitheater overflow lot off Middle Road. Residents can drop off...

Bradford Woods Marilyn Miller sold property at 421 Bellaire Road to Wilman Olmedo Calderon and Jeannine Marie Brevik for $578,000. Eileen Ravis sold property at 71 Marblehead Hbr to LW Invests LLC for $237,500. Franklin Park Linda Fryz sold property at 1622 Blackburn Heights Drive to Corey and Samantha Hirkala...

Allison Park Church took full advantage of its first Serve Week by working with Network of Hope, and together, along with more than 500 volunteers at the Hampton campus, packaged 300,000 meals for needy residents in Haiti. Serve Week began with yearly Children’s Vacation Bible School, held from July 11-15....

You could say that Hampton High School graduate Tyler Anderson is dialed in for his summer internship at the School of American Ballet in New York City. Anderson, who attends Slippery Rock University, is among a select few college students working this summer through DIAL, the Diversity in Arts Leadership...

From the title of a Led Zeppelin song to an item listed with baseball and apple pie in a catchy car-commercial jingle, the humble hot dog occupies a prime position in popular culture. Oh, and lots of people love to eat ’em. That was evident during the recent celebration of...

Worship service at Hartwood Acres Elfinwild, Parkwood and Hampton Presbyterian churches will partner to host a combined outdoor worship service at 10 a.m. Aug. 7 at the Hartwood Acres amphitheater, 4070 Middle Road, Hampton. The service will be led by the pastors of the participating churches. Hampton Presbyterian’s praise band...

Hampton’s Isabella McNutt only started wrestling a year ago, but that didn’t stop her from reaching the nation’s biggest event this summer. McNutt, who will be a junior at Hampton in the fall, qualified for the 2022 USA Wrestling 16U and junior nationals July 16-22 at the FargoDome in Fargo,...

Bellevue Jody Zawada sold property at 704 Clinton Place to Emmiley GF Stern for $210,000. Uptown Girls Properties LLC sold property at 167 Lincoln Ave. to Zachary Owens and Valerie Phelps for $307,000. Christopher Rune sold property at 57 N Balph Ave. to Melissa Turkal for $300,777. Mary Lou Galati...

At Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton, 2021-22 proved to be a breakout year for the high school athletic department. Eleven of 13 Aquinas varsity teams competed in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League playoffs, with two teams finishing as runners-up in the WPIAL championships. Fifteen athletes competed individually in...