Hampton Journal category, Page 56

Spring craft show There will be a spring craft show May 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hampton Township Volunteer Fire Department, 2536 Duncan Ave. Over 100 vendors will be present. All proceeds benefit the Allegheny Fire Police Association. Mobile shredding event There will be a mobile...

Hampton Cathy Romantic sold property at 3146 Camberly Drive to Robert Galli and Galli Honore Sullivan for $144,000. Estate of Scot Taylor sold property at 3155 Camberly Drive to Kelli Leigh Decker for $159,000. Thomas Holleran Jr. sold property at 4870 Ottawa Court to Jeffrey and Beth Bright for $320,000....

All it took was a visit to a cemetery near Sam Everson’s home to spark an idea for his Eagle Scout project. The project would lead him to receive an award for his efforts. In addition to attaining Eagle Scout rank, Everson received the Sons of the American Revolution Bronze...

The pizza and cupcakes started to taste a little bit better to the Hampton boys tennis team. The Talbots were holding a post-match birthday celebration for senior teammate Coray Bennett on April 23 at their home tennis court when they received a text from coach Grant McKinney. The players learned...

A pair of lefties have the Hampton baseball team on the right side of the WPIAL playoff picture. Senior Michael Kosko and junior Cam Marshalwitz are a steady 1-2 punch for the Talbots, who sit on the verge of a fourth consecutive WPIAL postseason berth for the first time in...

Editor’s note: The Pine Creek Journal is only spotlighting contested races in the primary election. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, Pine-Richland School District residents who live in Region 2 will see four nominees on the May primary ballot vying for two available school director...

Editor’s note: The Hampton Journal is only spotlighting contested races in the primary election. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, there are two Democratic nominees on the ballot for the two-year term on Hampton Council. One candidate has withdrawn from the race but his withdrawal...

Three of the seven seats on McCandless Town Council are up for reelection this year, but there is only one race in the spring primary among the candidates seeking office. Ward 2 Incumbent representative Shelly Spohnholz, who was appointed in May to fill an unexpired term that runs through 2021,...

Glenshaw Century Club is hosting a dinner to-go By Heavenly Cuisine Custom Catering on May 7 from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Pickup will be at Glenshaw Valley Presbyterian Church, 1520 Butler Plank Road. The cost is $15 per meal. Payment is by cash only at time of pickup. Order by...

Hampton David Lindell sold property at 3030 Apache Court to Robert Alan and Peya Robinson for $405,057. Glenn Miller sold property at 4571 Bucktail Drive to Sandra Burns for $274,000. Robert Ostryniec sold property at 2128 Grandeur Drive to Richard and Patricia Kwiatkowski for $834,500. Catherine Harshman sold property at...

Former Hampton infielder Tyler Bischke took the long way to end up “in the middle of nowhere.” After playing an abbreviated season at Division I Kent State, the 2019 Hampton graduate has found a new home following a transfer to Murray State, a tiny junior college in Southeastern Oklahoma. Bischke...

The first time Hampton coach Ron Fedell saw star catcher Bella Henzler playing softball he wondered if the diminutive seventh-grader had a future behind the plate. “I thought, ‘I don’t know about catcher, but maybe we can move her somewhere else,’ ” Fedell said. “I’m thinking she’s so small. But...

Visitors to Hampton Community Park could be enjoying a new walking trail by early May. Construction has begun on a limestone-covered stone path that will loop around the northern section of the park and connect with the Rachel Carson Trail. The cost is near $900,000. The contractor, Independent Enterprises, will...

Redemption was the name of the game Monday night at Hampton High School as the Talbots topped Section 2-5A opponent Fox Chapel, 4-3. With the Talbots (5-5, 5-2) down by one in the bottom of the seventh inning, senior Brock Mattiuz hit a fly ball to the infield and rounded...

The Greybrooke Garden Club is hosting its annual spring plant sale form 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 8 in McCandless. Hanging baskets, perennials, herbs, annuals and garden supplies will be available for purchase. The event is being held in the grassy area near the Bonefish Grill restaurant in...

Hampton Matthew Feroce sold property at 2889 Harts Run Road to Maurice Spencer for $13,100. Paul Sweeney sold property at 5055 Harvest Lane to Renee Foy for $127,000. Cartus Corp. sold property at 4801 Stonebridge Drive to Roman and Svetlana Kharkovski for $829,000. McCandless Tara Kunkle sold property at 176...

Hampton senior Hannah Schepner still is unsure about her best event in track and field. She finished seventh in the high jump in the WPIAL Class AAA championships as a sophomore. Then, the first time she tried long jump this spring, she came within six inches of matching the school’s...

If the Hampton boys track and field team can reach the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs for only the second time in a decade, it will have another Hampton team to thank. Roughly half of the athletes on the track squad also played for the Talbots football team, which last fall...

Tucked away on a Squirrel Hill back street, the top level of a two-story parking garage hums with activity — not that of cars, but of little hands, messing with paint. In the converted garage space, Laura Wagner and Kevin Wenner opened Raw Space Art in January with the motto...

Hampton Community Center is expected to reopen Friday after a brief closure to replace the HVAC system. The cost of the work topped $865,000, Manager Christ Lochner said. The project was a major undertaking since the building spans 51,000 square feet. Contractors from Trinity Automated Solutions in Bridgeville began the...

Weary from a year of pandemic-related isolation, a McKeesport-area woman transformed her anxiety into an inspirational book detailing the good that transpired from a global lockdown. “Twenty Won: an anthology of 21 female entrepreneurs sharing stories of business resilience during the 2020 global crisis,” will launch April 21. It is...

Family and friends of Pine-Richland senior Matt Graf were deeply shaken when the promising 18-year-old died tragically in 2013 just a few weeks before graduation. To honor the life of the young athlete who was planning to continue his baseball career at the University of Pittsburgh’s Greensburg campus, an annual...

Until just a few years ago, getting information from McCandless often required attending council meetings or making a round of phone calls to town officials. And while residents can still do those things, the municipality has launched several initiatives that use technology to expand the way residents and officials communicate...

Northmont United Presbyterian Church will begin having in-person worship, starting April 18 at 11 a.m. Livestreams and recordings of services will be available for members who prefer to worship at home. In-person services will include the following: • The expectation that no one will attend if they feel sick •...