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Pints in the Park Hampton’s next Pints in the Park event is scheduled for 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 23 in the Hampton Community Center parking lot Presented by Strange Roots Experimental Ales, Pints in the Park is a family-friendly event that features food trucks, vendors, live music and activities...

As back-to-school shopping picks up, families return from their getaways and college students travel back to their dorms, kids try to soak up the last of their summer during August. Hampton Community Pool’s annual Member Appreciation Day took place on Aug. 14. The night of swimming offered music from DJ...

Franklin Park Thomas Pfeiffer sold property at 1556 King Charles Drive to Jacob Murphy for $477,000. Suzanne Urso sold property at 1701 Saw Grass Ct to Steven and Tyler Irlbacher for $750,000. Hampton Dale Michael Andromalos sold property at 4465 Laurel Oak Drive to Jacob Ireland for $170,000. Kristen Peifer...

Coming off the best season in program history, the Hampton girls tennis team has suddenly found itself homeless. Continued delays to a renovation project at the tennis courts at Hampton Community Park have forced the Talbots to plan for a promising 2024 season in which every match and practice will...

Back to school Hampton Township School District students report for the first day of the new academic year on Aug. 22. Also on the district calendar are: • Sept. 3 — School board work session, 7 p.m., Hampton Middle School library. • Sept. 9 — School board voting meeting, 7:30...

Two girls joined their male counterparts in the culminating race of the inaugural Talbot Shuffle at Hampton’s Fridley Field, and they happened to be sisters. “Are you going to tell them I beat her?” one of them inquired after pulling away near the finish line, nearly 2 miles after they...

Growing up with an older brother who is autistic proved to be a major inspiration for J.J. Ortiz. “I always saw him doing a lot of drawings. He’d do maybe 50 to 100 sketches a day on pieces of paper,” the Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh senior said. “That’s kind of...

Etna Philip Raymond sold property at 16 Mary Lue Drive to Peter Michael Horgan and Sierra Lynn Walp for $225,000. Franklin Park Shu Tong sold property at 1412 Mystic Valley Drive to Tanmay Anil Gokhale and Manisha Bhattacharya for $879,000. Ryan Schwiebert sold property at 1801 Thronewood Ct to Shao...

The Hampton Talbots return their starting quarterback from last season, but you might not recognize him. Second-team all-conference QB Porter Kelly hit an offseason growth spurt that transformed the senior, lifting the Talbots’ hopes along with it. “He was a little guy,” Hampton coach Steve Sciullo said. “He looks like...

A national championship girls soccer team this summer had a lot of Hampton flavor to it. Northern Steel, coached by two former Hampton soccer stars and led by three Talbot middle schoolers, won the 2024 National Cup XXIII Premier Division U13 finals July 21-25, in Denver. A never-in-doubt 5-1 victory...

Hampton first-year golf coach Terry Hales has much in common with his golfers this season. Almost all of them are new to the Talbots. Hales, who replaced longtime coach Bruce Steckel, inherits a roster that returns only one golfer from a 5-11 team. “I’m just really excited and looking forward...

Hampton Township and Deer Lakes school districts could be teaming up on the wrestling mat. The school board in Hampton is scheduled to vote Aug. 12 on approving a cooperative program between the districts. Deer Lakes has no wrestling program, but some students are interested in participating in the sport....

When photographed from space, earth looks like a big blue marble. But closer to home, another color of nature is much more prevalent. And these days, it may be the favorite of Hampton student Ruby Heitzenroeder. In her final year at Central Elementary School, she placed first in Pennsylvania and...

To maintain smaller sizes for some elementary-level classes, Hampton Township School District administrators are requesting the hiring of long-term substitutes to teach additional sections. Superintendent Michael Loughead said the number of first graders at all the district’s elementary schools has grown for 2024-25. “We didn’t expect all three, honestly, but...

Hampton deer management Since the early 2000s, Hampton has implemented an archery deer management program on township -owned property. As development expands, the deer’s natural habitat is diminishing, and overpopulation has led to a rise in vehicle accidents, the potential for Lyme disease cases, and property damage. To promote community...

Bellevue Frank Anthony Bonacci sold property at 606 Cliff Av to Lindsey Crumley and Dylan Lukitsch for $216,500. Bradford Woods Mitchel Zemel sold property at 25 Chestnut Road to Michael and Shannon Thomas for $975,500. Etna James Olson sold property at Butler St. to Deborah and Stefano Acierno for $20,000....

The inaugural Talbot Shuffle fundraiser hopes to hit the ground running. The Aug. 10 event, which benefits the Hampton cross country program, is the first of its kind in the school district. “We were talking, the boosters and the coaches, and we wanted to do something to fundraise for Hampton...

On the heels of a series of successful 2023 events, Hampton Township launched another year of Pints in the Park this May. The weather was, to borrow a description, frightful. And besides for some youngsters having fun in the rain, it was none too delightful. Fast-forward a couple of months,...

Bellevue West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc. sold property at 575 Lincoln Ave. to Mid Atlantic Mothers Milk Bank for $187,500. Etna Estate of Ralph Wise sold property at 21 Spring St. to Nicholas and Taylor Wolf for $195,000. Steven Smith sold property at 13 Sycamore St. to Michael Mori...

Despite concern among residents, Hampton likely will be seeing two new residential developments in the near future. During the regular council meeting on July 24, members approved both the Frey-Cain Preliminary Planned Residential Development and Four Seasons Final Subdivision/Land Development. The Frey-Cain development is planned for South Pioneer Road. It...

Worship service at Hartwood Acres Five local Presbyterian churches will combine for an outdoor worship service on Aug. 4 at the Hartwood Acres Amphitheater. Hampton, Elfinwild, Glenshaw, Glenshaw Valley and Parkwood churches will lead the worship service at 10 a.m. Bring a blanket and/or lawn chair, and come early for...

Bellevue Angela Tyner sold property at 162 Grant Av to Debra Vlahos for $125,000. Kyle Properties LLC sold property at 16 Margaretta Ave. to Steven Burns for $375,000. Estate of James Motta sold property at 189 N Balph Av to New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2014 for $50,000. North Sprague...

Hampton’s Isabella McNutt is becoming a little bit McNasty. After graduating this year as the most decorated girls wrestler in school history, McNutt has added a new level of aggressiveness to her approach on the mat. “I realized that I had a lot more success when I was more aggressive,”...

Fresh vegetables are lining the shelves of a local St. Vincent De Paul food pantry, thanks to the hard work of students at Blessed Trinity Academy. A nearly $900 grant from the Sister Mary Paul Hickey Research Grant Program through Carlow University in Pittsburgh was awarded for the project in...

Ancestral research could seem like a daunting task to a genealogy novice, but the North Hills Genealogists of Pittsburgh may make the process easier. It’s important to learn about one’s familial past, according to Elissa Scalise Powell, certified genealogist and member of the nonprofit group. “There are several reasons to...