Hampton Journal category, Page 72

In what Aquinas Academy geography teacher Mike Flynn called one of the greatest GeoBee finals in the 18-year history of the event, Michael Greppi, a fifth grade student at Aquinas Academy, emerged victorious and has qualified to move on to the state geography bee competition. In a competition that took...

Part of Clearview Road in Hampton Township is closed until April 30 for emergency stabilization work. The road will be closed near Harts Run Road for about 300 feet. DRB Contracting will be performing emergency repairs to stabilize the sanitary sewer basin and pipe, install new retention wall and repave some...

Hampton Janice Parker sold property at 2831 Clearview Road to Michael Palladino Jr. and Katie Palladino for $262,400. Gary Bergman sold property at 3084 Fernwood Ln to Scott Speakman and Sarah McChesney for $408,000. NVR Inc. sold property at 5157 Hampton Place Drive to Joshua and Kristen Storms for $596,130....

Adjustments in the start of the school day for students will be implemented in the 2021-22 school year, with unanimous support by the Hampton Township School Board, 6-0. The vote was held at a previously scheduled special public meeting Jan. 27 at the Hampton Middle School library. Board members President...

Members of Hampton school board showed their leadership as they led a blood drive at Hampton High School. Larry Vasko, Jill Hamlin, Bob Shages, Joy Midgley, Denise Balason and Matt Jarrell rolled up their sleeves for the cause on Jan. 29. With blood supplies in the Pittsburgh region deemed dangerously...

Hampton Township Police Department is offering its Citizens’ Police Academy, returning for its third year, with applications now being accepted until Feb. 28. The free academy will be held every Thursday from April 2 to May 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Hampton Township Community Center on McCully...

Hampton Community Library has a full schedule of activities. For details or to register for any of the programs, call the library at 412-684-1098 or visit hamptoncommunity library.org. For adults • Murder by the Book: A Mystery Book Club, meets Feb. 19, at 6:30 p.m. “The Clockmaker’s Daughter” by Kate...

Two high school students at Hampton have designed and built an assistive glove for a Hampton Middle School teacher who has very limited use of her arms and hands. Dakota Basista, 15, and Danielle Sutterlin, 16, both sophomores, made a hand-aiding device for Beth Dolan, who, in 2006, was diagnosed...

Hampton ReMed Realty L.P. sold property at 3043 E Bardonner Road to CapGrow Holdings JV Sub V LLC for $1,639,000. Daryl Nelson sold property at 2812 Shamrock Drive to Andrew and Maggie Sherry for $413,136. Beth Ann Churchill Griggs sold property at 4790 Au Sable Drive to LSF9 Master Participation...

Issues that are important to residents of Hampton about their township are unfolding and being recognized thanks to the research and public engagement being done to help create an implementable comprehensive plan for the community. An update in the long process of making a new comprehensive plan was presented by...

The Hampton school board has approved not to raise the millage rates more than what the Act 1 “Not to Exceed” Budget Resolution allows for the 2020-21 budget year. The board passed the resolution and will now be limited to not raise rates more than the 2.6 percent set by...

There’s a critically low blood supply in the Pittsburgh region, a lot less than what is needed to supply a hospital, according to local Vitalant blood supply centers. This is not a good position to be in especially when emergencies and trauma events occur unscheduled and unpredictably, according to Kristen...

Hampton Beth Ann Churchill Griggs sold property at 4790 Au Sable Drive to LSF9 Master Participation Trust for $24,558. Joshua Hooke sold property at 2751 Drake Ct to Lauren Palmer Sabella for $195,000. NVR Inc. sold property at 5164 Hampton Place Drive to Brian and Jessica Manuel for $608,496. Mark...

Folks looking to take their game room or man cave to envy-of-the-neighborhood status won’t want to miss the public auction happening at the recently shuttered Wildwood Highlands entertainment center in Hampton on Jan. 18. “Where else can you have your own Skee-Ball game or your own motorcycle racing game?” said...

Hampton Regina Lehotay sold property at 2743 Bristol Ct to Jorgen and Kara Rehn for $375,000. Allison Park Church Assemblies of God sold property at Duncan Ave. to Frederick Latini III and Casey L Blendinger Latini for $20,000. Samuel Strandberg sold property at 3949 Grand Ave. to Adrienne PaoloMartin Estella...

Sledders should be dreaming for a white, snowy weekend on Feb. 1 from 4 to 7 p.m. as the Hampton Community Association will be hosting its first-ever Community Bonfire and Sled Party. The not-for-profit group is organizing the free Saturday get-together outside of the Hampton Township Community Center off of...

North Hampton Volunteer Fire Chief John Schwend has been relieved of his duties being charged with drunken driving and reckless driving. Charges stem from a Dec. 15 crash in Gibsonia. Schwend’s preliminary hearing’s set for Jan. 29 before Magisterial District Judge Tom Swan. The volunteer fire department announced via letter...

Zachary Smith, a 2009 Hampton graduate, was named in Forbes Magazine’s annual 30 Under 30 in its Energy category for 2020. Smith, 29, is founder and chief visionary officer of Zauben, a design firm based in Chicago that specializes in green, energy-efficient designs utilizing living walls, green roofs, and other...

Hampton Township Council welcomes the incoming year with setting the first meeting dates of 2020 and approving several actions. Township Council voted at its Dec. 18 to hold its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. and its first agenda meeting of the year on Jan. 8 at...

Hampton David Helon sold property at 5002 Graphic Drive to Joshua and Natalie Matthews for $266,000. Edward Huber Jr. sold property at 2984 Haberlein Road to Justin Huber for $120,000. UCG One LLC sold property at 3130 Haberlein Road to Michael and Emily Drop for $290,000. The Hamptons L.P. sold...

Residents of Hampton Township will be able to refuel and refresh at the new Food Mart, located at the Community Center on McCully Road The food mart, found on the main level, is designed to serve the community center patrons and the entire township campus, said Kevin Flannery, director of...

Winter is a time for spinning fabric, weaving, mending harness, repairing tools and other indoor activities, as well as sharing meals, tales and music. At least, this is true for someone living locally in the middle of winter in the 1800s, as noted in the latest Depreciation Lands Museum newsletter....

When Mike Zdinak gets up every day, greets his family and then goes to work as a special education teacher at Poff Elementary in Hampton Township, it’s all very meaningful to him. That’s because about a year ago, he suffered a cardiac arrest and, as one of his doctors put...

Hampton Wei Wen sold property at 5068 Apple Ridge Drive to Weigang Peng and Lan Su for $399,000. Cuong Doan sold property at 4731 Hampton Farms Drive to Chad Hunt and Melisa Novacic for $238,400. Matthew Glies sold property at 3091 Raintree Drive to Zachery Wilfong and Carly Duffy for...