Bethel Park Journal category, Page 28
Bethel Park writing remarkable bounce-back tale
After shaking last year’s winless record, Bethel Park’s football team played its way to a WPIAL playoff berth with four impressive midseason victories. The Black Hawks started off their bounce-back year with a 1-3 record before dialing in wins against Franklin Regional (28-13), West Allegheny (26-10), South Fayette (27-7) and...
No. 1 Moon shuts out Bethel Park, clinches Allegheny Six title
Moon has a fondness for physical football, clock-consuming drives and 225-pound running backs. It’s a combination that worked again Friday night. But with their usual big-bodied back limited by an injury, tight end/defensive end Ben Bladel became the team’s battering ram and scored the first points in a 30-0 victory...
Clairton man pleads guilty to assault in McDonald’s in Bethel Park
A Clairton man was sentenced to four-to-10 years in prison Friday for sexually assaulting a young girl at a McDonald’s restaurant in Bethel Park, according to authorities. Allegheny County Judge Jill E. Rangos sentenced Walter A. Garner, 41, to prison on his plea of guilty to charges of statutory sexual...
Winless a year ago, Bethel Park challenges Moon for conference title in Allegheny Six
A year after going winless, the Bethel Park football players have a chance this week to call themselves champions of the Allegheny Six. This, without question, is the team’s biggest game in quite a while when No. 1-ranked Moon (8-0, 3-0) hosts Bethel Park (5-3, 3-0) at 7 p.m. Friday,...
Bethel Park breaks ground on 3 playground projects
Bethel Park officials recently broke ground on three different playground projects at its municipal parks. First up was Birch Tree Park on Sept. 24, where the new playground equipment was selected by area residents and will be in compliance with current playground safety standards, according to a news release. Storm...
7 candidates seeking 4 seats on Bethel Park School Board
There are seven candidates vying for four, four-year seats on Bethel Park School Board, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. There are three Democrats, three Republicans and one candidate who is cross-filed on both November ballots. Here are the candidates and their responses to the...
Bethel Park defeats Peters Township to remain perfect in conference
Coming off a winless season and getting off to a slow 1-3 start this year, Bethel Park might have had the gnawing feeling of “here we go again.” But the Black Hawks have righted ths ship in a big way. Bethel Park improved to 5-3 overall and, more importantly, 3-0...
Bethel Park municipal races a mix of uncontested, contested
Municipal races in Bethel Park are a mix of contested and unopposed, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections’ unofficial candidate list. Incumbent Mayor Jack Allen is running unopposed for another four-year term, as is incumbent Joseph Consolmagno for the Ward 1 council seat. The Ward 3 council race...
Bethel Park gearing up for Halloween with series of events
Bethel Park is gearing up for a “Spooktacularly” good time this Halloween. “We’re excited to bring all of these Halloween traditions back to our community once again,” Bethel Park municipal manager Laurence Christian said in a news release. The celebration kicks off with the Third Annual Halloween Decorating Contest for...
Bethel Park School District officials hire new technology director, promote 2 other administrators
Bethel Park School District officials recently hired a new administrator and promoted two others from within the district. Bret Slezak was named the new director of technology. David Muench was named the new director of student support services and district assistant director of special education Sarah Shue was moved up...
4 men jailed without bond after running ‘Grandparent Scam’ in Allegheny, Westmoreland counties, troopers say
Four men are in the Westmoreland County Prison without bond after their arrests on theft and conspiracy charges for running what state police called a “Grandparent Scam” that bilked at least $250,000 from 10 senior citizens in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties since Monday. Terek Bouanane, 45, and Roderick E. Feurtado,...
In brief: Rotary spaghetti dinner, VFC open house and more around Bethel Park
Rotary Spaghetti Dinner The annual Rotary Club of Bethel Park Spaghetti dinner to help charities from here to Africa will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Bethel Park Community Center. The food will be provided by Pasta Too, Bethel Bakery and Armstrong’s. Full meal...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 26, 2021
FC Bethel LLC sold property at 2434 Demare Drive to NVR Inc. for $98,000. Elizabeth Fedkoe sold property at 2334 Hamrock Court to Rebecca Wallace for $235,700. Daron Morford sold property at 206 Logan Road to Andrew Richard Knez and Bayli Buckley for $215,000. Kyle William Thomas sold property at...
Bethel Park honors Athletic Hall of Fame inductees
Five decades covering a span of 41 years were represented at this year’s Bethel Park Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The 2020 Hall of Fame class was announced Sept. 17 before the Gateway-Bethel Park nonconference football game at Black Hawk Stadium. The inductees consist of Alan Smith (1969), Doug...
Trio of returning letter winners among Bethel Park golfers gaining experience
Adam Triscila, coach of the Bethel Park girls golf program, offered an open invitation. “Our team needs golfers,” he said. “If any young ladies have an interest in golf and would consider playing for us next fall, please contact me (Triscila).” Meanwhile, this season, Triscila welcomed three letter winners back...
Bethel Park’s Gorman defends WPIAL singles title; Sewickley Academy’s Close wins in Class 2A
Once was nice for Bethel Park’s Mia Gorman. Twice is much better. The senior standout captured her second straight WPIAL Class AAA championship Friday afternoon at North Allegheny with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Peters Township junior Kat Wang. “It’s exciting. Senior year. Two in a row,” Gorman said. “It’s...
Bethel Park brings back Community Day after last year’s pandemic hiatus
Music and merriment will once again fill the Bethel Park High School campus as the borough hosts its annual Community Day following a pandemic hiatus. The event kicks off Saturday at 9 a.m. with a parade starting at the borough building, 5100 W. Library Ave., and heads down to Highland...
Bethel Park student news for the week of Sept. 24, 2021
National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Bethel Park High School seniors Lily Gaston and Oluwatoyosi Egbebi have each been selected as semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program through the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. They represent less than one percent of the U.S. high school seniors and qualify to continue in...
Bethel Park teacher wins prestigious Hilda M. Sundermann Award
Like many other teachers across the country, Katie Johnson, music teacher at Benjamin Franklin Elementary and William Penn Elementary schools in the Bethel Park School District, has dealt with a constantly changing curriculum during the covid-19 pandemic. So, it was very rewarding for her when, on Sept. 3, she became...
Lawsuit alleges Bethel Park McDonald’s hired sex offender who raped teen employee
A teenage girl and her parents sued McDonald’s and a Bethel Park franchise operator Tuesday, alleging that she was harassed and raped by a shift manager with whom she worked, that the defendants knew about it and did nothing to stop it. The complaint, filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas...
Bethel Park family participating in Strides for CJD event to honor late father, husband
Community members, family and friends of those affected by Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease will gather on Oct. 9 at South Park for Strides for CJD, a 5K walk/run. The rare neurodegenerative disease currently has no treatment or cure. CJD is caused by “prions,” proteins that can misfold in the brain, with devastating...
Saw Mill Run Stream stabilization project breaks ground
Bethel Park municipal officials broke ground on Sept. 9 for an approximate two-month Saw Mill Run Stream stabilization project to stabilize about 350 feet of stream bank to Saw Mill Run off of Milford Drive. “Over the years, this section of the stream has really changed, and this project will...
Dunkin’ opens ‘Next Generation’ store in Bethel Park
Dunkin’s western Pennsylvania expansion continues, as it opened another “Next Generation” store, this time in Bethel Park. The new store opened at the end of last month and is designed in the brand’s “store of the future” concept, with a modern atmosphere, and new and innovative technologies and design elements....
Trib HSSN football players to watch for 2021 Week 2
Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 2: Lorenzo Jenkins Blackhawk, Sr., WR A two-time all-conference performer at Fox Chapel, Jenkins (6-4, 175) transferred to Blackhawk last winter and has made an immediate impact for the Cougars. He had nine catches for 73 yards and two...
Household chemical collection coming to South Park
People who have old paint, motor oil or pesticides sitting around their garage can get rid of the hazardous waste Saturday at South Park. The Household Chemical Collection is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the South Park Wave Pool parking lot in Bethel Park. It is hosted...
