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Motorists will encounter lane restrictions on Route 28 in the Lower Allegheny Valley over the weekend, PennDOT reported. Crews will be patching concrete and making other repairs between the Millvale interchange in Shaler and the Highland Park Bridge/Aspinwall interchange in Sharpsburg and O’Hara from 7 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m....

After a modified but still-successful Harvest Fair in 2020, Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church is bringing back its signature fundraiser in full force this fall. “I am really happy to report that the event is on for this year,” said volunteer Carol Huff, of O’Hara. The Harvest Fair is scheduled for...

50-year reunion scheduled Members of the Fox Chapel Area Class of 1971 are invited to the 50th reunion on Sept. 24. The celebration will be at the Syria Mosque in Cheswick from 5 to 11 p.m. in the outdoor pavilion. A buffet dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy a...

Tim Geary is a man on a mission — again. The 77-year-old retired attorney from Aspinwall has resumed his hike on the Appalachian Trail in honor of his late wife, Gillen, who died after a seven-year battle with melanoma last year. Geary, formerly of Vandergrift, began his hike March 17...

Fox Chapel William Meyer Jr. sold property at 107 Millstone Drive to Robert Campbell et al. and Arthur Peden for $345,000. Harmar Vita Real Estate LLC sold property at 2218 Freeport Road to Steven Scotti for $13,000. Indiana Richmont Estates L.P. sold property at 1011 Danason Drive to NVR Inc....

Talk about a baseball phenom. Tristan Blum of the Fox Chapel Foxes 12U travel team went 10 for 12 at a recent weekend tournament in Fox Chapel, highlighted by a remarkable stretch in which he socked six consecutive home runs. Tristan, son of Damian and Valerie, finished with seven round...

Here are the top stories for the week of June 29. • The Rev. Michael Decewicz retires from Sharpsburg’s St. Juan Diego The Rev. Michael Decewicz retired July 1 from his Sharpsburg parish but plans to remain a common sight in the borough. “I love Sharpsburg,” he said. “It will...

In the 33 years since the St. Margaret Foundation started its spring 5K fundraiser, a team of “Couch Potatoes” has brought in a staggering $200,000 to help needy hospital patients. Board Member Bill Simpson laughed that his wife named the team after his penchant for falling asleep on the couch,...

A man shooting a crossbow at a flock of turkeys in O’Hara’s RIDC Park could have caused catastrophic results, Game Commission authorities said Friday. “This is a highly populated area, and the fact that someone would do this is shocking,” said Northern Allegheny County Game Warden Madison Kyle. She said...

A new cafe in Blawnox will offer health-conscious meals prepared for people with appetites for wings, nachos and burgers. Clean Eatz is a national franchise moving into a new retail plaza at 175 Freeport Road. “I was looking to start a business that also had the opportunity to make a...

Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...

Indiana Township’s Lucas Goeller had days to live. At 2 years old, he was laid up in UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh with a serious liver infection. It was June 2015. At the time, he was diagnosed with a rare liver disease called biliary atresia. His only shot at survival...

Science award Smrithi Shyam of Shady Side Academy was awarded third place in the senior chemistry category of the Carnegie Science Center’s Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair in March. Smrithi’s project was titled “Extracting Amygdalin (a Cyanide Precursor) from Various Fruit Seeds.” College graduates • Andrew Fugh graduated from...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chip Ganassi sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and declared Wednesday he will pull out of the nation’s top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina...

Clentin Martin was found where he usually is every 56th day or so — giving blood. “I always felt that it was an obligation to do,” Martin, 74, said while donating at the American Red Cross blood drive at St. Bruno Catholic Church in Greensburg. “It’s something that everybody needs.”...

Zoe Skirboll went into this year’s Olympic swimming trials with the attitude of enjoying the moment and gaining experience for the future. She didn’t make the Team USA swim team, but she produced one of the her best efforts and gained confidence she could one day be an Olympian. Skirboll,...

U.S. Open amateur volunteers needed Online volunteer registration is open for the 2021 U.S. Amateur Championship at Oakmont Country Club. The competition is Aug. 9-15. About 400 volunteers are needed to fill positions on more than 15 committees, including marshals, transportation, admissions and disabled services. Early application allows volunteers to...

Aspinwall Robert Disanti sold property at 116 Second St. to Hicham Bouabdallah and Rajath Shanbag Bhagavathi for $278,750. Blawnox David Kirk II sold property at 1004 Carla Drive to Khamh Cung and Suihleiiang Nung for $257,500. Etna Thomas Ross sold property at 38-40 Walnut St. to Pittsburgh Workforce Portfolio 1...

The Hillman Performing Arts Series was expected to wrap up its 2021 season with back-to-back outdoor concerts this weekend, but one of the shows has been postponed. Latin Grammy nominee Sonia De Los Santos will not be performing Sunday after a case of covid-19 was confirmed within her circle, according...

Karen Arrington belted out the Black national anthem “Lift Every Voice” to the delight of a crowd that gathered at Kennedy Park in Sharpsburg for the borough’s first-ever Juneteenth celebration. The event from 6 to 8 p.m. on June 18 saw food, music and activities to educate attendees on the...

A Shady Side Academy graduate is among an elite 7.5% of applicants admitted to the Class of 2025 Plebe Summer at the U.S. Naval Academy. Porter Markel of Fox Chapel was inducted June 20 and will begin six grueling weeks of basic midshipman training in Annapolis, Md. Markel is one...

A public art display this week at Aspinwall Riverfront Park will honor and raise awareness of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, that was recently signed into law as a federal holiday by President Biden. Entitled “Opening Doors,” the artwork was conceived by...

On Monday, PennDOT crews closed the ramp from northbound Route 28 to the Highland Park Bridge in Sharpsburg to begin a construction project expected to last about three months. As construction workers posted signs warning of closures and detours, Bonnie Demotte scouted spots to put up signs of her own....

US Open amateur volunteers needed Online volunteer registration is open for the 2021 U.S. Amateur Championship at Oakmont Country Club. The competition is Aug. 9-15. About 400 volunteers are needed to fill positions on more than 15 committees, including marshals, transportation, admissions and disabled services. Early application allows volunteers to...