Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 146

Ninety-two-year-old Mary Kurtz didn’t mind getting her hands dirty helping to plant a community garden in Blawnox last week. “This is a great program,” she said, while planting seeds in a wheelchair-accessible garden bed. “It should have been done a long time ago. I am willing to help in any...

Two Fox Chapel Area athletes will attend the invitation-only USRowing Olympic Development Program. Ainsley Good, who rows for Fox Chapel Crew Club, and Lulu McCrady, who rows for Three Rivers Junior Rowing, were among 40 athletes selected from the Midwest and Central regions to attend the training camp in Pittsburgh...

Motorists who travel Route 28 through O’Hara should expect slight delays today and Thursday in the area over Powers Run Road. PennDOT announced that crews would be conducting bridge inspections, weather permitting. Motorists can expect single-lane restrictions while PennDOT crews are working. Inspections were done previously this week at the...

Aspinwall hosted its annual town-wide yard sale on June 8-9. The event, in its 15th year, draws hundreds of shoppers to the streets of the borough....

Ten months is both the blink of an eye and a millennium for exchange students at Fox Chapel Area High School. That’s how long Julie Kuhdorf and Federico d’Amicis have lived in the Lower Valley, learning the ways of American teens. In less than a year, the visitors from Europe...

Don’t be bugged by the return of the 17-year cicadas. Instead, visit Cooper-Siegel Community Library’s program on the loud insects that emerged from underground this summer. “Bugs & Insects” will be presented by Allegheny County Parks on June 19. The session aimed at children in grades one to four will...

Music lovers and outdoor enthusiasts should mark their calendars for the second annual Rock the River concert series at Aspinwall Riverfront Park. Organizers announced Tuesday that they would continue the series this year, kicking off June 30 with a show by The Shiners, a rock-alt band that has toured with...

Nearly 400 people have signed a petition to oppose the potential approval of a planned residential development near Dorseyville Road in Indiana Township, near Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve. The petition, at ipetitions.com/petition/stop-development-of-large-facility, seeks to halt approval of The Waters Senior Living Holdings, which would consist of 179 residential units just...

More than 300 people turned out to bid farewell to Kerr Elementary in the Fox Chapel Area School District during the “Last Open House” on June 6. “We had a really nice turnout,” Jill Leonard, district community engagement specialist, said. “We had folks in their 80s and families who brought...

The next two murals in Sharpsburg’s “Beyond the Ceiling” project will be unveiled on June 15. The five-part series is aimed at honoring a group of unsung female heroes in the borough, all nominated by residents for their dedication to the community. Photo murals highlight women who have gone above...

Volunteers are invited to help clean the Sharpsburg riverfront Saturday at the James Sharp Landing. The event is hosted by Allegheny CleanWays and will run 3 to 6 p.m. at 1301 Main Street. Trash removal is part of a continuing series, Allegheny River Cleanup, happening along the waterways from Freeport...

Fox Chapel officials have landed a significant piece of property that will link the two major sections of borough trails and complete a park system of nearly 345 acres. Mayor Alex Scott said the borough is seizing the chance to purchase a 17-acre parcel known as the Hardie property. The...

Fox Chapel Area teacher Ryan Devlin knows his curriculum will change — a lot — in coming years. That’s a given for anyone teaching multimedia and technology. Keeping up with the times is part of the reason Devlin was awarded the inaugural Young Alumni Award from Waynesburg University. The newly...

Move over, cup of joe. Rather than the typical “Coffee with a Cop” events that are popping up across the region, O’Hara is hosting a “Pizza with Police” party on June 20. Manager Julie Jakubec said the event is aimed at giving residents a chance to meet and talk with...

Organizers of Open Streets Sharpsburg didn’t rest too long after a wildly successful event last week. “Every year the event has grown in size and popularity,” coordinator Greg Domian said. “We already have plans for an even more exciting event scheduled for June 6, 2020.” Domian and other volunteers estimated...

Fox Chapel Area senior Chloe Yofan said the music award presented to her by Belle Voci Pittsburgh women’s choir was particularly meaningful because of the extraordinary talent among her senior class peers. “I am very honored to have received the 2019 Jeffrey W. Dean Memorial Award,” Yofan said. “This year...

Fox Chapel Area senior Ryan Setzenfand was honored by the Rotary Club of Fox Chapel Area for living the club’s motto of “Service Above Self.” The award was given for his excellence in community service, club officials said, during a luncheon on May 15 at the Pittsburgh Field Club. Twelve...

A man was injured Tuesday afternoon when his car veered across traffic and rolled onto a hillside just off Freeport Road in O’Hara Township, officials said. Rescue workers used special tools to cut the man from his vehicle, O’Hara Township police Officer Keith Carney said. Emergency dispatchers received a report...

Sue Dezi Bailey styled a career for herself 40 years ago at a time when it was rare to see a woman-owned business. Dezi Hair Fashions in Sharpsburg celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and Bailey relishes her roots in the borough. It was 1979 when she opened her first...

Foxwall EMS will partner with the Salvation Army to house one of its Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) vehicles at the station along Squaw Run Road. The mobile disaster feeding unit, or canteen, is fully self-contained and able to feed up to 1,000 people at a moment’s notice, Foxwall Commander Josh...

Friday is the last day for O’Hara residents to request a June 19 yard waste pick-up. The township’s special collection happens once a month from May to September but residents have to be on the Waste Management schedule in advance. Yard waste includes leaves in biodegradable bags, garden residue, shrub...

Blawnox residents are encouraged to join a “growing-the-garden” event on Saturday. The initiative hosted by I Heart Blawnox will see residents come together to build the raised beds for a long-awaited public garden at Blawnox Community Park along Center Avenue. “We are so excited to get started,” volunteer Dodi Dean...

Etna Farmers Market returns this week with bushels of fresh lettuce, beans and baked goods. The market runs 3 to 6:30 p.m. Thursdays in the empty lot near the municipal building along Butler Street. Hosted by the Etna Economic Development Corporation and the borough, the market features local vendors selling...

Here are some of the news highlights from around the Lower Valley for the week of May 26: • Fox Chapel Area voters oust incumbent. • Aspinwall Memorial Day parade draws thousands. • Fox Chapel Farmers Market returns June 12. • Construction continues on new Kerr Elementary. For more news...

Fox Chapel Area School District is giving area residents one last peek inside the halls of Kerr Elementary before demolition of the school which for 90 years has served the community. The building along Kittanning Pike in O’Hara is expected to be dismantled beginning June 12, while construction of a...