Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 151

Nearly a dozen roads in Fox Chapel are scheduled to be resurfaced this summer. Fox Chapel council last week awarded more than $1.3 million in paving projects, including The Oaks and Hunt Road. The following roads are expected to have drainage and catch basins installed, followed by milling and paving:...

Fox Chapel Area’s Sanjay Seshan is among four students chosen to represent the region at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Phoenix. Seshan competed for the honor with more than 1,000 other young scientists at the Carnegie Science Center’s 80th annual Covestro Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair....

Young art students attended a three-part series, “Art Explorations,” at Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel and learned a variety of styles with Alison Babusci, STEAM program coordinator and instructor. The courses involved 3D art, textile art and 2D art and taught students about color and patterns. The projects are...

Fox Chapel Area students will begin the 2019-20 school year on Aug. 22. School board members approved the new calendar, building 182 days into the school year. Students will have eight days off for winter break, from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2; an early dismissal on April 3 will lead...

Lower Valley residents can hop into Easter fun with three local egg hunts. • Blawnox Community Park along Center Avenue will transform its lawn into a festival on April 6. An Easter egg hunt will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., along with games, face painting and cookie...

O’Hara residents are expected to see nearly $1.1 million in road paving projects this summer. Council on March 11 approved a list of projects to be targeted in the road improvement campaign, including several in RIDC Park. Youngblood Paving was awarded the contract. The list of roads to be milled...

Blawnox Volunteer Fire Company will host its annual fish fry on Good Friday, April 19. A full menu of items includes fish dinners, sandwiches, coleslaw, french fries and mac and cheese. Fryers will be turning out hundreds of fillets from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Blawnox fire hall...

Aspiring princesses can attend a royal high tea, complete with Cinderella’s carriage and perhaps even glass slippers. Sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, the event will be from 12:30 to 3 p.m. May 4 at St. Pamphilus Church Hall in Beechview. Guests are encouraged to dress like a royal, whether...

Garden enthusiasts will likely want to circle May 4 on their calendars. It’s the date of Squaw Run Garden Club’s annual plant and flower sale, where members will present tables of colorful perennials, herbs and vegetables. The sale will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Squaw Valley Park in...

Motorists who travel through Indiana Township can expect delays beginning Monday. Bridge rehab work along Cove Run will cause single-lane alternating traffic through November, PennDOT announced. Work is expected to cost $1.8 million. It includes deck replacement, painting, substructure repair and approach work on the span that crosses Deer Creek...

The school year just got a little longer for Fox Chapel Area School District students. School board members approved tacking on two days of classes for students in kindergarten through 11th grade. The last day of school will be Tuesday, June 11. Classes were to end on Friday, June 7,...

O’Hara’s spring leaf collection starts Monday. Residents can track pick-ups on the township website to see which streets are being targeted each day. The east and west sides of the township have been divided into zones and the public works crew will follow a set route which will be highlighted...

Tribe 412 Fitness owner Rory Lazear is lending a hand to make sure the Spin Your Wheels fundraiser in Aspinwall has its namesake activity. She plans to transport 14 stationary spinning bikes from her Fox Chapel Road gym to Aspinwall’s riverside on April 6. Lazear has been on board with...

Fox Chapel Area will open registrations on April 1 for the district’s new Spanish Immersion pilot program where at least 80 percent of instruction will be delivered in the foreign language. It will be limited to one class of 25 students — 2019-20 first-graders — pulled from all four of...

Aspinwall’s dog park will close April 1 to make way for summer sports. The area for four-legged friends is housed at the community ball fields off Fifth Street and returns to its original use each spring. The park will host baseball and softball leagues through Halloween. Residents are reminded to...

Here are some of the news highlights from around the Lower Valley for the week of March 18: • Lower Valley communities named among the best • O’Hara’s Brownshill Road to close most of summer • Sharpsburg compiling online pet registry • Aspinwall council announces summer paving goals For more...

Aspinwall council is eyeing two prominent streets for summer paving and will target up to four alleys if the budget allows. Council approved $100,000 for the annual road improvement program, making it somewhat easier to compile the list compared to 2018 when the budget was slashed by 30 percent. Manager...

It’s going down between Sharpsburg and Etna. The two communities are celebrating Earth Day with a friendly wager to see who can be the most green. Officials are challenging residents to rid the streets of pop bottles, cigarette butts and other debris to spruce up their respective boroughs, with one...

Sharpsburg has launched a voluntary digital pet registry to help reunite lost animals with their owners. Police are building the online database that will include owner’s information along with pet descriptions and photos. “There’s a lot of people who lose their dogs,” Officer Brett Carb said. “This way, if you...

Residents learned the value of items stashed away in their own closets during an Art & Collectibles Appraisal Fair on March 16. Art expert Kurt Shaw was at the Cooper-Siegel Community Library to take a peek at old, unique and peculiar items. People brought coins, books, furniture, jewelry, paintings and...

Brownshill Road in O’Hara will close on April 1 for just shy of five months. Crews will replace the structurally deficient Brownshill Road Bridge, erecting a span wide enough for two vehicles and expanding the hydraulic opening for East Little Pine Creek. Cost is $1.1 million. The road will be...

It was a banner day for several Lower Valley communities — Sharpsburg, O’Hara, Aspinwall, Etna and Indiana Township — which were named among the best by the Allegheny League of Municipalities. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, joined by other local officials, announced the 2019 Banner Community Program honorees March 8 during...

Sharpsburg will host its second annual mobile pet clinic in April. The event will offer spay/neuter procedures, rabies and FVRCP vaccines, and flea and ear mite treatments. In partnership with Animal Friends and Paws Across Pittsburgh, the clinic is for cats only. It is from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m....

Squaw Valley Park has a new swing built for two. The equipment was installed March 12 at the adaptive playground along Fox Chapel Road. Cost was about $1,100. “It is a tandem swing where two people can ride together,” Township Manager Julie Jakubec said. The township’s adaptive playground is a...