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O’Hara council sets preliminary list of roads to be paved this summer
O’Hara residents are in store for about $1.1 million in summer road paving projects. Council has narrowed the list of roads to be targeted this year, depending on costs. They are Harding and Oakhurst roads; Grove, Division and Joanne streets; Meadow Park Heights; and Alleyne, Weir, Kappa and Dowling drives....
Fox Chapel municipal trash bins reopened
Trash bins at the Fox Chapel municipal building have reopened for residents’ use, months after being closed during site preparation for an upcoming project. Bins are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends. Dumpsters are for borough residents to discard bulk items, such as furniture and small appliances. They...
Chick-fil-A to open in O’Hara by end of year
Chick-fil-A, the nation’s favorite fast-food restaurant, is expected to open in O’Hara by year’s end. The chicken sandwich giant, which operates every day except Sunday, is expected to take the place of the now-vacant Rita’s Ice at the far end of Fox Chapel Plaza. O’Hara council on Jan. 14 granted...
Fox Chapel’s Hardie property to be discussed at public meeting
Potential concepts for the newly acquired parkland in Fox Chapel will be unveiled during a public meeting today. The Hardie property, a 17-acre parcel off Old Mill Road, was purchased by the borough last summer and officials tout the land as the missing link in the municipality’s 345-acre park system....
Waterworks Giant Eagle among 1st to eliminate plastic bags
Several shoppers at The Waterworks Market District bustled about the parking lot early Wednesday, toting armfuls of reusable bags, seemingly prepared for the company’s initiative to eliminate single-use plastics. The O’Hara-based retailer announced its plan in December to rid all of its stores of single-use plastics by 2025. Most notably,...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 12
Aspinwall James Love trustee sold property at 405 Western Ave. to Eric and Liza Linn for $336,500. Etna John Rodriguez sold property at 26 Oakland St. to Mario and Lucia Pallombo for $60,000. Estate of Irma Kulkowski sold property at 21 Sycamore St. to Wells Fargo Bank NA for $2,032....
Knights of Columbus donate telescope, observatory to O’Hara VA
What started as a simple plan to buy a telescope for patients at the VA PHS Heinz campus in O’Hara has transformed into the first-of-its-kind program to bring astronomy to hospitalized veterans. Spearheaded by James Surman, veteran’s services chairman for the Knights of Columbus in West Mifflin, the plan was...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 5
Blawnox Shane Billings sold property at 367 Walnut St. to Christopher Fuller for $145,000. Etna High Return Pittsburgh MultiFamily Fund sold property at 48 Cherry St. to Casa de Kaha LLC for $40,000. Fox Chapel Howard Tanning sold property at 1003 Delafield Road to Ian Palmer Cook and Kathryn Lynn...
Lauri Ann West Community Center in O’Hara open after power outage
Lauri Ann West Community Center in O’Hara has reopened after a power outage Friday morning. The center along Powers Run Road was closed temporarily while Duquesne Light crews worked to resolve the issue. Officials said early this morning that they were trying to keep the doors open for programs and...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 22
Blawnox JPC Construction Services Inc. sold property at 937 Center Ave. to Dean Lusk for $215,000. Etna Richard Begenwald Jr. sold property at 66 Cherry St. to Paul Farine for $170,000. Estate of Dorothy Kitzki sold property at 22-24 Freeport St. to JLA Properties L.P. for $80,000. Gretchen Knepp sold...
Giant Eagle to get rid of plastic grocery bags, straws by 2025Video
Giant Eagle announced plans to get rid of single-use plastics by 2025, aiming to keep flimsy shopping bags and fresh food containers from clogging oceans and rivers and piling up on land. The O’Hara-based retailer, in partnership with the City of Pittsburgh and Sustainable Pittsburgh, unveiled its plan Tuesday during...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 14
Blawnox Hill N Dale Lane LLC sold property at 525 Freeport Road to William Andrew Boag III and Jennifer Marie Boag for $162,500. Etna Allegheny County Redevelopment Authority sold property at 37 Grant Ave. to Etna Borough for $1,500. Brandon Chatham sold property at 120 Vista St. to Nicholas Miller...
Lyft driver from Harrison accused of exposing himself, groping passenger
A Harrison man accused of exposing himself to a woman and groping her last month while driving for the ride-sharing service Lyft was ordered Wednesday to stand trial. Indiana Township police said Douglas Timothy Moore, 53, picked up a woman who requested a ride to West Deer and then drove...
Western Pa. Christmas Bird Count has 10th most volunteers, Audubon says
Pittsburgh isn’t exactly the bird capital of world, but its volunteers who count birds for the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count are ranked as the 10th largest group of counters in more than 2,600 count areas. Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count is the largest citizen survey in the country that measures...
Marigold the potbellied pig found wandering in Indiana TownshipVideo
A pig found wandering along Dorseyville Road last week in Indiana Township remains unclaimed. The female adult mini-sized potbellied pig was found without any identifying tags on Dec. 5, reported to Indiana Township Police and later transported by volunteers to a pig rescue facility. The pig remains under the care...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 6
Etna High Return Pittsburgh MultiFamily Fund sold property at 26 High St. to Edjy Property Services Inc. for $50,000. Indiana Albert DiMatteo sold property at 207 Maple Terrace Drive to Derek Robert Dowiak for $51,000. O’Hara David Holland sold property at 100 Aqua Drive to Vivian Zivic for $270,000. Patrick...
Grants support medical, senior shuttle services in Alle-Kiski Valley area
Free rides for seniors and a medical shuttle to UPMC facilities in the Alle-Kiski Valley area are among the services being funded with nearly $625,000 in grants from the St. Margaret Foundation. Of that amount, nearly $260,000 is going to shuttle services. “The stress of hearing bad news regarding your...
Work to replace bridge in Indiana Township completed
A more than four-month long project to replace a bridge along McClellan Road in Indiana Township has been completed, according to PennDOT. The replacement project for Deer Creek Bridge No. 9 also included drainage work, installation of guide rails and signs, paving, line painting and other safety improvements. A temporary...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 29Video
Harmar LSF9 Master Participation Trust sold property at 765 Guys Run Road to Nicholas and Vanessa Weir Pollino for $25,977. Indiana Ask One LLC sold property at 1918 Fox Chapel Road to Segavepo LLC for $144,000. Manohar Yarlagadda sold property at 3032 Sylvan Ter to Haifeng Wang for $320,000. O’Hara...
Aspinwall author watches his novel jump from page to film
For Aspinwall’s Philip Beard, a punctuating moment in an 18-year journey came when he and his daughter watched actress Sadie Sink of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” shoot a scene in Kennywood Park for a movie based on his novel, “Dear Zoe.” “It’s surreal not only hearing my words coming from the...
Fox Chapel native opens Simple Sugars holiday pop-up shopVideo
Bakery Square will be a little smoother this holiday season. Simple Sugars, an all-natural handmade skincare product line specially formulated for sensitive skin, has opened a holiday pop-up shop through Dec. 22 in the East End shopping complex. The products have previously been sold only through its website. “I have...
Fire in Sharpsburg under investigation
Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office investigating a fire at a Sharpsburg building. County dispatchers said the fire at 324 Linden Ave. was reported at 6:18 p.m. Friday and under control around 6:35 p.m. No injuries were reported. Preliminary reports indicate the fire started in the basement. The incident remains under...
Oakmont yoga studio hosting benefit classes for Fox Chapel family
Amazing Yoga Oakmont will host special Thanksgiving morning classes to help a Fox Chapel family. Ada Mae Grashow, 11, lives with complex disabilities due to Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder caused by deletion or rearrangement of chromosome 22. Symptoms include seizures, intellectual disability, low muscle tone and developmental and...
Real estate transactions in the Fox Chapel area for the week of Nov. 17
Etna Raymond Ventura sold property at 309-313 Butler St. to Crawford Acres Holdings LLC for $200,000. Catherine Lipp sold property at 22 Christler St. to Susan Miller for $130,000. High Return Pittsburgh MultiFamily Fund sold property at 49 Grant Ave. to CJ Real Estate Management GP for $84,500. Joseph Danielewicz...
Sharpsburg receives $1 million grant for Main Street work
A safer, more welcoming Sharpsburg Main Street is closer to reality after the borough on Nov. 12 landed a $1 million state grant. The money will support work to update decades-old infrastructure and improve safety on the heavily used business corridor, council President Brittany Reno said. “In terms of making...
