Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 67

It was a memorable season for the Shady Side Academy boys basketball team. The Bulldogs, in their first year with that moniker, brought home the WPIAL Class 3A title with a 66-54 win over Avonworth at Petersen Events Center. It was part of a 20-7 season that ended with a...

Fox Chapel Police Department’s Stuff-a-Store toy drive ends Dec. 8. The department is collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in need for the Western Pennsylvania Police Athletic League’s Stuff-a-Store program. Donation boxes are located at the Cooper-Siegel Community Library, Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel Gold Club, Pittsburgh Field Club, BZ Deli...

Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel and the Sharpsburg Community Library in Sharpsburg are conducting a survey of residents in and around the Fox Chapel Area School District to better understand the changing needs of the community and ensure that the libraries are investing their resources to maximize the benefits...

A proposal to allow O’Hara Township residents to keep backyard chickens is now before O’Hara Council and is scheduled for consideration at its Jan. 3 meeting. Chickens have never been permitted on township residences under 5 acres. Allowing them on smaller properties has been on the radar for several years....

Sharpsburg residents will pay more for garbage collection in the new year, but they’ll have a say in how much bills will increase. Property owners are asked to complete an online survey to help council choose from several options in the Waste Management contract. The survey is available at...

The road will be a bit different, but the goal remains the same for Kiski Area wrestling. It wants to be competitive, have a solid bond within the team and win another section title. It’ll be a smaller roster than normal because of graduation and a few non-wrestling-related injuries, but...

Fox Chapel Garden Club is hosting Glitter and Glow from 7-9 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Fox Chapel Golf Club, 436 Fox Chapel Road. The club will be selling festive fresh arrangements made by its members. Other activities include an auction and cash bar. Tickets are $35. More information is...

Hartwood Elementary School fourth-grader Charlene “Cici” Xu was recently won the Allegheny County Sumdog contest, which is an online math quiz students take on their own time. Cici took the online test in November and answered 991 out of 1,000 questions correctly, more than any other participating student in the...

A new java spot is coming to Blawnox. Black Canary Coffeehouse, located in Springdale, is expanding with a second location at 276 Freeport Road. The flagship coffee and ice cream shop opened in 2021 in Springdale and is located at 636 Pittsburgh St. Co-owners Julie Kahlbaugh and Rodney Burrell said...

The Fox Chapel Area High School Fishing Club recently partnered with the Allison Park Sportsmen’s Club and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to stock trout in the Pine Creek Watershed. Students placed trout in the delayed harvest stretch of the creek located between Bryant Road and Mt. Royal Boulevard...

An annual Fox Chapel Garden Club fundraiser will soon make its return to a familiar location. After a year outside in the cold due to covid-19 pandemic protocols, Glitter & Glow comes back to the Fox Chapel Golf Club on Wednesday, Dec. 7. The fundraiser was canceled in 2020 due...

Fox Chapel Council chose a former borough councilman who lost his bid for re-election in 2021 to fill the remaining 13 months of state Rep.-elect Mandy Steele’s council seat. Steele, 44, a Democrat in her first term on council, won the 33rd District state House seat in November’s general election...

Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy students and staff have much to be thankful for, and they were busy spreading the good cheer ahead of Thanksgiving. Students made their traditional pre-holiday trek to St. Vincent dePaul food pantry in Sharpsburg to donate an abundance of food. Student council members delivered...

Strong earned income tax collection and a projected year-end surplus for 2022 has put Fox Chapel officials in a position to hold the line on real estate taxes next year, according to council Vice President Harrison Lauer. “The EIT was about $600,000 over budget, tremendous year,” he said at the...

Leaders at Camp Guyasuta are eyeing renovations to the McGinnis Education Center, the massive dorm and conference facility at the entrance to the wooded grounds in O’Hara. The Boy Scout-run camp received word last week that it received a $100,000 state grant through the Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund. Money...

People packed the streets of Commercial and Brilliant avenues in Aspinwall to celebrate the borough’s annual Light Up the Wall holiday celebration. Festivities began with a live nativity musical with second graders from Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy under the direction of teacher Margaret Katocs shortly before 5 p.m....

Aspinwall Estate of Walter Stauffer Jr. sold property at 415 Brilliant Ave. to Lawrence and Lois Deyoung for $365,000. Etna Ochse Building LLC sold property at 341 Butler St. to Etna Community Organization Corp. for $335,000. Corey Bonnell sold property at 14 Fischer Ave. to Ryan David Miller and Birttney...

EduNations’s ninth annual Benefit Concert is coming up on Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. featuring artists Nichole Nordeman and Jason Gray. The concert will be held in the Memorial Park Church Sanctuary and is free of charge. A goodwill offering is encouraged, and all proceeds will go to EduNations for...

If you’re a cross country athlete, the last thing you need are stress fractures in your feet and shin splints. But Shady Side Academy’s Chelsea Hartman has overcome those injuries and finished second among Class A female runners at the PIAA meet recently in Hershey. Hartman came in with a...

Even though Shady Side Academy’s streak of four consecutive WPIAL field hockey titles came to an end, the Bulldogs, along with neighboring Fox Chapel, were well represented on the coaches association’s all-star teams. Shady Side (4-12, 2-4) placed five on the Class A all-star team. The Foxes (10-8-1, 4-3-1) had...

Jazz ensemble The Hillman Center for Performing Arts at Shady Side Academy will present the Pittsburgh-based jazz ensemble The Falbo Trio on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and the show is open to the public with no tickets required. The performance will take place in the...

Avonworth coach Duke Johncour made a major adjustment with his offense Friday. The veteran coach moved tight end Peyton Faulkner to a wildcat quarterback slot. The strategy paid off as Faulkner, who has committed to Kent State, ran for 93 yards in the first half as the Antelopes rolled to...

Fox Chapel girls basketball coach Marty Matvey works for a company that provides horizontal people movers at airports and other facilities. But the Foxes are looking for a vertical move this season — not horizontal — as in rising up in the Section 3-Class 5A standings. Fox Chapel finished 0-12...

After a spectacular rise to the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball title last season, Fox Chapel finds itself at a new address with practically a new team. The Foxes defeated North Hills, 43-36, in the title game at Petersen Events Center. Fox Chapel made it to the PIAA semifinals before...

Fox Chapel Garden Club is hosting Glitter and Glow from 7-9 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Fox Chapel Golf Club, 436 Fox Chapel Road. The club will be selling festive fresh arrangements made by its members. Other activities include an auction and cash bar. Tickets are $35. More information is...