Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 74

Glass recycling bin Allegheny County and the Pennsylvania Resources Council are offering a Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program in county parks. Locally, a bin will be at Hartwood Acres Park from 7 a.m. to sundown Sept. 17-22 in the amphitheater overflow lot off Middle Road. Residents can drop off glass...

Aspinwall Ahmad Ghaznavi sold property at 132 First St. to Zachary and Elizabeth Murdock for $531,025. David Ariondo sold property at 617 Center Ave. to Kelly Carter for $320,000. John Mellett sold property at 708 Center Ave. to Victor Charles Labonte for $184,900. Keith Rosenstock sold property at 401 Western...

It’s hard to believe there could have been a more seamless transition in coaching than the move from Fox Chapel girls soccer coach Peter Torres to his successor, Carlo Prati. Torres, after a thrilling WPIAL playoff ride last season, has moved on to the collegiate level at LaRoche University. Taking...

Learn to speak Italian, get the basics of yoga or much, much more during the fall semester at Fox Chapel Area Adult Education. Registration is underway for the newest slate of classes offered by the nonprofit. “We exist to provide adults with access to the Fox Chapel Area School District...

Two university students from the Fox Chapel area with goals of one day becoming attorneys gained real-time courtroom internship experience shadowing a judge this summer in Sharpsburg. Anna Ferris, a freshman at Princeton University and Alyssa Carnevali, a junior at the University of Pittsburgh, participated in the District Court Student...

Sharpsburg residents are encouraged to open their doors, set up some tables and get ready to mingle at the inaugural community-wide yard sale, scheduled for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 10. The event is spearheaded by resident Debbie Bobeck. She said folks along 13th and Middle streets have had...

Single-lane restrictions on Route 28 in O’Hara and Harmar will be extended for at least three more months. Work that initially was expected to wrap up in mid-September will run through early December. Motorists should allow extra time for travel, PennDOT announced. Traveling northbound, restrictions will be in place from...

It wouldn’t be the first day of school at Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy without the traditional Popsicles-with-the-principal celebration. Nearly 170 students in kindergarten through eighth grade kicked off the new school year on Aug. 25, ending the day with a sweet treat. School leaders said everyone appeared excited...

Sharpsburg K-9 Officer Jango, a 6-year-old German Shepherd, has retired after a little more than four years of service. Partnered with Officer Jeffrey Husar and sworn in May 1, 2018, the beloved barker was forced to call it a career due to health issues. Jango was recently diagnosed with renal...

When it comes to identifying mushrooms, some folks get about as far as distinguishing between the little ones you slice to put on pizza and the big ones that fit nicely inside of a burger bun. Then there are the mycologists within the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club. “In general, a...

Blawnox Council has approved a new four-year police contract. The new deal is effective Jan. 1 and runs through 2026. It includes a 75-cent per hour raise for all officers each year. Borough officials provided contracts to the Tribune-Review following a Right-to-Know request. The council unanimously voted Aug. 10 to...

Blawnox Joseph Casile sold property at 462 Walnut St. to Christine Carnevali for $240,000. Etna Grant Watkiss sold property at 116 Cherry St. to Kyle Helal and Dawn Furman for $220,000. Tyler Nowakowski sold property at 45 Greeley Ave. to QZ Funding LLC for $57,000. Patrick McTighe sold property at...

Fox Chapel and Shady Side Academy look to again have strong boys soccer teams. The top four teams from each section qualify for the WPIAL playoffs. A team earns three points for a section victory and one point for a tie. The schools end the regular season with a head-to-head...

Car show The Hampton Presbyterian Church is hosting its fourth Car Show on Sept. 10, from 2-6 p.m. All makes and models are welcome. The grill will be hot, the sodas will be cold, and the tunes will be spinning. People can bring their own tables, chairs, and EZ-ups. Family...

A new nature-based child care center has opened in Fox Chapel. The Whirlybird Nature School opened this summer and is enrolling children ages 30 months to 5. Owner Kelly Jane Walker of Verona holds a master’s degree in education and taught public school in the area for 20 years. Walker...

Addressing issues of domestic violence, drug use, homelessness, food insecurity and hording are just some of the ways two Slippery Rock University social worker interns plan to make an impact in Sharpsburg. Master’s degree students Mary Bauer of Richland Township and Kirsten Giovengo of Ohio Township introduced themselves at a...

Jordan Berlin Speranzo and Nick Grosso have a passion for live theater. So it’s only appropriate that the first production they teamed up to stage shares that same name: Stephen Sondheim’s “Passion.” Speranzo’s mother Liz Berlin, rock veteran of Pittsburgh’s Rusted Root and owner of Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale,...

Aspinwall students board the bus at Center Avenue and Fourth Street on Aug. 23 for the first day of school in the Fox Chapel Area School District for the 2022-23 school year. The students were heading to O’Hara Elementary School. Aspinwall Police Chief Dave Nemec watches in the background....

Fay Powell has been a long-time contributor to, and consumer of, the Harvest Fair at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church. A church member more than four decades, Powell recalls making mushroom sandwiches and being part of a sewing group that made doll clothes. Since retiring in 2015 as a nurse at...

The Rotary Club of Fox Chapel Area will hit the links for a good cause. Members will host the annual Golf Classic fundraiser with proceeds benefiting two local charities: Aspinwall Meals on Wheels and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. “Both groups have been serving the communities in the...

Cooper-Siegel Community Library created such a buzz when it opened 11 years ago that it lacked ample parking from day one. At long last, the facility along Fox Chapel Road is expanding its parking lot thanks to the purchase of an adjacent property for $350,000 using funds from a bequest...

The USGA is returning to Fox Chapel Golf Club for another national championship. The Seth Raynor-designed club will host the 2024 U.S. Senior Women’s Open, the golf governing body announced Monday. Fox Chapel will welcome 120 of the world’s top 50-and-older women Aug. 1-4, 2024. Two other sites, San Diego...

Blawnox Gerard Matthew Pantone sold property at 10 Walnut Ct to Juliette West for $177,000. Etna Thomas Sauers Jr. sold property at 69 Cherry St. to Alexander Clark and Erica Long Peterson for $156,156. Fox Chapel Estate of Clement Larkin sold property at 713 Fairview Road to Alexander Joseph and...

River Jam Five bands will take part in River Jam at 5 p.m. Aug. 25 at Allegheny RiverTrail Park in Aspinwall. The Jam will feature The Cedar Run Band, The Compadres, The John Vento Trio, The Untouchables and Asphalt Rodeo. Voluntary donations are requested. Proceeds will benefit Allegheny RiverTrail Park...

O’Hara and Aspinwall police are investigating recent thefts from unlocked vehicles. Officials from both communities posted reminders on their social media pages for people to lock their car doors and store valuables out of sight. Township leaders said the latest thefts from vehicles took place sometime between Aug. 13-14. Aspinwall...