Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 93

The St. Margaret Foundation announced Dec. 14 that it will award $721,688 in grants to benefit patient access and education and to improve patient experience. The largest award — $309, 940 — will go to the Rod Rutkowski Bed Fund and to patient transportation through Care Management services. The Care...

Fielding one of its youngest teams in memory, the challenge for Fox Chapel wrestling is to quickly get the newcomers into varsity competitiveness. It doesn’t help that injuries and covid concerns have hampered the Foxes start this season. “We have a couple of injuries early on in the year that...

Fox Chapel’s swimming teams got their seasons off on the right track, but coaches and swimmers are hoping that it’s only the start of bigger things to come. The girls defeated local rival Shady Side Academy, 98-75, while the boys took care of the Bulldogs, 102-71, at the home pool....

Shady Side Academy junior Sloane Simon won two voice awards in the 2022 YoungArts National Competition, receiving an honorable mention in the Voice/Popular (Pop) category and a merit award in the Voice/Singer-Songwriter category. The YoungArts National Competition is open to artists ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12 in the United...

A celebration of light in Fox Chapel will have to wait. Heavy rain predicted for Saturday has postponed the park conservancy’s Winter Solstice Lantern Walk until Saturday, Jan. 8. “For the safety of our guests, we have to push it back,” said Mandy Steele, councilwoman and conservancy co-founder. The lantern...

Be part of what’s called the country’s oldest citizens science project by counting birds in the Pittsburgh Christmas Bird Count, happening in the North Hills and beyond. Master birders, casual birders and novices can take part in the early winter bird census coordinated by the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania....

The mother of a man who was shot and killed in Fox Chapel two years ago is suing the alleged killer’s parents and their marriage counselor, accusing the three of covering up evidence of the crime. T. Lee Rouse believes that if Adam Rosenberg’s parents would have been forthright when...

Technology is changing the way some teens work. Meet three Fox Chapel Area High School sophomores using their entrepreneurial skills online to turn a profit with unique part-time jobs. Stephen Schrim, James Kneiser and Justin Ling are 15-year-old friends and help one another with their businesses. Kneiser, of O’Hara, owns...

A Pittsburgh police SWAT team responded to the Walmart department store at The Waterworks mall Tuesday evening after shots had been fired. Wendell Hissrich, Pittsburgh Public Safety director, said the shooting happened outside Walmart. He believes the shooters were inside the store and came outside when multiple shots were fired....

The Shady Side Academy Senior School Speech and Debate Team is off to a strong start in the 2021-2022 season, school officials said. After kicking off the season in the Upper St. Clair Novice Tournament on Oct. 30, the SSA team traveled to the Moon Area High School Tournament on...

When Shady Side Academy was looking to fill its girls basketball coaching vacancy, the school reached out for a big name. Jonna Burke, who has had a successful career at Butler and Bethel Park, was hired by Shady Side in late September. The former Bethel Park and Pitt player wanted...

Despite the pandemic-related starts and stops to last year’s scholastic basketball season, the Shady Side Academy boys had a surprisingly successful campaign. And the formula for winning was simple: No one cared about individual statistics. “It was a bit of a surprise,” coach David Vadnais said of his team’s accomplishments....

Salamander Park in Fox Chapel will transform into an illuminated wonderland for a winter walk on the longest night of the year. The Winter Solstice Lantern Walk, hosted by the Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy, will wrap up a year’s worth of fundraisers aimed at protecting the borough’s green spaces. “Well...

Etna James Rodgers sold property at 31 Dewey St. to James Rodgers for $85,000. Fox Chapel Matthew Stansfield sold property at 205 Field Club Road to Anne and McKenna Houston for $556,831. Peter Rubin sold property at 304 Hallsborough Drive to Jackson Baker and Sarah Crafton for $910,000. Grant Mason...

Fox Chapel Area School District students will host their 32nd annual telethon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 23 to raise money for Fox Families Care. Fox Chapel Area High School’s Student Government and the school’s digital media production students plan and produce the event, which will involve students...

The Highlands girls basketball team trailed Fox Chapel for most of the first half of Friday’s season opener at the Freeport Tip-Off Tournament. But senior guard Maria Fabregas’ 3-pointer at the first-half buzzer gave the Golden Rams a one-point advantage. Highlands didn’t look back from there as it opened the...

Allegheny RiverTrail Park will be filled with joy this holiday season. A pair of 7.5-foot signs that spell “joy” were manufactured by students from the Fox Chapel Area School District and will be unveiled during the park’s Shiver on the River event from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 17. “In...

Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church is inviting worshipers to Advent and Christmas Eve services. The church at Fox Chapel and Field Club roads is commemorating Advent with worship services on Sundays through Dec. 19. Worship with Communion is scheduled for 8:15 a.m.; Contemporary Worship at 9:30 a.m. and Traditional Worship at...

The Fox Chapel Newcomers Club held its holiday luncheon on Dec. 3 at the Fox Chapel Field Club with about 65 people attending. For more than 40 years, the club has welcomed new residents to the Fox Chapel Area. Hope Beukema and Dawn Gibel met in 2011 at a Fox...

The mammoth tree at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital is dazzling with hand-made décor, thanks to students from Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy in Aspinwall. Third grade students from teacher Mira Fontana’s class and fourth graders from teacher Clare Yaksich’s class walked the few blocks from their school along Brilliant...

Four Fox Chapel Area High School sophomores were selected to receive Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) recognition. Annalese Bartolacci, Amelia Costello, Lakshanya Rajaganapathi, and Abraham White have been chosen to attend the Pennsylvania-West HOBY Leadership Seminar June 17-19, 2022. To be considered for selection, the students submit an essay detailing...

What began 30 years ago with a few friends hoping to improve the lives of local children has blossomed into an annual fundraiser that pulls in sometimes more than $100,000 to make tangible change. The Women’s Board of Pittsburgh now comprises 70 members who work year-round to help children from...

There were no injuries when fire tore through a Fox Chapel home Monday afternoon. Fox Chapel police Chief Michael Stevens confirmed everyone escaped the home safely. Fire crews from several surrounding communities responded to the fire shortly after 1 p.m. along Hunt Road, with more than a dozen emergency vehicles...

Aspinwall Thomas Gertscher sold property at 402 B Emerson Ave. to Jorge Quintero Salazar for $340,000. Robert Rogalski sold property at 207 Delafield Road to Kimberly Roles for $630,000. Michael Welsh sold property at 127 Third St. to David Segall for $245,000. Michael Krygowski sold property at 14 Fourth St....

Safe sidewalks and park amenities in Aspinwall and Etna will be supported by a state grant, officials announced recently. The boroughs will share a nearly $515,000 grant through the Commonwealth Financing Authority. Friends of the Riverfront also will receive money to improve accessibility along the Three Rivers Water Trail. “The...