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A grant to the Brackenridge Salvation Army from a Fox Chapel service organization will help put holiday meals on dozens of tables and distribute warm clothes to those in need, Captain Alex Senak said. The Salvation Army along Brackenridge Avenue received $3,000 from the Rotary Club of Fox Chapel area....

Local projects to promote mental health awareness and support the arts are spreading hope, one canvas at a time. The Positive Painting Project and The Katie Whysong Scholarship for the Arts were created this year by Alisa and Todd Whysong of O’Hara, in honor of their daughter, Katie. Katie died...

Fox Chapel Joseph Lundy sold property at 216 N. Grandview Drive to Scott William and Jessica Brooke Berry for $1,470,000. Melissa McConnell sold property at 137 Riverview Ter to Joseph Vennare for $346,000. Paul Buncher sold property at 1 Whispering Pines Ln to Kenneth and Andrea Jaycox for $315,000. Harmar...

With Leechburg’s loss in the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals Friday, it brought the curtain down on one of the best seasons an A-K Valley quarterback ever has had. Blue Devils senior Thomas Burke III finished the season with 2,213 yards, which is third best in local history. In 2019, Burrell’s...

It was another outstanding season for the Shady Side Academy field hockey team. The Bulldogs rolled to their fourth consecutive WPIAL title with a 1-0 victory over Aquinas Academy at Washington & Jefferson College’s Cameron Stadium. It was Shady Side’s 11th straight appearance in the WPIAL finals. The season came...

It didn’t take long for the Penn-Trafford football team to let upset-minded Fox Chapel know what was in store: a long Friday night in Harrison City. The second-seeded Warriors scored less than two minutes into the game, scored on all five of their possessions in the first half and rolled...

Two friends are teaming up again to help folks living alone enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Last year, as the pandemic highlighted social isolation during the holidays, Molly O’Brien of Fox Chapel and Bethanie Stein of Aspinwall started their own, small-scale effort to provide meals directly to people in need....

Glitter, Shiver and Glow The Fox Chapel Garden Club will host its annual holiday event with a twist this year. The club’s Glitter, Shiver and Glow event will offer crafts, floral arrangements, bulbs and house plants and more for sale in the open air at Allegheny RiverTrail Park. Admission is...

Improved communications between Fox Chapel and its residents will be the priority for two newly elected council members, each said. Democrat Sarah Hanna and Republican Brad Harrison earned four-year terms in the Nov. 2 general election, along with Republican incumbents Harrison Lauer and Andy Bennett. “The number one thing that...

Fox Chapel has already pulled off a playoff upset this season, but can it outfox Penn-Trafford in the quarterfinals Friday? The No. 10-seeded Foxes (5-6) opened the WPIAL Class 5A first round by defeating seventh-seeded Upper St. Clair, 13-10, last Friday. Now they face well-rested Penn-Trafford (8-2), which is seeded...

An elementary school in the Fox Chapel Area School District has a new assistant principal. Benjamin Canan, 34, joined O’Hara Elementary School this month as program principal, the official name for the role. He said he seeks to bring a personalized approach to helping lead the school and promises to...

A flag honoring fallen police officers is causing a flap in Aspinwall. Council members fielded comments during last week’s meeting from about 15 residents either supporting or opposing the flag that has flown outside the borough building for 12 years. Aspinwall resident Karen Hart took to social media to express...

A national chain focused on healthy eating is opening Wednesday in Blawnox, the first location in the Pittsburgh area. Clean Eatz is opening at 175 Freeport Road, in a new retail plaza at the corner of Center Avenue. Owner Darryl Duncan, 58, hails from the corporate health care field and...

Former Fox Chapel High School soccer standout Dixon Veltri is taking her game overseas. Veltri signed last week with Maccabi Emek Hefer of Israel and plans to join the professional team in December after she is done with postgraduate studies at Pitt, where she played for the last three seasons....

Blawnox John Novak sold property at 7 Riverside Ct to Marcus Edge for $20,000. Fox Chapel Hossam Kandil sold property at 608 Delafield Road to Nathan and Ashley Loden for $512,500. Nishan Williams sold property at 40 Easton Road to Andre and Marlaina Peters for $515,000. Martha Hildebrandt sold property...

After Friday’s game, Sto-Rox’s football players lined up in the end zone, got down and started doing push-ups. It was far from a punishment. Instead, the Vikings went up and down, loudly spelling out their ultimate goal in the 2021 season: S-T-A-T-E-C-H-A-M-P-S. No. 2 Sto-Rox (11-0) took a step in...

Long-term closures are planned for a portion of Sixth Street in Sharpsburg. PennDOT officials said starting Monday at 7 a.m. the street will close between Clay and Penn streets through Monday, Dec. 13. Here is the detour: • From Main Street, take Ninth Street north; • Turn left onto Penn...

A sunny, fall day on Nov. 3, 2021, makes recess all the more fun at O’Hara Elementary School in O’Hara Township....

Shady Side Academy Performing Arts Chairman Dek Ingraham said he chose this year’s fall play as a celebration of the return to live theater at the Fox Chapel-based campus. “She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurer’s Edition,” is bold, theatrical, funny, heartbreaking — a little odd, Ingraham said. “This show helps us...

It’s the gourd that keeps on giving. Donations are still rolling in for Pittsburgh’s Project Bundle-Up, thanks to the dedication of one Aspinwall resident. Joel “The Pumpkin Guy” Keefer, 70, of Fourth Street began carving elaborate oversized pumpkins for the public 25 years ago. After collecting and donating $89,000 over...

Matthew V. Rudzki is the apparent winner of the Nov. 2 race for the district magistrate seat based in Sharpsburg, according to unofficial results from the Allegheny County Office of Elections. Rudzki, a Democrat and the outgoing mayor of Sharpsburg, received 4,367 votes, with Independent Jennifer Evashavik receiving 2,691, and...

Fox Chapel Area senior Gabby Bell expects audiences will fall in love with the characters in this year’s school play, “Anne of Green Gables.” Curtains will rise at 7 p.m. Nov. 4-6 to tell the tale of a feisty teenager adopted by elderly siblings in turn-of-the-century Canada. Tickets cost $8...

Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg is partnering with the Pittsburgh International Airport to dole out winter coats that never quite made it to their intended destination. For the fourth consecutive year, the ministry has received an array of warm weather clothes left at the airport by travelers and other visitors....

Dorseyville Middle School students return to the musical stage this month as they present “High School Musical Jr.” The cast of almost 80 students includes about 30 technical and stage crew members. “After such a challenging year we wanted to do a show that would make people smile,” said musical...

Fox Chapel secured the No. 2 seed in the WPIAL Class 2A field hockey playoffs for the second year in a row. And for the second consecutive season, the Foxes finished second in the WPIAL. Penn-Trafford (16-0) slipped past Fox Chapel, 1-0, to win the title Saturday at W&J’s Cameron...