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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Design of VOPP Trail continues, 3 out of 4 phases mapped out
A bike lane through parts of Verona and Oakmont, a new traffic light at a busy intersection near the boroughs’ borders and the use of an old railroad bed are all parts of a proposed bike/walking trail connecting Verona, Oakmont, Penn Hills and Plum. Project officials announced three out of...
Plum graduate Rick Walsh named district superintendent
Rick Walsh is the new superintendent of the Plum School District. Walsh, previously assistant and deputy superintendent and briefly interim superintendent, replaces Brendan Hyland, who resigned effective June 30 to become superintendent of the North Allegheny School District. At its meeting Tuesday, the Plum School Board unanimously approved a five-year...
In brief: Free Dentistry Day, class reunions, other happenings, week of July 17, 2023
Free Dentistry Day in Verona Free dental services will be available on July 28 at Verona Dental Care. Dr. Sumit Gupta, the team at Verona Dental Care and volunteer doctors are participating in Free Dentistry Day, dedicated to providing for the growing number of Americans without dental insurance. Cleanings, fillings...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of July 16, 2023
Churchill John Anders Bendixen sold property at 317 Carlton St. to Thomas Fitzurka and Christie Kolenc for $285,000. Edgewood Estate of Susan Louise Bailey sold property at 124 W Swissvale Ave. to Margaret Pereira trustee for $677,000. Forest Hills Estate of David Berkowitz sold property at 297 Barclay Ave. to...
Proposal for 3rd Dollar General in Plum sees store downsized
A proposal to build a third Dollar General has returned in Plum, with a smaller building and more parking spaces. The store still would be built on about 2 acres subdivided from a 9-acre parcel along Saltsburg Road at Clements Road, according to revised plans submitted to the borough for...
Plum thanks Pat McAfee after another donation
Former Indianapolis Colts punter, current TV star and Plum native Pat McAfee was thanked by the borough for another charitable act. McAfee paid for every child age 17 and younger to have an all-day ride ticket at Plum’s SummerFest. According to borough manager Michael Thomas, the total cost was around...
Transition to Plum volleyball head coach going smoothly for Rachel Satira
The day before Rachel Satira graduated from Seton Hill in May 2019, she got a call from then-Plum girls volleyball coach Kelsey Bonk about coming on board as an assistant and also working with the middle school team. “I was more than happy to join,” said Satira, a standout four-year...
Verona man arrested after being on the run nearly a year
Police arrested a Verona man Wednesday after he had been on the run for nearly a year. Jaheed Aziz, 32, had been a fugitive since August 2022 when he didn’t appear for status hearings on four different cases, according to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office. Judge Beth A. Lazzara issued...
Slide repair to close Old Leechburg Road in Plum
Another road in Plum is closing for slide repair. Old Leechburg Road between Sardis and Old Mine roads will close at 8 a.m. Tuesday, PennDOT announced Monday. The road will be closed continuously through July 21. Traffic will be detoured using Sardis, Leechburg and New Texas roads. It is the...
In brief: Happenings in Plum, Oakmont, Verona area, week of July 10, 2023
Toys for Tots collection Verona Volunteer Fire Company is preparing for its third annual Christmas In July Toy Drive event benefiting the Allegheny Valley Marine Corps League 827 Toys For Tots. The company will be collecting toys at the station from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 15 and 29,...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of July 9, 2023
Churchill Gary William Gardiner sold property at 47 Churchill Road to Steven and Suzanne Wray for $354,900. Eric Bram sold property at 2514 Collins Road to Samuel Christopher Jobson and Dierdre Lee McCluskey for $234,000. Richard Fitzgerald sold property at 3204 Nottingham Drive to Mark Koleck for $310,000. Marsha Tharp...
Nurse receives statewide caregiver award
Lee Hoolahan, a member of the Presbyterian SeniorCare Network team, has received state-level recognition for providing outstanding clinical care to residents. Hoolahan is a licensed practical nurse at The Willows, a 193-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation community on Hulton Road in Oakmont owned and operated by Presbyterian SeniorCare. He was...
New Texas Road reopens in Plum after slide repair; Leechburg Road set to close
One Plum road that was closed while a slide was fixed has reopened, while another is set to close for the same reason. New Texas Road reopened to traffic Monday, PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said. It had been closed between Old Leechburg Road and Rosemary Hill Drive since May 30...
In brief: Road closure, yard sale, other happenings in Plum, Oakmont, week of July 3, 2023
Edgemede garage/yard sale The annual Edgemede Neighborhood garage/yard sale is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 8 in Plum. Use 510 Cresthaven Drive for GPS and stop by to pick up a map of participating houses. Pittsburgh Smokehouse food truck will be in the neighborhood from 9 to...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of July 2, 2023
Churchill Jason McCloskey sold property at 2164 Beulah Road to Olivia Martin for $169,000. Laurence Scheck sold property at 1921 Garrick Drive to Omid Kashefi and Maryann Karimi for $416,000. Edgewood Sean Felton sold property at 222 Oakview Ave. to Jacob and Tziporah Feldman for $248,000. Forest Hills Brian McCoy...
After All-American campaign, Plum grad Reed Martin prepares for junior season at Edinboro
One might see Reed Martin in and around Plum this summer working for a landscaping business. One also might see him on any one of several biking trails at Boyce Park. Still, he occasionally can be spotted on the football field at Plum High School booming kicks and punts. Directly...
Slide repair to close Leechburg Road in Plum into mid-August
PennDOT plans to close another Plum road to repair a slide, a spokesman confirmed Thursday. Leechburg Road will be fully closed between New Texas and Unity Center roads from July 5 through mid-August, spokesman Steve Cowan said. Traffic on the road has been restricted since June 9, when a temporary...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 25, 2023
Chalfant Lashwan Hall sold property at 136 Greenfield Ave. to Kevin Griffin for $159,000. Edgewood Luke Klein sold property at 300 Maple Ave. to Joshua and Katherine Riley for $810,000. Ellen Sciulli sold property at 1233 S Braddock Ave. to Marshall Krassenstein for $271,500. Forest Hills Patrick Cooper sold property...
New Plum athletic director Drew Karpen aims to bring stability to position
Drew Karpen is in the final days of transition from his time as athletic director at Highlands to his new appointment as the athletic director and coordinator of student activities at Plum. He said it’s been a whirlwind of thoughts, planning and action since he was hired by the Plum...
Holiday Park VFD summer camp teaches youth about safety, emergency response skills
Youth from across Allegheny and Westmoreland counties learned a bit about what it takes to be a firefighter as part of a Plum summer camp. Holiday Park Volunteer Fire Department hosted its annual camp June 19-23. Activities included cadets learning from firefighters on how to handle various scenarios at the...
Plum Food Pantry, after years of depressed demand, sees rise in clients
The number of families relying on the Plum Food Pantry is nearing pre-pandemic levels, though not in the way you might expect. Food banks across the country reported crushing demand at the height of covid-19, and again as pandemic-era federal benefits expired starting in mid-2021. To the contrary, the Plum...
Murrysville, Plum officials deal with injection well issues
There are multiple injection well operations and appeals of operations in the communities of Plum and neighboring Murrysville. Plum officials are appealing the decision of their own zoning hearing board, which approved a second injection well in the borough. The Sedat injection well has been in operation since late spring...
Plum water authority reports on completed, planned projects and upgrades
Plum Borough Municipal Authority completed three projects totaling $2 million in 2022 and has plans for three more this year that are expected to cost about $1.73 million, according to the authority’s annual drinking water quality report for 2022. In the report, the authority said its drinking water meets federal...
Plum police say 4-year-old told them mother had him hide her ‘medicine,’ heroin, during traffic stop
Police say an East McKeesport woman told her 4-year-old son to hide heroin, which he called mommy’s “medicine,” when Plum police pulled her over for suspicion of driving under the influence. Christine Lynn Kregiel, 33, faces nearly a dozen charges stemming from the traffic stop about 7:30 p.m. Sunday on...
Plum’s annual SummerFest scheduled for Larry Mills Park
Food, games and carnival rides are among the attractions at Plum’s SummerFest. The annual event will be held Thursday through Saturday, June 24, at Larry Mills Park, a 32-acre park on Fontana Drive off O’Block Road in the borough’s Holiday Park neighborhood. A free shuttle service from nearby Amplify Church,...


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