South Hills Record category, Page 21
Seton LaSalle rebuilds roster after winless campaign
Tim Storino is hoping the 2022 season was a valuable learning experience for the Seton LaSalle football team. The Rebels did not win a game in 10 tries and were outscored 470-114. Flipping the calendar to 2023 offers glimmers of hope and enthusiasm for Seton LaSalle. “Yes, it was a...
Mt. Lebanon artist painting image of Andy Warhol on North Side building
Early in her art career, Ashley Hodder recalled visiting the “Silver Clouds” exhibit at the Andy Warhol Museum. “The bouncing silver balloons opened my mind into what art can be,” said Hodder, who has been painting a mural of Warhol’s image not far from the North Side museum. “Instead of...
Gabby Barrett returns home for postgame concert at PNC ParkVideo
At 23, country singer Gabby Barrett is in her glory days. That’s the name of her latest single, which she’ll sing during a Friday concert in PNC Park, following the Pirates game against the Cincinnati Reds. The concert is included in all tickets for the game, which starts at 7:05...
Baldwin’s new coach Dana Brown seeks out multi-sport athletes
Dana Brown knows the task he and his staff face. Baldwin’s first-year head coach takes over a program that’s coming off a 1-9 season and was 0-5 in the Allegheny Six Conference. The Highlanders were outscored 420-148 last year and haven’t reached the playoffs since 2019. Brown replaced Tim Sweeney,...
Baldwin grad Meghan Dryburgh relishes playing with USA D3 team in Brazil
Baldwin grad Meghan Dryburgh has played basketball at Washington & Jefferson for just two years and already the awards are stacking up. This past season, the 5-foot-11 sophomore guard/forward was named PAC player of the year, All-PAC first team, All-Region 7 Second Team, All-America Honorable Mention, and was a five-time...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 28-30
We’ve reached the final weekend of July. It’s going to be a hot one. Here are some ways to spend it. Party on the submarine The USS Requin Steel Beach Picnic is Saturday on the submarine behind the Carnegie Science Center on the North Shore. A Steel Beach Picnic is...
South Hills student accolades for the month of July 2023
Tyler Fabian earned a Juris Doctor from Widener University Delaware Law School on May 19. Gagan Phuyal has been named to the spring 2023 dean’s list at Berea College. Megan Rozanski was named to the dean’s list at Wilkes University for the spring 2023 semester. Mark Boyd was named to...
In brief: Pleasant Hills Community Day, concert in the park and more in the South Hills
Community Day Pleasant Hills Community Day will take place from noon-9:45 p.m. Aug. 12 at Mowry Park. Details are still being finalized and more information can be found online at pleasanthillspa.com. Elizabeth Township Historical Society Living off the land and food preservation weren’t hobbies but a way of life for...
Brentwood’s Firecracker 5K celebrates 40th anniversary
The Brentwood Firecracker 5K Run always is a special event. It was extra special this year. The race, held annually on July 4 on Brownsville Road, celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2023. Well-known and longtime running enthusiast Rich Wright, who coaches cross country and track and field at Baldwin, served...
Multi-sport athletes takes home top honors for 2022-23 school year at Brentwood
The announcement of the Mark Reider award and Booster Athlete award winners is eagerly anticipated at the end of every school year at Brentwood. The awards are sponsored by the Brentwood High Athletic Boosters and are presented to the top male and female senior athletes in a school year. This...
South Hills real estate transactions for the month of July 2023
Baldwin Borough Estate of Virginia Ruth Stirling sold property at 494 Balconade Drive to Brianne Lee Scott for $145,000. Nicholas Kerber sold property at 378 Carmen Drive to Harriet Anne Wallace for $261,000. Steven Anthony Dziadyk sold property at 3045 Custer Ave. to Douglas and Donna Fry for $185,000. David...
Pleasant Hills woman’s passion for Barbie dolls inspired by her late mother
Dressed in bold red, bright green and shimmery pink ball gowns, Kim Bennear Fancsali’s Barbies are perched atop two shelves in the corner of the room. Some have sparkling tiaras, others are adorned with colorful capes and puffy faux fur. Fancy necklaces and earrings complete the look. They are from...
West Mifflin Council unanimously condemns former Century III Mall
West Mifflin Council voted unanimously Tuesday to condemn the former Century III Mall. The vote was 6-0 with Councilman Anthony Topolnak absent. Attorney Nicole Nino, filling in for borough Solicitor Phil DiLucente, said the property owner, Moonbeam Capital Investments, has 30 days to appeal. She said she could not comment...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking ‘Survivor’ strategy with Pittsburgh runner-up Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen welcome special guest Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt of Jefferson Hills, who came in second on the most recent season of CBS’s “Survivor.” Lagares-Greenblatt reflects on her time on the show, how her engineering background may...
‘In crisis’: Allegheny County EMS chiefs sound alarm on budget shortfalls, staff shortages
If Chief Todd Plunkett placed a price tag on how much money Baldwin Emergency Medical Services loses every year due to low reimbursement rates from insurance providers, he thinks it’s anywhere between $250,000 and $400,000. So Plunkett says he finds ways to stretch a dollar — riding an ambulance more...
Munhall funeral home director accused of leaving corpse to decompose headed to Allegheny County Court
An area funeral director is headed to trial for leaving a dead man’s body unrefrigerated for more than a week after the man’s family argued about funeral home fees. District Judge Patrick D. Campbell sent the case of Michael Aldrich, 75, of West Mifflin, to Allegheny County Court following a...
Anthrocon chooses Pittsburgh-based Rabbit Wranglers as its beneficiary
Most people have spotted a bunny in their yard, and most of those are wild rabbits. Next time, look a little closer. The animal might be a domestic breed, and the organization to call if you spot one is Rabbit Wranglers. “We get calls all the time from people about...
South Hills student achievements for the week of June 27, 2023
Claire Hsu graduated from Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences with a bachelor of arts in political science. Hsu was also named to the dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester. Zachary Smith was among the 10 Thiel College student-athletes who were named recently to the 2023 Academic All-District Men’s...
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial enters death-penalty eligibility phase
Brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal couldn’t read or write. They couldn’t process complicated situations. Loud noises scared them. Dan Stein, at age 71, was soon to get hearing aids, and getting up and down was so difficult that he was never able to play with his 7-month-old grandson on the...
Stock rising for Thomas Jefferson softball after playoff season
Thomas Jefferson’s softball team won five of its final six regular season games to clinch a WPIAL Class 5A playoff berth this spring. The TJ girls opened the season by winning eight of their first nine games, including their first four section contests. “We performed very well this year,” coach...
Thomas Jefferson boys volleyball in good position after strong season with young team
Will Stewart stands out in a crowd. Stewart is a 6-foot-7 junior outside hitter and a team leader for the Thomas Jefferson boys volleyball team. He was one of five TJ players named all-section in 2023 along with Riley Burdett, a 5-11 junior outside hitter, sophomores Jaiden Wadlow, a 5-5...
Diocese of Pittsburgh welcomes salesman, butcher, pilgrim into priesthood
A salesman, a butcher and a pilgrim — three men who chose to exit the secular world and don the priest’s collar. On Saturday, a morning Mass marked the ordination into the priesthood of Daniel James D’Antonio, Thomas Glynn Kadlick and Jacob Henry Gruber at St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh’s...
Baldwin Middle School student visits Harrisburg
Logan Huwalt, a student at Baldwin Middle School, got an unforgettable civics lesson this spring. Huwalt has been deeply involved in fundraising for epilepsy, including raising more than $23,000 at the annual Epilepsy Association gala. As a result of his advocacy, he attended a two day event with the Epilepsy...
Street sign sale benefits Whitehall Historical Society
Whitehall Borough’s street signs may have been replaced, but the old signs are not gone for good. The Whitehall Historical Society started auctioning off more than 700 of the 40-year-old street signs with bids starting at $25 on June 1 as a way to not create waste and give back...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 25, 2023
Baldwin Borough Nicholas Cimino sold property at 5361 Brownsville Road to Lisa Schlegel for $212,500. Brian Frantz sold property at 501 Charlotte Drive to Fifth Avenue Property Group LLC for $90,000. Domenick Robert Deutsch sold property at 835 Irwin Drive to Aaron Joseph Zimmerman and Abigail Mae Stubenbort for $215,000....
