South Hills Record category, Page 72
Baldwin-Whitehall holds hearing to discuss Paynter closing, new school
Baldwin-Whitehall leaders are moving forward with plans to tear down W.R. Paynter Elementary School to make way for a new $48 million, 48-classroom elementary facility. The new school will address the district’s growing needs for added space, while temporarily requiring the relocation of students, leaders say. Board members Feb. 12...
Jefferson Hills zoning update presented to council
Jefferson Hills council members are closely reviewing a proposed overhaul to the borough’s zoning regulations. For the last three years, members of the Jefferson Hills planning commission have worked to create a new zoning ordinance and corresponding map that will create new rules for development. In December, planning commission members...
Pittsburgh-based Snapology makes STEAM-based learning fun for kids
Laura and Lisa Coe are building an educational empire brick by brick. In 2010, the sisters launched Snapology, a creative play program that engages children ages 1 to 14 using Legos, K’Nex and iPads. The intention is to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) in a playful...
Wright’s running streak comes to an end surrounded by Baldwin championsVideo
For 29 straight years, Rich Wright kept running — 55,901 miles, 10,736 days. The minimum? One mile a day. But often he did far more. It didn’t matter if he was laying in the hospital or headed on vacation, he still found a way to get a run in every...
Pearl Jam items being auctioned to benefit Miracle League of the South Hills
The Miracle League of the South Hills is gearing up for its annual Miracle Bash on Feb. 21, and grunge rock band Pearl Jam is not only donating autographed items for the auction, but they also are tweeting about the event — giving it quite the publicity boost. But how?...
Brunetti promoted to sergeant in Jefferson Hills
Jefferson Hills police Chief Eugene Roach and Mayor Janice Cmar presented the sergeant badge to Sgt. Corey Brunetti at council’s Feb. 10 meeting. “Getting promoted is a major accomplishment in the career of a police officer,” Roach said, as he talked about the leadership skills officers must display to move...
Thomas Jefferson High School athletics rallies around local girl
Aubrey Mahony made a big splash at the TJ pool, as the Jaguar swimming and diving team had a record-breaking night against Trinity. At 9, Aubrey was the star of the meet. She served as an honorary team captain, head timer, picked the 50-50 raffle winner and even was named...
Jefferson Community Collaborative provides nonprofit networking
Take five minutes and get to know everything about the person sitting across from you. Who are they? What organization are they from and how can you two work together to make the South Hills even more vibrant? Welcome to speed networking – think speed dating, except for professionals. More...
Painting helps spread unity at Thomas Jefferson High School
As a fifth-grader in Saudi Arabia, Ebtehal Badawi dreamed that someday she would become an artist. More than 20 years later, that dream has finally come true. Her first painting, which now hangs in the main hallway at Thomas Jefferson High School, is serving a much greater purpose: It’s unifying...
Oscars party, family fort night on tap for local libraries
Here is a look at upcoming events from libraries in Baldwin, Brentwood, Jefferson Hills and Pleasant Hills, Whitehall. Baldwin Borough Baldwin Borough Public Library, 5230 Wolfe Drive, offers a variety of programs. Register at baldwinborolibrary.org or call 412-885-2255. • Date to Create, 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 8. Celebrate Valentine’s Day...
Bartoletti pens book on journey after stroke
Not even a massive stroke could keep Marie Bartoletti from running the world. Boston. Tokyo. Dublin. Berlin. Rome. Jerusalem. Chicago. New York City. In all, she’s completed more than 420 marathons, over 100 of which she has run since suffering a massive stroke on Thanksgiving Day in 2015. “It’s her...
West Jefferson school board plans to renew assistant superintendent contracts
A majority of West Jefferson Hills School Board members agreed they plan to renew the contracts of the district’s two assistant superintendents. Board members at their Jan. 28 meeting voted 7-0 with two abstentions to confirm their intent to keep Matthew Patterson as assistant superintendent for elementary education and Scott Milburn...
TJ students learn to solve crimes through DNA testing
It was a case of “Who done it?” inside Nicole Cook’s ninth-grade biology class at Thomas Jefferson High School. A man named Edward had been murdered on his walk home from work on a late October night and it was up to students to find the killer using DNA testing....
Latest UPMC South plans include smaller footprint in Jefferson Hills
UPMC has presented plans for a much smaller medical facility in Jefferson Hills than initially planned. While the health care giant still seeks to build a 63-bed hospital in the borough, some of the outpatient services initially planned for the medical center proposed near the intersection of Elliot Road and...
West Jefferson Hills to have hazardous survey done of old high school
The West Jefferson Hills School District could pay roughly $20,000 for a company to survey the old Thomas Jefferson High School to find all of the hazardous materials inside prior to the building’s demolition. After bringing in two abatement firms, each of which found asbestos and other hazardous materials in...
Jefferson Hills boy sells mini-koalas to raise money for Australia
Jonah Clonan is a self-proclaimed animal lover with four cats, two dogs, two guinea pigs and three fish tanks at home. When Jonah, 10, a fourth-grader at Jefferson Hills Intermediate School in the West Jefferson Hills School District learned of the devastating bushfires killing more than one billion animals in...
McClellan Elementary paraprofessional becomes U.S. Citizen
Shevan Abdulla sits on the floor inside a first-grade classroom at McClellan Elementary School constructing a colorful tower alongside student Santino Civitello. “Higher,” Santino states, as Abdulla, a paraprofessional at the school, adds more blocks to the structure and begins quizzing the young boy on his spelling words. It’s business...
Baldwin Borough considers ordinance over publicly slaughtering animals
Baldwin Borough leaders are considering new rules that would require residents who are sacrificing animals for religious purposes to do so out of the view of the public. The amended ordinance, which is working its way through borough council, would address an issue that sprung up in Baldwin last year,...
Robert and Linda Reese celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
Robert and Linda Reese celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Jan. 4 in Pittsburgh. The celebration was hosted by their children and attended by many friends and family. Their family includes four children: Julie Bookser (and husband Ryan), Robert Reese Jr., Sharon Reese and Jade Reese. Also nine grandchildren: Ryan...
J.E. Harrison students make pouches to help orphaned animals in AustraliaVideo
Students at J.E. Harrison Middle School are doing their part to help animals struggling to survive through the massive wildfire plaguing Australia. For nearly a week, students inside Samantha Parks’ gifted classroom in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District have been sewing pouches to send halfway across the globe that will help...
Baldwin council under fire for solicitor switch process
A majority of Baldwin council members decided through a straw poll — conducted by phone before the borough’s Jan. 6 reorganization meeting — that they planned to switch solicitors that night, according to the current council president. Dating back to December, some council members had individually discussed the idea and...
Ride-hailing service RubyRide adding Sto-Rox pilot to South Hills testing
A new ride-hailing service already operating in the South Hills is eyeing a second test area in Pittsburgh’s suburbs. RubyRide has a pilot program that launched in the Clairton area in late October and will be starting a second pilot Feb. 1 in areas that make up the Sto-Rox School...
Baldwin Spanish Club makes cards for women waiting on asylum at Mexico border
Nikol Muslimovic hoped the bright, colorful cards she and her classmates at Baldwin High School created for women awaiting asylum at the Mexican border would give them hope and encouragement to keep going. For her, this was personal. Just two decades ago, her parents immigrated to the United States from...
Man gets 10-20 years in prison for $1.2 million theft from Upper St. Clair church
A South Park man who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1.2 million from a church in Upper St. Clair was sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 20 years in prison and ordered to make restitution to the church. David Reiter, 50, was the administrator at Westminster Presbyterian Church from 2001...
Police: Homeowner shoots, kills man during attempted robbery in Baldwin
A homeowner shot and killed an intruder Sunday while his fiance and 10-month-old child were inside the Baldwin Borough apartment, according to police. Joshua Brandon Long, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene after he allegedly tried to rob the apartment using a handgun shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday evening....
