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A-K Valley football players to watch in 2021 Week 3
Collin Dietz Fox Chapel, Sr., QB/LB The Foxes signal-caller had a strong offensive effort last week against Plum in leading his team to its first win of the season. He completed 13 of 21 passes for 263 yards and three touchdowns against just one interception. He added 24 yards on...
A-K Valley don’t miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 3
Class 4A Greater Allegheny Conference Greensburg Salem (2-1) at Knoch (1-2) 7 p.m. Friday, at Knoch Athletic Field, Saxonburg Greensburg Salem’s lone win in 2020 was against Knoch. It also was the 700th win in school history. Now the Golden Lions come into the game riding a two-game winning streak,...
Shady Side Academy hires Butler man as director of campus safety
Jim Reeder has always had a desire to help others. In his new role as director of campus safety and security at Shady Side Academy, Reeder gets to do just that — help keep all 1,100 students, along with faculty and staff, safe. “I’m really excited that I get to...
Fox Chapel’s Hardie Valley Park aglow with community spirit
Fox Chapel’s Hardie Valley Park was transformed with 1,200 candles scattered through the meadows and trails for a Summer Field Wander. “It was a breathtaking celebration of nature, culture and community,” said Mandy Steele, co-founder of the Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy and borough councilwoman. It was the third such event...
A-K Valley Boys Athlete of the Week: Fox Chapel’s Jack Lorence
Jack Lorence Class: Senior School: Fox Chapel Sport: Cross country Report card: Lorence placed first at the Gateway Invitational on Sept. 4, finishing 22 seconds ahead of the field. He helped the Foxes win the overall title. Lorence also was the male lead in the 2020 high school musical at...
Food trucks, health screenings and ax throwing mark O’Hara community center’s anniversary
Health screenings, food trucks and ax throwing are among the highlights of “Celebrate the Center” week at Lauri Ann West Community Center in O’Hara, that kicked off Sunday. Festivities include a dozen activities throughout the week that are aimed at inspiring and educating visitors. The center is marking its sixth...
In brief: Used sneaker collection, Blawnox walking group, Harvest Festival and more in Fox Chapel
Tennis shoe recycling The Fox Chapel Garden Club is collecting used sneakers and putting them to good use via the NIKE recycling program in Grove City. Sneakers will be collected through Oct. 1 The sneakers will be recycled and used to build tennis and basketball courts, playgrounds, and running tracks....
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 12, 2021
Blawnox Tina Burns sold property at 310 Carla Drive to Schaely Rae Renfrew for $185,000. Etna Agnes Ann Grogg sold property at 34 High St. to Brian Campbell for $67,000. Fox Chapel Estate of Raimund Rueger sold property at 108 Ridgedale Lane to David and Carla Nernberg for $849,900. Malcolm...
Aspinwall walking trail to be replaced this year with the help of federal grant
A deteriorated walking trail in Aspinwall’s Fireman’s Memorial Park will be renovated and widened as part of a recreation project partially paid for by a federal grant. Borough officials awarded the estimated $50,300 project to Donora-based El Grande Industries on Sept. 8. The North Hills Council of Governments still needs...
George Guido: Fox Chapel’s 1st football season among anniversaries to celebrate in A-K Valley
All kinds of birthdays, anniversaries and milestones galore are part of the late summer and fall of 2021. To start off, the greatest football season in A-K history was 75 years ago in 1946, when the area produced WPIAL champions in all three divisions. New Kensington won Class AA, Springdale...
Patience required as Fox Chapel volleyball program rebuilds
The key word for the Fox Chapel girls volleyball program this year — and maybe even next year — is patience. Second-year coach Diana Andreyko hopes to get the program back to where it was in 2012 when the Foxes were the WPIAL runner-up to Mt. Lebanon. But it will...
Fox Chapel boys soccer ready to add to championship history
Fox Chapel is loaded up and set to make another boys soccer run toward the WPIAL playoffs. That’s not surprising, considering that the Foxes have made the playoffs each of the past 21 seasons. By making a run to the Class 4A semifinals last year, Fox Chapel is experiencing its...
Fox Chapel pulls away from Plum, picks up 1st win of season
Something had to give Friday as the Plum and Fox Chapel football teams both hoped to get into the win column after coming up empty over the first two weeks. The Mustangs struck first in the nonconference game at Plum, but the Foxes weathered the early punch and went on...
Northbound Route 28 ramp to the Highland Park Bridge reopens Saturday
PennDOT said it plans to reopen the northbound ramp from Route 28 to the Highland Park Bridge in Sharpsburg on Saturday afternoon, weather permitting. The ramp, Highland Park Bridge/Aspinwall (Exit 6), has been closed since June 21. Work done on the ramp included concrete and steel repairs, drainage upgrades, painting...
Aspinwall Councilman David Brown draws fire from council colleagues for claims made on his election website
Aspinwall Councilman David Brown has lost the trust of his elected colleagues and might be taken off various committees in response to content he posted on a website for his mayoral campaign. “There’s an enormous breach of trust,” council President Tim McLaughlin said at council’s Sept. 8 meeting. “If we...
Aspinwall man positive for West Nile Virus, 1st Allegheny County case since 2018
An Aspinwall man has tested positive for West Nile Virus – the first known human case in Allegheny County since 2018, according to the county health department. The man is in his 60s, said spokesman Chris Togneri, though information on his health was not immediately available. He said the health...
Athletes from local communities go against national challengers at Frazer Strongman contestVideo
Monroeville resident Jamie Whitman wants to show the nation how strong she has become. The breast cancer survivor recently got a clean bill of health and will be one of nine women competing in a United States Strongman competition at the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer. “I’m actually feeling really...
A-K Valley girls athlete of the week: Fox Chapel’s Nina Busch
Nina Busch Class: Senior School: Fox Chapel Sport: Golf Report card: Busch was the medalist for Fox Chapel, shooting 38 in a nonsection win over Shaler and posting another 38 in a tri-match with Mt. Lebanon and North Allegheny in the opening matches of the season. She placed third in...
A-K Valley don’t miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 2
Nonconference Class 3A No. 2 Avonworth (2-0) at Freeport (1-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Freeport Area Athletic Stadium, Sarver Freeport got into the win column Friday and captured the inaugural Pike Trophy with a 28-14 victory over Knoch. The Yellowjackets led 26-0 at halftime and held off a Knights’ second-half rally....
O’Hara resident threatened with fines implores township to reconsider chicken ordinance
One O’Hara man is calling foul on a township ordinance that bans chickens. Dan Meinert, an O’Hara resident of 61 years, said he has had chickens in his yard for a decade. They’re like pets, and popular with his neighbors, with whom he shares fresh eggs, Meinert said. “We have...
Sharpsburg’s Alexander Sands draws national attention with Lawrenceville art gallery
Fox Chapel Area graduate Alexander Sands opened his Lawrenceville art gallery in February and has been blown away by the number of requests he gets from artists to display their work, from as far as Alaska and beyond. But Sands, a Sharpsburg resident, is staying true to his focus to...
In brief: Newcomers club, college fair, celebrity golf outing and more in Fox Chapel
Fox Chapel Newcomers Club The Fox Chapel Newcomers club will hold the first meeting of the 2021-2022 year at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 10 at O’Hara Community Park. The meeting will be at the pavilion closest to the fenced-in playground. Membership is open to anyone who has moved to the...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 5, 2021
Aspinwall Freeport Rd Associates sold property at 241 Freeport Road to GG21 LLC for $1,915,000. John Gocinski sold property at 906 River Oaks Drive to Jennifer Riscili for $225,000. Blawnox William Kerschbaumer sold property at 1007 Carla Drive to Jacob Udanis for $280,250. Etna Kathleen Arend sold property at 38...
Fox Chapel girls tennis has potential to add to trophy case
To no one’s surprise, the Fox Chapel girls tennis team got off to a quick start to the season, winning two of its first three matches, including its Section 3-3A opener. Fox Chapel is one of the WPIAL’s elite programs, and 2021 appears to be yet another strong entry under...
Neighbor Spotlight: O’Hara resident Howard Havlicsek is a decades-long Mr. Fix-It for Fox Chapel church
Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...
