Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 140
Fox Chapel area student news: Covid-19 cases reported; meeting schedule and more
Fox Chapel Area School District reported 36 confirmed and probable covid-19 cases in the schools as of Dec. 16. The district reports its cases in a rolling 14-day period and counts a case only if the person was physically in the building while infectious. In December, the high school saw...
New Kensington native Skyy Moore growing into receiver role at Western Michigan
Back in 1982, the Cal football team pulled off a historic 25-20 comeback against Stanford when the Golden Bears completed a series of laterals on an end-of-the-game kickoff. At the end of the play, Kevin Moen ended up having to sprint through a grouping of Stanford band members and into...
Fox Chapel Area Adult Education builds on success of first online-only classes
The first-ever entirely remote semester of Fox Chapel Area Adult Education (FCAAE) proved to be more rewarding than organizers expected – so much so that they’re building on its success for a second round of virtual classes that begin in January. “I am so honored to work with a community...
O’Hara appoints 3rd Ward rep to serve vacancy
A consultant who worked previously as the assistant athletic director for Fox Chapel Area High School was appointed to fill a vacancy on O’Hara council. Republican Greg Caprara will represent the township’s 3rd Ward through 2021. He is serving the remainder of a term vacated last month by Scott Frankowski....
After 5-month search, Shady Side Academy has new nickname
Shady Side Academy officially has a new mascot and nickname — the Bulldogs. The SSA Board of Trustees began a five-month search process in July after they decided to discontinue the use of the Indian as the school’s mascot and team name. During their search for a new mascot, a...
Aspinwall eyes safety improvements for Freeport Road
Aspinwall council hopes to implement safety initiatives along Freeport Road in 2021 that could include upgraded bus shelters, bike sharrows and increased parking. The plan would follow some of the many recommendations derived from a 2019 TranSystems study, paid for by a near $13,000 grant from Allegheny County. The list...
News briefs: Collections of canned goods, holiday gifts for hospital patients and more
St. Margaret Foundation is raising money to deliver gift bags to each patient at UPMC St. Margaret on Christmas. It is largely because rising covid-19 cases have necessitated safety precautions that allow only one visitor. Gift bags will consist of a green organza bag with a Mercury glass votive candle...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 20
Aspinwall David Pechersky sold property at 215 Seventh St. to Spencer Michael and Rachel Elizabeth Whitman for $450,000. Blawnox Bing Han sold property at 940 Center Ave. to Lin Brothers Properties LLC for $936,000. Robert Simon sold property at 282 Freeport Road to Pamma LLC for $133,500. Etna Estate of...
High school basketball teams appreciate, take lessons from pre-shutdown games
Last Friday, 71 WPIAL and City League boys and girls basketball teams kicked off their 2020-21 seasons in the shadow of a looming shutdown that will extend through the first couple of days of the New Year. In the climate of covid uncertainties, the games were a chance for those...
Fox Chapel woman teams with winemaker whose sales benefit charitable groupsVideo
Giving back never tasted so good. OneHope is a winery in the Napa Valley that pairs charity with cheers, offering online wine sales and fundraisers nationwide with a mission of changing the world, one bottle at a time. What began in 2007 with eight friends selling wine from the back...
The Herald area’s latest coronavirus numbers for Dec. 16
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within The Herald coverage area seeing varying numbers of positive cases and deaths. As of Dec. 16, there have been 163 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Fox Chapel since March, according to the...
Fox Chapel Area School Board elects new leadership
Fox Chapel Area School Board has new leadership. Marybeth Dadd was elected president, and Ron Frank was elected vice president. Dadd, who represents the district’s Region 3, said her priority is to work with fellow members to keep schools safe and help families get through the covid-19 pandemic. Once a...
Blawnox holds line on taxes; suspends road paving in 2021
Blawnox residents will pay the same real estate taxes to the borough in 2021 but revenue loss related to covid-19 will suspend road improvements in the new year. Council approved the borough’s $2.6 million budget on Dec. 10, keeping the property tax rate at 9.85 mills. The owner of a...
WPIAL contenders wonder how sports shutdown will impact swimming season
Ian Shahan hopes for big things in his senior swimming season. Like many others throughout the WPIAL, the Belle Vernon senior who is the defending WPIAL Class AA champion in the 100-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly, is keeping his fingers crossed that when the calendar turns to 2021, the season...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 13
Indiana Robert Black sold property at 214 N Rose Drive to Steven and Mallory Wolfendale for $301,500. Real estate transactions provided by RealSTATs. Contact RealSTATs at 412-381-3880 or visit RealSTATs.net....
Aspinwall’s Christ the Divine Teacher bucks remote learning trend, remains full-time in-person and covid-free
Students at the Catholic elementary school in Aspinwall have been in full-time in-person learning since the beginning of the school year, bucking a trend across the region which has so many districts switching between remote and classroom instruction. Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy, which houses about 190 students in...
News briefs: ‘Adventures Outside the Burgh,’ women’s business networking sessions on tap
Cooper-Siegel Community Library will host a virtual edition of “Adventures Outside the Burgh” on Dec. 18. The program will tour Gombe, Tanzania — the forest home of Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research. Participants can register at engagedpatrons.org and take the tour anytime. Keep trees healthy over holidays The Aspinwall Shade Tree...
Fox Chapel wrestling looks to lean on work ethic in 2020
After losing four seniors to graduation, the Fox Chapel wrestling team is going to go through a transition process in 2020. Eddie Farrell, Josh Miller, Luke O’Connor and Alex Wecht all left a lasting impact on the program after combining for 101 wins last season. They all recorded double-digit pins....
Fox Chapel swimming set to have best team in recent history
The Fox Chapel swimming program is on the rise. With an influx of young talent on both the girls and boys side and state champion Sophie Shao returning, the Foxes are in position to have one of the best seasons in recent history. “We feel really confident; we had one...
2020 Valley News Dispatch Football All-Stars
Here’s a look at the 2020 Valley News Dispatch football all-star team: Evan Azzara Plum, OL/DL, sr. The 6-foot-6, 290-pound senior was a key piece of an offensive line that helped the Mustangs racked up 344.7 yards per game. The Miami (Ohio) commit was first-team all-conference and was selected to...
Top stories from across the Lower Valley from the week of Dec. 6Video
Here are some of the past week’s top stories from across the Lower Valley: • Fox Chapel approves tentative budget with no tax increase Fox Chapel residents will likely pay the same real estate taxes to the borough in 2021 thanks to council’s tentative approval of an $8.6 million budget....
Student news: SSA freshman in rebroadcast of CLO production; holiday projects completed
Shady Side Academy freshman Jack Engel will appear in the Pittsburgh CLO’s production of “A Musical Christmas Carol” that will be broadcast by WQED in December. Since the show can’t be performed live on stage this year due to the covid-19 pandemic, they are broadcasting the 2018 production which was...
Fox Chapel gets a win over Hampton before three-week shutdown
Before his team met Hampton on Friday for its only game in the next three weeks, Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar wrote a message on the whiteboard. It was a simple question mark. Big and bold. “We always have a last word before the game, and our last...
Fox Chapel Area students offer array of fundraisers in telethon to benefit Sharpsburg Community Library
Fox Chapel Area residents can tune in to watch the district’s 31st annual telethon, beginning at 11 a.m. on Dec. 23. Students will stream the fundraiser on the Swift Fox Media YouTube Channel, the link for which will be available on the district’s website and its Facebook page. For the...
Giant Eagle to leave 1 of 3 offices in O’Hara’s RIDC Park
One of O’Hara’s largest employers will vacate leased township office space as the lingering covid-19 pandemic impacts its corporate operations. Giant Eagle will not renew its lease at 701 Alpha Drive, one of three office buildings it occupies in RIDC Park off Route 28. The building sits on 8.2 acres...
