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North Hills School District holding town hall to discuss Indian mascot future
Like other school districts that have used an Indian as their mascot, North Hills School District will host a town hall for residents to voice their thoughts regarding a possible change to its mascot. It will be held at the North Hills High School auditorium at 6 p.m. June 22....
North Hills High School graduates 333
North Hills High School’s commencement ceremony took place on June 3. The weather was warm and there was not a cloud in the sky as 333 graduates received their diplomas. Class president Kevin Tann and chosen student speaker Luke Bender both took to the podium to speak to their fellow...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 12, 2022
Bradford Woods David Chidester sold property at 4920 Wexford Run Road to Jennifer Zeitler for $480,000. Franklin Park Matthew Ferriolo sold property at 1553 Crestview Drive to Kevin and Brittney Elizabeth Corcoran for $295,000. Susan Frank sold property at 2450 Dogwood Drive to Jae Seok Lee and Pyung Hwa Kim...
Ross woman gets 14 days incarceration, 2 years probation for entering U.S. Capitol during riot
A Ross woman who admitted to entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots will serve 14 days incarceration and two years probation. Jennifer Heinl, who turns 45 on Thursday, was sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan via video conference. She must also serve 50...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 5, 2022
Bellevue Jimmy Prudencio sold property at 33 E Roseridge St. to Carl Loos for $150,000. Terrence Cavanaugh sold property at 34 E Roseridge St. to Angelica Cervantes for $98,000. Pittsburgh Property Group LLC sold property at 57 S Bryant Ave. to Matthew Snyder for $299,900. Ralph Montgomery sold property at...
Crews work to repair major water main break in McCandless
Crews worked Thursday morning to repair a major water main break at a McCandless intersection, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Water was bubbling up out of the ground at the corner of Ingomar and Bellcrest roads near the Ingomar Elementary School early Thursday. WPXI reported the break appeared to...
Gov. Wolf seeks lawmakers’ approval to send $2,000 checks to households making under $80K
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday called on state legislative leaders to pass a plan that he said would send $2,000 directly to Pennsylvanians to combat the rising cost of gas, groceries and more. “Inflation is making everything that was expensive before even more expensive,” Wolf said in an appearance...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 29, 2022
Bellevue Oceana Development LLC sold property at 185 Kendall Ave. to Derek Parker for $241,000. Cardan LLC sold property at 566-568 Lincoln Ave. to Sigma Investments LLC for $387,000. Jamie Olivia Sanchez sold property at 35 N Balph Ave. to Dames Stroup Enterprises LLC for $265,000. Franklin Park Robert Sunseri...
Diocese of Pittsburgh announces 10 parishes will be merged into 3 in July
Three groupings of parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will merge on July 1 to create three new parishes, Bishop David Zubik announced Saturday. Ten parishes will be part of the mergers. The mergers will bring the number of parishes in the Diocese of Pittsburgh from 70 to 63....
North Park, other county pools scheduled to open June 4
Allegheny County’s North Park Swimming Pool in McCandless, Boyce Park Wave Pool in Plum and Settlers Cabin Park Wave Pool in Robinson will open for the season June 4. Daily hours of operation are 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., weather and conditions permitting. Admission varies by age and county residency....
North Hills student news for the week of May 24, 2022
Graduates with 4.0 Rebecca Ettore, a psychology major in the psychology honors program, graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a perfect 4.0 GPA. The daughter of Lisa M. Ettore and Donald J. Ettore, she is a 2018 graduate of North Hills Senior High School. She received the Stanley Lore...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 22, 2022
Franklin Park Kathleen Bove sold property at 1970 Georgetown Drive to Sriveni Nagabandi for $335,000. Hampton Michael Wood sold property at 4808 Au Sable Drive to Taner Nalbant and Marina Razgarina for $480,000. Julie Jones sold property at 3119 Camberly Drive to Michael and Margaret Jones for $150,000. Carl Melle...
North Hills pitcher Sophia Roncone picks up bat, becomes doubly dangerous
Sophia Roncone has been one of the most electric pitchers in WPIAL Class 5A softball for the last couple of years. This season, however, she gave opponents two reasons to worry about her. Roncone went 10-2 in the circle during the regular season with 116 strikeouts and 48 walks. The...
Led by emerging talents, North Hills boys lacrosse team on the rise
Just two years on the job and Alex Mueser is seeing some very enjoyable progress. Mueser, a former Saint Vincent and Vincentian Academy standout, took over a building North Hills boys lacrosse program before last season. It took a year, but the Indians were able to put together a solid...
Butler County gun parts supply store files federal lawsuit against ATF over ghost gun rules, enforcement
A fight over the sale of ghost guns and parts to make them has come to Western Pennsylvania as a Butler County gun parts supplier on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The complaint, filed by Not an LLC, which operates as...
North Hills School Board approves proposed budget with tax increase
If the proposed final budget passes on June 2, residents of North Hills School District will see a tax increase of .66 mills. Revenues and expenditures included in the proposed budget total $91,612,966. School board president Allison Mathis said that the major reason for the increase was a boost in...
AHN, county create ‘ecotherapy trail’ in North Park
Sometimes doing things to stay fit helps with bit of encouragement. So, Allegheny County is teaming up with Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield to help give visitors to North Park a little mindful motivation by creating an “Ecotherapy Trail.” The project, announced at an unveiling earlier...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 15, 2022
Bellevue Atefa Realty LLC sold property at 546-548 Forest Ave. to Xiang Li for $198,000. Mark Urbanowicz sold property at 81 N Euclid Ave. to JCH Property Holdings LLC for $185,000. Etna PNC Bank NA sold property at 2-6 Jones St. to Andrea Crystal Norris for $105,200. Franklin Park Subbarao...
Ukrainian refugee finds new home in Pittsburgh
When 2022 began for Daria Zhuravska, she was feeling good about her life in Ukraine. The 27-year-old Kyiv resident had landed a job as an office manager for an information technology company. She was living with her boyfriend, not far from her family and friends, and enjoyed taking dance and...
Annual NHthon event raises more than $18,000 for charity
Two North Hills High School teachers took a cue from Penn State University’s THON charity dance marathon and implemented it locally. Biology teacher Jennifer DiPasquale, a Penn State alum, and family consumer science teacher Amy Patsilevas started the local event in 2015. The North Hills Student Council and the student...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 8, 2022
Bellevue VAZ P2 LLC sold property at 569 Lincoln Ave. to Marys Holdings LLC for $570,000. John Cornelius sold property at 431 Orchard Ave. to Robert Lee and Nicole Mannino Johnson for $350,000. Jillian McWhorter sold property at 654 Shade Ave. to John and Lauren Davis for $109,250. Bradford Woods...
North Hills School District removing Indian mascot from band uniforms
An incident involving a Texas drill team and Walt Disney World is causing the North Hills High School marching band to get new uniforms sooner rather than later. During the April 21 voting meeting, the North Hills School Board unanimously voted to replace the home uniforms of the band. “While...
New facility helps students explore military options at East Liberty’s Phase 4 Learning Center
Driving to a meeting with members of the military in Downtown Pittsburgh, Tom Reed was forced off to the side of the road by a truck. Paramedics arrived. They suggested taking him to the hospital. “Tom told them the only place he was going was to that meeting,” his wife,...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 1, 2022
Bellevue M & I Properties LLC sold property at 39 S Howard Ave. to Paul Stephen Minyo for $176,000. Franklin Park Chase Karsman sold property at 1700 Thistle Ct to Michael and Christine Packard for $575,000. Hampton Devin Davies sold property at 3896 Ash Drive to Michael and Jean Dulina...
Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh elects new bishop
The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh has a new bishop. The Rev. Alex Cameron will oversee 41 congregations in the western region of Pennsylvania, along with six other churches in Illinois, Colorado and Tennessee. He will lead nearly 6,500 parishioners in his new role, including those from churches in Greensburg, Ligonier,...
