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McCandless sewer authority helps with project to add permanent potties to busy North Park sites
Signs warning against physical contact faced an empty North Park playground this week as the coronavirus continued to spread. But when regular activities resume, visitors to two popular spots for kids will no longer have to use portable toilets. Allegheny County built the bathroom facilities with the help of the...
Vehicle procession at UPMC Passavant will honor health care workers
North Hills residents can show their support for health care workers by participating in procession of vehicles at UPMC Passavant hospital in McCandless. From 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, residents can demonstrate their appreciation by driving through the hospital campus flashing their vehicle headlights and honking the horn. The event...
Bradford Woods Conservancy seeking residents needing help, volunteers to assist
The Bradford Woods Conservancy is spearheading an effort to match younger residents with elderly neighbors who need help with shopping or other chores. The conservancy is gathering names of people who need help as well as those who are able to assist with things, such as trips to the grocery...
North Hills school board holding monthly meeting online
The North Hills school board is planning to hold its Thursday night meeting online so it can adhere to social-distancing measures, district officials announced. The April 16 meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:15 p.m. on the Zoom app video platform. It also will be livestreamed on the district’s Facebook...
North Hills schools working on contingency plans to honor class of 2020
School officials in the North Hills are navigating uncharted waters as they try to develop alternative plans for graduation ceremonies if social-distancing orders prevent traditional gatherings. Gov. Tom Wolf recently ordered all school districts to remain closed for the rest of the academic year due to the covid-19 pandemic. In...
Residents can participate in McCandless council meeting
McCandless will conduct its council meeting tonight online using the Zoom platform to prevent the spread of coronavirus through person-to-person contact, town officials announced. Instructions on viewing the April 13 virtual meeting at 7:30 p.m. are posted on the municipality’s website. A combined public comment period for agenda items and...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 12
Franklin Park Younson Son sold property at 2024 Connecticut Ln to Todd Harbaugh for $336,000. Ronald Parks sold property at 2659 E. Timberglen Drive to Chad and Lauren Glasser for $400,000. NVR Inc. sold property at 1402 Olivian Ct to Krishna Gangadhar and Rohini Rajaram for $659,607. Nikolai Zdrale sold...
North Hills communities using technology to hold ‘public’ meetings during stay-at-home order
Most municipalities in the North Hills are planning to use technology or some other method to conduct public voting meetings while the state is under a mandated stay-at-home order to curb the spread of the coronavirus. A number of municipalities in the North Hills responded to the governor’s most recent...
Carnegie Mellon, Chatham archivists discuss using college archives on North Hills Genealogists livestream
To comply with the mandated stay-at-home order to slow the spread of coronavirus, the North Hills Genealogists Club is replacing its regular monthly program at La Roche University with a livestreaming presentation at 7 p.m. on April 20. The program will feature experts from local universities who will discuss how...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 5
Bradford Woods Thomas Bolcshazy sold property at 101 Saybrook HBR to Brette and Alexa Ciamarra for $270,000. John Andy Snyder sold property at 97 Saybrook Harbor to Stephen Crowe for $260,000. Aaron Wysocki sold property at 50 Seldom Seen Road to John and Jessica Moran for $361,500. Franklin Park Dennis...
The Week: North Hills – March 29-April 4, 2020Video
Here are some of recent Tribune-Review news stories and features from the North Hills. For more details on these and other stories, follow the links below or see Triblive.com. • Virus cases in North Hills jump 22.6% in single day • North Hills school districts close buildings, fields; switch to...
Ross Twp. nurse, a Hempfield native, heading to New York City to help in covid-19 fight
A Ross Township nurse who grew up in Hempfield is collecting health care supplies and non-perishable food for nurses in New York City, where he expects to be working the next eight weeks on the front lines of the coronavirus battlefront. Chad Taylor, 35, who is a staff nurse for...
Number of confirmed covid-19 cases increase in North Hills
A dozen municipalities in the North Hills reported increases in the number of covid-19 cases during the past week, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. Between Tuesday and Friday afternoons, 15 more cases were reported in the North Hills, increasing the total from 65 to 80, or 23.1%. That...
North Hills school districts close buildings, fields; switch to remote learning
School districts in the North Hills are taking various steps to implement the governor’s decision to close all schools indefinitely to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. All the districts have posted detailed information on their websites about how the closures are being handled. In addition to implementing distance learning...
North Hills pizza chain helps feed customers with 1,000 free pies
A staple of North Hills restaurants helped keep its hungry hunkered-down customers fed on Wednesday by passing out 1,000 free pizzas. Dominick Ricci, co-owner of Monte Cello’s Restaurants, said his partner, Joe Wadlow, was approached by local media personality Marty Griffin about doing something to make life a little easier...
Adaptive device helps Carrick man share the funny for Wexford charity
Coming up with an April Fools’ Day prank to get a laugh won’t be necessary today. Just tune into the premiere of “Jokes With Jacob” presented by Variety — the Children’s Charity, a Wexford-based organization best known for providing adaptive strollers, bicycles and communications devices to children with physical challenges....
Virus cases in North Hills jump 22.6% in single day
Officials are urging residents to strictly adhere to the governor’s stay-at-home order as covid-19 spreads to Allegheny County suburbs including the North Hills, where the number of cases jumped more than 22% in one day. On Monday, there were a total of 50 cases spread around 10 North Hills municipalities,...
Cranberry seeking residents in need of essentials due to coronavirus shutdown
Cranberry Township officials are trying to identify residents who need food, water, toiletries and other essentials as a result of the mandated shutdown of non-life sustaining businesses due to the coronavirus outbreak. “As soon as the word went out that we were looking for volunteers to assist their neighbors in...
CCAC student newspaper staff wins multiple journalism awards
A journalist for Community College of Allegheny County’s student newspaper,”The Voice,” has been honored by a national organization for a series of comic strips she produced, college officials announced. Samantha Hrubes received an Honorable Mention Award in the 2019 Cartoon of the Year category from the Associated Collegiate Press. The...
North Hills municipalities differ on need to cancel public meetings to curb coronavirus spread
Officials in several North Hills municipalities have decided to proceed with public voting meetings with some restrictions to reduce the chances of spreading the coronavirus while others are taking a more cautious tact by canceling the gatherings altogether. Ross commissioners kept residents out of the municipal building for its March...
Bonny Diver’s ‘Recipe for Hope’ expected to go on as scheduled
Most likely one of the few events happening Saturday is “Recipe for Hope.” The coronavirus pandemic has caused most regional events to be canceled or postponed. “I am being completely cautious about it,” said event founder Bonny Diver, traffic reporter for iHeart Radio. “We have taken all of the precautions....
North Hills School District suspending most public events amid coronavirus fears; sporting events continuing
The North Hills School District has canceled a number of upcoming public events to curb the spread of the coronavirus. On the afternoon of March 13, Governor Tom Wolf ordered all Pennsylvania schools to shut down for a minimum of 10 days. Following guidance issued by the governor and the...
Holy Cross Academy in Ross closed Friday over fear of coronavirus exposure
Holy Cross Academy in Ross is closed Friday after officials learned that a student may have been exposed to the coronavirus, the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese announced this morning. Officials said the student was possibly exposed to the virus from a relative outside the school. They stressed that nobody in the...
Veteran officer hired to lead North Hills School District’s police department
A retired municipal police officer who has been working for the North Hills School District Police Department since it was launched in 2018 has been hired to serve as its new chief. The school board voted unanimously March 5 to hire Charles “Chuck” Bossong to lead the district’s five-member police...
Game commission recommends Ross institute managed archery hunt to thin township’s deer populationVideo
A state game warden is recommending Ross Township hold a managed archery hunt as a sure-fire way to thin the herd of the deer devouring expensive landscaping, causing vehicle wrecks and exposing residents to Lyme Disease from the ticks they carry. Game Warden Zeb Campbell, whose district covers an area...
