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Girl Scouts holding Thanksgiving food drive at McCandless Crossing Nov. 1, 14
A local Girl Scout troop will be holding a food drive at McCandless Crossing on two Saturdays in November to help needy families during the holidays. Girls from Troop #36774 will be at the shopping center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 1 and 14. Donations will be...
Polling places: Where to vote in Richland and Pine
Election day is Nov. 3. The Allegheny County Elections Division said all 1,323 polling locations will be open that day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone in line at 8 p.m. will still be allowed the vote, according to the county’s website. Poll workers will be provided masks, gloves,...
Pine-Richland student to compete in National American Miss Pageant
Few pre-teens have the talent and discipline to compete in a pageant. These attributes are tested further if they must summon the poise and versatility necessary to fulfill areas of pageant participation online via the Zoom videoconferencing app. Siena Rose Smith, of Pine-Richland, daughter of Rhea Corso and Joseph Smith,...
WPIAL Class 5A football quarterfinals preview
WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals No. 7 Penn Hills (4-3) at No. 2 Gateway (4-0) 7 p.m. Friday at Antimarino Stadium, Monroeville On the air: Audio, video on TribHSSN.Triblive.com Winner plays: Winner of No. 3 Peters Township (6-0) and No. 6 Woodland Hills (5-2), 7 p.m. Nov. 6 (site TBD) Coaches:...
Pine-Richland alum working on team searching for covid-19 vaccine
Kathy Strauss has always pretty good at math and science. But the 1974 Pine-Richland graduate didn’t necessarily envision a career in the medical profession or ever imagine that she would someday work on groundbreaking research in the mission to find a vaccine for the coronavirus. But Strauss, 64, recently was...
Storytimes, voting information and more from Northern Tier Regional Library
Northern Tier Regional Library, 4015 Dickey Road in Gibsonia, offers a number of in-person and virtual programs for patrons. For more information or to register for events, call 724-449-2665 or visit northerntierlibrary.org. Voting at the library The library is a polling place for Richland Township District 5. Those voting at...
Pine-Richland junior holds another successful coat drive to benefit NHCO
Kate Cwenar, a junior at Pine-Richland High School, has again held her annual coat drive. This is the third year she has organized it, and this year, more than 100 coats were collected. The original idea came to her during a summer break several years ago. Cwenar was thinking of...
In brief: Polling location change, Salem UM Church events and more in Pine, Richland
Richland Township has been notified by the Allegheny County Division of Elections that the polling location for District 8 has been changed for the general election on Nov. 3. The new voting location will be at the Richland Township Firehall, 5857 Meridian Road, Gibsonia, PA 15044. The change only affects...
Late hit knocks out Dallas QB Andy Dalton; Pine-Richland’s Ben DiNucci replaces himVideo
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton was knocked out of the game Sunday when he was hit late by Washington linebacker Jon Bostic. Former Pine-Richland High product Ben DiNucci emerged as the backup quarterback to replace Dalton. Dalton, who replaced starter Dak Prescott when he suffered a dislocated ankle and a...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 25
Pine Frank Pelly Jr. sold property at Babcock Blvd. to America First Enterprises LLP for $55,000. Riviera Land Partners LLC sold property at 121 Birch Drive to Jeremy Bryant and Lindsay Petri Tomes for $171,700. Phillip Foreman Partn. L.P. sold property at 620 Broadway to Ronald Painter for $76,500. Boyan...
Breaking down the 2020 WPIAL football playoffs
Here’s a class-by-class breakdown of the WPIAL football playoff brackets: Class 6A Favorite: North Allegheny was the only undefeated team in WPIAL Class 6A this season, but the Tigers did miss three conference matchups because of covid-19 shutdowns by opponents. That included a Week 1 matchup with Seneca Valley that...
WPIAL reveals 2020 football playoff brackets
The WPIAL promised its football teams weeks ago that if they canceled games for covid-19, those decisions wouldn’t hurt their qualifying chances come playoff time. The WPIAL kept it word. In playoff brackets released Saturday night, the WPIAL included a couple of teams that played only four regular-season games as...
Pine-Richland field hockey’s Rylie Wollerton fills stat sheet, win column
Rylie Wollerton is like the last side of a Rubik’s Cube that can’t be solved no matter how much opponents try to twist and turn her away from the cage. Recently named the September Player of the Month by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association, she shows how difficult she...
Pollinator garden grant, dean’s list and more Pine, Richland student news
Student receives grant for pollinator garden Aquinas Academy sophomore Liam Ellis received a $250 grant from the North Area Environmental Council for his pollinator garden. The pollinator garden at Aquinas Academy, a private K-12 school in Gibsonia, is a student-initiated project created to establish an educational pollinator habitat on the...
No. 1 Pine-Richland scores early, rolls past Kiski Area
Going into the game, Kiski Area knew it needed to figure out a way to slow down Class 5A No. 1 Pine-Richland’s offensive attack. However, the Rams jumped on the Cavaliers early and didn’t look back. The Rams scored on their first two plays from scrimmage and rolled to a...
Richland man on mission to unearth mysteries surrounding abandoned Bakerstown cemeteryVideo
The tiny collection of crumbling gravestones along Route 8 in Richland aren’t visible from the busy roadway. The abandoned cemetery in the Bakerstown neighborhood doesn’t appear on maps. And there are no signs along the narrow gravel road leading to the clearing where the smattering of weather-worn headstones marks the...
Gibsonia couple opens Spark Wine Company in their home during pandemic
Finding a spark of joy is important, especially during difficult times. For one Pine Township couple, that spark came in the form of starting a winery and building a community in the process. Joe and Lindsey Campisi have turned the sour grapes of the pandemic into delicious wine with their...
Rain forces WPIAL to postpone girls tennis semifinals
With rain showers in the area, WPIAL officials on Monday morning postponed the Class AAA and AA girls tennis semifinal matches. All four matches now will be Tuesday afternoon with 3 p.m. starts. In Class AAA, top-seeded Peters Township will host Latrobe, and Upper St. Clair hosts Pine-Richland. Peters Township,...
In brief: Pumpkin roll sale, fall leaf collection and more in Pine, Richland
Pumpkin roll sale Salem United Methodist Church is currently accepting orders for traditional pumpkin rolls! Rolls are handmade by members of Salem Church for this fundraiser. Each traditional roll is $15 and gluten-free rolls are $20 each. One roll serves 12-15. They can be frozen for your holiday parties and...
Real estate transactions for Pine, Richland for the week of Oct. 18
Pine NVR Inc. sold property at 6002 Elm Road to Fabio Eric Quaken Klemm and Patricia Tozzi Pego for $405,000. Richland Thomas Pesci sold property at 227 Corey Drive to Britney Noel Robinson for $254,000. Rosemary Hoffman sold property at 5741 Oakhill Road to Peter Horn Jr. and Chelsea Jones...
Pine-Richland’s Meredith Price builds lasting legacy with cross country program
Meredith Price will focus on every hard workout, sprint and time trial it has taken to get to the WPIAL championship race to motivate herself to finish strong. On the rare occasion she looks to either side of her, she’ll spot teammates like Angelina Hunkele, Natalie McLean, Elizabeth Hunkele and...
Pine-Richland girls soccer team puts faith in senior goalkeeper
Katharine Kelly might not look the part, but there was a time when she played left guard in youth football. Had she played receiver, she might have found her calling under Friday night lights. A little less than 10 years later, Kelly’s niche is goalkeeper for Pine-Richland’s soccer team. “I’d...
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Pine-Richland locks up Northeast Conference title
Cole Spencer threw for 307 yards and three touchdowns as top-ranked Pine-Richland scored 52 first-half points in its 59-13 Class 5A Northeast Conference win over North Hills (2-4, 2-2). Eli Jochem caught eight passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns for Pine-Richland (5-0, 4-0), which clinched the conference title. Chase...
Trick-or-treating a go in the North Hills, but health precautions advised
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, communities in the North Hills are proceeding with trick-or-treat this year, but officials advise families to take steps to guard their health. Trick-or-treating is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. on Halloweeen — Oct. 31 — in McCandless, Ross, Franklin Park, Marshal, West View, Bradford Woods,...
Running group brings new life to North Park’s fading tree canopy
Traversing the trails of North Park nearly every day of the week has given members of the North Park Trail Runners group more than just the health and spiritual benefits of vigorous outdoor exercise. They have become attuned to an alarming environmental change occurring in the more than 3,000-acre Allegheny...
