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Dr. Joseph Maroon honored with UPMC Clinician of Courage Award
Neurosurgeon, author and long-time Sewickley resident Dr. Joseph Maroon was presented with the 2020 UPMC Clinician of Courage Award through a virtual ceremony on Aug. 24. Given as a part of the annual Dr. Loren Roth Quality and Patient Safety Awards, the distinction is meant to honor a UPMC physician...
Halloween parade in Sewickley canceled due to covid-19 restrictions
Quaker Valley Rotary Club’s annual Halloween parade in Sewickley has officially gone the way of most recreational events this year — canceled. Rotary officials went before borough council Tuesday night to discuss their options during the covid-19 pandemic. Scott Zahner, the club’s president elect, said the Rotary has had a...
Sewickley to continue police services for Glen Osborne
Sewickley and Glen Osborne borough officials are in talks to renew a police contract. The current five-year deal expires at the end of the year. Sewickley officers have patrolled Glen Osborne streets for at least eight years. Police respond to emergency calls and do safety patrols around the Osborne Elementary...
Plans to move a Pittsburgh business to Sewickley clears a hurdle
Sewickley officials have cleared a hurdle for a Pittsburgh-based company to move its headquarters to the borough. Council unanimously voted Sept. 8 to approve a conditional/mixed use application for 418 Beaver St. AE Works, a building/consulting and design firm founded by Sewickley resident Michael Cherock, will be relocating its main...
In brief: business breakfast, High Holidays and more around Sewickley
Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection The Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, a referral group of business professionals, will meet at the Eat’n Park on Route 60 in Robinson Township for breakfast from 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. Sept. 16. Speakers are Jim Kernick of Kernick’s Tire & Auto Center and Michele Long of...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 6
Bell Acres Kevin Barbour sold property at 113 Fern Hollow Road to Sadie Filipowski for $173,500. John Andrew Stein sold property at 105 Pine Mnr to David Todd and Abigail Anderson for $524,375. Bellevue 113 Harlem Ave LLC sold property at 92 S Bryant Ave. to Logan Michael Parsons and...
Sewickley council appoints Ed Green to fill vacancy
Sewickley council members have pulled from the borough planning commission to fill a vacancy. Councilman Hendrik van der Vaart of Ward 2 resigned from his elected post last month. He’s moved out of state. His term expires at the end of 2023. Planning commissioner Ed Green was unanimously appointed Thursday...
Check out Quaker Valley Middle School’s coronavirus precautions
Much like everything else, the inside of Quaker Valley Middle School is going to look – and feel – different when school starts Sept. 8. Tribune-Review photographer Kristina Serafini got a sneak peek inside the building to see the various precautions that Quaker Valley School District is taking to keep...
Sewickley boys, 7 and 4, bicycled more than 300 miles this summer with their dad
A Sewickley resident and father of two young boys came up with a way to safely keep himself and his kids active during the coronavirus pandemic this summer — cycling. From the beginning of July to mid-August, Barry Bunnell, 68, and his boys biked more than 300 miles on the...
A Pittsburgh business plans to relocate to Sewickley
A Pittsburgh-based business consulting firm plans to move its headquarters to Sewickley. AE Works, founded by Sewickley resident Michael Cherock, wants to relocate from Sandusky Street in the city to 418 Beaver St. in the borough. The building in question is the former Explore Sewickley office, a nonprofit dedicated to...
‘Zombies of the Corn’ haunted attraction set for 8th season of frightful fun in Freedom
Weekends are about to get a little spookier. The interactive Zombies of the Corn haunted attraction is set to open for its eighth season Sept. 25 and 26 at the 70-acre Three Rivers Paintball compound along Rochester Road in Freedom, Beaver County. “With fright levels for all ages, October is...
The Sewickley Public Library is open — what you need to know before you go
Sewickley Public Library is back open as of Sept. 1, but there are some things that you should know. Hours are limited. The library is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. It is open from 10...
Student news, virtual events and more around Sewickley
Sewickley man accepted to scholar program Tice Harkins of Sewickley has been accepted to the Geisinger Primary Care Scholars program. Harkins, a member of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine’s MD Class of 2024, in August began first-year studies at the school. The Geisinger Primary Care Scholars Program focuses on family...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 30
Bellevue 113 Harlem Ave LLC sold property at 92 S Bryant Ave. to Logan Michael Parsons and Olivia Horner for $178,000. Donald Dennison II sold property at 165 Spring Ave. to Kathryn Couch for $148,000. Leetsdale Rodney Morgan sold property at 6 Victory Ln to Kathleen Sudiarta for $107,500. Sewickley...
WPIAL girls tennis preview: Knoch’s Laura Greb has shot at making history
Laura Greb wants to make WPIAL tennis history. The Knoch senior standout hopes to put herself in position to win a fourth WPIAL Class AA singles championship. She would be the first player to accomplish the feat in the history of either classification. “There’s a little bit of pressure, but...
Traveling Tuskegee Airmen exhibit makes a stop in SewickleyVideo
Chauncey Spencer II fires words out of his mouth like a volley of fighter-plane bullets. There’s unrelenting urgency in his speech that could be mistaken for being in a rush — either to move onto the next subject or to end the conversation altogether. It’s neither. “It’s just that I’ve...
Sweetwater Center for the Arts executive director resigns
The executive director of the Sweetwater Center for the Arts in Sewickley has stepped down. Tommy Walters, who has lead the 45-year-old nonprofit arts center for the past 3 1/2 years, said he is leaving for personal reasons. “The decision was mine to step down, and it was not an...
Quaker Valley makes arrangements for 10 teachers to work remotely
The creator of an online petition formed in response to Quaker Valley School District’s denial of 10 teachers’ requests to work remotely during the coronavirus pandemic claimed victory this week when the district announced resolutions for the teachers. The update to the petition came Aug. 20, when only four of...
Edgeworth chief John English tapped to lead Pa.’s Chiefs of Police Association
A police chief from Allegheny County with nearly five decades of law enforcement experience has been elected president of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. Edgeworth police Chief John English, 72, was sworn into the state leadership position July 14 by Dauphin County Judge Edward Marsico. “Chief English has the...
Sewickley’s End of Summer Sidewalk Sale to boost borough businesses this week
Sewickley Chamber of Commerce officials hope a new event will give borough businesses a boost this week. The inaugural End of Summer Sidewalk Sale along Beaver Street kicks off Wednesday and runs through Saturday. Chamber President Diana Kauffman said 21 businesses are slated to participate, and are offering various sales...
Sewickley physician remembered as dedicated doctor, family man who loved helping people
Dr. Charles Edward Clarke dedicated his life to helping people both professionally and personally. He practiced medicine for more than 60 years before retiring from his practice in Glen Osborne in December 2012. The longtime Sewickley physician died at his home on July 26. He was 98. Anne Clarke Ronce,...
Quaker Valley’s young, battle-tested roster ready to rebound
There are just three seniors on the Quaker Valley football roster this fall. Typically, that would be cause for concern. But the Quakers’ underclassmen are more experienced than most their age and have been game tested against some of the best teams WPIAL Class 3A has to offer. “The junior...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 23
Aleppo Oliver Poppenberg sold property at 102 Sewickley Ridge Cir to William and Kathleen Wycoff for $425,000. Bell Acres George Condax sold property at 125 Witherow Road to Matthew and Donielle Neal for $715,000. Leet James Rogers sold property at 156 Pilgrim Drive to Rogers Family Partn. L.P. for $184,440....
Quaker Valley halts team workouts after off-campus exposure to covid-19
Quaker Valley suspended all workouts by its sports teams after learning several athletes were exposed to covid-19 at an off-campus gathering, the school announced Tuesday. “We are working swiftly to identify all student-athletes who were in attendance at this non-school event so that they can quarantine, and the remaining student-athletes...
Letter to the editor: New Quaker Valley school costs grossly underestimated
The interview of Mr. Antoline in the Aug. 6 issue of the Sewickley Herald, “Quaker Valley calculates the tax impact for the proposed high school project” contained a number of inaccurate and misleading statements. Citizen’s for a Great School, a non-profit organization based in Sewickley, has points of rebuttal: •...
