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Here’s what’s going on around town: Friday, April 26
Hello, Sewickley, Sewickley Valley YMCA will host a Healthy Kids Day from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. There will be a bounce house, giant hamster ball, healthy snacks, face painting and more. YMCA membership is not required. This event is free and open to the community. For more information,...
Center to hold hate crime information session
Beth Samuel Jewish Center The center is at 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. For information, visit bethsamuel.org or contact the center at beth samueloffice@ comcast.net or 724-266-5238. • 7 p.m. May 8 — FBI program, “Hate Crime Indicators.” RSVP required by May 6 to attend. Blackburn United Methodist Church The church...
Quaker Valley doubles teams to play for section title
It will be an all-Quaker Valley battle for the Section 2-AA double championship Thursday. Zach Albert and John Watters will face Potter Oliver and Will Sirianni after both teams advanced through Wednesday’s first round, quarterfinals and semifinals. The two Quaker duos also will join the other two semifinal teams at...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Thursday, April 25
Hello, Sewickley, Heritage Valley Health System will host a free chronic acid reflux and heartburn seminar from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 30. Dr. Eric Boyle, a surgeon at Heritage Valley Medical Group Surgical Associates, will provide an overview of the latest advances in diagnostics and treatment for gastroesophageal reflux...
Quaker Valley’s Tusick selected as Sewickley Herald Emerging Citizen
Nicholas Tusick is always willing to help. Whether it’s determining what’s wrong with a classmate’s computer at Quaker Valley High School, designing an innovative learning hub in the heart of the school’s library or flying a drone over the site of the proposed new high school to capture footage for...
Remember When: 1926
In the news this week 93 years ago: • Local organizations were preparing for the 14th annual National Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign, a good citizenship effort that took place in different weeks of the year throughout the country. Participants, aided by local scouting troops, garden clubs and veterans’...
Quaker Valley track and field teams set for MAC championships
Members of the Quaker Valley boys and girls track and field teams will test their mettle Wednesday at the Midwestern Athletic Conference championships at Mars High School. All field events and the 100-meter dash preliminaries begin at 2 p.m. Medals will be awarded to the top six in each individual...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Wednesday, April 24
Hello, Sewickley, The Artist Guild at Sweetwater Center for the Arts will host mosaic artist Debbie Maier Jacknin at their next meeting, 7 p.m. April 29. Her artwork combines her passion for social issues and inspirational messages with her love of nature, sailing, water and Western Pennsylvania. Meetings are free...
Sewickley historical society presents ‘Golden Age of Bridge Building’
Gerry Kuncio will present “The Golden Age of Bridge Building” at 7:30 p.m. today at the Old Sewickley Post Office. From 1924 to 1940, the Allegheny County Department of Public Works erected hundreds of bridges, one of the largest infrastructure improvement programs ever undertaken by a Pennsylvania municipality. The bridges...
Judge selected in Leetsdale carjacking case
A judge has been selected in the criminal case against John Matheny, who is accused of forcing his way into a woman’s car in a Leetsdale Borough parking lot in February. A pre-trial conference is scheduled before Allegheny Court of Common Pleas Judge Robert Colville on May 17. Matheny, 38,...
Ranked Sewickley Academy softball team hopes to avenge lone loss
The Sewickley Academy softball team has won four straight since a loss to Union in its Section 1-1A opener April 4. The Panthers and Scotties will meet again Tuesday at 4 p.m. Sewickley Academy, No. 5 in the latest Trib HSSN 1A rankings, is 5-1 overall and in section play,...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Tuesday, April 23
Hello, Sewickley, Heritage Valley Health System will hold Walk With a Doc from 9 to 10 a.m. April 27 at the Quaker Valley Middle School track. The hour-long event begins with a 10-minute health talk by providers at Associates in Family Medicine, followed by a healthy walk. Dr. Michael Karp,...
Aleppo plans Earth Day cleanup
Last year, 22 people collected 45 bags of trash during Aleppo Township’s Earth Day cleanup, and about 90 people volunteered to plant 1,000 trees at Bouchard Family Park. The events will occur again this year, beginning at 9 a.m. April 27, and organizers hope to attract at least as many...
Coroner identifies 4 killed in Beaver County crash
The Beaver County Coroner’s Office has identified the four people who were killed in a two-car crash Sunday night. Denise Feathers, 41, of Baden, was driving a Jeep south in the northbound lane of Route 65 in Baden when she struck another vehicle just before 11 p.m. Sunday, according to...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Monday, April 22
Hello, Sewickley, Dementia Friends Pennsylvania will hold information sessions at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Sewickley Library Community Room. The group’s goal is to make the community more aware, informed and supportive of people experiencing and caring for those with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. To...
Sewickley Methodist pastor: ‘Everyone has a place at the table’
When delegates at the United Methodist Church’s General Conference voted in February to reaffirm a policy stating the “practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching,” the Rev. Russel Shuluga responded with a Bible verse. “The Apostle Paul affirms in Galatians 3:28, ‘There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is...
Top WPIAL girls lacrosse teams meet in nonsection clash
Two of the top girls lacrosse teams in their respective WPIAL classifications will do battle as Sewickley Academy and Quaker Valley play a nonsection match Monday at 7 p.m. at Quaker Valley High School. The Panthers are 7-1 overall and 5-0 in Section 2 of Class AAA. They have won...
Sewickley hospital receives Easter donation
Jim Hindinger and the Sewickley Borough Police Department delivered Easter baskets to Heritage Valley Health System on behalf of Easter for Eli, an organization started by Martin Garrett in memory of his son Eli, who lost his battle with cancer just days before his fourth birthday....
Sewickley’s Sweetwater celebrates new space
Sweetwater Center for the Arts celebrated the opening of Studio419, a community art space and gallery at 419 Beaver St. About 50 students from 17 area schools submitted work that was displayed during the April 4 launch. Studio419 offers workspace and classes. Sweetwater’s spring fundraiser, SpringLUXE, will be held at...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Saturday, April 20
Hello, Sewickley, Join the Sewickley Public Library on their quest to watch every Pixar movie from the beginning. Today they will be screening “Finding Nemo” at 1 p.m. Bring a blanket and get cozy with your family. — What’s the Neighborhood News Network all about? With SewickleyHerald.com, we invite you...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for week of April 19, 2019
Aleppo Scott Holquist sold property at 408 Sewickley Heights Drive to Steven Kyle and Elke Peters for $182,000. Leetsdale Bruce Migota sold property at 202 Beaver St. to PNC Bank NA for $1,590. Sewickley Robert Munro sold property at 268 Bank St. to SJ Group for $106,000 (state deed transfer...
Sewickley-area churches plan Easter events
Beth Samuel Jewish Center The center is at 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. For information, visit bethsamuel.org or contact the center at bethsamueloffice@ comcast.net or 724-266-5238. • 9 a.m. April 20 — Torah Yoga • 6 p.m. April 20 — Second Night Seder Blackburn United Methodist Church The church is at...
Sewickley Academy and Quaker Valley track and field teams ready to compete at Butler Invitational
The Sewickley Academy and Quaker Valley track and field teams will join dozens of other squads from all around the WPIAL at the 55th annual Butler Invitational on Thursday at Butler High School. Field events and others on the track will begin at 12:15 p.m. as individuals and relays post...
Remember When: 1944
In the news this week 75 years ago: • The Allegheny County American Legion became the first in the country to begin recruiting “a full company of WACs,” or Women’s Army Corps members. Sewickley Valley Post 4 of the American Legion was designated as a local recruiting station. Job openings...
Sewickley native chosen as Citizen of the Year
On a Monday afternoon, children in Sewickley Community Center’s daycare program stretch out on colorful cots, preparing for a short rest after a morning full of activities. Nearby, Bob Patterson Jr. is set up in a meeting room, his laptop and phones before him as he participates in a conference...
