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Leetsdale officials hold the line on real estate taxes for next year
Leetsdale property owners will not have to pay more in borough real estate taxes. Council voted 6-1 to adopt its 2024 budget on Dec. 14. Councilman Roger Nanni dissented. He said he wanted more time to review the spending plan and look for ways to reduce taxes. The tax rate...
Sewickley Academy students accepted into PMEA District 1 Orchestra, Choir
Three Sewickley Academy Senior School students have been accepted to PMEA District 1 Orchestra and Choir. Juniors Hallie Dong, violin I, and Jaydon Kurian, violin II, have been accepted to the PMEA District 1 Orchestra. Both students were chosen by a selection committee from a large and competitive pool of...
In brief: Holiday story walk, Christmas movies and more in the Quaker Valley
Holiday Story Walk The Sewickley Public Library has partnered with Allegheny Land Trust, Leetsdale Borough and Ohio Township Community Park to offer three Holiday StoryWalks in the parks this holiday season. Visitors are invited to bundle up and stroll down the walking path at Audubon Greenway, Henle Park and the...
Freshmen show potential for Quaker Valley wrestling
Quaker Valley wrestlers Aris Haniotes and Trey Dunlap had a night they soon won’t forget. Both freshman athletes joined the QV wrestling program as varsity starters Dec. 6 at Avonworth in the Quakers’ first match of the season. QV won by a convincing 64-12 final score. Haniotes competed against Tyler...
Quaker Valley hockey out to start new winning streak
Time to kick-start another winning streak. Quaker Valley’s hockey team didn’t experience a loss in the first two months of the PIHL season, posting a 9-0 record through Nov. 30. The Quakers outscored their opponents by a 44-10 margin, allowing 1.1 goals per game and logging three shutouts. No team...
Fisher’s Files: Quaker Valley volleyball players earn all-state honors
Two Quaker Valley girls — Annica Kagle and Vanessa Pickett — were chosen to the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association all-state team in the Class 2A division. Kagle is a senior right-side hitter and a two-time all-state selection. Pickett is a junior setter. “I was honored to be chosen again,” Kagle...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of Dec. 17, 2023
Aleppo Julia Tr sold property at 120 Veshio Drive to John and Olivia Chutz for $580,000. Franklin Park Maronda Homes LLC sold property at 1313 Adrien Drive to Farhana Bilkis Hasan and Moustafa Abdalla Mohamed for $561,355. Ronald Tamborino sold property at 1525 Brimfield Drive to Jessica Fuhrer and Jeremy...
Leanne and Erik Ford open the state’s 1st Buck Mason location in Sewickley
A unique business recently opened in Sewickley, founded by a former building renovation TV star and her husband, a clothing mogul. Leanne Ford of HGTV’s “Restored by the Fords” and “Home Again With the Fords” opened Pennsylvania’s first Buck Mason location, a high-end casual clothing store. However, unlike the other...
Christmas services, Sunday school and more at Sewickley-area houses of worship
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 12-741-7688. antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Sunday school is every first Sunday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship and praise service is weekly at 10:45 a.m. Virtual Bible study is every first Wednesday at 7 p.m. The link is on the church’s website. Beth Samuel...
Quaker Valley School Board picks its leaders, welcomes new members
The Quaker Valley School Board selected its leadership and welcomed new members. Jonathan Kuzma was named president and Daniela Helkowski as vice president during the board’s reorganization meeting Dec. 5. Incumbents Geoff Barnes and Gianni Floro were sworn in to new four-year terms along with new members Corinna Garcia-Skorpenske, Missy...
Sewickley officials approve 2024 budget, hold the line on real estate taxes
Sewickley property owners will not have to pay more in real estate taxes next year as part of the borough’s budget. Council unanimously approved its 2024 spending plan and tax ordinance at its Dec. 12 meeting. Budget documents indicate the tax rate will remain 6.25 mills. The borough has not...
Neighbor describes ‘war’-like explosion that destroyed Sewickley Heights cottage
Rich Engler was sitting with a friend in his Sewickley Heights home when the neighborhood shook. “All of a sudden, this immense blast took place — we thought something had hit our place,” said Engler, 77, a local music producer who’s lived among the borough’s massive estates and rolling hills...
Edgeworth officials to hold the line on property taxes with 2024 budget
Edgeworth officials plan to hold the line on real estate taxes with next year’s budget. The borough’s 2024 preliminary spending plan was unanimously approved last month. It maintains the millage rate at 4.15 mills. The final budget is slated for adoption Dec. 19. It would mark 21 years since Edgeworth...
Cottage on Sewickley Heights estate explodes; 1 person hospitalized
One person was taken to a hospital after an explosion Tuesday at a cottage on a Sewickley Heights estate. According to Aleppo fire Chief Bill Davis Jr., a plumber was working in the cottage at 543 Backbone Road when the explosion occurred. He was taken to a local hospital by...
In brief: Holiday showings at The Lindsay, Business Connection and more in Quaker Valley
Holiday Story Walk The Sewickley Public Library has partnered with Allegheny Land Trust, Leetsdale Borough and Ohio Township Community Park to offer three Holiday StoryWalks in the parks this holiday season. Visitors are invited to bundle up and stroll down the walking path at Audubon Greenway, Henle Park and the...
Sewickley Academy boys basketball looks to show growth during challenging times
There’s only one direction the Sewickley Academy boys basketball team wants to go in 2023-24. That is up. After finishing 3-18 last year, first-year coach Jim Dudas said the Panthers have been adjusting well while learning a new system. “I am optimistic we will show significant improvement on both sides...
Quaker Valley volleyball players scoop up awards after memorable season
Talk about a landslide vote. Eight members of the Quaker Valley girls volleyball team were honored as all-section selections in 2023. Two seniors, right-side hitter Annica Kagle and middle hitter Katelyn Clark, and two juniors, outside hitter Molly MacDonald and setter Vanessa Pickett, were named to the first team. Kagle...
Mimi Thiero provides spark for young Quaker Valley girls basketball roster
Oumou “Mimi” Thiero is a still-growing 6-foot-4 sophomore guard/forward who was an all-section selection last year. Thiero was named by Trib HSSN as a 4A player to watch “who has perhaps the highest ceiling of any player in WPIAL girls basketball.” And she showed why with her two-game production in...
Senior guard Joe Coyle, Quaker Valley boys start season on right foot
Joe Coyle is back for his senior year in the Quaker Valley boys basketball program. And what a splash he made to start the season. A talented 6-foot-1 guard, Coyle was the Quakers’ leading scorer and a first-team all-section selection last year. Much is expected of him this season; he’s...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of Dec. 10, 2023
Aleppo Larry Jenkins Jr. sold property at Leetwood Ave. to Lori Weber for $16,000. Franklin Park Lei Li sold property at 2526 Elkridge Drive to Adam Justin Points and Pimpicha Nichpakdee for $560,000. Eugene Lynch sold property at 2520 Riva Ridge Ct to Carson Barnes and Sarah Very for $615,000....
Fellowship: Holiday events and services at Sewickley area houses of worship
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 12-741-7688. antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Sunday school is every first Sunday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship and praise service is weekly at 10:45 a.m. Virtual Bible study is every first Wednesday at 7 p.m. The link is on the church’s website. Beth Samuel...
Remember When: Sewickley Herald headlines from 1954
In the news this week 69 years ago: • Santa Claus arrived by helicopter to greet a crowd of 2,000 people gathered outside the Sewickley YMCA. “The helicopter flew over the Valley for twenty minutes, with Santa in the co-pilot’s seat, giving St. Nick a good look at the community...
Quaker Valley Middle School hosts Apple Distinguished Schools visit
Quaker Valley Middle School welcomed 42 educators from 16 school districts across Western Pennsylvania for an engaging Apple Distinguished Schools visit on Dec. 1. The day kicked off with a formal presentation by the Quaker Valley Middle School’s Apple Distinguished School application team, led by principal Dr. Anthony Mooney and...
Light Up Night kicks off holiday season in Sewickley
Thousands of people filled Sewickley Village for the borough’s annual Light up Night. Guests walked the streets looking at lights, eating food and listening to live music. According to borough council woman and Light Up Night planner Julie Barnes, the event is a 40-year tradition. Barnes has chaired the event...
In brief: Personnel moves, holiday events and more in the Sewickley area
Obee appointed trustee Members of the Chautauqua Corporation elected Sewickley’s Bob W. Obee as the newest of four trustees of the Chautauqua Institution at the corporation’s annual meeting Aug. 12. The new trustee class officially began its term Oct. 1. Obee is a founding principal of Businessolutions LLC, a boutique...
