Kristina Serafini stories, Page 4

The Pittsburgh Penguins made the holidays a little brighter for patients at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh on Monday. Donning Santa hats, the players stopped by several rooms at the hospital to drop off gifts including stuffed penguins, hats and calendars and to spend a little bit of time talking,...

Holiday sounds echoed through the halls of the Allegheny County Courthouse on Thursday as members of the Deer Lakes High School Concert Choir and Symphonic Band performed on the building’s grand staircase. Deer Lakes was the fourth of more than 20 schools participating in this year’s Holiday Music Program, which...

The Quaker Valley High School Concert Choir kicked off Allegheny County’s 52nd Annual Holiday Music Program on Dec. 3. The program includes two performances each weekday at 11:30 a.m. and 12:20 p.m. through Dec. 19. All concerts are held on the Grand Staircase of the Allegheny County Courthouse, located at...

Walking through the hallways at J.E. Harrison Middle School, Ava Weidensall noticed a flier for City Theatre’s Young Playwrights contest. She had to know more and sought out answers from a teacher who explained that middle and high school kids have the opportunity to submit one-act plays in the contest....

Model, actor and deaf advocate Nyle DiMarco brought his message of self love and acceptance to the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf on Friday as part of a celebration of the school’s 150th anniversary. DiMarco, who was born deaf, surprised students at the Edgewood school, signing on stage for...

Students at Osborne Elementary braved the cold, damp weather to run and walk laps around the school’s track for the Home & School Association’s annual Race For Education on Thursday. The race marked the end of a weeks-long fundraising campaign in which students were asked to send emails to potential...

As volunteers for Carnegie’s annual Trail of Terror worked on art pieces for one of the haunted attraction’s rooms, a large limb from a tree crashed to the ground nearby. The irony of this odd occurrence at the scene of a Halloween haunt might have been enough to scare away...

Many may think gardening would not be a favorite hobby amongst young children, but that is not the case at Osborne Elementary School. The club, which combines gardening and art, allows 12 students from each grade level to join at a time during both the fall and spring sessions. There...

Sewickley-area police officers and firefighters were treated to an appreciation dinner at the Cochran Hose Company’s station on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks Wednesday. The feast of lasagna, meatballs, sausage, pierogies, salad and more was prepared by Sewickley residents Matt and Jenn Custer. Safran’s Supermarket, the Ultimate...

Hundreds of fans from across the world came together Friday for a celebration of the life of rapper and Pittsburgh native Mac Miller nearly one year after his death. Frick Park’s Blue Slide Park playground, which was made famous by Miller’s album and song of the same name, was filled...

From hammers to hatchets, miniature baseball bats to tire irons, camping forks to cat-eye knuckles, Transportation Security Administration agents have seen it all. And agents have probably confiscated it as well. Lisa Farbstein, a spokesperson for the TSA, said as the number of travelers increases, so does the number of...

The fifth annual iBike@QV camp was held at Quaker Valley Middle School this week. The week-long camp offers Western Pennsylvania students with special needs the opportunity to learn how to ride a bicycle. The children are given the bikes to take home with them after the camp ends. The iBike@QV...