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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Chartiers Valley School District’s budget holds the line on taxes
Property owners in the Chartiers Valley School District will pay the same in school taxes for the upcoming year. The $78.4 million budget, approved by the school board June 25, keeps the millage rate at 20.1909 mills, signaling no tax increase. Owners of a home in the district valued at...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of June 23, 2024
Bridgeville Dorothy Roche sold property at 649 Dewey Ave. to Mariah Selva for $165,000. M. Denise Ahrndt sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 507 to Matthew and Marsha Maioli for $75,000. JAAS Renovations LLC sold property at 1401 Union St. to Russell Johnsen and Deanna Marie for $2,000. Susan...
Chartiers Valley selects Joseph Dimperio as interim superintendent
A man with more than half a century of experience in public education has been tapped to lead the Chartiers Valley School District, at least in the interim. School directors in June hired Joseph Dimperio as interim superintendent, at a rate of $725 per day without benefits or pension withholding....
Game on: Rival opens in Collier
Matt Turbiner and Kirk Vogel definitely stepped up their game with their latest dining concept. Rival bar and restaurant opened June 14 in Collier. The sports-themed establishment’s name represents the intense competition between rival teams such as when Pitt plays Penn State, the Steelers take on the Baltimore Ravens, Pirates...
Music of the Heart recital at Duquesne University offers opportunities to shine
Move over, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. You have company. “We are privileged to have close to 100 superstars ready to dazzle you with their talents and abilities,” Katie Harrill announced from the Mary Pappert School of Music stage at Duquesne University. “Some are stepping into the spotlight for the...
Chartiers Valley lacrosse comes together to support freshman’s mom’s cancer fight
On May 6, the Chartiers Valley lacrosse community came together in support of one of their own. The boys and girls doubleheader was transformed into a pinkout to raise money for freshman Jack Varnish’s family as his mother, Julie, continues to battle cancer. The idea came to life midway through...
Chartiers Valley softball sophomore packs powerful punch
Mashing home runs has become just “another day in the office” for Chartiers Valley sophomore phenom Lily Duffill. That’s how it’s described from the perspective of senior Marta Gualazzi and her softball teammates as they watch Duffill launch sometimes not just one or two, but three home runs in a...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of May 19, 2024
Bridgeville Estate of Robert Susa sold property at 1320 Missouri Ave. to MBEE LLC for $100,000. Vivian Semanick sold property at 303 Hill St. to Oakdale Diamond L.P. et al. for $95,100. Yeshayahu Marom sold property at 252 Patterson Ave. to Bryan McGeary for $253,000. Carnegie John Kimutis sold property...
Chartiers Valley’s budget proposal has no tax increase, but future projections are bleak
Chartiers Valley School District’s proposed budget fills a deficit through bond refinancing and dipping into the district’s fund balance, but that quick fix could come back to bite the district next year. At a meeting May 14, board members Darren Mariano, Ed Brosky, Louise Huehn, Kate Drury and Jeff Choura...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of April 21, 2024
Bridgeville Michelle Shaw sold property at 310 Lesnett Road to Benjamin Lehman and Cora Zerfoss for $239,000. Bridget Peterson sold property at 991 Ridge Road to Frederick Snyder Jr. and Jillian Hutton for $250,000. Joseph Patterson sold property at 1561 Critchfield Drive to Sally Newcomer for $250,000. Rosanne Moore sold...
Accomplished South Fayette artist opens new studio
With the availability of AI art generators, anyone with a computer or similar device can lay some kind of claim to creativity. Selva Priya Sahadevan prefers to cultivate actual talent. In March, she celebrated the opening of her Getitfromnature Arts studio on Millers Run Road in Bridgeville, after nearly five...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of March 24, 2024
Bridgeville Sandra Mekonis sold property at 207 Eisner Ave. to Ryan Snyder and Solomi Anwar for $175,000. Clinton Eric Gastgeb sold property at 165 Pennsylvania Ave. to Dana Martin for $257,000. Lauren Gregory sold property at 1028 Bank St. to Sean and Alyssa Airesman for $260,000. Michelle Shaw sold property...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of Feb. 25, 2024
Bridgeville First Bridgeville Methodist Church sold property at 244 Station St. to Pittsburgh Bhutanese Hosanna Church Inc. for $350,000. Joseph Sarasnick sold property at 420 James St. 2008 to EJS Real Estate Group LLC for $125,000. Carnegie Angela Simone sold property at 216 Second Ave. to Yogey Brito Minaya for...
Carlynton girls bowling team wins first section championship
The Carlynton girls bowling team made history this year by winning its first section championship. “Each one of these outstanding student-athletes has played a vital role in hoisting our very first banner,” said Coach Daniel Kuhn. The team had a 9-1 record and clinched the section title at a match...
Wave of all-stars powers Chartiers Valley hockey to amazing turnaround
Riding into mid-January with an undefeated record and playing as one of the top teams in the PIHL isn’t easy, but it’s not unexpected when a roster is powered by six all-stars. Chartiers Valley stands alone as the last remaining perfect program in Class A ice hockey with a 13-0...
After more than 3 decades as an assistant, new coach takes reins of Chartiers Valley baseball
High school baseball is in Bill Priddy’s DNA. After his own playing days at Montour, Priddy found himself quickly immersed in the adventures of coaching. Spending decades giving back to those who slide on their gloves and step up to the plate, coaching at the high school level has become...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of Jan. 21, 2024
Bridgeville Jordan Ramage sold property at 1090 Bank St. to Alan Tuszynski and Melissa Lenner for $325,000. Estate of Dennis Lueckert sold property at 263 St. Clair St. to Brendan Michael Ackelson for $285,000. Richard Okorn sold property at 314 Church St. to Dustin Andreis for $40,000. Nicole Elizabeth Musselman...
2 dead in South Fayette fire where ‘there was a hoarding situation’
Two people were found dead on the second floor of a home that burned Monday afternoon in South Fayette, Allegheny County police said. Residents Benito Bonilla, 81, and Barbara Bonilla, 75, were pronounced dead at the scene — Benito just before 7 p.m. and Barbara around 5:30 p.m. The fire...
Chartiers Valley area happenings, week of Dec. 4, 2023
Toys for Tots collection in Scott Scott Township is collecting for the Toys for Tots drive. Toys can be dropped off at the township administrative offices, 301 Lindsay Road, second floor, during regular business hours. You may also order toys through Amazon and have them delivered to the offices. The...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of Dec. 3, 2023
Carnegie Samuel Kudumula sold property at 26 Parkview Drive to Douglas Patrick Nolan for $321,000. Collier John Hucko sold property at Cowan Road to Robert Peck for $5,000. Jayson Gergely sold property at Darlington Road to MMG 27 LLC for $17,500. Estate of Metro Haritan Jr. sold property at 105...
Remembering Wright’s: Members of same family owned Heidelberg business for 106 years
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part story. Read the first part. During its 106-year run as a Heidelberg family business, Wright’s Seafood Inn doubled as home for its owners, starting with W.C. and Mary Wright with the opening of the Valley Hotel in 1898. Great-grandson Dave Davis...
Reflections on a rewarding journey with Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall
This is my final column in the Signal Item. I have enjoyed writing them over the last several years. More importantly, the Signal Item has written myriad articles about happenings at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall over the last 122 years. It’s a relationship! I am not...
‘Bridgeville in 1223 A.D.’: Historian discusses long-ago local inhabitants
Under what now is Interstate 79 as it passes through the westernmost part of Bridgeville, a settlement flourished nearly a millennium ago. Historian John Oyler remembers some related local folklore. “Anybody my age who grew up in Bridgeville heard about the Indian mound on Gould City Hill all their lives,”...
No tax increase expected for Bridgeville
Bridgeville’s real estate tax rate is expected to remain the same next year, maintaining a consistent level since 2019. Borough council plans to vote Dec. 11 on adopting the 2024 budget, which calls for a rate of 6.5 mills on buildings and 10 mills on land. The budget for the...
In brief: Chartiers Valley area happenings, week of Nov. 20, 2023
Winter Blast coming to Bridgeville Bridgeville’s Winter Blast is scheduled for 6:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 8 at Triangle Park, 431 Station St. Featured will the the lighting of the Christmas tree with Santa and Mrs. Claus to kick off the holiday season. Christmas Time in Collier Christmas Time in...


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