Hampton Journal category, Page 7

Get the baskets and bonnets ready for the annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Hampton Community Park. The event is for children 10 years and younger and free to Hampton residents. It has been a popular draw for the community, said Bill...

For the second consecutive year, The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation (NAMM) has honored Shaler Area School District with its Best Communities for Music Education designation. Shaler Area is one of 623 districts in the nation and 92 in the state to earn the award for demonstrating “outstanding achievement...

Hampton Middle School’s Senior Spring Breakfast had a great turnout from the community as the students cooked, served and entertained senior citizens during this annual event....

The five-year facilities improvement plan providing a list of improvement projects throughout the school district was presented at the Hampton Township School Board meeting April 1. The plan is a guide to various needs throughout the buildings and grounds of the school district from 2019-20 to 2023-24, according to Rick...

Trees removed last year from a playground in Etna have been replaced thanks to an effort by community volunteers and experts from Tree Pittsburgh. Twelve trees were planted at Clarence Fugh Memorial Park and Playground. There were 23 volunteers who turned out to help dig and mulch. “Here’s to 70-plus...

The Pittsburgh Steelers Footballers Basketball team will take on the LLS Stompers in a basketball game fundraiser April 26 at La Roche University in McCandless to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapter. The game will be held at the La Roche University Kerr...

Franklin Park resident Liam Ellis, an eighth grader at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh, located in Hampton, placed second at Carnegie Science Center’s Covestro Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair in the category: Medicine/Health/Biochemistry – Junior Division. His project was titled “The Bacteria Among Us: Do bathrooms have more germs than...

Nick Bogacz is happiest when he’s wearing his official work uniform: a black T-shirt covered in flour. “This is my passion,” says the Hampton resident, who runs Caliente Pizza & Draft House with his wife, Angie. Since 2012, the couple has turned one, small shop into a Pittsburgh pizza empire....

Advocates from six communities presented their challenges and goals related to improving pedestrian and cyclist access and mobility during the second annual North Hills Communities Bike/Ped Summit. Walk Bike Shaler and the Sharpsburg Neighborhood Organization hosted the March 20 meeting at Etna’s Fugh Memorial Social Hall. The Triboro Ecodistrict, composed...

It’s National Library Week April 7 to 13 and Hampton Community Library is celebrating with a variety of things to do, find, read and eat, according to Suzanna Krispli, director of Hampton Community Library. “National Library Week is a chance to make people aware of just how special their library...

Hampton High School hosted its first Talbot Thon on Friday, March 29, at the high school and it was a huge success, raising $55,909.23. The event replaces what was previously known as MiniTHON. A bevy of fun-filled events and activities were held to help raise money for the Children’s Hospital...

Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus in Gibsonia will host a free Earth month celebration with garden giveaways, sustainable tie-dyeing and a book swap. The event will be 2 to 8 p.m. April 13 at 6035 Ridge Road. Co-hosted by 350 Pittsburgh and Chatham’s Falk School of Sustainability and the Environment,...

Two Shaler Area High School students have been recognized by the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association as the top vocalists in the state by being selected for its All-State Chous. Sophomore Zoe Babbit (soprano 1) and junior Alex Almonte (bass 1) started this journey in November when they auditioned into PMEA...

A.W. Beattie Career Center will send Ben Marcouiller, one of its FIRST Robotics student leaders, to compete in April at the World Championships in Detroit for the opportunity to earn a full college scholarship. FIRST Robotics is an international high school robotics competition, in which A.W. Beattie competes as Team...

Experience the music, food, drink and surroundings of “ye olde tymes” at the Deacon’s Pub Night at the Depreciation Lands Museum in Allison Park. The April 6 event will begin at 7 p.m. and feature performances by The Wayward Companions, who specializing in lighthearted traditional historical music. The event includes...

The Hampton Township School District’s Odyssey of the Mind program had seven teams from Central, Poff, and Wyland Elementary Schools participate in the regional Odyssey of the Mind tournament held at Keystone Oaks High School this year on March 2. The Wyland balsa team took first place in their divsion...

All of the Diocesan champions from around the state came together in Johnstown to play and determine a state champ. Blessed Trinity Academy continued their strong season as they competed and came in third place in the state....

The 19th annual Sean T. Smith Memorial — Just a Short Run will be held March 30 benefiting local charities working to eradicate leukemia and blood borne cancers. It is held in honor of Sean who died in 1995 from leukemia at the age of 25, according to his brother...

Millvale Community Library will celebrate National Poetry Month with its second annual poetry fundraiser. The all-ages event will occur at 5 p.m. April 13 at the library, 213 Grant Ave. Admission is $5, with all proceeds benefiting the library’s after-school meal program serving approximately 12 to 20 children daily, according...

Reservations are being accepted for the annual Swing Into Spring Senior Citizens Breakfast. The free breakfast is open to Hampton Township senior citizens and is being held from 8:15 to 10 a.m. on Friday, April 5, at the Hampton Middle School, 4589 School Drive, Allison Park. Breakfast will be prepared...

The Hampton Township School District hosted Hues & Harmony: A Hampton Township School District Fine Arts Festival, last week at the high school. Visual artwork as well as vocal and instrumental music selections were presented as the community showed up to support the arts at the school....

Cheryl McLaughlin of Shaler was captivated by a piece of art hanging in her relative’s home portraying African women wearing dresses in various colorful fabrics. “I’m a fiber artist and the fact that this piece used African fabrics and depicted groups of proud and strong African women together just appealed...

Taste of Shaler was held at Elfinwild Fire Hall on March 23 as the community was treated to foods and beverages from locations throughout the Shaler Area. In addition to the variety of consumable goods, there was also music, student artwork and even a silent auction. The annual event is...

A new police officer is joining the Shaler Township department’s staff of 26 officers. The Shaler commissioners March 12 hired William English III. The township’s Civil Service Commission sanctioned English’s employment. English is replacing officer Gregory Steinmetz, who is retiring in May after 28 years of service, Lt. Sean Frank...

The Shaler Area School Board unanimously voted March 20 to pay more than $524,000 to replace Biles Field’s turf. Montreal-based FieldTurf will provide the artificial turf. Shaler Area used the company when renovating Titan Stadium in 2016. The motion states the replacement is “subject to a notice to proceed following...