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In Brief: Community movie night, difficult to recycle collection, and more in Pine, Richland
Community movie night Bakerstown Alliance Church will host a free community movie night at 5 p.m. Nov. 22 in the upper sanctuary. The event will feature the movie “Just Mercy,” which chronicles world-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson’s fight to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner. The movie...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 15
Pine Villas of English Farms L.P. sold property at 512 Cambridge Ct to NVR Inc. for $182,900. Joseph Schmidt sold property at 211 E Wild Cherry Drive to Peter and Megan Rooke for $737,500. Eugene Golembiewski trustee sold property at 4107 Fairway Drive to William and Laura Pesa Wolfe for...
Pine-Richland routs Peters Township, wins WPIAL championship in 5th classification 
Pine-Richland already had WPIAL football titles in Class 2A, 3A, 4A and 6A, and after a dominant performance on Saturday, the Rams added 5A to the list. The top-seeded Rams rolled to a 35-0 win over Peters Township in the Class 5A championship game at North Allegheny’s Newman Stadium. Pine-Richland...
Pine-Richland cross country teams have season to remember
Pine-Richland’s cross-country program had its best season since joining Class 3A in 1998 with the boys team finishing fifth at WPIALs and the girls being runners-up to North Allegheny. Victor Williams, Meredith Price and Angelina Hunkele also individually qualified for states despite less available spots available due to covid-19 restrictions....
Dominant linemen pave way for Pine-Richland
Jared Miller and Coleman Mazur paused a drill during a Pine-Richland practice before the Class 5A WPIAL championship game to explain gap responsibilities against a specific Peters Township offensive set. The Rams’ defensive line coaches positioned each of the starters and repeated their roles until Miller addressed the group. “I...
Potent Pine-Richland offense, star-studded Peters Township secondary meet in Class 5A finals
A prolific passing game. A dynamic defensive secondary. Put them together and you have Pine-Richland vs. Peters Township in the WPIAL Class 5A football championship. The teams’ strengths will be tested when they clash at 7 p.m. Saturday at North Allegheny. It’s no secret that the top-seeded Rams (8-0) love...
In Brief: Festival of Trees, Thanksgiving food drives and more in Pine, Richland
Festival of Trees Hosanna Industries is playing host to its ninth annual Festival of Trees on Nov. 20 and 21. The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 20, when Santa is scheduled to make an appearance. The hours on Nov. 21 are 9 a.m. to 2...
Pine-Richland girls volleyball thrives in trying circumstances
Pine-Richland’s volleyball program has had three head coaches in four years, and the most recent season was temporarily in limbo, not only because of covid-19 but also because of a coaching change two days before tryouts. To say the team’s seniors have been through a lot might be an understatement....
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 8
Pine Showcase Properties LLC sold property at 224 Abbacy Drive to Matthew David and Brittany Lauren Sundo for $476,937. Gregory Verbanac sold property at 303 Fairgate Drive to Andre and Andriana Wollmann trustee for $323,500. Chad Pritchard sold property at 605 Fairgate Drive to Lisa Marie Schmidt for $338,000. Estate...
The Week: North Hills – Nov. 1-7, 2020 
Here are some recent Tribune-Review news stories and features from the North Hills. For more details on these and other stories, follow the links below or find more news at TribLIVE.com. Female police officer claims sexual harassment in suit against ex-McCandless chief, lieutenant A McCandless police officer is suing the...
Pine Richland student news for the week of Nov. 7
Participate in Cybersecurity Fair Slippery Rock University students Christopher Galbraith, a senior dual major in accounting and corporate security; Zachary Neal, a junior computing major; and Collin Shaffer, a junior information systems major, all three from Gibsonia, participated in the university’s Seventh Annual Cybersecurity Fair. The fair, which took place...
Pine-Richland aerial attack too much for Penn-Trafford in Class 5A semifinals
Pine-Richland may have dropped in classification this season, but the Rams still seem to be in a class by themselves. The top-ranked team in the state in Class 5A, Pine-Richland used its go-to pass combination of quarterback Cole Spencer and Eli Jochem and its big-play offense to brush aside visiting...
Trib HSSN football players to watch in Week 9
Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 9: Terrell Booth Serra Catholic, jr., WR/OLB Booth (5-11, 175) caught seven passes for 141 yards and two touchdowns to help No. 7 Serra Catholic upset No. 2 McGuffey, 21-14, in the WPIAL Class 2A opening round last week....
Unofficial results: Mercuri likely to defeat Skopov in race for 28th state House seat
Voters in the North Hills tasked with filling the seat vacated by former Speaker of the House Mike Turzai will likely keep the seat in the GOP’s hands. Republican Rob Mercuri of Pine is on track to defeat Democrat Emily Skopov of Marshall to win a two-year term as the...
With narrow lead U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb declares victory over Republican challenger Sean Parnell 
U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb declared victory Wednesday night as incomplete results showed the Democratic incumbent take a whisker-close lead over Republican challenger Sean Parnell, with barely 700 votes separating the candidates in the hotly watched race for the 17th Congressional District. By noon Thursday, Lamb’s lead had grown to about...
Republican challenger Sean Parnell’s lead over U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb narrows
Republican challenger Sean Parnell led U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb late Wednesday afternoon in the high-profile 17th Congressional District race, but Lamb narrowed the lead throughout the day, according to unofficial and incomplete returns. As of 4 p.m., Parnell had collected 53.2% of the votes counted compared to Lamb’s 46.8%, a...
Cowboys plan to bench Pine-Richland’s Ben DiNucci against Steelers
Mike Tomlin doesn’t know who the Pittsburgh Steelers will face at quarterback Sunday when they face the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. Thing is, neither do the Cowboys. Tomlin said at his weekly press conference Tuesday that the Steelers were preparing to face former Cincinnati Bengals starter Andy Dalton, who...
Pine proposes belt-tightening instead of tax hike to make up for income lost to pandemic
Pine officials plan to implement a series of belt-tightening saving measures next year instead of raising taxes to make up for an expected drop in revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic. To counter an anticipated 6% reduction in overall revenue for the General Fund next year, spending will be reduced...
In brief: Dean’s list, Women’s Business Network and more in Pine, Richland
Dean’s list Therese Blume of Allison Park was one of nearly 600 University of Dallas undergraduate students named to the spring 2020 Dean’s List for earning a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher. Blume is majoring in English. Women’s Business Network Part networking group, part mastermind group, WBN provides members...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 1
Pine Cavalier Land Partn. L.P. sold property at Unknown Address to NVR Inc. for $362,400. Showcase Properties LLC sold property at 203 Abbacy Drive to Robert Michael and Vittoria Dowds for $500,379. Todd Krause sold property at 2027 Condor Ln to Donald and Stacy Splitstone for $804,000. Prem Sagar Nagrath...
Pine-Richland’s Waryanka pulls double duty as force on defense, reliable kicker
Most teams don’t account for blocking the kicker on returns, but a player such as Zach Waryanka doesn’t give them much of a choice. He does, after all, top Pine-Richland’s charts in tackles. “He’s awesome,” coach Eric Kasperowicz said. “I think he’s the only ‘mike’ linebacker that wears one football...
Pine-Richland girls soccer sends off successful group of seniors
Pine-Richland’s girls soccer team had an early exit from the playoffs, a 1-0 loss to Moon, but the players weren’t quite ready to disband. Two days after their season officially ended, the Rams held one more practice filled with more ghouls than goals. “I think every senior is getting ready...
QB Cole Spencer sets Pine-Richland TD pass record in win over South Fayette
Cole Spencer and Eli Jochem quietly played catch on the sideline in their sophomore season while Pine-Richland played defense, getting in as many throws as possible before trying to replicate their connection on offense. It wasn’t obvious at the time, but the two would become one of the most explosive...
Girl Scouts holding Thanksgiving food drive at McCandless Crossing Nov. 1, 14
A local Girl Scout troop will be holding a food drive at McCandless Crossing on two Saturdays in November to help needy families during the holidays. Girls from Troop #36774 will be at the shopping center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 1 and 14. Donations will be...
Polling places: Where to vote in Richland and Pine
Election day is Nov. 3. The Allegheny County Elections Division said all 1,323 polling locations will be open that day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone in line at 8 p.m. will still be allowed the vote, according to the county’s website. Poll workers will be provided masks, gloves,...


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