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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Ingomar Garden Club announces winners of student contest
Each year members of the Ingomar Garden Club help local school students cut through the red tape of submitting entries for contests by doing preliminary judging — and awarding prizes — before sending them off to state and national competitions. The chair of the 74-year-old organization’s awards committee and several...
North Hills communities aim to trim deer population
The herds of roaming deer causing vehicle accidents, spreading Lyme disease through the ticks they carry and gnawing away at expensive landscaping may soon have one less place in the North Hills to escape the hunter’s snare. McCandless council has given town planning commission member Dan Kortum the green light...
‘Zombies of the Corn’ haunted attraction set for 8th season of frightful fun in Freedom
Weekends are about to get a little spookier. The interactive Zombies of the Corn haunted attraction is set to open for its eighth season Sept. 25 and 26 at the 70-acre Three Rivers Paintball compound along Rochester Road in Freedom, Beaver County. “With fright levels for all ages, October is...
Northern Tier Library celebrates Love Your Library campaign
This month, Northern Tier Library will celebrate its fourth annual Love Your Library campaign. All donations made to the Northern Tier Library during the month of September will receive a prorated match from the Buncher Foundation. Drop off a check, or donate online. The library is also hosting a plant...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 30
Pine Dan Ryan Bldrs Mid Atlantic LLC sold property at 156 Alder Drive to Brian Justin and Nicole Kathleen Kelm for $548,519. Riviera Land Partners L.P. sold property at 131 Birch Drive to Armando Roberto and Lina Pazos for $171,700. Andrew Maher sold property at 203 Gander Drive to Stephen...
14 WPIAL players nominated for All-American soccer games
Fourteen WPIAL players have a chance to play in the country’s premier soccer all-star games. The watch list for the 10th High School All-American Game was announced this week and the WPIAL is well-represented, particularly on the girls side with 11 of the 30 nominees from Pennsylvania coming from District...
Couple attacked by dog at North Park when defending their dog
A man and a woman were injured while trying to defend their dog at an Allegheny County dog park on Saturday. Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs said police and medics were called to North Park Dog Park because of a dog fight and reported bites shortly after 10:15 a.m. Saturday....
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 23
Pine Robert J Cinq Mars Jr. sold property at 114 Redbud Ct to Hessameddin Babaee and Maryan Bahramvandi for $599,000. Maronda Homes LLC sold property at 376 Trinity Way to Norenne Cole for $407,284. Richland Patrick Keenan sold property at 222 Carters Grove Drive to Brian Michael Stein for $192,000....
Depreciation Lands Museum open for the season
The Depreciation Lands Museum in Hampton Township opened for the season on Aug. 16. It will remain open from 1-4 p.m. each Sunday through the end of October. Jonathan Klemens, vice president of the museum, said that the buildings and exhibits are roped off to ensure social distancing and that...
Pa. lawsuit alleges Chipotle keeping the change with cash-paying customers
A lawsuit seeking class-action status contends that Chipotle stores in Pennsylvania are not giving proper change to customers and instead are lining their pockets with it. The complaint, filed Thursday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, alleges hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of dollars in consumer losses....
Northern Tier Library updates and programs
Northern Tier Library is now open to the public. A limited number of people are allowed in the building at one time to ensure social distancing, but appointments no longer need to be made to visit. Contactless lobby pickup is still available. Temporary hours are Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The...
Pine Township officials seek to fill library board vacancy, designate federal covid-19 grant applicant
Pine Township officials seek to have new representation on the Northern Tier Regional Library board after a resident resigned from the appointed post. Supervisors accepted the resignation of Catherine Boyle at Tuesday night’s meeting. Boyle had served on the library board for about five years. She was reappointed in 2018....
Pine Creek Journal-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Pine Showcase Properties LLC sold property at 177 Alder Drive to Angelia Renee Misenheimer for $495,000. NVR Inc. sold property at 504 Cambridge Court to John and Jenelle Witt for $751,625. Sean Paul Sweeney sold property at 1010 Pleasant Ridge Drive to Thomas and Maura Wilson for $560,000. Pine Development...
Pine-Richland delaying start of school year
The Pine-Richland School District is delaying the start of classes by five days to give staff more time collect the textbooks and technology students used last year and distribute new materials for the upcoming school year. The district initially planned for the first day of school to begin on Wednesday,...
Pine Township man recognized as ‘Big of the Year’ for Pennsylvania by Big Brothers Big Sisters
Brady Smith concedes that his description of family life while growing up in southern New Jersey may seem overly idyllic to some people. But the nurturing he received from his parents not only helped shape him as an adult, it served as a foundation for Smith’s efforts to help others....
Pizza party held to mark 1918 ‘pandemic’ baby’s 102nd birthday 
Mary Cassesse’s family never really spoke about the worldwide Spanish Flu outbreak that claimed the lives of an estimated 50 million people the year she was born. But learning later in life about the events that gripped the world in 1918 made her realize how lucky she was to have...
Richland Township real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 10
Richland John Cunningham sold property at 5520 Clearview Road to Matthew Heckathorn and Shannon Carlson for $243,000. Real Estate Transactions are provided by RealSTATs. Contact RealSTATs at 412-381-3880 or visit www.RealSTATs.net....
First Commonwealth Bank to close 29 locations, including 4 in Alle-Kiski Valley 
Ashley Coudriet wasn’t happy to hear that First Commonwealth Bank on Leechburg’s Market Street is scheduled to close its doors in December. She and her husband own several rental properties in the Leechburg area and do all of the banking for their rental business there. “It’s been so nice. I...
Pine-Richland School District offering options for late-August return to school
The Pine-Richland School District has developed a return-to-school plan that offers students a choice of attending classes in person the entire week in some buildings, online only or a mix of the two methods. School is scheduled to begin on Aug. 26, but school officials stressed that the plans could...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions, Aug. 2
Pine Michael Breen sold property at 603 Grandview Drive to Masaki and Suzuko Tsukashita for $1,100,000. Bertram Lott Jr. sold property at 108 Northbrook Drive to Michael and Christine Breen for $552,000. Jill Urschler sold property at 4001 Village Run Road to Vincent Colianni for $310,000. Richland Special Place Properties...
WPIAL football recruits share written scholarship offers as Aug. 1 arrives
Now, it’s in writing. Aug. 1 is the date each year that college football teams are first able to give written scholarship offers to high school seniors, and many of the recruits shared them Saturday on social media. The Class of 2021 still can’t sign a National Letter of Intent...
Bridge work will close Pa. Turnpike between Allegheny Valley, Pittsburgh exits early Sunday
The placement of beams for the Unity-Trestle Road bridge in Plum will require a five-hour closure of the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s eastbound lanes beginning late Saturday night. The Turnpike will be closed between the Allegheny Valley (Exit 48) in Harmar and Pittsburgh (Exit 57) exit in Monroeville, from 11:49 p.m. on...
Pine Township booking reservations for splash pad
North Hills residents looking for a way to help their kids beat the summer heat can now make a reservation to use Pine Township’s splash pad for free. To adhere to coronavirus guidelines issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state health department, the splash...
Dayton extends 1st Division I offers to 3 WPIAL football recruits
Three WPIAL football players drew their first Division I offers from the same Ohio school. Dayton’s coaching staff extended offers last week to North Catholic’s Nick Maher and Seneca Valley teammates Jimmy Royal and Josh Miller. All three are rising seniors. Maher is a 6-foot-2, 200-pound wide receiver and linebacker....
AMS club swimmers earn All-American status
Allegheny Mountain Swimming recently announced its swimmers who earned scholastic All-American honors for the 2018-19 academic year based on requirements set by USA Swimming. The All-American recognition combines the swimmer’s accomplishments in the pool for his or her club programs as well as achievements in the classroom. To make the...


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