Plum Advance Leader category, Page 24

The Plum and South Fayette boys soccer programs were no strangers to each other before meeting Oct. 25 in a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal at Plum High School. In the 2020 first round, the No. 13 Lions rose up and stunned the No. 4 Mustangs, 2-1, in overtime. Last year,...

Forest Hills Carol Lucas sold property at 3810 Greensburg Pike to Morgan Weyels for $159,900. Monroeville Thomas Cocchi sold property at 759 Cottonwood Drive to Pamela Long and Brad Piazza for $190,000. Estate of Patricia Prucnal sold property at 406 Eden Drive to Kirithigavali Balasubraminiam and Vibisanan Gurumurthi for $242,500....

PennDOT spent $925,000 fixing four landslides impacting state-maintained roads in Plum this year. The work on Old Leechburg, Milltown, Leechburg and New Texas roads inconvenienced drivers who had to take detours or find other ways around as the slides were repaired and the roads were rebuilt and resurfaced. The four...

Plum residents who haven’t been by the new municipal center for a while will get to see its latest amenity during the borough’s annual Christmas event. The borough is putting the finishing touches on a new amphitheater outside the municipal center on Old Mine Road. It will be used for...

The driver of a vehicle escaped serious injury Monday after he went off the road and down a hillside along Coxcomb Hill Road in Plum. The crash near the intersection of Kerr Road was reported around noon, according to Plum police Detective Joe Little. Initial reports from emergency dispatchers said...

From the 19th-century writings of Lewis Carroll to the 20th-century lyrics of Grace Slick, rabbits white and otherwise have come to symbolize departures from the ordinary. Plum resident Bob Freyer continues the tradition with his latest art exhibit. “It’s really just taking me away from all the stress and aggravation...

One of Wes Lorish’s main goals throughout the 2023 fall golf season was to make it back to states and have a shot at improving on last year’s tie for 10th place. Moving from the White Course at Penn State over to the Blue Course this year, Lorish moved up...

Churchill Andrew Michael Bell sold property at 1912 Garrick Drive to Hiral Patel for $420,000. Estate of Leonard Hornak sold property at 2525 Greensburg Pike Apt 201 to Francis Tomasic for $192,500. Edgewood Dominic Rugani sold property at 149-151 Race St. to ODUWA Realty LLC for $297,500. Forest Hills Eponymous...

Montour was the only team that didn’t lose to Plum in the regular season. Now the Spartans can say they’ll be the only team that beat the Mustangs in 2023. Behind a pair of goals from Grace Bannon and a sterling performance by goalkeeper Allison Armitage, No. 7 Montour upset...

It was one of the rarer calls rarely seen in a soccer match. In the 56th minute, Plum keeper Owen Zalewski was punting the ball away when the whistle blew and officials deemed he handled the ball outside the 18-yard box before he kicked it and awarded South Fayette a...

The Plum School Board is likely to have at least two new members after the Nov. 7 election. Five of the board’s nine seats are up for election this year. The May primary saw 14 candidates vying for the seats on the Democratic and Republican ballots. The whittled the field...

The Plum girls soccer team scored in the eighth minute to open its WPIAL Class 3A first-round game against Kiski Area on Monday at Plum’s Mustangs Stadium. The No. 2 Mustangs added on from there. Plum had four goals at halftime and cruised to a 6-1 victory over a youthful...

For most teenagers, the transition from high school to college is a giant leap, particularly when it comes to time-management skills. The ability to multi-task gets even harder for those who also play a sport. Dannika Susko didn’t see it that way. In fact, the Plum grad feels like she...

Plum Area Ladies Society Plum Area Ladies Society will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at Plum Community Center, 499 Center New Texas Road. The theme for the refreshments and Friendship Basket is “Fall Harvest.” The speaker, Eric Selinger, is presenting “Rock Talks: Actually, Disco Didn’t Suck.”...

After stopping by the airbrush booth and trying their hand at carnival games, it was time for the Betancourt family and their friends to swing by the food trucks. The group had donned their Halloween costumes to attend the Festival of Honor Sunday at Plum Senior High School. The event...

Voters in Plum will have five people to choose from to fill three council seats in November. Those seeking to vote a straight Democratic ticket will elect a Republican. Three seats on the seven-member council are up for election this year. Two incumbents, Dave Vento and Dan Hadley, are not...

Edgewood John Cresswell sold property at 144 Washington St. to Ryan Prendergast and Robert Ramirez for $540,000. Forest Hills Central Penn Capital Management LLC sold property at 1010 Braddock Road to Heather Fries and Catherine Jane Lachman for $300,000. Matthew Stein sold property at 1265 Brinton Road to Ian Glasgow...

The Plum football team, for the second year in a row, will cap its season Friday with a nonconference matchup against Indiana. The Mustangs last year went out with a bang in a 46-27 victory over Indiana which saw the now-graduated Eryck Moore set the career-yards record for a Plum...

Plum boys soccer coach Raf Kolankowski doesn’t subscribe to the notion the coach should select the captain of his teams. “I usually let the players pick the captains,” he said. “After tryouts, I usually have them make those decisions. The kids know who the leaders are.” This year, his players...

Halloween tours at museum Halloween tours are scheduled for Oct. 20, 21 and 27 at the Kerr Memorial Museum, 402 Delaware Ave., Oakmont. Tour the museum and learn how Halloween was celebrated in the Victorian Era. Reservations are required. Cost is $35. Call 412-826-9295, and leave your name and telephone...

A festival created after a tragedy that shook the Plum community more than a decade ago is returning in the wake of another. After a six-year absence, the Plum Borough Education Association, the school district’s teachers union, is bringing back its Festival of Honor to support Rustic Ridge families affected...

Churchill Rhonda Miller sold property at 12 Garden Ter to Katherine Anne Kefalos for $160,000. Edgewood Clarence Paul Enterprises LLC sold property at 323 Coal St. to 325 Coal St. LLC for $25,000. Susan McBride sold property at 128 Lincoln Ave. to Christopher Scott for $396,000. Aarika Taylor Turpin sold...

Gabriel Powell has the PIAA cross country championships on his mind as the days become fewer and fewer before the WPIAL’s top races of the year take center stage Oct. 26 at White Oak Park. The Plum senior finished 32nd at last year’s WPIAL Class 3A meet at Cal (Pa.),...

Tasso Whipple and Ben Grabowski spearheaded the Warriors rushing attack as Penn-Trafford ran its way to victory over Plum, 21-6, on Friday night. Grabowski and Whipple combined for 281 rushing yards. The win put the Warriors one step closer to a playoff birth. Grabowski scored all three P-T touchdowns while...

Tasso Whipple and Ben Grabowski spearheaded the Warriors rushing attack as Penn-Trafford ran its way to victory over Plum, 21-6, on Friday night. Grabowski and Whipple combined for 281 rushing yards. The win put the Warriors one step closer to a playoff birth. Grabowski scored all three P-T touchdowns while...