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Sewickley Community Center food pantry serving more families during outbreak
The second and fourth Wednesday of each month, a team of volunteers works in the Sewickley Community Center food pantry, distributing to about six or seven Quaker Valley-area families staples like cereal, diapers and toothpaste. Since the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent closure of businesses have caused lost wages, the number...
Sewickley cancels tax collection hours
Sewickley officials announced Tuesday that due to the current stay-at-home order issued by Gov. Tom Wolf, collection hours at the borough building for 2020 borough real estate taxes have been canceled. Payments can be mailed to Jordan Tax Service Inc., 102 Rahway Road, McMurray, PA 15317 or made online at...
Quaker Valley students participate in first day of remote learning
Quaker Valley students completed school lessons from their beds, desks and kitchen tables Tuesday as the district officially moved to remote learning. The district, like all others in the state, has been closed since March 16 due to the covid-19 outbreak. At that time, Gov. Tom Wolf announced schools would...
Beth Samuel and Christ Church get creative with services
Beth Samuel Jewish Center The center is at 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. For information, visit beth samuel.org or contact beth samuel office@comcast.net or 724-266-5238. The center will host live audio podcasts at the following times: • 6 p.m. April 3 - Family-friendly Shabbat service • 10 a.m. April 4 -...
Sewickley library remains closed, offers online resources
Sewickley Public Library announced Sunday that the facility will remain closed until at least April 6. In addition, due dates for borrowed materials have been extended and fines will not be imposed during this time. Library card holders can access free online materials, including ebooks. Visit www.sewickleypubliclibrary.org for information. For...
Sewickley-area real estate transactions for the week of March 23
Aleppo Estate of Alfred Lloyd Grimm sold property at 1255 Merriman Road to Christopher Grimm and Teresa Enzerra for $69,500. Bell Acres Roy Lilly Jr. sold property at 182 Camp Meeting Road Ext. to Michael and Jodi Dowling for $425,000. Edgeworth John Pugh sold property at 446 Beaver Road to...
Heritage Valley opens coronavirus test site in Moon
Heritage Valley Health System is opening a covid-19 drive through test collection site at the Heritage Valley Moon Township Medical Neighborhood, 935 Thorn Run Road, Moon Township. Beginning March 31, the testing location will operate from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This is Heritage Valley’s second...
Sewickley’s popular Memorial Day parade canceled
This year’s Sewickley Memorial Day parade would have marked 129 years, making it one of the oldest in the commonwealth. But the group responsible for the event has decided to forgo the tradition this year. “As a country and community, we’re doing what we can do,” said Brian Jeffe, who,...
Animal Friends announces layoffs, pay cuts
Animal Friends is one of the latest organizations to announce temporary layoffs, reduction of hours and pay cuts for their employees due to the covid-19 crisis. “This was an incredibly difficult decision to make. And as heartbreaking as it is, we simply have to make these temporary, deep cuts in...
Sweetwater furloughs staff during closure
Sweetwater Center for the Arts has announced that their administrative staff has been been placed on leave. Signed by Barbara Pontello, board of directors chairwoman, and Thomas Walters, executive director, the announcement indicated that the art center will follow local school districts and direction from the state Department of Health...
Sewickley’s Tull theater offering online screenings
The Tull Family Theater is thinking outside the box (office) and continues to provide cultural experiences despite social distancing. By going to the nonprofit’s website, www.thetullfamilytheater.org, cinefiles have access to new theatrical releases online. “The virtual programming is an effort to stay engaged with our audience and continue adding value...
Sewickley parking enforcement temporarily suspended
The Sewickley Borough Parking Authority has suspended all parking meter enforcement until March 30 in order to reduce interactions with the public. The parking authority meets at 6 p.m. March 31. Due to the stay-at-home order, the authority suggests residents send comments to parking@sewickleyborough.org. To listen in, call 605-313-5111, pin...
Heritage Valley offers coronavirus testing
Heritage Valley Health System held a day of covid-19 testing Monday at the Heritage Valley Center Township Medical Neighborhood. Seventy-one patients with physician orders were tested as the health system trialed the process. Community testing will continue at the Center Township location from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays...
Sewickley Spring Market canceled
The 2020 Sewickley Spring Market, formerly May Mart, has been cancelled. Sponsored by the Sewickley Civic Garden Council, the event was scheduled to be held May 9 on Broad Street. The event, in its 55th year, featured community organizations, nurseries and local garden clubs....
Sewickley Herald dinner canceled
The Sewickley Herald Honors Dinner, like many events around the country, has been canceled due to the spread of the novel coronavirus. Held annually to recognize a Man, Woman, Citizen and Emerging Citizen of the Year, the event traditionally takes place in May at the Edgeworth Club. More than 40...
Sewickley, Coraopolis VFW to unveil new veterans memorial
The bronze doughboy statue has stood outside the Keith-Holmes Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 402 building in Coraopolis since the mid-1970s. This spring, it will receive refinishing work and become part of a new Veterans War Memorial Park that honors veterans of all six service branches who served in every...
Ben Roethlisberger on ‘lockdown,’ urges others to stay homeVideo
Ben Roethlisberger gave the world a glimpse of what his life has been like the past week while he and his family are voluntarily quarantined during the coronavirus pandemic. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback was seen in a tweet shared Friday afternoon by the official team account that showed an intimate...
Sweetwater turns ‘Three States of Glass’ into online exhibition
As businesses temporarily shut their doors to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, they’ve also gotten creative with how they are using technology to stay afloat during these uncertain times. At Sweetwater Center for the Arts here in Sewickley, the “Three States of Glass” exhibition was originally scheduled to...
Heritage Valley scanning all visitors at hospitals, including Sewickley, to help stop spread of coronavirus
Heritage Valley Health System has implemented additional visitation procedures and restrictions at its three hospitals in an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus. The new protocol begins Friday at Heritage Valley Sewickley, Beaver and Kennedy. All visitors will be directed to one entrance at each facility, and scanned for...
Sewickley businesses, and their employees, try to stay afloat in midst of outbreakVideo
He identified himself only as Chip, no last name. “I’m not giving that out,” he said. Yet, his message was clear on the day after Gov. Tom Wolf ordered the closing of nonessential businesses. A clerk at Big Bang Comics on Broad Street in Sewickley, Chip was in the closed...
Sewickley Herald moves to new building
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Quaker Valley, Sewickley Academy close in accordance with Gov. Wolf’s order
In accordance with Gov. Tom Wolf’s order that all Pennsylvania schools shut down for 10 days, Quaker Valley School District and Sewickley Academy will be closed temporarily. Quaker Valley announced on their website that spring break will resume as scheduled from March 16-20, and then all schools will be closed...
Sewickley waives event fees, for now
A fee imposed on organizations that hold events in Sewickley has been temporarily waived after several complaints about its burden. Representatives from the Rotary Club of Quaker Valley and Sewickley Chamber of Commerce, among others, spoke against the fee during the borough council meeting Tuesday. Though they approved it just...
Quaker Valley athlete of the week: Patrick Cutchember
Patrick Cutchember School: Quaker Valley Sport: Wrestling Class: Sophomore Claim to fame: Patrick Cutchember capped off Quaker Valley’s wrestling season with a seventh-place finish at 182 pounds and a trip to the podium at states. He won three of his five matches, and his only losses, one of which was...
Sewickley Academy athlete of the week: JJ Jardini
JJ Jardini School: Sewickley Academy Sport: Basketball Class: Junior Claim to fame: JJ Jardini draws inspiration from plenty of sources. Three years ago, it was watching her cousin Maddie Simpson win the WPIAL championship with Chartiers-Houston. This season, it was with her younger sister on the team. And sometimes she...
