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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of April 2, 2023
Bellevue Scott Janeda sold property at 654 Highland Pl to Michael Petik for $232,500. Andoni Marquez sold property at 422 Teece Ave. to Colin and Brianna May for $322,150. Christopher Driscoll sold property at 100 Watkins Ave. to John Kocka for $678,000. Etna Joseph Missenda sold property at 13 Catherine...
Students at Indiana Township’s Blessed Trinity Academy excel in forensics
Fear of public speaking may be prevalent, but not among a group of Blessed Trinity Academy students. The Indiana Township school’s forensics team impressed judges with their oratorical skills, racking up numerous awards during its post-pandemic return to competition for 2022-23. As part of a forensics league for Diocese of...
In brief: Class reunion, children’s fishing and more in the Shaler area
50th class reunion Shaler Area High School’s class of 1973 is looking for classmates as they plan their 50th high school reunion. Send contact information to shaler73reunion@gmail.com. Children’s fishing Bring the kids fishing at 8 a.m. April 1 at Fawcett Fields on McElheny Road. Allison Park Sportsmen’s Club will stock...
With sustained success, Shaler boys volleyball sheds underdog label
Zac Wurzer isn’t disappointed that the Shaler boys volleyball team can’t hide behind its previous identity as scrappy underdogs. The Titans have become a perennial contender for WPIAL and state success. What will be different this season is the Titans will carry the expectations that come with sustained success. Shaler...
Shaler softball expects tough early schedule to pay dividends
Tom Sorce didn’t want to see the Shaler softball team have a schedule full of guaranteed wins. The Titans softball coach asked the athletic director to give the team a nonsection slate full of games that would provide a test. What Shaler got was a schedule full of opponents from...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of March 26, 2023
Bellevue Scott Janeda sold property at 654 Highland Pl to Michael Petik for $232,500. Andoni Marquez sold property at 422 Teece Ave. to Colin and Brianna May for $322,150. Christopher Driscoll sold property at 100 Watkins Ave. to John Kocka for $678,000. Etna Joseph Missenda sold property at 13 Catherine...
Officials identify human remains found in Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar woods
Allegheny County Police on Friday revealed the identity of human remains found in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood. The remains were identified as Kaylene Oehling of Etna, who went missing in early 2020. Her remains were found Sunday by hunters in a wooded area near the 1200 block of Washington Boulevard, officials...
Iannuzzi sworn in as new Etna councilman
Etna Borough officials swore in Brad Iannuzzi as a new council member to fill the vacancy of councilman Greg Porter’s term. The decision was announced at the March 21 borough council meeting. The borough appointed Iannuzzi, a Democrat, from a pool of three candidates, to serve until Jan. 1, 2024,...
Contractor accused of bilking Pine residents out of $185K awaiting trial in 3 other fraud cases
Northern Regional Police accused a home remodeling contractor who is awaiting trial for three separate fraud cases with collecting more than $185,000 in payments from two Pine residents and then walking off the jobs before the work was finished. Sean Vincent Hein, 36, of the 500 block of Bauerlein Street...
Shaler area student news for the week of March 21, 2023
Hunter Gray, Jason Rau and Ashlyn Wightman were named to the dean’s list at Thiel College for the fall 2022 semester. Lauren Graper and Calley Reelan made the dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for the fall 2022 semester. David Kondracuik made the dean’s list at Geneva College for...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of March 19, 2023
Bellevue Denise Estep sold property at 33 Greenough Ave. to Isolution Space LLC for $65,000. Adam Charles Blind sold property at 49-51 S Balph Ave. to Roman Empire Holdings LLC for $335,000. Bradford Woods Tulika Ranjan sold property at 100 Burry Road to Claye and Nichol Greene for $1,170,000. Franklin...
Shaler Area School Board approves adding new firefighting class
High school students in the Shaler Area School District will have the opportunity to receive training as firefighters beginning next school year. Members of the Shaler Area School Board voted 7-0 to approve a new course, “Essentials of Firefighting at the Allegheny County Firefighting Academy” for the 2023-24 school year....
CoStar Brewing breaks ground on Etna brew pub
For more than a decade, the crew that owns CoStar Brewing had looked for a place in the area to open a brew pub, but they weren’t able to find anything suitable. Then, the borough of Etna reached out to CoStar co-founders Dominic Cincotta and Jeff and Caitlyn Hanna. On...
3 blighted Shaler properties receive county funding for demolition
Three blighted properties in Shaler can now be demolished thanks to a $45,000 grant from Allegheny County. The properties are at 503 Little Pine Creek Road, 1076 William Flynn Highway and 1037 Saxonburg Blvd. Township engineer Matt Sebastian visited the three properties and presented photos showing their deteriorating conditions at...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of March 12, 2023
Bellevue US Bank Trust NA trustee sold property at 466 Dawson Ave. to Cameron Guy Konieczny for $94,501. Daniel Turkovich sold property at 503 Highland Pl to Brett Wagner and Angela Semple for $197,400. Roy Peterson Jr. sold property at 20 Rheams Ave. to Jacob Dubois for $132,916. Lori Johnston...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of March 5, 2023
Bellevue Joseph Stanley DeWitt sold property at 528 Division Ave. to Keith and Melissa Mihelcic for $210,000. Joseph Winghart sold property at 118 N Jackson Ave. to Kiran Markenday and Tarun Sonkhya for $155,000. Estate of John Czajkowski sold property at 119 S Harrison Ave. to Rosemary Rojas for $188,000....
Shaler Area Unified bocce teams face each other in playoffs
As if it were not nerve-wracking enough having two teams from the same school playing each other in the same sport, imagine that scenario pitting sister against brother. That’s exactly what’s about to play out on the bocce court in the first round of the playoffs Wednesday at Gateway High...
Shaler Area School District news for the week of Feb. 28, 2023
Extra Mile Awardees The Shaler Area School District’s Kim Baysek-Young Extra Mile Award recognizes district employees who have gone above and beyond for Shaler Area students or to contribute to the success of the school district. Members of the community nominated teachers, custodians, administrators and more, celebrating the ways these...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of Feb. 26, 2023
Bellevue Estate of Emily Marx sold property at 44 N Harrison Ave. to Jessie Leonard and Brynn Mahoney for $230,000. Richard Herak sold property at 120 S Bryant Ave. to NYXQ31201 LLC for $105,100. Bradford Woods Patricia Brown sold property at 82 Mystic Hbr to Victor Battaglia Jr. and Sara...
Annual Etna Street Skate set for Sunday on Butler Street
Holding an outdoor ice skating event can be a little tricky at the end of a week where the temperature has risen to an unseasonable 70 degrees. But folks in Etna anticipating the 2023 Street Skate event need not worry. When Butler St. transforms into an outdoor ice rink Sunday...
Greg Porter resigns from Etna Borough council
After spending roughly a decade serving on the Etna Borough council, first ward councilman Greg Porter submitted his resignation due to conflicts created by his new job as director of Ross/Westview Emergency Medical Services. At its Feb, 21 meeting, the Etna Borough Council voted 8-1 to accept Porter’s resignation. Porter...
Penn-Trafford scores in final seconds to beat Shaler for 1st playoff win since 2015
Penn-Trafford had to work for it, but the feeling was all worthwhile. Junior guard Olivia Pepple made a layup with 3.8 seconds left to lift the eighth-seeded Warriors to a 29-28 victory over No. 9 Shaler in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round game Tuesday night in Harrison City. It was...
Shaler area student news for the week of Feb. 21, 2023
Madelyn Kramer and Emma Szymanski were named to the dean’s list at Saint Francis University for the fall 2022 semester. Lydia Nebiolo was named to the dean’s list at Frostburg State University for the fall 2022 semester. Youngstown State University students Alexis Cerny and Luke Franks were named to the...
Shaler girls grab hard-earned playoff spot in season to remember
Awards from youth basketball camps aren’t items that Hanna DeJidas will likely be submitting with college applications. But the junior guard on the Shaler girls basketball team likely won’t forget winning them either. The foundation for the Titans program was laid with tokens of appreciation from varsity coach Cornelious Nesbit....
Shaler notebook: Titans make themselves at home in playoffs
This winter, making the playoffs was standard operating procedure for the Shaler athletic department. The Titans saw plenty of teams earn a chance to move on to the next level of competition. The Shaler boys basketball, girls basketball, boys bowling, girls bowling and two unified bocce teams all earned spots...


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