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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Etna EcoDistrict enjoying success, making big plans for future
Architect Christine Mondor views the “stone soup” European folk tale — people each parting with meager ingredients until a soup is prepared that satisfies everyone — as a metaphor for the Etna EcoDistrict planning process. “We’ve spent the past two years creating visions, and you all have been bringing things...
Millvale Days jam-packed with music, food, events
The community has worked together to plan this year’s Millvale Days. “Everybody in Millvale just wanted to be involved this year, which was different than every other year. There were people that once it got out that we needed help, a bunch of people stepped up,” event co-chairperson Tyler Machajewski...
Small fire at Etna warehouse where spring blaze destroyed luxury cars
A small fire early Friday caused nearly no damage at an Etna warehouse that burned in May, causing millions of dollars in damage to luxury cars that were stored there, the borough’s police chief said. Workers are shoring up the area that was damaged in the earlier fire and a...
Marzolf Primary sensory path helps students learn through play
Marzolf Primary School students hop on lily pads, tightrope walk along twigs and spin atop vibrantly painted waves on their playground sidewalk. The fun activity improves kindergarten through third-graders’ motor skills and increases classroom engagement. Over the summer, art teacher Therasa Joseph designed the sensory path, an obstacle course requiring...
Shaler Area launches Go Bucket project
The Shaler Area District Parent Council, in partnership with the district, is launching a new initiative in the 2019-20 school year to help teachers be more prepared for an emergency situation. The District Parent Council, which includes representative parent-teacher organization members from each building, organized the Go Bucket project to...
Etna gears up for annual Art Tour
The Fifth Annual Etna Art Tour will take place on Sept. 21, from 5 to 9 p.m. on Butler Street between Bridge and Freeport Streets. This year’s tour will bring local artists, businesses, residents and performers together for a one-night art, music and food extravaganza. Three art galleries will be...
Blessed Trinity Academy hires new principal
Blessed Trinity Academy (BTA) students met new principal Moira Regan Edmiston on their first day of school, Aug. 26. She spent four years as Baltimore-based Folio Collaborative’s professional development director. Folio provides technology that teachers at 150 schools use for classroom observation, goal setting and evaluation. Regan Edmiston, 46, of...
Shaler-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 26, 2019
Etna Estate of Mary Sue Pasqua sold property at 172 High St. to Vincent Pasqua Jr. and Diane Pasqua for $30,000. Micah Tozer sold property at 15 Spring St. to Michael Gent and Natalie Onorato for $127,500. Shaler Justin Middleton sold property at 1035 Anderson Road to Graebel Relocation Services...
Shaler Area welcomes second school resource officer
Shaler Area School District has hired Millvale police Officer Brenan Jackson as its second school resource officer. The school board voted Aug. 21 to approve a three-year contract with Millvale, starting with the 2019-20 school year, for the school resource officer position. “We’re excited to be more of an integral...
Shaler man pleads guilty to sharing child porn
A Shaler man pleaded guilty to one count of sharing child porn on the internet, the U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh announced Wednesday. Brian R. Reddinger, 36, pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon. In 2017, he pleaded not guilty to three child pornography counts. When he changed his...
Police departments create video on keeping Shaler Area students safe
The Police Departments in the Shaler Area School District — Shaler, Etna, Millvale, and Reserve — are united in a traffic safety initiative for school zone and school bus safety. They would like to thank their partners with the Shaler Area School District, SATV, and the ABC Transit, Inc for...
Shaler Township Community Yard Sale slated for Sept. 7
Shaler Community Yard Sale The Shaler Township Community Yard Sale is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 7 in Kiwanis Park. Register for a space to sell items or stop by to purchase some treasures. The cost to set up a table is $15 per parking space, and...
Millvale’s Music in the Gardens an intimate community event
The community was invited to enjoy entertainment, food and fun Aug. 25 as perfect weather helped make Music in the Gardens in Millvale a success. Sponsored by the Neighborhood Allies Love My Neighbor! program, the Gardens of Millvale was the site of this intimate community event....
Gallery: Shaler Area hosts kickoff to 2019 football season
A crisp, cool evening was the perfect way to kickoff the 2019 high school football season as Shaler Area hosted New Castle in a back-and-forth, non-conference battle that saw the Titans come up on the wrong side of a 34-27 score. The team will be back in action Friday night...
Shaler Area grad proud to be part of U.S. Navy
“We Build, We Fight” has been the motto of the U. S. Navy’s Construction Force, known as the “Seabees,” for more than 75 years. Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Porter, a 2017 Shaler Area High School graduate and native of Etna, builds and fights around the world as a member...
Shaler purchases Stoneridge Park for recreational activities
Shaler commissioners have approved the township’s $30,250 purchase of land that it has leased from Stoneridge Covenant Church in Allison Park for years. “This is an opportunity for us to square off a purchase on Dressel Road — that’s the area between the church and the parking lot that fronts...
History of Shalercrest chronicled in local man’s book
Pittsburgh’s factories overhauled production during World War II to provide steel, cement, weapons and vehicles to assist with defense efforts. To combat a severe housing shortage among workers seeking defense work, the government built housing projects throughout Allegheny County. One such plan is the 251-unit Shalercrest, built in 1940 on...
Things to do around Shaler this weekend, Aug. 23-25
• Friday, Aug. 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. — A grocery collection to benefit North Hills Community Outreach will be conducted by Nativity Lutheran Church. The event will be held at Kuhn’s Market on Ferguson Road, Allison Park. The public is invited to give nonperishable food items. •...
DA questions location of sting that led to fatal Ross shootout
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. is taking issue with why a July 23 undercover drug sting that led to a shootout was set up in a Ross shopping plaza close to a daycare center and a busy road. The sting led to a shootout between undercover agents...
Penn Hills teacher’s behavior before Shaler police shooting confounds investigators
Authorities remain puzzled about how a beloved Penn Hills teacher became involved in a standoff with police Aug. 6 that ended with his death. “We’re trying to figure out why he was doing what he was doing,” Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said Thursday of Donald Babbit....
Shaler-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 19, 2019
Etna Ryan Decker sold property at 14 Christler St. to Brice Lynn for $133,100. Shaler Favorite Properties Inc. sold property at 3713 Belladonna Drive to Stace Amorose for $270,000. Kristine L Hampson Cano sold property at 8 Butterfield St. to William and Susan Henn for $122,500. John Brown trustee sold...
Shaler Area school board OKs district’s use of flexible instructional days
Shaler Area School District students may have to complete home-based assignments on snow days, thanks to the school board’s Aug. 21 decision to permit the district’s application and participation in the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s flexible instructional day (FID) program. Gov. Tom Wolf signed a law this summer allowing public...
Crawford Pool end-of-season hours posted
As the end of the season approaches, Crawford Pool in Kiwanis Park has released its pool hours for the remainder of the year. The schedule is subject to change if inclement weather arises. If unsure about the pool’s availability, call the township office at 724-486-9700. Remaining pool schedule: Aug. 21,...
Letter to the editor: Shaler Area should address gender-neutral restrooms
Dear Fellow Human: I am responding to the 8/18/19 article outlining the Shaler Area School District revamping (district-wide). These improvements sound very positive and it does lead me to hope that the school district will also address with the impending school year, the conundrum that the gender neutral/fluid population of...
Element Church in Millvale hosts annual Backpack Block Party
Element Church hosted its annual Backpack Block Party on Aug. 17. In addition to providing children with the opportunity to choose their own, free backpack full of school supplies to start the school year, there were hot dogs, snow cones, cookies, games, prizes and more on the church grounds as...


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