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North suburban real estate transactions, week of Dec. 15, 2024
Bellevue Estate of Yaroslaw Levycky sold property at 78 N Harrison Ave. to Steven Brownlee and Michelle McLane Brownlee for $237,000. Estate of Robert Dell sold property at 55 N Jackson Ave. to Peanut Capital LLC for $94,000. Estate of Charles Jackson sold property at 55 S Bryant Ave. to...
Pie in the sky: Mineo’s Pizza House to open at Pittsburgh International Airport
Mineo’s Pizza House will soon cut a fourth slice of their pie. And this one will most likely reach higher than the other three. The family business is expanding to the Pittsburgh International Airport. Construction begins in early 2025. The fourth shop will be located at the food court in...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of Dec. 8, 2024
Etna Lorraine Tarasi sold property at 109-111 Dewey St. to Ideal Holdings LLC for $129,750. Brian Bubash sold property at 13 Dewey St. to Robert Howard Hartley Jr. for $170,000. Franklin Park Maronda Homes LLC sold property at 1326 Adrian Drive to Uttam Kumar and Arati Yadav for $588,780. Glen...
Hampton girls basketball enters season of unknowns
The Hampton girls basketball team graduated its all-time leading scorer, but that’s only part of the change. From the roster to the schedule, just about everything is different. The Talbots must replace five starters, including all-state guard and all-time scoring leader Meghan Murray, and have moved from Class 5A into...
Hampton enters post-Lafko era with lineup overhaul from 25-5 WPIAL finalist
Someone forgot the memo for Hampton boys basketball that this is supposed to be a down season. Despite losing a legendary coach, an all-state guard and a 1,000-point scorer from last year’s 25-5 WPIAL finalist and now facing a tougher Class 5A schedule with five new starters, the Talbots are...
Hampton police participate in holiday charity campaigns
Hampton police are letting both their hair and their giving spirit grow out this holiday season as they once again participate in multiple holiday charity efforts, including the No Shave and Presents from Police campaigns. For the fourth annual No Shave campaign, Hampton officers including Patrolman Ben Brown are growing...
Hampton resident opens laser-engraving studio in Etna
If you’re looking for the perfect personalized gift this holiday season, look no further than Etna’s new laser engraving and DIY workshop, Maple and Metal. Hampton resident Leslie Michielli opened her laser engraving studio and DIY workshop just a couple weeks before Thanksgiving. Just two weeks after opening, Michielli already...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of Dec. 1, 2024
Bellevue Wilkesboro Partn. L.P. sold property at 418-420 Division Ave. to Thierry and Anne Sophie Adam Buffiere for $255,000. Kyle Christopher Snyder sold property at 612 Forest Ave. to Terri Scalise for $150,000. Renault Bonner sold property at 269 N Balph Ave. to Oscar and Maria Dolores Murillo for $240,000....
Aquinas students perform ‘High School Musical on Stage!’ in Hampton
High school students at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton portrayed fictional counterparts in “High School Musical on Stage!” The cast of 52 students performed in the theater adaptation of the Disney movie on Nov. 15-16 in the Rhodora J. Donahue Multi-purpose Building. “High School Musical” is director Mike Flynn’s...
DAR honors Revolutionary War patriot in Hampton
Looking forward to 2026 and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, more than 40 people gathered Nov. 9 to honor Pvt. John Walter, a Revolutionary War patriot. The Kushkushkee Trail Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution organized a grave-marking ceremony at his...
Documentary pays tribute to longtime Hampton police officer
This holiday season undoubtedly is a difficult one for the Kirsopp family of Hampton. For the first time, Robbie, Ray and Rachel are facing the challenge of trying to celebrate without their father, township police Sgt. Robert James Kirsopp, who died May 1 at age 52. But his children and...
Beattie students cook Thanksgiving meals for North Hills Community Outreach
Some local students are giving a helping hand to weary cooks this year by selling Thanksgiving meals to go, as well as cooking extra for those who may not be able to afford the expense. First- through third-year culinary and pastry arts students at A.W. Beattie Center Career Center in...
Veterans honored at Aquinas Academy in Hampton
In celebration of Veterans Day, students at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton performed a color ceremony, giving special recognition to all Aquinas Academy alumni and all veterans who have served or are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. The Nov. 13 ceremony was conducted entirely by members of...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of Nov. 17, 2024
Bellevue Syed Rasheedullah Hussaini sold property at 340 Lincoln Ave. to Joshua David and Jocelyn Perkins for $239,875. Anders Anderson sold property at 75 Meade Ave. to Kenneth Marshall and Carin Mincemoyer for $125,000. Etna 100 WOA LLC sold property at 43—45 Sycamore St. to Nest Egg Ventures LLC for...
Hampton runners reflect on WPIAL championship season
The Hampton girls cross country team this season had a ritual of eating at Olive Garden after each big race. One meal was especially tasty. The Talbots put together a historic 2024 season that included the first WPIAL Class 2A cross country championship in program history. “It was just overwhelming,”...
1st-year Hampton tight end Ryan Scully earns all-conference recognition
Whenever Hampton football coach Steve Sciullo saw Ryan Scully in the high school hallways last year, the former NFL lineman tried to convince the 6-foot-3, 220-pounder to play football. Scully finally agreed, and earlier this month Sciullo called the junior tight end into those same hallways to tell him something....
State Rep. Venkat looks to another 2 years in office
State Rep. Arvind Venkat returns to office as representative in Pennsylvania’s 30th District, defeating Republican challenger Nathan Wolfe, 21,795 to 17,687, according to the Allegheny County Department of Elections. Libertarian party candidate William Johnson Baierl garnered more than 650 votes. District 30 includes McCandless, Franklin Park and part of Hampton...
Get ready for Hampton Band Holiday Extravaganza
Organizers of the 13th annual Hampton Band Holiday Extravaganza are hoping to keep up the momentum. “Last year was record-breaking. We had the most number of vendors, most number of attendees. We raised the most amount of money we ever had,” Jennifer Blakeley, co-chairs the event committee, reported. “So we...
North Hills area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 10, 2024
Bellevue Susan Schafer sold property at 22 N Euclid Ave. to Daniel Allen Smith and Nicole Kiara Garrido for $270,000. Judith White sold property at 119 N Jackson Ave. to 119 JKSN LLC for $110,000. Svetlana Osiyan sold property at 50 S Bryant Ave. to Andrew and Emma Myers for...
Hampton Heroes: Vet brings message of ‘ordinary people doing extraordinary things’
While serving with the U.S. Army in the Middle East, Sgt. Maj. Colin Boley received orders to lead a raid on an enemy position. “They told me that we had a meeting place, simply two people, not a big deal,” he recalled. “So I decided to tell my young leaders,...
Hampton Heroes: Middle school teachers among 2024 inductees
Two Hampton Middle School faculty members, plus the father of a teacher at the high school, have been honored for their military service. Hampton Heroes, a school district program to honor local veterans, has inducted about 200 men and women since its formation in 2001. This year’s inductees include Mark...
Hampton Heroes: Interviews with veterans help students gain perspective
In 1969, the U.S. Army drafted 20-year-old David Augustine and eventually assigned him to a unit patrolling highways along the coast of South Vietnam. “One morning, he and his platoon could hear a battle going on in the distance,” Brooklyn Fitzsimmons, his granddaughter, reported. “They all got into their tanks...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of Nov. 3, 2024
Bellevue Gregory Notaro sold property at 100 Brighton Road to Shadeland Beer Enterprise Inc. for $205,000. Northgate School District sold property at Union Ave. to Howard and Mary Lynn Kingston for $4,100. Etna Estate of Stephen Oresic sold property at 37 Greeley Ave. to Ashley Ruben for $150,000. Integrated Property...
Dick’s insider trading scheme nets Hampton man a year in federal prison
A Hampton construction company owner who engaged in “frequent and risky” trading in Dick’s Sporting Goods securities, earning more than $800,000, in profits will serve a year in federal prison for insider trading. Frank T. Poerio Jr., 63, pleaded guilty in July to four counts of security fraud. He was...
Hampton girls excel at riding waves, even on Allegheny River
Once everyone and everything is ready to go, a motorboat surges forward, pulling a tow rope. As the speed increases, a person holding the rope rises from the water to stand atop a specially designed board. Eventually, he or she drops the line and starts riding the waves generated by...
