Penn-Trafford Star category, Page 5
Laurel Technical Institute predicts ‘tremendous growth’ with new Penn Township location
Westmoreland County high school students interested in pursuing a health care or trade school education upon graduation will have another option available to them this summer. Fayette County-based Laurel Technical Institute will launch its first semester of classes at its new Penn Township location in May, with the fall semester...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Dylan Barrett earns PIAA wrestling medal
Penn-Trafford junior Dylan Barrett (38-7, 106-32) earned a seventh-place medal at the PIAA 3A wrestling tournament March 8 at the Giant Center in Hershey. Barrett, competing at 114 pounds, finished second to Hempfield junior Nico Kapusta at the WPIAL tournament and was third at the PIAA West Regional. He opened...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 23, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Edgewood Jeanne Marie Meyer sold property at 225 E Swissvale Ave. Unit 3 to Kealsey Brennan McNeil for $158,500. Thomas Crosby Lakeman sold property at 429 Locust St. to Eric and Jennifer Graham for $425,000. Tiffany GP Inc. sold property at 153 Oakview Ave. to Adrian Kasicky and...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban deed transfers for the week of March 16, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Jones Property LLC sold property at 134 Parkway Ave. to Anise Petite for $18,000. Monroeville Yvonne Morrison sold property at 1372 Hillsdale Drive to Joseph Vincent Jabeir and Christina Anne Lauver for $299,000. Cupola Homes 27 LLC sold property at 1165 La Salle Road to Samah Alhajia...
Loaded Hempfield opens softball season with win over Penn-Trafford
Good weather doesn’t have much of a track record at this time of year, so it was somewhat surprising that the softball season started on time Friday, a sun-splashed opening day and 70-plus-degree temperatures greeting WPIAL teams. What wasn’t surprising was Hempfield starting a new season with a victory. “It...
Trafford Middle School Drama Guild expands acting, dance skills for ‘Seussical Jr.’
Trafford Middle School student Asher Stowell will have the best seat in the house for the school’s upcoming musical. Perched atop a wooden set painted to look like a tree, Stowell surveyed his castmates recently as they rehearsed acrobatic moves and shifted brightly-colored props across the middle school’s auditorium stage....
Fox Chapel gets past Penn-Trafford, heads to final in search of school’s 1st Penguins Cup
Sometimes all you need is a bounce. Fox Chapel got that midway through the third period Tuesday to earn a trip to the PIHL Class 2A Penguins Cup final. Hayden Ferra happened to be at the right spot at the right time. After teammate Lian Wiseman dumped the puck behind...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Hockey team rallies for quarterfinal win
The Penn-Trafford hockey team sure surprised a lot of teams during the PIHL playoffs in 2024. The Warriors entered the Penguins Cup tournament in Class 2A and proceeded to defeat No. 1 Thomas Jefferson and No. 4 Norwin. This year, the Warriors were seeded fourth in the tournament, and they...
Penn-Trafford pair earns trip to PIAA wrestling championships
HERSHEY — Penn-Trafford sophomore Luke DeSantis and junior Dylan Barrett earned their way to the biggest stage in high school wrestling this season — the PIAA Class 3A tournament in Hershey. It was a split decision for the Penn-Trafford pair on Day 1 of the tournament March 6 at the...
Pittsburgh eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 9, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill 2669 LLC sold property at 1541 Williamsburg Pl to Edward Macey for $260,000. Edgewood David Davis sold property at 501 Greendale Ave. to Michael John Hay and Nicholas Robert Wehner for $315,000. Jonathan Maher sold property at 607 Greendale Ave. to Noah Jemison and Christine Syvertson for...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Penn-Trafford’s Aiden Drotos, GCC’s Erica Gribble
The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg. Aiden Drotos School: Penn-Trafford Class: Sophomore Sport: Hockey Claim to fame: In the PIHL Class 2A Penguins Cup quarterfinals Monday, Drotos netted two goals...
Penn-Trafford basketball teams looking to make runs in PIAA playoffs
As a 15th seed in the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs, Penn-Trafford surprised some people with a first-round win against No. 2 seed Baldwin. The Warriors hope to repeat that same magic in the PIAA first round as they take on District 3 champion Hershey (21-3). “It’s going to take an...
Zach Feldman emerges as game changer for Penn-Trafford boys
When Penn-Trafford boys basketball coach Doug Kelly was watching junior forward Zach Feldman play in the summer, he did not realize how athletic the 6-foot-4 forward was. But Kelly knew he had a player to run his offense through. Feldman, who also is an outstanding baseball player, has continued to...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 2, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Daniel Breitkreutz sold property at 134 Greenfield Ave. to Brittany Rose Leaper for $114,000. Churchill Matthew James Ziolkowski sold property at 2 Lear Drive to Ryan and Jessica Kanner for $343,000. Andrew Glover sold property at 1707 Yorktown Pl to Kaleigh Conners and Lauren Jones for $355,000....
Hearing set on Rostraver landfill permit to dump treated leachate into river
A Penn Township environmental organization is opposing a draft permit the state has issued to a Rostraver landfill operator that wants to pipe treated leachate from its garbage dump into the Monongahela River. “Our main concern is with the leachate runoff. Are they going to process it properly?” asked Gillian...
‘A light in this school’: Penn Middle School expands Landram’s Light charity, created in honor of late teacher
Pete Landram was emotional when he walked through the doors of Penn Middle School to watch his son, Dylan, and 14 classmates pack tote bags with supplies for local cancer patients in honor of his wife. Jackie Landram taught seventh grade English at the Penn Township school for 16 years....
Westmoreland County basketball notebook: Norwin familiar with semifinal opponent
Norwin is approaching its next opponent with caution. The Knights (14-7), a win away from a second straight trip to the WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball final, will take on Canon-McMillan (14-8) in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Lebanon. While Norwin cruised in the first Section 2...
Penn-Trafford prepares for Penguins Cup playoff run
Penn-Trafford’s ice hockey team did not end the regular season exactly how it wanted, but first-year coach Brian Zagorac was proud of his team’s effort. The Warriors were hoping to cap the regular season with wins against Latrobe and first-place Fox Chapel. They got a 3-1 win against Latrobe but...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Warriors qualify for PIAA tournament
No matter what happens during the final week of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs, the Penn-Trafford boys and girls basketball teams have already punched their tickets to the PIAA tournament, which begins March 7-8. The boys qualified by upsetting No.2 Baldwin, 60-45, in the first round Feb. 18. The Warriors...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 23, 2025
Churchill Gary Craig trustee sold property at 2429 Marbury Road to Richard and Ana Hogben for $460,000. Edgewood Todd Ernst sold property at 513 Greendale Ave. to Eric Small and Jessica Santacrose for $350,000. Lisa Frumkes sold property at 346 Locust St. to Charlotte Heyward Wesley for $712,500. Gaggan Boparai...
No. 10 Mars gets past No. 15 Penn-Trafford in Class 5A Cinderella showdown
When the Mars and Penn-Trafford boys basketball teams met Friday in a WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal at Fox Chapel, a double-digit seed was guaranteed to punch its ticket to the final four. That double-digit seed ended up being the No. 10 Planets, who got a game-best 19 points from senior...
Residents voice concerns as Penn Township continues developing zoning change proposal
As Penn Township officials continue to weigh a series of zoning changes aimed at increasing economic development, resident Darlene Leslie is worried her quiet home will be disturbed by traffic, noise and pollution. Leslie lives in the eastern portion of the township, about three miles from Bushy Run Corporate Park...
Cool, collected Thomas Jefferson knocks off unbeaten Penn-Trafford in Class 5A quarters
A nine-point fourth quarter lead was gone. One of their star players fouled out in the closing minute of regulation. And their undefeated and higher-seeded opponent went on a sudden heater. Essentially, Thomas Jefferson’s check engine light came on as a lively WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball quarterfinal turned toward...
Penn Township store sells $500K winning Cash 5 lottery ticket
A Penn Township convenience store customer is a half million dollars richer today after purchasing a winning Cash 5 lottery ticket on Tuesday. Pennsylvania Lottery officials said a Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket purchased at the PT Pit Stop on Route 130 matched all of the five balls drawn...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Wrestler Dylan Barrett in hunt for WPIAL title
Penn-Trafford junior wrestler Dylan Barrett is a two-time WPIAL placewinner and PIAA qualifier. If things go as planned Feb. 15, Barrett should enter the WPIAL Class 3A championship Feb. 21-22 at Canon-McMillan as the favorite at 114 pounds. Peters Township sophomore Nicholas McGarrity, who defeated Barrett in overtime for the...
