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Plum Council approves volunteer firefighter stipend program
Some Plum volunteer firefighters soon could be pulling down a paycheck for their services. Borough council this week approved an agreement with the Plum Fire Chiefs Association to test a stipend program. The fire chiefs, from the Holiday Park, Logans Ferry Heights, Renton and Unity departments, still need to sign...
Exchange students from Hungary, Italy, Spain enjoying their time at Plum High School
Plum High School is hosting exchange students from Hungary, Italy and Spain this school year. Angela Malanga, from Italy, and Zalan Negele, from Hungary, are seniors, while Miguel Iglesia Lazaro, from Spain, is a junior. They are in Plum through the district’s partnership with EF High School Exchange Year, a...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area news, events for the week of Jan. 13, 2025
Plum man waives right to preliminary hearing on attempted arson, other charges A Plum homeowner accused of trying blow up his home with natural gas in November waived his right to a preliminary hearing before District Judge Michael J. Doyle on Jan. 8, according to court records. Borough police charged...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 12, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Edgewood George Pettrone sold property at 111 Harlow St. to Alex Clyde Bates for $290,000. Forest Hills Jin Xiu Yang sold property at 417 Braddock Road to James Alm Jr. for $50,000. Estate of Charles Caputo sold property at 122 Cherry Valley Road to Russell John Lawryk and...
Plum grads Reed Martin, Josh George set sights on NFL Draft
Plum graduates and former Mustangs football teammates Reed Martin and Josh George hope to live out their dreams of playing in the National Football League. Both recently indicated through social media posts that they will take the steps over the next couple of months to get on the radar of...
Plum hockey team rallies after 0-4 start
The Plum hockey team is on a roll with eight wins in 10 games through an 11-0 rout of Kiski Area on Jan. 6, at Palmer Imaging Arena in Delmont. Ten Mustangs accounted for the 11 goals, and senior goaltender Landon Gribbin-Horner stopped all nine shots he faced for the...
Kiski Area boys execute game plan to perfection, smother Plum in Class 5A battle
Kiski Area boys basketball coach Corey Smith used the 48 hours before the Cavaliers’ game with Plum to craft the perfect game plan. If Kiski could do what its coach asked, the Cavaliers would set up a first-place battle with Penn Hills at home next Tuesday. The Cavaliers delivered with...
Tamburitzans alumni sponsor ‘Legacy’ show in Monroeville
Traditional folk dance and music from a variety of Old and New World cultures comes to Monroeville in the new Tamburitzans show, “Legacy.” For the second year in a row, the event is being sponsored by Erin and Frank Bozicevic – both Tamburitzans and Duquesne University alumni. The show begins...
2 children among 5 hurt in 5-vehicle crash involving Plum school bus
Two children were among five people taken to area hospitals after a five-vehicle crash that included a Plum school bus Tuesday afternoon, according to borough police. The crash, at Golden Mile Highway (Route 286) and South Duane Drive was reported shortly after 3 p.m. The circumstances of the crash were...
Plum community rallies to get bicycle for carless teen so he can make calls as junior firefighter
Kevin Butler has not known 17-year-old Elijah Mendez for long, but the Plum High School senior has made an impression. Butler, a master sergeant with the school’s Air Force Junior ROTC program, met Mendez in August when he became a cadet. “He’s a very kind, thoughtful, on-point young man. He’s...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area news, events for the week of Jan. 6, 2025
Plum School Board approves pay increase for security, crossing guards The Plum School Board in December approved a 20% pay increase for security and crossing guards. The hourly pay rate increased from $15 to $18 on Jan. 1. Guards will receive a 3% annual raise, contingent upon receiving a satisfactory...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Jan. 5, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Martha Mazerov sold property at 128 Thornberry Drive to Maximilian and Daniella Staudacher for $315,000. Michael Rucker sold property at 1632 Jamestown Pl to FES Property LLC for $274,900. Edgewood Georgianne Arnold sold property at 121 W Hutchinson Ave. to Bret Sheeley and Carmen Claesson for $426,000....
Holy Family Parish Christmas brunches feed more than 155 guests
Holy Family parishioners and neighbors enjoyed brunch on Christmas morning at the church halls of Our Lady of Joy in Plum and St. Joseph in Verona. The Christmas brunches at the parish, which includes congregants from Plum, Oakmont, Verona and Penn Hills, started as a way to ensure no one...
Plum homeowner accused of trying to blow up his house with natural gas is jailed
A Plum man accused of trying to blow up his own home in a natural gas explosion in November is being held in the Allegheny County Jail. Neil Andrew Yetsko, 39, was arraigned Friday night by Braddock District Judge Scott H. Schricker, according to court records. Plum police charged Yetsko...
School district telethons raise more than $200K for charities
Telethons at three Pittsburgh-area school districts raised more than $200,000 for charities this Christmas season. Make-A-Wish was the beneficiary of Plum School District’s long-running telethon and a newer one organized by Penn-Trafford. Penn-Trafford raised about $67,400, while Plum collected about $53,700, according to their teacher organizers. Fox Chapel raised $90,228...
Police: Verona man robbed Uber driver; firing gun inside GetGo
A Verona man robbed his Uber driver at gunpoint on the way to the Allegheny River Boulevard GetGo, and then fired a gunshot inside the store’s bathroom, according to police. According to a criminal complaint, Price Anthony Riley, 37, was traveling in an Uber at around 6 p.m. on Friday...
Proposed Plum church clears zoning hurdle
Plans for a new church in Plum, to be built very close to an existing house of worship, cleared a procedural hurdle with approval from the borough’s zoning hearing board. Jubilee International Ministry sought a variance to build an estimated 6,100-square-foot, single-story church on its property. It would seat 252...
Additional hearing required for proposed injection well in Plum
Plans for a proposed injection well project in Plum will once again be debated before the borough’s zoning hearing board as the governing body adheres to a state court ruling. Board members voted 5-0 Thursday determining a section of the zoning ordinance involving setbacks applies to Penneco Environmental Solutions’ request...
Plum School Board approves tax increase limit; advances building project, electric bus purchase
Plum School Board members say they will limit any potential tax increase next year while moving forward with a building project and the purchase of electric buses. The board this week voted unanimously to keep a property tax increase for the 2025-26 school year to within its state-imposed inflation limit...
Fire at Plum church started by candle, ruled accidental
One person was taken to a hospital with smoke inhalation from a fire Sunday night at a church in Plum, a spokeswoman for the Allegheny County Department of Emergency Services said Monday. The fire at St. Januarius on Renton Road was reported around 9:15 p.m. Investigators believe the fire was...
Former Plum basketball coach Ron Richards maintains love of the game by officiating
One of the biggest upsets in WPIAL basketball in the last decade did not occur on the court but around the court. The biggest surprise was a successful and animated head coach crossing over to the “other side” and becoming a top-notch high school basketball official. That is the amazing...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area news, events for the week of Dec. 16, 2024
Plum Council approves borough budget Plum Council unanimously approved the borough’s $26.3 million 2025 budget on Dec. 9. The budget leaves the borough’s property tax rate unchanged at 6.63 mills. The annual borough property tax bill on a home at Plum’s median assessed value of $116,700 is about $774. The...
Plum School District awarded $300K from state DEP toward electric school buses
The Plum School District got a little more help in its quest to transition part of its fleet from traditional to electric school buses. The state Department of Environmental Protection announced the district was awarded $300,000 to buy three electric school buses. The money is part of more than $2.55...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Dec. 15, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill GMS Global Investments LLC sold property at 3758 E Rural Ct to Femi and Lola Kolawole for $153,000. David Lippock sold property at 2146 Garrick Drive to Moktar Abdou Kerime for $299,900. Edgewood Thomas Lockner trustee sold property at 507 Greendale Ave. to MB Trade LLC for...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Plum’s Riley Stephans, Deer Lakes’ Nathaniel Moore
Riley Stephans School: Plum Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Stephans scored a career-high 26 points to lead Plum (1-4, 0-1) to a 56-40 upset victory over Kiski Area (5-1) in nonsection play Monday night. What were your feelings after scoring a career high in points in a huge...
