Penn Hills Progress category, Page 86
No property tax increase in Penn Hills’ proposed municipal budget
The Penn Hills manager has proposed a 2021 budget without a property tax hike, according to a draft published on the municipality’s website. For the second straight year, Scott Andrejchak, the municipal manager, has proposed using $3 million from the budget’s carryover funds to balance the $34 million spending plan....
Riverview School District welcomes students back in second 9-weeks hybrid model
The Riverview School District has switched to a hybrid learning model this grading period with most students back in school a couple days a week. The switch this month from all online learning to a mix of in-person student groups and continued at-home education was was welcomed by Verona parent...
Assault, drug cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police. Held for court • Onarae Houser, 28, of New Kensington on charges of possession of controlled substances. Charges were...
DUI, drug cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Waived preliminary hearings • Arthur Jones-Beasley, 26, of Pittsburgh on charges of receiving stolen property, theft...
Steel City Con in Monroeville rescheduled to April because of covid-19 concerns
Steel City Con, one of the largest conventions in the nation and exclusive to the Monroeville Convention Center, has been postponed again due to covid-19 safety concerns. Organizers were hoping to have pop culture and comic book enthusiasts return to 209 Mall Blvd. in December after having to cancel their...
News briefs: Penn Hills Holiday Light Cruise set for Dec. 3 to replace Holiday Light Festival
Penn Hills has canceled the municipality’s annual Holiday Light Festival because of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions. In its place, the municipality will host a Penn Hills Holiday Light Cruise. The event is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 3 at the government center parking lot, 102 Duff Road. People...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 8
Churchill V & K Investments LLC sold property at 41 Barton Drive to Marjorie Bennett for $156,000. Jason Paul Taylor trustee sold property at 3863 Henley Drive to Shayla Woods for $265,000. Edgewood Nancy Brough trustee sold property at 503 Greendale Ave. to Adam Karpuszka for $265,000. Lynsie Campbell sold...
Penn Hills cross country team picking up steam
The Penn Hills boys cross country team had a young core this season that finished strong, which provides coach Lee Zelkowitz with optimism for years to come. Sophomore Austin Stuchul was the Indians’ top runner this season. Stuchul finished in 140th place with a time of 19:15 at the WPIAL...
Young Penn Hills roster shows competitive fire during rebuilding year
Coach Jon LeDonne knew it was going to be a tough matchup when No. 7 Penn Hills faced No. 2 Gateway in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs Oct. 30. However, LeDonne was encouraged with how the young Indians competed against the Gators as they lost, 14-0....
New Goodwill store and donation center opens in Penn Hills
The new Goodwill store and donation center in the Penn Hills Shopping Center is now open. A grand opening celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremnony took place Nov. 5. There was a DJ, and people were dancing as part of the celebration. “We’re excited to be in Penn Hills,” said assistant manager...
Penn Hills School District students pledge to promote peace
Penn Hills School District students recently participated in a non-violence week and promoted peace and unity. Students signed a peace pledge, and the signed pledges were hung in hallways. Elementary students also made various crafts featuring peace signs and positive messages....
Penn Hills Community Garden’s success prompts record donations to food banks
A garden that some call Penn Hills’ best-kept secret donated a record amount of produce to local food banks this season. The Penn Hills Community Garden, located on roughly five acres along Jefferson Road, donated 1,500 pounds of produce to food banks such as 412 Food Rescue and the Penn...
Tree planting near Beulah Presbyterian Church provides environmental boost to Churchill area
Volunteers from several organizations came together late last month to make the landscape of Churchill a little greener. More than 70 people planted 115 trees in the area between Beulah Presbyterian Church, its nearby cemetery and the Parkway East. The church partnered with Garfield Community Farm and Plant Five for...
ALCOSAN awards $15 million in GROW funding
Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) approved $15.1 million in grant funding in the fifth round of the organization’s Green Revitalization of Our Waterways (GROW) program. This is part of ongoing ALCOSAN efforts to fund projects with partner municipalities. In this round of grant funding, ALCOSAN offered grants to 23 municipalities...
Oakmont Thanksgiving food drive underway for Rosedale Food Pantry
Food pantries like the one in Penn Hills’ Rosedale Methodist Church are preparing to serve more families than usual this holiday season. “This is our busy time,” said John Dick, Rosedale Food Pantry director. “It will probably increase this month and through Christmas.” The pantry helps an average of 170...
Pittsburgh police looking for Penn Hills man accused in South Side Flats shooting
Pittsburgh police used surveillance video to identify a man they say shot two men during an altercation in the city’s South Side Flats last month, according to a criminal complaint. Jeffrey Ali Knox Jr., 28, of Penn Hills is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and firearms violations,...
Freshmen make immediate impact for Penn Hills football
Heading into the season, coach Jon LeDonne knew he was going to hand the keys to the Penn Hills offense over to freshman Julian Dugger. However, LeDonne wasn’t sure how much of an impact the rest of the freshmen and sophomore classes would make on the offense. As the Indians...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 1
Churchill Adam Noll sold property at 2310 Forest Drive to Roberta Miller for $175,000. Manor Marta Matta sold property at 61 Observatory St. to Jennifer Marie Spinola for $173,500. Frederick Hubbard sold property at 506 Saddleridge Drive to Edward Mihalko Jr. and Kristin Mihalko for $415,000. Monroeville Hector Castellon sold...
Gateway defense stands strong, defeats Penn Hills in Class 5A opening round
Gateway couldn’t score many points Friday night on its home turf, but the Gators didn’t need to. Their defense took matters personally and stonewalled a determined Penn Hills bunch in a physical WPIAL football playoff victory at Antimarino Stadium. Carsen Engleka passed for 147 yards, and the Gateway defense backed...
Penn Hills man pleads guilty to selling drugs that killed Lower Burrell man
A Penn Hills man will serve up to nine years in prison for selling fentanyl-laced heroin to a Lower Burrell man who died of an overdose in 2018. Christopher Krishawn Napper, 26, pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony count of drug delivery resulting in death and another drug offense in...
Former Verona cop pleads guilty in sex case involving minor
A former Verona police officer will serve probation after pleading guilty Thursday to having a sexual relationship with a teenager. Anthony Ogline, 35, pleaded guilty to corruption of minors and furnishing alcohol to a minor before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jill E. Rangos. She ordered him to serve a...
Grand opening of new Penn Hills Goodwill rescheduled due to construction
The opening of a new Goodwill store and donation center in the Penn Hills Shopping Center has been rescheduled. Doors to the new shop next to Planet Fitness off Rodi Road were to be opened Friday. David Tobiczyk, vice president of marketing and development for Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania, said...
WPIAL Class 5A football quarterfinals preview
WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals No. 7 Penn Hills (4-3) at No. 2 Gateway (4-0) 7 p.m. Friday at Antimarino Stadium, Monroeville On the air: Audio, video on TribHSSN.Triblive.com Winner plays: Winner of No. 3 Peters Township (6-0) and No. 6 Woodland Hills (5-2), 7 p.m. Nov. 6 (site TBD) Coaches:...
Penn Hills School District officials suspend academic eligibility requirement, stick with PIAA standards
Penn Hills School District officials have temporarily suspended an academic eligibility requirement for athletics and other activities due to students struggling with learning during the first nine weeks of school. The board voted 7-0 Wednesday night to move forward with the plan. Board Vice President Yusef Thompson Sr. was absent....
Penn Hills School Board has a new member
The Penn Hills School Board has a new member. Resident Marisa Jamison was selected out of two candidates to fill the vacant seat left by Kristopher Wiegand, who resigned Oct. 13. Jamison, a 1987 North Catholic High School graduate, has bachelor’s and masters’ degrees in criminology from Indiana University of...
