Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of June 7, 2026
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Forest Hills Anna Arlotta Guerrero sold property at 310 Edgewood Road to Fatima Ahmed for $324,000. Estate of George Wayne Zwahlen sold property at 440 Pacific Ave. to Christopher Sandberg for $306,000. Monroeville Estate of John Anthony Adipotti sold property at 2707 Fourth St. to Kevin Richard Adipotti...
Braddock homicide suspect arrested in Trafford after 2 years on the run
Police have arrested a man on the lam for two years since being charged in a 2024 double shooting that killed a North Braddock teen. Darien Wallace, 20, of Braddock was taken into custody Wednesday night in Trafford, Allegheny County Police said. Three days after the April 1, 2024, shooting...
Penn-Trafford area: Food truck event, car show, vendor market, more
Food truck event Penn Township’s recreation department will host a food truck and music event from 6 to 9 p.m. June 5. The event will be held outdoors at Penn Township Municipal Park, 2001 Municipal Court. Cousins Maine Lobster, Extra Slice of New York Pizza, Poulich Pit BBQ, WPF Concessions,...
Penn-Trafford youth track and field club sees strong participation in 1st season
Penn Township resident Greg Shogan wants to see more students on Penn-Trafford High School’s track and field roster. And he believes his new youth track and field program will help with that. Shogan — a runner, cyclist, triathlete and pole vaulter — launched in the fall a USA Track &...
Penn Township, Manor Borough anticipate multi-million dollar summer road work schedules
Summer in Pennsylvania means one thing: road work. In the Penn-Trafford community, several major local and state projects are set to begin this summer that will affect daily commutes. Route 4041 (Denmark Manor Road) between the Manor Valley Golf Course entrance and Harrison City Export Road in Penn Township has...
Bushy Run American Legion team has new coach, same goals
Bushy Run has a new, but familiar, face running the American Legion baseball team. After winning the team’s first state title, former coach Scott Peyman stepped down because of work. Former player Mario Disso has taken over. The District 31 season got underway this weekend, and Bushy Run started 3-0,...
Tarentum wildlife volunteer assists in gosling rescue in Trafford
Wildlife rescue volunteer Susan Clark was in Verona Sunday afternoon when the call came through: another animal entangled in fishing wire. Clark, 50, of Tarentum, made the drive to Trafford’s BY Park, net and scissors in hand. She observed a gosling lagging behind its family in the pond, unable to...
Jeannette man charged with attempted rape after trail attack in Murrysville
A man is behind bars after police said he attacked a woman walking a dog Tuesday afternoon on the Westmoreland Heritage Trail in Murrysville. Municipal police said Colton M. Stennett, 30, of Jeannette, tried to pull off the woman’s pants but she fought back. He fled with her cellphone and...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 31, 2026
Edgewood Matthew Hensley sold property at 198 Dewey St. to Anirban Ganguli and Laurelelizabeth Thompson for $515,000. Forest Hills Myrna Stein sold property at 1914 Ardmore Blvd. to William Grab for $200,000. Monroeville Randall Sheetz sold property at 4685 Old Wm Penn Highway to Sheetz Inc. for $315,000. John Larkin...
Jeannette graduate returns to Westmoreland County, opens cafe in Penn Township
Justin Stull aims to provide a new breakfast and lunch option to residents of Penn Township’s Harrison City neighborhood. Stull, 42, of Delmont opened Cafe Somore on March 3 in a building along Walnut Street that formerly housed Hometown Pizzeria & Eatery and Aiello’s Pizzeria. He considered following in the...
Manor American Legion, Norwin Historical Society honor military veterans ahead of Memorial Day
Twenty-one rifle shots rang into the blue skies above Brush Creek Cemetery Sunday morning as a dozen Manor American Legion members paid tribute to military veterans buried at the Hempfield site. Manor American Legion Post 472 and the Norwin Historical Society operate a collective honor guard, said Carl Huszar, post...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 24, 2026
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Forest Hills Lars Gilbertson sold property at 21 Bryn Mawr Road to Harper Holt Gibson and Caroline Marie Kaufmann for $279,900. James Wilkins sold property at 57 Marwood Ave. to Big Cat Management 10 LLC for $10,000. Monroeville Lori Ann Stevens sold property at 140 Donley Drive to...
Penn-Trafford graduates 302 in its Class of 2026
Penn-Trafford High School honored its 302 graduating seniors under cloudy skies Thursday evening. A commencement ceremony was held at 6:30 p.m. at the district’s Warrior Stadium, located along Route 130 in Penn Township....
Penn-Trafford’s Cody Yacamelli pops up on Division I radars
Cody Yacamelli wants to follow in his brother’s footsteps but, at the same time, chart his own course. Yacamelli, an athletic and versatile sophomore, pulled in two NCAA Division I FBS scholarship offers Wednesday, from Akron and Miami (Ohio). The quarterback, receiver and defensive back is the younger sibling of...
Penn-Trafford again relies on solid pitching, timely hitting in win over Fox ChapelVideo
Penn-Trafford baseball fans are starting to sense a trend. Complete games, timely hits and sound defense are becoming the norm as the No. 2-seeded Warriors go after another WPIAL championship. Those things again carried the day as the Warriors moved into the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals. Another efficient pitching outing...
Penn-Trafford girls lacrosse emerges as perennial playoff team after tough early years
What a turnaround it has been. In much of the era since its inception in 2017, the Penn-Trafford girls lacrosse program has seen more challenging times than prosperous. A lot of inexperienced players learning the game for the first time led to very few, if any, winning seasons. In that...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transfers for the week of May 10, 2026
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Forest Hills Glenconon Properties LLC sold property at 3842 Greensburg Pike to Alea Gentile for $250,000. Monroeville Pamela Cortazzo sold property at 210 Gotham Lane to William Jordan Jr. and Barbara Jordan for $410,000. Estate of Mary Pilardi sold property at 117 Mayberry Drive to Griddin Mikovitz and...
Full Count: Luke Novosel aims to keep Pirates healthy in dream job as head athletic trainer
Luke Novosel has had a lifelong love for baseball, and his passion for the game was the bond between him and his father, Ron, to the point that he promised his paternal grandfather, Frank, that he would one day work for the Pittsburgh Pirates. For Novosel, that dream started as...
Penn Township presents latest rezoning plan, targeting June adoption
Penn Township is nearing the end of a yearslong rewrite of its zoning ordinance and map, an effort aimed at diversifying its tax base with more businesses, officials said Thursday. The township commissioners, community development staff and planning commission members picked through the latest draft of the rezoning plan during...
Penn-Trafford tentative budget includes 4-mill tax hike
Penn-Trafford School Board will vote next week on a proposed $71.9 million budget, which could increase residents’ tax bills by about $200 annually. District Business Manager Rebecca Rodriguez outlined Monday the proposed plan — a $1.9 million, or 2.8%, increase in spending from 2025-26. The board plans to vote on...
Pitching, defense do it again as Penn-Trafford wins section title
Two consecutive days of superb pitching and defense are a lot to ask of any high school baseball team, especially one facing the stiff winds of a section-title chase. But Penn-Trafford is starting to realize those are the things that put it in this position to start. And those are...
Penn-Trafford defense stands out in victory over Franklin RegionalVideo
Pitching to contact is the usual plan for Dom Delio, but the Penn-Trafford right-hander needs his defense to make plays behind him to get the maximum effect. In his latest start, the defense made so many putouts and played so crisply that Delio was left shaking his head and grinning,...
P-T field hockey coach Dutt retires
Cindy Dutt called retiring as Penn-Trafford’s field hockey coach one of the most difficult decisions in her life. But with having two grandchildren born this past fall, the retirement of her husband and lingering knee problems, Dutt decided her family obligations come first. Dutt resigned in March after spending the...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 3, 2026
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Forest Hills Daniel Gazzo sold property at 982 Braddock Road to Colleen Kodman for $300,000. Monroeville Sfr3-030 LLC sold property at 221 Caruso Drive to RHD Reality LLC for $78,000. Penn Hills LSF 10 Master Participation Trust sold property at 571 Grove Road to D Next Level LLC...
9-time WPIAL champion Penn-Trafford field hockey coach Cindy Dutt retires
Cindy Dutt called retiring as Penn-Trafford’s field hockey coach one of the most difficulty decisions in her life. But with having two grandchildren born this past fall, the retirement of her husband and lingering knee problems, Dutt decided her family obligations come first. Dutt resigned in March after spending the...
