Barndominium offers open floor plan living in Penn Township
A custom “barndominium” offers luxury-meets-rustic living near Jeannette. The expansive home, built in 2022, is tucked away not far from William Penn Highway at 2084 Boquet Road in Penn Township. It’s listed at $1,289,000 by Rebecca King of The Colony Agency. “It’s more than a home, it’s a lifestyle,” King...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 6, 2026
Churchill Martha Underwood sold property at 50 Camelot Ct to Chaya Devorah Fogel for $525,000. Edgewood Emma Delooze Klein sold property at 611 Greendale Ave. to Landon Summers and Hayley Grossman for $482,600. Monroeville Estate of Elmer Durst sold property at 125 Alpine Village Drive to Ryan Lindner for $211,000....
Penn-Trafford middle schooler breaks Guinness World Record for slime stretching
Penn-Trafford middle school student Madison Kralik beat the Guinness World Record for slime stretching by a long shot. Kralik, 10, a sixth grade student at Penn Middle School, became enamored with the idea of breaking a world record last year. “I always thought it would be cool to have the...
Penn Township man accepted into international wildlife photography exhibit
A Penn Township photographer has been accepted into the inaugural International Nature Photography Competition & Exhibition in Maryland. Joe Allen, of Penn Township’s Harrison City neighborhood, was admitted to the exhibit for his photograph “The Bird Tree.” The exhibition will open at the Arcadian Gallery in Cumberland, Md. at 6...
Hempfield puts new safety measures in place for large-scale events
Hempfield Area School District officials have advised district residents that they are adding new safety measures to larger school events, starting with Friday’s home football game against Penn-Trafford. The measures will include: • Weapons detectors at all gates. All guests will need to pass screening to enter, and should plan...
In 1st taste of life without overtime, Penn-Trafford, Franklin Regional battle to draw
It didn’t take Penn-Trafford and Franklin Regional long to experience life without overtime in the WPIAL soccer regular season. The girls teams exchanged goals less 40 seconds apart inside the five-minute mark of regulation but had to settle on a 1-1 tie in the Section 4-3A opener Monday night at...
Penn-Trafford area: Fall festival, social events, band concert, more
Fall festival Penn Township will host its annual fall festival Sept. 18 to 20 at Penn Township Municipal Park, 2001 Municipal Court. The event will begin with an opening ceremony at 5 p.m. Sept. 18 at the park. A parade, which will run along Route 130 past Penn-Trafford High School,...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 30, 2026
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Huy Hoang sold property at 1918 Beulah Road to Mohamed and Lauren Saleh for $230,000. Rosa Porco sold property at 3809 Greensburg Pike to Beth Miller for $170,500. Edgewood Estate of Robert Dickson sold property at 101 Mckelvey Ave. to Lauren Pastucha for $280,000. Forest Hills Norman...
Defense helps Penn-Trafford leave no doubt with rout of Norwin in opener
Penn-Trafford found the best way to slow down the up-tempo Norwin offense. Make them play defense. Penn-Trafford, ranked second by Trib HSSN in Class 5A, scored on its first three possessions Friday in the season opener at Warrior Stadium and defeated Norwin, 31-7, before more than 5,000 fans. Norwin entered...
Norwin, Penn-Trafford renew rivalry after last year’s wild finish
Football fans could not have asked for a better ending to a football game than last year’s season opener between Norwin and Penn-Trafford. The Warriors built a lead in the first half and held on for a controversial 34-31 victory when officials ruled Norwin quarterback Tristyn Tavares fumbled before he...
Versatile senior Ben Grabowski, finally healthy, hopes to help Penn-Trafford make title run
When Penn-Trafford’s Ben Grabowski was a freshman, he was clocked throwing a baseball in the 90s. But Grabowski’s love of football drew him away from being a pitcher for the baseball team. His focus was to become a star football player. After rushing for 779 yards and 10 touchdowns as...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 23, 2026
Edgewood John Mason sold property at 151 W. Hutchinson Ave. to Michael and Morgan Rotar for $716,500. Forest Hills LJIC Real Estate Management Co. LLC sold property at 1723 Ardmore Blvd. to Steel City Capital Partners LLC for $420,000. M&M Associated Enterprises Inc. sold property at 33 Kenmore Ave. to...
Penn-Trafford has tools to return to the top
Penn-Trafford has not won the WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference title since capturing WPIAL and PIAA championships in 2021. But is this the team that can return the Warriors to the top of the conference and contend for another WPIAL and PIAA title? Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane sure hopes...
Pa. Turnpike Commission fast-tracks Mt. Pleasant Township interchange, pauses Penn Township project
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will fast-track an interchange off Route 981 in Mt. Pleasant Township and pause work on its long-awaited Penn Township interchange amid concerns about impact to local traffic there. The turnpike announced in October 2021 that it would install an interchange in Penn Township. The location of...
Penn-Trafford extends assistant superintendent’s contract
Penn-Trafford Assistant Superintendent Tiffany Nix will remain in her post for another six years following a contract extension by the school board Monday night. Nix was hired by the district in December 2023 after seven years working as superintendent at Leechburg Area. Penn-Trafford’s school board voted unanimously to extend Nix’s...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16, 2026
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Forest Hills Timothy Jay Valentine sold property at 404 Atlantic Ave. to Kyle and Alyssa Spangler for $283,000. Edward Kochuba Jr. sold property at 408 Washington Road to et al for $105,000. Monroeville Stephanie Shriver Byrne sold property at 2254 Monroeville Road to Christopher Adamson for $175,000. Penn...
School districts fight inflation, rising costs as tax rates go up
The 2026-27 school year might be known as the year of the tax hike, with a majority of property owners in the region paying more in school taxes. In Westmoreland County and the Alle-Kiski Valley, 14 of 17 public school districts — 82% — opted to hike taxes for the...
Local officials celebrate preservation of 23-acre property along Westmoreland Heritage Trail
Local officials Thursday celebrated the preservation of 23 acres of wooded land along the Turtle Creek gorge and Westmoreland Heritage Trail. Westmoreland Land Trust paid $12,000 for the property, which stretches about 1 1/4 miles from near B-Y Park in Trafford to the Westmoreland Heritage Trail’s intersection with Saunders Station...
Penn-Trafford area: Band concerts, Bushy Run market, backpack blessing, more
Penn Township concert The Penn-Trafford Community Band will host a concert at 7 p.m. Aug 7 in Penn Township Municipal Park, 2001 Municipal Court in Harrison City. The 60-person band has several performances scheduled throughout Westmoreland and Allegheny counties this summer. The remaining performances include: • Aug. 9 — 7...
Penn-Trafford hosts more than 60 students in trap shooting tournament
Penn-Trafford High School’s trap team hosted its first tournament on July 18 at Western Pennsylvania Sportsmen’s Club in Murrysville. More than 60 student athletes from 10 local school districts competed in four rounds of trap shooting, plus an “Annie Oakley” style shoot — a fast-paced, elimination clay target game. The...
Longtime Bushy Run volunteer remembered for sharing meals with others
Longtime Bushy Run Battlefield volunteer Jean Loughry, known for her pickled beet recipe and the abundant meals she prepared for the historical site’s annual reenactment, died July 4 at age 96. Loughry, of Salem, volunteered about four decades at the Penn Township site — including a stint as the president...
Penn Township prepares for reconstruction project along Pleasant Valley Road
Penn Township will complete an extensive reconstruction project along Pleasant Valley Road — a major artery between the municipality and nearby Murrysville — after approving a $1.5 million bid for the work last week. Among the scope of the project are paving, stabilizing roadways, improving stormwater drainage, replacing guide rails,...
Penn-Trafford grad leads Moon Fall mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ray Baker, a project lead at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has come a long way from his days of reading and watching films about space exploration in his family’s Penn Township home. Baker was enamored by all things space while growing up — ranging from science fiction novels by Isaac...
Monroeville couple to open breakfast, lunch restaurant in Trafford
A new breakfast and lunch option is coming to Cavitt Avenue in Trafford next month. Monroeville residents Shawn and Dana Hickman, 40 and 42, will open Full of Flavor on Aug. 12. The couple previously ran Iced Coffee Experience along Penn Avenue in Wilkinsburg in December 2023, operating out of...
Penn Township resident takes over as director for IUP marching band
A Penn Township resident is the new director of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania marching band. William Sugg, 39, was named interim director about a year ago, and was installed as marching band director and associate director of bands earlier this month. “I started last year about a week before...
