Fox Chapel Herald

11/13/2025

Members of Daisy Troop 58111 rolled up their sleeves for an afternoon of giving back to the Sharpsburg community with a two-part food and book donation event held on Nov. 6.

Members of Daisy Troop 58111 stock fresh foods and produce in the Second Harvest Community Free Fridge Pantry on Nov. 5 in Sharpsburg.

11/13/2025

Their instruments might have looked unfamiliar, but the message by a group of Fox Chapel Area students on Nov. 4 was loud and clear.

Rebecca Dorneich, 15, of Fox Chapel and a musician with the “Play for Vote” band, plays a dizi, a Chinese flute, during Election Day at O’Hara Elementary School on Nov. 4.

11/12/2025

This week's news brief include Fox Chapel hockey alumni game, police chief search and more.

Fox Chapel Hockey Alumni Game is set for Nov. 26 at the Alpha Rink in Harmarville. Pictured is the very first hockey team from the 1972-73 season.

11/12/2025

The reason behind the irregular operating hours at the Family Dollar store in Sharpsburg remains a bit of a commerce conundrum.

11/12/2025

Chad Townsend of Fox Chapel grew up eating frozen Ho Ho cakes, courtesy of his late grandmother, Mildred Trau. That love of noshing on frozen treats would later inspire Townsend to hone his ice cream-making skills and later open Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream, based in Pittsburgh.

Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream co-owner Chad Townsend has collaborated with Jon Daugherty of Daugherty Orchards, offering homemade apple dumplings at the Millie’s location in Murrysville.

11/12/2025

New residential and commercial development options are now available at the RIDC Park in O’Hara.

O’Hara council approved a zoning ordinance amendment creating a new mixed-use overlay district in RIDC Park on Tuesday.

11/12/2025

Fox Chapel Area School District officials have selected an administrator from another school district as their next business manager.

11/11/2025

Fourteen Fox Chapel Area High School students participated in the third annual Allegheny County Chorus Festival: seniors Daniel DeMotte, Maggie Jones, Benjamin Shuttleworth and Robert Svenson; juniors Cascie Banachoski, Aubrielle Cheatham, Evangeline Sereno and Emma Smith; and sophomores Anita Fava, Sophia Geraci, Kassidy Joyce, Abigail Ornelas Barajas, Addison Smith and Margot Walter.

Fourteen Fox Chapel Area High School students participated in the third annual Allegheny County Chorus Festival: seniors Daniel DeMotte, Maggie Jones, Benjamin Shuttleworth and Robert Svenson; juniors Cascie Banachoski, Aubrielle Cheatham, Evangeline Sereno and Emma Smith; and sophomores Anita Fava,...

11/11/2025

“I was comforted to know we were offering our patients and families a place of solace away from the bedside,” said Gannon, of O’Hara. “When I leave at night and see people swinging, I say to myself, ‘mission accomplished.’ ”

It’s not the only mission she’s completed to help realize the foundation’s goal of “Filling the Gaps with Hope.”

Mary Lee Gannon finds peace in gardening. As president of the nonprofit St. Margaret Foundation, Gannon spearheaded a $364,000 fundraising campaign to add a colorful plot of perennials, a fountain, rocking chairs and a swing on the campus of UPMC St. Margaret near Aspinwall. “I was comforted t...

11/09/2025

Here are the Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for this week.

Estate of Barbara Jean Tucciarone sold property at 121 Shadow Ridge Drive to Adam Sharbaugh and Elizabeth Pace for $1,135,000.

11/08/2025

Shady Side Academy girls cross country coach Jeff Perlis talked to Charlotte Barker and Josephine Lenart the night before the PIAA Class A championship race to discuss strategy. Both girls were among the favorites to cross the finish line first.

Shady Side Academy’s Josephine Lenart (left) and Charlotte Barker finished in the top five at the PIAA Foundation Meet and the PIAA championships in Hershey this season.

11/08/2025

The Fox Chapel girls soccer team hasn’t had to worry about battling through another version of the WPIAL tournament through the first few rounds of the PIAA Class 3A playoffs.

The Fox Chapel girls soccer team celebrates after defeating South Fayette, 1-0 in double overtime, in the WPIAL Class 3A championship game Oct. 29 at Highmark Stadium.