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"These girls work hard at everything they do, all the sports that they play. Basketball is no different, and they’ve worked hard for me all season.”
"It’s nice to see that hard work pay off, from all the way back to the summertime after last year’s state title game was over,” Union coach Rob Nogay said.
Monday is Day 2 of Round 3 of the 2024 WPIAL basketball playoffs with semifinal games in boys 5A and 3A, along with girls 6A and A.
Chris Allman of the Knights of Columbus Council 4242 is the new coordinator of the fundraiser at the Holy Family Parish church in Plum.
The parishioner took over for the late Joe Dello Stritto Sr., who passed away Oct. 10 after a battle with cancer. He was 81.
Chris Allman of the Knights of Columbus Council 4242 is the new coordinator of the fundraiser at the Holy Family Parish church in Plum.
A free chess club for kids ages 8 to 19 is available at the Oakmont Carnegie Library.
The class meets from 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays. No experience is necessary, and no registration is required.
The Plum Borough Municipal Authority is preparing to borrow $5 million for a variety of capital improvements, authority Manager Howard Theis said.
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for Plum area.
On Tuesday, the No. 8-seed Indians defeated the No. 9 Mustangs in the Class 5A first-round matchup.
Suddenly, the Mustangs’ season was over — as were the varsity careers of seniors Megan Marston, Pascale Olczak, Rayla Smith and Aiyana Adams.
In 2021, the Plum girls basketball team defeated Lincoln Park to snap a two-decade-long win drought in the WPIAL playoffs.
There will be 17 swimmers — nine girls and eight boys — who will represent Plum on the WPIAL’s grandest stage at Pitt’s Trees Pool.
All eight boys are making their WPIAL debuts, while all nine girls are returning with WPIAL experience.
Brooke Price will again swim the 100-yard backstroke Friday on the second day of the WPIAL Class 3A championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool.
The eighth-seeded North Hills Indians came out determined, nailed five 3-pointers in the first quarter, built a double-digit lead and cruised to a 69-40 victory over No. 9 Plum in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball playoffs.
The eighth-seeded Indians came out determined, nailed five 3-pointers in the first quarter, built a double-digit lead and cruised to a 69-40 victory over No. 9 Plum in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball playoffs.
At the start of the season, Plum boys basketball coach Justin Walther said he felt his team was a playoff contender in Class 5A out of Section 2.
Here are the Plum real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 18, 2024.
Plum’s Claassen sisters kept their promise Saturday. They vowed to their ill grandmother, Marilynn Claassen, they would bring home medals from the first WPIAL girls wrestling championship at North Allegheny.
They vowed to their ill grandmother, Marilynn Claassen, they would bring home medals from the first WPIAL girls wrestling championship at North Allegheny.
In a championship match that came down to the final frames of the final game, Plum bowlers threw strikes on their last five balls to win the WPIBL girls team championship Thursday over Norwin.
In a championship match that came down to the final frames of the final game, Plum bowlers threw strikes on their last five balls to win the WPIBL girls team championship Thursday at AMF Belle Vernon.
Plum residents are now able to get rid of expired or unwanted medications at a new drop box at the borough’s police station.
The work will not start until Aug. 1 at the earliest, to give borough crews time to finish other work on the roads, borough Manager David Soboslay said.
It is part of an estimated $68.5 million in contemplated renovations and new construction at the K-4 schools, Pivik and O’Block elementary, and the middle school, as well as the possible return of full-day kindergarten.
A proposed $1.5 million renovation project at Plum School District’s Pivik Elementary might be off the table after a demographics study projected declining enrollment for the next decade.
Plum Council has approved filling three vacancies in the borough’s police department and in doing so has offered employment to the department’s second female officer.
Phillip “P.J.” McNeal might have taken awhile to find his footing as a track athlete. But it didn’t take the Plum grad long to find his place in the Saint Vincent record books.
Phillip “P.J.” McNeal might have taken awhile to find his footing as a track athlete. But it didn’t take the Plum grad long to find his place in the Saint Vincent record books. In his first college indoor meet, Dec. 1 at Youngstown State, McNeal ran the 200-meter dash in
Monday's Plum & Oakmont In brief
Bus drivers are paid a base rate of $23.45 per hour; van drivers are paid $18. An overtime rate of $33.90 is available beyond 40 hours per week for bus drivers for field trips and activity and athletic runs.
Jett Bittner, the fourth grader at Plum’s O’Block Elementary School who recently placed first in Allegheny County and 10th statewide in the elementary division of a stock market game. Then, he was among several of his classmates whose poems were chosen for publication in a poetry book.
Whether it’s crisp cash or fresh grass covered in morning dew, 10-year-old Jett Bittner knows green. The fourth grader at Plum’s O’Block Elementary School recently placed first in Allegheny County and 10th statewide in the elementary division of a stock market game. Then, he was am...
“I’ve watched people recover, and I’ve watched people die,” Becky Podobnik said. “I’ve comforted families, and I’ve sat with that person who is scared in the middle of the night because they can’t breathe.”
In her nearly 40 years of nursing at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison, Becky Podobnik says her scrubs have seen it all.
Here are the Plum real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 11, 2024.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Edgewood Karen McCracken sold property at 552 Greendale Ave. to Tempest Property Management LLC for $131,000. Monroeville Vetcor Keystone LLC sold property at 1718 Golden Mile Highway to FIP Master Funding XIX LLC for $764,826. Jordan Frye sold property at 705 Illini Drive to Scott....
Plum sophomore Alaina Claassen won the North Allegheny girls invitational title Feb. 3, scoring a 4-0 decision over Cumberland Valley’s Aja’nai Jumper, the top seed, in the finals.
Alaina Claassen
Last Wednesday marked the first day of the regular signing period for Division I and II football players to make their decisions final, and Mustangs quarterback and punter Sean Franzi put his signature down with Division II Edinboro in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
State Rep. Joe McAndrew was appointed chair of the House subcommittee on Public Transportation, his office announced.
State Rep. Joe McAndrew was appointed chair of the House subcommittee on Public Transportation, his office announced Friday. The appointment coincides with the release of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed 2024-25 budget, which calls for $283 million in new state funding for public transportation an...
A new Sheetz under construction along the Golden Mile Highway in Plum is tentatively set to open in May, a spokesman for the Altoona-based convenience store chain said.
A new Sheetz under construction in Plum is tentatively scheduled to open in May, a spokesman for the Altoona-based convenience store chain said.
Plum School District has over $45,000 in delinquent lunch accounts for about 850 of its 3,570 students over the past two school years.
While donations of aid are appreciated, they take only a small bite out of what is routinely a big problem.
An anonymous member of the Plum School District community recently gave the district $500 to cover student lunch debt at Holiday Park Intermediate School.
Emma Winkler’s goal is to make the world a better place, and she’s starting in her own backyard to make that happen.
Winkler, 16, of Cheswick has led a senior prom and winter formal dance at Longwood at Oakmont in Plum, where she also works as a part-time server. She also started the Helping Hands club at Oakland Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, where students focus on volunteerism and community service.
The Plum girls basketball team took care of business Monday in a 61-49 Section 1-5A victory over Kiski Area on senior night at Plum High School.
Monthly bills increased about $14 for Plum residents with municipal water and sewage service, starting in February.
It’s the latest bill to increase for borough residents. Council in December approved a nearly 40% increase — more than $200 per year — in property taxes with the borough’s 2024 budget, and as the school board considers potential increases to fund the district’s 2024-25 budget and pay for a...
A “souper bowl” drive to help tackle hunger is going on at Fox’s Pizza Den in Oakmont, 314 Allegheny River Blvd.
People can bring canned or boxed soups to the pizza shop through Feb. 11.
The program will feature the Zoomobile, which will bring four or five small animals for the group to meet and learn about.
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People and pets from all over flocked to Boyce Park in Plum on Wednesday to enjoy the warm weather and sunshine. Temperatures were in the low 70s most of the day. Park walkers were treated to the flute playing of Penn Hills resident and retired teacher Mike Stur. The dog park by the basketball courts had both large and small canines running around their respective areas chasing balls tossed and kicked by their owners. Some sections of the park were closed off due to construction. Video by Michael DiVittorio
