By Brad Hundt Staff writer bhundt@observer-reporter.com Thousands of years ago, eclipses were something to fear. Before astronomy was born and eclipses were fully understood, it was believed that when the sky would unexpectedly grow dark during the day, it was because the gods were enraged, the sun had been devoured by dragons, demons or wolves or it was a harbinger of death and destruction. In the 21st century, eclipses are not an occasion to sprint for the hills or sacrifice a goat. Instead, for many, they’re an occasion to scramble for hotel reservations. On April 8, the routine of a Monday afternoon is going to be interrupted for millions of people across North America ...
The Historical Society of Carnegie is ready to hit it out of the park with a three-day celebration next weekend, in honor of Honus “The Flying Dutchman” Wagner’s 150th birthday. "He’s still recognized as the greatest shortstop to play the game,” said Don Trischler, a docent for the historical society and its Honus Wagner Museum. “Not only the greatest shortstop, but probably one of the greatest players to ever play the game.” Trischler and other museum docents and Honus Wagner experts are looking forward to regaling visitors with tales of The Flying Dutchman during his birthday bash, which runs from Friday, Feb. 23, through Sunday, Feb. 25, at the Historical Society of ...
Peters Township council is moving ahead with scaled back plans for an aquatic center at Rolling Hills Park after rejecting bids last year. Council voted 3-2 Monday to award the $188,000 contract to the Blue Bell-based Kimmel Bogrette Architecture. The firm will design plans for the first phase ...
Peters Township council rejected a settlement agreement with St. Clair Health and Huntington Bank concerning a dispute over whether there needs to be cross access between the properties. The agreement failed in a 2-2 vote during Monday’s council meeting. Frank Kosir and Tom Pirosko voted in ...
After two rounds of PIAA girls’ basketball playoff action, there were no local survivors as South Fayette (19-9), Chartiers Valley (17-8) and Peters Township (24-2) wrapped up their seasons with decisive defeats. The Lady Lions dropped a 48-28 decision to Oakland Catholic (26-2) on March 13 ...
Bethel Park (15-13) reeled off the first 10 points of the third quarter, erasing a seven-point halftime deficit, on its way to a 48-43 triumph over Fox Chapel (16-12) in a second-round PIAA boys’ basketball playoff game at the AHN Arena in Peters Township High School. Held to 13 points in ...
Mason Kernan’s scholastic wrestling career did not end as planned. While the Bethel Park senior earned a spot on the podium at the Giant Center in Hershey, his medal did not gleam gold. Bronze, instead, adorned his neck after placing third in the 133-pound weight class during the PIAA ...
After two rounds of PIAA girls’ basketball playoff action, there were no local survivors as South Fayette (19-9), Chartiers Valley (17-8) and Peters Township (24-2) wrapped up their seasons with decisive defeats. The Lady Lions dropped a 48-28 decision to Oakland Catholic (26-2) on March 13 ...
The PIHL will crown new Penguins Cup champions in Class AAA as well as AA when the league hosts the finals March 18-19 at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. Pine-Richland and Penn-Trafford saw to that as the Rams and Warriors toppled the defending champions during recent PIHL playoff ...