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WHAT’S HAPPENING – Week of Nov. 16

PT REC Peters Township offers the following at the recreation center: Cardmaking Classes: Ages 18 and over will make hand-stamped holiday cards from 3 to 5 p.m. Nov. 24. Fee is $20 ($30 nonmembers). There is an additional $10 fee for materials due to the instructor on the day of class. Ages 12 to 17 make their own greetings from 6 to 7 p.m. Fee is $15 ($23 nonmembers). All materials and tools are provided to create cards and embellished envelopes. Holiday Lights Tour: Residents are invited to decorate homes and register to be included on the official driving tour map, which will be published online. The deadline to register is Dec. 7. Holiday Trivia: Test your knowledge of ...

Tick bites can result in serious health problems

Before June 2024, Sandy Mansmann said she could multitask with ease and remember everything. Then she was bitten by a blacklegged tick. Now, the 84-year-old Nottingham Township woman said she lives with fatigue, achy joints and brain fog. Mansmann is one of thousands of Pennsylvanians who ...

Wedding Cookie Table Community eyes new world record

Laura Magone has a sweet idea. Magone, founder of The Wedding Cookie Table Community on Facebook – a group that has grown to include more than 381,000 bakers worldwide in the decade since she launched it – aims to set the world record for The World’s Largest Christmas Cookie ...

Veterans Day observance on tap in local communities

Several South Hills communities will conduct Veterans Day observances on Nov. 11. Navy Seal Brian Loughridge will be the keynote speaker at a ceremony set for Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial off Cedar Boulevard in Mt. Lebanon. Loughridge is also a Mt. Lebanon volunteer ...

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Peters Township claims WPIAL crown

Panic may be a great entry for a daily Wordle puzzle, but it’s never an applicable five-letter word found in the vocabulary of the Peters Township High School football team. The sudden sensation of fear did not overwhelm the Indians even when they found themselves trailing top-seeded ...

Rossi replicates family tradition at South Fayette

As a football coach, Joe Rossi etched his name in the history books at South Fayette High School. During his 17-year tenure, he guided the Lions to four WPIAL titles and two PIAA championships. The winning tradition rubbed off on his family such that his offspring cannot help but replicate his ...

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South Fayette wins first PIAA girls soccer crown

Harper Zapf never doubted South Fayette would be wearing the PIAA Class 3A soccer crown. The sophomore defender never wavered in her thinking even when the Lady Lions fell behind, 1-0, to Radnor in the championship match played Nov. 15 at Northeastern High School’s Bobcat Stadium in ...

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South Fayette wins first PIAA girls soccer crown

Harper Zapf never doubted South Fayette would be wearing the PIAA Class 3A soccer crown. The sophomore defender never wavered in her thinking even when the Lady Lions fell behind, 1-0, to Radnor in the championship match played Nov. 15 at Northeastern High School’s Bobcat Stadium in ...

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