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Members of Peters Township council voted Monday against a proposed housing development after the developer requested the vote be delayed. At issue was an 87.3-acre parcel of land at 231 Froebe Road, where Froebe Management had hoped to build 170 single-family homes. In February council voted ...

What’s Happening – Week of April 28

CRAFT SHOW The Pittsburgh South Hills Elks Lodge 2213 will hold an arts and craft/vendor show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 5 at 2789 South Park Road in Bethel Park. The event will be held regardless of weather. In addition to crafts and vendors, there will be an auction, 50/50 raffle and a food ...

A half-century of mental-health counseling

Fifty years ago, some teens in Mt. Lebanon were engaging in unhealthy activities in the municipality’s parks and near the schools. The Mt. Lebanon Police Department and community relations board took action, and from that grassroots movement, Outreach Teen & Family Services was ...

Cake as an art form

Laura Cabe admits she loves to play with her food. And all that playing has been paying off for the Mt. Lebanon baker. One of those creations, her dessert marshmallows, won accolades at last month’s Sweet Sunday Dessert Festival, held annually at the Hilton Garden Inn Southpointe to benefit ...

Falling like dominoes

It was a sight to behold: 287 cereal boxes toppling like dominoes. The maneuver was the culmination of a recent service project at Mother of Mercy Academy in Whitehall. The school’s 323 students at the K-8 school brought in the cereal boxes, decorated them, set them up and watched them ...