All golfers have a handicap – a numerical measure of their playing ability that allows different skill levels to compete fairly against each other, but Betty Glyptis’ physical handicap affords her an edge. While she passed her newborn hearing screening, she found out when she was 3 that ...
Tenley Villani embodied the spirit of Bethel Park Community Day. Held annually on the second Saturday of September, the event showcased all the municipality has to offer its citizens. After a parade featuring the high school band, fire trucks, emergency vehicles, floats, organizations and ...
Although he now lives in San Diego, Kevin Shaeffer is a proud member of Steelers Nation. He and his wife, Blanca, will be in attendance when Pittsburgh kicks off the 2026 NFL season against the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 13 at Acrisure Stadium. “We bleed black and gold,” Shaeffer said. ...
Mandi Figlioli’s eyes moistened as the first school buses wheeled up to the curb transporting the 1,800 students to the new Bethel Park Elementary School. “It feels like Christmas,” she said, wiping away tears. “I just can’t wait to see the kids’ faces.” Those faces on the ...
Terry Crump of Bethel Park once celebrated Sept. 11. Today, he grieves, remembers and toasts a lost companion. Friday marks Crump’s 71st birthday and the death of Ken Waldie. Twenty-five years ago, Waldie boarded American Airlines Flight 11 in Boston but less than 45 minutes later the ...
On any ordinary day, not just on Sept. 11 anniversaries, Tom Etzel of Mt. Lebanon can wrestle with his feelings “Out of the blue, the raw emotions still come up and I get tears in my eyes,” he said. Etzel thinks of the niece and friend he lost 25 years ago when two hijacked airliners ...
