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Jim Gastgeb’s fascination with the automobile began as a youth when he accompanied his father on trips to the local dealership to buy a new car for the family. “Back then it was either a four-door Chevy Impala or a station wagon,” said Gastgeb, of Bethel Park. “I would always be ...

Bethel Park has gone to the dogs. And drones, too. In an effort to take a bite out of crime, the municipality showcased both during National Night Out held Aug. 4 at its new digs, the Park Avenue playground and parking lot. The vicinity adjacent to the Bethel Park Community Center is a ...

What’s Happening – Week of Aug. 2

FESTIVAL The South Hills Jewish Festival will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 2 at 1700 Bower Hill Rd. There will be a live concert with Chasidic singer Berel Faiden,cultural crafts, petting zoo, inflatables, magic show, Jewish book sale, lawn games. There will be kosher wine and food for ...

Andy Amrhein is well known in Bethel Park because he has a hand in virtually everything happening throughout the municipality. The owner of Evey True Value Hardware and Rental Store on Library Road, he’s involved in Bethel Park’s Fantastic Four Charities, including the community and ...

Harry Blichfeldt of Bethel Park, just like Johnny Cash’s legendary song, has been everywhere, man. Almost. “I haven’t been to Alaska nor Yosemite,” he said. The state and the national park are on the bucket list of Blichfeldt. A nature photographer for 34 years, Blichfeldt was ...

Even before the Wright Brothers lifted a plane off the ground at Kitty Hawk, the favorite form of aviation in America’s classrooms has been the humble paper airplane. But the paper airplane’s hegemony is facing some stiff headwinds from the drones that are zipping around our skies in ...