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An eighth-grade pianist in the South Fayette School District will be displaying her musical talents at Carnegie Hall. Adalia Mathew,13, was selected as a first prize winner in the 13 to 15 age group for the Golden Classical Music Awards Piano Competition. As part of the achievement, she will ...

A hard-to-miss digital clock ceaselessly ticks down the seconds, minutes and hours in the space where Carl Hauenstein works day after day after day, but sometimes he gets so caught up in his labors he entirely loses track of time. “Time just stands still,” he said one recent afternoon. ...

Hole in one

At a very young age, Bradyn Roberts realized he had a knack for business. The South Fayette senior has dabbled in business opportunities such as ice cream, hydro-dipped items, phone cases and stickers. “I watched a lot of Shark Tank growing up,” Roberts said. “The older I got, the more ...

Building bridges

A group of Upper St. Clair High School students are not only building, designing and programming robots for competitions, they’re using their robotic knowledge and experience to help kids facing limited mobility. Team TeraBridges, in existence since 2020, is composed of 15 Upper St. Clair ...

Peters Township council almost did not approve next year’s budget as elected officials were divided on a hike in taxes. Initially, an ordinance raising property taxes in Peters from 1.7 mills to 1.95 mills failed in a 3-3 vote. Gary Stiegel Jr., Frank Kosir Jr., and Frank Arcuri voted ...

“For the next three weeks, I’m not going to do anything but be at my workbench.” An observation from Santa Claus, sweating to make a Dec. 24 deadline, or one of his overworked elves? No, it actually comes from Toby Fraley, a Washington native, Bridgeville resident and artist who has ...