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Peters Township’s engineering director laid out the plans for paving the municipality’s roads this year. Mark Zemaitis explained to council members at their meeting Monday that more than five miles of township-owned roads are being targeted for resurfacing. According to Zemaitis, 2025 is year two of a three-year plan for treating the roads. “Basically, what we did was we took the remaining roads, re-rode them, re-ranked them, plotted them on a map, and that’ll give us an idea of the surface condition of the remaining list of roads,” Zemaitis said. Peters has $2.3 million budgeted for pavement maintenance in 2025. Also at Monday’s meeting, council unanimously approved a ...
Peters Township police are planning to add a social worker to its ranks this year – pending a couple of actions from council members. The position itself is accounted for in this year’s budget, but council tabled two motions at its meeting Monday that would amend the Peters Township employee handbook and the police department’s policies to include the job description and duties. Police Chief Joseph Glover explained this was due to some technical issues with the language in those policies. “There are a couple hiccups that we need to work out. That’s why they backed off last night,” Glover said, adding that the resolutions will likely be passed at council’s Feb. 10 ...
Mt. Lebanon’s seventh-place showing in the Allegheny County Championship was anything but so-so. It’s an indication of where the wrestling program is headed. The Blue Devils, who boast 10 sophomores on their varsity roster, put five grapplers on the podium. Three reached the finals and one ...
Bethel Park prepared for the WPIAL team wrestling tournament by finishing runner-up at the Allegheny County Championships and by beating Upper St. Clair to claim its second straight section championship. The Black Hawks placed second (231.5 points) in the team standings during the county ...
David Kuhn’s cell phone rang. The Peters Township boys golf coach glanced at the screen as it flashed Bob Lombardi’s name as the incoming caller. Lombardi was not on the line as the PIAA executive director, but rather as the president of the National Federation of High School ...
Jayden Davis sees himself as the next TJ McConnell to come out of Chartiers Valley. “Yes, I do,” he said. “There are a lot of similarities, especially the aspect of being told that you are too small. We let our hustle and our actions do the talking.” Known as the “little kid” on ...
A cry went up in AHN Arena as Liam Sheely grabbed his left shoulder during fourth-quarter action in Mt. Lebanon’s 68-58 victory against Peters Township in a non-section boys’ basketball game played Feb. 10. A junior, Sheely rushed towards Joe David for relief. There Lebo’s floor boss, who ...
The Mt. Lebanon High School rifle team finished fourth in the WPIAL championships held Feb. 11 at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsman Club located in Canonsburg and qualified for the state championships. Woodlands Hills won the title with an 800-53x while Hempfield finished as the runner-up. ...
South Fayette girls basketball coach Bryan Bennett has one simple task as the Lady Lions embark on their quest for a fourth straight WPIAL championship. “We are fortunate to have talented kids,” Bennett emphasized. “My job is to not mess it up.” So far, Bennett has upheld his ...
Editor's note: This story was updated Feb. 10 to clarify the number of staff Knapp oversees. Mandy Knapp, 42, a native of Bethel Park, was recently appointed to lead the State Library of Ohio as its executive director. A resident of Westerville, Ohio, Knapp has more than 20 years of ...