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10.02.10

Paul Boyce gets fitted for a new bike helmet by AGH LifeFlight outreach development coordinator Eric Schmidt during Bellevue's Health & Safety Day at Bayne Park on Sept. 25.

11.05.11

Emsworth, Ben Avon voters to choose

Voters in Emsworth and Ben Avon will have the only real local government choices to make in the Nov. 8 general election.

In Emsworth, four candidates are seeking election to three four-year seats on the borough council, while Ben Avon voters will fill three council seats from among five candidates.

08.26.11

Antelopes: Don’t change what works

By JIM RUMBLE

With the 2011 football season about to get underway, new Avonworth head coach Duke Johncour seems optimistic about taking over a program that has done a complete turnaround over the last several years.

Gone is former head coach Jason Kekseo, who compiled a 31-6 record over the last three seasons that included two conference titles and two appearances in the WPIAL semis.

"The program was established and that's a good thing," said Johncour.

"I'm coming into a very good situation. The kids are working hard, but we have a lot of holes to fill," he added.

06.24.11

Avonworth personnel

Several personnel changes will be taking place in the Avonworth School District.

On June 6, the Avonworth School Board approved Elizabeth Maidman as a day-to-day substitute for the 2011-12 school year at the rate of $140 per day with no benefits.

The board also approved Nick Mancini as a temporary high school learning support (social studies) teacher, and Molly Chester as a temporary high school social studies teacher, both with benefits.

Susan Byrne was approved as a personal care aide for the upcoming school year.

05.20.11

Community garden benefits local food pantries

A plot of ground a little under one-third of an acre located at the eastern end of Bellevue may not qualify as urban gardening, but planted carefully, a garden that size will yield an abundance of produce for the North Hills Community Outreach [NHCO] food pantries.

It's not the first time that this mini-farm has been cultivated. Terrie Amelio, whose family gardened the Davis Avenue property many years ago, donated the land to NHCO, requesting that the land be used as an organic garden and that the produce support NHCO's food pantries in Bellevue and Hampton.

02.18.11

Coordinator honored

Stephen Strasser, Avonworth's coordinator of student services, will be retiring in June. At its meeting on Monday, the Avonworth School Board voted to approve the hiring of his successor, Jessica Taylor, at a salary of $72,500.

Taylor will begin her work as the director of student services on July 1, 2011.

08.13.10

Food Donations Needed

North Hills Community Outreach is requesting donations of rice mixes, canned fruit, crackers, macaroni and cheese and soup.

NHCO operates two food pantries, in Hampton and Bellevue, serving 350 families in need every month.

According to food pantry coordinator Brandi Rukovena, “Summer is typically a slow time of the year for food donations. Most groups that donate – schools, church groups, scouts – aren’t meeting, and individual donors are away or busy. But the need is constant.”

01.29.10

Multicultural dinner celebrates diversity

In an effort to promote cultural diversity and a global perspective within the community, Avonworth High School will hold its second annual multicultural dinner festival on Feb. 6, starting at 6 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

The opening attraction of the evening -- food -- will feature cuisine prepared by parents, teachers and students, as well as by restaurants.

12.04.09

Familiar face to lead Avonworth boys

Someone once said that familiarity breeds contempt. Well, in the case of Avonworth athletics, familiarity seems to breed winning seasons and playoff runs, and hopes are high the practice will be as successful for the boys’ basketball team as it was for the football program.

10.02.09

News Briefs

Early probation end?

Bellevue Council could decide whether to end an employee's probationary period early so that he will be eligible for borough-paid health insurance.

Council member David Gillingham Jr. said at the Sept. 30 pre-council meeting that if council releases recent public works hire George Bauer from probation a month early, he would be eligible to receive insurance benefits through the borough.

08.07.09

Avonworth Names A.D.

Avonworth School District administrators were flooded with some 90 resumes after posting a job opening for an athletic director. That number first was cut down to 15, then down to three. Eventually there was only one candidate for the job.

The school board unanimously voted to hire Earl Chet Fuhrman as athletic director, replacing Greg Wagner, who resigned July 31.

“We were really impressed with his motivation, his exuberance for the job,” superintendent Dr. Valerie McDonald said at the board’s work session on Monday.

06.19.09

News Briefs

Assessments opposed The Northgate School Board has voted to oppose new graduation competency assessments proposed by the state.

The board passed a resolution at its regular meeting on June 15, opposing the high school graduation competency assessments and Keystone exams proposed by Pennsylvania Governer Ed Rendell and the Department of Education.

According to Northgate superintendent Dr. Reggie Bonfield, the assessments would create a new way to evaluate whether a student is ready to graduate.

05.05.04

Avonworth Trims 2004-05 Budget To Reduce Tax Hike

Revisions have already trimmed close to $200,000 in expenditures from the Avonworth School District's preliminary 2004-05 budget, and school board members met last week to identify other cuts that might reduce a projected 3 mill property tax increase. 05/04/04.