Gibsonia News

Santa Claus visits the John Kane Center in Scott Township as part of the Presents for Patients event.

This season, more Pittsburghers and other Americans are giving the gift of giving as presents to family, employees and clients.

Most of us take trains for granted, considering them a nuisance, in fact, because of their deafening noise and disruption of traffic.

For a century, model trains and tracks made to scale have given train buffs a way to express their fascination and give the rest of us a glimpse into American history.

The high-pitched, fluid notes streaming from Derian Keefer's piccolo matched his spirit as described by friends: "wonderful." A member of the Kittanning Firemen's Band, Keefer was killed Wednesday when the Ford F-350 flatbed truck he was driving on Route 910 in Indiana Township crashed.

The Centre County Court Administrator's office says Jennifer Clifford, of Gibsonia, and John Townsend, of Latrobe, are next scheduled for pretrial conferences in March.

Police identified the two passengers who were badly injured Friday afternoon when a sanitation truck crashed and overturned on McCalmont Road.

TV: PBS special revives '60s music acts from a really big shoo Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 15:19 The producer, who works out of a home office in Gibsonia, Pa., ignited the doo-wop craze 10 years ago and his programs have raised millions for PBS stations over the past decade.

Police in Butler County have identified the victims of a sanitation-truck crash Friday in which the driver was killed and two passengers were seriously injured.

One man died and two other people were badly hurt Friday afternoon when a septic pumping truck crashed on McCalmont Road.

A high school math instructor from the Pittsburgh suburbs who hails from a family of educators was honored Tuesday as the state's teacher of the year.

Marcia Slaton, reading teacher and literacy coach, at the Grace S. Beck Elementary and Chief Shikellamy Elementary in Shikellamy School District, Sunbury, is one of the 11 finalists in the state's Teacher of the Year program.

Two fraternities, a fraternity member and the roommate of Penn State freshman Joseph Dado's sister were all charged Thursday with furnishing alcohol in connection with Dado's death.

A high school math instructor from the Pittsburgh suburbs who hails from a family of educators was honored Tuesday as Pennsylvania's teacher of the year.

Michelle S. Switala, head of the Math Department at Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia, beat out 11 other finalists to collect the award from the Pennsylvania chapter of the National State Teachers of the Year organization.

Looking for info on Free Webinar on Autism and Children's ministry-Nov. 3-2pm. I thank you kindly for any help.

"Our core mission of educating women," says Dr. Esther Barazzone, Chatham Unversity president, "both undergraduate and graduate, is extremely important for the economic development of the region." Leaning forward in her well appointed office in Andrew Mellon's former home, a large, faux-Tudor structure that once housed the Secretary of the Treasury ...

Some of the area's most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes will be walking the runway to help an area hospital.

In conjunction with its 175th anniversary, St. Mary of the Assumption Church on Middle Road in Glenshaw is conducting a parish renewal from Sunday, Oct.

To help Bob Mandera raise money for diabetes research, make checks out to Erie Diabetes Walk c/o Bob Mandera and mail them to 4819 Andrews Drive, Gibsonia, PA 15044.