Riverhounds to train at Cool Springs
Bethel Park — The Pittsburgh Riverhounds professional soccer club will make the Allegheny Health Network Sports Complex at Cool Springs its official indoor training facility.
The Riverhounds will begin using the facility for training when it opens in the fall, with a regulation-size soccer field, gym for conditioning and rehabilitation, and onsite orthopedic and athletic training services provided by Allegheny Health Network.
Allegheny Health Network is the team’s medical provider. The sports complex will offer outpatient orthopedic care, diagnostics and athletic training services.
The 172,000-square-foot indoor facility will include multipurpose basketball/volleyball courts, batting cages, a high-tech multi-sport simulation center, and banquet and event space. The new facility, designed by Local Design architects and Gateway Engineers Inc., will be constructed this spring and summer by Martik Brothers.
It’s the second phase of a renovation that began when Penn Cove Group Capital purchased Cool Springs in 2013 with plans to convert the aging golf center into a modern athletic complex serving a variety of sports.
The grand opening of the project’s first phase in 2014 unveiled Cool Springs’ revamped golf center with a new clubhouse, two-tier driving range, fully turfed landing area, two indoor virtual simulators and a pro shop. Cool Springs also refurbished its 18-hole miniature golf course and opened the Fairway Grille restaurant and pub.
New owner for Carnegie Towers
Carnegie — For the second time in 5½ years, Carnegie Towers on Capitol Drive has changed owners.
Capital Realty Group of Spring Valley, N.Y., bought the 10-story, 176-unit high-rise apartment building on 1.8 acres for $8.2 million, according to Jason Starkman of Starkman Realty of Philadelphia. The buyer assumed the current debit and provided a $2 million cash payment.
Mayor Jack Kobistek said he is optimistic the new owners will make positive changes because they also own housing units in Duquesne and have good references.
The borough is beefing up security at the apartment complex, Mr. Kobistek said.
Recent disturbances at the complex have been kept to a minimum, he said. However, some incidents of prostitution still occur, which usually result in tenant eviction.
Carnegie Towers, built in the early 1970s, is 100 percent subsidized by Department of Housing and Urban Development. Its 2015 market value is $2.2 million, according to the Allegheny County website.
Summer recreation jobs available
Green Tree — Applications to work with the borough's summer recreation program may be downloaded at www.greentreeboro.com/employment.html.
■ Line dancing classes with Anne Devlin will be held from 5:15 to 6 p.m. Tuesday and April 21 at the Green Tree Municipal Center gym. Each class is limited to 30 people. Cost is $20 for residents, $25 for nonresidents. Registration can be completed online at www.greentreeboro.com or at the administration office, 10 W. Manilla Ave.
Fundraising for pediatric cancer research
South Fayette — The South Fayette High School student government is sponsoring its annual Mini-THON at 6 p.m. April 17 in the high school gym. The event is an overnight, 12-hour dance-a-thon that is modeled after Penn State’s THON. Students in grades 9-12 form teams and raise money for the Four Diamonds Fund, which supports families and children who are fighting pediatric cancer.
Last year, students, teachers and local businesses raised more than $21,500.
For details: Brandon Flannery at bflannery@southfayette.org or Felix Yerace at fyerace@southfayette.org.
Children’s author to present discussion
Peters — Children’s author and illustrator Will Hillenbrand will discuss his work and read from his books at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Peters Township Public Library, 616 E. McMurray Road.
The program is to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pennsylvania’s “One Book, Every Young Child” program, which emphasizes the importance of early literacy development in ages 3-6.
A book signing will follow the program, and refreshments will be provided.
Registration can be completed at the library’s children’s department or at 724-941-9430, ext. 3160.
Poet to lead Frost discussion
Peters/Washington, Pa. — The poetry of four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Frost will be discussed in a two-part series with local poet Samuel Hazo at Peters Township Public Library and at Citizens Library in Washington, Pa.
Mr. Hazo will present the poems of Frost from 7 to 8 p.m. April 21 at the Peters library, 616 E. McMurray Road, and from 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 28 at Citizens Library, 55 S. College St.
Mr. Hazo will discuss Frost’s works, including “Love and a Question,” “Death of the Hired Man,” “Home Burial,” “Birches,” “Out Out” and “Mending Wall.” Poems are available in printed collections and on the Internet.
To register for the Peters library program: programs@ptlibrary.org or 724-941-9430. To register for the Citizens Library presentation: 724-222-2400.
Annual GOP dinner scheduled
Bethel Park — The annual Bethel Park Republican dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. May 2 at the municipal community center, 5151 Park Ave.
Richard Jewell, a Bethel Park native and the former president of Grove City College, will speak about the future of the Republican party.
Tickets: $40 per person, $20 for college and high school students. Admission includes a buffet dinner catered by Frank’s Pub & Grill 88.
For information: www.bpgop.com or info@bpgop.com.
Sharing Black History program
Clairton — The junior ushers at First AME Church in Clairton honored a group of living and deceased African-Americans in law enforcement as part of their recent Sharing Black History program.
Among the honorees March 8 were: George Simmons, Charlie Barlett, Dan Nelson and Sylvester Holmes, McKeesport police officers; Henry Jones, George Wallington and Herman Jefferies of Duquesne; and George Hatfield, Eddie Johnson, Vernon Pressle and Michael Gressem of Clairton.
The background of each individual was researched by the Carnegie Library of McKeesport, McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center, West Mifflin Historical Society, city of Clairton and Clairton Public Library.
John “Ohenabah” Perryman displayed African artifacts during the program.
First AME Church was organized in 1903.
First Published: April 3, 2015, 4:00 a.m.