When Mt. Lebanon defeated Upper St. Clair, 14-9, on May 1, Mike Ermer recorded his 200th career victory as Blue Devils head coach. The triumph, however, is not the significant win he’s after. “Two hundred is cool,” Ermer said. “It’s still nice but it’s really not a big deal. It ...
On the 17th day of July 1993, on the 17th floor of the Westin William Penn Hotel, Jamie Benjamin and Larry Gesoff told each other, “I do.” Far from high school sweethearts, the two were 50 when they got married, and are still together more than 30 years later. They currently live at South ...
A large crowd gathered in front of the Washington County Courthouse Dec. 11 to celebrate Hanukkah. This was the second year Chabad of the South Hills hosted the event. The Mt. Lebanon-based synagogue has been reaching out to Washington County since the closure of Beth Israel’s synagogue in ...
Third-graders at Pleasant Valley Elementary School put their lessons on economic principles to the test at the economics fair earlier this month. Students created their own products, as well as marketing and sales plans. Kids then went shopping to “purchase” their classmates’ new inventions.
