Plum Advance Leader

09/06/2026

Mold remediation is being conducted at Plum Middle School this weekend, district officials said in a letter issued to parents Friday.

Mold remediation is being conducted at Plum Middle School this weekend, district officials said in a letter issued to parents Friday.

09/06/2026

Here are the Plum real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 6, 2026.

09/05/2026

Last week, in their drubbing of Baldwin, Plum senior QB John Nonnenberg and junior WR Semaj Robinson connected six times for 145 yards and a touchdown. For an encore, they would eclipse those numbers in the first half against Franklin Regional (0-2), with Nonnenberg finding Robinson three times for 176 yards and three touchdowns as Plum (2-0) rolled to a 42-20 win at Franklin Regional.

Franklin Regional’s Gage Williams carries the ball against Plum on Friday at Franklin Regional. (Kristina Serafini | TribLive)

09/03/2026

With e-bikes at the forefront of everyone’s mind, Plum Police want residents to know the rules and regulations surrounding electrically powered bicycles.

With e-bikes at the forefront of everyone’s mind, Plum Police want residents to know the rules and regulations surrounding electrically powered bicycles. That begins, they say, with knowing the difference between e-bikes and e-motors. An e-bike, or electric-assist bicycle, can reach a maximum....

09/02/2026

Unity Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Allen Ayers said firefighters were dispatched at about 10:18 p.m. for reports of a fire at Veltre’s Wedding & Event Centre along Coxcomb Hill Road.

Firefighters were called out Tuesday night for a report of a fire at Veltre’s Wedding & Event Centre on Coxcomb Hill Road in Plum. There was no fire at the building. Instead, firefighters discovered a nearby utility pole was damaged and fallen transformers were sparking a brush fire and caught a s...

08/30/2026

Here are the Plum real estate transactions for this week.

GPH Murrysville L.P. sold property at 3300 Logan Ferry Road to Murrysville Prop LLC for $10 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $488,150).

08/28/2026

Tournament director Jamie Stewart said Plum Area Youth Soccer and PA West are pumped up to host the tournament and welcome teams from neighboring communities and throughout the region.

The Plum Kickoff Classic, the largest youth soccer tournament in Pennsylvania, is set for this weekend, and the 29th edition will feature nearly 300 teams in action from the start Friday evening to the championship games Sunday. Tournament director Jamie Stewart said Plum Area Youth Soccer and PA We...

08/26/2026

Plum’s patriarch of pies, Somma Pizza owner Mark Somma, has died on Aug. 19 after a three-year battle with brain cancer. He was 68. A self-made entrepreneur from a Highland Park Italian family with six siblings who all cooked, Somma started out working for a Downtown pizza shop seven days a week from open to close.

Plum’s patriarch of pies, Somma Pizza owner Mark Somma, has died on Aug. 19 after a three-year battle with brain cancer. He was 68.

08/26/2026

Hulton Road will closed around-the-clock while work continues. The work originally was scheduled to begin Monday but delays with getting signage for the closure forced a delay, according to Nicole Haney, a PennDOT press officer.

08/26/2026

As Plum’s JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) celebrates its 20-year anniversary, its impact has not been lost on current cadets. “This program has changed my life,” said Plum senior Xoey Thorwart.

Senior Xoey Thorwart leads a JROTC class as cadets Calkidan Ressler (from left), Melanie Smith and Zoey Yeager and others discuss goals for the year at Plum Senior High School on Tuesday. (Kristina Serafini | TribLive)