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  • Aug 19, 2023 | triblive.com | Rob Amen

    The idyllic innocence of Rustic Ridge shattered a week ago. Tragedy struck this close-knit community in Plum, a neighborhood of more than 200 homes, about 10:23 a.m. last Saturday. An explosion leveled a home on Rustic Ridge Drive and resulted in an inferno that destroyed two neighboring homes. The shock wave of the blast damaged a dozen others — some beyond repair. The toll is immense.

  • Aug 15, 2023 | triblive.com | Rob Amen

    The corner lot of 154 Rustic Ridge Drive in Plum on Tuesday turned into a therapeutic group session for dozens of kids in the neighborhood — even if they didn’t know it. At least two dozen kids of all ages, from toddler to teen, gathered in the driveway and backyard to just be a kid again on a beautiful summer day. They laughed. They drew pictures. They made bracelets. They played on a swing set.

  • Aug 15, 2023 | triblive.com | Rob Amen

    Lindsay and Fran Sciullo thought so highly of Heather and Paul Oravitz that they entrusted to the Oravitzes’ daughter what was most precious to them — their two sons. Taylor Oravitz would babysit the Sciullo boys, Maddox and Brady, when Lindsay and her husband, Fran — educators in the Plum School District — needed someone to watch them. The Sciullos and Oravitzes were neighbors for about 10 years in the Rustic Ridge neighborhood in Plum.

  • Aug 14, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Rob Amen

    Aug. 14—Above all else, Kevin Sebunia was a dedicated family man — a devoted father and doting husband who willingly gave his time to others. His wife, Kelly, and daughters, Emily and Abigail, were the most important people in Sebunia's life, longtime friend Joe Pulcini said. "His family came before anything," Pulcini said. "His two girls came before everything."Sebunia died Saturday when a house on Rustic Ridge Drive suddenly exploded in the borough's Rustic Ridge neighborhood, Pulcini said.

  • Aug 14, 2023 | triblive.com | Rob Amen

    Rafal Kolankowski was determined to forge ahead, the chaos engulfing his neighborhood — his life — be damned. Soccer tryouts loomed Monday night, the first of three days of tryouts, and the Plum High School boys coach wasn’t about to let the kids down. “Unfortunately, I have to make cuts,” said Kolankowski as he stood in his front yard on Brookside Drive facing the crews assessing the damage from the fatal house explosion in Rustic Ridge , two days earlier. “We have 45 or 46 kids trying out.

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