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Gateway School District considering hiring company owned partially by solicitor
Gateway school board is considering hiring a company owned partially by its solicitor to provide temperature checks to students and staff every day before entering buildings. Board President Mary Beth Cirucci said Trafford-based Mobile Health Services approached Gateway administration to provide the services. The cost to taxpayers would be $88,200...
Gateway School Board allows Grace Life Church to continue services at high school despite concerns
The Gateway School Board narrowly voted down an administrative recommendation Tuesday to place a temporary moratorium on all facility rentals amid ongoing concerns of spreading covid-19. The vote, 5-4, means outside groups can continue to rent school district buildings throughout the school year. Those in favor of stopping facility rentals...
Monroeville nursing home reports 47 covid-19 cases, after reporting zero last week
A Monroeville nursing home has reported 47 cases of covid-19 to state health officials, after reporting none a week ago. Long-term care facility data from the state’s Department of Health shows that Monroeville Rehabilitation & Wellness Center reported zero cases of covid-19. In numbers updated on Tuesday, the center reported...
District court: Judge Jeffrey Herbst handles DUI, theft, assault, other cases
Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Waived for court • Ryan Turner, 39, of Homer City on a charge of retail theft. The...
Police log: Monroeville police file charges in July incidents
Monroeville police filed the following charges July 1-29 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: • Richard Ray, 65, of Pitcairn with two DUIs and failure to drive on the right side of the roadway. Charges were filed July 29 in...
Eastern area real estate transactions, Aug. 10
Edgewood Jeremiah Lott sold property at 124 Dewey St. to Gretchen Snell Zelinsky for $245,000. Thomas Vandyke Schmaus sold property at 109 Ivy St. to Cory Francis Hayes and Alexa Donner for $183,000. Forest Hills MO Rentals Inc. sold property at 530 Atlantic Ave. to Erich Raymond Hulse for $78,500....
Police: Monroeville man accused of exposing himself, trying to lure 2 girls in McKeesport
A Monroeville man remained in jail Sunday for allegedly exposing himself to and trying to lure two girls in McKeesport, court records show. Carlos Levy, 30, was allegedly parked on Ross Street late in the afternoon on Aug. 2, according to the criminal complaint filed against him. Two girls, ages...
Monroeville woman makes masks for any family who needs them
With masks being required to go into many businesses, and students and teachers mandated to wear face coverings when coming back to school during the covid-19 pandemic, many people are doing their part to ensure those needs are covered. Valerie Corbin and her Monroeville family are no exception. Corbin, who...
Test your knowledge in Poor Yorick’s Players’ Virtual Shakespeare Challenge
Poor Yorick’s Players, a nonprofit Shakespeare company based out of the Tall Trees Amphitheater in Monroeville, is presenting its first Virtual Shakespeare Challenge from Aug. 14-20. Clues will be posted on the theater company’s website nightly at 8. Participants’ scores in the trivia contest will be based on correctness and...
Hospital construction boom unaffected by pandemic in Western Pa.
Western Pennsylvania’s top hospital systems are pushing ahead with major construction projects despite the economic downturn brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. In Harmar, crews are working on the final touches of Allegheny Health Network’s newest neighborhood hospital. The 23,000-square-foot “mini-hospital” under construction at Freeport and Guys Run roads will...
Monroeville real estate transactions, Aug. 2
Monroeville Lori Hughes sold property at 428 Franklin Heights Drive to Ronald Scott and Sandra Harnish for $227,000. Paul Hacker sold property at 128 Hidden Valley Road to Christopher and Jessyca McCarl for $410,500. Penn Pioneer Enterprises LLC sold property at 2413 Mt. Pleasant Drive to TPL Income Property Corp....
Monroeville Rotary awards scholarships to 6 recent Gateway graduatesVideo
Six Gateway High School graduates were awarded scholarships from the Monroeville Rotary during a small program Thursday afternoon at Monroeville Community Park West. Laia Reed, Saipriya Namasivayam, Makayla Harris, Erika Jackson, Gordon Wallace-Baiza and Jesse Kaufman each received $1,000 toward their future schooling. Rotary President Som Sharma said the scholarship...
Bridge work will close Pa. Turnpike between Allegheny Valley, Pittsburgh exits early Sunday
The placement of beams for the Unity-Trestle Road bridge in Plum will require a five-hour closure of the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s eastbound lanes beginning late Saturday night. The Turnpike will be closed between the Allegheny Valley (Exit 48) in Harmar and Pittsburgh (Exit 57) exit in Monroeville, from 11:49 p.m. on...
Pitcairn family staying with relatives after fire burns their home
A Pitcairn family is being helped by relatives after their home caught fire Monday evening. No injuries were reported in connection with the fire at a 2½-story home near the intersection of 12th Street and Brinton Avenue, Pitcairn Assistant Fire Chief Tommy Dick reported. He said the occupants were outside...
Family of Monroeville man says he ‘died happy’ on raceway
James “Big Jim” Baker’s death at Keystone Raceway last week was exactly the way he’d have wanted to go out. For this, his family said, they are grateful. “He’d say, ‘If I die in that car, I’ll die happy,’ ” his daughter, Nichole Baker, said of her father. “He died...
Monroeville real estate transactions, July 27
Monroeville Victor Peluso sold property at an unknown address to Brionna Robertson for $73,000. Robert Priester Jr. sold property at 267 Alva Way to Sui Lin Qing and Yan Ying Zheng for $52,000. Gregory Warnock sold property at 4414 Driftman Drive to Joshua Russo and Cortney Bell Schillinger for $149,900....
AMS club swimmers earn All-American status
Allegheny Mountain Swimming recently announced its swimmers who earned scholastic All-American honors for the 2018-19 academic year based on requirements set by USA Swimming. The All-American recognition combines the swimmer’s accomplishments in the pool for his or her club programs as well as achievements in the classroom. To make the...
Monroeville man killed in crash at Keystone Raceway in Derry Township
A Monroeville man was killed Friday after crashing at Keystone Raceway in Derry Township, according to the Westmoreland County coroner. James R. Baker, 69, was driving a 1936 Ford Roadster on the raceway’s drag track at 2:50 p.m. when the car made a quick right turn. The car hit a...
Gateway School District outlines board-approved reopening plan
The Gateway School Board unanimously approved a reopening plan Tuesday that allows district parents and students to choose one of three options of how school days will look during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The board’s vote came after more than two hours of discussion during the meeting, as well as...
Gateway School Board hears complaints of church not practicing social distancing in high school auditorium
The Gateway School Board delayed a vote Tuesday on a rule that would place a moratorium on all indoor district facility rentals, including a one-year rental of the high school’s auditorium to a church. Grace Life Church has come under fire recently as school district parents and residents have criticized...
WPIAL swimmers earn NISCA All-American laurels
Several WPIAL swimming standouts recently were honored as All-Americans by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association for times recorded during the 2019-20 season. The lists are compiled based on individual and relay times recorded at sanctioned high school meets during the season and submitted by the programs during the application...
Bill Fuller: Changes in dining restrictions hurt Big Burrito Restaurant business
Constant fluctuations in the allowed restaurant dining capacity prompted Big Burrito Restaurant Group to temporarily close all of its specialty restaurants, including Alta Via, Casbah, Eleven, Kaya, Soba and Umi, company President Bill Fuller said Monday. “It just isn’t worth it,” said Fuller, who furloughed 193 people. “We decided to...
Monroeville’s Jack Sedlak Memorial Clean Up Day rescheduled for Aug. 29 with no picnic
The Jack Sedlack Memorial Clean Up Day in Monroeville has been rescheduled for the end of August but the picnic that typically follows it has been canceled. The 25th annual event, usually held in April or May, was canceled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. It was rescheduled to...
Monroeville real estate transactions, July 20
Monroeville Daniel Sigg sold property at 102 Kelvington Drive to Michael Chismar for $225,125. Amy Miller sold property at 205 Spartan Drive to Kevin Patrick and Megan Carey Shanley for $189,900. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB sold property at 441 Thomas St. to REO Acquisition I LLC for $22,000. REO...
Monroeville Municipal Authority member questions union contract, attorney change
A Monroeville Municipal Authority board member is concerned that a lack of transparency among its seven members will lead to water- and sewer-rate hikes in the near future. Gary Delorenzo, who has been on the board for almost 10 years, has taken issue with two recent decisions the board has...
