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Delmont officials working to limit turnover in police department
In 2016, Delmont officials added a fifth full-time officer to its police department in an effort to hold down overtime costs accrued by its part-time officers. In 2019, they decided to drop back down to four full-time officers in an effort to retain both part-time and full-time police after several...
Delmont officials may vacate unpaved alley deemed a ‘potential hazard’
Delmont officials decided not to designate an alley beside Trinity United Church of Christ as one-way. In fact, they decided Tuesday night that they may not want it at all. Council voted 5-0 to advertise an ordinance vacating the alley — Spring Lane, which connects Lindsay Lane and East Pittsburgh...
Inclusive theater troupe will hold auditions for upcoming season on March 24
Acting Up, an inclusive theater troupe for people of all ability levels led by Megan Nelson of Export, will hold auditions for its upcoming season on March 24 in Murrysville. Actors in grades 1 through 5 will be asked to introduce themselves, recite a poem or tell a joke and...
Fish fry season begins in earnest
Grab a fork and some cocktail sauce, because fish fry season is under way! From Ash Wednesday through Good Friday, Catholic churches, fire departments and private organizations will be hosting weekly fish fries during Lent. If you’re headed through the Star’s coverage area and need a place to get your...
4th hearing in Murrysville fracking ordinance challenge set for March 14
The fourth hearing in the Murrysville Watch Committee’s substantive validity challenge to the municipal fracking ordinance is set for 7 p.m. Thursday at the municipal building, 4100 Sardis Road. Murrysville council members voted 6-1 in 2017 to approve a fracking ordinance, which they worked on over seven years. Canonsburg drillers...
Murrysville council sees final design concepts for ‘destination playground’ at MCP
As soon as the greater Pittsburgh area sees a few days of consistently dry weather, Jim Morrison plans to turn Murrysville’s public works crews loose to begin site work for a “destination playground” at Murrysville Community Park. “We were hoping to have most of the groundwork done by this point,”...
Delmont scout troop’s veteran memorial recognized with statewide award
Rebecca Shissler’s 97-year-old grandfather fought in World War II, and honoring the military is important to her and her family. That’s how a project, whose original goal was simply mapping the grave sites at Eastview Union Cemetery in Delmont, grew to include a veterans’ memorial with a bench, a paver...
Export officials hope to begin McKinley Avenue wall repairs by mid-AprilVideo
The prospect of losing federal grant money is the latest reason Export officials hope to quickly fix a retaining wall along the north edge of McKinley Avenue. The main reason is that the wall is visibly failing and is located close to multiple homes as well as the borough building....
Amid code crackdown, Export officials remind residents of disposal options
Export residents, as part of their hauling contract with Republic Services, are able to dispose of household hazardous waste, borough officials reminded residents on Tuesday night. “For something like an old television, you call, let them know what you want to put out, and they’ll tell you when to take...
Murrysville council will see final design for ‘destination playground’
Murrysville officials will discuss the final design for a “destination playground” at Murrysville Community Park at their meeting Wednesday night. The playground will include traditional features as well as a splash park and a small zip line. The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Murrysville municipal building, 4100 Sardis...
Franklin Regional’s Reljac chosen for women’s leadership award
Mary Catherine Reljac, assistant superintendent at the Franklin Regional School District, is the 2019 Dr. Jean E. Winsand Distinguished Woman in Education Award honoree. The award is presented by the Tri-State Area School Study Council, part of the University of Pittsburgh. Reljac, who has been with the district since 2013,...
Murrysville man joins supercomputing research team at Berkeley lab
So far, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., has been home to 13 Nobel Prizes, and hosted the discovery of 16 elements on the periodic table as well as more than 600 isotopes. Late last year, and two more times in 2019, it will be home — albeit...
Symphony East will welcome Pittsburgh Festival Opera performers in March
Pittsburgh Festival Opera vocalists Adrianna Cleveland, Alicia Jayourba, Abigail Eagleson and Corrie Stallings will perform at the next Symphony East program in Murrysville. The program will be at 1 p.m., March 18 at Redstone Highlands, 4951 Cline Hollow Road in Murrysville. It is open to the public, and no reservations...
Franklin Regional students incorporate drumming, lasers, blacklights into gym classVideo
Franklin Regional Middle School students, through a grant from the FR Panther Foundation, spent part of their Friday drumming to dance music with lasers and blacklights. Health and physical-education teacher Barbara Haybarger said the fitness drumming program helps students with rhythmic movement, building confidence and learning to collaborate with peers....
Competitive youth skier snags state championship
A Franklin Regional student and Western Pennsylvania Race Club skier won a state skiing championship for his age bracket at Seven Springs Feb. 23-24. Torin Pottinger, 13, won the slalom and giant slalom race events over the weekend, earning him the top spot in the state for earning the most...
Franklin Township sanitary authority board moves March meeting
The Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority has shifted its March meeting to an earlier date. The authority board typically meets on the third Thursday of the month. The March meeting will take place on Monday, March 18. At its February meeting, the board approved the sale of 2019 bonds to...
Delmont library will host a comedy tribute to resident Jim Davis
Jim Davis of Delmont knew how to make people laugh, whether it was cracking jokes or walking onstage at the intermission of an Apple Hill Playhouse show wearing a coconut bra and a hula skirt. “He may not have been an actor,” his wife, Charlene, said last fall. “But he...
One injury reported when vehicle crashes into Murrysville home
One person reportedly was injured Wednesday afternoon when a vehicle left a Murrysville road and slammed into the foundation of a house, pushing into its basement. The accident occurred at about 2:30 p.m in the 3800 block of Meadowbrook Road, south of Route 22, a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher said....
‘Paint with a Purpose’ in Murrysville to provide art scholarships for the developmentally disabled
Gabi Nastuck, director of Miss Gabi’s Art is Good Studio in Latrobe, will mark a year of working with East Suburban Citizen Advocacy in April, and it has been one of the most rewarding years of her artistic career. Nastuck, 40, of Latrobe will host an all-inclusive art class, “Painting...
Cantata choir welcomes new members, prepares for Palm Sunday
A local cantata choir is preparing for its second Palm Sunday performance at First Presbyterian Church in Murrysville, but its members have plans to perform well into 2019. The Murrysville Cantata Choir started a little under a year ago, presenting Lloyd Larson’s “Behold the Lamb,” and also performed at the...
Franklin Regional: Make-up days cut into spring break, extra days to be scheduled
Franklin Regional students will still get two days off for spring break, but two more have been pegged as make-up days, as of Feb. 26. April 18 and 23 will now serve as make-up days as a result of cancellations due to winter weather, district officials announced via the FR...
Murrysville couple pens musical for CLO’s ‘Gallery of Heroes’ programVideo
The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s “Gallery of Heroes” program brings 50-minute mini-musicals to area schools, educating and entertaining students with stories about historical figures like Galileo, George Washington and Harriet Tubman. Now, a Murrysville couple will add astronauts to the CLO’s gallery. “We were trying to think of big milestones...
No one injured as strong wind topples tree onto Murrysville home
Joe Morelli was sitting at his home off of Brick Hill Road in Murrysville on Sunday afternoon when he heard a loud crash at the front of the house. During a period of strong, gusting winds that began Sunday morning and prompted a high-wind warning from the National Weather Service,...
E-waste collection event set for March 2 in Murrysville
An e-waste and data destruction event is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., March 2 at Murrysville Calvary Lutheran Church, 4725 Old William Penn Highway in Murrysville. It will be provided by Greensburg-based Cyber Crunch. Computers, laptops and cell phones will be accepted at no cost. Hard drive shredding...
AARP to provide tax preparation at Murrysville Community Center
AARP tax aides will be on hand March 8 and 22, and April 5, to help with tax preparation for lower-income, elderly and disabled residents. Aides will be at the Murrysville Community Center at 3091 Carson Avenue from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on each date. Participants will need to...
