Murrysville Star category, Page 74
Murrysville area: Marching band concert, Light Up Night, a basketball First Night
Submit news and briefs to the Star by emailing pvarine@triblive.com. FR marching band will host stadium review show The Franklin Regional Panther Marching Band will host a performance of this season’s halftime show, “Rock Legends,” at 7 p.m., Nov. 18 at the senior high school, 3200 School Road in Murrysville....
Murrysville physician pleads guilty to drug diversion, fraud charges
A Murrysville doctor pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday on charges of drug diversion and health care fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Dr. Yee Chung Ho, 72, pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawfully dispensing and distributing controlled substances and one count of health care fraud before U.S....
Delmont installs new councilman, proposes 2022 budget with no tax hike
Typically, election winners have to wait until the new year to take office. Jeff Cunningham barely had to wait a week. The Republican candidate earned a seat on Delmont council in last week’s election. But in the absence of Councilman Bill Marx, who resigned earlier this fall to take a...
Westmoreland County boys athlete of the week: Franklin Regional’s Colton Hudson
Colton Hudson School: Franklin Regional Sport: Soccer Class: Junior Claim to fame: Hudson, who has 18 goals and 15 assists this season, scored the tying goal and made a penalty kick as No. 3 Franklin Regional (16-4) defeated No. 4 Plum (17-4-1), 2-1 (4-1 on penalty kicks), in the consolation...
Franklin Regional notebook: Girls soccer team falls painfully short of semis
Franklin Regional girls soccer coach Scott Arnold gathered his team together after a WPIAL 3A quarterfinal playoff game that was as emotionally draining as it was physically exhausting. Then, he tried to put a 2-1 shootout loss to South Fayette into perspective. “Strong emotions lead to strong memories,” Arnold said....
Dugger brothers connect for 4 touchdowns to lead Penn Hills past Franklin Regional
Penn Hills sophomore quarterback Julian Dugger has yearned to play a clean game all season. The fifth-seeded Indians won Friday night in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs, but didn’t find the performance they were seeking. Penn Hills was often spectacular — Jaden Dugger caught touchdown passes...
Export council may institute rental license fee, regular inspections
Export officials will look into an update to the way rental inspections are conducted in the borough that has the upshot of helping to plug a roughly $60,000 gap in the 2022 budget. Mayor Joe Zaccagnini asked council members to authorize solicitor Wes Long to draft an ordinance which would...
Murrysville council considers balanced $9.5 million budget for 2022
Murrysville Finance Director Diane Heming presented council members with a balanced $9.5 million budget for 2022 that does not call for a property tax increase, but does include revenue from hikes to both the earned income and real-estate transfer taxes. Council enacted its first tax bump since 2007 on Wednesday...
Murrysville: Egyptology program, Veterans Day activities, zoo speaker, more
Submit news briefs and event information by emailing pvarine@triblive.com. • • • Delmont ministry seeks food donations for Thanksgiving dinner Delmont-based nonprofit Seed Ministries is seeking food donations for its annual Thanksgiving dinner, held this year on Nov. 18 at Covenant Care Ministries in Southwest Greensburg. They are seeking 10-12...
Export council will consider $734,000 budget with no tax hike for 2022
Export officials next month will consider a 2022 budget with just under $734,000 in expenditures that will potentially use a combination of updated rental ordinances and un-designated funding to plug a gap of about $14,500. Initial revenue projections for 2022 were about $657,000. Mayor Joe Zaccagnini proposed updating the borough’s...
Murrysville teen pushes through chronic illness, pain to set state powerlifting records
Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...
40 evacuated residents and staff return to Salem senior home after heat restored
About 40 residents and staff members evacuated from a Salem senior home Tuesday were able to return to the facility just after midnight Wednesday after firefighters were able to set up temporary heating sources in the building. Fire crews from Slickville and Forbes Road were called shortly before 8 p.m....
With state playoff berth on the line, Franklin Regional tops Plum in shootout
A quickly scribbled together crib sheet that coaches drew up during the second overtime helped Franklin Regional extend its season. Although this wasn’t cheating. It was precise execution. The piece of paper had all the answers sophomore goalkeeper Aryan Selokar needed for the shootout session against Plum on Wednesday night...
Murrysville Council approves 1st tax hike since 2007 on earned income, real-estate transfer taxes
Murrysville Council voted unanimously Wednesday to bump its share of the earned income tax from 0.5 to 0.7%, and its share of the real-estate transfer tax from 0.5% to 1%. It is the first municipal tax hike since 2007. Finance Director Diane Heming said she anticipates the move will bring...
The Birdie hits reset button, makes Westmoreland County playoff picks
Last week: 9-4 (69.2%) Season: 88-35 (71.5%) When the Birdie caught wind that Seton Hill was getting Esports teams for the fall of 2022, he checked to see if he had any college eligibility left. “If you’d have seen me play Tecmo Bowl back in the day, you’d know why,”...
Lemak, Lingg, Stepanovich and Dice come out on top in Murrysville council race
Two incumbents and two first-time candidates earned four-year terms on Murrysville council out a field of six in Tuesday’s municipal election. Newcomer and Republican Jason Lemak was the top vote-getter with 3,407 votes, followed by fellow first-timer and Republican Jamie Lingg (3,323), and incumbent Republicans Carl Stepanovich (2,996) and Dayne...
Franklin Regional school board will see 4 new members
One incumbent and three first-time candidates came out on top of a field of six candidates in the Franklin Regional school board election on Tuesday night, according to unofficial results. Additionally, retiree Diana Altieri Hand, 60, won election as the sole candidate running for a two-year term for the seat...
4 chosen for Delmont council
Three incumbents and one newcomer took the top spots for four Delmont council seats in Tuesday’s municipal election. Incumbent Republican Stan Cheyne was the top vote-getter with 470 votes, followed by incumbent Republican Pam Simpson (450), incumbent Republican Andrew Shissler (437) and newcomer Republican Jeff Cunningham (416). “I’m excited to...
Incumbent Urban wins another term as Delmont mayor
Republican incumbent Alyce Urban earned another term as mayor in Delmont, beating out Libertarian challenger Nate Jobe, 453-193, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Urban, 74, a former council member appointed to the mayor’s seat in 2014, ran on a platform of preserving the police department, which recently relocated...
Salem senior home residents taken to Delmont fire hall after problem with heating system
About 40 residents and staff members were moved from Ark Manor senior living facility in Salem to the Delmont Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday night after a problem with the heating system, a move that emergency officials hope is temporary. “We’re trying to get the heat temporarily back on in...
Hampton dispatches Franklin Regional boys soccer team in semis
Franklin Regional has enjoyed deep playoff runs in recent seasons, winning two WPIAL titles in three years. But during the Panthers’ recent run of success, they had only faced Hampton one other time in the boys soccer postseason. The Talbots decided it was time to steal some of the Panthers’...
Franklin Regional Thespian Club gives patrons two plays for the price of one with ‘Nooses Off’
After a school year in which the Franklin Regional Thespian Club put on a virtual play in the fall and a spring production with a cast of only seven, director Richard Sunny said he’s nearly forgotten what it was like to rehearse with a sizable group of actors. So naturally,...
Section title provides highlight for Franklin Regional girls volleyball
Despite coming into the season as defending WPIAL champion, the Franklin Regional volleyball team took nothing for granted. Winning the first section title in program history was a difficult task that required a season’s worth of hard work. “We have always said that no one is going to hand us...
Goalkeepers take center stage as South Fayette tops Franklin Regional in Class 3A shootout
South Fayette goalkeeper Kaylee Hendricks met her counterpart, Aris Lamanna of Franklin Regional, face-to-face, eye-to-eye. And in that moment, all Hendricks could think was, “Make the save and win the game.” A marathon of two halves, two overtimes and a total of nine shootout goals came down to Lamanna, Franklin...
Delmont man, 21, charged with dealing drugs out of apartment complex
A 21-year-old Delmont man faces drug charges after police said a search of his apartment turned up more than 3 1/2 ounces of marijuana, 60 grams of THC vapor cartridges and more than 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana “wax.” Delmont Police Chief T.J. Klobucar said his department had been contacted...
