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Delmont Recreation Board reschedules Family Fun Night for July 31
The Delmont Recreation Board will host another Family Fun Night beginning at 5 p.m., July 31 at Newhouse Park. The evening will begin with live music by the Phisbins, with food from the Premiere Pizza and refreshments from Yellow Bridge and White Valley Distillery. Guests are asked to bring a...
Pa. law enforcement, lawyers, legislators try to raise awareness of human trafficking
A 22-year-old man from Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. A 46-year-old Chinese national from Mt. Pleasant. A 26-year-old man from Buffalo, N.Y. All three face charges of human trafficking in cases connected to the greater Pittsburgh area. And, on Monday, state police announced charges against three people accused of running a human...
Bowser Automotive plans to open collision center on William Penn Highway in Murrysville
Bowser Automotive has been a recognized name in the Pittsburgh region since getting its start in the early 1980s. And after three decades of making their home in the Murrysville area, the Bowser family is bringing the business to their hometown. The company this month purchased a 2.5-acre property on...
Concert in the Park returns to Murrysville following pandemic hiatusVideo
After being forced to take a year off because of covid concerns, Murrysville recreation officials will bring back the annual Concert in the Park, which has taken the place of Murrysville Community Day in recent years. In a nod to continuing covid-19 developments both locally and nationally, special events and...
Friends of Murrysville dog lover memorialize him with new park bridgeVideo
The late David Hood of Murrysville was a lifelong dog lover and avid daily dog walker on Murrysville’s Townsend Park trails, so it was fitting that his friends would honor his memory by building a foot bridge over a small stream to make it easier for people to walk their...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of July 25, 2021
Churchill R. Douglas Neely sold property at 44 Churchill Road to Alexis Sanders and Sho Sugimoto for $424,999. Paul Conkin sold property at 2523 Collins Road to Joshua Holizna for $129,500. Brian Osborne sold property at 47 Garden Terrace to James and Elaina Rosenquist for $189,900. Joseph Vigliotti sold property...
Flames spread from truck to sun room of Murrysville hair salonVideo
A parked truck caught fire early Thursday evening in Murrysville, spreading flames to the rear corner of a hair salon along Route 22 in Murrysville. While the truck, an F-150, was totaled, damage inside the salon was minimal and was limited to a sun room, according to Sardis Fire Chief...
Murrysville authorizes emergency work on collapsing storm sewer at Heritage Estates
Murrysville officials will contract emergency repairs to a storm sewer line that is collapsing in the Villas at Heritage Estates, the second time they encountered the issue in the housing plan off Sardis Road. “The work is beyond the ability of public works,” Chief Administrator Jim Morrison said. “The engineer...
‘On the move’ in the Murrysville area for the week of July 29, 2021
Jordan Humes of Export graduated from Lock Haven University at its spring 2021 commencement ceremony at Charlotte Smith Field. Humes graduated summa cum laude with a degree in health sciences • • • Anthony Massetto was among 1,200 students to graduate in May from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va. •...
News and briefs in the Murrysville area for the week of July 20, 2021
Calendar, conservation kits will benefit Rotary As part of its role in Rotary International’s “End Plastic Soup” campaign — which is aimed at preventing plastics from entering local, state and national waterways where it ultimately ends up in the ocean — the Murrysville-Export Rotary Club will sell calendars featuring artwork...
25-year-old bicyclist killed in Murrysville crash
A 25-year-old bicyclist was killed and three companions from a church group in Ohio were injured Thursday after they were struck by a car along Route 22 in Murrysville, police said. The crash occurred about 4 a.m. along Route 22 eastbound, east of Harrison City Road, Chief Thomas P. Seefeld...
Motorcycle ride in Washington Township man’s memory will raise money to help scleroderma sufferers
In less than two years, Kody Churma went from a healthy young man to one who was unable to hold a fishing pole, and couldn’t draw because he wasn’t able to hold onto a pencil. Kody died from complications related to scleroderma, an autoimmune disease that attacks skin tissue and...
Murrysville council hears proposal on gas-interconnect for fracking well
A subsidiary of the company building the first unconventional gas well in Murrysville gave municipal council members a look Wednesday at its proposal for an interconnect site that will transfer natural gas to a nearby transmission line. Officials from Hyperion Midstream, a subsidiary of Canonsburg-based Olympus Energy, want to build...
Joy Riders bring senior ride-along program to Redstone Murrysville residents
Carl Schlenke of Murrysville can remember walking down to the railroad tracks on the southern side of Route 22 and watching steam engines load coal for transport to Pittsburgh. Now, that railroad bed is part of the Westmoreland Heritage Trail, and Schlenke, a resident at Redstone Highlands in Murrysville, got...
Murrysville artist’s work will go on display at Brushes and Beans Café
Like so many other large-scale public events, art shows largely went by the wayside during the covid-19 pandemic. So, when Murrysville artist Barbara Jewell saw that a new coffee shop, Brushes and Beans Café, offered their space as a venue for local art displays, she was immediately energized. It cemented...
Murrysville library welcomes new youth services coordinator
Public libraries have a special place in Becky Martinazzi’s heart. “They’re one of the best spaces offered to people of every age, income level, location, ethnicity or physical ability,” said Martinazzi, 33, of Ebensburg, who recently was introduced as the new youth services coordinator at Murrysville Community Library. “I specialized...
Murrysville police sergeant has house full of police dogs
If someone breaks into Scott Kettren’s house, they’re in a for a “ruff” time. The Murrysville Police sergeant’s Penn Township residence is home to not one, but two, police dogs. While Argos, the 13-year-old Belgian malinois who served as the department’s police dog for a decade, enjoys his retirement, Magnus...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of July 18, 2021
Churchill James Rossell Jr. sold property at 1433 Beulah Road to Aeisha Carter for $188,900. Frances Ujhazy sold property at 25 Garden Terrace to Macrae Conte for $100,000. Delmont Gary Makovsky sold property at 117 Apple Hill Drive to Shawn and Katherine Cupec for $270,000. Beth Miller sold property at...
New Franklin Regional coach Lance Getsy pleased with team’s offseason progress
Following a legendary coach is not easy. It takes a special coach to be able to handle that, and Lance Getsy seems ready for the challenge he faces at Franklin Regional. Getsy was hired to replace Greg Botta, who resigned in January after accumulating 177 victories, seven conference titles, 21...
Norwin serves notice with win at WCCA 7-on-7 tournamentVideo
There were notable absences at Thursday’s Westmoreland County Coaches Association 7-on-7 Football Passing Tournament at Latrobe. Organizers and coaches missed former president Larry Sellitto, who died in December. This was one of his favorite county events. Jeannette and Derry did not compete for the first time in the event’s 10...
Apple’n Arts organizers discuss 2021 festival options with Delmont council
Apple’n Arts Festival organizers will present a scaled-down version of the annual fall event after being asked by Delmont council members to offer a proposal for 2021. “We haven’t yet sent out applications for vendors,” organizing committee member Brandy Walters said. “What we’re hearing is that a lot of craft...
Apple Hill Playhouse property sold to Washington County developer
The Apple Hill Playhouse property at 275 Manor Road in Salem has been sold to a Washington County corporation. Westmoreland County deed records from June 25 show the property, which previously belonged to the theater’s executive artistic director Pat Beyer, was sold for $150,000 to Manning Properties LLC, based in...
News and briefs in the Murrysville area: July 13, 2021, and beyond
Police to host National Night Out on Aug. 3 The Murrysville Police Department will host the annual National Night Out event from 4:30-8 p.m., Aug. 3 at the police station, 4200 Sardis Road. National Night Out brings police and community residents together under positive circumstances for an evening of conversation...
Goodwill to open new store in Salem; job fair slated
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania plans to open a new location in a Route 22 plaza in Salem, an area where the nonprofit has seen growth in both shopping and donations, a spokesman said. The store will be about five miles from an existing Goodwill store at the Franklin Plaza in...
Massive boost in state education funding is not much help to Franklin Regional
Pennsylvania’s 2021-22 education budget includes the largest funding increase for public education in the state’s history, some $416 million. That is little consolation to Franklin Regional school officials, however, who found themselves again raising taxes to the state’s Act 1-mandated limit for the coming year, or risk cutting programs and/or...
