Norwin Star category, Page 43
Norwin area: Irwin Park renovations, West Newton car cruise, pickleball courts in North Huntingdon
Irwin Park renovations slated People using Irwin Park this summer will see improvements this summer as a result of a $362,746 project. Irwin Borough Council recently awarded a contract to Dunn Rite Construction of Forest Hills for the work to pave both parking lots at the park and improve the...
Norwin grad Alex Dillner ends softball playing career with bang, now turns attention to teaching, coaching
In the final at-bat of her softball playing career, Saint Vincent’s Alex Dillner, as she had done so many times before, hit a line drive toward the left side. But Geneva shortstop Madison Forsythe made a diving grab of the hot shot to retire Dillner. “I was so upset that...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 25, 2023
Chalfant Lashwan Hall sold property at 136 Greenfield Ave. to Kevin Griffin for $159,000. Edgewood Luke Klein sold property at 300 Maple Ave. to Joshua and Katherine Riley for $810,000. Ellen Sciulli sold property at 1233 S Braddock Ave. to Marshall Krassenstein for $271,500. Forest Hills Patrick Cooper sold property...
North Huntingdon gives preliminary OK for lithium-ion battery farm
Bear Peak Power received preliminary approval from North Huntingdon commissioners this week to build a lithium-ion battery farm. The Denver renewable energy company plans to build a battery energy storage system off Route 993 on a four-acre parcel between the Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority’s sewage plant and Ridinger Park Road....
Former Norwin wrestler headed to Nicaragua on missionary trip
John Altieri has those pre-tournament butterflies and is anxious to see what the competition looks like. “I’m excited to get going,” the former Norwin standout wrestler said. “I wish I could leave today.” While the feeling is familiar, it not a wrestling tournament that awaits him in two months. No,...
Turnpike, PennDOT officials expand pollinator habitats, will include Irwin interchange
Pennsylvania Turnpike and state transportation officials are hoping to brighten the roadside, boost the local pollinator population and spark the public’s interest in planting native species for critical pollinating wildlife like bees and butterflies. Officials have overseen more than 40 acres of pilot planting, with an additional 25 acres in...
Private Industry Council hires former Norwin administrator
A former Norwin administrator has been hired as the chief operating officer for a non-profit that operates employment, education and training programs in Westmoreland and Fayette counties Thomas Wrobleski, a former human resources director for Norwin, was hired recently as the COO for the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette Inc.,...
Norwin area: Library to hold program on canning; Irwin recognizes employees; Manor Lions to sell barbecue chicken
Library to hold canning class The basics of canning foodwill be explored in a program at 6 p.m. July 5 at the Norwin Public Library, 100 Caruthers Lane, Irwin. Ginny Fitzner, volunteer master food preserver with Penn State Extension Service, will lead the one-hour canning class, which provides an introduction...
Fire guts Irwin house
A state police fire marshal is investigating the cause of a fire that gutted an Irwin house Wednesday night, a fire official said. No injuries were reported as a result of the fire at 535 Carroll Drive, Irwin Deputy Fire Chief Shawn Stitely said Thursday morning. The property is owned...
North Huntingdon OKs settlement on officer’s racial discrimination suit
North Huntingdon officials narrowly approved a settlement of a lawsuit a police officer filed against the township and a former manager over alleged racial discrimination when a new chief was named in 201 and what he contended was a hostile work environment. Commissioners Jason Atwood, Eric Gass, Richard Gray and...
4 cats die in North Huntingdon house fire
Four cats died in a house fire Tuesday afternoon in North Huntingdon, according to Circleville fire Chief Craig Cochenour. Several township fire departments, police and EMS responded to the blaze on Drop Road around 3:20 p.m. No one was home when the fire started. No nearby homes were damaged, and...
Norwin library program to compare 1918 flu and 2020 covid pandemics; book sale slated
A Westmoreland County Community College professor will compare the 1918 flu pandemic with the 2020 covid-19 pandemic during a program at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Norwin Public Library, 100 Caruthers Lane, Irwin. Thomas Soltis, an assistant sociology professor at the community college near Youngwood, has described the similarities of...
Chef to make five-course meal for Queen of Angels fundraiser
A Louisiana chef with a flair for making Cajun food will cook a five-course dinner at a Penn Township country club on June 28 to celebrate an Irwin priest’s recovery from pancreatic cancer. The event is a fundraiser for Queen of Angels Catholic School in North Huntingdon. John Folse, known...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 18, 2023
Churchill REO Trust 2021 NR1 sold property at Unknown Address to CY Top Investment LLC for $136,500. Forest Hills Kerridwen Parslow sold property at 109 Glasgow Road to Robert Hails for $225,000. Estate of Eugene Anderson sold property at 208 Washington Road to WKS Custom Home LLC for $136,000. Monroeville...
Norwin grad takes reins at North Irwin speed, strength academy
Since it opened 17 years ago, the National Speed and Strength Academy in North Irwin has become a staple in the training space for local athletes. Former Norwin and Mercyhurst football player Jon LoChiatto, who honed his skills at the academy during his athletically formative years, has taken over a...
Norwin notebook: Knights to compete in Cunningham Memorial tournament
Norwin will once again have a team in the third annual Tre Cunningham Memorial Basketball Tournament June 22-24 at Jeannette. The boys’ varsity-level event honors the memory of Cunningham, a terrific three-sport athlete at Jeannette who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2020. Norwin will open against Yough at...
Surveillance cameras in downtown Irwin planned for safety, not Big Brother, police chief says
Irwin will install security cameras on utility poles at seven intersections in the downtown business district in a move that police say will enhance security. The cameras will be installed along Main Street at the intersections of Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets, as well as Pennsylvania Avenue and...
Norwin area: Barbershop quartet to sing; suicide prevention training slated; alcohol use in park rejected;
Barbershop quartet to perform A barbershop quartet, 3 Rivers 4, will sing a variety of songs from classics to patriotic and inspirational songs, as well as doo-wop from the 1950s and 1960s at 3 p.m. June 26 the Norwin Public Library, 100 Caruthers Lane, Irwin. The group is a member...
Irwin man charged with homicide by vehicle, DUI in connection with fatal ’22 Churchill crash
An Irwin man turned himself in to authorities after he was charged with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, in connection with a fatal 2022 crash, according to police. Troy Modrak, 28, of Irwin, surrendered to county detectives on Thursday after being charged with homicide by vehicle while...
Duquesne man charged with violating protection-from-abuse order in Irwin
A Duquesne man is behind bars after police said he twice in as many days went to an Irwin apartment from which he is prohibited through a protection-from-abuse order. On one of the occasions, Gerald Martel Brown, 23, is accused of following a woman out of the apartment to her...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 11, 2023
Churchill CIMREO 2021 NR 1 LLC sold property at 2431 Greensburg Pike to REO Trust 2021 NR 1 for $136,500 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $199,233). Edgewood Kevin Ference sold property at 415 Locust St. to Mikael Stefan and Kaitlyn Elizabeth Ferm for $621,000. Forest Hills John...
Former WPIAL pole vault champion Tim Tray’s facility offers vaulters a chance to improve
When Tim Tray was in high school at Norwin, the school didn’t have an indoor facility to practice the pole vault. Tray, who cleared 15 feet and was a WPIAL champion in high school in 2003 and was in the mid 16s while winning a conference title at Slippery Rock...
Norwin notebook: Ex-Knights standout Jack Whalen wraps up big freshman year at Seton Hill
Not many freshmen in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference had a better debut season than Seton Hill’s Jack Whalen, a Norwin alum. The outfielder broke a school record for stolen bases in a season and led the team in a couple of offensive categories, finding his place in the lineup...
Norwin area: Bands set for downtown Irwin, Norwin Class of 1961 to gather
Bands, singers to perform in Irwin Several bands and singers will perform free concerts in different locations in downtown Irwin on June 15. The Music in the Streets performances will begin at 5:30 p.m. with Band Anna at the Fifth Street parking lot and Lois Scott singing at The Lamp...
Irwin’s Lamp Theatre hosts free summer music, movies nights
Free entertainment will be offered throughout the summer at The Lamp Theatre in Irwin, with three local music nights and three family movie nights on tap. The outdoor music series starts Thursday in the Harper Family Courtyard, featuring Nick Guckert from 6 to 7:15 p.m. and Barbara Blue from 7:45...
