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Irwin to hold hearing on Manor Grille liquor license
The owners of Manor Grille want to transfer their liquor license from their former restaurant in Manor to their new location in downtown Irwin. Derek and Megan Gutkowski are seeking to transfer their liquor license to their new location at 200 Main St., which formerly was the site of Brandy’s...
Westmoreland County OKs $244K for demolition projects in Arnold, Jeannette, Derry, Monessen
Westmoreland County is taking bites out of blight in five communities. The county commissioners this month approved spending up to $244,000 from Westmoreland’s Act 152 Demolition Fund to raze rundown buildings on four properties in Arnold, three in Jeannette, two in Derry Township and one each in Derry Borough and...
Delmont Stormwater Authority will discuss mandated improvements
The Delmont Stormwater Authority will meet at 6:30 p.m. May 1 in the borough building at 77 Greensburg Street. State-mandated improvements to the borough’s stormwater infrastructure are outside the borough’s annual budget, and the authority is in the process of initiating a stormwater utility to provide funding for those expenses...
Improvements underway at Spring Avenue Park in Greensburg
Those wanting to use the long-awaited improvements to the Spring Avenue Park in Greensburg’s Fifth Ward will only have to wait a little longer as finishing touches are being made to the playground. Workers from the Sports and Recreation Associates of Apollo were busy Tuesday installing the rubberized playing surface...
Westmoreland seeking wound kits to combat nasty side effect of xylazine use
Wound kits could be delivered this summer to Westmoreland County agencies that are seeing more people dealing with a particularly nasty side effect of using the powerful animal sedative xylazine. “We are seeing the unfortunate increase in the wounds from the xylazine,” said Tim Phillips, director of the county’s department...
MAWC OKs Hempfield sewer project after 4-year delay
Sewer lines will be extended near Baltzer Meyer Road and Fort Allen Elementary School in Hempfield in a nearly $500,000 project that’s been stalled for four years. Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County board members awarded a contract with W.A. Petrakis Inc. of Penn Township to install more than 7,000 feet...
Derry Area weighs first renovations at high school complex in decades
It’s been more than 30 years since the last major renovation at the Derry Area high school complex. That may change in the next couple of years, but the question remains: How much work needs to be done? Most people who took a school district survey support heating, air conditioning...
Greater Latrobe School Board will lose $48K in annual tax revenue to settle assessment appeal with Latrobe Specialty Metals
Greater Latrobe School District will lose more than $48,000 in tax revenue each year because it agreed to reduce Latrobe Specialty Metals assessed property value. The school board this week approved the settlement of a 2021 assessment appeal filed by the company that makes specialty metals and alloys and is...
Westmoreland happenings: Trail fundraiser, pancake breakfast, author talk, more
Art • The Greensburg Art Center will host “Anything Goes,” a display of the works of members of the Westmoreland Photographers Society, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays through May 31 at the center, 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield. Admission is free. A free opening reception will...
Greensburg man dies in crash with tractor-trailer in Washington Township
A Greensburg man was killed in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning along Greensburg Road (Route 366) in Washington Township. Andrew Allen Malarkey, 37, was driving a Kia Forte eastbound when his car crossed the center line and collided with a tractor-trailer rig, according to the Westmorland County Coroner’s Office. He...
Lyons Run acid mine drainage project in Murrysville hits home for Blairsville contractor
Cleaning the acid mine drainage in Murrysville’s Lyons Run is a personal endeavor for Matt Curry, president of Blairsville construction contractor Curry & Kepple. “I grew up on School Road South. I rode my bike back there all the time, and my elementary and middle school buses ran right past,”...
Harry Potter party, film screening in Irwin to benefit Latrobe 4th of July Celebration
The Lamp Theatre will be transformed into a local branch of Hogwarts on Sunday when the downtown Irwin venue plays host to a Harry Potter-themed party and film screening. Doors open at 1 p.m. for the family-friendly event, followed by a 2 p.m. showtime for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s...
Sex assault counts dropped against former North Huntingdon nursing aide
Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said it will no longer pursue sexual assault charges against a former aide at a North Huntingdon nursing home. A jury in March found Daniel Odu, 36, of McKeesport not guilty of the attempted rape of a 19-year-old co-worker at the Grove at Irwin in...
‘Anything Goes’ photography exhibit to open at Greensburg Art Center
The Greensburg Art Center’s newest exhibit, “Anything Goes,” will showcase photos taken by members of the Westmoreland Photographers Society. Opening this Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Art Center’s gallery on 230 Todd School Road in Greensburg, the exhibit will feature landscapes, portraits, still lifes and more...
Ex-Greensburg police chief Denning pleads guilty to drug conspiracy
Shawn Denning, the former police chief in Greensburg, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to conspiracy to distribute drugs, marking the latest development in a public corruption scandal that shook the community and destroyed the former Marine’s law enforcement career. Denning, 43, of Delmont waived an indictment in the case....
After 70 years, Ferri’s Supermarket in Murrysville to close
Dan Ferri can remember hitchhiking during the early 1960s from his Turtle Creek home to his family’s grocery store in Murrysville, where he and his brother Bill would stock cans at night. “My cousin had a grocery store in Wilkinsburg, and I remember some nights when we’d drive out there,...
Nearly $8 million Norwin deficit could be covered by raising taxes and dipping into reserves
Norwin officials are projecting a nearly $8 million deficit as the district works on a 2024-2025 budget. The spending plan presented by Ryan Kirsch, director of business affairs, projects about $83 million in revenue and anticipates about $91 million in expenses. It doesn’t account for about $9.4 million in reserves....
Norwin stadium targeted in makeover that includes new home grandstand
Norwin is planning on an ambitious project to raze the Knights Stadium’s home grandstand next year. The Norwin School Board is expected to vote on April 22 to approve the project. None of the board members at the meeting Monday voiced any objection to the project. The district could be...
Spring legacy exhibit set to open at Saint Vincent College’s McCarl Coverlet Gallery
Visitors to the Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College will find a thread of creativity stretching back to an earlier era in American decorative arts. Located on the center’s first floor, the Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery will debut its new spring exhibit, “An American Legacy: The Brian...
Greensburg man to serve 10-year prison term for rape of child
A Greensburg man was ordered to serve up to 10 years in prison for the rape of a child in 2007. Jared Christopher Painter, 35, pleaded guilty in January to two felony counts of rape and charges of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and sexual assault. According to court records,...
Monessen teen pleads guilty in friend’s killing
A Monessen teenager pleaded guilty on Monday to a charge of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of his 16-year-old classmate in 2022. Terry Newton, 17, had been scheduled to go to trial May 6 on criminal homicide charges related to his role in the Nov. 29, 2022...
Free dogwood saplings available in Jeannette
Volunteer members of the West Penn Power Green Team will be handing out 300 free trees Friday in Jeannette. The white flowering dogwood saplings will be distributed starting at 9 a.m. at the community garden at Clay Avenue and South Seventh Street. Dogwoods are a low-growing species native to Pennsylvania...
Jeannette house will be razed to make way for new fire station
A house on South Second Street in Jeannette will be demolished to make way for a new fire station. City council on Thursday accepted the donation of the dilapidated property, which neighbors the empty lot where the station will be constructed. The donated property was deemed a public nuisance in...
SummerSounds 2024 lineup sees return of crowd-pleasers, showcases new acts
The 2024 Greensburg concert series SummerSounds opens June 7 in its first year under new management. SummerSounds concerts are held Fridays throughout the summer, with main artists taking the Robertshaw Amphitheater stage, supported by pre-show musicians. In March, the SummerSounds volunteer arts organization made its merger with the Greensburg Community...
UPS layoffs to begin at New Stanton; shipper to cut 206 jobs
UPS plans to end its dayshift package sorting operations Monday, just as the company said in February it would eliminate 198 part-time jobs and eight full-time positions at its warehouse. Regina Dalton, a UPS spokeswoman, said in a statement she was not aware of any changes in the plans for...
