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Murrysville chief administrator prepares to welcome successor, move into new role
Outgoing Tarentum Borough Manager Michael Nestico is eager to rebuild ties with Westmoreland County when he assumes the position of top administrator in Murrysville this month. A resident of Jeannette, Nestico worked as an attorney and municipal manager there before taking the reins in Tarentum five years ago. “I’m looking...
Franklin Regional grad named Truman Scholar recipient
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Romantic comedy ‘That’s Amore’ features filming locations in Plum and Murrysville
Actor, retired dentist and Plum resident David Petti sticks to what he knows. So when Petti was working on the screenplay for “That’s Amore” – which will be shown June 23 at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont – he didn’t stray far from his roots. “My character is a dentist,”...
East Huntingdon man given until July 13 to consider plea deal in baby’s 2019 death
A man accused in the 2019 drowning death of a baby in East Huntingdon was given a deadline in court Wednesday: either take a plea deal by July 13 or face a potential life sentence if convicted of first-degree homicide at trial. “The Commonwealth’s offer will expire on July 13,”...
Norwin grad adds color, detail to the world of Pixar’s upcoming ‘Lightyear’Video
A scratch on a box. A tiny oil leak on the side of a spaceship. The telltale signs a concrete floor has seen plenty of wear and tear over time. Those are just a few of the subliminal details 2015 Norwin High School graduate Alyssa Minko has added to the...
Slain FBI agent’s mother: Remember Sam Hicks as hero
Charlotte Carrabotta, the mother of FBI agent Samuel S. Hicks who was gunned down in 2008 while serving a warrant in Indiana Township, admits reading and viewing news accounts of the early release from prison Tuesday of Christina Korbe has been “very difficult” for the Hicks family. “And I really...
Jeannette police seeking help to identify pair involved in shooting toy gun in face of motorist
Jeannette police are seeking help identifying two people connected to the Monday shooting of a toy gel pellet gun at a motorist. The driver was hit three times in the face. The incident was reported just before 10 p.m. in the area of Clay Avenue and Fourth Street, Chief Donald...
Residents will have a say in plan for Hempfield Park
The future of Hempfield Park is at the center of an upcoming study that will build on rehabilitation projects completed at the Forbes Trail Road facility over the past eight years. Supervisors recently tapped Cranberry-based Herbert, Rowland & Grubic Inc. to work on the park’s master plan, which will provide...
Greensburg Craft Beer Week shifts to summer, debuts 1-day festival
Organizers of the annual Greensburg Craft Beer Week are shaking things up this year, moving the event forward from fall to early summer and adding a one-day festival in St. Clair Park. The nine-day schedule offers more than 30 opportunities to sample area specialty brews, edibles and entertainment. During Friday’s...
Herbie in Hempfield: Local builds his own ‘love bug’
When Eric Hartman was 5 years old, he watched Herbie star in Disney’s “The Love Bug” — and it was love at first sight. “I saw the movie … and that was it,” Hartman said. “I wanted one ever since.” Now, Hartman does have his own “love bug.” The Hempfield...
Westmoreland happenings: Turkey dinner, strawberry festival and vacation Bible schools
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Transition center allows Hempfield Area students to learn life skills
Officials with the Hempfield Area School District this year opened a transition center aimed at helping students develop independent living and job readiness skills. The center, located in a space previously used for the district’s cyber program in the maintenance facility and bus garage, was “created out of a need...
Community hero banners on display in Scottdale
A chat between friends about the hero banners on display in Greensburg sparked a months-long community project in Scottdale that came to fruition this spring. Memorial Day found 81 banners placed on light poles on the main thoroughfares bringing traffic through the community. Ruffsdale native and Greensburg resident Shelley Hoyle...
Bushy Run group to host program on gin
The popularity of gin in England from 1720 to 1765 will be explored, and gin will be tasted, at the Colonial Cocktail Hour — The Gin Craze, planned for 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Bushy Run Battlefield Museum, Route 993, east of Harrison City. Shawn MacIntyre, the former museum...
‘Pillar of the community’: Former Latrobe mayor, district justice Angelo Caruso dies
Angelo Caruso loved Latrobe, loved what it stood for and loved doing things to make the community better, his son Lee Caruso said. That love manifested itself in decades of service. “He was always involved in this community no matter what,” said Lee Caruso, of Latrobe. “He worked with everybody....
North Huntingdon woman marks Flag Day with display of 450 flags
Old Glory waved in the breeze hundreds of times over Tuesday — Flag Day — in a North Huntingdon neighborhood. The large patriotic display was the handiwork of Carol Slonecker, who said she placed 450 small American flags along the streets in much of the Redstone Highlands villa home community...
Penn-Trafford raises property taxes 1.5 mills
Penn-Trafford property owners will pay more in school taxes under a $63.0 million budget that raises the real estate millage by 1.5 mills in the Westmoreland County portion of the district, an increase of less than 2%. The school board Monday approved increasing taxes from 88.25 mills to 89.75 mills...
Penn-Trafford video class brings home a half-dozen student Emmy awardsVideo
Video production students at Penn-Trafford High School are finishing the year with a bang. Students from the class brought home National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences High School Student Production awards in six different categories in the Mid-Atlantic region on Thursday, including winning “Best Newscast” four of the past...
Night of clean comedy benefits Myasthenia Gravis Association of Western Pa.
Family problems, health problems, fear of aging — they’re topics that most everyone can relate to, but not everyone sees the humor in them. Pittsburgh comedian David Kaye can, and he’ll share his wry observations during Comedy for a Cause on July 16 at Elements in North Huntingdon. “I look...
Ligonier Valley police seeking help to identify 3 who broke into stone quarry
Ligonier Valley police are seeking help to identify three people who broke into the Hanson Aggregates Latrobe Asphalt plant during the weekend. Police Sgt. James Friscarella said investigators believe two men and a woman vandalized buildings there and stole a tool and charger sometime between Friday and Saturday. The plant...
Former congressman presents coping mechanisms for pandemic stress, anxiety in students
Empty classrooms, overworked health care employees, and communities divided over masking and vaccines became inescapable as Western Pennsylvania navigated its way through the covid-19 pandemic. Tim Murphy, a licensed psychologist specializing in psychological trauma, said the pandemic experience has had a “devastating effect” on people’s physical, mental and emotional health....
Community leaders set to sing karaoke at Westmoreland Has Talent!
Carlotta Paige, co-founder of the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition, once aspired to a career as a singer. Growing up in Westmoreland County, she sang with a group called The Cashmeres and later moved to New York City and got a job as an administrative assistant at Columbia Records, hoping to get...
Interactive whiteboards on the way to Hempfield Area schools
Fort Allen and Maxwell elementary schools are at the top of the list to receive interactive instruction panels to replace outdated classroom projectors. The upgrade is part of a Hempfield Area School District plan to spend thousands of dollars to upgrade classrooms across the district with the interactive technology. The...
Hempfield Area summer programs help students avoid ‘summer slide’
Hempfield Area School District students have the opportunity to participate in summer programs this year aimed at addressing what they call “the summer slide” and pandemic-related learning loss. The programs — which include summer classes for students who failed a course and need to recover credits, enrichment camps and elementary...
South Greensburg drug suspect found hiding behind attic door
The subject of a drug-related arrest warrant was found Friday by Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputies hiding behind an attic door in the closet of an East Huntingdon home, Sheriff James Albert said. Donald Michael Young, 44, of South Greensburg was arraigned Monday on weapons and drug violations, in addition to...
