Joe Napsha stories, Page 107

“A Night at the Speakeasy” will be the theme of The Lamp Theatre’s March 20 fundraiser that will take patrons back to the Roaring ’20s and the days of Prohibition. Patrons are encouraged to wear a cocktail dress, formal wear and 1920s-themed clothing to the gala that will be held...

Those who love cupcakes can eat them for a good cause at the Norwin Lions Cubcake Wars at the Norwin High School cafeteria, 251 McMahon Drive, North Huntingdon, from 1 to 4 p.m. March 29. Money from the eighth annual fundraiser will be used for the Norwin Lions and its...

Sage’s Army, a nonprofit fighting drug addiction, will hold a free family reinforcement/recovery session on Feb. 27. The event will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the group’s headquarters, 216 Fourth St., Irwin. The sessions are designed to provide information and guidance for family members who deal with...

For the second consecutive year, Norwin’s Sheridan Terrace Elementary School is a Title I Distinguished School. Sheridan Terrace won the designation for the 2018-19 and the 2019-20 school years, according to the state Department of Education’s federal programs division. It was one of 94 schools to receive the award for...

Norwin plans to launch a program next school year to give iPads to students, starting in fifth grade and continuing over four years, so that all students from fifth through 12th grades will study on computer tablets that eventually will replace textbooks. The multi-year One to World program giving Apple...

Irwin Borough hired a part-time code enforcement officer. Joseph Volpe of Penn Hills was hired by borough council last week to work 20 hours a week, at a rate of $15 an hour, said council President Rick Burdelski. Volpe will be responsible for enforcing the borough’s Quality of Life ordinance...

Dorothy Piekarski loved to travel around the world with her husband, Robert, exploring new places. “They traveled to Egypt and rode the camels. They loved traveling along the coast of California and visiting the redwood forests,” said her stepdaughter, Nancy K. Coons. Dorothy J. “Dottie” Piekarski of Hempfield died Wednesday,...

Fans of chili and wings will be in their glory at the Norwin Rotary’s 10th annual Chili Cook-off and Wing Thing March 5 at various locations in downtown Irwin. The food will be available from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Colonial Grille, Brandy’s on Main, the Cheesecake Caffe...

The longtime executive of Mutual Aid Ambulance Service, the Greensburg-based organization serving about two-thirds of Westmoreland County, was removed from his job this week, an ambulance service official said. Mutual Aid board member Dale Hassinger confirmed that chief executive Joseph Yenchawas removed from his post Thursday, along with operations director...

Irwin officials learned this week they can put a splash park in Irwin Park, but they have yet to decide how big it might be, the cost or how the borough would get the money to build it. Lucien Bove, borough engineer, presented a draft design of where a splash...

Western Pennsylvania school districts can seek money to help pay to transport students to the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, which commemorates the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93, who gave their lives to prevent hijackers from crashing the plane in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001....

The Pittsburgh region’s economy showed signs of slowing in December as the unemployment rate in the seven-county region rose 0.2 of a percentage point to 4.5%, the highest rate since April 2018, the state reported Tuesday. The unemployment rate, as adjusted for seasonal hiring factors, was 0.3 of a percentage...

Hurt by weak markets, Kennametal Inc. said Monday it lost $6.2 million for its October-through-December quarter, as sales dropped by about 14%. Kennametal, a producer of industrial tools, said it lost seven cents per shares in that quarter on sales of $505.1 million, compared to a gain of 66 cents...

An armed robber fled with an undetermined amount of money Friday night from the Walmart at Greengate Circle along Route 30 in Hempfield, state police at Greensburg said. The robber was wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and gloves and displayed a gun to the cashier at the store’s customer...

Police said an 18-year-old Indiana County woman allowed a child to vape from a Juul smoking device, recorded it and laughed as the child laid coughing on the floor. State police at Indiana charged Berkley Noel Sutton of Shellbark Road, Armagh, with endangering the welfare of children for failing to...

The new Excela Health chief executive officer will discuss the challenges facing Westmoreland County’s hospitals and health care during the Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland’s annual membership luncheon on Feb. 20 at Saint Vincent College near Latrobe. John Sphon was appointed CEO in December, after serving as interim CEO since...

The editor of a new book about women and the Holocaust will discuss the publication at Seton Hill University in Greensburg. The program is set for 5 p.m. Feb. 4 in the JoAnne Woodyard Boyle Health Sciences Center, Room 167. Carol Rittner, a member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy,...

The company that treats and stores hazardous waste in landfills is expected to update South Huntingdon residents Thursday on its plans to build another impoundment area. MAX Environmental Technologies Inc. of Greentree plans to hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Yukon Fire Hall, 124 Highway St.,...

A Greensburg area property management firm paid just more than $1 million for a North Huntingdon apartment complex off Route 30, according to Westmoreland County real estate records. MAC Realty Management, based in Mt. Lebanon, sold the 22-unity apartment complex at 409 Bethel Road, to Scalzitti Properties of Van Avenue,...

When Matthew Gerega pulls out of his driveway and turns left onto Brandywine Drive, “it’s about a 10 or 15% grade, and in the winter, it can get slick.” Gerega and other residents in the Woods of Brandywine in Manor are more at ease now that borough officials agreed to...