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Irwin promotes assistant manager to top spot
After interviewing several candidates over the past month to be Irwin Borough’s manager, council opted to remain in-house when selecting the town’s top administrator. Shari Martino, who has been the acting manager since Valerie Morton left the position June 25, was hired as manager Wednesday by a unanimous vote. Martino...
Goats munching on Norwin hillside brush
Seven goats are munching on the hillside above the Norwin Knights Stadium, chewing away at the overgrown weeds and brush on a steep slope above the bleachers. ”This is a great way of getting rid of invasive (plant) species. They can go where the (mowing) equipment and people can’t go,”...
Penn Irwin Motel site slated for development
A North Huntingdon developer wants to put retail shops at the site of the old Penn Irwin Motel along Route 30. Donald Tarosky Jr., a partner in Colony of Irwin, told North Huntingdon officials this week he intends to develop the old motel property in the same way a California...
Kennametal says ‘softening markets’ hurt quarterly sales, earnings
Kennametal Inc. saw sales, net income and earnings per share drop as a result of softening of its markets during the fourth quarter that ended June 30 compared to a year ago, but it still posted increases in sales, net income and earnings for the 2019 fiscal year, the company...
Vehicle smashes South Greensburg doctor’s office
A doctor’s office in a South Greensburg building was damaged Saturday afternoon when a vehicle drove into it, crashing through the exterior. The front wall of Dr. Geoffrey B. Monsour’s office was smashed when the vehicle hit the brick building and pushed into the doctor’s waiting room. Doors to the...
Veterans help with archaeological dig at Fort Ligonier
A weekend archaeological dig at Fort Ligonier did not find any evidence of an artillery battery in the eastern end of the French and Indian War-era fort, but it gave veterans an opportunity to search for some history from a conflict centuries ago. Accompanying Juniata College professor Jonathan Burns, who...
Latrobe woman dedicated to taking care of others
When Marjorie L. Sigmund graduated from Latrobe High School in the midst of World War II, she did not have the opportunity to go to nursing school like she had wanted, but that did not stop her from helping others, said one of her nieces. “All during her life, she...
Latrobe man dies from crash injuries
A Latrobe man died Saturday in a Pittsburgh hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a crash Wednesday in Unity Township, according to state police in Greensburg. The victim, Joseph Jenniches, 61, died at 3 a.m. Saturday at an unidentified hospital, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Jenniches...
Loyalhanna house destroyed by fire
A Loyalhanna Township house was destroyed early Sunday morning when a grease fire in the kitchen spread out of control, a fire official said. Saltsburg Fire Chief John Dice said the house on Moween Road in the village of Moween was fully engulfed in flames when he arrived on the...
Kennametal to start layoffs at Carbidie plant; 60 workers impacted in closure
Kennametal Inc. will begin laying off its 60 workers from its Carbidie plant in Hempfield in October and continue through the end of March 2020, when the plant will close, according a notice the company filed with the state. Kennametal, an industrial toolmaker with corporate offices in Unity, recently notified...
North Irwin Pepsi delivery man loved his job, people
Clifford Lee Bressler loved his job as a delivery man for Pepsi Co., serving grocery store owners with soft drinks from the company’s warehouse in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks. “He loved people,” and loved going to the “mom and pop” grocery stores, where he would become friends with...
Former Greensburg man accused of assaulting jail guards
A former Greensburg man is accused of hitting three Westmoreland County Prison guards in the face and biting their hands during a scuffle last November, authorities said. The suspect, Esteban Ortiz Sosa, 37, whose current address is listed on court documents as the state prison at Camp Hill, allegedly injured...
National Aviary project tracks birds near Saltsburg ‘bird haven’Video
Bob Mulvihill carefully held the small American cardinal in his hands Saturday morning in rural Indiana County. He placed a thin piece of numbered metal around one of the bird’s legs, along with red- and yellow-colored bands. That will allow residents in that area to track the bright red bird...
Tenaska plant near Smithton generating power, moneyVideo
The Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station that sits atop a hill in rural South Huntingdon is just the latest of what federal energy officials predict will be a wave of natural gas-powered plants to be built over the next 30 years. Most of the nation’s new electricity generating capacity that will...
Norwin library to host PUC consumer help program
Consumers will be able to learn about the utility assistance program, how to budget utility bills, shop for natural gas and electricity service and how to conserve energy during a workshop that Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission representatives will present at the Norwin Public Library on Caruthers Lane, Irwin, from 11...
Storm knocks down trees in North Huntingdon
North Huntingdon firefighters were able to remove a tree that fell onto a house off of Route 993 in the village of Shafton Tuesday evening. The fallen tree dragged down wires onto Washington Avenue at about 6:15 p.m., according to emergency dispatchers. Additional details were not available. During the same...
London calling: Hempfield band preps for season, England tripVideo
Members of the Hempfield Area High School band, long known for selling hoagies to raise money, have a big goal this school year — to sell 1,000 sandwiches each to pay for a trip to London to perform in its New Year’s Day parade. “We started selling hoagies in February,”...
Pittsburgh region rated No. 6 for new college graduates
If you are a recent college graduate looking for a place to settle down, start your career and raise a family, the seven-county Pittsburgh region is a pretty good place to do it, based on a new report. The Pittsburgh region — Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland...
FBI agent warns of cyber crimes at Hempfield event
Companies and private people should never pay ransoms demanded by computer hackers who use malware to disable a computer or entire system, an FBI agent in charge of cyber security at the Pittsburgh bureau said Thursday. “If you pay ransom, you may open up your industry to paying more ransom,”...
Western Pa. schools promote ‘instant decision’ for admission
Some colleges and universities are offering students the opportunity to gain admission in a single day. The so-called “instant decision” is being offered at California University of Pennsylvania Monday through Friday next week. At Cal U’s Instant Decision Day, potential undergraduate and graduate students considering enrolling can complete an application,...
West Newton mayor signs clean energy pledge
West Newton’s mayor has endorsed an environmental organization’s goal of getting her community 100 percent powered by clean and renewable energy for heating, lighting and transportation. Mary Popovich recently signed a pledge from the Sierra Club to get the Youghiogheny River town powered by clean and renewable energy — solar,...
Norwin area police, fire, ambulance plan Night Out
Police, firefighters and ambulance personnel in the Norwin area — Irwin, North Huntingdon and North Irwin — will join forces for National Night Out from 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 6 at Excela Square at Norwin, Route 30, North Huntingdon. Fire trucks from all seven of North Huntingdon’s volunteer fire...
Trafford zoning board OKs medical marijuana testing lab site
A Michigan company has moved one step closer to opening a medical marijuana testing laboratory in Trafford after borough officials approved the firm’s request to operate out of a building used by the town’s ambulance service. The Trafford Zoning Board this week granted Lansing-based ACT Laboratories Inc. a variance to...
State seeks to keep $348,000 from traffic stop
Do you want $348,435? If you do, all you have to do is convince the state Attorney General that the money confiscated from two women during a traffic stop last year near the New Stanton exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, is really yours. The catch in this get-rich-quick scheme is...
North Huntingdon OKs liquor license transfer
The owners of Mexican restaurants in Murrysville and in Downtown Pittsburgh anticipate opening a similar restaurant this fall in North Huntingdon, an Excela Health spokeswoman said. David and Virginia Montanez, who own Madero Cantina on William Penn Highway and Las Velas in Pittsburgh, won approval recently from North Huntingdon officials...
