Joe Napsha stories, Page 12
Norwin Art League to hold painting classes
The Norwin Art League in Irwin is holding painting classes for beginning and advanced painters for children and adults. Oil painting classes for beginners and advanced painters start from 6:30 to 9: 30 p.m. on Mondays, weather dependent. Classes for more advanced students will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30...
North Huntingdon rejects housing plan intended for Altman Farms neighborhood
North Huntingdon officials rejected a plan to subdivide a parcel to build about 50 houses in a section of the Altman Farms neighborhood. Commissioners contend the additional traffic and layout of the plan would create unsafe conditions for the neighborhood. Maronda Homes applied for approval to subdivide a 37-acre tract...
Norwin area: Dinner for senior citizens; liquor license transfer approved, more
Norwin to host dinner for senior citizens The Norwin High School Student Council will sponsor its annual free Senior Citizens Dinner for Norwin residents age 55 and old from noon to 2 p.m. March 2 at the high school cafeteria. The doors will open at 11:30 p.m. for the dinner,...
Fewer lanternflies this summer? Maybe, and you can thank this week’s deep freeze
One upside to the frigid cold — there should be fewer pesky spotted lanternflies this summer. The mottled, brilliant red and white plant hoppers lay eggs inside a sac that clings to trees and resembles a bag of baked beans, but some of those sacs likely will not survive this...
North Huntingdon church to sell pirohi
St. Stephen’s Byzantine Catholic Church will sell pirohi from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the church hall at 90 Bethel Road, North Huntingdon. The potato and cheese pirohi and sweet cabbage pirohi sell for $12 a dozen. Sauerkraut pirohi sell for $14 a dozen, lekvar pirohi are $15...
Greensburg-Jeannette NAACP passes torch of leadership to new generation
The torch of leadership at the Greensburg-Jeannette Branch of the NAACP has passed to a new generation. Ruth Tolbert, 75, of Greensburg, who has been the president of the Greensburg-Jeannette NAACP for all but two years since 2000, opted not to run for re-election last year to another two-year term....
North Huntingdon won’t form police oversight board
North Huntingdon police department’s actions won’t be reviewed by a resident-based oversight board. Township commissioners this week rejected the concept of creating a police oversight board that would review any complaints lodged against officers. Only one of the seven commissioners voiced their support for the idea during a meeting on...
Charleroi glass plant closure delayed until April, layoffs will come in several waves
The owners of a Charleroi glass plant that makes cookware have delayed its scheduled closing for about two months until April 30, which is a move that impacts about 240 workers, according to a notice the company filed with the state. Corelle Brands LLC is moving its production from the...
Norwin director’s lawsuit: District criticism hurts electability
A Norwin School Board member revised his federal lawsuit that claims he was a victim of unlawful retaliation that violated his First Amendment rights. The suit is related to criticism by the school district and former superintendent of a post on social media. Alex Detschelt, a school board member from...
Norwin library renovations begin; library to reopen Wednesday
The Norwin Public Library in Irwin will reopen Wednesday after being closed for two days this week as work begins on a $500,000 renovation project, the library director said. The library was closed Monday and Tuesday to allow for the beginning of the renovations to the library on Caruthers Lane,...
Consol merger with Arch: Well-positioned for global sales
Pennsylvania’s largest coal company on Tuesday completed its merger with the nation’s second-largest coal producer, creating an industry giant with 25 million tons of annual exporting capacity at a time when global coal use remains strong, according to industry observers. Consol Energy Inc. of Cecil and Arch Resources Inc. of...
Amazon: $20M upgrade at Findlay warehouse to displace 432 workers
Online retailer Amazon said Monday it will displace 432 of 500 workers at its Findlay sorting center in March as the company makes more than $20 million in improvements at the facility over six to eight months. The package and delivery giant filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or...
Norwin area: North Huntingdon hires officer, appoints members to panels
North Huntingdon hires Irwin officer Irwin is looking for a new police officer and hopes to be able to hire one next month. Officer Ryan Krause resigned from the Irwin police department on Jan. 8. Krause, who was hired in August, took a job with the North Huntingdon police department,...
Rivertowne Pub demolition bids submitted for review by North Huntingdon commissioners
The condemned former Rivertowne Pub & Grille on Route 30 in North Huntingdon — a piece of the defunct, bankrupt Rivertowne Brewing Co. — likely will be razed this spring, township officials said Wednesday. The North Huntingdon commissioners expect to vote on a demolition contract when the board meets Jan....
Solar power company wins zoning approval in North Huntingdon
A clean energy company was given the green light Tuesday to proceed with plans for a solar power system it wants to build on a North Huntingdon farm, a first step in a long approval process that could take three years before producing electricity, a company official said. The five-member...
Norwin school director plans to refile lawsuit after judge dismisses his 1st amendment rights violation claim
A judge has dismissed a Norwin school director’s lawsuit claiming the school district and a former superintendent violated his First Amendment rights. But the judge gave Norwin School Director Alex Detschelt a chance to file an amended complaint if he does so soon, and Detschelt said he plans to take...
With U.S. Steel deal axed, economic experts question future of Mon Valley steelmaking
With the future of U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley mills murky at best because of President Joe Biden’s decision to block the proposed sale to Japan’s Nippon Steel, observers and industry analysts offered a glimpse of what might happen as both companies decried Biden’s decision. “I don’t think there is any...
Ex-Upper St. Clair man indicted on terrorism charges
An Army veteran formerly from Upper St. Clair has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trying to support the terrorist group Hezbollah and lying to the FBI about his involvement with the organization, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Pittsburgh. The three-count indictment handed down against...
Norwin area: Chocolate tour in Irwin; North Huntingdon hires public works director
Chocolate tour planned in Irwin An afternoon and evening of chocolate tasting and music is planned in downtown Irwin from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 10. Several participating businesses will have complimentary chocolate treats and special offerings. A chocolate fountain will be featured at the Gift Basket World and Candy...
Presbyterian church leader reflects on navigating changes over a dozen years
After almost 12 years as the executive presbyter for the Redstone Presbytery, the Rev. Richard “Skip” Noftzger Jr. has retired. The executive presbyter oversaw 65 Presbyterian churches in four counties. Noftzger had been in ministry 28 years and in addition to administrative duties at two universities. “I feel good about...
Crash near Pitt-Greensburg campus disrupts power
Electrical power was expected to be restored about 7 p.m. Wednesday to about 480 West Penn Power customers living near the Pitt-Greensburg campus, according to FirstEnergy Corp.’s power outage map. The cause of the outage was a two-vehicle crash near the campus at about 1:30 p.m., a Westmoreland County Public...
Meet Allegheny and Westmoreland county’s firstborn of 2025: William, Genesis, Shiloh, Luka and Mila
William Sido Scott was born 10 seconds after midnight Wednesday to become the first birth of 2025 in the Pittsburgh area. William, the son of Frank and Evan (Telban) Scott of South Strabane, Washington County, was born at St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon, seconds after his New Year’s Eve...
Solar power battle brewing in North Huntingdon
North Huntingdon could be the site of the next battle over whether a utility-scale solar power farm can be built to comply with municipal zoning ordinances. Bear Park North Huntingdon LLC of Denver is appealing a decision by Thomas McGuire, township zoning officer, denying the solar power company’s request to...
Ligonier area native’s illustrious career complemented by service to community
Ligonier Township native Ralph Kinney Bennett’s work in journalism took him from Greensburg to major newspapers around the nation and a national magazine in a four-decade career — but he never forgot his roots in the Ligonier area. “I just know he loved being a reporter and a writer, and...
Dredging plan to be developed for North Huntingdon lake
North Huntingdon’s Indian Lake Park is in need of cleaning — removing the silt building up in the lake along Clay Pike in the southern end of the township. The North Huntingdon commissioners recently awarded an $18,500 contract to KU Resources Inc. to conduct a survey of the underwater depth...
