Joe Napsha stories, Page 81

The University of Pittsburgh said it has seen an 83% spike in new covid cases this past week and four of its campuses are in a “guarded risk posture.” Thirty-six students have tested positive for coronavirus since March 16, and 45 are in isolation at the Oakland campus, according to...

Irwin officials have scrapped plans to apply for a grant for a new fire hall and possible municipal complex that was estimated to cost $1.2 million. Borough council decided last week not to apply for the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant, which has a March 31 deadline for applications. The...

Charges filed with North Huntingdon District Judge Wayne Gongaware. All individuals have the right to a preliminary hearing and are innocent until proven guilty before a judge in the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas. • Octavio Pons, 60, of North Huntingdon by township police with simple assault and harassment....

Two years in the making, Norwin is getting a new scoreboard for its high school baseball field. Like so many things over the past 12 months, plans to install a new scoreboard at the high school field were postponed because of covid, said Ronald Awenowicz, president of the Norwin Baseball...

Irwin Scouts planning mulch sale Boy Scout Troop 284 of Irwin is holding a spring mulch sale. Black, brown and red mulch is available. Orders can be placed online at www.Troop284Irwin.com or mailed with payment to Boy Scout Troop 284, 1670 Craig Drive, North Huntingdon, PA 15642. A Orders must...

North Huntingdon officials have approved site plans for a new Kenny Ross Mazda dealership along Route 30 that will be built adjacent to Kenny Ross Subaru. Township commissioners also approved plans to consolidate two parcels on the site, which previously was a nursing home, across an alley from the existing...

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County is offering its warehouse in New Stanton as a site for covid-19 vaccinations. The site is close to a Pennsylvania Turnpike exit and has plenty of parking. The only problem is that the large providers — UPMC, Allegheny Health Network, Giant Eagle and others...

Irwin will hold an Easter Egg hunt from March 22 to 26 that will give children ages two to 12 from Irwin, North Huntingdon and North Irwin the opportunity to win prizes. Borough office employees will hide the plastic eggs along Main, Third, Fourth and Fifth streets and Irwin Park...

The rate of new coronavirus cases in the North Huntingdon-Irwin-North Irwin area again fell during the past week, with state Department of Health reporting Monday there were only 32 new cases during the second full week of March. In the four ZIP codes covering North Huntingdon, Irwin, North Irwin, Westmoreland...

The delay in finishing the outdoor pavilion at The Lamp Theatre in downtown Irwin can be blamed on a familiar problem: a supply chain disruption caused by the covid pandemic. “Covid has held us back. We’re waiting for a lot of materials,” said John Gdula, president of The Lamp Theatre...

Unlike last year, when some high school graduations were pushed back to the summer, seniors at Penn-Trafford, Norwin and Yough will be among those who will graduate at the end of the regular school year. Penn-Trafford is planning to hold its commencement on Thursday, May 27, and Norwin seniors will...

A state police fire marshal is investigating the cause of an explosion that destroyed a mobile home near Sutersville on Thursday night, a Sewickley Township fire official said. The man who lived at the mobile home on Sutersville Road, in the village of Gratztown along the Youghiogheny River, was not...

Norwin library to feature author on women in WW II The Norwin Public Library is sponsoring a virtual program at 6 p.m. March 22 about women who were involved in the military during World War II. Author Kayleen Reusser, who has interviewed about 250 men and women while writing seven...

Charges filed with North Huntingdon District Judge Wayne Gongaware. All individuals have the right to a preliminary hearing and are innocent until proven guilty before a judge in the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas. • Devon W. Anderson, 30, of Jeannette, by North Huntingdon police with receiving advancement payment...

Irwin officials took steps this week to standardize parking rates in the borough at 25 cents for 30 minutes. It’s part of an ongoing process that will start with buying 75 refurbished digital parking meters that will replace mechanical ones. Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the standardized rate. It will...

Congress extended a lifeline to about 925,000 Pennsylvanians who get federal unemployment benefits by giving final approval Wednesday to a $1.9 trillion covid relief package. The House on Wednesday passed the American Rescue Plan, after the Senate approved its own version of the controversial stimulus bill on March 6. President...

Irwin officials have found that too many of the borough’s old parking meters have problems that make drivers happy — meters that give away more time than drivers pay for and rates so low that plinking a nickel into a meter gives the motorist 30 minutes of parking. The borough...

Property owners in the Norwin School District will not have to pay more in school taxes in the 2021-2022 school year for the first time since 2011, Norwin’s top official promised. In promoting a commitment of doing more with less, Superintendent Jeff Taylor told the school board Monday there will...

For the first time this school year, all Norwin students will have the option of returning to class five days a week, beginning March 19, officials said. Bringing students back to class for five days of instruction “is something that’s been very important to our students and our community members,”...

The number of new coronavirus cases in the North Huntingdon-Irwin-North Irwin area continued to decline during the first full week of March, with only 41 new confirmed cases from March 1 to 8, according to data the state Department of Health released on Monday. The four ZIP codes covering North...

Norwin school officials are planning to discuss options for more in-person instruction during a school board meeting set for 6:30 p.m. Monday. Superintendent Jeff Taylor is expected to address plans for students in grades five through 11 to have the option of returning to school for four days of in-person...