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Murrysville, Export, Delmont prepare as trash collection contracts expire in September
After entering into a trash and recycling contract structured to end the same time as their neighbors Murrysville and Export — in order to negotiate a new contract together — Delmont officials appear poised to go it alone. Murrysville council voted last week to advertise for a new, five-year contract...
Franklin Regional looks at shift to improve students’ career readiness
Jeff Stanczak, the internship coordinator for Franklin Regional School District, said he understands it might seem strange to ask a 14-year-old to make decisions about their career and future. “But if we hold off on those decisions until a student’s junior or senior year — as so often happens —...
2 taken to hospital following multi-car crash in Salem
Two people were transported by ambulance from a multi-vehicle crash Monday afternoon on William Penn Highway, emergency officials said. Emergency responders were called to Route 22 eastbound near its intersection with Hollywood Boulevard, near the border between Murrysville and Salem, shortly after 5 p.m. for a four-car crash, according to...
Murrysville-Export-Delmont covid figures tallied for the week of April 12, 2021
The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows 1,409 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March 2020. Of those positive results, 33 cases were reported in the past seven days. The health department on Monday released figures for the three...
History on display at 23rd annual Bushy Run Historic Arms ShowVideo
It’s easy to see the passion Bill Vance has for antique firearms as he cradles a 50-caliber St. Louis plains rifle, with intricate inlaid metalwork and a unique feature the average person would not even notice. “A lot of these types of long rifles were made with curly maple, the...
Franklin Regional Unified Club captures Western Pa. bocce championshipVideo
When Franklin Regional life skills teacher Allison Harris helped start the high school’s Unified Club in 2014, she was hoping to create inclusive opportunities that would bring life skills students together with the larger student body in fun competitions. She certainly did not expect the club’s track team to win...
Local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter marks 110th anniversary
When Sharon Wallhausen of Irwin was growing up, her great aunt told stories about their family being part of the Revolutionary War Patriots, but Wallhausen was never able to uncover enough family history to prove the link. Wallhausen, who had a passion for genealogy, eventually traced her family’s ancestry back...
Memorial run will be a 4.2K to honor late Export man’s favorite number
Dustin Norris was a competitor. “We ran a race together, the Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh,” said Norris’ partner, Megan Nelson of Export. “I run a seven-minute mile, but we started the race and all of a sudden I realized I was about to die, he was running so fast. He...
News and happenings in the Murrysville area for the week of April 7, 2021
Upcoming Delmont library events • Enchanted Forest Fun, noon to 1 p.m., April 24 for children ages 3 and older. Hear a story about the Earth, go on a nature scavenger hunt, create your own “enchanted forest” to take home. Participants will also receive a “fairy garden” seed packet to...
GetGo grand opening to debut new mascot, include gift card and Penguins giveaways
A new GetGo fuel station and convenience store will host a grand opening Friday afternoon in Murrysville. The station, located between Old William Penn Highway and Route 22 near the Murrysville Giant Eagle, will hold a 2:30 p.m. ribbon-cutting and officials will make a $5,000 donation to the Franklin Regional...
Murrysville will wait on more-specific figures for earned income tax ordinance
Murrysville council will table a proposed ordinance that would allow it to raise its percentage of the earned income tax, citing confusion and misperception in discussions with residents. “There’s a lot of misinformation going around about what this ordinance does,” Council President Dayne Dice said. “This ordinance would only enable...
Murrysville police 1 of only 15 departments in the state to receive ‘Premier Law Enforcement Agency’ awardVideo
Something dawned on Murrysville Police Chief Tom Seefeld last month as he hopped onto the turnpike, heading home from Harrisburg after receiving the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission’s Premier Law Enforcement Agency Award. “It kind of hit me that, between here and Ohio, there are only two departments that have...
Pittsburgh native Angela Autumn heads to Nashville, will release new album in JuneVideo
“I woke up today, I was different. Something changed,” Angela Autumn sings on “Old Time Lovers,” the opening song of her forthcoming album, “Frontiers Woman.” Things, indeed, have changed for the 25-year-old Western Pennsylvania native, who grew up Angela Mignanelli in Zelienople before finding her songwriting voice and relocating to...
‘Flags Over Murrysville’ organizer named Murrysville 2020 Volunteer of the Year
It was a lot easier for Bob McKenna to help put up 340 flags when he was in his 40s. McKenna recruited fellow members of what was then the local Kiwanis Club in 1991, to place American flags up and down a 2-and-a-half-mile stretch of William Penn Highway through Murrysville...
Export Borough, historical society move ahead with spring and summer projects
Export has a lot of projects in the works for the spring and summer, thanks to the borough and the local historical society. • The historical society has set a goal of completing the relocation of the borough’s war memorial by Memorial Day. “We’ve had a fantastic donor response to...
Export looks to re-evaluate annual summer playground program
Export officials are looking to re-evaluate and possibly revamp their annual summer playground program after participation declined the past few years. “Last year we had only about three kids for three volunteers by the end of the year,” Councilwoman Melanie Litz said. “Participation has been waning the past two or...
Police seek suspect in Stowe shooting; victim upgraded to fair condition
A 29-year-old Stowe man is wanted by police in connection with an early-morning shooting April 4 outside a township nightclub. Stowe Township police responded to a call for shots fired at 3:15 a.m. Sunday outside of the True Diamonds nightclub on Island Avenue. The 31-year-old victim was shot multiple times...
Toll 66 on-ramp in Hempfield reopened following afternoon crash
The Route 136 on-ramp to the Route 66 Turnpike Extension in Hempfield has reopened following a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon, county emergency officials said. The crash was reported around 4:45 p.m., for a report of a two-vehicle crash with possible entrapment. One person involved in the crash was flown...
Pitt, tech-company partners explore use of copper as filter material for PPEVideo
A group of scientists and technology companies from the Pittsburgh area want to torture the covid-19 virus literally to death, and now they have a state grant to help them do so. That’s a bit of an oversimplification, but a big part of the state’s $68,000 Manufacturing PA grant awarded...
Review: ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ delivers exactly what it promises — big monsters, big boomsVideo
When you’re making a movie about 400-foot tall monsters having a street brawl in the middle of a major city, taking yourself too seriously can be a big problem. That has been an issue with some of the recent “Godzilla” and “King Kong” movies that have tied the universe of...
Franklin Regional seniors gain experience as interns on Sloan ‘elementary campus’ projectVideo
Jake Sciorilli spent some of his early years at Sloan Elementary School. But when the 17-year-old Murrysville resident walked through the doors again recently, he didn’t recognize much. “It was pretty crazy to see all of the changes that happened inside the building,” he said. Sciorilli and fellow senior Kyle...
Murrysville women’s ball hockey league grows to 150 participants
“Pure terror — but also exciting!” That’s how Jocelyn Gunia of Bethel Park described the first time a shot came whizzing directly at her in goal while she was playing dek hockey. Gunia, 30, spent most of the past decade as a casual hockey fan, watching alongside her husband. These...
Trout season gets off to a chilly startVideo
For several of the folks casting lines the first day of trout season Saturday on the chilly shores of the lake at Northmoreland Park, the efficient work of a passing osprey accounted for much of the early morning excitement. “I think that osprey was the only one to catch a...
Dozen residents displaced following Carrick apartment fire
About a dozen residents have been displaced by an apartment fire in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood on Saturday morning, according to Trib news partner WPXI. The fire was reported on the 200 block of Sunnyland Avenue in Carrick, around 9:40 a.m. The American Red Cross is assisting displaced residents in finding...
Woman in critical condition following shooting in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood
A woman is in critical condition after she was shot in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood, according to police. Pittsburgh police responded to the 1400 block of Grotto Street shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday , after a ShotSpotter alert. Zone 5 officers arrived to find a woman with multiple gunshot wounds to...
