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Westmoreland Cultural Trust keeps eye on donor recognition as it renovates for 100th anniversary

Sandra Finley drove to the Greensburg Garden & Civic Center recently to play bridge, and when she arrived, she noticed that the plaque recognizing the building’s founders was missing. “I didn’t know what happened,” Finley said. She was initially concerned that the Westmoreland Cultural Trust was no longer interested in...
Monroeville area: Artist talk, ladies society meeting, Medicare seminar, more

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bkikel@triblive.com. Paper-cutting artist featured at ESAL The East Suburban Artists League will welcome Ted Bolha as its featured speaker on Sept. 4. Bolha has been creating intricate, hand-cut art pieces for more than two decades, and in recent years has focused...
The old ways: Pittsburgh Fighters Guild keeps medieval styles aliveVideo

Abby Hicks has wanted to fight with swords since she was eight years old. But when she was growing up in the early 1990s, it wasn’t necessarily something a lot of girls did. Today the Brackenridge resident is three decades older, but she is also nearing her second full year...
Monroeville council approves $38.8M capital improvements plan

Monroeville officials approved the municipality’s first capital improvements plan, laying out potential big-ticket projects over the next five years. Municipal manager Alex Graziani laid out roughly $38.8 million in capital projects through 2030 at council’s Aug. 12 meeting. “All of the projects on the list are fully funded,” he said....
Greensburg woman featured in Prime Video series about Purina dog competitionVideo

Britney Imhof is no stranger to the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge competition. She has competed in the event with her older dog and now with her younger dog, a 3-year-old miniature American shepherd named Witcher. But for dog and trainer, being followed by Amazon Prime Video camera crews as part...
Murrysville looks ahead to planned capital projects

Murrysville will spend about $3.8 million on capital projects in 2026, a number that will jump substantially in 2027 and 2028, when the municipality undertakes two major bridge replacements. Murrysville Council held a public hearing Tuesday for its 2026-30 Capital Improvements Plan, which is its guiding financial document for budgeting...
Sewing guild busy working on Christmas stockings for soldiers

Members of the American Sewing Guild are getting ready for Christmas, even though it’s August. Guild members were busy this week sewing Christmas stockings to be shipped to military members stationed overseas. The group worked into the early afternoon at Murrysville Alliance Church. The stockings are donated to New Kensington-based...
Western Pa. siblings share father’s love of engines, drag racingVideo

Nick Bowman is pretty sure his father brought him to the drag racing track when he was less than 2 months old. “I did the same with my son,” said Bowman, 38, of West Deer. To say that the Bowmans are a racing family is a bit of an understatement:...
Murrysville area: Artist talk, art show submissions and more

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Paper-cutting artist featured at ESAL The East Suburban Artists League will welcome Ted Bolha as its featured speaker on Sept. 4. Bolhas has been creating intricate, hand-cut art pieces for more than two decades, and in recent years has focused almost entirely...
Westmoreland Food Bank breaks ground on multimillion-dollar expansion

The Westmoreland Food Bank served about 5 million meals in 2024. And while officials are hoping the overall demand will decrease, their ability to fulfill that need will be expanding soon, along with their building on Devonshire Drive in Salem. Work on the planned expansion kicked off Thursday morning. “It’s...
Monroeville events: Jazz festival, church picnic, fun fest, more

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bkikel@triblive.com. Jazz festival The Monroeville Jazz Festival will take place Aug. 30 from 12-8 p.m. in the Tall Trees Amphitheater at Monroeville’s Community Park West, 2447 Tilbrook Road. The festival headliner will be Pittsburgh jazz singer Etta Cox at 6:30 p.m....
Monroeville officials, residents await more details on mall redevelopment plans

Monroeville residents who want more information on the future of the Monroeville Mall property will have to wait a bit longer, municipal officials said this month. “Nothing has been submitted to the municipality whatsoever, no plans, no drafts,” said Mayor Nick Gresock of Walmart’s proposal to redevelop the 186-acre mall...
Murrysville church will host blood drive

Newlonsburg Presbyterian Church in Murrysville will host a blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross. It will be from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the church, 4600 Old William Penn Highway in Murrysville. Donors can schedule an appointment by calling 800-733-2767 or visiting RedCrossBlood.org — enter...
Murrysville area: Blood drive, upcoming meetings, car show

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Upcoming public meetings • Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority board, 6 p.m. Aug. 21 at the authority offices, 3001 Meadowbrook Road in Murrysville. For more, see FTMSA.org. • Export council, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at the borough building, 5821 Washington Avenue. An...
6 taken to hospitals after 2-vehicle crash in Youngwood

Six people were transported to local hospitals Tuesday afternoon following a two-car crash in Youngwood, according to emergency officials. First responders were called for a crash near the intersection of Burton Avenue and South Third Street (Route 119) in Youngwood. Mutual Aid Ambulance took the two adult drivers and one...
Antiques, other props from ‘Hershey’ filming hit the auction block

With a traditionally strong market for Hollywood memorabilia, the sale of props from a movie shoot is not unusual. But typically, those props are just that — recreations of items such as swords from a medieval film or fake body parts from a horror movie. In the case of “Hershey”...

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