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Penn Middle Drama Club preps for 1st audience-attended show in 2 years, ‘A Christmas Carol’
Penn Middle Drama Club students are preparing to welcome a live audience for the first time in two years, staging the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol” on Dec. 17-18. “We’re super excited about it,” said drama club sponsor and technical director Sharon Wiant. “All of the schools in the...
Bushy Run hosts holiday market in Penn Township
Landon Wells was supposed to be doing some Christmas shopping at the Bushy Run Christmas Market in Penn Township. But the 3-year-old boy was understandably distracted by the model train booth there, which returned after being on hiatus last year. “We’re doing some gift shopping for his mother and father,”...
Train derails in Baldwin; East Carson, River Road closed as clean-up commences
River Road in Baldwin was closed between Glass Run Road and Becks Run Road after a Norfolk Southern train derailed early Sunday morning, according to Baldwin police. Pittsburgh hazmat and police responded to the scene of the derailment, which happened around 4:45 a.m. above East Carson Street in Baldwin, as...
Wind, rain leave pockets of power outages behind in Western Pa.
Saturday’s wind and rain left behind pockets of power outages across the region, and while most of those have been taken care of in Allegheny County, Westmoreland County and areas east are having electricity issues lingering into Sunday. West Penn Power reported around 1,500 customers were still without power by...
It’s a warm, wet, windy day in Western Pa.: Wind advisory set until midnight
Not only is it warm, it’s windy. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory in effect until midnight tonight for portions of western Pennsylvania, with western winds of 15-25 mph and gusts up to 50 mph. Emergency officials had steady reports of downed trees — and the occasional,...
Customers mourn year-end closure of Schramm Farms in Harrison City
When Sarah Hough’s mother makes applesauce for the holidays, she’s looking for a specific type of apple, and she’s going to Schramm Farms & Orchards in Harrison City to find it. “They’re Lodi apples,” said Hough, a Murrysville resident. “She’s afraid she’s not going to be able to make it...
Westmoreland commissioner continues virtual town-hall meetings Dec. 16
Westmoreland County Commissioner Doug Chew will host the sixth in a series of town-hall meetings at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 16. Chew began hosting the online town-hall meetings in October, touching on topics like voter registration and various aspects of the county’s budget. Chew said he wanted to public to...
‘Monticello Lights’ aims to brighten holidays for local charitiesVideo
Delmont firefighters got a sneak peek at the light show on Friday night. In advance of this weekend’s “Monticello Lights” fundraiser, which will raise money for Project Bundle Up and the Delmont Volunteer Fire Department, residents of the Monticello neighborhood took firefighters on a preview tour. From 6-9 p.m. Saturday...
Police seek suspect in robbery of Dollar General in East Huntingdon
State police are seeking information on a suspect who robbed the Dollar General in East Huntingdon on Wednesday. Shortly after 11 a.m., police said someone believed to be on foot robbed the store, on Route 31, while wearing yellow gloves, a tossel cap, mask and hooded sweatshirt. The suspect is...
Murrysville: Christmas tree recycling, holiday library hours, more
Submit news briefs and event information to pvarine@triblive.com. Rotary plans Christmas tree recycling in January The Murrysville-Export Rotary Club’s annual Christmas tree recycling drop-off will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 8 and 15 at the Windstream parking lot, 4792 Old William Penn Highway in Murrysville. FR renews...
Some Export landlords unhappy with rental license fee proposal
Several Export rental property owners — including two with seats on borough council — have taken issue with a proposal to charge a $200 annual rental licensing fee as part of the 2022 budget. Mayor Joe Zaccagnini, who owns several rental properties in Export, proposed the fee last month in...
Export officials: Sewage surcharge to remain in place for now
An $8 surcharge on Export sewage customers was only supposed to be in place for a year. Yet, when it came up for a vote in May, council members voted to keep it in place. With bills totaling more than $50,000 coming in related to its ongoing long-term flood control...
Beaver Falls man sentenced to 3 years for lying about gun purchases
A Beaver County man was sentenced Tuesday to just over three years in jail after lying about the purchase of four 9-millimeter pistols, which he gave to two men who’d accompanied him while buying them, according to U.S. Attorney Cindy Chung. Calvin Brady Jr., 25, of Beaver Falls, was sentenced...
Reach Cyber partners with carpenters’ union to offer online carpentry programVideo
In recent years, school districts have made a stronger push to gauge student interest in trade careers, extolling the virtues of the region’s technical schools and the wide-open job market for skilled laborers. In Pennsylvania, one cyber charter school is looking to add some of those elements to its curriculum....
Murrysville area: Essay contest, election results certified, more
Submit news briefs and event information to pvarine@triblive.com. AAUW welcomes IUP professor as featured speaker The Murrysville branch of the American Association of University Women will welcome Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor Arden Hamer as its guest speaker on Dec. 9. Hamer is a professor in IUP’s Developmental Studies Department,...
Businesses pitch in to help ‘Monticello Lights’ fundraiser in Delmont
Kelly Mazon and her family are running out of extension cords. Meanwhile, up the street, Zack Bruno is four inflatables deep and just getting started. The Mazons and Brunos were just two of many families in Delmont’s Monticello neighborhood busy preparing over Thanksgiving weekend for the “Monticello Lights” decorating competition...
Delmont neighborhood plans 2nd year of ‘Monticello Lights’ charity decorating competition
When residents of Delmont’s Monticello Drive replaced their annual Christmas party with a drive-thru decorating competition during the pandemic last year, they were looking for a way to bring the community together safely and perhaps raise a little money for charity. Instead they ended up with more than $15,000 to...
Pennsylvania wine and liquor sales set another record, annual report shows
If you’re headed to a holiday party this month, chances are good that either Tito’s Handmade Vodka or Fireball Cinnamon Whisky will be on the bar. Unflavored vodka remained Pennsylvanians’ drink of choice during the 2020-21 fiscal year, bringing in $307.6 million and topping the sales list in 53 of...
Greensburg native will discuss directorial debut at virtual panelVideo
It’s been quite a year for Greensburg native Sujata Day, taking her directorial debut film, “Definition, Please,” to film festivals throughout the world. Most of those festivals were virtual for health and safety reasons, but that did not stop the film from racking up accolades. It earned Best Feature Film...
TribLive Taste Test: Illegal ChipsVideo
It’s not real horse meat. That’s an important mantra to keep in mind for this week’s TribLive Taste Test, where we ordered three varieties of Illegal Chips, created by Brooklyn art collective and product start-up company Mschf. First off, let’s be clear — there’s nothing illegal about any of this....
Seven Springs kicks off season this Saturday, other ski resorts gearing up
With more than a week of snowmaking already underway, Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Champion will open its slopes Saturday. This year’s major upgrade is a new Doppelmayr Alpen Star chairlift that replaces the resort’s former Avalanche lift. The new lift will be able to carry an additional 600 people...
Missing Mt. Washington man safely located
Pittsburgh police have found a Mt. Washington man they believed to be in immediate danger. Anthony Horner, 29, was reported missing on Monday. Police announced just after midnight Tuesday that Horner was safely located. They thanked the public for its assistance....
More details emerge about plane crash near Grove City that killed pilot, passenger
A 65-year-old Ohio man made a turnaround and a stop at the Clarion County Airport shortly before his plane crashed a few miles outside Grove City last week, according to flight records. Rick Briggs, 65, of Cuyahoga Falls died as a result of blunt force trauma as a result of...
1980s Pittsburgh rockers Haywire will reunite for acoustic show in ButlerVideo
The members of Haywire, a Pittsburgh-area rock band active in the 1980s, have fond memories of playing all over the region, but particularly in the Butler area. Howard “Hutch” Hockenberger said Butler fans at venues like Conley’s, John’s Bar, Ribit and Night People’s Place were always good to the group,...
National Weather Service: Warm-up this week brings November temps closer to normal
The weather forecast this week might look like a warm spell after a chilly weekend of snow flurries, but it’s really just getting the region’s thermometer back to its regular reading. “Right now, we’re running about 2.1 degrees below normal for the month of November,” said Lee Hendricks, a meteorologist...
