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Franklin Regional life skills students gain marketable experience through shop
Before opening the FR Panther Shop, learning support teacher Michelle Longo first had to learn how to use all of the equipment, so she could show her life-skills students. “We literally learned it all together,” Longo said. Funded by a roughly $12,000 grant from the FR Panther Foundation, special-education students...
Export tests out ‘goat-scapers’ on steep park hillsideVideo
The hillside next to the Export playground would be quite a challenge for the borough’s public works crew to trim. But the steep slope is little more than a snack for 10 goats and Hobo the donkey, from Homestead-based Allegheny Goatscape. “It would be tough to get someone in there...
Franklin Regional will host technology camp for girls
The Females Embrace Awesome Technology camp, four days of science, technology, engineering and math activities geared toward girls, is set for June 24-27 at Franklin Regional Senior High School. The program will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Girls in grades 6-9 will explore computer science and...
Export summer playground program begins next week
Export Borough’s summer playground program at the borough’s playground will begin on June 14 for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Playground days will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through Aug. 9. It is $5 to register and $1 per day. Children are...
Murrysville officials: Keep off the lawn at new playground, splash park
At the risk of sounding like the stereotypical “old man yelling from his porch,” Murrysville officials need residents to stay off their lawn. That’s because the lawn in question is in the process of growing. As municipal officials prepare for a June 29 grand opening at their “destination playground” and...
Former mayor will cut ribbon at Murrysville Medic One’s new facility
Local state representative and former Murrysville mayor Bob Brooks will cut the ribbon June 15 at a grand opening for Murrysville Medic One’s new garage off of Sardis Road. Medic One officials will hold an open house 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public is invited to tour the new...
Here are the Franklin Regional Class of 2019 graduates
Here is a list of Franklin Regional members of the Class of 2019, provided by the school district: Alexandria Kelly Abdallah Cedric Abram Jr. Tori Marie Adams Affan Khalid Ajmal Khasam Alaa Alamili Cade Douglas Ament Meg Anderson Madison Toni Arnette Andrew Sean-Lynn Arrigo Cara Elaine Ash Amanda Lee Bach...
Export awards contract for failing retaining wall on McKinley Avenue
Export officials hope that work to stabilize a retaining wall on McKinley Avenue will begin in July. Borough council voted 6-0 to award the $107,000 contract for the wall to Delmont-based Danmar. A walk up McKinley Avenue quickly reveals buckled pavement and a visible bend in the curbing along the...
Franklin Regional will stream graduation ceremony live on YouTube
Franklin Regional Senior High School’s graduation ceremony will be streamed live on the school’s YouTube page this Friday. Graduation will be at 6:45 p.m. at Panther Stadium on the Franklin Regional campus, 3200 School Road in Murrysville. School officials said the ceremony will also be available on Comcast’s local access...
Export festival organizers seeking vendors, volunteers
Vendor spots are still open for Export Borough’s annual Ethnic Food and Music Festival. The festival is set for Aug. 17 along Washington Avenue. Vendor booths are $50 and a vendor form is available on the borough’s website, ExportPennsylvania.com. Festival organizers are also seeking volunteers to help man the former...
Franklin Regional students earn National Merit Scholarships
Two Franklin Regional students are among more than 3,500 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Jaden A. Seman of Delmont and Clare C. McCarthy of Murrysville were named scholarship winners after being named among 16,000 finalists nationwide in the fall. Seman plans to attend Liberty...
Rescue divers recover severed fingers from Jefferson Hills swimming accident
Murrysville Medic One’s dive team spent Monday afternoon searching for something rather unique: fingers. The team was requested by Allegheny County officials to respond to the Jefferson Hills area following a swimming accident in which a swimmer had four fingers severed. “It had something to do with a rope swing,...
Franklin Regional set to vote on 2019-20 budget with 2.2-mill tax hike
Barring any major changes, the Franklin Regional school board will vote later this month on adopting a 2019-20 budget that raises property taxes by 2.2 mills. The proposed final budget of $59.7 million is about $1.45 million more than this year’s budget. Financial Services Director Jon Perry said $475,000 of...
Franklin Regional’s Panther Stadium will close this weekend for summer construction
If you’re a regular jogger at the Franklin Regional Senior High School’s track inside Panther Stadium, you’ll need to find a new place to get those laps in this summer. The stadium will close for the summer June 8, as work crews prepare to returf the field and resurface the...
Delmont rec board prepares for ‘Movies in the Park’ series
A classic adventure comedy and the latest entry in a spooky kids’ franchise are on the slate for this summer’s “Movies in the Park” in Delmont’s Newhouse Park. Organized by the borough’s recreation board, “Movies in the Park” will kick off June 14 with “The Goonies.” The rain date will...
Wetlands presentation in Murrysville will focus on bluebirds
In addition to opening a brand-new “destination playground” this summer at Murrysville Community Park, municipal recreation officials will also continue the park’s annual slate of summer nature programming. On June 8 at 10 a.m., Dr. Wilma Light will host a presentation on bluebirds. She is a member of the Bluebird...
Franklin Regional multimedia students design websites for local nonprofits
Last year, members of the Export Historical Society were looking to move their web presence from Export Borough’s website to one exclusively focused on the society. “We started that project with good intentions, but like a lot of things, we didn’t have the people or the time to do it...
Delmont preps for annual road paving program
Delmont officials are paving the way to pay nearly $300,000 for the borough’s 2019 road program. This summer’s program will include paving work on West Pittsburgh Street, Stotler Drive and Cupp Way. Work on Stotler will also include some stormwater drainage work beneath the street. The vast majority of the...
Murrysville woman snares honors at IUP
A Murrysville woman will be featured in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Eberly College student gallery as an Outstanding Student in this year’s graduating class from the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology. Julia Nitchman, a May IUP graduate, is the daughter of Beth and Craig Nitchman. She is a...
Facebook post leads to more charges for accused Murrysville massage parlor owner
Despite arguing that a social media post accusing someone of being a “liar” does not amount to a crime, a Mt. Pleasant woman accused of running four massage parlors in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties was ordered to stand trial for intimidating a witness Friday after allegedly making such a claim...
Delmont Visionary Committee works with IUP students on possible Heritage Trail routes
Members of the Delmont Visionary Committee would like to bring the Westmoreland Heritage Trail as close to the heart of the borough as possible. Whether that is the trail, itself, or a spur that connects to Delmont’s downtown area, was the subject of a project that saw committee members working...
Delmont Pilgrimage officials seeking more volunteers, sponsorships
Clancey the camel doesn’t come cheap. “It’s about $1,000 per night for the camel and the donkeys,” said Denni Grassel, a member of the group that took over the former Christmas in Salem Crossroads Pilgrimage and is seeking sponsorships to help fund the annual holiday event. Rechristened the Delmont Pilgrimage...
Franklin Regional student documentary earns national award
When Colten Oakes, a member of Franklin Regional Senior High School’s broadcasting and video production class, got his camera out at the traveling Vietnam War memorial in Murrysville Community Park, he couldn’t help thinking of his grandfather, whose dog tags were hanging around Oakes’s neck. “We were there to do...
Franklin Regional incumbents have tough time in primary
A raft of Franklin Regional school board candidates opposed to the Sloan elementary campus project will appear on the Republican side of the ballot in November, and two incumbents will not have a chance at re-election in the fall. “The No. 1 thing I heard from people in this community...
Incumbents cruise in Export; at least one newcomer headed to Delmont council
With 100% of the relevant precincts reporting, primary results in the Star’s coverage area are as follows as of 10 p.m.: DELMONT COUNCIL Dennis Urban (R, 48%) and Becky Matesevac (R, 43%), 79 total write-in votes (45 Democrat, 34 Republican). Write-in votes are a factor in this race because there...
