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Challenge to Murrysville fracking ordinance will continue Thursday
The citizens’ group challenging the validity of Murrysville’s fracking ordinance will be back before the municipality’s zoning hearing board on Thursday. The resident committee outlined its challenge before the board on Nov. 29. Murrysville council members voted 6-1 last year to approve their fracking ordinance, which they fine-tuned, re-examined and...
Mother of Sorrows will host open house to kick off Catholic Schools Week
To mark Catholic Schools Week in 2019, Mother of Sorrows School in Murrysville will host an open house that includes a preview of their spring musical, “Beauty & the Beast.” The open house will be from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Jan. 27 at the school, 3264 Evergreen Drive in...
Murrysville library to host local, county chess tournaments
Children in kindergarten through eighth grade are invited to compete in the 2019 Murrysville Community Library chess tournament March 2. The top winners won’t have to travel far, because the library at 4130 Sardis Road, will also play host to this year’s countywide finals. All tournaments are split into junior...
Murrysville library welcomes new director Emma BeaverVideo
Emma Beaver will never forget her elementary school librarian. “She worked tirelessly to promote reading,” said Beaver, who took over as director at the Murrysville Community Library on Jan. 14. “It didn’t matter whether you liked reading, it was about bettering your life.” Beaver, 32, of Uniontown, comes to Murrysville...
Fencing classes start Jan. 29 in Murrysville
En garde! A Plum couple will begin their annual fencing classes at the end of the month in neighboring Murrysville. Deb Theriault and her husband, David, have been fencers for more than four decades now. They have taught the art for more than 35 years, and their classes will begin...
Murrysville library welcomes new director Emma BeaverVideo
Emma Beaver will never forget her elementary school librarian. “She worked tirelessly to promote reading,” said Beaver, who took over as director at the Murrysville Community Library on Jan. 14. “It didn’t matter whether you liked reading; it was about bettering your life.” Beaver, 32, of Uniontown comes to Murrysville...
Export welcomes new councilman Vince Harding
Vince Harding is the newest Export Borough councilman. Harding was sworn in at council’s Jan. 8 meeting. He replaces Ed Persin, who resigned halfway through his first full term in November. Harding will serve through 2019, and a two-year term will appear on the next primary election ballot. Patrick Varine...
New Medic One garage will bring all its equipment under one roof
Murrysville Medic One officials need a little more room, not for themselves but for their vehicles. The nonprofit emergency service took out a loan to build a new $500,000 garage behind its existing facility off Sardis Road. “Since the last addition to the Medic One building about 15 years ago,...
‘Dining to Donate’ will raise funds for Murrysville library programs
Reading the Applebee’s menu — and ordering from it — on Jan. 22 will help keep local residents reading books and enjoying programs at the Murrysville Community Library. Applebee’s on William Penn Highway will donate 15 percent of sales from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. to the library as part...
Murrysville council will vote on petition to redistrict voter precincts
Murrysville council this week will consider lending its support for a petition to redistrict municipal voting precincts. Long voting lines during the past two elections have caught municipal officials’ attention, and they are looking at working with the county to make some changes. All seven of Murrysville’s precincts contain more...
Fracking back on Murrysville’s agenda in the coming weeks
Two of Murrysville’s board and commissions will have fracking issues back on the agenda in the coming weeks, beginning Tuesday night. The Murrysville Planning Commission will host a 7 p.m. public workshop on the Titan well pad application, proposed by Canonsburg driller Huntley & Huntley. The Titan well pad is...
Franklin Regional Youth Lacrosse opens spring 2019 registration
Training for Franklin Regional Youth Lacrosse’s spring 2019 season begins Jan. 26, and sign-ups are open. Sign-ups are critical for planning the coming season, officials said, as it gives them an idea of how many players will be available for each team and how many must be recruited to have...
Murrysville Woman’s Club meeting will feature Mary Kay rep
Proper powder room procedure will be the order of the day at the next Murrysville Woman’s Club meeting. A Mary Kay representative will host a “Make-Up Tips” discussion at the meeting, set for 11:15 a.m., Jan. 17 at the Penn Murry Restaurant, 5089 Cozy Inn Cutoff. Guests are welcome. There...
Franklin Regional cheerleaders headed to state championships this weekend
The Franklin Regional Senior High School cheerleading squad will head to Hershey this weekend to compete in the PIAA Competitive Spirit Championships. The team finished second out of 13 teams in the medium varsity division at the seventh annual WPIAL Competitive Spirit Championships, held the weekend of Jan. 5 at...
Conservancy will organize ‘supermoon,’ lunar eclipse viewing in Murrysville
A 183-acre nature reserve might be one of the best places to see a celestial “two-fer” on Jan. 20: a total lunar eclipse as well as a “super moon.” Westmoreland Conservancy officials are organizing a viewing party at the Morosini Reserve in southeastern Murrysville to view the eclipse as well...
Westmoreland Conservancy announces massive expansion of Flinn Nature Reserve
The Flinn Nature Reserve in south Murrysville will more than quadruple in size thanks to the donation of two parcels of land in Murrysville and Penn Township. Westmoreland Conservancy officials announced the expansion in their January newsletter. While the original 20-acre parcel was gifted to the conservancy by Paul and...
Delmont council balks at instituting sewage rate hike
Delmont residents may have to absorb a $2.39 increase from the Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority. For now, however, they do not have to worry about absorbing an additional $7.50 rate hike from the borough. Council members this week balked at instituting the increase. The money would go toward paying...
Delmont officials work to recover money allegedly taken by former secretary
Delmont officials are taking steps to recover money allegedly stolen by a former borough secretary. Borough solicitor Dan Hewitt said former borough secretary and treasurer Karen Shola was bonded, and that the bond company has offered the borough a $35,000 settlement. Shola, 67, of Pittsburgh was charged in October with...
Franklin Regional plans special meeting on Sloan project bids
Franklin Regional School Board will hold a special meeting Wednesday to vote on authorizing the district to advertise and solicit bids for the Sloan elementary campus project. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. in the Murrysville municipal building at 4100 Sardis Road. The $54 million project includes the renovation...
Spaghetti dinner will raise funds for Franklin Regional’s Macy’s parade trip
Franklin Regional band members will hold a Feb. 23 spaghetti dinner in Murrysville as a fundraiser for their trip to the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. The dinner will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. in Laird Hall at First Presbyterian Church, 3202 North Hills Road....
Export Historical Society discovers 4th, intact entrance to former mine
When aspiring Eagle Scout Troy Florian and a crew of fellow scouts cleared several entrances to the former Westmoreland Coal Co.’s No. 2 mine in Export, councilwoman Melanie Litz was quick to point out that they “would not be reopening the mine.” That has changed a little, thanks to the...
Murrysville library will host game night on Jan. 19
There’s no more satisfying feeling than forcing your grandmother into bankruptcy during a heated game of “Monopoly,” is there? Okay, perhaps that’s a bit harsh, but even if the cutthroat capitalism of Rich Uncle Pennybags isn’t your thing, area residents are still invited to take part in several other classic...
Murrysville woman named Pa. School Counselor Advocate of the Year
A Murrysville woman has been named the Pennsylvania School Counselor Advocate of the Year by the Pennsylvania School Counselors Association (PSCA). Elizabeth DeChurch Strenkowski of Murrysville, director of admissions at the Community College of Allegheny County’s Boyce Campus, was recognized at the 63rd Annual PSCA Conference, held in Hershey in...
Franklin Regional safety and security director to speak at high school PTO meeting
Franklin Regional Senior High School parents will have a chance to hear from the district’s safety and security director at the near year’s first PTO meeting on Jan. 10. The guest speaker will be Timothy Skoog, who is heading up the district’s internal police force. Skoog will discuss his role...
Brooks takes House seat as Murrysville police add first female officer
There was plenty of swearing for Murrysville residents last week. Swearing-in, that is. In addition to the municipality’s police department adding its first female officer, Samantha Malik, on Jan. 3, former mayor Bob Brooks spent New Year’s Day taking the oath of office for his 54th District state representative seat...
