Murrysville Star category, Page 25
Murrysville council deadlocks on ‘luxury lots’ subdivision near community park
Murrysville council members could not agree whether to approve an upscale 24-lot subdivision off Wiestertown Road, prompting a tie vote that will see the development proposal come back before council. Developer Paul Fischione was seeking approval for a luxury housing plan just south of Wiestertown and Hilty roads, with an...
Murrysville man charged with trespassing attempts in Pittsburgh
A Murrysville man is accused of illegally entering one Pittsburgh home and attempting to break into another on Saturday. Seth Izatt, 25, is charged with felony counts of criminal trespassing and attempted criminal trespassing. A district judge released him Sunday on nonmonetary bond. In a criminal complaint, Pittsburgh police said...
Murrysville will return $623K, put amphitheater project on hold
When the state gives you $623,000, they want to see it put to good use. But after the cost for a proposed amphitheater project at Murrysville Community Park started ballooning in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, municipal officials opted to take a step back. On Wednesday, they opted to...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 9, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. sold property at 2504 Churchill Road to Chang He Lin and Xiuying Jiang for $121,000. Zachary Brannan sold property at 335 Churchill Road to Patrick and Charissa Murray for $153,000. Robyn Coffman sold property at 1711 Jamestown Pl to Justin Kovach for...
Palmer Jackson wraps up decorated career at Notre Dame
When Palmer Jackson tapped in for par on the ninth hole at Omni La Costa North Course in Carlsbad, Calif., at the end of May, he brought an end to a shining college golf career at Notre Dame. Now, the talk about turning professional can officially begin. The grad student...
Delmont man convicted of attempted sexual assault
A Delmont man was convicted Wednesday of the attempted sexual assault of a woman whom investigators claimed he later threatened in a failed effort to prevent her from testifying against him. A Westmoreland County jury deliberated about an hour before it returned guilty verdicts against Brandon Pyle, 28, in connection...
Export officials on board with $5M-$10M Turtle Creek remediation project
Export officials voted unanimously Tuesday to grant a conservation easement to their neighbors in Murrysville, for the use of borough-owned property as part of a large-scale acid mine remediation project in the Turtle Creek watershed. Murrysville and Export are home to two of the largest mine-water sources in the Turtle...
Bridge rehab work set to start on Parkway East between Monroeville and Churchill
UPDATE (10:15 a.m. Saturday): PennDOT officials announced Saturday morning that this weekend’s work has been completed ahead of schedule, and the Parkway East has fully reopened to traffic in the work zone. Work on a nearly 5-mile stretch of the Parkway East will mean reducing highway traffic to a single...
Franklin Regional’s season ends with loss to Hollidaysburg in PIAA playoffs
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Missed opportunities by one team and timely hitting by the other was the difference in a PIAA Class 5A first-round baseball game Monday. Franklin Regional, the WPIAL third-place team, didn’t take advantage of a couple of scoring opportunities and ended up dropping a 4-2 decision to District 6...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 2, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Douglas Dorsey sold property at 2331 Marbury Road to Christiana Trust Tr et al. for $125,000. Edgewood Carolyn Hess sold property at 420 Greendale Ave. to Valentin and Sophia Sulzer for $420,000. Forest Hills Anntoinette Doheny sold property at 108 Ave. A to CFPACP Properties LLC for...
Bernadowski pitches Franklin Regional into PIAA tournament
When the PIAA Class 5A baseball playoffs begin Monday, there is a good chance senior Max Bernadowski will be on the hill. Why not? Bernadowski (7-1) pitched the Panthers into the tournament by tossing seven strong innings in a 3-2 victory against West Allegheny in the WPIAL third-place game. The...
3 men arrested in 2 separate grandparent scams in Salem, North Huntingdon
Two New York City men and a Georgia man are accused of trying to scam three grandparents in the area out of $33,000 this week in two separate incidents in which the suspects claimed a family member had been arrested, authorities said. Jean Carlos Mendoza, 23, of Brooklyn, and Jason...
School Road near Sardis will close until August for culvert work
School Road will close for most of the summer beginning Monday, according to Murrysville police. The road will close between Sardis Road and Mill Stream Court as construction crews work on the culvert which carries Haymakers Run underneath School Road, near the Sardis Road intersection. The project is expected to...
Murrysville area: Glass recycling, bingo and more
Rewind Reuse Center summer mini-camps The Rewind Reuse Center in Export will host a series of summer mini-camps for children who have completed grades 1-6. The registration fee is $5 per child, per session. Each session will have 16 students with a waitlist. The sessions will be: • June 18...
Franklin Regional beats West Allegheny on clutch Luke Williams hit in Class 5A 3rd-place game
Sometimes missed opportunities can come back and haunt a team. But Franklin Regional didn’t allow early game troubles to keep it from pulling out a late-game win. Luke Williams hit a two-run double with one out in the top of the seventh inning, and Franklin Regional rallied to defeat West...
Westmoreland clay target shooting clubs prepare for state tournament in Elysburg
Madi Gavrish is in her first year with Penn-Trafford’s target shooting team, but she’s been destroying clay pigeons for the past two years. “I’ve shot for 4-H since seventh grade,” said Gavrish, who is preparing along with members of her own team and several others in the region for the...
New traffic signals set to launch at Routes 286 and 380 in Murrysville
Temporary traffic signals are being installed where Route 380 and Golden Mile Highway meet, but the permanent improvements proposed for the intersection have a Murrysville family upset. Canonsburg-based Olympus Energy is funding traffic improvements as part of its Hermes fracking well pad project, being constructed nearby on the Murrysville/Plum border....
Franklin Regional grad Michael Wareham helps Gannon men’s golf win regional title, seeks individual win
Golf can be a stressful game. It requires perfection in almost every facet, and the slightest misstep can send the ball off in an unintended direction. Franklin Regional grad Michael Wareham, however, said he finds sanctuary on the golf course. Sure, the tournaments he plays with his Gannon teammates are...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of May 26, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Rybee 2 LLC sold property at 2302 Marbury Road to Djarrard Dutrieuille for $410,000. Edgewood Jessica Nevins sold property at 440 Greendale Ave. to Christopher Carosi and Rebecca Wetherbee for $292,500. Forest Hills Concetta Leary sold property at 336 Sharon Drive to William Henry and Courtney Strouse...
‘Music of the Heart’ showcases nonprofit’s music therapy clients
Katie Harrill has seen what music can do for people’s social and emotional states. As the supervisor of the Creative Arts Program and one of many music therapists at Wesley Family Services, Harrill has extensively worked with clients across various developmental stages. Despite the program’s inception 23 years ago, she...
New coach plans to carry on ‘winning mentality’ with Franklin Regional hockey
Brian Bearley understands the assignment. A former assistant coach for Franklin Regional hockey under former head coach John Winebrenner, Bearley recently was hired to lead the Panthers. Familiarity with various levels of hockey at Franklin Regional should serve him well. His plan is to maintain a standard already in place...
State trooper receives multiple doses of Narcan after drug bust in Murrysville
A Pittsburgh man is charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and illegal possession of narcotics following a drug bust Thursday evening in Murrysville, after which a state police trooper had to receive multiple doses of Narcan, according to court records. The trooper, who was transported to AHN Hempfield Hospital, was...
Murrysville area: Trail poker run, theatre guild scholarships, glass recycling and more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Theatre guild students earn scholarships Senior members of the Franklin Regional Theatre Guild were presented recently with $500 scholarships. Crew member Emie Ayres plans to attend Penn State University; actor Charlotte Pokol will attend the University of Tennessee; crew member Mary Taddonio...
Development featuring $2M homes proposed near Murrysville Community Park
Murrysville council is considering a developer’s proposal to build 24 luxury homes with an average price of about $2 million just south of Wiestertown and Hilty roads. Paul Fischione initially approached the municipality with a request to rezone about 55 acres near Murrysville Community Park to create 28 large single-family...
Murrysville mulls options to fix weight-reduced bridge on Old William Penn Highway
Murrysville council appears to be leaning toward closing part of Old William Penn Highway this summer in order to repair a small bridge that has been subject to two weight restrictions in recent years. The bridge carrying Old William Penn over Turtle Creek, just west of Export, had its weight...
