Murrysville Star category, Page 92
2 taken to hospital following multi-car crash in Salem
Two people were transported by ambulance from a multi-vehicle crash Monday afternoon on William Penn Highway, emergency officials said. Emergency responders were called to Route 22 eastbound near its intersection with Hollywood Boulevard, near the border between Murrysville and Salem, shortly after 5 p.m. for a four-car crash, according to...
Murrysville-Export-Delmont covid figures tallied for the week of April 12, 2021
The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows 1,409 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March 2020. Of those positive results, 33 cases were reported in the past seven days. The health department on Monday released figures for the three...
Fundraiser for former Franklin Regional soccer coach Kurt Landsberg at $29,000 and counting
Local avid soccer enthusiast and former coach Kurt Landsberg is battling Glioblastoma, an aggressive type of cancer in his brain. The longtime Franklin Regional girls assistant, who also coached at Highlands and with the Allegheny Force FC, is now the focus of a community fundraiser aimed to help with medical...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of April 11, 2021
Churchill Paul Viator sold property at 3611 McCrady Road to Ruby Gardner for $410,000. Edgewood Jason Folmar sold property at 17 Love Place to Thomas Bergamasco and Megan Peters for $317,000. Export Joel Eichinger sold property at 5865-5867 Madison Ave. to Linfang Wu for $78,000. Forest Hills Nello Bartolozzi sold...
Franklin Regional’s Michael Kemerer returning for 7th NCAA season
Murrysville native Michael Kemerer isn’t ready to hang up his singlet just yet. The Franklin Regional graduate and Iowa graduate student announced this week on Twitter that he’s returning for one more season. The four-time All-American and 2021 NCAA runner-up lost in the NCAA Division I finals at 174 pounds...
Franklin Regional notebook: Panthers hockey reaches PIHL semifinals
The seventh-seeded Franklin Regional hockey team advanced to the PIHL Class AA semifinals with a thrilling upset in the quarterfinals. Dan Rafferty found the net halfway into overtime as the Panthers took down No. 4 Hempfield, 4-3, on April 5, at the Belmont Ice Complex in Kittanning. Zach Zeto, Jeff...
History on display at 23rd annual Bushy Run Historic Arms ShowVideo
It’s easy to see the passion Bill Vance has for antique firearms as he cradles a 50-caliber St. Louis plains rifle, with intricate inlaid metalwork and a unique feature the average person would not even notice. “A lot of these types of long rifles were made with curly maple, the...
Franklin Regional Unified Club captures Western Pa. bocce championshipVideo
When Franklin Regional life skills teacher Allison Harris helped start the high school’s Unified Club in 2014, she was hoping to create inclusive opportunities that would bring life skills students together with the larger student body in fun competitions. She certainly did not expect the club’s track team to win...
Local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter marks 110th anniversary
When Sharon Wallhausen of Irwin was growing up, her great aunt told stories about their family being part of the Revolutionary War Patriots, but Wallhausen was never able to uncover enough family history to prove the link. Wallhausen, who had a passion for genealogy, eventually traced her family’s ancestry back...
Westmoreland prosecutor to head county’s bar association
Assistant District Attorney Judith Petrush will have a new role in addition to her day job as a Westmoreland County prosecutor. Petrush, 53, of Murrysville, this week was elected president of the Westmoreland Bar Association and, in doing so, becomes the first full-time prosecutor to oversee the organization that represents...
Memorial run will be a 4.2K to honor late Export man’s favorite number
Dustin Norris was a competitor. “We ran a race together, the Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh,” said Norris’ partner, Megan Nelson of Export. “I run a seven-minute mile, but we started the race and all of a sudden I realized I was about to die, he was running so fast. He...
News and happenings in the Murrysville area for the week of April 7, 2021
Upcoming Delmont library events • Enchanted Forest Fun, noon to 1 p.m., April 24 for children ages 3 and older. Hear a story about the Earth, go on a nature scavenger hunt, create your own “enchanted forest” to take home. Participants will also receive a “fairy garden” seed packet to...
GetGo grand opening to debut new mascot, include gift card and Penguins giveaways
A new GetGo fuel station and convenience store will host a grand opening Friday afternoon in Murrysville. The station, located between Old William Penn Highway and Route 22 near the Murrysville Giant Eagle, will hold a 2:30 p.m. ribbon-cutting and officials will make a $5,000 donation to the Franklin Regional...
Murrysville will wait on more-specific figures for earned income tax ordinance
Murrysville council will table a proposed ordinance that would allow it to raise its percentage of the earned income tax, citing confusion and misperception in discussions with residents. “There’s a lot of misinformation going around about what this ordinance does,” Council President Dayne Dice said. “This ordinance would only enable...
Murrysville police 1 of only 15 departments in the state to receive ‘Premier Law Enforcement Agency’ awardVideo
Something dawned on Murrysville Police Chief Tom Seefeld last month as he hopped onto the turnpike, heading home from Harrisburg after receiving the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission’s Premier Law Enforcement Agency Award. “It kind of hit me that, between here and Ohio, there are only two departments that have...
Several area schools deemed best communities for music education by national group
Several school districts in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties were named among the best communities for music education by a national organization. The NAMM Foundation recognized the schools for their outstanding commitment to music education. In its 22nd year, the designation is awarded to districts that show outstanding achievement in efforts...
‘Flags Over Murrysville’ organizer named Murrysville 2020 Volunteer of the Year
It was a lot easier for Bob McKenna to help put up 340 flags when he was in his 40s. McKenna recruited fellow members of what was then the local Kiwanis Club in 1991, to place American flags up and down a 2-and-a-half-mile stretch of William Penn Highway through Murrysville...
Export Borough, historical society move ahead with spring and summer projects
Export has a lot of projects in the works for the spring and summer, thanks to the borough and the local historical society. • The historical society has set a goal of completing the relocation of the borough’s war memorial by Memorial Day. “We’ve had a fantastic donor response to...
Export looks to re-evaluate annual summer playground program
Export officials are looking to re-evaluate and possibly revamp their annual summer playground program after participation declined the past few years. “Last year we had only about three kids for three volunteers by the end of the year,” Councilwoman Melanie Litz said. “Participation has been waning the past two or...
Andrew Muraco, slick defense carry Franklin Regional past Penn-Trafford
Because he has been such a good pitcher for Franklin Regional, some forget that Andrew Muraco is going to Coastal Carolina as an infielder — and for what he can do with his bat. The senior right-hander has yet to pitch this season as he deals with a minor injury...
Franklin Regional seniors gain experience as interns on Sloan ‘elementary campus’ projectVideo
Jake Sciorilli spent some of his early years at Sloan Elementary School. But when the 17-year-old Murrysville resident walked through the doors again recently, he didn’t recognize much. “It was pretty crazy to see all of the changes that happened inside the building,” he said. Sciorilli and fellow senior Kyle...
Murrysville women’s ball hockey league grows to 150 participants
“Pure terror — but also exciting!” That’s how Jocelyn Gunia of Bethel Park described the first time a shot came whizzing directly at her in goal while she was playing dek hockey. Gunia, 30, spent most of the past decade as a casual hockey fan, watching alongside her husband. These...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Chalfant Mario Pettica sold property at 224 Lynnwood Ave. to Nedsem Investments LLC for $40,000. Churchill Erika Ahlstrand sold property at 26 Barton Drive to Michelle Zentis for $155,000. Ron Lesko sold property at 3769 Greensburg Pike to Block Chain Luxury LLC for $64,000. David Indorato sold property at 3715...
Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Latrobe’s Anna Rafferty
Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Basketball Player of the Year Anna Rafferty, Latrobe 6-2, Jr., C With defenders closing in all around her — and looking up at her in the process — Anna Rafferty calmly paused and made moves to the basket. Time and again, the junior center from Latrobe seemed...
Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Basketball Player of the Year: GCC’s Brevan Williams
Tribune-Review Westmoreland Boys Basketball Player of the Year Brevan Williams, Greensburg Central Catholic 6-3, Jr., G/F Nobody saw the type of season Brevan Williams had in store — not even Brevan Williams. The junior at Greensburg Central Catholic exploded onto the scene, both on a local and WPIAL-wide scope, as...
