Norwin Star category, Page 13
Norwin School Board candidates face hearing on petition challenges
Three Norwin School Board candidates should be removed from the May 20 primary ballot, according to legal challenges filed by two opponents. Westmoreland County Judge Harry Smail is scheduled to hear challenges Wednesday to the nominating petitions of Alex Detschelt, a current school board member seeking a nomination on the...
North Huntingdon plans to drain, dredge popular Indian Lake
Those who love to fish at Indian Lake Park in North Huntingdon will have to find a new spot when the township drains the lake in the next few years. North Huntingdon officials plan to apply for a $1.33 million grant for a multi-phase project to dredge the lake and...
Norwin grad Justin Turcovski leads the charge as Pitt-Johnstown baseball team tries to end PSAC playoff drought
Talk with Justin Turcovski, and it quickly becomes clear that he is a thoughtful, quiet young man of great faith. So when asked about an injury he suffered during his sophomore season with the Pitt-Johnstown baseball team, Turcovski looked at it simply as part of a larger plan from a...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 23, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Edgewood Jeanne Marie Meyer sold property at 225 E Swissvale Ave. Unit 3 to Kealsey Brennan McNeil for $158,500. Thomas Crosby Lakeman sold property at 429 Locust St. to Eric and Jennifer Graham for $425,000. Tiffany GP Inc. sold property at 153 Oakview Ave. to Adrian Kasicky and...
Norwin softball hungry for another taste of WPIAL success
Norwin softball coach Brian Mesich also is an athletic trainer in the district. His team may have lost an abundance of talent from a WPIAL runner-up finish, but Mesich came back to tape things up and make another go at it. “Expectations are always the same,” said Mesich, who has...
Norwin notebook: Junior sets school record in indoor mile
Annie Czajkowski enjoyed a trip to Boston for the New Balance Nationals track and field meet. She brought home a few souvenirs, including a school record. Czajkowski set the Norwin girls indoor record with a time of 5 minutes, 3.54 seconds in the mile to finish eighth in her heat....
Norwin baseball ready to make another playoff push
Norwin made the WPIAL Class 6A baseball playoffs last season and has stewed over another first-round loss to North Allegheny for nearly a year. But the Knights return nearly enough starters to fill out a lineup and start a new playoff push. Six of the eight returning starters are seniors,...
North Huntingdon parks will see new security cameras, drinking fountains
North Huntingdon’s parks will be spruced up this spring with more than $100,000 of improvements — new trash cans, water fountains and playground equipment. Township commissioners recently awarded a $52,904 contract to Tree Top Products of Batavia, Ill., for 66 new sturdy trash cans, 40 of which will be placed...
Friends of Norwin Trails seeks $35K for study, tools
A recreational trails group wants to create a hiking and biking trail that will connect Irwin with Larimer in North Huntingdon and is seeking a $35,000 state grant for a feasibility study for the project. The Friends of Norwin Trails Inc. won approval from Irwin Borough Council on March 12...
2 arrested after coordinated purchase of crystal meth in North Huntingdon
Two people were arrested this week on North Huntingdon police accusations that they sold a quarter pound of crystal methamphetamine to an undercover officer. Township police worked with the Westmoreland County drug task force and the state Attorney General’s office to coordinate a drug buy Monday around 7:30 p.m. from...
Latrobe dominates Norwin in its softball season opener
Latrobe freshman Natalia Scekeres found out only minutes before her first varsity softball game she would be leading off. She took it in stride and embraced the opportunity, and the Wildcats followed her lead. “I wasn’t nervous,” the up-and-coming shortstop said. “We know we can hit. If our bats come...
Norwin budget projection: more revenue; expenses to be revealed
Norwin expects to have about $4.66 million more for the upcoming school year than the current fiscal year without raising local taxes, due in large part to a $4.3 million increase in state revenue, school officials were told. Ryan Kirsch, Norwin’s director of business affairs, told the school board Monday...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban deed transfers for the week of March 16, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Jones Property LLC sold property at 134 Parkway Ave. to Anise Petite for $18,000. Monroeville Yvonne Morrison sold property at 1372 Hillsdale Drive to Joseph Vincent Jabeir and Christina Anne Lauver for $299,000. Cupola Homes 27 LLC sold property at 1165 La Salle Road to Samah Alhajia...
Norwin notebook: Knights alum recognized for defense
A Norwin graduate claimed a major award in Presidents Athletic Conference basketball. Grove City senior guard Mara Polczynski was named the conference defensive player of the year. Polczynski, known for her ability to force turnovers in the backcourt, had 80 steals and led the Wolverines with 6.5 per game. She...
With season over, Norwin girls bid farewell to sensational senior class
A section championship. A runner-up finish in the WPIAL. Another trip to the state playoffs. The Norwin girls basketball team’s season finally came to an end with a 49-38 loss at Altoona in the PIAA 6A first round. The Knights finished 15-8 a year after winning their third WPIAL title...
Irwin appliance store staying in town
Rosendahl’s Appliance Center, a fixture in downtown Irwin for decades, is staying in town. Rosendahl’s will not have to move far at the end of the month when its lease expires for the space on the first floor of the Irwin Borough Building at 424 Main St. That’s because it’s...
Bids being accepted for Norwin stadium project projected to cost $24.8M
Norwin school officials will learn next month whether the extensive renovations planned for the Knights Stadium will cost the estimated $24.8 million, or even more, when bids for the project are opened on April 8. The school board in January had decided to proceed with an option presented by its...
Norwin Lions Club hosts 10th annual ‘Cubcake Wars’ to benefit food-insecure students
Norwin High School cafeteria was transformed into a sugar lover’s dream March 9. The Norwin Lions Club hosted its 10th annual “Cubcake Wars,” where 19 neighborhood and professional bakers volunteered their best recipes for a good cause. Bakers sold their goods individually with all proceeds going toward the Lions’ Kitty...
Norwin hires new board secretary; school police officer retires
The Norwin School Board has a new secretary and the district’s superintendent has a new excutive assistant. The school board Monday hired Leslie DeZorzi as the board secretary and as executive assistant to Superintendent Natalie McCracken at a salary of $59,000, prorated for the remainder of the school year. DeZorzi...
Norwin notebook: Amber Klingensmith earns gold medal in WPIAL swimming debut
Norwin’s Amber Klingensmith didn’t compete at the high school level last year as a freshman, opting to concentrate on her swims with Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics. But she was familiar with Pitt’s Trees Pool, and she said it helped her in her WPIAL-championship debut. Klingensmith’s first swim at WPIALs was golden....
Pittsburgh eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 9, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill 2669 LLC sold property at 1541 Williamsburg Pl to Edward Macey for $260,000. Edgewood David Davis sold property at 501 Greendale Ave. to Michael John Hay and Nicholas Robert Wehner for $315,000. Jonathan Maher sold property at 607 Greendale Ave. to Noah Jemison and Christine Syvertson for...
Projectiles launched, zombie art composed at annual Shaler Area STEAM competition
Teams from 16 schools applied their knowledge and creativity in a series of challenges Friday during an annual STEAM competition hosted by Shaler Area High School. The competition, which began several years ago with just six schools, features a daylong sequence of science, technology, engineering, art and math trials in...
Chief: North Huntingdon fire department working to improve insurance ratings, community confidence
After being slapped with the worst possible fire insurance score in July, the Strawpump fire department in North Huntingdon has added members and continues to respond to calls as it works to regain an acceptable rating, the department’s new chief said. Township commissioners in November approved a plan from the...
Norwin area: Church to sell pirohi, soups; Lamp Theatre gala set
Church to sell pirohi Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church at 90 Bethel Road, North Huntingdon, will sell priohi from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 28. The potato and cheese pirohi and sweet cabbage are $14 per dozen; sauerkraut is $15; lekvar is $16; and cottage cheese is $17. Pirohi may...
Norwin students to perform ‘High School Musical’
The Norwin High School auditorium will come alive in late March with a musical of high school high drama replete with cliques and rivalries. The Norwin High School Theatre Company will entertain audiences with “High School Musical,” the play based on the hit Disney television film about students performing in...
