Norwin Star category, Page 42

A former Norwin administrator has been hired as the chief operating officer for a non-profit that operates employment, education and training programs in Westmoreland and Fayette counties Thomas Wrobleski, a former human resources director for Norwin, was hired recently as the COO for the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette Inc.,...

Library to hold canning class The basics of canning foodwill be explored in a program at 6 p.m. July 5 at the Norwin Public Library, 100 Caruthers Lane, Irwin. Ginny Fitzner, volunteer master food preserver with Penn State Extension Service, will lead the one-hour canning class, which provides an introduction...

A state police fire marshal is investigating the cause of a fire that gutted an Irwin house Wednesday night, a fire official said. No injuries were reported as a result of the fire at 535 Carroll Drive, Irwin Deputy Fire Chief Shawn Stitely said Thursday morning. The property is owned...

North Huntingdon officials narrowly approved a settlement of a lawsuit a police officer filed against the township and a former manager over alleged racial discrimination when a new chief was named in 201 and what he contended was a hostile work environment. Commissioners Jason Atwood, Eric Gass, Richard Gray and...

Four cats died in a house fire Tuesday afternoon in North Huntingdon, according to Circleville fire Chief Craig Cochenour. Several township fire departments, police and EMS responded to the blaze on Drop Road around 3:20 p.m. No one was home when the fire started. No nearby homes were damaged, and...

A Westmoreland County Community College professor will compare the 1918 flu pandemic with the 2020 covid-19 pandemic during a program at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Norwin Public Library, 100 Caruthers Lane, Irwin. Thomas Soltis, an assistant sociology professor at the community college near Youngwood, has described the similarities of...

A Louisiana chef with a flair for making Cajun food will cook a five-course dinner at a Penn Township country club on June 28 to celebrate an Irwin priest’s recovery from pancreatic cancer. The event is a fundraiser for Queen of Angels Catholic School in North Huntingdon. John Folse, known...

Churchill REO Trust 2021 NR1 sold property at Unknown Address to CY Top Investment LLC for $136,500. Forest Hills Kerridwen Parslow sold property at 109 Glasgow Road to Robert Hails for $225,000. Estate of Eugene Anderson sold property at 208 Washington Road to WKS Custom Home LLC for $136,000. Monroeville...

Since it opened 17 years ago, the National Speed and Strength Academy in North Irwin has become a staple in the training space for local athletes. Former Norwin and Mercyhurst football player Jon LoChiatto, who honed his skills at the academy during his athletically formative years, has taken over a...

Norwin will once again have a team in the third annual Tre Cunningham Memorial Basketball Tournament June 22-24 at Jeannette. The boys’ varsity-level event honors the memory of Cunningham, a terrific three-sport athlete at Jeannette who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2020. Norwin will open against Yough at...

Irwin will install security cameras on utility poles at seven intersections in the downtown business district in a move that police say will enhance security. The cameras will be installed along Main Street at the intersections of Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets, as well as Pennsylvania Avenue and...

Barbershop quartet to perform A barbershop quartet, 3 Rivers 4, will sing a variety of songs from classics to patriotic and inspirational songs, as well as doo-wop from the 1950s and 1960s at 3 p.m. June 26 the Norwin Public Library, 100 Caruthers Lane, Irwin. The group is a member...

An Irwin man turned himself in to authorities after he was charged with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, in connection with a fatal 2022 crash, according to police. Troy Modrak, 28, of Irwin, surrendered to county detectives on Thursday after being charged with homicide by vehicle while...

A Duquesne man is behind bars after police said he twice in as many days went to an Irwin apartment from which he is prohibited through a protection-from-abuse order. On one of the occasions, Gerald Martel Brown, 23, is accused of following a woman out of the apartment to her...

Churchill CIMREO 2021 NR 1 LLC sold property at 2431 Greensburg Pike to REO Trust 2021 NR 1 for $136,500 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $199,233). Edgewood Kevin Ference sold property at 415 Locust St. to Mikael Stefan and Kaitlyn Elizabeth Ferm for $621,000. Forest Hills John...

When Tim Tray was in high school at Norwin, the school didn’t have an indoor facility to practice the pole vault. Tray, who cleared 15 feet and was a WPIAL champion in high school in 2003 and was in the mid 16s while winning a conference title at Slippery Rock...

Not many freshmen in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference had a better debut season than Seton Hill’s Jack Whalen, a Norwin alum. The outfielder broke a school record for stolen bases in a season and led the team in a couple of offensive categories, finding his place in the lineup...

Bands, singers to perform in Irwin Several bands and singers will perform free concerts in different locations in downtown Irwin on June 15. The Music in the Streets performances will begin at 5:30 p.m. with Band Anna at the Fifth Street parking lot and Lois Scott singing at The Lamp...

Free entertainment will be offered throughout the summer at The Lamp Theatre in Irwin, with three local music nights and three family movie nights on tap. The outdoor music series starts Thursday in the Harper Family Courtyard, featuring Nick Guckert from 6 to 7:15 p.m. and Barbara Blue from 7:45...

Norwin School District will eliminate six teaching positions and one administrative job and tap into the district’s fund balance in 2023-24. The moves will be made as part of the 2023-24 budget that school board members approved Monday that does not increase property taxes. The $85.8 million budget was approved...

A fire damaged a home in the Tuscan Hills housing plan in North Huntingdon just after 7 p.m. Monday night. Fairmont-Hahntown Fire Chief Cecil “Skip” Cook said his department and seven other companies fought the flames for about 20 minutes before they were able to put out the blaze. “Upon...

The eastbound lanes of Route 30 in North Huntingdon were closed for more than an hour Monday near Colony Road while emergency crews responded to a three-truck crash, according to Westmoreland County dispatchers. Responders were called to the scene at 12:30 p.m. A county 911 supervisor said one person was...

A man is being held without bail at the Westmoreland County Prison after agents from the state Attorney General’s office said he set up a meeting to pay for sex with a 12-year-old girl through online communication with a person who he believed was the girl’s mother. Anthony R. Laughard,...

Churchill Adam McDowell sold property at 3860 Henley Drive to Elias and Katherine EC Bardis for $315,000. Merle Mermelstein sold property at 2309 Marbury Road to Richard Vanburgess II and Gabriella Alvarez for $540,000. Forest Hills Estate of Regina Zezza sold property at 29 Fairview Road to An Lewis and...

Before a jump, Norwin senior Hannah Shaw tells herself, “You know you can do this.” She waited all season to compete for a state medal, and she came home from Shippensburg with one around her neck. Shaw finished tied for fourth at the PIAA track and field championships in the...