Norwin Star category, Page 53

Fresh from her run to the semifinals of “America’s Got Talent” Season 17, Aubrey Burchell is getting back on stage to challenge herself in a new way. The 21-year-old singer from North Huntingdon is playing Rusty in the Actors and Artists of Fayette County production of “Footloose The Musical,” running...

Irwin officials are looking for two residents — high school juniors or seniors or college freshmen, sophomores or juniors — who want a say in borough government. “We want to engage the youth of the community, to take a stake in the community and have an understanding of the town,”...

Norwin students at Hahntown Elementary School could have a renovated playground to enjoy if the school board moves forward with plans to improve it. The board is expected to consider a proposal on Sept. 19 to hire Pashek+ MTR, a Pittsburgh-based planning and design company, to develop a conceptual design for...

Chalfant Ashley Winston sold property at 238 Lynnwood Ave. to Douglas Nuhfer for $135,000. Churchill Benjamin Wise sold property at 2331 Forest Drive to Wesley Thorne II for $138,000. Edgewood Lucas McChesnet sold property at 103 W Hutchinson Ave. to George Christopher and Rhonda Apessos for $360,000. Jonathan Auxier sold...

Norwin girls volleyball returns most of its rotation from last season’s WPIAL Class 4A playoff team. But can all of that talent translate into another postseason bid? The 16th-year coach of the Knights girls volleyball team hopes so. “The players work hard and won’t give up on a play or...

Chamber to hold Oktoberfest There will be music, German food, raffle prizes and a beer stein holding contest at the Norwin Chamber of Commerce’s Oktoberfest fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 29 at Quinn Brewing, 300 Commerce Loop, Banco Industrial Park, North Huntingdon. The chamber is asking for a...

A Glassport man accused by police of selling several guns stolen from a North Huntingdon home was arraigned Wednesday on theft charges. John S. Hudak, 47, took photographs of the guns and communicated with potential buyers through Facebook messages, according to court papers. Police believe 13 handguns and long guns...

When he played high school basketball at Norwin, Cam Auld was a shooting guard who fired up 3-pointers. When he arrived at Waynesburg, he morphed into something else: a stretch forward who later took on a role as a screener, cutter and rebounder. And something else happened along the way....

Growing up in Irwin, setting passing records at Norwin and living only 30 minutes from Pitt’s campus, Jack Salopek was pleased when coach Pat Narduzzi offered him a scholarship. “Pitt was my first scholarship offer,” he said, proudly. He was 17, not far beyond his sophomore year of high school,...

Construction has begun on an indoor adventure park in North Huntingdon that will feature a variety of activities, including a multi-level indoor go-cart race track and is expected to open next year. Concrete footers were poured recently for what will become the Urban Air Adventure Park at Huntingdon Marketplace along...

The outside of The Lamp Theatre in Irwin will be adorned with scenes and landmarks of the town’s past and present this fall, encapsulated in eight shadow boxes that will be installed along a new exterior wall. “We’ve been pretty jazzed about this,” said John Gdula, president of The Lamp...

A Norwin High School junior will be recognized in New York City’s Times Square on Sept. 17 as part of an event to kick off Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October. A photo of Eli Passarelli, 17, of North Huntingdon, will be flashed onto a giant screen for about six...

Chalfant Karl Kutz sold property at 113 Parkway Ave. to Duque Management Group LLC for $85,000. Edgewood Casey Totten sold property at 1115 E End Ave. to Jeremy and Katherine Hopkins for $495,000. James Michael sold property at 1128 E End Ave. to Thomas Hircock and Trinity Sprague for $394,500....

A Lutheran church in Irwin founded by Swedish immigrants 150 years ago will celebrate its landmark anniversary Sunday morning with a special service. Immanuel Lutheran Church, at 612 Chestnut St., will celebrate the anniversary at its 11:15 a.m. service with Bishop Kurt F. Kusserow of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of...

On a typical day, Sheldon ambles around the aisles, inspecting bags of food and occasionally attempting to slip outside to bask in the sun in front of the Petland store at Norwin Town Square. Sheldon, however, isn’t a casual shopper mulling over possible purchases and an easy escape. He’s a...

A seven-day strike by workers at four nursing homes in the region, including one in North Huntingdon, could end Saturday if union members approve a tentative contract reached Thursday, according to the union representing the striking workers. The Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania said Thursday it reached the tentative...

Several events planned in downtown Irwin Irwin will host multiple events activities this week. A Fall Appreciation Car Cruise will begin at 4 p.m. Sept. 15 along Main Street. In addition to Main Street being closed, the Third Street, Fourth Street and Fifth Street parking lots will be closed, as...

It didn’t take long for Aubrey Burchell to learn her fate Wednesday night on “America’s Got Talent.” Burchell was in the first group of three called forward, when 11 semifinal round contestants learned which of them would advance to the finals. The 21-year-old singer was paired with Kristen Cruz, a...

A Norwin graduate is in line to oversee the National Archives. Colleen Joy Shogan, a North Huntingdon native and 1993 Norwin High School graduate, was nominated last month to become the Archivist of the United States. Shogan awaits confirmation by the Senate to become chief administrator of the National Archives...

A North Huntingdon man charged in late 2020 with the armed robbery of a man he paid $40 to drive him to Mt. Pleasant will be prosecuted as an adult, a Westmoreland County judge ruled. Elijah Ben Chaabane was less than two months shy of his 18th birthday when he...

Exhausted after 100 minutes of soccer that resulted in a grueling 2-2 tie in hot and humid conditions, Latrobe and Norwin girls soccer players reflected on the state of their game and the cause. The teams played to a double-overtime draw in the final of three matchups of the inaugural...

WASHINGTON — It was the setting for “National Treasure,” the movie in which Nicolas Cage’s character tries to steal the Declaration of Independence. It has long been among the most trafficked tourist destinations in the nation’s capital. But what the National Archives and Records Administration has never been — until...

Don’t count Norwin out of the WPIAL playoff chase just yet. Knights veteran coach Scott Schuchert said WPIAL Class 4A is “Seneca Valley and everybody else,” but he likes to think his team is in that vast group of pursuers. While six starters return from a 14-2-1 team that lost...

Nursing home workers at The Grove in North Huntingdon walked off the job Friday and onto the picket line, demanding better pay, benefits and conditions for the residents. “We want better wages and more affordable health care (insurance) premiums,” said Shannon McBride, president of the local Services Employees International Union...