Norwin Star category, Page 96

With covid cases rising in Norwin schools and high absenteeism among employees, middle and high school students will have virtual instruction for the remainder of December, the district announced Thursday. Elementary and intermediate middle school students will return to a hybrid mode two days of in-person learning and three days...

Norwin School District officials said Wednesday the district has 21 new covid-19 cases among its students and staff, pushing the total number of cases since school began Aug. 31 to more than 100. The reports of 21 new cases, pushing the total to 114 cases of the coronavirus, is the...

All trials scheduled for December in Westmoreland County will be postponed amid the rising number of coronavirus cases already diagnosed and the potential for a continued surge in the coming weeks. Common Pleas Court President Judge Rita Hathaway said Wednesday that criminal trials slated to start next week will be...

Twelve more students and staff members at Norwin have tested positive for coronavirus, the school district said Tuesday, which raises the total number of cases since school began to 93. The spike in numbers reported since the holiday weekend occurs as the district is instructing all 5,300 students remotely this...

As covid-19 cases continue to surge, Westmoreland officials said Tuesday that courthouse offices will scale back some public-facing services in an effort to mitigate the spread of infections. County Commissioner Sean Kertes said that unlike the spring, when commissioners furloughed hundreds of workers and limited most courthouse functions, there will...

Coronavirus cases in the North Huntingdon-Irwin-North Irwin areas rose by 18% in the past week, another double-digit percentage increase in confirmed cases, according to data released Monday by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. In four ZIP codes that cover the bulk of the North Huntingdon-Irwin-Norwin areas, which also spreads into...

Churchill Matthew Sass sold property at 2407 Collins Road to Laura Fusco for $166,000. Edgewood Brendan Kelley sold property at 318 Locust St. to Matthew Suffoletto and Kathleen McGinnis for $647,500. Forest Hills Glasgow Assoc. sold property at 257-259 Avenue B to Joshua Vincent Loccisano for $130,000. Glasgow Assoc. sold...

Jayden Walker was finally ready to pitch again last spring, nearly a year after shoulder surgery to fix a damaged labrum. The hard-throwing lefthander was chomping at the bit and pounding his glove in anticipation of taking the mound again. But that was when the covid-19 pandemic had just begun...

Franklin Regional decided the best way to navigate a pandemic during a sports season was to keep playing — and keep winning. The fall sports season, which lived in the shadow of covid-19, turned out to be one for the mantle at Franklin Regional. A number of teams celebrated lengthy...

A 2021 wall calendar with current and past photos of Irwin is being sold by an Irwin business group. “The initial response has been great,” said Michael Pochan, a member of the nonprofit Irwin Business & Professional Association, which is selling the 11-by-17-inch calendar for $15. The calender will be...

Norwin schools will be closed next week and its 5,300 students will receive remote instruction in response to new state guidelines for counties such as Westmorelandwith a substantial level of community transmission of covid-19. The school board Wednesday unanimously agreed with Superintendent Jeff Taylor’s recommendation to close the buildings from...

‘Christmas Tree Tour ‘set for Irwin Irwin’s business organization is planning to replace its annual holiday Cookie Tour with a two-day Festival of Lights Christmas Tree Tour because of covid-19 restrictions. Decorated trees will be in stores in downtown Irwin and available for viewing from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec....

Boy Scout Troop 284 to sell trees Boy Scout Troop 284 of Irwin will sell Fraser fir Christmas trees the first two weekends in December at the Busy Beaver in North Huntingdon from 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 4 and 11; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 5 and 12;...

Fire departments in North Huntingdon, Irwin and North Irwin were awarded almost $180,000 and ambulance services will receive about $30,000 in state grants to help compensate for revenue lost and expenses incurred during the covid-19 pandemic. The money the state has allocated from the federal CARES Act program must be...

Cleaner air soon will be circulating at Westmoreland Manor as confirmed cases of the coronavirus in residents and staff continue to slow after an outbreak that started in September. The Westmoreland County commissioners this week approved a $65,000 air quality project including installation of ionization units in the Hempfield nursing...

The Norwin School Board will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to discuss moving to all remote classes as a result of the state’s new guidelines for districts amid the recent surge in covid-19 cases. Norwin teaches its 5,300 students in a hybrid manner, with students in class...

Employees at the Westmoreland County Elections Bureau and others who helped with the election this month are set to get about a month’s worth of hazard pay. The county commissioners on Tuesday approved the move that will be effective for 65 employees from Oct. 28 to Monday. Bureau director JoAnn...

The spike in coronavirus cases among Norwin’s students and staff continued this week with the school district reporting 13 more on Monday — 10 students and three staff members. On Monday, three students each at the high school and at Stewartsville Elementary reported they tested positive for coronavirus along with...

Coronavirus cases increased by 10% in the North Huntingdon, Irwin and North Irwin area over the past seven days, but the percentage rise in cases was not as steep as earlier this month, according to state Department of Health data. The number of confirmed virus cases in the Norwin area...

Chalfant Sumedha Misra sold property at 145 Lynnwood Ave. to Jeniece Ward for $199,000. Shane Pollick sold property at 141 Wilkins Ave. to Anthony Parham for $100,000. Churchill Anthony Fallica sold property at 3791 W. Rural Court to Julio and Diana Mariscal for $169,150. Delmont Samuel Cararini sold property at...

Norwin Middle School will be closed to students Monday because two more students have tested positive for coronavirus, forcing staff to instruct all students in a virtual manner, the district said Friday. The two students with coronavirus will require extensive contact tracing with students whose last name begins with a...

Westmoreland County Transit Authority’s refurbished park-and-ride lot in North Huntingdon will reopen Monday. The lot, near Carpenter Lane next to a Sheetz location on Route 30, was closed since March for resurfacing and other upgrades. Transit officials said this week the $1.8 million project to pave and line the lot...

Property owners in North Huntingdon will not have to pay more real estate taxes in 2021 under a tentative budget that takes $1.14 million from the fund balance to cover a projected deficit. The commissioners voted Wednesday to adopt a proposed $14.17 million general fund budget that maintains real estate...