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Westmoreland Heritage Trail officials prepare for annual herbicide application
Westmoreland Heritage Trail officials will delay applying herbicide to the woods along the trail until after a festival this weekend. “We posted signs last Friday to perhaps do the spraying this week,” said trail president Stan Rudge. “But our maintenance chairman had forgotten about the Trail Towns Festival happening, so...
Man gets 14 to 40 years in prison for Tequila Cowboy fatal stabbing
Dulane Cameron Sr. approached the front of the courtroom on Thursday holding a small, square cardboard box. “I want Joden to see what he has reduced my son to,” Cameron said. “He should be better than ashes in a box. “I miss my son.” Cameron left the ashes on a...
Murrysville area: Chalk art, Delmont community dinner, library programs, more
Email news briefs for the Star to reporter Patrick Varine at pvarine@triblive.com. Chalk art festival in Delmont (CANCELED) The Delmont Visionary Committee will host a Chalk Art Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 11 at the Shields Farm...
In brief: Father’s Day Program, movies in the park and more around Penn Hills
Father’s Day Program From 11 a.m.-noon June 18, Penn Hills will host a Father’s Day Program in Universal Park. There will be wooden craft building and painting, as well as games. Admission is free and lunch will be provided, but registration is required. For more information or to register, call...
In brief: Vacation Bible School, St. Barnabas Golf Open and more in Pine, Richland
Vacation Bible School Salem Church in Wexford will hold its Vacation Bible School 5:30-7:45 p.m. July 10-14. It is open to all children aged 4-11. The theme this year is Food Truck Party, on a roll with God. For more information or to register, visit salem-umc.org. Pine-Richland band fundraiser The...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of June 5, 2022
Leet Dawn Investment Group LLC sold property at 30 Main St. to Tyler Faust and Marissa Lynn Fiedler for $145,000. Osborne Matthew Holloway sold property at 1501 Beaver Road to Daniel and Jen Worley for $158,060. Sewickley Michael Weir sold property at 514 Hill St. to Elliot and Tara Franz...
Westmoreland County doctor trades in his scrubs for potter’s wheel
It’s not that Dr. Francis DeFabo didn’t love medicine — it’s just that he loved making pottery more. The Unity resident retired in November from his gynecology practice with Athena Women’s Care in South Greensburg. On May 26, he opened fdp studio shop in Pleasant Unity. The shop at 2082...
North Allegheny graduating class stands at 697
Nearly 700 seniors from North Allegheny High School were set to receive their diplomas June 3, making it one of the largest graduating classes in recent years. “Pending the way you look at the numbers, it’s a tie for the sixth largest,” according to Brandi Smith, school district public relations...
Allegheny County treating catch basins to slow mosquito breeding
They are one of the annoying things about summer. Those pesky mosquitoes that bite and leave lumps and welts on your skin that itch for days. But mosquitoes can also be deadly because they spread West Nile virus. That’s why the Allegheny County Health Department is combating the breeding of...
McCandless to conduct June 23 open house about zoning update
McCandless is hosting an open house in June 23 to get community feedback about its plan to revamp rules and regulations that regulate zoning and land development. The event will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. at the town hall on Grubbs Road. McCandess is undergoing a complete overhaul...
Pittsburgh CLO’s Gene Kelly Awards recognize top high school musicals
Aspiring stars of tomorrow were recognized for their talents at the 31st Annual Pittsburgh CLO Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater on May 28 in Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center. Named for the legendary song-and-dance man and Pittsburgh native, the awards recognize excellence in high school musical theater...
Concert highlights Monroeville Public Library happenings
A concert featuring a blend of Scottish, Irish, folk and classical music is scheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m. June 14 on the Monroeville Public Library Lawn. In case of rain, the concert will take place in the library’s Gallery Space. Performing as a duo are violinist Charles May and...
Latrobe’s 1st Humble Rumble to feature vendor show, car cruise bike run
Cars, bikes and more than 80 vendors will crowd Latrobe this Sunday. The city’s first “Humble Rumble” event will kick off at 8 a.m. in the Memorial Stadium parking lot. Hosted by the Westmoreland chapter of Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education, the daylong occasion will raise money for the...
Inclusive playground at Hempfield Park to open this weekend
Hempfield officials are debuting their $454,000 inclusive playground this weekend, a milestone that marks the end of the first two phases of the Hempfield Park rehabilitation project. The grand opening is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Hempfield Park, where attendees can get a first look at the playground, which...
Troopers: Maryland woman ran with toddler from 2-vehicle crash on Route 30
A 39-year-old woman ran away from a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday on Route 30 in Unity carrying her toddler, state police said. The woman, Amy M. Bernstein of Hagerstown, Md., was later located and arrested on charges of aggravated assault while drunken driving, child endangerment, hit and run, fleeing the...
Crabtree church social hall temporarily turned into sheriff’s deputy training center
St. Bartholomew Parish’s Marian Hall in the tiny village of Crabtree has been turned into a temporary law enforcement training center through Friday. Some 74 Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Department deputies are using the hall for special scenario training by a security expert from Golden Seal Enterprises in Winchester, Va. Karl...
Self-serve taproom and restaurant Tapville Social coming to Wexford
Wexford is getting a new taproom, and customers won’t even have to wait for a bartender to pour their beer. Tapville Social is set to open its first Pittsburgh-area location in the Village at Pine shopping center in Wexford in late June or early July, according to Tapville spokesperson Stephanie...
Allegheny County Volunteer Firemen’s Association convention coming to Oakmont, Verona
Verona and Oakmont residents should not be alarmed when seeing fire trucks from communities miles away motoring through town later this month. The 108th annual Allegheny County Volunteer Firefighter’s Association convention is set for June 11-18 with activities in both boroughs. Festivities begin with Night at the Races at the...
Teen in hot dog costume, another in gas mask prompt lockdown at Hempfield schools
State police suspect the last day of school in Hempfield Area School District may have been the impetus for two bizarre, unrelated incidents that prompted a lockdown of three schools Thursday. Police said a 14-year-old wearing a hot dog costume with his face painted as the Joker, a DC Comics...
Pa. officials call for expansion of syringe service programs
Officials on Thursday advocated for an expansion of syringe service programs in Pennsylvania to provide safe needles to people using drugs. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are the only places in the commonwealth that have ordinances to allow syringe service programs to operate, said Acting Health Secretary Denise Johnson. She and other...
Murrysville promotes new police captain, detective-sergeantVideo
Tom Kusinsky has averaged about seven years between promotions at the Murrysville Police Department since joining it in the spring of 2005, working his way up the ranks from a patrolman to his promotion this week as captain and second-in-command of the department. “And now I’ve got about seven years...
Emmy-award winning Shady Side Academy alum to give commencement address
An Emmy-winning sports producer will address the 2022 graduating class during Shady Side Academy Senior School’s commencement exercises on June 3 in the Michael J. Farrell Stadium. Bentley Weiner, who graduated from SSA in 1992, is vice-president of HBO Sports Documentaries at Warner Bros. Discovery. Recent films include “Tiger,” a...
Water main break creates geyser near I-279 on North Side
A water main break sent water flying into the air Thursday morning in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. The station reported crews from the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority were on the scene at 6:30 a.m. working on a reported leak when the 24-inch water...
Blessed Trinity Academy student heads for National Marbles Tournament
Meet the Natural, and she’s quite a bit younger than Robert Redford. She’s Shaler resident Emilie Lepic, a third-grader at Blessed Trinity Academy, and she’s headed to the 100th-anniversary National Marbles Tournament in Wildwood, N.J., after qualifying through Allegheny County’s tourney. Her success comes as a surprise — shall we...
Sewickley Music Club sets schedule for 2022-23
The Sewickley Music Club had quite an exciting Spring with a lineup of stellar performers entertaining club members and their guests. The March winds seemed very fitting as The Pittsburgh Trombone Project found wind of their own in performing and educating on their various trombones. As April showers beat down,...
