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Murrysville woman named Pa. School Counselor Advocate of the Year
A Murrysville woman has been named the Pennsylvania School Counselor Advocate of the Year by the Pennsylvania School Counselors Association (PSCA). Elizabeth DeChurch Strenkowski of Murrysville, director of admissions at the Community College of Allegheny County’s Boyce Campus, was recognized at the 63rd Annual PSCA Conference, held in Hershey in...
DUI, theft cases among recent Monroeville police investigations – Jan. 3, 2019
Monroeville police filed the following charges Dec. 28-30 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office:Eddie Gaines, 40, of Monroeville with indecent exposure and open lewdness. Charges were filed Dec. 28 in connection with an incident along the 1100 block of Fox Hill Drive. Letitia Edwards-Pinkett, 26, of Monroeville with retail...
Cases recently handled by Judge Herbst in Monroeville
Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Held for courtDaniel Chisolm, 34, of Monaca on charges of flight to avoid apprehension, fleeing or attempting...
Franklin Regional safety and security director to speak at high school PTO meeting
Franklin Regional Senior High School parents will have a chance to hear from the district’s safety and security director at the near year’s first PTO meeting on Jan. 10. The guest speaker will be Timothy Skoog, who is heading up the district’s internal police force. Skoog will discuss his role...
Free teen driving seminar teaches safety before they put the pedal to the metal
The Northern Regional Police Department is hosting a free program on Jan. 22 for teens preparing to get their driver’s license and their parents that focuses on ways inexperienced drivers can avoid accidents. “What do you Consider Lethal?,” which is being held in conjunction with Impact Teen Drivers and the...
McCandless cops discover covert drug lab; no arrests announced
McCandless police are investigating what is believed to be a drug manufacturing laboratory operating out of a home in the town. The lab was discovered by town officers in the areas of Inwood Road and Chapel Court on the evening of Jan. 2, according to a social media post by...
Brooks takes House seat as Murrysville police add first female officer
There was plenty of swearing for Murrysville residents last week. Swearing-in, that is. In addition to the municipality’s police department adding its first female officer, Samantha Malik, on Jan. 3, former mayor Bob Brooks spent New Year’s Day taking the oath of office for his 54th District state representative seat...
Bradford Woods seeks to fill vacancy on borough’s vacancy board
Bradford Woods is seeking a resident to fill a vacancy on the board that makes appointments to advisory groups when council is unable to agree on a candidate to fill the position. By law, council is responsible for filling vacancies on boards and commission within 30 days of the position...
Penn Hills firefighters seek to increase manpower, funding
These days, Penn Hills firefighters are doing much more than responding to emergencies. In addition to fielding about 3,500 calls each year — about 10 every day — volunteer firefighters and chiefs are tasked with fundraising and recruiting more people to do what they do. With the number of volunteers...
Baldwin-Whitehall Girls on the Run group supports classmate with fundraiser
Makaylah Perri used to be known for the elaborate braids she wore in her hair. The fifth-grader at Whitehall Elementary in Baldwin-Whitehall School District also loves to dance and would pull her hair up in ponytails to perform. Two weeks before the start of this school year, Makaylah shaved her...
Bird counters flock to North Park for annual event
Bird watchers descended on North Park Dec. 29 for the 119th Annual Christmas Bird Count. Meg Scanlon, an interpretive naturalist for the Allegheny County Parks Department at its Latodami Environmental Education Center in North Park, coordinated the North Park count. The annual bird counts are important sources of information gathered...
Aspinwall residents will pay more in property taxes; surplus dedicated to infrastructure
Aspinwall council voted to increase property taxes this year in hopes of investing in borough infrastructure, leaders said. Council approved the $2.6 million budget, raising the tax rate from 5.86 to 6.86 mills. The owner of home assessed at $100,000 will pay $686, an extra $100 over 2018. “It was...
Mobile sauna business heats up for O’Hara resident
Have sauna, will travel. O’Hara resident John Barbour has added the wow-factor to many parties with his portable sauna, but the business serves other purposes. Some people want to experience health benefits. Others might want to try the roving sauna before installing their own, permanent hot box. Barbour travels with...
Holiday Mural Lights Tours big hit at Millvale’s St. Nicholas Croatian Church
The Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka presented its annual Holiday Mural Lights Tours from Dec. 26 to 28. More than 300 people attended and enjoyed a 60-minute docent-led tour featuring the traditional decorations in St. Nicholas Croatian Church in Millvale and the lighting of artist Maxo...
Carnegie Mellon professor will discuss ‘anti-gerrymandering’ at AAUW meeting
If state lawmakers want a truly politically unbiased map of voting districts in Pennsylvania, they will need to look beyond the traditional map-making criteria, according to Carnegie Mellon professor John Nagle. “Traditional” criteria include best efforts to keep voting districts compact, and to not split existing political boundaries. “Why should...
Murrysville council appoints new FTMSA, planning commission members
As 2018 rolls over into 2019, John Bosetti of Murrysville will be swapping sewer maps for site plans. Bosetti, who previously served on the Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority board before resigning as of Dec. 31, was confirmed by Murrysville council to fill a vacancy on the municipal planning commission....
Murrysville posts updated recycling schedule for 2019
If you were caught off-guard by a recent change to recycling pick-ups in Murrysville, you were not alone. At least nine residents contacted the municipality after their recycling pick-up did not appear to match the 2019 schedule provided by Republic Services and posted to Murrysville.com. “I learned something in the...
Train and toy show returns to Monroeville Convention Center
Thousands of model train and locomotive enthusiasts are expected to pull in to the station that is the Monroeville Convention Center this weekend. Greenberg’s Great Train & Toy Show returns to 209 Mall Blvd. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. It’s one of the largest and longest running...
Art created by Hampton, North Hills students on display at Block Northway
Artwork created by area students in the Hampton and North Hills school districts will be on display through Jan. 13 at The Block Northway in Ross. The display, which features works crated by elementary, middle and high school students can be viewed on the lower level of the shopping center’s...
Invasion of Spotted Lanternfly topic of garden club program in McCandless
The Spotted Lanternfly may have an innocuous name. But the tiny, destructive pest that has been discovered in eastern parts of the state is believed to be heading west. Learning how to identify and combat the invasive plant hopper that can do serious harm to agricultural crops is the topic...
Stage Right finds new home in Aspinwall
After alternating venues for the past few years, Stage Right Performing Arts & Education has a new home for the 2019 season. The former O’Hara-based acting company will perform all of its shows this year at Aspinwall Riverfront Park. “Stage Right is an evolving, volunteer-driven community effort,” said Jamie McDonald,...
South Fayette grad’s starts woodworking business
While attending South Fayette High School, David Petyk discovered his love for wood. He had always loved working with his hands, so he took as many engineering and shop classes as he could. Upon graduation last June, he began studying mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University-Erie, returning home to South...
Birthday wishes across the region
Birthday greetings are sent to Arlene Yustak of Collier Township, who celebrates on Jan. 6. Arlene and her late husband, Ted, are the parents of Monica (John) Zajicek, Melissa (Ken) Hackman, Marla (Bob) Malcolm and Mandy (Graham) Turnbull. They have 16 grandchildren. JoAnn (Choura) McIntosh of Carnegie celebrates another year...
Make the New Year full of fulfilled resolutions
Well folks, it’s resolution season, and if you are anything like me, your resolutions were broken by lunchtime on Jan. 1. So let’s ignore the arbitrary date on the calendar and move on to some new, simpler commitments, shall we? Now, because this is a hardware guy column, I will...
Shaler North Hills Library event brings community together following tragedy
Shaler North Hills Library is hosting an art and essay show for people of all ages to respond to the Oct. 27, 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue tragedy. The library will display “Not in Our Town,” starting Feb. 1 in its Community Room. The public also is invited to a...
