Penn-Trafford Star category, Page 31
‘Lovable, sweet, feisty’ Westies invade Bushy Run Battlefield site
A contingent of about 40 West Highland white terriers invaded Bushy Run Battlefield State Park in Penn Township on a sunny Saturday, trekking on land where their ancestral owners once fought Native Americans 260 years ago this summer. The cute lovable canines, better known as Westies, invaded the historic battlefield with...
Level Green native Brandon Svoboda is poised to be an NHL draft pickVideo
Within the span of less than a week, Brandon Svoboda had two profound reasons to celebrate. The most recent occasion came Thursday when he graduated from Penn-Trafford. And six days earlier, he had something much larger over his head than a green mortarboard affixed with a yellow tassel. On May...
North Allegheny boys volleyball too much for Penn-Trafford
North Allegheny has built a dynasty in the WPIAL in boys volleyball. The Tigers have won 16 of the past 19 Class 3A titles and will be looking for their 17th in 20 tries after advancing to the finals Tuesday with a 3-1 victory against Penn-Trafford in the semifinals at...
Veterans benefits presentation, spaghetti dinner planned at Norwin Elks
Westmoreland County Department of Veterans Affairs will hold a free benefits presentation June 15 at the Norwin Elks lodge. The 3:30 p.m. event will be held at 135 Elks Lane, Irwin (in Manor), but space is limited in the lodge’s upper dining room. The presentation will consist of an overview...
Nolan Marasti, Penn-Trafford avenge last season’s playoff loss to Peters Township
Penn-Trafford senior pitcher Nolan Marasti waited all season to pitch again in the WPIAL playoffs. It just happened to be against the team, Peters Township, that he lost to and eliminated the Warriors from the 2022 playoffs. It was the same team, same venue and almost the same date. But...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of May 21, 2023
Chalfant Matthew Ian Lehet sold property at 221 Greenfield Ave. to Jay William Henderson and Lauren Stern for $189,900. Estate of Arthur Ryden sold property at 139 Rossmore St. to Shela Englert for $92,500. Churchill Joseph Mazzotti sold property at 57 Locksley Drive to Virignia Norwood trustee for $365,000. Edgewood...
Trafford mock council meeting gives students the reins on local government
Though she’s no stranger to attending municipal meetings, the view of the Trafford borough council looked a lot different to Penn-Trafford junior Ally Moraca from up in the council seats. Moraca, 17, is the first member of the borough’s Junior Councilperson Program. She has spent the year attending Trafford council...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Penn-Trafford’s Bri Pusateri
Last year, Penn-Trafford’s softball team went 20-4 and was the runner-up to Armstrong in the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. Four starters from that team graduated, leaving question marks as to whether the Warriors could repeat that success. This year, while the record hasn’t been quite the same, Penn-Trafford has still...
Hanna’s Town marks a half-century of antiques and collectibles sale
From coffee mills and rolling pins to milk glass and empty bottles of questionable medicinal “cures,” vintage and antique shoppers had plenty to choose from Sunday at the 50th annual Hanna’s Town Antiques & Collectibles market. After a rainy Saturday, attendees and vendors couldn’t have asked for better weather than...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Baseball team clinches section title
Midway through the baseball season, Penn-Trafford team was sitting at 3-3 in Section 1-5A and in danger of missing the WPIAL playoffs. But thanks to two-game sweeps of Penn Hills, Gateway and Franklin Regional, part of a six-game section winning streak, the Warriors tied for the section crown with Plum....
Foreign exchange student makes his mark on stage, court at Penn-Trafford
When Sohta Miyagawa arrived at Penn-Trafford for his junior year, little was known about his talents. But Miyagawa has surprised many his athletic and artistic abilities. Not only is he excellent in the classroom, the foreign exchange student from Japan was an experienced volleyball player and an entertainer. Miyagawa took...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of May 14, 2023
Churchill Peter Spirtes sold property at 1903 Hampstead Drive to William and Wendy Colbert for $220,000. Estate of Conrad Mitchell sold property at 3430 Ridgewood Drive to Rodney and Eulalia Patricia Sinclair for $310,000. Forest Hills Ronald Barnes sold property at 356 Sharon Drive to Grace O’Neal for $210,000. Monroeville...
Township lawsuit alleges zoning violation over revised use of golf clubhouse
Penn Township is accusing the owners of an event center and banquet hall of violating local zoning requirements by refusing to allow golfers access to a clubhouse, pro shop and social gathering space built for the links on the same property. The township, in a lawsuit filed Wednesday, contends The...
Scrappy Penn-Trafford holds off Franklin Regional for share of section title
After going 3 for 3 with four RBIs, first baseman Chuck Fontana III had one more hit lined up Tuesday. As his teammates gathered in left field to celebrate a nerve-racking victory, the Penn-Trafford junior ducked into the dugout and swiped the water cooler. He carried it quietly to the...
Penn-Trafford powers through in win over Franklin Regional
Penn-Trafford continues to play through the pain. The Warriors baseball team Monday lost another key player to an injury — its fourth this season — but went on to its third consecutive victory and seventh in the past eight games, beating Franklin Regional, 7-5, at Murrysville’s Haymaker Park, and delaying...
Penn-Trafford notebook: P-T grad Alex Turowski honored by Mountain East Conference
Alex Turowski, a sophomore at Fairmont State, was honored by the Mountain East Conference following his second round at the MEC Spring Classic at Edgewood Country Club. The Penn-Trafford graduate earned MEC honorable mention honors. The All-MEC men’s golf team is selected based on individual performances by players during five...
Penn-Trafford’s Kate Schall wins WCCA title, eyes school record in 400
If Penn-Trafford senior Kate Schall wanted to pursue a track and field career at Penn State, her high school coach Eric Reger believes she would continue to find success. “I think she would do very well if she decided to run,” Reger said. “She probably would run the 400 and...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of May 7, 2023
Churchill Estate of Eric Velazquez sold property at 3460 Ridgewood Drive to Jeffrey Samuels for $320,000. Edgewood Maureen Smith sold property at 528 Greendale Ave. to Kaitlin Kirkpatrick Heimke for $265,000. Kevin Haworth sold property at 120 Oakview Ave. to Ian McIntyre and Richelle Szypulski for $220,000. Forest Hills Lisa...
‘Not just one size fits all’: Autism Employment Network provides opportunities in Monroeville, other locations
For anyone who thinks people stopped taking pride in their work, meet Robert Hester. “You happen to have popped in on me at the same time I’m going to make my 100th package,” he told a recent visitor to his Monroeville Mall workplace, as Hester and a colleague placed a...
Pond cleanup removes plants from Penn Township fishing spot — for a cause
The waters of the Penn Township Municipal Park pond look clearer than ever after a coalition of volunteers and public works crews came together this week to remove plants from its depths. Using a pitchfork and some of his son-in-law Jimmy Rudick’s homemade tools of wood, pool noodles and rake...
Penn-Trafford briefs: Level Green church to hold ‘Elvis’ concert; P-T football team to wash cars to raise money for diabetes research
P-T football team to help with car wash Members of the Penn-Trafford football team will raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Pittsburgh chapter by washing cars from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 13 at Energy Swing Windows, 1760 Golden Mile Highway, Monroeville. Any donations for the car...
Trafford man found guilty of aggravated assault in attack on girlfriend
A Westmoreland County jury Wednesday convicted a Trafford man of aggravated assault and other offenses in connected with the violent assault against his estranged girlfriend. The jury convicted Alfred Tournay III, 55, of 12 counts, but acquitted him of three felony aggravated assault charges in connection with attacks on two...
Trafford man on trial for assaults against girlfriend, neighbors called ‘Tasmanian Devil’
Kelly Ferraro was outside warming up her car on a snowy morning in December 2020 when she spotted her neighbor’s live-in boyfriend yelling on the steps outside of his Trafford home. She instantly knew something as wrong, she told a Westmoreland County jury Tuesday. “Her boyfriend was standing on the...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of April 30, 2023
Churchill Estate of Lamar Kinghorn sold property at 2148 Beulah Road to James Burke Sr for $165,000. William Levin sold property at 3710 Henley Drive to Toby and Danielle Weaver for $190,000. Monroeville Dorothy Sciotti Henry sold property at 406 Center Road to Cindy Vulgris for $50,000. Tri COG Land...
Diaper collection, spring banquet and bingo
Diaper collection set The Level Green Presbyterian Church, 105 Olive Drive, will be hosting a diaper collection drive from 10 a.m. to noon May 13 in the church parking lot. The drive-thru event will benefit the Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank. All diaper sizes are being collected. Diapers in sizes 4,5...
