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Chick’s Picks ready for Week Zero, whatever that is
Welcome to Week Zero of the 2021 high school football season. For years now, Chick’s Picks has been trying to decipher the mystery behind Week Zero. What exactly is Week Zero? Does it even really exist? Chick’s Picks has heard of many other zeros — the Zero candy bar, Triple...
Court action threatened over Franklin Regional school mask policy, as debates rage in Pa.
An attorney representing a group of parents in the Franklin Regional School District sent the superintendent and board of directors a letter this week threatening litigation if masking is not made mandatory. It is one of many lawsuits being considered by parents on both sides of what has become a...
Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for Week Zero 2021
Nonconference Albert Gallatin vs. Yough 7 p.m. Friday, Cougar Mountain, Herminie Albert Gallatin begins its third season as an independent. The Colonials are 10-4, including a 5-1 mark in 2020, after enduring 35 consecutive losing seasons in the WPIAL. Albert Gallatin runs a triple-option offense led by senior fullback Shawn...
Authors of book about women in business persevering during the pandemic celebrate its launch
Contributors to a book about female business leaders’ strength and determination through the pandemic celebrated its release earlier this month. “Twenty Won: an anthology of 21 female entrepreneurs sharing stories of business resilience during the 2020 global crisis,” launched April 21. It reached bestseller status in several Amazon.com categories and...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 22, 2021
Churchill Millennial Custom Homes LLC sold property at 2325 Marbury Road to Daniel and Patricia Frick for $431,000. Mark Nafziger sold property at 1705 Williamsburg Place to James Allen Manning and Gordon Johnson for $195,500. Delmont James Bertoline sold property at 30 Christy Road to Brandon Stuart and Rebecca Corryn...
Hundreds from Murrysville church perform ‘uncommon’ community service in JeannetteVideo
Millie Warren’s backyard in West Jeannette is recognizable again, thanks to the hard work of volunteers from a Murrysville church. Within a couple hours Saturday morning, a crew from Cornerstone Ministries Church cleared several truckloads of brush and an old fence, leaving behind neatly trimmed trees and grassy space. They...
Franklin Regional, Hempfield and Norwin schools team up for K-5 online academy
Three area school districts are banding together to create an online academy for students in kindergarten through fifth grade during the upcoming school year. Franklin Regional, Hempfield Area and Norwin formed the consortium Westmoreland Online Academy. A total of six teachers — two from each district — will be assigned...
Murrysville church to help clean up Jeannette this weekend with 600 volunteers
Weed whackers and hundreds of willing hands are going to work in Jeannette this weekend. Cornerstone Ministries Church in Murrysville is sending 600 members to help the city and its residents clean up abandoned properties, do repair work and complete interior projects. “We just want to get out and share...
Tree falls on house in Murrysville
Firefighters responded Thursday night to Windgate Drive in Murrysville, where a tree fell on a house. There were no injuries reported, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. Crews responded at about 9:15 p.m. near the intersection of Stonecroft Street. Murrysville Volunteer Fire Co. 1 reported in a social media...
Masking debate continues in Franklin Regional as school year nears
The divide among those in favor of universal masking and those against it was on stark display again this week, with a sizable contingent this time asking that the Franklin Regional school board reconsider its stance that masking be optional in the coming school year. “Other local school districts are...
On the move in the Murrysville area for the week of Aug. 19, 2021
Murrysville window screen company FlexScreen was named to Inc Magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the nation. FlexScreen, with locations in Murrysville, Michigan, Georgia, South Dakota and Canada, ranked 2,321 of 5,000 companies. • • • The Murrysville Woman’s Club honored the 2021 recipients of the Marielle Bartolomucci...
Fall bazaar among several upcoming events in Murrysville area
Here’s some news and events happening in the Star’s coverage area in the coming weeks. To submit news briefs, email pvarine@triblive.com. Delmont library to host fall bazaar The Delmont Public Library will host a Sept. 11 fall bazaar from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the library’s community room. It...
Franklin Regional prepares to open doors to new primary, intermediate elementary schoolsVideo
Teacher, administrator and staff comments about Franklin Regional’s new elementary campus largely center around a similar theme: possibilities. From new large-group instruction areas to creative media centers to little “pocket” areas where small groups can meet, collaborate or receive additional learning support, new educational opportunities are scattered throughout both the...
Westmoreland Fair returns this weekend with more to see
There will be plenty of potential pandemic hobbies on display starting Friday as the Westmoreland Fair returns. Entry office secretary Leanna Landy said entries for inside exhibits — such as handmade goods and food items — have increased this year after the 2020 fair was canceled because of the coronavirus...
Jigger’s Pub owners plan new restaurant across the street in Export
Jigger’s Pub owners Tony and Brenda DeCesare are planning to open a new restaurant directly across the street from their business, and took a big step in that direction Tuesday with the approval of a liquor license transfer. Export council members unanimously approved the transfer of the license by a...
New era dawns at Franklin Regional
It’s a fresh start for the Franklin Regional football team. New is the popular word around the program. Lance Getsy replaced legendary coach Greg Botta, who retired after 27 years. Getsy brought in seven new assistant coaches. A new defensive scheme is being implemented, and there are numerous new players...
Route 22 in Murrysville reopens after 2-vehicle crash
A section of Route 22 westbound reopened Tuesday morning after a two-vehicle crash, according to Murrysville police. Traffic was diverted onto Old William Penn Highway in the area of Cline Hollow Road after the collision between a tractor-trailer and passenger vehicle, according to police and a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. The...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 15, 2021
Chalfant Barbara Faye Kaczor sold property at 148 Brighton St. to Mark Bailey and Emily Hilliard for $10,000. Donald Fulmer sold property at 221 Greenfield Ave. to Matthew Ian Lehet and Michelle Elizabeth Stepan for $138,500. Churchill Florence Palmieri sold property at 1445 Beulah Road to Hayward Arnold for $212,000....
Trouble off tee leaves Palmer Jackson swimming upstream at U.S. Amateur
Palmer Jackson used to be a baseball pitcher and could freeze-frame a knuckleball with the best of them. He was Franklin Regional’s answer to Tim Wakefield. During the U.S. Amateur earlier this month at Oakmont Country Club, Jackson was thrown a curve ball. The golf standout, who will be a...
Motorcyclists head to Murrysville for Freedom Fest
Less than three hours into Freedom Fest 2021 — the second annual fundraiser and campout hosted by the Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education’s Westmoreland County Chapter — it was 92 degrees and shade was already at a premium. Late Thursday afternoon, the shady treeline along the edges of Murrysville’s...
Murrysville area events: Export festival leads long list of activities
Ethnic Food & Music Festival set The annual Export Ethnic Food & Music Festival will be held from noon to 9 p.m. Aug. 21 along Washington Avenue in the borough’s downtown area, with a day of live music, food and fun. There is no cost to attend, and on-site parking...
Former Franklin Regional school director held for court on political sign theft charges
A judge on Thursday rejected a defense argument that a former Franklin Regional school director was removing “litter” by taking campaign signs from a Hempfield intersection. Defense attorney Jack Manderino argued that Gary English, 65, of Murrysville was enforcing a law that prohibits signs on state roads without permission. “He...
East Suburban Artists League prepares for annual CCAC Boyce show in Monroeville
UPDATE 8/13/21: CCAC has made the decision to cancel the ESAL show due to covid concerns. • • • Several decades ago when she was living in the Washington, D.C., area, artist Eileen Yeager took a printmaking class. It started her fascination with monotyping, a process by which a unique,...
Delmont officials receive 1st American Relief plan payment
Delmont officials will tuck away their first payment of federal American Relief Plan funding until they decide how they’d like to spend it. The borough received roughly $132,000 in federal covid relief funds, a partial payment that will be completed next year. Council President Andrew Shissler said the money will...
Export man arrested in connection with Homewood shooting
An Export man was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting Aug. 2 in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood. Pittsburgh police said Roemon Howard, 21, of Export was charged Wednesday with criminal homicide, carrying a firearm without a license, discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, and reckless endangerment. Howard is...
