Patrick Varine stories, Page 43
Murrysville area: Symphony East, Medic One subscription drive, Easter Bunny breakfast and more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Symphony East Symphony East will kick off its 62nd season March 18 with four musicians from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Violinists Regi Papa, violist Marylene Gingras-Roy and cellist Mikhail Istomin will perform at 1 p.m. A $10 donation is requested for adults...
Monroeville area: Black female leaders talk, light bulb sales, Irish trivia night
Email event listings and news briefs to pvarine@triblive.com or bpoole@triblive.com. Upcoming Monroeville library programs The Monroeville Public Library will host the following programs: • March 9: Death Cafe discussion group meets at 1:30 p.m. regarding all things death and dying. Attendees are asked to arrive around 1 p.m. • March...
Efforts to save Monroeville Convention Center reach lieutenant governor’s office
Monroeville Mayor Nick Gresock said efforts to save the Monroeville Convention Center have reached all the way to the highest levels of state government. Gresock said he was joined by Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, state Sens. Jay Costa and Jim Brewster, state Rep. Brandon Markosek, a representative from the Allegheny...
Murrysville to add permanent restroom, other improvements to Duff Park lot
Murrysville Public Works crews are set to begin making improvements to the parking area at Duff Park starting March 4, which will include a permanent restroom. “We want to put in a facility that can be used year-round and will be cleaned once a week,” Murrysville Public Works Director Bill...
Murrysville OKs Olympus fracking pipeline work, pickleball business parking
Murrysville officials approved maintenance agreements last week with driller Olympus Energy to build temporary infrastructure connecting its fracking operations in Westmoreland County. The agreements cover the use of a small section of Thompson Road, as well as a little over a mile of Logan Ferry, Hankey Church and Beighley roads,...
Avella man killed in Washington County crash
A 21-year-old man was killed early Friday morning after a crash in Independence Township in Washington County. Pennsylvania State Police said Anthony G. Georgetti of Avella was traveling westbound on Washington Pike when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a tree. The crash was reported to county 911...
Morning Roundup: Aviary welcomes new condor; 1 injured in stabbing in Downtown PittsburghVideo
Here are a few morning news item for Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. National Aviary welcomes condor The National Aviary in Pittsburgh welcomed it newest resident yesterday. A 43-year-old male Andean condor named Bud is the latest addition, arriving from the Dallas Zoo. Bud will join adult female Lianni and juveniles...
Lawrenceville restaurant closes after health inspection
The Industry Public House Restaurant in Lawrenceville voluntarily closed Wednesday after an Allegheny County Health Department inspection found food being stored and prepared in the same area where plumbers were currently working on an exposed sewer line. The restaurant is currently having a sewer line repaired, health department officials said...
Murrysville area: Easter Bunny breakfast, cheer clinics, Medic One subscription drive and more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Franklin Regional band to host breakfast fundraiser The Franklin Regional Panther Band will host a March 16 pancake breakfast fundraiser in Murrysville. It will be from 8-11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, 3916 Old William Penn Highway in Murrysville. Tickets are...
Monroeville area: PALS meeting, pandemic speaker, light bulb sale, more
Email event listings and news briefs to pvarine@triblive.com or bpoole@triblive.com. Plum Area Ladies Society events Plum Area Ladies Society (PALS) will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on March 6 at Plum Community Center. PALS is a service and social club, open to women from Plum, Penn Hills, Monroeville...
DEP grants permit to PennEnergy to draw water from Big Sewickley Creek
Following a nearly three-year process of identifying deficiencies and submitting amended water management plans, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection granted a permit for fracking company PennEnergy Resources to draw millions of gallons of water from the Big Sewickley Creek. The permit allows the Cranberry company to place and maintain...
McDonald’s flips the Golden Arches upside down in anime promotion
In the 1983 anime adaptation of “Cat’s Eye,” a thinly disguised version of the Golden Arches showed up in the form of “WcDonald’s,” a barely-fictional, trademark-bypassing fast-food franchise that has gone on to appear in many more anime, manga and related cartoons over the years. Forty years later, McDonald’s is...
Morning Roundup: GoFundMe for injured paramedic; sea lion dies at zoo
Here are a few morning news items from Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. GoFundMe started for injured Lower Kiski paramedic A fellow emergency worker has started a GoFundMe for the Lower Kiski Ambulance paramedic injured in an ambulance crash early Wednesday morning near the Waterworks shopping center on Freeport...
Lower Kiski medic seriously injured in Pittsburgh ambulance crash
A medic from Lower Kiski Ambulance Service was seriously injured when the ambulance she was in crashed Wednesday near The Waterworks mall in Pittsburgh. According to a spokeswoman for Pittsburgh Public Safety, the crash was reported around 4 a.m. along Freeport Road near the strip mall and Walnut Grill restaurant....
Monroeville woman dead in SUV crash
A Monroeville woman died of injuries suffered in a fatal crash Tuesday evening in Monroeville. Emergency responders were called to the intersection of Haymaker and Ramsey roads around 7:45 p.m., according to TribLive news partner WTAE, for a report that an SUV had struck a utility pole. Kimberly Andonisio, 47,...
Pa. Senate taking comments on 10-year plan to help state’s seniors
Members of the Pennsylvania Senate are seeking public comments following the publication of “Aging Our Way, PA: A Plan for Lifelong Independence,” a 10-year plan to support the state’s older residents. “Every Pennsylvanian deserves to live and age with dignity,” Sen. Maria Collett, D-12, said. “This comprehensive and innovative plan...
Morning Roundup: St. Patrick’s Day Parade details; nearly 3 dozen cats rescued from Westmoreland home
Here are a few morning news items for Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. St. Patrick’s Day Parade details Parade committee members have released the details for Pittsburgh’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 16. The celebration is set to begin at 10 a.m. as parade participants gather near the Greyhound...
Delmont officials consider options for former police station
Delmont officials would like to use the area previously occupied by their police department, and also make some much-needed updates to the building’s handicapped access. They’re hoping a federal grant focused on large facilities projects could help them transform the former police station into a public community area. The American...
What they’re saying about Jaromir Jagr’s jersey retirement
Jaromir Jagr watched his No. 68 float up into the rafters in Pittsburgh on Sunday night, a powerful moment in a long and storied career that still has yet to reach its conclusion. One matter Jagr — who both owns and continues to play for a Czech hockey team —...
Morning Roundup: Fire destroys Penn Township garage; McKnight Road restrictions begin
Here are a few morning news items for Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. Penn Township garage destroyed by fire An explosion and subsequent fire destroyed a garage in Penn Township late Saturday night. TribLive news partner WTAE reports that dozens of firefighters worked late into the night battling a fire which...
Modern music, personal tragedy inform Carnegie Mellon professor’s classical compositionsVideo
Nancy Galbraith has been publishing her orchestral musical compositions since 1979. But even four-plus decades is a drop in the bucket, compared to the centuries’ worth of classical music written over the years. Galbraith, 72, composition chair and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, said her composing style has come a...
Export native recognized by borough for contributions to development, conservation
Larry Larese recognized the value of the former school building in Export when its use was discontinued by the Franklin Regional School District. “My sister was part of the last class to graduate from there in the early 1960s,” said Larese, 76, of Murrysville. “I know how much that building...
‘Rock of Ages’ musical a throwback to big guitar solos, bigger hair
Westmoreland Performing Arts Professional Theatre Company will transport theater fans back to a time of big guitar solos and even bigger hair as they present the musical “Rock of Ages” on Feb. 23-24. “It’s a party!” said director Tony Marino. “You’re going to sing along with pretty much every song,...
Homestead native will tell ‘The Story of Whiskey’ at West Overton Village
Robin Robinson began his entertainment career as a comedian in the 1970s. He convinced a band at the old Portfolio bar in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood to let him use their microphone for a little stand-up comedy during the set break. But while he’ll crack plenty of jokes during a March...
Delmont claims local American Legion improperly sold former post
Delmont Borough officials say their local American Legion improperly sold its former post to the next-door neighbor, and suggested the man should retain an attorney. Matthew Cunningham, 33, received a letter from borough Solicitor Dan Hewitt after agreeing to purchase the post’s property at 64 Freeport St. in November 2023....
