Monroeville Times Express category, Page 46
Pool of 9 candidates running for Gateway ballot spots
Editor’s note: The Times Express is publishing primary election previews with candidate interviews for contested races only. In the race for Gateway School Board, nine candidates are running for spots on the November ballot for five open seats. Four of them are for four-year terms, and one for a two-year...
Skills on display at Monroeville martial arts tournament
The 47th annual National All Martial Arts Championship was hosted April 29 at the Monroeville Convention Center. Athletes of all ages completed in Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu and Karate. More than 1,200 trophies were awarded in about 345 divisions, from white belt to grand champions. Events...
Hundreds help clean up Monroeville
Although the pavilions at Monroeville’s Community Park West have no doors, plenty of door prizes were at one for the taking, some with a renewed degree of popularity. “We always get a lot of donations from the Pittsburgh Pirates. We usually don’t call them right off the bat, but this...
Monroeville area happenings, week of May 1, 2023
Scottish Heritage celebration Bagpiper Matt Peterson, Scottish dancer Katie Janeiro and vocalist Bridget Steele highlight Hillcrest United Presbyterian Church’s Scottish Heritage Day celebration on May 7 at 1622 James St., Monroeville. The 11 a.m. worship service will remember the 1560 origins of the Presbyterian Church in Scotland. Shortbread, scones, Scottish...
Gateway’s Gratton sisters face off on softball field for respective college teams
When Kayla and Deanna Gratton shared the softball diamond growing up, they always did it on the same team. But on April 8, the Monroeville sisters and Gateway High School graduates found themselves on opposite sides for the first time. Kayla, a junior captain for Waynesburg, and Deanna, a freshman...
Victory over Derry helps bolster Gateway boys volleyball team’s resume
The Gateway boys volleyball team toppled Armstrong and Deer Lakes to open Section 2-2A play, but consecutive section setbacks to Latrobe and Mars left the Gators at .500 in section and seeking a return to the win column. The Gators got that in the form of a 3-1 win over...
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...
Route 22 road work set to start Monday in Churchill, Wilkins and Monroeville
PennDOT will have long-term single-lane restrictions in place starting May 1 as road work begins on William Penn Highway through Monroeville, Churchill and Wilkins. Beginning at midnight on Monday, westbound traffic will cross over to the eastbound lanes at the bridge over Lower Rodi Road. Single-lane traffic in both directions...
Monroeville concert marks finale for Masterworks chorale director
May 6 marks Snezana Lazich’s last performance with the Masterworks Concert Chorale, taking place at Crossroads Presbyterian Church in Monroeville. She has served as the director of the chorale since 2013, succeeding her father, Milutin Lazich, who founded Masterworks in 2003. Music was always present in the Lazich household. Snezana’s...
Favorites from Gateway, underdogs from Chartiers Valley claim WPIAL doubles titles
Super sophomores Adam Memije and Zidaan Hassan of Gateway met little resistance on the first day of the 2023 WPIAL boys doubles championships as the top seeds rolled to three convincing wins, losing only two games in reaching the Class 3A finals. So when the duo did meet a challenge...
Monroeville conservation project among Allegheny Land Trust’s 30th-anniversary efforts
Allegheny Land Trust is marking its 30th anniversary by continuing to increase the amount of regional area dedicated to remaining green. The Sewickley-based nonprofit’s efforts include the Gateway Woods Conservation Project, which seeks to conserve 124 acres of forested land in Monroeville on a permanent basis. “It will connect with...
Monroeville area happenings, week of April 24, 2023
Collection period ends For the victims of the Cambridge Square fire in Monroeville, items and gift cards are no longer being collected. Checks will be distributed to the families after the collection period, which ends April 30. Please make the checks payable to “Gateway School District” and note in the...
Gateway boys tennis captures long-awaited section championship
The last time the Gateway boys tennis team captured a section title, Bill Clinton was ramping up his campaign to become President of the United States, Duke has just routed Michigan to win the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, and “Jump” by the hip-hop duo Kris Kross was moving...
Gateway lacrosse eyes improvement, progress in 2nd half of season
The Gateway boys lacrosse team last made the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs in 2019. The Gators that year defeated Sewickley Academy in the first round before falling to No. 2 Hampton in the quarterfinals. Gateway’s momentum was stunted the next year as the covid pandemic wiped out the entire spring...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of April 23, 2023
Chalfant Estate of James Minnaji sold property at 1115 Electric Ave. to Gregory and Lucille Dinardo for $1,500. Churchill Joel Carrick sold property at 116 Merrie Woode Drive to Daniel and Tracy Ann Marsh for $249,000. Edgewood Joanna Camarda Webb sold property at 430 W Swissvale Ave. to Giancarlo Scuderi...
Monroeville resident helps others through philanthropy, publishing company
In Kenya’s capital city is a school named after Monroeville resident John Stanko. “The African way is they do that to honor you,” he explained. “I don’t own it. I don’t have any say in it. But I’ve said, ‘If my name can help you, use it.’” Over the past...
‘Hole lot of fun’ at Monroeville library
An event with the theme “A Hole Lot of Fun” converted Monroeville Public Library into a miniature golf course for a two-day fundraiser. The custom custom-designed, 18-hole course offered plenty of fun for the 21-and-older crowd during an evening session on April 14 that featured food and libations. All-ages play...
Basketball team celebrated at Divine Mercy Academy in Monroeville
The Divine Mercy Academy gymnasium was alive with the sounds of cheering. Part of it, naturally, was prompted by the Monroeville school’s cheerleaders, young and not-so-young. At other times, the folks sitting in the bleachers rooted for classmates, teachers and even Principal Nikole (with a “k”) Laubham as they participated...
Paper, not plastic: Students decorate Earth Day bags for Monroeville, Pitcairn stores
After unpacking their groceries, certain shoppers in Gateway School District may want to save the bags as keepsakes. Students at Dr. Cleveland Steward Jr. Elementary School spent an afternoon using their artistic abilities to decorate 500 brown paper bags with environmentally friendly images and messages. The bags will be delivered...
Assault at Monroeville hotel over extramarital affair leaves victim with severe facial injuries
A New Jersey man remains jailed after police say he attacked his wife’s former paramour at a Monroeville hotel last week. Vincent Serzan, 46, is charged with felony aggravated assault and related charges after police say he attacked the man and knocked him unconscious — causing severe facial injuries —...
Former Bella Luna space to reopen as The Coxcomb
As he stood behind what will soon be a finished bar top, Will Patterson of Monroeville heard someone driving past the open door of the former Bella Luna restaurant at the Murrysville/Monroeville border. “Are you open?” the woman asked through her passenger side window. “Early June, hopefully!” Patterson shouted before...
TV Talk: Pinhead actor from ‘Hellraiser’ lives in Pittsburgh, guest stars on ‘Gotham Knights’
Doug Bradley, the British actor who made Pinhead a horror icon in the “Hellraiser” films that began in 1987, now resides in Pittsburgh. And this month, Bradley gets introduced as Joe Chill on The CW’s “Gotham Knights.” Chill is in prison for the murders of Bruce Wayne’s parents. Bradley, 68,...
Monroeville area happenings, week of April 17, 2023
‘200 Years of Brewing’ program Monroeville Public Library welcomes Richard Ober, lead author of “200 Years of Brewing in Allegheny County,” for a program scheduled from 6:30 to 8 p.m. May 5. The Ober Brewery featured on the book’s cover is Richard’s family business and one of many German breweries...
Gateway’s Arontay Heningcamp ready to take next step in wrestling career
Shane Valko knows the Pitt-Johnstown wrestling program and its traditions inside and out. A 2010 Division II national champion with the Mountain Cats, Valko, who works with the Young Guns wrestling program, later served as an assistant coach at UPJ under legendary coach Pat Pecora. It was that knowledge and...
Gateway baseball team looks to bounce back in Section 1-5A
The Gateway baseball team got a daily double April 3 with some timely offense and strong pitching and defense in a 3-1 victory over Franklin Regional at the newly refurbished field at the Gateway Sports Complex. Senior Nate Demchak tripled home three runs in the bottom of the fourth, while...
