Murrysville Star category, Page 31

It’s not just that Lynn Jablonowski didn’t have any boating experience. She was also actually afraid of the water. But she’d overcome breast cancer, and with help from members of the Hearts of Steel dragon boat racing team, she overcame her fear of water, too. Everyone on the Hearts of...

Churchill Joshua Kubizne sold property at 2335 Greensburg Pike to Gregory Tate for $205,000. Mark Dovey sold property at 2525 Greensburg Pike Unit 303 to Philip Parr for $205,000. Adam Ford sold property at 66 Holland Road to Jeffrey Ford for $187,500. John Kurtz sold property at 108 Valiant Drive...

The Westmoreland County Elections Board on Thursday approved the relocation of three polling locations for the Nov. 7 general election. The East Murrysville precinct will be moved to the First Presbyterian Church at 3201 North Hills Road. It was previously located at the First United Methodist Church on Old William...

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Registration open for Delmont cyclo-cross race The Delmont Visionary Committee will host its second annual “Hammer the Hills of Delmont” cyclo-cross race. It will be at 9 a.m. Nov. 11 at Shields Farm. The race is a challenging course with wooded trails,...

Latrobe likes to rely on an overcrowded midfield to control the tempo and produce occasional run-outs for scoring chances. It’s the boys soccer team’s bread and butter. The game plan worked as the tone-setter in Tuesday night’s surprising Section 4-3A victory against Franklin Regional. The Wildcats pushed ahead on a...

Because she has grown up in a soccer family, Franklin Regional’s Abby Paterline knows the game inside and out. She knows the field well, too, because there aren’t many spaces on it she has not occupied at one time or another. “My dad played at Grove City, and his dad,...

The Plum and Franklin Regional girls soccer teams met twice last year in section play, resuming a local rivalry that was dormant for three years. The Mustangs swept the Panthers en route to their fourth straight section championship. Franklin Regional hoped to change that narrative Monday evening at home as...

Chalfant Elizabeth Wilson sold property at 140 Greenfield Ave. to Acorn Gardens LLC for $47,257. Edgewood James Rex sold property at 517 Allenby Ave. to Robert and Pamela Singer for $249,900. Forest Hills Tang Kiu Cheung sold property at 224 Cascade Road to Mark Clemente and Amanda Creps for $280,000....

(Editor’s note: This is part of a series about Westmoreland County residents who have been honored as Hometown Heroes. The program honors local military and non-military heroes by displaying photos on decorative banners in area communities.) Robert Harouse Export 1934-1969 Robert Harouse didn’t talk much about his military service during...

There are two additional students in the classrooms of Franklin Regional School District this year: two graduate students from Saint Vincent College. The Saint Vincent College Fellowship program brings two students enrolled in Saint Vincent’s master’s of education program to Franklin Regional for the next two academic years. “It’s a...

The question swirled around each of them. It made the three brothers tense up momentarily, and then smile an ornery grin. There was no right answer, only a playful calculation to kick back at: Who is the best soccer player in the Kimmich family? “I love this question, and I’m...

When Franklin Regional celebrates Senior Day on Friday (Sept. 22), Ellen Liu will be the only one honored. That’s because the 2023 team is loaded with underclassmen. “A lot of my friends will be there to support me and watch me against Amelia,” Liu said. “It’s a big day and...

Gateway limped into its Class 5A Big East Conference opener with Franklin Regional on Friday night with an 0-3 record and promptly fell behind Franklin Regional in the first half. The Gators made a statement in the second half, however, and pulled away for a 44-24 victory over the defending...

Christina Donahoe was excited to be painting another mural where she grew up. After creating a floral mural in Export in 2022, she has been preparing to start a mural project to cover unsightly graffiti on a Route 22 underpass in Murrysville. She was in the process of lining up...

Part-time Delmont Police Officer David Johnston is the newest full-time member of the borough’s police force, after being sworn in at the borough council’s Sept. 12 meeting. Johnston will replace Officer Richard Stephens, who resigned in late August. Johnston has been working full-time in the borough since Sept. 1. In...

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Tickets on sale for ‘Pilgrimage Jr.’ The Delmont Pilgrimage is expanding to include a session specifically geared toward children. “Pilgrimage Jr.” will be Dec. 2 from 2-4 p.m., where pre-school and elementary-age children can experience the Nativity while interacting with the angel...

An airplane flew over Rossi Field early in the girls soccer game Wednesday night, descending slowly toward the nearby airport named after Arnold Palmer. A short time later, Latrobe lifted off. Junior Robin Reilly and freshman Emerson Shine netted first-half goals as the fourth-ranked Wildcats set down visiting No. 5...

Happy hour started a little early for Frank Fuhrer III and his guests Wednesday afternoon. It’s only appropriate — Fuhrer was cutting the ribbon on a new 300,000-square-foot warehouse for his beer and soda pop distribution business, so getting a few coolers full of beer was a matter of walking...

Delmont residents asked their council to consider some additions to the borough — specifically a dog park, and speed humps on West Pittsburgh Street. “There are more than 300 dog license applications processed for Delmont, and that’s just in 2023. We want our dogs to be happy and healthy, and...

And the winner: Everyone in attendance, except possibly a preferring-to-remain-anonymous guest or two. “Do we have any vegans out there?” John Vento asked, to a resounding silence. “Oh, good.” The West Deer resident and owner of Steamworks Creative listening room in Hampton served as master of ceremonies for the All-American...

Bushy Run Battlefield will host the White Valley Distilling Company at a speaker event next week as part of its History Speaks series. Jimmy Battaglia, owner of the Export distillery, will teach attendees the history and techniques of whiskey distilling using a hands-on approach, said Scott Perry, member of the...

A Delmont woman who works as a veterinary technician is accused of attempting to fill a Xanax prescription for her dog four months after it had been euthanized, according to court papers. Agents with the state Attorney General’s Office also said Bobbi Jo Vaia, 38, filled a legitimate Xanax prescription...

Murrysville council members are debating an ordinance regulating short-term rentals through companies like AirBnb and VRBO. The council has split over the rental issue perceived by some as limited in scope and by others as a question of personal safety for neighbors in a residential area. “So far, I’ve heard...

Monroeville MLM Bros 2020 LLC sold property at 2802 Broadway Blvd. to Erhan Tuncbilek for $45,000. Philips RS North America LLC sold property at 1740 Golden Mile Highway to Icon Golden Mile Partners LLC for $400,000. Plum Frederick Hohman sold property at 324 Ligonier Ln to Luis Summers and Rebecca...