Franklin Regional ranked among top 30 in Pa.

Franklin Regional Senior High School was nationally ranked among the top 40% of American high schools by U.S. News & World Report.

The magazine annually ranks more than 17,000 high schools.

FR was ranked 27th best in Pennsylvania, eighth in the Pittsburgh Region and No. 1 in Westmoreland County.

Speaker discusses Pittsburgh labor strikes

The Murrysville American Association of University Women will welcome guest speaker and labor historian Charles McCollester on Sept. 14 to talk about the railroad riots and steel strikes in Pittsburgh.

McCollester is a former professor of industrial and labor relations at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and is president emeritus of the Pennsylvania Labor History Society.

He will discuss the railroad strike of 1877 and the steel strikes of 1892, 1919 and 1959, which were all consequential in the evolution of Pittsburgh industry.

The public is welcome to attend. There is no registration required.

It will be at 10 a.m. at the Tech Nook in the Murrysville Community Library, 4130 Sardis Road.

For more, email MurrysvilleAAUW@gmail.com.

Library to explore services for neurodivergent people

Delmont Public Library officials will host a Sept. 30 meeting to have a community conversation about how they can better meet the needs of neurodivergent people.

The library is among 240 chosen by the American Library Association to participate in a new initiative, “Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities,” which provides engagement and accessibility resources to better serve people with disabilities.

The meeting will be from 1-3 p.m. Sept. 30 at the library, 75 School Street in Delmont. For more, call 724-468-5329.

Fall speaker series at Mother of Sorrows

Mother of Sorrows Parish will host a fall women’s speaker series beginning Sept. 15.

Helene Paharik, an adjunct professor at Saint Vincent College, will present “In Persona Maria: Women Participating in the Mission of Jesus.”

It will be at 7 p.m. at the church, 4202 Old William Penn Highway in Murrysville. There is no cost to attend.

For more, email jillkirsch@gmail.com or call 724-757-2491.

Rotary Oktoberfest set for Sept. 30

The Murrysville-Export Rotary will host its annual Oktoberfest celebration from 4-8 p.m. Sept. 30.

The cost is $10 for adults, and includes a $2 food/drink coupon. Families and children are welcome. Proceeds will benefit local Rotary charities.

The evening will feature German-style food, beer and wine, a “Wall of Beer” raffle, brewing tank raffle and a dirndl-and-lederhosen contest.

It will be at the Murrysville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 pavilion, at 3235 Sardis Road. For more, call 724-309-2771 or email tpauly@ventanapa.com.

Visionary Committee to hold bike raffle

The Delmont Visionary Committee is selling raffle tickets for two bicycles.

The first, a Kona Coco HD Electric Bike features a hub drive motor and has a retail value of $1,999. The second is a Journey Sora 700CC, with an aluminum frame, waxwing carbon fork and a retail value of $1,299.

Raffle tickets are for $10, which will purchase five chances on the Kona or eight chances on the Journey. Winners will be based on the Pennsylvania Lottery’s Pick 3 evening lottery on Nov. 9 for the Kona and Nov. 10 for the Journey.

All proceeds will benefit the committee’s efforts to make Delmont more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly.

Tickets are available at Teri’s Place A Salon, 2377 Route 66 in Delmont or by emailing delmontvisionarycommittee@gmail.com.

International Women will host Cuba presentation

The International Women club’s next meeting will feature a presentation on Cuba by club member and local travel agent Sharon Battle.

The meeting is at 9 a.m. Sept. 8 at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, 2310 Haymaker Road in Monroeville. All women in the community are invited to attend.

The church’s “Mother’s Day Out” babysitting program is suspended until further notice.

Live music

• Ginny’s Neighborhood Pizza, 5549 Old William Penn Hwy., Murrysville: Demi Michelle Schwartz, 6 p.m. Sept. 16

• SchoolHouse Tavern, 2001 Main St., Claridge (Penn Township): Dallas Mars, 9 p.m. Sept. 23; 8th Street Rox, 8 p.m. Oct. 21

• Red Barn Winery, 475 Manor Rd., Salem: Halloween Barnyard Bash with live music, costume contest and more, 6-10 p.m. Oct. 28

• Joey’s the Edge, 5904 Washington Ave., Export: Weekly Tuesday jam session with host Kenny Blake, 8-11 p.m.

Upcoming meetings

• Delmont council, 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at the borough building, 77 Greensburg Street. Agendas are available in advance at DelmontBoro.com.

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