Murrysville-area happenings, Jan. 23 and beyond

Patrick Varine | Thursday, January 14, 2021 1:13 p.m.

Courtesy of Tina Gillen

Andrew D’Onofrio, Thomas Hieber, Nicholas Neuschwander and Garret Deller at Westmoreland Families Against Hunger’s Dec. 26 food drive.

Jan. 23 food drive at high school

Franklin Regional junior Garrett Deller decided late last year to take his volunteer service with the Westmoreland County Food Bank to the next level, joining with fellow National Honor Society students to host a biweekly food drive at the Westmoreland Farms clubhouse.

Deller said one of his goals was to arrange for Franklin Regional Senior High School to serve as a more central collection point, and that will begin with a food drive from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 23.

“Kindness matters, and kindness is what we need most these days,” Deller said.

For those who wish to donate but can’t make it to the high school, Deller said he and fellow food drive volunteers Ashley Au, Clayton Buell, Michael Campbell, Carter Dibert, Andrew D’Onofrio, Thomas Hieber, Nick Neuschwander and Taylor Vasos will arrange pickups between 2 and 5 p.m. Jan. 23.

Two additional food drives will be held at the high school Feb. 20 and March 20, and the group is close to having collected a ton of food for donation to the food bank.

Santa parade may become annual event

Delmont officials will consider making their recent Santa parade with the fire department an annual event.

The borough, the nonprofit group Share the Joy and firefighters joined together to bring some socially distanced holiday cheer to the borough on Dec. 19, with Santa climbing aboard a firetruck and heading all over town.

“We had a lot of people turn out, even on a really cold night, and everything just went really well,” Councilman Stan Cheyne said.

Upcoming meetings

Here’s a list of upcoming meetings open to the public in either a virtual or in-person format.

• Franklin Regional school board voting meeting, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25, livestreamed at YouTube.com/user/FranklinRegionalSD.

• Franklin Regional school board committee-of-the-whole meeting, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1, livestreamed at YouTube.com/user/FranklinRegionalSD.

• Export council, 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at the borough building, 5821 Washington Ave.

• Murrysville council, 7 p.m. Feb. 3, broadcast on Comcast local access Channel 19 and livestreamed at Murrysville.com.

• Delmont council, 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at the borough building, 77 Greensburg St. Some meetings are also livestreamed using the GoToMeeting app.