Murrysville area: Marching band concert, Light Up Night, a basketball First Night
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FR marching band will host stadium review show
The Franklin Regional Panther Marching Band will host a performance of this season’s halftime show, “Rock Legends,” at 7 p.m., Nov. 18 at the senior high school, 3200 School Road in Murrysville.
The concert is open to the public. Cash donations will be accepted at the door, in addition to a basket raffle to help fund the band’s February trip to Walt Disney World in Florida.
Attendees are required to wear masks while in the high school.
For more, see Facebook.com/FRband.
Mother of Sorrows to host Light Up Night on Dec. 4
Mother of Sorrows church invites the community to its annual Light Up Night celebration on Dec. 4.
There will be a 4:30 p.m. Mass followed by a free community dinner. Visitors can purchase gifts at the Santa Shoppe, tour the school’s decorated hallways, visit a living Nativity and more.
Those attending the dinner are asked to RSVP to ecolcombe@dioceseofgreensburg.org.
FR basketball presents First Night on Nov. 23
The Franklin Regional basketball program will host a First Night event to generate excitement for the upcoming hoops seasons, 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 23 at Franklin Regional Senior High School, 3200 School Road in Murrysville.
The entry fee is $3, and students are admitted free. Masks are required.
This year’s teams will be announced, there will be an alumni game, kids’ games, a 3-point and “hot-shot” contests, food sales, giveaways and more.
For more, see FranklinRegionalBasketball.net.
AMVETS, Legion, VFW announce joint Veterans Day activities
The White Valley AMVETS, Export-Murrysville American Legion and Delmont VFW will sponsor Veterans Day ceremonies Nov. 13 at the following dates and times:
• 9 a.m., Eastview Union Cemetery, 350 E. Pittsburgh St., Delmont
• 9:15 a.m., Delmont honor roll, 77 Greensburg St.
• 9:30 a.m., Delmont Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 101 Church St.
• 10:15 a.m., Export American Legion honor roll, 5764 Kennedy Ave.
• 10:30 a.m. Murrysville Community Park honor roll, 4856 Wiestertown Road
• 11 a.m. White Valley AMVETS Post 85 honor roll, 2100 Carolina St., Murrysville
• Noon, luncheon for veterans at White Valley AMVETS
Murrysville Woman’s Club to meet Nov. 18
The Murrysville Woman’s Club will meet at 11:15 a.m. Nov. 18 at the Penn Murry Kitchen, 5089 Cozy Inn Cutoff in Murrysville.
Lunch will be served at noon and the featured speaker will be Paul Selvaggio of the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.
To attend or join the club, call Beverly Bella at 412-720-8372.
Upcoming public meetings
• Franklin Regional school board voting meeting, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 22 at the Murrysville municipal building, 4100 Sardis Road. Meetings are broadcast on Comcast local access Channel 19, and archived at YouTube.com/user/FranklinRegionalSD.
• Murrysville council, 7 p.m., Dec. 1 at the municipal building, 4100 Sardis Road. Meetings are broadcast live on Comcast local access Channel 19.
• Franklin Regional school board combined committee-of-the-whole/voting meetings, 7:30 p.m., Dec. 6 at the Murrysville municipal building. Meetings are broadcast on Comcast local access Channel 19, and archived at YouTube.com/user/FranklinRegionalSD.
• Export council, 6:30 p.m., Dec. 7 at the borough building, 5821 Washington Ave.
• Delmont council, 7 p.m., Dec. 14 at the borough building, 77 Greensburg St.
Pitt-Greensburg to host public vaccine clinics
The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg and Mainline Pharmacy will sponsor five covid-19 vaccine clinics on Tuesdays through November. The clinics are free and open to the public as well as the campus community.
The clinics will provide the Moderna vaccine for those 12 and older. Both initial shots and boosters will be available. Clinics will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 16 and 23 in Chambers Hall at Pitt-Greensburg’s campus at 150 Finoli Drive, Hempfield.
Officials asked that those planning to attend the clinics register in advance at mainlinepharmacy.com/covid-vaccine-scheduling.
A Pitt spokesman said the clinics are part of an outreach effort that began with the first clinic last spring.
Passport office at courthouse extends hours
The Westmoreland County Courthouse office that processes U.S. passport applications will have extended hours one day a week, officials announced.
The fifth floor Prothonotary Office at the courthouse, 2 N. Main St. in Greensburg, will be open two additional hours every Thursday, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. to process passports.
It’s a resumption of a program that had been place prior to March 2020 when most courthouse functions were halted at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The office will continue to process passport applications on Mondays through Wednesdays and on Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. No appointments are necessary.