Monroeville Times Express category, Page 19
Pitcairn officials look to improve recreation areas in advance of connector trail
As the groundwork continues to be laid for a connector between the Great Allegheny Passage and the Westmoreland Heritage trails, Pitcairn officials want to pave the way for what they hope will be an economic driver for the borough. “The bike trail is supposed to come through Pitcairn and our...
Gateway girls hungry to get back to winning ways
The numbers haven’t been pretty the past couple of seasons for the Gateway girls basketball team since making the WPIAL playoffs in 2020-21. The Gators own just 11 wins the past three seasons and were victorious twice last year in 22 games. The team enters this season hoping to snap...
Gateway boys basketball players step into increased roles after heavy graduation loss
A senior-laden Gateway boys basketball team was stopped by rival Franklin Regional in last year’s WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals. But the Gators rallied after the loss, and a dramatic down-to-the-wire home victory over Kiski Area in the seventh-place game propelled them to the state playoffs for the third year in...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Nov. 17, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Forest Hills Ryan Lynn sold property at 508 Sherwood Road to Daniel Geary for $310,000. Monroeville Ryan Williams sold property at 350 Coleman Drive to Mason Mauldin and Maria Daugherty for $249,900. Ryan Wierzchowski sold property at 573 Firethorn Drive to James and Daniel Boden for $125,000. Pascal...
Pittsburgh Eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 17, 2024
Churchill Matthew McHugh sold property at 63 Garden Ter to Shawn Busche and Matthew Fisch for $230,000. Luke Widich sold property at 108 Merrie Woode Drive to Keith and Nina Parish for $435,000. Forest Hills Estate of Matthew Hall sold property at 507 Atlantic Ave. to CDPGH 1 LLC for...
Monroeville area: Tree lighting, toy drive and more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bpoole@triblive.com. Symphony East holiday luncheon The public is invited to the annual Symphony East “Sounds of Joy” holiday luncheon, set for 11:45 a.m. Dec. 2 at the Lamplighter Restaurant on Route 22. A buffet luncheon will be served at 11:45 a.m....
Morning Roundup: Police rein in runaway horse; postal worker pleads guilty to stealing $6M in checks
Here are news items for Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024: Police return runaway horse Pittsburgh police in Zone 1 were chasing an unexpected suspect Wednesday — a runaway horse. Around 1:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of an escaped horse near Brighton Road and Harbison Avenue near the city’s Riverview...
Community fridge set to open at Garden City Food Pantry in Monroeville
Garden City Food Pantry in Monroeville is hosting an open house Nov. 17 to showcase its new community refrigerator. Located next to Fire Company No. 6, the site is at 500 Laurel Drive also is home to Garden City United Methodist Church. The indoor food pantry is open the second...
Gateway winter sports teams set to commence 2024-25 campaigns
The Gateway boys and girls basketball, swimming and wrestling teams have arrived at their WPIAL winter seasons as official preseason practices kick off Friday. The Gators athletes on those teams will join several thousand others in those sports on a journey that they hope will lead them to WPIAL gold...
Gateway’s Hunter Raymer has high expectations for final high school swim season
Hunter Raymer closed out his 2024 high school swim season at the PIAA championships with a pair of medals. The Gateway senior distance specialist took eighth in the Class 3A 200-yard individual medley and came back a day later to place fifth in the 500 freestyle. The time of 4...
Monroeville happenings: Toy drive, women’s self-defense course, live music, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bpoole@triblive.com. Toy drive AY Beauty in Monroeville is collecting toys for its first community toy drive in partnership with Lean On Me, which organizes support groups for single mothers. Donations are due by Nov. 30 and can be dropped off at...
Monroeville area: Art gallery opening, free Thanksgiving dinners, Rotary scholarships, more
Artist repurposes used panels, canvases The public is invited to a free opening reception of “Leonid Shower,” an exhibit by Monroeville resident Jay Winter, from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Monroeville Public Library Gallery Space. A retired geologist, Winter’s artwork is inspired by the Earth and sky...
Markosek wins reelection in 25th District House race
With 100% of precincts reporting, Democrat incumbent Brandon Markosek will retain his seat in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives. Markosek, with just under 60% of the vote, beat Republican challenger John Ritter with 40% of the vote in the 25th District. More than 34,000 votes were cast in the race. Markosek...
Consent order updates eliminate 4M gallons of water flow during Franklin rainstorms
Just under three years ago, the Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority delivered a model to state environmental officials mapping out the flow of sewage through its 330-mile system. It was among the mandatory goals in a 2019 consent order entered into by FTMSA as well as its client communities, with...
Woman killed in collision on William Penn Highway in Monroeville
A woman was killed and three other adults were injured in a two-vehicle crash late Saturday night in Monroeville, Allegheny County Police said. The victim, who was not identified, was fatally injured while riding in a Nissan Pathfinder that hit the rear of a Toyota Rav 4 at about midnight...
Gateway runners gain experience at WPIAL championship meet
Piper Munyon ran on the White Oak Park cross country course for the first time Oct. 17 at the Tri-State Coaches Association championships. The Gateway freshman completed her race that day in 20 minutes, 22.33 seconds and placed 36th out of all of the WPIAL runners in the Class 3A...
Tough finish to regular season keeps Gateway out of WPIAL playoffs
Woodland Hills, Franklin Regional and Penn-Trafford finished as the top three teams in the Class 5A Big East Conference, and they earned the three automatic bids from the conference to the WPIAL playoffs which began last Friday. That left the three teams tied for fourth — Gateway, Kiski Area and...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Nov. 3, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Thomas Francis Lubanovic sold property at 117 Lynnwood Ave. to Mark Hoel for $10,500. Churchill Estate of Esther Polichio sold property at 457 Woodland Hills Drive to Richard Myers and Lauren McReynolds for $371,000. Edgewood Ian Lee sold property at 20 Love Pl to Zachary Luettgen for...
Turtle Creek man indicted on charges he robbed 7 businesses over a year
A Turtle Creek man already charged with shooting a Monroeville police officer multiple times in January was indicted in federal court on Tuesday, charged with robbing seven businesses at gunpoint over the course of a year. Jamal Brooks, 32, is named in an 18-count indictment handed up in U.S. District...
Gateway school board takes a pass on sponsoring student trip to Costa Rica
Gateway School District will not be sponsoring a proposed student educational trip to Costa Rica next year. Teacher Lynn Martin plans to take a group of students to Costa Rica in June. Last week, EF Educational Tours representative Shea O’Sullivan addressed the board to explain the difference between school-sponsored travel...
After long-awaited playoff victory, Gateway volleyball bows out to top-seeded Beaver
Gateway first-year girls volleyball coach Erica Bosh said her team’s trip to the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs showed just how far the team came since she arrived in August, and how hard they worked to come together and make a run to the postseason. The Gators saw their season come...
Gateway boys soccer makes 5th straight trip to playoffs, falls to Canon-McMillan
It wasn’t the way the Gateway boys soccer team wanted its WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game to play out. Homestanding Canon-McMillan, the eighth seed, scored quickly, developed a multi-goal advantage in the first half, and finished off a surprising 6-0 victory over the No. 9 Gators on Oct. 22....
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Oct. 27, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill LSF 9 Master Participation Tr sold property at 2420 Greensburg Pike to AV Restorations LLC for $131,250. Wayne Gregg sold property at 421 Woodland Hills Drive to Woodland Capital LLC for $33,000. Forest Hills Kelsey Kumar Kaifer sold property at 412 Atlantic Ave. to Patricia Sprague for...
Monroeville man charged in Rostraver tavern shooting pleads guilty
A Monroeville man was sentenced up to 15 years in state prison for his role in a shooting two years ago that left two men wounded in the parking lot of a now-shuttered Rostraver restaurant and bar. Darius Ronnel Hunter, 29, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of aggravated assault...
Monroeville officials lease convention center to tourism agency
After purchasing the Monroeville Convention Center earlier this year, Monroeville Council voted this month to enter into a 25-year lease agreement that will keep the center’s operations largely the same. Council voted to lease the space to Visit Monroeville, which was formed in 1987 and promotes both the center and...
