Monroeville Times Express category, Page 6
Monroeville area: Artist talk, ladies society meeting, Medicare seminar, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bkikel@triblive.com. Paper-cutting artist featured at ESAL The East Suburban Artists League will welcome Ted Bolha as its featured speaker on Sept. 4. Bolha has been creating intricate, hand-cut art pieces for more than two decades, and in recent years has focused...
The old ways: Pittsburgh Fighters Guild keeps medieval styles aliveVideo
Abby Hicks has wanted to fight with swords since she was eight years old. But when she was growing up in the early 1990s, it wasn’t necessarily something a lot of girls did. Today the Brackenridge resident is three decades older, but she is also nearing her second full year...
Monroeville council approves $38.8M capital improvements plan
Monroeville officials approved the municipality’s first capital improvements plan, laying out potential big-ticket projects over the next five years. Municipal manager Alex Graziani laid out roughly $38.8 million in capital projects through 2030 at council’s Aug. 12 meeting. “All of the projects on the list are fully funded,” he said....
Photographer’s inaugural exhibit attributed to his love of family, friends, nature
Paul Humenik, a longtime Monroeville resident and self-taught photographer, is ready to share his work with the community. The Friends of the Monroeville Public Library are hosting his exhibit – “Mother Nature’s Affects” — from Aug. 29 to Sept. 23 at the library’s gallery space. An open reception will be...
Gateway feeling pinch from state budget impasse
Like other school districts across Pennsylvania, the Gateway School District is feeling the financial pinch from a lack of state funding. Pennsylvania legislators are nearly two months overdue in passing the state budget, which has delayed the influx of cash to public school districts. “Well, I’ve been tracking it,” business...
As back-to-school costs rise, educators rely upon donations to bolster classroom supplies
The brightly colored posters, comfortable seats and hands-on science experiments present in Kaylyn Wojnarowski’s Gateway classroom might not exist if the first grade teacher relied solely on the district’s budget for supplies. Wojnarowski welcomed students back to her classroom at Cleveland Steward Jr. Elementary on Thursday — the start of...
Gateway girls volleyball reloads in quest for another postseason berth
Erica Bosh likes the way her Gateway girls volleyball team has come together. The second-year coach says the team, with a trio of returning starters and others ready to step up into bigger varsity roles, should be in the mix again for a spot in the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs....
Gateway golfers building toward individual improvement
Gateway boys golf coach Paul Doonan understands where his team stands compared to some others in Section 5-3A and beyond. With a few players who have varsity experience and a majority still getting more familiar with the game, competing for wins in matches is not the main goal right now....
Pittsburgh man accused of stealing nearly $400k from his ailing grandma
A Pittsburgh man stole nearly $400,000 from his incapacitated grandmother while neglecting to pay the Monroeville nursing home where she lived, according to prosecutors. The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office claims William Mason, 45, leveraged his power of attorney from 2020 to 2024 to cover bills, buy booze, rent hotels...
Monroeville events: Jazz festival, church picnic, fun fest, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bkikel@triblive.com. Jazz festival The Monroeville Jazz Festival will take place Aug. 30 from 12-8 p.m. in the Tall Trees Amphitheater at Monroeville’s Community Park West, 2447 Tilbrook Road. The festival headliner will be Pittsburgh jazz singer Etta Cox at 6:30 p.m....
Students use drawings, design to create well wishes for pediatric patients
Students at Forbes Road Career Technology Center were quite busy making get-well cards for patients at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh this spring. The idea came from multimedia design instructor Philip Greene, who teaches grades 10-12 at the Monroeville vo-tech school. “I wanted to make multimedia design relevant for the...
Community book walk debuts in Monroeville
Community Park West in Monroeville is home to a new book walk, a storytelling experience designed for families to read a story as they walk along a path. The community was invited to a ribbon cutting Aug. 11 to check out the permanent book stands installed by Monroeville Public Works....
‘Evil’: Ohio man goes to prison for sex trafficking girl at Monroeville hotel
A federal judge has sentenced an Ohio man to 12½ years in prison for renting Monroeville hotel rooms and prostituting a girl and two women he brought across state lines. Donte L. Cole, 40, of Euclid, Ohio transported the girl from Cleveland to the Rodeway Inn & Suites hotel in...
New crisis protocols in place at Gateway School District
The first day of classes for Gateway School District students in Monroeville is Thursday, and safety was top of mind at this week’s school board meeting. Superintendent Guy Rossi discussed standard response protocol, which he described as a new language that the district is using to distinguish crisis situations, detail...
Toys for Pittsburgh Tikes seeks donations for new warehouse, Penn Township fundraiser slated
Four months out from Toys for Pittsburgh Tikes’ busiest time of year, the nonprofit is seeking donations to purchase a new warehouse space. Toys for Pittsburgh Tikes was launched 12 years ago by Javid Shojaie, the owner of 37-year-old Monroeville business Jaden’s Catering. The operation has grown from generating about...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 17, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill William Costello sold property at 2525 Greensburg Pike 202 to Michael Lanigan and Sandra Zurich for $200,000. Sean McKelvey sold property at 3750 Margate Road to Ms Capital Group Pittsburgh LLC for $150,000. Edgewood MB Trade LLC sold property at 507 Greendale Ave. to Jacob and Diana...
Monroeville artist featured at Murrysville library art gallery
Cathy Kernan’s paintings, made with pastels and watercolors, showcase the beauty of landscapes, from sweeping snow-covered mountain vistas to intimate woodlands. Kernan, 72, of Monroeville is a member of the East Suburban Artists League and joins fellow ESAL member Fred Threlfall as the featured artists in ESAL’s gallery at the...
Monroeville area: Dog wash, electronics recycling, jazz festival, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bkikel@triblive.com. Dog wash Squatch Brewing and Shelter’s Helpers of Pittsburgh will host an Aug. 14 dog wash from 4-9 p.m. at the brewery, 203 Townsend Drive in Monroeville. Dogs will be able to get $10 baths and $7 nail trims. Attendees...
PitCare’s Meals on Wheels still going strong after 54 years
Dan Casey describes the food he prepares at PitCare’s Meals on Wheels program as “homestyle, with a restaurant quality.” And it’s no wonder, since Casey has worked in the food industry since graduating high school — he was a chef at the Wooden Nickel and Houlihan’s in Monroeville, and many...
Families work together on production of ‘Annie Kids’
For the third annual summer theater camp collaboration between Gateway Musical and Monroeville Recreation and Parks, campers put on a production of “Annie Kids” at the high school’s Robert A. Read Performing Arts Center. The collaboration has become something of a family affair. Gateway senior Ethan Settlemire acted as stage...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 10, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Ronald McCarrison sold property at 106 Lynnwood Ave. to Matthew and Crystal Byrne for $200,000. Churchill Mark Wolfe sold property at 3413 Ridgewood Drive to Paul Scott Jr. and Blaire Scott for $650,000. Forest Hills Crystal Willis sold property at 1223 Brinton Road to Cindy Frese for...
‘Dreams come true’ at Steel City Con as fans meet celebrities
An Ohio man’s quest to get autographs from as many members of the cast of “The Walking Dead” as he can began Saturday in Monroeville. Shawn Hubbard of Columbus said a huge poster featuring actor Andrew Lincoln was the only one he could get in time to bring with him...
Monroeville Red Pandas celebrate division title
The Monroeville Red Pandas won just six games in their 2024 Pittsburgh NABA season. It wasn’t the overall performance manager Donovan Baxter and his team had hoped for. But the group, made up predominantly of Gateway graduates in their early to mid 20s, regrouped and refocused on this summer’s new...
Gateway looking ahead to playoff return after rare postseason miss a year ago
Gateway coach Don Holl doesn’t like his players to dwell on the past, telling them there’s a reason why the windshield is big and the review mirror is small. But the Gators hit a few bumps in the road last season that flattened their tires, potholes they’d still like to...
Monroeville library prepping for cozy, handmade fundraiser
The biannual Cozy Up to the Library fundraiser began in 2014 with handmade, donated blankets and quilts in celebration of the library’s 50th anniversary – although back then it was known as “Blanket the Library.” “That year, all of the items were donated to local charities,” Friends of the Monroeville...
