Monroeville Times Express category, Page 85

The Chabad Jewish Center of Monroeville will be giving away thousands of free, cloth face masks over the weekend. The masks, which come in packages of five, will be handed out from the Monroeville municipal building’s parking lot at 2700 Monroeville Blvd. from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday...

Monroeville police filed the following charges in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office. Charges were filed Sept. 3 and 4 by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: • Hailey Paige Rose, 24, of Blairsville with possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia. Charges were filed Sept. 3 in connection with...

Local and federal authorities have asked for help in identifying a man they say robbed a bank in Monroeville in late August. Citizens Bank at 4210 William Penn Highway was robbed on Aug. 28 when a man handed a teller a note. Police said he fled with an undisclosed amount...

Gateway School District welcomed its first cohort of students Sept. 8 on their first day of school. Students have chosen one of three options for instruction during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — a blended learning model of at-home and remote learning and two different remote learning models. Students and staff...

How long has it been since South Fayette wasn’t a clear conference favorite? That was probably nine years ago, back when the Lions’ senior quarterback would’ve been in third grade. They’ve gone undefeated in the conference every season since, running off a streak of 64 consecutive wins. This year, there...

Churchill Daniel Gardner sold property at 1914 Hampstead Drive to Kevin and Paige Strasbaugh for $254,000. Delmont James Harry sold property at 324 Abbe Place to Bradley Van Hyning and Courtney Milne for $164,900. Forest Hills Arlene Hayek sold property at 236 Cascade Road to Yevgeniy Shrayber and Vanessa Veltre...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently terminated multiple contracts to add ventilators to the country’s Strategic National Stockpile. And, while federal health officials say they now have enough ventilators to meet maximum national capacity in a crisis, one of the terminated contracts — awarded to Philips Respironics,...

Gateway captured a WPIAL championship last year, its second district football title in three years and seventh in the storied history of the program. The Gators return this season with similar intentions, and they also hope to make another run to Hershey after falling in the state semifinals a season...

A $100,000 state grant will help clear vegetation and sediment from an Allegheny County stretch of Turtle Creek and one of its tributaries, helping to safeguard the lives and property of citizens in the watershed. The state’s H2O Program, which provides grants for drinking water, sanitary sewer, flood control and...

Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Waived for court • Michael G. Robinson, 55, of Monroeville with possession of a firearm that is...

The Monroeville Foundation donated $500 on Aug. 26 to the Crossroads Presbyterian Church Cub Scouts, Pack 184. The money will be used to help cover annual dues for new scouts interested in signing up, said Howard Kellick, Committee Chairman. A one-year membership costs $115 for those located in the Pittsburgh...

As Molly Goss watched the Gateway Heights synchronized swimmers perform their summer routine at the swim club’s pool earlier this month, she said she was overcome with pride for all that the 18 members accomplished throughout the previous month and a half to two months of work. “All of the...

Dear Monroeville Residents and Clean Up Day Volunteers, Even though we had to postpone the 25th Annual Jack Sedlak Memorial Clean Up Day from its usual late-April date until Aug. 29 because of the pandemic, we would like to thank the 230 volunteers who donated their time to clean Monroeville’s...

Dr. John Kolonich of Monroeville thinks people need to be talking much more about covid-19 testing, and that those doing the testing should be talking much more to their patients. “No test is 100% sensitive,” said Kolonich, a physician with iCare Urgent Care on Route 22 in Monroeville. “I think...

The 25th Annual Jack Sedlak Memorial Clean Up Day in Monroeville saw fewer volunteers and less trash than previous years. Manager Tim Little said the Aug. 29 event brought 230 volunteers who picked up more than 300 bags of litter, along with 10 tires. The volunteers, separated into groups, spread...

“I am the perfect mother for my family.” That’s just one of the 44 phrases found in a unique deck of cards, known as Mama Mantras, Jessi Wagner developed earlier this year to help moms get through the “baby blues.” Wagner, 30, a Gateway High School graduate who now lives...

Churchill Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency sold property at 2400 Greensburg Pike to Ahmed and Arafat Arafat for $82,500. Estate of Marilyn Fredland Lampl sold property at 149 Thornberry Drive to William Fuller Jr. and Cherylie A Blair Fuller for $189,900. Delmont Ronald Glover sold property at 541 Athena Drive to...

Monroeville police filed the following charges Aug. 24-28 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: • Antwain Washington, 47, of Pittsburgh’s Homewood West neighborhood with retail theft. The charge was filed Aug. 28 in connection with an incident along the 4000...

After months of struggling to regain lost revenues after foot traffic was essentially choked off at malls across the country, mall owner CBL Properties announced a restructuring plan that could lead to a bankruptcy filing in the coming months. The Chattanooga, Tenn.-based company, which owns Monroeville and Westmoreland malls, is...

The former administrator of a Monroeville nursing home, which shares the same owners of Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in Beaver County, said in a civil lawsuit filed this week he was fired for pushing back against false covid-19 reporting to state and county health officials. Ron Berlingo, 45, of...

The Monroeville Municipal Authority received grants that will cover the costs of a project aimed at fixing ongoing flooding problems along Woodhaven Drive. The Commonwealth Financing Authority issued two separate grants totaling $722,675 on Aug. 17. Both grants require matches, bringing the total funds available for the $1.3 million project...

Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Deshe Thomas, 34, of Rankin on charges of driving under the influence, driving...

A Monroeville woman will face trial on charges that she abused a 7-year-old boy by beating and burning him with a cigarette lighter. Jennifer Dale O’Keefe, 31, is being held in the Allegheny County Jail on $25,000 bail, charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children and reckless endangerment....