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Authority to replace leak-prone Pleasant Unity sewer

Unity Township Municipal Authority is moving forward with plans to replace a leak-prone sanitary sewer main in Pleasant Unity and to extend sewage service to two businesses on Donohoe Road. The authority Wednesday opened bids for the Pleasant Unity project, including an apparent low figure of $201,127 submitted by McKeesport...
Greater Latrobe students rise to challenge of creating, solving escape rooms

A team of Greater Latrobe Senior High students last week had to retrieve fake IDs that had been stolen from them. Another group of sophomores enrolled in Renee Stallings’ academic English 2 course had to defeat a dragon — actually, a donkey-shaped pinata. Ending a months-long class project, the teams...
Michael Gray will remain as Latrobe’s city manager

Michael Gray became Latrobe’s city manager on Monday, after holding down the position on an interim basis since March 25. Council voted unanimously to keep Gray in the new role, setting aside plans to search for additional candidates from outside the city staff. “We had talked about doing a search,”...
Westmoreland panel to discuss concussions and student mental health

An athlete who breaks a limb likely will be fitted with a cast that makes recovery visible to all. Getting past the lingering effects of a concussion or other traumatic brain injuries often doesn’t include a prop that makes the process as outwardly apparent. “A brain injury is a silent,...
Indiana jazz, blues fest expands with kickoff concert

Pittsburgh-based jazz and funk bassist Dwayne Dolphin and blues singer and multi-instrumentalist Vanessa Collier will headline the Delaney Chevrolet Westsylvania Jazz and Blues Festival May 25 in downtown Indiana. Entering its sixth year, the free music festival has expanded to include a pop-up vendor’s market, children’s activities and a May...
Glass City Swing Band to kick off Derry Area summer concerts

A series of five Friday evening concerts featuring a variety of performers is planned this summer at the Derry Area School District Foundation Amphitheater. The amphitheater is located near the district’s Grandview Elementary School, off Route 982 north of the Derry Township village of Bradenville. All concerts begin at 6:30...
Cheerleaders will take over Latrobe basketball game to help animal groups

High school students from Greater Latrobe and Ligonier Valley will face off for a good cause May 17 in a role-reversal basketball game in the Greater Latrobe Senior High main gym. For the “Playing for Paws” game, cheerleaders will become players and players will serve as cheerleaders. Doors open at...
Saint Vincent College plans tours for prospective students

Saint Vincent College will hold Get Acquainted Days for prospective students and their families on June 15, July 20 and Aug. 17. Each day features a series of short talks on academics, admission procedures, financial aid and college life at Saint Vincent. The program includes a tour of the campus...
Summer concerts slated at Champion Lakes

Champion Lakes Golf Club in Fairfield Township is offering a summer concert series Saturday evenings on the patio overlooking its golf course. All ages are admitted for free to the two-hour events, which begin at 7 p.m. except as noted. An outside bar will be open for purchase of food...
Penn-Trafford teacher, coach, inspired young athletes

Pat Cortazzo flipped a coin with another teacher to decide who would coach the Trafford High School football team and who would coach basketball. Cortazzo, who loved football and was a quarterback at Geneva College, “lost” and accepted the basketball position, according to his son, Sam. It turned out to...
Unity adds $105K to public works garage project, awaits new trusses

Unity Township Supervisors this week approved more than $105,000 in extra construction on the township’s replacement public works garage. But major work on the building was on hold pending replacement of roof trusses that collapsed in two stages after they were installed last month. The building is being erected on...
Derry Area School Board eyes 2.8-mill tax hike

Kevin Liberoni was the sole school board member to vote against Derry Area School District’s tentative 2019-20 budget of just under $37.7 million, citing opposition to a proposal to raise property taxes to 90.6 mills. That 2.8-mill hike would cost the average residential property owner an additional $34.16. “Somebody has...
Derry music students, parents urge district to replace retiring choral teacher

Derry Area School Board members are considering raising taxes by 2.8 mills in the district’s pending 2019-20 budget, but not for money to replace two retiring music and English teachers or to fill a part-time art position. Eight music students and a few adults voiced their opposition at Thursday’s school...
Miniature Ligonier Valley Rail Road featured in model train tourVideo

The Ligonier Valley Rail Road is rolling over the track once more — in railroad historian and hobbyist Bob Stutzman’s Latrobe basement. The original railroad operated from 1877 to 1952, hauling freight and passengers 16 miles between Ligonier and Latrobe. Stutzman’s scaled-down version, featuring O-gauge cars that are 1⁄48 as...
World War II vet gets belated diploma from Derry Area High SchoolVideo

Pete and Kace Sabedra walked together across the Derry Area Middle School stage Wednesday. Kace, who will graduate from the district’s high school May 31, received the World Language Honor Society award for Spanish at the school’s annual awards ceremony. His grandfather, Pete, 91, received the equivalent of a lifetime...
Fighting invasive species topic of woodlands walk

Owners looking to restore woodlands affected by invasive plant species or deer can pick up some tips from an expert during a May 16 program in Hempfield. Mike DiRinaldo, a natural resource program specialist with the Bureau of State Parks, will lead the 6 p.m. program sponsored by the Westmoreland...

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