Monroeville Times Express category, Page 4
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 5, 2025
Churchill Estate of Eugene Silverman sold property at 157 Kingsdale Road to A Michele Tedder for $220,800. Leon Blackston sold property at 314 Surrey Pl to Andrew Morgan for $240,000. Estate of William Morton sold property at 116 Thornberry Drive to Wesley Family Services for $340,000. Forest Hills Frederick Meija...
Monroeville Convention Center hosts 5th annual Pittsburgh Gaming Expo this weekend
Organizers have pressed the start button on the fifth annual Pittsburgh Gaming Expo. Festivities kicked off Friday afternoon at the Monroeville Convention Center, 209 Mall Plaza Blvd. The event continues Saturday and Sunday with pinball tournaments and cosplay contests set for both days. Brian Wissner, expo co-founder and co-owner, expects...
Monroeville area: Council meeting change, blood drive, live music and more
Council meeting change Monroeville council’s citizens’ night and work session in November is changed to Nov. 6 because of the general election. It will be held at 7 p.m. at the municipal building, 2700 Monroeville Blvd. Blood drive The Pitcairn Lions Club will host a blood drive from 1-5 p.m....
Abandoned property could help create unified area for Monroeville senior center, library, Gateway campus
An oddly shaped piece of property off Mosside Boulevard in Monroeville could be the key to creating an expanded area for use by residents, Gateway School District students and staff, and Monroeville Public Library patrons. “It’s a unique historical property,” Monroeville Municipal Manager Alex Graziani said of about 4.2 acres...
Monroeville Catholic school alum visits students, fundraises for cystic fibrosis
Michael DeSabato isn’t new to fundraising. Monroeville’s Bella Capelli Academy cosmetology school, owned by his parents, actively supports Jeremiah’s Place – Pittsburgh’s only free, crisis nursery providing emergency childcare for families in need. And DeSabato is a franchise owner of the Strip District day spa Clean Your Dirty Face, which...
Anthony D’Imperio, former owner of D’Imperio’s Restaurant in Wilkins, dies
The owner of popular Monroeville-area eatery D’Imperio’s who was known as much for his hospitable nature as his restaurant was for its authentic Italian food has died. Restaurant owner, Vietnam veteran and first-generation Italian immigrant Anthony “Tony” D’Imperio died on Sept. 6 at age 81. No cause of death was...
Monroeville insurance agent charged for 3rd time with fraudulent business practices
A Monroeville insurance agent has been charged for the third time in less than two years with fraudulent business practices. Prosecutors in this most recent case with the Pennsylvania Attorney General say Chad G. Skena, 48, of Monroeville, talked a client into investing more than $75,000 in a phony business...
Gateway grad Courtney Jackson finds role with Seattle Seahawks
The last time Courtney Jackson was at Heinz Field, now Acrisure Stadium, was Nov. 5, 2022, as Syracuse played Pitt in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup. Things didn’t go as Jackson and his Orange teammates hoped that day as the Panthers held the Syracuse offense to three field goals in...
Former coach returns to lead Gateway hockey team as it moves back to JV level
Dennis Shannon coached the Gateway varsity hockey team from 1997 to 2004, and he found success with the Gators to where he is the program’s all-time leader in coaching victories. A Monroeville resident for 47 years who has enjoyed a five-decades long coaching career at the high school, amateur and...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 28, 2025
Monroeville Michael Strauss sold property at 2684 Third St. to Luan Castro and Violet Tonelli for $299,900. Lynden Group LLC sold property at 829 Cottonwood Drive to Stephen and Heidi Zupanc for $206,500. Estate of Frank Sabino Jr. sold property at 1341 Foxboro Drive to Ranjan and Naba Godwami for...
Gateway school board approves new club, playground
The Gateway school board voted to approve a new environment club at the high school in Monroeville. No school funding is required for the club, which will focus on gardening, recycling and community cleanup. The board also voted 8-0, with director Jack Bova being absent, to approve a video project...
Monroeville area: Blood drive, Heritage Day festival, live music, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bkikel@triblive.com. Heritage Day Monroeville Historical Society will host its annual Heritage Day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 27 at the McGinley and McCully Homes, 2381 McGinley Road. Activities will include guided tours and interactive demonstrations, pony rides, farm animals,...
On the runway: CDH LABEL Clothing Co. celebrates 15 years of style
There truly was only one way to celebrate a fashion milestone for this designer — on the runway. Cary D. Heard, creator of CDH LABEL Clothing Co., hosted the Fierce, Fly & Fabulous Fifteen Year Anniversary Fashion Expo on Sept. 13 inside the Triveni Center ballroom in Monroeville. Nearly 200...
Artists transform old windows to raise funds for Type 1 diabetes research
For Monroeville resident Steve Rennekamp, the fight against Type 1 diabetes is personal. The founder of Energy Swing Windows lost his first wife, Susan, at age 33, and his son, Stephen, at age 41, both to complications from the disease. This devastating experience became the driving force behind his dedication...
Twin sisters from Monroeville share a love of animals, art
Identical twin sisters Trudy and Judy Milligan of Monroeville became artists at a very young age. They have fond memories of watching their older brother, David, sketch animals at the kitchen table. Though they were only tall enough to rest their chins on the tabletop, the sisters would stand for...
Gateway youth football players prepare for playoffs
Gateway continued its success in the Big East Youth Football League last year as all four of its teams — flag (ages 5-6), Termites (7-8), Mites (9-10) and Midgets (11-12) — qualified for the playoffs. The flag team and Midgets both made it all the way to their division championship...
Shawn Moorefield Jr. returns from injury, makes immediate impact for Gateway
Shawn Moorefield Jr. was determined to get back on the football field as quickly as possible. The Gateway senior was dealt a serious setback in February when he suffered a torn Achilles tendon during a club 7-on-7 game. “I worked hard to get back,” he said. Moorefield had surgery in...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 21, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Pasadena Partners LLC sold property at 261 Churchill Road to Tyler and Sabrina Sofia McCoy for $532,400. Tarek Alsaied sold property at 3336 Longbow Drive to Ali Sinan Saglam and Kelly Lenhart for $400,000. Edgewood David Ryan Lyle Flores sold property at 257 Maple Ave. to Thomas...
Backup quarterback helps Gateway rally for victory over Franklin Regional
Gateway coach Don Holl doesn’t quite understand how his Gators football team is doing it, but he’s not about to question the process of back-to-back wins without the team’s star quarterback. With freshman Mayson Mitchell filling in for injured starter Elvis Koutsakis Jr., Gateway continued to rally Friday night from...
Pirates’ Paul Skenes joins Gary Sinise Foundation to serve lunch, give aid to local first respondersVideo
Paul Skenes is usually serving up fastballs, not baked beans. But the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher swapped his rosin bag for an apron and serving spoon on Thursday morning, helping members of the nonprofit Gary Sinise Foundation present a grant and serve lunch to firefighters and paramedics in Monroeville at the...
Why a stream near Monroeville Mall is glowing bright blue
In the valley below Monroeville Mall, a small stream that starts in Penn Hills winds its way downhill alongside Stotler Road, before breaking southeast and following the road that bears its name, Thompson Run. As the stream nears a bridge carrying Thompson Run Road over top, the water has an...
Monroeville area: Old William Penn closure, fall book sale, Heritage Day and more
Old William Penn closure Old William Penn Highway between Duff Road and Evergreen Drive will be closed through the end of September as work crews demolish the existing Parkway East bridge over the road, PennDOT officials announced. Traffic will be detoured. East of the closure, drivers will turn north onto...
Pa. Turnpike lane in Westmoreland reopens after closure for emergency repairs
An eastbound lane of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County is now open after bring closed for more than eight hours Tuesday. Turnpike crews made emergency repairs to a void discovered under the surface . The problem was discovered at about 10 a.m. Tuesday near mile marker 62.4, between the...
A day of reverence: Rotary holds 9/11 remembrance ceremony in Monroeville
Most Americans can remember exactly where they were on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Although the weeks and months following the terrorist attacks in the U.S. were filled with fear and deep sadness, it was also a time when the country came together as one, setting aside differences. To...
Greensburg Civic Theatre kicks off 74th season with ‘Seussical’
If the “Seussical” musical was a person, it would surely be related to Mallory Grantz’s Monroeville family. “This is the fifth time in our family that one or more of us has been involved in ‘Seussical,’” said Grantz, 39, who will direct a production of the show to kick off...
