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Patrick Varine | Tribune-Review A mixed-use commercial and residential development has been proposed for property at the intersection of Route 22 and Wilson Road, seen here from the hillside south of Route 22.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A community of “luxury villas” could be coming as part of a proposed corporate office park complex in Murrysville, should council approve development plans. Bushy ...

Patrick Varine | Tribune-Review Will Ramaley and Jim Battaglia of White Valley Distilling will create a special bourbon made with “Bloody Butcher” corn, seen here on Thursday. Patrick Varine | Tribune-Review Will Ramaley and Jim Battaglia of White Valley Distilling will create a special bourbon made with “Bloody Butcher” corn, seen here on Thursday.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. There is a lot o...

Looking at photos from a specific period in history can be very telling. American photographs from the years of World War II, without any words, can tell the stories of battle-worn soldiers, the families they left behind and the efforts of those at home to support them. Pennsylvania First Lady Frances Wolf wants to make sure Pennsylvanians can chronicle the past year of living through the first worldwide pandemic in more than a century through the state’s One Lens project, announced this week...

Buy a beer and help the local food bank. Win, win. For folks in Westmoreland and Washington counties, that soon will be a reality when Helltown Brewing and Ohio nonprofit Helping Hops partner to release “Hellping Hops.” A portion of sales from the 6.5% ABV New England-style India pale ale will be split between the Westmoreland County Food Bank and the Greater Washington County Food Bank. “I believe $1.50 from every draft sale in our taprooms will go to the food banks,” said Scott Strain...

The ladder truck for Murrysville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 is affectionately referred to as “Diane.” But firefighters will have a new “woman” in their lives when August 2022 rolls around. Murrysville council approved the $1.5 million purchase of a new 2022 Sutphen aerial platform truck. “Sutphen met our need and the community’s needs the best,” said No. 1 Chief Brian Synan. “It’s the same truck we have currently, only a little short than what we’ve got right now.” “Di...

Jason Cato | Tribune-Review Roger Kennelly, 76, of Irwin helps remove American flags along Route 22 in Murrysville on Nov. 6, 2019. The flags were displayed for Tuesday’s election by Murrysville American Legion Post 711. Submitted photo | Mac McKenna   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their ...

Artwork by Travis Winters A piece by Farmington artist Travis Winters, “Surprise!” will be on display as part of an exhibit opening March 3, 2021, at Boxheart Gallery in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Working with clay during his first ceramics class at Corning Community College, just over the Pennsylvania border in New York, Travis Winters thought for the first...

Patrick Varine | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Murrysville council will take public comment March 3 on what could be its first tax increase in 13 years. The public hearing will explore a proposal to double earned-income taxes from the current 0.5% to 1%. “This goes back to our fiscal analysis and the need to identify alternate revenue sources,” Chief Administrator Jim Morrison said at ...

Patrick Varine | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Ron Suvak, principal at Franklin Regional Senior High School, said his goal for 2021 was simple: To ensure students’ second semester experience is better than the first, educationally, socially and emotionally. Suvak presented school board members with the results from a recent survey of high school students, focused on their experience in t...

Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review A free mobile covid-19 testing site was set up in the parking lot of the North Park Swimming Pool in January.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The most recent data from the state Department of Health shows 1,171 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Murrysville area since the pandemic started in March. Of those positive results, 65 cases were reported in the past seven days. Th...