Stan Rudge News Today

Monroeville police are investigating car break-ins at a Westmoreland Heritage Trail access point.

The people involved in overseeing and maintaining Western Pennsylvania’s trail systems nearly all said that cooperation is key in keeping the trails clean, welcoming and open. Along the Five Star Trail that runs from Youngwood to Greensburg, chapter President Vaughn Neill is working with a few dozen volunteers on fence

Using leftover state grant money to extend the Westmore­land Heritage Trail by 750 feet east in Export seemed like an easy decision for council members when it was proposed. That is no longer the case. “Westmoreland Coal Co. got hundreds of thousands of tons of coal through there, and now

Westmoreland Heritage Trail officials will delay applying herbicide to the woods along the trail until after a festival this weekend. “We posted signs last Friday to perhaps do the spraying this week,” said trail president Stan Rudge. “But our maintenance chairman had forgotten about the Trail Towns Festival happening, so

Every few months — but especially as winter rolls over into spring and warmer weather — a particular topic pops up in Murrysville-area social media posts and comment threads: the areas where the Westmoreland Heritage Trail crosses major roads. “Somebody is going to die sooner rather than later,” said Diana

As president of the Westmoreland Heritage Trail, Stan Rudge usually has plenty of things on his plate. Dealing with the theft of two stop signs at the Monroeville trailhead was not one of them. “It looks like someone literally cut the post right at the top of the sign,” said

Before the Westmoreland Heritage Trail even ran through the Beaver Run Reservoir property, Joe Mance was already enjoying the benefits it would one day offer and promoting its future creation. “We walked it numerous times,” said his wife Lynn Mance, a Delmont resident. “He had to ‘show off the water.’”