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Kelly Hellman of Latrobe walks her dog Dozer in shallow water Sept. 12 at the Rogers-McFeely Memorial Pool in Latrobe’s Legion-Keener Park, during the sixth annual Pooches in the Pool event.
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Latrobe will recognize a cost savings after welcoming neighboring Unity back as a partner in a regional recreation organization.
City council this week approved an intergovernmental cooperation agreement that reinstates Unity as a member of the Latrobe-GLSD Parks and Recreation organization after an absence of six years.
Unity is rejoining a regional recreation organization after several years of operating programs separately.
The township supervisors on Thursday passed a resolution to form a joint recreation commission with participants in the existing Latrobe-GLSD Parks and Recreation. Those other participants that will welcome Unity back into the fold include Greater Latrobe School District, Latrobe and Youngstown.
The move brings to an end Unity’s relationship with the Greensburg YMCA, which for the past several years has overseen township recreation.
“We did enjoy our relationship with the YMCA, but we just felt that we needed a little bit more,” said Supervisor Mike O’Barto.
Late school board member honored
Greater Latrobe School Board opened Tuesday s meeting with a moment of silence for member Steven LoCascio, who died, at age 67, on Saturday.
A Unity resident, he was completing his first four-year term on the school board after serving the district for 41 years as a secondary math teacher, coach, athletic director, assistant principal and principal at the senior high school. Steve dedicated his life to serving our school community, said district Superintendent Georgia Teppert. He always made decisions based on what was best for our students. He will definitely be missed, and we are grateful for his service to the Greater Latrobe School District.
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Greensburg Parks and Recreation employee Tray Hahn pressure-washes the bath house this week at Veterans Memorial Pool at Lynch Field. It is scheduled to open June 4.
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After some community swimming pools closed last summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, operators continue waiting this year for the state to offer guidance on how they can open.
“It’s a very frustrating situation. It’s going to be a very fluid season,” said Janet Shork, who oversees Crabapple Park & Pool near Herminie in her role as director of Sewickley Township Parks & Recreation.
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Greater Latrobe School District agreed to pay its share for renovations at Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center, clearing the way for a bond issue of up to $6 million.
The school board this week agreed to incur debt for the project in the principal amount of up to about $2,960,000, as one of three member districts that send secondary students to the center in Derry Township.
Including interest costs, Greater Latrobe can expect to pay up to about $3.9 million over 12 years, through April 2023, according to district business administrator Dan Watson. He explained that figure, based on Greater Latrobe’s market value, reflects just under 50% of the total maximum debt service of $8 million to be shared among the districts.