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The Westmoreland Business & Research Park, seen here in 2017, sits off State Route 780 in Washington and Upper Burrell townships.
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Directors for the Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corp. have approved an option agreement for a lot at the Westmoreland Business & Research Park that will add a new manufacturing facility and office building, along with potentially 50 new jobs.
The agreement gives WAB Associates six months to finalize the $218,050 purchase of Lot 22. WAB represents the New Jersey-based Weiss-Aug Group, which WCIDC officials said are planning to build a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing and office building.
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Airline traveller Wayne Martin enjoys a cocktail at the bar at DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse on Friday inside the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport before boarding a flight to Myrtle Beach.
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Patrons and waitstaff work in the main dining room on Friday at DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse inside of the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport.
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A plan to open the restaurant lease at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport for competitive proposals has drawn a social media backlash.
With county commissioners publicly urging the move this week, the Westmoreland County Airport Authority is preparing a request for proposals to lease the terminal space once an agreement with the current occupant, DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse, expires next year.
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The covid vaccination clinic at Pittsburgh Mills, April 14, operated by UPMC and co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Laurel: To a well-oiled machine. When it comes to large gatherings of people for a specific purpose, sometimes the operation can function perfectly. Sometimes it turns into chaos. Anyone who has tried to get out of a parking lot after a big concert can attest to best laid plans going awry.
So it is a pleasant surprise to see large vaccine events going off as smoothly as they are. Reports of quick lines and easy processing have been the hallmark of area mass clinics put on by various medical groups and sponsors like the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Westmoreland commissioners said Wednesday ballot drop boxes likely will be placed in several locations throughout the county prior to the May 18 primary.
The total number of boxes, their locations and dates they will operate have yet to be finalized, but plans are expected to be announced in a week to 10 days, commissioners said.
“We need to make sure we have the proper places, location and workers,” said Commissioner Sean Kertes. “I’m not going to put the cart before the horse. I want to make sure everything is in line and we have everything we need. Let’s get everything together, and we’ll come back and make a determination from that point on.”
Westmoreland County’s commissioners are asking the county airport authority to seek bids for operation of the restaurant space at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity. The commissioners said the county received a memo from an attorney representing a client that claims to be able to pay more to lease the