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The Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area had 63 confirmed new covid cases in the last six days, a slight dip from the week prior, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Since the pandemic began in March, the six ZIP codes covering most of the three communities have seen a total of 1,549 confirmed cases as of Jan. 19, up from 1,486 on Jan. 13.
Residents of these six ZIP codes have taken a total of 9,025 coronavirus tests, 16.5% of which were positive. Since Jan. 7, 296 tests were administered, 21.3% of which were positive.
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Students arrive for classes on the first day of school at Penn-Trafford School District’s McCullough Elementary on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020.
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McCullough Elementary School in Penn-Trafford School District was closed Monday due to two positive coronavirus cases, the latest in a string of short-term shutdowns in a district that has seen 113 total covid cases since the start of the school year.
One student and one staff member tested positive in the last 14 days, according to the district.
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Most Westmoreland County employees won’t see additional pay this month for working during the covid-19 pandemic, but commissioners Thursday agreed to a bump in wages for workers from a private company providing care at the county-owned nursing home.
The pandemic pay was included in a contract extension with Dedicated Nursing Associates of Delmont to provide staff to assist with operations at Westmoreland Manor in Hempfield. Commissioners Sean Kertes and Gina Cerilli approved the extension through Jan. 30.
“It’s the only company that can supply us with nurses so, if we don’t have them, we won’t have enough staff to care for our residents at the Manor,” Cerilli said.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
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Security at Westmoreland County government facilities will be tightened as part of a $2.4 million project approved Thursday.
Commissioners unanimously approved a contract with Dagostino Electronic Services of Homestead to install new systems that consolidate cameras and other security features at the courthouse complex in Greensburg, Westmoreland Manor, the county jail, juvenile detention center and forensic facility in Hempfield, along with the public safety building and public works garage on Donahoe Road.
The new system will integrate and upgrade more than 2,000 digital security cameras at various county buildings and consolidate software to link each video feed into the same computer servers so they be accessed in multiple locations. The upgrades also call for installation of new door locks and security card readers, among o
Sean Jefairjian’s dream of opening a pizza shop was partially because of frustration.
“It’s very hard to find a traditional New York pie,” he said.
A native of the Bronx, Jefairjian has lived in Southwestern Pennsylvania for 20 years. There are a few places in the region to get pizza that tastes like it came from the Big Apple, but none close to his home in Penn Township, he said.
That’s one of the reasons he quit his job this year to open A Slice of New York in Manor.
Jefairjian’s first job in this area was at Osteria Pasqualino restaurant in Murrysville, where he learned the ins and outs of running a pizzeria. He eventually switched careers, working for an online university, but after a while he found the work draining.