Joe Napsha

1 week ago | triblive.com | Joe Napsha

North Huntingdon has cited the owner of the camper that has been parked at the site of the former Rivertowne Pub & Grille along Route 30 for the past several months. Michael Manan was cited by code enforcement this week for illegally parking a camper on the property, leaving vehicles there and spreading garbage outside the camper, said Joshua Andrykovitch, the township community development director who oversees code enforcement.

1 week ago | triblive.com | Joe Napsha

After North Huntingdon won a three-year legal battle that went to the state Superior Court before it could demolish the vacant and deteriorating Rivertowne Pub & Grille along Route 30, township officials now are dealing with apparent squatters on the property. A township code enforcement officer was directed by the commissioners to investigate a camper, which has been parked at the rear of the property for a few weeks.

1 week ago | triblive.com | Joe Napsha

A Greensburg-area woman took a chance on spending $20 for a Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off ticket and is a $1 million richer for it. “She just bought one ticket” on May 14 and that was the winner, said Kim Rodman, manager of Rick’s Tobacco Outlet at 857 S. Main St. in Southwest Greensburg. The woman, whom Rodman declined to identify, is a regular lottery customer, he said Tuesday. When they learned she had won, they had a little celebration in the store, Rodman said.

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Joe Napsha

An honor guard will conduct ceremonies at four cemeteries in the Norwin area Sunday and the annual Memorial Day parade will be held in Irwin on Monday. The Manor American Legion Post 472 honor guard, in conjunction with the Norwin Historical Society, will conduct Memorial Day ceremonies at four cemeteries and a memorial on Sunday to honor veterans who have served their country.

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Joe Napsha

Irwin store owner Denise Bowen got a heartfelt surprise recently, a sign of respect for her, her late husband and family, courtesy of her fellow business owners and friends. Bowen’s friends raised $1,800 for a black-colored memorial bench in honor of her late husband, Rich Bowen, a longtime football coach who died of cancer late October. The black-colored bench next to her Oak Street store, Junque Genius Studio & Marketplace, was unveiled last month. “I’m overwhelmed.