Belsano News

The 65th annual Pennsylvania Maple Festival drew to a sunny close Sunday with packed crowds in Festival Park, at the 50th annual Antique Auto Show on Center and Main streets and for the annual horse pull at the fairgrounds.

There is almost nothing left of the old Belsano schoolhouse on Station Road in Blacklick Township.

District Attorney Tom Bianco will seek the resumption of a court hearing on the competency of a Seward man to stand trial on an aggravated assault charge in the beating of a Belsano man who died days later.

As many as 300 bicyclists will explore the historic and scenic trails that wind through miles of Cambria, Indiana and Westmoreland counties for either a five-day or six-day excursion.

Stephen Shesko of Seward - still facing charges in a 2008 beating - has been summoned to explain why he missed a judge-ordered psychiatric exam, or face punishment for contempt of court.