Murrysville News

Directing a heavenly production can be a challenge when some of the children in the cast are not little angels.

Share + Nov 20, 2009 10:56 pm US/Eastern PITTSBURGH With a little help from Santa, fireworks and smiles on lots of faces, Pittsburgh got into the holiday spirit with Light Up Night.

Murrysville residents are reminded open burning of leaves on residential properties is prohibited unless exempted as follows: * Residents with handicaps that inhibit participation in leaf-collection pickups.

Murrysville property owners will not pay higher taxes in 2010. "We were able to balance current revenue and current expenses without going into the fund balance," Diane Heming, director of finance, said at Wednesday's budget workshop.

Everyone enjoys a good storyteller who can conjure vivid images and tales of adventure while taking the audience on a journey into the world of imagination.

The first step of downtown Murrysville's makeover is complete, but work still remains.

A funny thing happened to storyteller Judy Kane last week as she was rehearsing a Pete Seeger tale for Saturday's storytelling festival in Murrysville.

O . Monday, November 16, 2009 *Clonk* And the can gets kicked down the road again : Allegheny County will appeal a Common Pleas Court order to complete a reassessment of all property over the next four years, County Executive Dan Onorato announced this afternoon.

If the battle for the Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle League title comes down to Frazier-Simplex and Dormont-Mt. Lebanon, as it usually does, Frazier-Simplex has the early advantage.

Greensburg City Council agreed Monday to accept a drop of more than $50,000 in tax revenue from Redstone Presbyterian Seniorcare, rather than face a court challenge that the city's solicitor said the municipality probably would lose.

Murrysville Recreation Department offers open enrollment throughout the year to the Drama Kids Program.

Tim Puko can be reached via e-mail or at 412-391-8650. After Saya Krebs was diagnosed with mental illnesses, her psychiatrist told her she should never work again.

Volunteers with the Loaves and Fishes Emergency Food Pantry in Murrysville are hoping the community can help replace one of its biggest donors.

Owners of Rick's Sports Bar along Route 22 in Murrysville want to expand the business' parking lot for better access to the proposed Marketplace at Twenty-Two. That was one of two issues related to the marketplace development discussed by council Wednesday night.

Murrysville Mayor Joyce Somers says she long wondered whether the School Road South Bridge would ever be replaced.

Two men from Murrysville and Trafford were jailed Monday on charges of assaulting a Trafford man who they allege sold them an unknown vegetable matter instead of marijuana last month.

Three teenage girls who ran away Oct. 21 from their foster home in Murrysville were found unharmed Saturday, according to Murrysville police.

Leslie Kelly's alarm clock has a tail, four legs and a wet nose. The Altoona woman, who is deaf, cannot hear a typical alarm clock, but Nokie, her hearing service dog, is a friendly substitute, jumping on her bed and poking her in the face with his nose when it's time to rise and shine.

Marjorie Nelson spent her life teaching her children to love music as much as she did.

Sweeping changes are in store for Murrysville Council in 2010. Only one incumbent - Joan C. Kearns - is among the five candidates on the ballot for four vacancies on council.