Blairsville News

Scattered members of the Rosborough clan, which traces its roots to Blairsville, returned to the town on Tuesday to revisit their old stomping grounds in anticipation of the family's 100th annual reunion, expected to draw as many as 200 participants at 11 a.m. Saturday at Cedar Creek Park in Rostraver Township.

Jeff Himler can be reached via e-mail or at 724-459-6100, ext. 13. Blairsville-Saltsburg School District is beginning the search for a new business manager after finalizing a 2009-10 budget that holds the line on property taxes.

A convicted sex offender will stand trial for allegedly having sex with four girls ages 15 to 17 in Bell and the Latrobe area last winter, a district judge ruled yesterday.

Demolition of an unoccupied house that was in the way marked the recent commencement of work on a PennDOT project to improve sight distances at the Rt.

State police in Indiana County said a man trapped under a vehicle was saved by four bystanders, who rolled it off the victim.

Blairsville-Saltsburg School District is beginning the search for a new business manager after finalizing a 2009-10 budget that holds the line on property taxes.

Members of Blairsville American Legion Post No. 0407 and their guests traveled to Washington, D.C., last Wednesday to visit some of the city's monuments honoring veterans of the nation's wars.

Blairsville Borough Council Tuesday approved an ordinance creating a new Blairsville Community Development Authority to administer funds for redevelopment and improvement projects in the town.

A western Pennsylvania physician and a painting contractor who was his patient are charged with obtaining thousands of painkillers using phony prescriptions.

A Westmoreland County doctor and his patient, who allegedly conspired to obtain pills by writing and passing scripts in the name of the patient's family members, were arrested Wednesday by agents from the attorney general's office.

Burrell Township's supervisors plan to confer with their solicitor on a proposed water tap-in ordinance and a tentative settlement with Chestnut Ridge Golf L.P. over property tax credits claimed retroactively to 2005.

Jeff Himler can be reached via e-mail or at 724-459-6100, ext. 13. Blairsville Borough is in the market for a chief of police after council Tuesday dismissed Donald Hess, who served in that role for nearly six years.

The dedication this week of the Q-Span, a bike/pedestrian bridge over the Conemaugh River that connects Indiana and Westmoreland counties, also served as the completion of the 15.35-mile West Penn Trail between Blairsville and Saltsburg.

Additional information about local plans for the PA Hero Walk come via Jennifer Varrato, aide to state Rep.

A former Pennsylvania state trooper is appealing his conviction in the stabbing death of a Blairsville dentist.

A bill passed this past week by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee includes an earmark that would provide $650,000 in federal money to Indiana County for upgrades to the emergency communication system.

The Blairsville Elks will hold its annual Flag Day service at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Blairsville Cemetery, where Elks' officers will conduct a ceremony honoring the history of the country's flag.

Gina Delfavero can be reached via e-mail or at 724-459-6100. The female nominee from Blairsville High School, Tessa Buhler, has drawn inspiration from a film character.

The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board Wednesday hired a new overseer for construction of an expanded K-12 Saltsburg school facility while preparing to break ground for the project Saturday morning.

Blairsville Borough officials are planning to upgrade the town's Diamond intersection and also hope to complete a Market Street streetscaping project with a $3,118,465 state grant announced last week by Gov.