Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The event featuring new and gently-worn formal gowns attracts high school students from across the region.
Frugal fashionistas, take note! The popular 2nd Life Prom Dress Sale is happening this weekend at Cranberry Community United Presbyterian Church on Rochester Road in Cranberry Township. Now in its fifth year, the annual community outreach event provides a selection of more than 1,000 new and gently worn formal dresses. Dresses will be displayed on racks by size and all will be sold for just $20 each. Shoes, wraps/shawls, jewelry and purses/clutches will also be on sale at affordable prices. The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at the church. Admission to the sale is free. Multiple dressing rooms will be available on site with attendants to help as needed. Seamstresses also will be on-hand to provide free …
Monday, February 25, 2013
The outdoors store in Cranberry Township is a new concept for the sporting goods retailer.
Since Dick’s Sporting Goods closed its location in the Cranberry Square complex off Route 19 in October and moved to a new, two-story building in the Cranberry Crossroads shopping center on Route 228, there have been numerous rumors regarding what would—and should—occupy the former space, including a L.A. Fitness. Well, the rumors can safely be laid to rest. Dick’s Sporting Goods has submitted a building permit application to renovate the vacated space into a new sporting goods concept store called Field & Stream, according to Cranberry Township’s business hub. The new store’s target audience is outdoor lovers. The store will provide an expanded selection of hunting, fishing, hiking and camping equipment from what is currently available …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The beauty queen from Cranberry Township creates a support page on Facebook as she prepares to appeal the $5 million judgment against her.
Ex-Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin is asking for the public’s help in battling a $5 million judgment made against her after she claimed the Miss USA competition was rigged. “This truth has cost me greatly,” she said in YouTube video released New Year’s Day. “I’m at a place where for me to continue to fight this injustice, I need your help. I am not financially able to continue to fight this on my own.” After reaching the maximum capacity 5,000 friends on her Facebook page, the beauty queen also has created the Sheena Monnin Support Page. As of Wednesday the site had close to 1,500 Facebook likes. A Cranberry resident, Monnin made national headlines in June after she resigned as Miss Pennsylvania USA just days after the televised Miss …
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Cranberry natives (and best friends) Brandon Fusco and Don Barclay will be on opposite sides of the field when the Green Bay Packers take on the rival Minnesota Vikings.
For the second time in a month, two graduates of Seneca Valley High School will play against each other in one of the NFL’s biggest rivalries. Brandon Fusco, a 2005 graduate, and Don Barclay, a 2006 graduate, both are starting offensive linemen in the NFL. On Dec. 30, the Cranberry Township natives will play on opposite sides of the field when the Green Bay Packers take on the Minnesota Vikings. Fusco and Barclay didn’t just go to the same high school together. They were best friends and grew up just five houses apart from each other in Cranberry. After their high school graduation, Barclay went on to play for West Virginia University. Fusco played center at Slippery Rock University. Fusco made his first career start during the first game …
Friday, November 30, 2012
Some wait for hours to meet the conservative talk show host and author and ask him to sign a copy of his latest book.
A long line wrapped inside and outside the Costco in Cranberry Township as hundreds of people stood waiting for the chance to meet Glenn Beck. “It was worth it,” said Cranberry resident Lynn Brubaker, who said she spent about two hours in line. The conservative talk show host and author was in the area Friday to sign copies of his new book, Agenda 21, which is on sale now. “We’re big fans,” added Mars resident Courtney Steel, whose 3-year-old twins, Lexi and Braylin, and 1-year-old daughter, Kinsley, posed for a quick photo with Beck. Although the appearance only was supposed to last from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Beck was still signing books and posing for photos after the allotted hour ran out. Harriet Parke, who wrote Agenda 21 with …
The conservative radio host and author will be at the Costco to sign copies of “Agenda 21.”
Conservative talk show host and author Glenn Beck will be at the Costco in Cranberry today to sign copies of his new book, Agenda 21. Set in the future, Agenda 21 is the tale of a United Nations program that leads to an authoritarian state. The nation is no longer known as America, but as “the Republic.” There is “No president. No Congress. No Supreme Court. No freedom,” according to a description on Beck’s website. “There are only the Authorities.” Although fictional, the novel is based on an actual program—also called Agenda 21—created by the UN that deals with sustainable development and human impacts on the environment. Beck will be at the CostCo, located in the Cranberry Square Mall, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event is open to …
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Here's a disappointing hint: it's not Sewickley.
The Pittsburgh Business Times recently posted the top 10 communities in the region by 2011 home sales. The numbers posted Thursday were based on figures from RealSTATs' listing of total dollar volume. With a total dollar volume of $159, 565, 810, Cranberry was ranked No.1 in the region. Taking the No. 2 spot was neighboring Adams Township. "Cranberry Township earning the No. 1 spot in total homes sales in 2011 is another indication of the value of good planning and the implementation of those plans, including investing in community infrastructure," said township manager Jerry Andree. RealSTATS also named Adams the region’s strongest residential community. The South Side-based research firm dubbed Adams as the overall winner as its Gold …
Monday, July 16, 2012
The sub shop will feature memorabilia from the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company.
Firehouse Subs, a specialty sandwich shop, officially opens for business today in Cranberry Township. Part of a franchise founded close to two decades ago in Jacksonville, FL, by former firefighter brothers Robin and Chris Sorensen, Firehouse Subs serves up a variety of hot and cold subs in a fast casual environment. In the case of the hot subs, the customers’ chosen meats are “steamed” before being placed on toasted bread. The restaurant’s No. 1 seller is the “Hook & Ladder,” which consists of smoked turkey, Virginia honey ham and Monterey Jack cheese “It’s the best subs they’re ever going to have,” said restaurant owner Matt Liggett, who also is the area representative for Firehouse Subs in western Pennsylvania. “The meats we serve are …
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Township manager Jerry Andree says facility still is far from a done deal.
Plans are in the infancy stage for the Pittsburgh Penguins to partner with UPMC on a cutting edge performance center and practice rink in Cranberry. "It's really going to be a one-of-the-kind in the country," said Penguins spokesman Tom McMillan. The proposed 150,000 square foot complex would be located in the Cranberry Woods business park off Route 228—near the newly-opened Hilton Garden Inn—and offer hockey-related training and injury treatment and prevention. McMillan said the facility would be similar in nature to the UPMC sports performance complex on Pittsburgh's South Side, which is used by the Steelers and the University of Pittsburgh and includes sports medicine, practice and training facilities With its attachment to an NHL team …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Daniel and Merily Pompa are sentenced to 16 years probation.
A former Cranberry couple pleaded guilty today to stealing from their adopted children's trust fund to support a lavish lifestyle, said Allegheny County District Attorney spokesman Mike Manko. Chiropractor Daniel Pompa, 46—who had a practice and wellness business in Wexford—and his wife Merily Pompa, 44, were charged in October 2010 with looting the trust funds of the twins, who were orphaned in 2003 when their biological father killed their biological mother and then committed suicide. Following the murder-suicide in Florida, custody of the children was awarded to the Pompas. Merily Pompa is a cousin of the children's mother, Lisa Phillips. The Pompas, who eventually adopted the children—and remain their adoptive parents today—began to …
