Ex-councilman interested in vacancy

John P. Fonzo, an Irwin council member from 2006 to 2009, is a candidate to fill the remaining 41 months of Virginia DiPrimio's term on council.

Mrs. DiPrimio, 84, died July 16.

Council has until Aug. 16 to name a replacement or the appointment will be remanded to a panel of Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas judges. Council is expected to fill the vacancy at its Aug. 11 meeting.

Mr. Fonzo, an attorney, notified borough secretary Mary S. Benko by letter last week that he would like to be considered for the vacancy.

He was council president the final two years of his term, which expired Dec. 31. He did not seek the Democratic nomination for a second term, citing "time demanding personal issues."

Wiestertown Road closure

Road work will close Wiestertown Road between Evans Road and Sanria Court in Murrysville next week and during the weeks of Aug. 16 and 30. Each week, closures will begin Monday morning and end Thursday evening.

Motorists can use Bollinger, Hilty and Kemerer Hollow roads as alternate routes.

• Murrysville will remove public recycling bins near the public works facility on Sardis Road on Aug. 6 due to the expansion of the municipality's curbside recycling program. Plastics No. 1 to 5, aluminum, steel and bi-metal cans, glass, telephone books, newspapers, magazines, catalogs and more will be picked up at curbside. Information: 724-327-2100, ext. 130.

Volunteers needed at Keystone State Park

Volunteers are being sought to help staff the Beach House Complex and James A. Kell Visitor Center at Keystone State Park.

To volunteer, contact the park office: 1150 Keystone Park Road, Derry, PA 15627 or 724-668-2939.

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