Hempfield’s summer day camp has expanded in popularity, but it is struggling to field enough staff to keep up with demand. “We’re providing a service that is in great need,” Parks and Recreation Director Marissa Haynes said at a township supervisors meeting this week. “We are maxed out everyday, and
Hempfield officially received a full box of keys to the former SCI Greensburg state prison facility after closing on the property last week. “There are a lot of keys to a prison, I found out,” township manager Aaron Siko joked at a meeting this week. The township supervisors announced the
SCI Greensburg was once a center of activity in Westmoreland County. It housed around 900 inmates. It was staffed by 360 people, generating paychecks that fueled business throughout the area. Then, in 2013, it closed. Overnight it went from being a place with purpose to a question mark. What would come next? What do you […]
SCI-Greensburg was once a center of activity in Westmoreland County.It housed around 900 inmates. It was staffed by 360 people, generating paychecks that fueled business throughout the area.