Rescue crews from four Westmoreland County fire companies helped rescue a man who fell 25 feet into a mine shaft early Wednesday evening in Hempfield. Emergency responders were called to Tipple Row Road in Hempfield’s Luxor neighborhood shortly before 5 p.m. and quickly got to work. “Crews set ground pads,
Greensburg planners and consultants listened to suggestions from residents Saturday to clear residential blight, improve playgrounds, repair sidewalks, restore old homes and expand downtown redevelopment in round one of an effort to update the city’s 14-year-old development plan. “I think the city could clean up a little better. I know
Nathan grew up in Connellsville, and Kathy is a Maryland native. They met at Grove City College. Before the move, they were living in Belle Vernon but spent a lot of time in Greensburg for church, home-school group activities and shopping.
“We felt like our life was more here, so why keep driving down I-70 over and over?” Kathy said.
“We wanted to live in an old home, and Greensburg has them,” Nathan added.
Kathy wanted those traditional touches such as wood floors, a front and back staircase, swinging doors and pocket doors.
“When we came here, I walked through the front door and got tears in my eyes,” she said. “I said, ‘Oh no, it’s too beautiful, I love it!’ It was just exactly what we were dreaming of.”