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Two Greensburg police officers are up for promotions as the city continues to fill gaps left by the resignation of Chief Chad Zucco last year.
City council will vote next week on promotions for Sgt. Donald Cole to lieutenant, and patrolman Reginald Harbarger Jr. to sergeant.
The department has had an empty lieutenant position since September, when Lt. Shawn Denning was promoted to captain. Denning replaced Robert Stafford, who in July was promoted to chief.
Denning said Cole and Harbarger are both hard-working officers who are well-suited to leadership roles.
The Greensburg resident served as executive director of the Humane Society of Westmoreland County, the organization’s first and only leader until her death Oct. 19. She was 72. In addition to her role with the Humane Society, Burkley also formerly served on the Greensburg Salem school board and Greensburg city council.
Ronald L. Echard
His first term as mayor of New Stanton was cut short Sept. 5 when he died suddenly. He was 68. He and his wife, Linda, who serves on borough council, are credited as a driving force behind the borough’s holiday display and local farmers market. This spring, as a way to keep up community morale during the coronavirus pandemic, he challenged residents to create rainbow-themed yard displays and take part in a statewide bell-ringing event to recognize first responders and frontline workers.