Two Monessen residents are working to tell the story of the effects of the urban renewal program on the city. Urban renewal was a federal initiative spanning from 1949-74 that reshaped neighborhoods across the country by seizing and demolishing large swaths of private and public property for the purpose of modernizing and improving aging infrastructure. […]
Of the more than 15,000 properties across Greensburg, Latrobe and Monessen, 516 — nearly 3.5% — are blighted, an inventory conducted by county officials found. The data is the result of a partnership between each city and Westmoreland County to provide a detailed look at individual properties within each planning
MONESSEN â Monessenâs mayor who abandoned City Hall for his first two years in office lost his bid Tuesday for the Democratic nomination to a local businessman.
Ron Mozer, who owns a technology firm, defeated Matthew Shorraw by more than 250 votes, according to unofficial Westmoreland County election results.
âI want to try and bring some order and sense to things,â said Mozer, 66, owner of Crystaline Technology, which provides surveillance cameras to municipalities.
Mozer said Shorraw has not contacted him about the election. There are 226 Republican write-in votes in the race.
Shorraw is approaching the end of his first four-year term. He skipped most meetings during his first two years in office, making allegations he didnât feel safe and of corruption.
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The coronavirus pandemic has been a lot of things to a lot of people.
It has been a medical emergency. It has been a financial boondoggle. It has been a planning nightmare, an educational upheaval and an employment catastrophe.
But it’s also been something else. A great equalizer.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors sent a letter to the leadership of the Senate and the House of Representatives pleading for more help with funding covid response efforts.
“Despite immense fiscal pressure, your local government partners oversaw those efforts, while trying to maintain essential services and increase our internal capacity to provide support for residents and businesses who have been crippled by a tanking economy,” the letter stated.