A weekly look at what's happening around Cranberry Township — the news, the noise, and one local's take on both.
On October 7, county officials, the District Attorney's office and local police — including Cranberry Township police — executed 31 search warrants over suspected illegal THC product sales. Six of the 12 retail stores searched are in Cranberry: Cranberry Tobacco Vape, Cranberry Clouds, Cool Vapes, The Hemp Company and Glass Gallery on Route 19, plus East Coast Vapes on Freedom Road. A state police lab found Delta-9 THC levels up to 38 times the legal limit in some products. No charges had been filed yet, but the DA expects charges against multiple people.
Bob's Discount Furniture will open a roughly 28,400-square-foot store at 20111 Route 19, Suite B, on November 20, with about 20 employees. A ribbon-cutting is planned for opening day, along with $5,000 in donations to a local nonprofit and a school.
Cranberry Township trick-or-treat is Saturday, October 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. Seven Fields, Adams Township, Jackson Township and Mars are using the same hours.
At its October 5 work session, the Seneca Valley school board voted 7-0 to move two agreements to its October 12 voting meeting: one with Greentrail Solutions for USDA-required software that tracks food purchased from outside the U.S., and one with the School at McGuire Memorial for extended-school-year special education services in 2026-27.