Family ties apparent at district judge swearing-in ceremonies

By Joe Napsha

Trib Total Media

When it comes to electing district judges in Westmoreland County, the position sometimes remains all in the family — a fact never so obvious as at the swearing-in ceremonies Friday for judges who won their seats in the November election. Of the nine district judges who were sworn into office at the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg, two are brothers, one is a son succeeding his father in Rostraver Township and another is a daughter succeeding her mother in Ligonier.

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