Plans are moving forward to redevelop the long-shuttered property where Ligonier Beach once stood. However, the new development proposal will likely leave the site all dried out. From 1925 when it ...

Ligonier Beach was built in 1925. It wasn’t the kind of faux tropical water park you might see in a touristy area today. It had no rapids, no man-made surfing wave pool and no river for tubing.

to Ligonier football players helping out recently with work at Ligonier Beach, “I think they learn from the adults they see doing it,” Beitel said. “And I know who I can call on for the ...

There is no beach in Ligonier. That isn’t surprising. Westmoreland County is more than 100 miles from Lake Erie and hundreds more from the Atlantic Ocean. There is water in abundance from the ...