Apr 9, 2015 4 min read

May 4 should be a sweet day in Canonsburg.

Dunkin’ Donuts is scheduled to open that Monday on Cavasina Drive, in a remodeled building previously occupied by Long John Silver’s seafood restaurant.

“We’re on track for that date,” said Mike Zappone, marketing and guest relations manager for Heartland Restaurant Group, the Pittsburgh-based franchisee for Dunkin’ Donuts in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

“I was out at the store (Tuesday),” he added, “and was really pleased with the way it looks – very nice, sharp design.”

The store will be open from 5 a.m. to midnight daily.

The iconic doughnut/coffeehouse chain also will be making its return to Washington County, after a longtime absence.

Zappone provided that May 4 target in mid-January, when plans for Canonsburg were announced. There were a lot of arctic temperatures between then and mid-March, so construction has gone well along Cavasina, a short pop from Interstate 79 and Morganza Road.

Heartland, in the Strip District, owns 35 Dunkin’ locations and plans to open a 36th April 20 in Weirton, W.Va. – the firm’s first outside the Keystone State. Canonsburg will be 37.

That will not remain the only one in the county. It was revealed this week a Dunkin’ is planned for South Strabane Township, at the intersection of Murtland Avenue and Raymond Boulevard – several hundred yards from Donut Connection on Murtland.

A legal notice in Monday’s edition of the Observer-Reporter said Heartland is seeking variances for the site and will have a hearing April 20 before the township zoning hearing board. The public meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the municipal building, 550 Washington Road.

Also, The Almanac reporter Suzanne Elliott tweeted Wednesday Dunkin’ is looking at the current Eat ‘n Park site in Peters Township. Eat ‘n Park will be moving slightly north along Route 19 later this year.

Greene County could become part of the mix as well. Zappone did not discount that possibility.

Heartland is tackling an interesting initiative that, of course, does not apply to Canonsburg. Heartland and a partner are scoping out locations where they can build a small shopping center, place a Dunkin’ there and lease space to stores and/or restaurants.

McCutcheon Enterprises Inc., of Apollo and Houston, was named Oilfield Services Company of the Year for the Northeast United States by the Oil & Gas Awards.

MEI, a third-generation family-owned company specializing in providing equipment sales/rental, hydraulic and complete waste management solutions to clients across several industrial sectors, received the honor March 25 at Pittsburgh’s Westin Convention Center Hotel during an awards dinner.

The Oilfield Services Company of the Year award recognizes those companies that provide multiple services to regional operators demonstrating the timeliness, cost control and overall value for money have been delivered by a single company across a range of disciplines.

It was based on case histories provided by the company on its HAZMAT response team, transportation, hydro cleaning and waste disposal at for a scheduled shutdown at a cryogenic plant in Renfrew, and for its work in mitigating the damage following a fire at the Eisenbarth well pad in eastern Ohio in June 2014.

MEI previously won the award for Drilling & Well Service Company of the Year in 2012.

The Oil and Gas Awards are a platform for the industry to demonstrate and celebrate the advances made in the key areas of environmental stewardship, efficiency, innovation, corporate social responsibility and health and safety.

Kellie M. Kaminski is the new executive director of Pathways Foundation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, a Washington-based community service organization.

She will succeed Jill Binotto, who held that position for nearly 30 years. June 30 will be her last official day.

A Washington & Jefferson College graduate, Kaminski has 10-plus years of nonprofit management experience. She previously worked at Northland Public Library in McCandless and Samaritan Counseling Center, Sewickley.

Donna Shriver, founder and president of SmartKids Child Care and Learning Centers in Washington County, received the Voice for Children Award from PennAEYC, the Pennsylvania affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The honor recognizes her work in early childhood learning.

The California store of 84 Lumber Co. has a new co-manager: Joseph Tennant. The Morgantown, W.Va., native and West Virginia University graduate joined the company last June as a manager trainee.