Pedestrians walking along Washington Avenue near the railroad overpass will no longer have to decide whether it would be safer to use the sidewalk or to simply walk in traffic. Gone is the crumbling concrete walkway that had deteriorated into dirt, rocks, and holes that filled with water during rain and froze over during cold… [Read More]
Bridgeville Police Are Writing A Lot of Traffic Tickets Lately
If you’re driving through Bridgeville, this is probably not the best time to be speeding or blowing through red lights. In May, Bridgeville police wrote 95 traffic citations, councilman William Henderson told residents earlier this month, following a discussion about speeding and other traffic concerns. That figure is more than double the department’s average from… [Read More]
Bridgeville Historical Society: It’s About Time
Our country may be divided politically these days, but back in the 19th century, Americans couldn’t even agree on what time of day it was. Trains throughout the nation operated on a patchwork of time systems local to individual cities. One train might run on Chicago time, while another ran on New York time and… [Read More]
Make This Bridgeville Crosswalk Safer By Moving It Elsewhere
For pedestrians, crossing Washington Avenue at Bower Hill Road can be a harrowing experience. Bridgeville resident Anthony Mastrean says that he’s nearly been hit by cars at least a dozen times while using those crosswalks. Sometimes, vehicles have come so close that he could touch them. “My wife has almost been hit,” he told council… [Read More]
Crackdown on Overdue Taxes Gets Results for Bridgeville
A combination of final notices, threats of legal action, and offers of payment arrangements has helped Bridgeville collect tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid real estate taxes from around town. The 2016 delinquent tax list has decreased by more than 35% recently, councilman Joe Verduci reported earlier this month. “There’s still a nice sized… [Read More]
[UPDATED] Facebook IDs Armed Robbery Suspect in Less Than 2 Hours
This morning, the Bridgeville Police Department asked Facebook users for help in identifying a man suspected of robbing the Washington Avenue Rite-Aid store at 8:48 a.m. today. Less than two hours after sharing some surveillance camera photos, police chief Chad King was thanking the department’s Facebook followers for quickly and definitively identifying the suspect. UPDATE:… [Read More]
Bridgeville Historical Society: Letters From The Civil War
Imagine clearing out your family attic and discovering hundreds of letters written during the Civil War. Faced with that situation, and not knowing why his family had the letters, Pittsburgh’s Carleton Young traced the sources to discover how two Vermont soldiers fit into his family heritage. Young shared his story with the Bridgeville Historical Society… [Read More]
No Free Parking For Business Patrons, Authority Says
The Bridgeville Parking Authority has rejected a request to allow free short-term parking in Bridgeville’s business district. It’s just economically feasible, authority chairman Mike Connolly told council Monday night. “As responsible people, we looked at your request for free parking, and none of the numbers add up,” he said. The parking authority relies on revenues… [Read More]
Bridgeville Borough Council – June 12, 2017
Update: June 2017 Council Meeting Minutes ROLL CALL VISITORS, PLEASE STATE NAMES AND ADDRESSES MINUTES A motion of the Borough Council regarding the minutes of the May 8, 2017 regular meeting as submitted. CURRENT ESTIMATE NO. 1- 2016 CCTV PROJECT A motion of the Borough Council regarding the remittal of Current Estimate No. 1 –… [Read More]
Does Allegheny County Have Too Many Local Governments?
Did you ever notice that there are a lot of municipalities in Allegheny County? One-hundred and thirty of them. Did you ever notice that some of there are really small. The entirety of Heidelberg, for example, is one-third of a square mile, with just 500 or so households. That’s smaller than most housing developments in… [Read More]
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