Archives for 2016

Exuberant male caucasian reported on Bower Hill Road. Wearing green. Last seen hugging Christmas trees. Photo/video via Bridgeville Police Department

The Bridgeville Area Historical Society has two unique Christmas trees on display at its Railroad Street headquarters. One full-size tree is decorated entirely with ornaments depicting notable moments in American presidential history, including Lincoln’s official portrait, Grover Cleveland’s wedding to the first time electric lights decorated the White House. The ornaments were donated by former Bridgeville resident… [Read More]

When the Bridgeville Parking Authority replaced many of its parking meters with electronic pay stations this fall, some people were hopeful that the devices would solve one of the major headaches that came with parking in town. No longer would you need to keep loose change on hand to feed meters to the tune of… [Read More]

The U.S. Postal Service has changed pickup times for many of the blue, public mailboxes in Bridgeville’s 15017 ZIP code. Here’s a list of mailboxes with new pickup times. Location Pickup Time 201 Old Pond Road (near Hampton Inn) 9 AM 456 Washington Ave. (the old PNC building) 9:30 PM 3239 Washington Pike (South Fayette Giant Eagle)… [Read More]

The Bridgeville-area Meals on Wheels is in dire need of volunteers. The organization, which has a location at Goodwill Manor in Bridgeville, delivers low-cost meals to people who are home-bound, or otherwise can’t prepare food for themselves. They’re looking for people who can help load bags with meals or deliver meals to locally. Even if you can… [Read More]

We’ve pointed out before that the Bridgeville Police Department is really good at social media. Now, the department is making headlines far beyond Western Pennsylvania for a recent Facebook post warning a robbery suspect that he’s about to arrested. The story has been picked up media outlets including the U.K. Daily Mail, CBS News, the Associated Press, and more…. [Read More]

Cool, crisp weather and the promise of a visit from Santa brought lots of Bridgeville families to this year’s Winter Blast. Here are a few photos from the night.

The Railyard Grill & Taproom is holding its grand opening tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 26, beginning at 11 a.m. The Railroad Street restaurant, which quietly opened its doors in early October, features dozens of craft beers on tap and a menu that includes sandwiches, stone-oven pizzas, and a poutine and that’s received some enthusiastic online reviews…. [Read More]

Bridgeville police are trying to identify the man pictured above in connection with an attempted robbery at the Gulf Gas / 7-11 store on Railroad Street yesterday morning. The robber reportedly gestured as though he had a firearm, but but did not display one. An employee told WPXI that: He says, ‘Give me all your money, bro,… [Read More]