Archives for January 2016

Bridgeville Borough Council recognized the resignation of councilman Jason Sarasnick yesterday and appointed a new councilman to fill the vacancy. Joseph P. Verduci, former president of the Bridgeville Athletic Association, will serve in Sarasnick’s place until the 2017 municipal election. Then, the voters will decide who fills the remaining two years of Sarasnick’s four-year term. By day, Verduci… [Read More]

After St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church was demolished in 2012, the building’s stained glass windows were put into storage with other sacred items at a secret Diocese of Pittsburgh warehouse. Now, those windows might be headed to a  parish in Nigeria, as the Post-Gazette’s Brian O’Neill explains in a recent column: [Holy Child’s Father Richard Yagesh] is 100… [Read More]

Right now, Bridgeville households pay a flat $50 per-quarter fee for trash collection. But is there a better way for the borough to charge residents for that service? Jason Sarasnick raised that question earlier this month when he asked the borough administration to gather data about other methods of billing for refuse pickup. “I’d like… [Read More]

Twenty-seven years ago, Jason Sarasnick was arrested and charged with a nonviolent drug offense. He pleaded guilty and moved on with his life. Today, he’s president of his family’s hardware store and has been elected three times to Bridgeville Borough Council. But now, Sarasnick, 46, is being forced to resign from council because of that… [Read More]

Registration for the Bridgeville Athletic Association’s 2016 spring baseball, softball, and T-ball seasons is now open. Roster spots are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. You can get more information and download an application at the BAA website.  

Construction crews will replace a water main running almost the entire length of Washington Avenue in Bridgeville in a project that could begin in late January or early February. Pennsylvania-American Water Company plans to replace the existing water main with a larger line, Bridgeville’s borough engineer, Joe Sites, told council earlier this month. The borough will use this… [Read More]

When the Station Street CoGo’s was robbed last month by a man wielding a large knife, the store’s security cameras recorded the entire incident. But even though the robber didn’t wear a mask, his facial features weren’t very discernible on the video. For Bridgeville police, the better visual clue was the clothing that the robber wore, police chief Chad King told… [Read More]