Archives for June 2016

The Tribune-Review’s Jim Spezialetti offers some perspective on how many people were interested in filling the council seat left vacant by the death of Bill Colussy: Bridgeville Council meetings usually draw a dozen or so people. The same number were recently interested in serving on council. Council voted 5-1 to appoint Bert Cherry, who had… [Read More]

The Chartiers Valley School Board approved the district’s first tax hike in six years on Tuesday night. The .3892 mill increase means an additional $38.92 in taxes for every $100,000 of your property’s value. Overall, Chartiers Valley still has the lowest property tax rate of any school district in Allegheny County, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Residents pay… [Read More]

Some of Bridgville’s fire hydrants have become camouflaged by the grass, weeds, and shrubs growing around them. That’s obviously not an good situation for firefighters who might respond to calls in those areas. Now the borough is reminding residents with fire hydrants on their property not to let them become hidden by vegetation. Letters are being sent to a few… [Read More]

Earlier today, borough council appointed Bert Cherry to fill the council seat left vacant by the death of councilman Bill Colussy. The vote was 5-1 in favor of Cherry who served on council in the 1980s and more recently sat on the library board and the parking authority. Councilman Neil Lyons casting the lone dissenting… [Read More]

Bridgeville Borough Council finally gave up asking Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway to repair a dangerous sidewalk in the railroad’s right of way. After many months of hearing the privately-owned railroad company say “no” to fixing the sidewalk, council decided last week that the borough will just pay to have the sidewalk repaired. The project… [Read More]

The Borough of Bridgeville is looking for candidates to fill the council seat formerly occupied by Bill Colussy, who died on May 27. The term lasts until January 2018. [Update]: Council will hold a special meeting on Friday, June 24 at 4 p.m. to select a new councilperson. Here’s the full legal ad: PUBLIC NOTICE The… [Read More]

A brief Flag Day ceremony will be held at the Bridgeville War Memorial on Tuesday, June 14 at 7 p.m. This event is organized by the Holy Child Knights of Columbus, along with Boy Scouts Troop 2, the Bridgeville American Legion Post 54, and the Cuddy VFW Post 586. If you have a flag that… [Read More]

The $80 million high school-middle school complex that Chartiers Valley is building looked pretty amazing in the original design sketches. It looked even cooler in a video rendering that the school’s architect, IKM, released two weeks ago. IKM’s software makes a tour of the campus feel like the opening credits to a prime-time TV show. We thought that… [Read More]

While investigating what might be Bridgeville’s first burglary of the year, police reminded residents yesterday that there’s no need to panic. It’s June. And this might be the first burglary of the year. So WPXI immediately put the community on alert by declaring that the Elm Street house where some things may have gone missing… [Read More]