Update: April 2017 Council Meeting Minutes — ROLL CALL VISITORS, PLEASE STATE NAMES AND ADDRESSES MINUTES A motion of the Borough Council regarding the minutes of the March 13, 2017 regular meeting as submitted. 2017 PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM Bids were advertised and publicly opened on Friday April 7, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Council… [Read More]
Archives for April 2017
Will Smartphone App and Updated Software Alleviate Parking Frustrations?
After several minutes, the parking payment kiosk in Bridgeville’s public parking lot #2 still wasn’t cooperating for Marjorie Jablonski. The Bridgeville resident kept trying to enter her license plate number, but the letters she tapped on the keyboard weren’t the letters popping up onscreen. “I’m only parking for a few minutes,” she explained, “but I don’t want… [Read More]
Scout Asks Council to Name a Problem that Young Residents Can Help Solve
As part of his citizenship merit badge project, Nicholas McKelvey, 12, of Boy Scout Troop #262 visited council to ask a few questions about how local government works. He also wanted to know which problems in Bridgeville young people can help address. Responses ranged from “Don’t get your driver’s license” (due to current traffic issues)… [Read More]
What Makes the Bridgeville Police Department’s Facebook Page So Good?
When it comes to law enforcement agencies using Facebook as a community-building, crime-fighting, crime-solving tool, few police departments get more value per post than the Bridgeville Police Department. We said as much last year. Borough council has also repeatedly praised the police department’s social media efforts. Most importantly, the people say it’s good. Any given Facebook post… [Read More]