The coolest thing about the Martin Luther King Jr Day. celebration scheduled for Monday night at Solid Rock Revival Church isn’t that the event will pay tribute to the civil rights leader’s accomplishments. Rather it’s that, in keeping with King’s message of brotherhood, the event is a collaboration among several Bridgeville-area churches. Yes, the folks… [Read More]
Archives for 2019
Tired of Seeing Trash Pile Up Around Certain Properties? Tell the Borough.
It’s going to take more than one borough manager and one code enforcement officer to make keep Bridgeville beautiful. Residents can help by contacting the borough about abandoned cars, discarded tires, or other forms of trash piling up in a neighborhood, said Bridgeville borough manager Lori Collins at Monday’s council meeting. “We can’t see everything,”… [Read More]
Bridgeville Borough Council: Jan. 14, 2019
MEMBERS PRESENT: Council President, Michael Tolmer Council Vice President, Bruce Ghelarducci Council, William Henderson Joseph Colosimo Joseph Verduci Nino Petrocelli, Sr.ALSO PRESENT: Mayor, Betty Copeland Solicitor, Thomas McDermott Engineer, Joe Sites Borough Manager, Lori Collins Police Chief, Chad King Fire Chief, William Chilleo SouthBridge EMS, Dan Miller – absent Virginia Schneider – absent due to… [Read More]
Bridgeville Wants To Hear Your Garbage Concerns
On Friday afternoon, Bridgeville’s official Facebook account reminded residents to contact the borough about any problems with trash pick up. Today was the second pick-up day under Bridgeville’s 3-to-5 year contract with Belle Vernon-based County Hauling. The first week of new service had residents voicing concerns about missed cans, missed streets, and a trail of… [Read More]
For BV Police Department, There’s Not a Lot of Money in Writing Tickets
If cops write traffic tickets to generate revenue for the local government, then Bridgeville’s police officers are doing it wrong. Last year, the Bridgeville Police Department wrote 631 traffic tickets, made 58 DUI arrests, and wrote numerous non-traffic citations. The borough’s profit from all of that was $2,400. “Some people think that we make a… [Read More]
Bridgeville’s New Garbage Hauler Is Aware Of Your Complaints
The best thing that can be said for the debut of Bridgeville’s new trash collection service is that the borough’s garbage got picked up last weekend—mostly. That outcome didn’t seem entirely certain on Saturday, however, as a rocky rollout led residents to social media to ask questions, including: Why hasn’t my trash been picked up?… [Read More]
Pitt Engineering Students Offer Solutions For Bridgeville’s Flooding
Bridgeville can fix its flooding problem without spending $30 million to radically reshape the Baldwin Street corridor, according to a team of Pitt engineering students who researched the issue for a senior project. Borough officials could save money and significantly alleviate flood risk by raising creek banks and installing barriers to prevent cars, Dumpsters, and… [Read More]
Bridgeville Residents Aren’t Happy About New Recycling Rules
Starting Saturday, Bridgeville residents are joining a hot new trend sweeping America—contributing more trash to landfills. As part of the borough’s new, five-year garbage contract with Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, glass items will no longer be accepted with recyclables. Nor will plastic bottles and containers labeled #3 through #7, which includes yogurt containers, squeezable ketchup bottles,… [Read More]
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