This article is about Bridgeville’s comprehensive plan. If you already know what a comprehensive plan is, you can skip to the third paragraph. But you’re a normal human being being… [Read More]
Archives for December 2021
Oyler: My Christmas Letter
My attitude toward standardized Christmas letters has changed during the passing years. When we were first married, my wife reveled in writing long-hand Christmas letters to everyone on her Christmas… [Read More]
Borough Stabilizes Chartiers Creek Streambank
The borough recently completed extensive repairs to a stretch of Chartiers Creek’s streambank and a section nearby roadway. he $192,000 project used 600 tons of large stone to stabilize the… [Read More]
Council Adopts 2022 Budget With No Tax Increase
Bridgeville Borough Council voted 6-0 last week to adopt a $10.7 million budget with no tax increase. Millage remains at 10 mills on land and 6.5 mills on buildings. A… [Read More]
Oyler: College Students’ Senior Engineering Projects Reflect Our Changing Society
Someone recently asked me where I get my ideas for these columns. My response was that I frequently wrote about whatever happened to be dominating my thoughts that particular week…. [Read More]
Bridgeville Borough Council: Dec. 13, 2021
PUBLIC HEARING: A petition to rezone and proposed Ordinance No. 1024, filed by Roberta & Keith Walsh, to rezone Parcel 255-E-280 from Conservation to Residential 1 / Single Family. PUBLIC… [Read More]
Oyler: Queen Elizabeth I
The November program meeting of the Bridgeville Area Historical Society was an interesting presentation on Queen Elizabeth I, by one of the Society’s favorite speakers, Jack Puglisi. Mr. Puglisi is… [Read More]
Oyler: ‘Pittsburgh’s Ella Fitzgerald’ Was From Bridgeville
In my column on the Deuces Wild a few weeks ago, I mentioned Bridgeville’s own Lum Sams and promised to do a column on her in the future. In the… [Read More]
Bridgeville Winter Blast: Visits with Santa
After a one-year (in-person) hiatus due to Covid, Bridgeville residents once again gathered at Triangle Park to kick off the holiday season at the borough’s annual Winter Blast event. That… [Read More]