The borough is looking for residents interested in filling a vacancy on the Bridgeville Parking Authority Board. This is a volunteer position with a five-year term. The parking authority oversees Bridgeville’s public parking infrastructure—lots, payment kiosks, parking permits, etc. Board members meet on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Earlier this year,… [Read More]

Last week’s borough council meeting was a rare standing-room-only gathering as mayor Betty Copeland was formally named Mayor of the Year by the Pennsylvania State Mayors’ Association. Copeland became Bridgeville’s first female mayor and first Black mayor when she was elected to the office in 2017 at the age of 83. Rather than publicly advocate… [Read More]

Last week, at least eight Chartiers Valley High School students staged a mid-day walkout because they do not want wear facemasks at school during the current global pandemic. Although the students were small in number, they were big on media coverage, as a WPXI news crew waited at the bottom of the school’s entrance to… [Read More]

There’s still time to enter the chamber of commerce raffle for the chance to win a new Chevy Trailblazer but you might have to act fast. More than 75% of of the 750 the tickets have already been sold for the drawing, which takes place on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 5 p.m. at Colussy Chevrolet…. [Read More]

Pounding rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida triggered a flood that sent water pouring into 37 residential basements and 19 businesses in Bridgeville’s Baldwin Street corridor early Wednesday morning. Starting around 5:30 a.m., water began rising on Baldwin Street. Twenty minutes later, police and firefighters were evacuating residents and closing streets. The flooding continued… [Read More]

This year’s Halloween parade is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 30, said councilman Joe Colosimo, who heads the parks and recreation committee LITERALLY A TON OF TRASH More than 220 people brought 22,000 pounds of trash to Bridgeville’s household hazardous waste disposal day earlier this month. The event was an opportunity for area residents to… [Read More]