The latest issue of Pittsburgh Magazine attempts to predict which neighborhoods in the city proper are going to be “hot” in a few years. In other words, the areas that are most likely to be full of new restaurants, unique retail stores, and infused with a sense of community pride. Reading the story, it’s hard not to notice that Bridgeville meets or exceeds… [Read More]

For many people, winter driving means slow, tedious treks on icy roads. But for SouthBridge EMS, this winter has actually brought faster call response times. The reason: construction season is finally over. During December and January, it took the ambulance service an average of 7 minutes to arrive to at “lights and sirens” emergency calls, SouthBridge operations manager Dan Miller told Bridgeville… [Read More]

As overnight construction along Washington Avenue continues, the borough is lining up the remaining elements of this multi-part project, which is expected to end before May. The lane closings that you’ve been seeing on weeknights after 8 p.m. are the result of a $500,000 water main replacement undertaken by Pennsylvania-America Water. Given that crews are already digging up the… [Read More]

A error in the Bridgeville Police Department’s reporting system prevented the agency from accurately tabulating the number of drug arrests made in 2015. But police chief Chad King didn’t need the final tally to know that drugs were a leading cause of arrest in Bridgeville last year. “[Drug arrests] were probably the highest amount of arrests… [Read More]

A water main replacement could cause some nighttime traffic delays on Washington Avenue in Bridgeville for the next few months. The project begins this week and could last through May 1, according the Bridgeville Police Department. Work will take place from 8 p.m to 6 a.m. Monday evenings through Friday mornings. The current work schedule looks… [Read More]

Bridgeville Borough Council recognized the resignation of councilman Jason Sarasnick yesterday and appointed a new councilman to fill the vacancy. Joseph P. Verduci, former president of the Bridgeville Athletic Association, will serve in Sarasnick’s place until the 2017 municipal election. Then, the voters will decide who fills the remaining two years of Sarasnick’s four-year term. By day, Verduci… [Read More]

After St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church was demolished in 2012, the building’s stained glass windows were put into storage with other sacred items at a secret Diocese of Pittsburgh warehouse. Now, those windows might be headed to a  parish in Nigeria, as the Post-Gazette’s Brian O’Neill explains in a recent column: [Holy Child’s Father Richard Yagesh] is 100… [Read More]

Right now, Bridgeville households pay a flat $50 per-quarter fee for trash collection. But is there a better way for the borough to charge residents for that service? Jason Sarasnick raised that question earlier this month when he asked the borough administration to gather data about other methods of billing for refuse pickup. “I’d like… [Read More]

Twenty-seven years ago, Jason Sarasnick was arrested and charged with a nonviolent drug offense. He pleaded guilty and moved on with his life. Today, he’s president of his family’s hardware store and has been elected three times to Bridgeville Borough Council. But now, Sarasnick, 46, is being forced to resign from council because of that… [Read More]