Wednesday, March 6, 2013
And other notes from Tuesday night's township commissioners meeting, including a 2013 millage update.
Local Fire Crew in Need of More Support John Paravati used Tuesday night's Baldwin Township Board of Commissioners meeting to call for more support of the Castle Shannon Volunteer Fire Department, which services Baldwin Township. "The money's down with fundraising," said Paravati, a township commissioner and also its fire company Chair. "The carnival isn't doing as much as it used to. Bingo is suffering from the casinos. Equipment costs are going up." Combined with all of that, Paravati said, the fire department just purchased a new ladder truck for approximately $1 million. "They were able to pay for (it), but they sold one of our older trucks." Paravati encouraged residents to not only consider joining the local fire crew but also to …
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Notes from a Tuesday night township meeting.
Concert & Dinner Benefit for Cancer Fight Baldwin Township Commissioner John Paravati promoted a special fundraiser during Tuesday night's township Board of Commissioners meeting. The fundraiser is a dinner and concert event on March 9 to benefit Carol Reffner, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2012. Carol is the wife of Castle Shannon Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bill Reffner. (Castle Shannon Fire services Baldwin Township.) Tickets to the event, which will be held at the fire department's station along Route 88 (3600 Library Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15234), cost $20 each and include a buffet-style pasta dinner and performances by local country/rock bands The Hills and Johnny Miller & The Back Sliding Fools. Some beverages will be provided …
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
A quasi-update on the Mt. Lebanon outdoor athletics complex, dates and times for Halloween and Christmas celebrations are announced, a bus stop signs update, and more.
Residents Will Be Notified of Mt. Lebanon Complex Updates Baldwin Township Board of Commissioners member Bob Downey said in an interview after a board meeting on Tuesday night that township officials have not received an update from Mt. Lebanon officials yet regarding their plans (or even lack thereof) for the development an outdoor athletics complex on the Baldwin Township border. The approximately 23-acre-large "McNeilly Park" complex will include "less than probably even a quarter of an acre" of Baldwin Township land—according to Mt. Lebanon's Municipal Planner Keith McGill—but some Baldwin officials and other area municipal leaders have still expressed concern over how the park will affect non-Mt. Lebanonites. Downey said that, should …
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
And other notes from Tuesday night's Board of Commissioners meeting.
'Why Can't They Just Get Euthanized?' A stray cats issue has dogged the Baldwin Township Board of Commissioners ever since a Donaldson Drive resident made controversial remarks at a township meeting in early June. Two months later, the issue remains just as topical, as evidenced by comments from Jean Colaizzi, of Highview Road, at another meeting on Tuesday night. Colaizzi asked the township's leaders on Tuesday to enact an ordinance prohibiting cats from being allowed to roam Baldwin without a leash. She said that cats found as such should be rounded up by animal control officers and killed. "Why can't they just get euthanized?" Colaizzi asked the board while suggesting that a trap-and-neuter program would not lessen the cat population …
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
And other Baldwin Township notes from a July 3 commissioners meeting.
No Decision on Baldwin Cats The Baldwin Township Board of Commissioners discussed many items during a regular meeting on Tuesday night, but stray cats—a topic on the minds of many area residents—did not get a mention. Representatives of Animals Against The Odds (AATO) Rescue and Rehab attended the meeting with hopes that the commissioners would accept a plan sponsored by the AATO that allows for stray cats in Baldwin Township to be trapped, spayed or neutered, and then released. But the plan, known as trap-neuter-return, or TNR, did not make the meeting's agenda, and there were no public comments regarding the matter. The TNR program would involve volunteers placing feeding stations around the township to trap loose cats, and that aspect …
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Eleven-year-old girls ask Baldwin Township Board to consider a trap-and-neuter program for area cats.
Killing two cats at a home on Donaldson Drive will certainly stop those two from breeding, but it won't solve a larger Baldwin Township problem of stray and feral cats. Regardless, there's a better way to prevent unwanted breeding. Those were the arguments presented by two 11-year-old girls—South Hills residents Tehla Dakota and Kialiegh Davis—and a host of accompanying adults at a Baldwin Township Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday night. The girls' group—a coalition of local animal rights advocates and experts—came to the commissioners' meeting on Monday in response to comments made by Randy Balzer, a township resident from Donaldson Drive, at a June 5 board meeting. Balzer claimed to have killed two stray cats on his property by "…
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Also, read about the Whitehall Pool season rate for township residents.
Web Update The saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." But the Baldwin Township Board of Commissioners has decided to upgrade the township's website anyway. As board President Eileen Frisoli said, "We needed it done." On Tuesday night, the commissioners unanimously agreed on the latest of motions aimed at executing a website redesign project for Baldwin Township that should improve residents' awareness of municipal activities and policies, including having the township's code of ordinances available in a searchable format similar to Baldwin Borough's. "(The township code has) always been on the site (as a PDF)," Commissioner John Paravati said. "It's just hard to find. The whole site's getting completely redone. It's going to be a …
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
'Just because somebody's trying to take food out of my family's mouths doesn't mean that I should do the same.' - Scott Bender
Scott Bender wakes up at work each day. He hops in his truck, does a few jobs and then comes back to work, where he parks his truck again and goes to sleep. Bender, the owner of Benderbuilt Construction, runs his business from his home on Highview Road in Baldwin Township, and that includes leaving his large work vehicle—a double-axled box truck—in his driveway at the end of every day. But that will change whether Bender likes it or not, as Baldwin Township officials have started cracking down on large vehicles—or at least his vehicle for now—parked on residential streets. A township code enforcement officer visited Bender's home recently to inform him that there had been a complaint issued against his vehicle and that he can no longer …
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Ultra-brief township meeting on Tuesday night.
The Baldwin Township Board of Commissioners has had some lengthy meetings at the Baldwin Township Municipal Building in its time. Tuesday night's meeting was not one of those. The commissioners' meeting on Tuesday started at 7:30 and was over by 7:45. There were still a few items of note. Easter Celebration The commissioners promoted the township's 2012 Easter activities, which will be held inside the municipal building (adjacent to Armstrong Park) on Sunday, April 1, from 1 to 3 p.m. The event is designed for children and includes games, treats and an appearance by the Easter Bunny. Admission is free. (Read about and view photos from Baldwin Township's 2011 Easter activities here.) Sportsmen's Ca$h Ba$h The Castle Shannon Volunteer Fire …
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The township borrows $500,000, a local Eagle Scout is praised, and other news.
EZ Auto Sales’ Applications Approved Filling in for township solicitor Tom McDermott, attorney Jeff Hollowood presented Baldwin Township’s solicitor’s and engineer’s recommendation to the Board of Commissioners to approve EZ Auto Sales’ applications for a conditional use and site plan at 514 McNeilly Road. EZ Auto Sales wishes to run a motor vehicle sales agency at 514 McNeilly. Read more about EZ Auto Sales here. Both applications passed unanimously, and each approval was subject to numerous conditions. There were 14 conditions listed in the approved conditional use application, including a single-tow restriction and requirement that all lotted vehicles be in saleable condition. The approved site plan application also listed 14 conditions…
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9:08 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
They had in the past been one of the wealthy fire dept but things have changed, people don't seem to donate to the fire dept. more ›