Category Archives: Development

Winter Digest – Reorganization, Resolve, Revelation…and Rachmaninoff

Posted on March 10, 2024 by John Linko

I hope you’ve had a good year thus far. Over the last few months I’ve been collecting ideas for new stories, revisiting old ones, and reviewing developments locally and elsewhere that stand to embellish both. They will make their way … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Community, Development, Energy, Environment, Government, History, Local, Media, Money, Music, Personal, Politics, Public Safety, Schools, Technology, Zoning | Tagged Big Sewickley Creek, Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Association, DEP, Devlin Robinson, Edgeworth Borough, Elder Vogel Jr, Emily Kinkead, Hadley Haas, Harshman CE Group, Leet Township, Leetsdale Borough, PA Environmental Hearing Board, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Quaker Valley School District, Rachmaninoff, Rob Matzie, Sewickley Borough, Valerie Gaydos, William Jasper, Yuja Wang | Leave a comment

October Shorts – Books, Babies, Backpedaling, and Basketball

Posted on October 17, 2023 by John Linko

Banned Books Week – Muted Locally? This corner has made banned books a focus, especially over the last year or so. As such, the recognition of Banned Books Week here should be of no surprise to any regular visitor. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community, Development, Economics, Environment, Government, Growth, Health, History, Local, Media, Personal, Politics, Public Safety, Schools, Sports, Youth, Zoning | Tagged Allegheny County Library Association, Allegheny Health Network, Andy Sheehan, Ashley Birtwell, Avalon Public Library, Banned Books Week, Blacksmith's House, Buncher Commerce Park, Citizens Concerned for EMS, Edgeworth Borough, Heritage Valley, KDKA-TV, Kris Mamula, Leetsdale Borough, Leetsdale Industrial Park, Little Sewickley Creek, Miller's House, Moon Township Public Library, Norm Mitry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Preserve Edgeworth, Rize Sports, Ruth Neely, Sewickley Academy, Sewickley Public Library, Sewickley Valley Historical Society, Thomas Tull | 1 Comment

A September of Consequences

Posted on September 19, 2023 by John Linko

As is typical when summer begins to wind down and school begins to wind up, so do all manner of other processes related to community activities, politics, and the business of government. Here’s some things that have happened or are … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Business, Community, Development, Government, Justice, Local, Media, Money, Politics, Schools | Tagged Emily Kinkead, Joseph Nocito, Pittsburgh Union Progress, Quaker Valley High School, Quaker Valley School Board, Quaker Valley School District, Sewickley Herald, Torsten Ove, Valerie Gaydos, Villa Noci, William Jasper | 1 Comment

Summer Shorts: Walmart Taketh Away…and Giveth?

Posted on August 22, 2023 by John Linko

A key historical reference point in the continued opposition to the construction of a new Quaker Valley High School is the 2006 landslide at the construction site of a Walmart, on the site of the former Dixmont State Hospital in … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Development, Government, Growth, History, Local, Media, Politics, Schools, Traffic, Youth | Tagged Aleppo Township, Citizens for a Great School, Economy Borough, Edgeworth Borough, Emergency Management, Kilbuck Township, Leet Township, Ohio Township, Plum Borough, Quaker Valley COG, Quaker Valley High School, Quaker Valley School Board, Quaker Valley School District, QV Strong, Walmart, William Jasper | Leave a comment

Post-Election, Pre-Holiday Observations and Other Things

Posted on December 19, 2022 by John Linko

A little girl is singing for the faithful to come yeJoyful and triumphant, a song she loves,And also the partridge in a pear treeAnd the golden rings and the turtle doves.In the dark streets, red lights and green and … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Development, Government, History, Local, Personal, Politics, Public Safety, Schools, Zoning | Tagged Christian Nationalism, Democratic Party, Doug Mastriano, Edgeworth Borough, Fire, Fundamentalism, Leet Township, Leetsdale Borough, Lyric Keys, Preserve Edgeworth, Quaker Valley School District, Republican Party, Sewickley, Sewickley Academy, Valerie Gaydos, Wylde Lightner | Leave a comment

Sewickley Academy – Securing the Future, Calculating the Past

Posted on October 7, 2022 by John Linko

Happy October. With the topic of school security in the wake of Uvalde still occupying the news cycle, and Quaker Valley taking a leadership role in establishing best practices in security and preparedness, it’s good that the Sewickley Herald provided … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community, Development, Government, Growth, History, Local, Media, Public Safety, Schools, Security | Tagged Aaron Vanatta, Ashley Birtwell, Edgeworth Borough, Preserve Edgeworth, Quaker Valley School District, Sewickley Academy, Thomas Tull, Watermark Classical Academy | 1 Comment

Endangered History – Six Degrees of Real Estate Separation

Posted on June 11, 2022 by John Linko

I am very familiar with the red brick house along Beaver Road at Village Drive, at the Leetsdale / Edgeworth border. Like many older homes in our area, I have driven/walked/bicycled past it innumerable times over my life, and like … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Development, Government, History, Local, Media, Politics, Schools, Sports, Transportation, Zoning | 4 Comments

Leet Township Zoning Board Documents Show Impassioned, Credible Disagreement

Posted on February 8, 2022 by John Linko

The next steps in the regulatory dance that is the proposed Quaker Valley High School belong to the 3-person Leet Township Zoning Hearing Board. When the Sewickley Herald reports on an upcoming government meeting a full two weeks ahead of … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Government, History, Local, Politics, Schools, Zoning | Tagged Dundee Farm, Leet Township, Leetsdale Borough, Quaker Valley School District, Sewickley Heights Borough, Thomas Tull | 4 Comments

Bordering on the Bizarre – The Paradox of Postal Zones

Posted on August 16, 2020 by John Linko

It’s been a while since I wrote something for this series about the lines that society, government, and industry have drawn around us. In previous editions I have focused on area codes and phone exchanges, municipal boundaries as they relate … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Development, Government, Growth, History, Local, Media, Rural | Tagged Cranberry Township, Crescent Township, Gibsonia, Leet Township, Leetsdale, Postal Zones, Sewickley, United States Postal Service, USPS, Wexford, ZIP Codes | 1 Comment

Looking Back, Moving Ahead in Sewickley

Posted on June 7, 2020 by John Linko

“We are a solid, solid Council. We make great decisions in this borough. We are fortunate to live in a borough like Sewickley Borough. We should be holding each other’s hands – I don’t care what your political party is. … Continue reading →