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Category Archives: Zoning
Winter Digest – Reorganization, Resolve, Revelation…and Rachmaninoff
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
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October Shorts – Books, Babies, Backpedaling, and Basketball
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
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Post-Election, Pre-Holiday Observations and Other Things
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
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Endangered History – Six Degrees of Real Estate Separation
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
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Leet Township Zoning Board Documents Show Impassioned, Credible Disagreement
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
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