Tag Archives: Leetsdale Borough

More Emergencies In Our Midst – Adventures in Notification

Posted on May 14, 2024 by John Linko

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. – E. … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Government, History, Internet, Local, Media, Personal, Politics, Public Safety, Schools, Security, Technology | Tagged Aleppo Township, Aleppo Township Authority, Ambridge Water Authority, Barges, Bell Acres Borough, CivicPlus, CodeRED, Crescent Township, EAS, Edgeworth Water Authority, Glen Osborne Borough, Hermitage, IPAWS, Lahaina, Leet Township, Leetsdale Borough, National Weather Service, Northside Action News, PennDOT District 11, Quaker Valley COG, Quaker Valley School District, RAVE Mobile Alert, Sewickley Borough, Sewickley Water, West View Water Authority, Wheatland, Wilkinsburg, Wireless Emergency Alerts | Leave a comment

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

2023 Campaigns and Beyond – Quaker Valley School Board

Posted on December 1, 2023 by John Linko

Your Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while all the Company is true. – Galadriel, from The Fellowship of the Ring by … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Community, Economics, Education, Government, History, Local, Media, Personal, Politics, Public Safety, Schools, Security, Youth | Tagged Bud Smith, Edgeworth Borough, Gianni Floro, Jessica Webster, John English, Leet Township, Leetsdale Borough, Melissa Walls, Muottas, Quaker Valley GOP, Quaker Valley High School, Quaker Valley School Board, Quaker Valley School District, Sewickley Valley Historical Society, Thomas Tull, William Jasper | 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

In Praise of Libraries – New Pathways vs. Old Attitudes

Posted on April 25, 2023 by John Linko

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know that my family is rather enamored of our local library. The Sewickley Public Library is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year – my wife has held a library … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Community, Family, Government, History, Justice, Local, Media, Personal, Pittsburgh, Politics, Schools, Youth | Tagged American Library Association, Andrew Carnegie, Banned Books, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carolyn Toth, Jessica Whipple, Judy Blume, Kathleen Madonna-Emmerling, Leetsdale Borough, Moms for Liberty, Moon Township, Moon Township Public Library, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Quaker Valley School Board, Quaker Valley School District, Sewickley Public Library | Leave a comment

Emergencies In Our Midst

Posted on March 4, 2023 by John Linko

If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe. – Attributed to Abraham Lincoln … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community, Environment, Government, History, Local, Media, Politics, Public Safety, Schools, Technology, Transportation | Tagged East Palestine, Emergency Management, Fair Oaks Fire Department, Justin McIntire, Leet Township, Leetsdale Borough, Leetsdale Industrial Park, National Weather Service, Norfolk Southern, Police, Quaker Valley School District, Sean Sluganski, Wildland Fire | 2 Comments

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

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

Election Postscript – Readin’, ‘Ritin, Repudiation, Resolve, Renewal

Posted on January 7, 2022 by John Linko

I’ve known some luminous people in my time, and what distinguished them was their enduring enthusiasm and hopes and aspirations, and I recommend the same to you. When I was your age, I learned the arts of sarcasm and ridicule, … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Community, Government, Local, Media, Politics, Schools | Tagged Elections, Leet Township, Leetsdale Borough, Quaker Valley School District, Sewickley Borough | 3 Comments

Loose Ends For a Better Year, Part 3 – Nothing New Under the Sun

Posted on June 8, 2021 by John Linko

All things are wearisome, more than one can say.The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.Is there anything … Continue reading →