After receiving positive feedback from Allegheny County, Bellevue will move ahead with a grant application that could produce much of the funding necessary to construct a skate board plaza in Bayne Park.

Council president Kathy Coder and administrative assistant Katie Hale said that the borough had submitted a pre-application for a Community Development Block Grant that sought funding for a $360,000 project in Bayne Park that also included an amphitheater, dog park and boccie court. Hale said that county officials quickly zeroed in on the skate plaza aspect.

Bellevue Council has ordered that no more work be done on the Glaser Avenue project after the majority of property owners refused to grant the easements necessary to construct sidewalks along the street.

Beaver Avenue in Emsworth will now be known as Memorial Drive. The ordinance changing the name of the streets received unanimous approval from Emsworth Council at its Wednesday meeting.

Hoping to eliminate confusion that sent GPS-using truckers looking for the similarly-named street in Pittsburgh onto the small borough roadway, officials took the opportunity to honor borough veterans with the new name.

David Lozano, 51, of Bellevue, was arrested for driving under the influence on July 10. Lozano was driving erratically and seen throwing an empty alcoholic beverage bottle out of his window on Ben Avon Heights Road.

On July 13, Dennis Kevin Redmond, 20, of Bell Acres, was arrested for driving under the influence during a traffic stop on McAleer Road in Ohio Township. His also is being charged with underage drinking, reckless driving, and restrictions on alcoholic beverages.

Clean-up efforts in the cinder lot section of Bellevue's Memorial Park are continuing.

Bellevue received notice last year from Ross Township -- where the property is located -- that building materials and miscellaneous debris needed to be cleared from the lot, which borders a Ross residential area.

Emsworth Borough's solicitor has been authorized to draft an amendment to the street opening ordinance that will offer some protection to newly-paved streets.

Council voted Wednesday to prepare a new regulation that would require anyone digging up a street paved within the prior five years to mill and re-pave, from curb-to-curb, and area measuring 50 feet on each side of the opening.

Police were called to a South Birmingham Avenue apartment building on July 4 when two people were reported to be in an unoccupied apartment. Officers found that the door to the apartment had been kicked in, and caught two people climbing down a fire escape. Charged with criminal mischief were Joseph Kastory, 31, of Center Avenue, and Sherry Pogany, 26, of Florence Avenue.

Witnesses told police on July 1 that they had observed a man urinating on the wall of the church near the borough hall on California Avenue. Daniel Starkey, 46, of California Avenue, was charged with disorderly conduct.

Longtime Northgate School Board member Charles Miklos died last weekend.

Miklos, 81, of Bellevue, died Sunday, July 4, 2010 while with family on vacation.

Vacations were never something that stopped Miklos from participating in Northgate School Board business during his 26-year tenure. For many years he made sure to call in from his vacation home in Conneaut so he could be a part of meetings.

An Avalon man stopped for having the music in his car too loud ended up cited for disorderly conduct on June 27. Police say that Bruce Brown Jr., 20, of Clive Street, became hostile and shouted profanities at officers and passing motorists.

A driver whose vehicle malfunctioned ended up hitting a street sign on Jackman Avenue on July 1, then her vehicle continued along the sidewalk, hitting three parked cars. No injuries were reported.

Thomas Ochaba, 18, of California Avenue, was charged with underage drinking at Anthony’s on Ohio River Boulevard on June 25.

Several arrests for disorderly conduct were made recently by Ohio Township Police.

David Schultz, 20, and David Lawson, 18, both of Ross Township, were cited following a traffic stop on Camp Horne Road on June 25.

Brandon P. Durler, 20, of Bellevue, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia after he was discovered in Avon Park after hours on JUne 29.

Eric Wright, 36, of Verona, also was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop on Camp Horne Road in Kilbuck Township on June 30.

The hiring of additional pool personnel and another meter attendant were approved by Bellevue Council at its June 22 meeting.

Council originally hired two people to work as cashiers at the Memorial Park swimming pool, although the hirings were contingent upon the parks and recreation committee finding enough money in the budget to pay for the positions.

The Avonworth School District will maintain a strong anti-nepotism with regard to hiring.

Confusion over who is covered by the policy arose at the June 14 school board meeting when the board considered a motion to hire one of board member Eric Templin's sons for a summer custodial position.