Content about Environmental Issue

05.11.12

As Bellevue residents prepare for a season of outdoor cooking and backyard gatherings, they will want to be aware of a new outdoor burning ordinance that is likely to be in effect by the end of the month.

The new ordinance will impose fines of up to $1,000 on those who violate the conditions that will be placed on what is burned, when, and where.

09.02.11

Shenango fined for pollution violations

The Allegheny County Health Department has fined Shenango, Inc. on Neville Island $114,000 for air pollution violations, and ordered the company to submit a plan to eliminate excessive fugitive emissions from its coke ovens.

Jim Thompson, manager of the health department’s air quality program, characterized the violations as “significant exceedances” of county emission standards.

07.29.11

Letters to the Editor

WOOD SMOKE DANGERS

Editor:

It was sad to see a report on WTAE-TV last week (July 20) informing us that 37.6 percent of children in the Northgate school district suffer from asthma. "The school district that's the biggest loser with asthma, for two school years in a row, is Northgate…" said the report. This says something about the Bellevue/Avalon area. The schools, of course, are simply places where these statistics can be conveniently collected for the state health department.

05.06.11

Citizens want drilling restrictions

After more than three hours of testimony by an overflow crowd at the Nature Center Monday night, the Ohio Township Supervisors unanimously approved a zoning amendment related to Marcellus Shale drilling sites that left many unsatisfied that all possible steps were taken to keep drills and fracking ponds out of their community.

Many of those who attended supported adoption of the zoning restrictions as a stopgap measure until more protections could be put in place with other legislation or a full zoning code overhaul the supervisors said would be done in two months.

01.28.11

Obituaries 1-28-11

Pauline Klasterka Pauline R. Yankovic Klasterka, 88, of Ross Township, wife of the late Frank E. Klasterka, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. She is survived by two children, Joane Lapsley and her husband David and Frank L. Klasterka and his wife Lisa; her sister, Anna Marie Zacharias; three grandchildren, Bill Lapsley, Frank and Katelyn Klasterka; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Rosemary Miller and Eleanor Hirsch.

12.04.09

Students compete in "Project Polar Bear"

While politicians and television personalities dither about what to do to protect the environment and some argue if global warming even exists, two Avonworth High School students have taken on a pro-ject that addresses the perils of the planet, with special emphasis on the plight of polar bears.

10.30.09

Ben Avon to pick mayor, council

Ben Avon voters will find a full slate of choices for borough office on the Nov. 3 ballot, and are sure to pick at least one new member of council.

The potential exists for voters to replace up to four members of council and the mayor, although incumbent Lloyd Corder has a head start on the pack by appearing on both the Democratic and Repub-lican ballots. Corder was listed on the GOP ballot in the primary, but picked up enough write-in votes to secure a position on the Democratic ticket as well.