Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The borough’s public works crews spent Tuesday taking down the holiday decorations that adorned each lamp post along Washington Avenue.
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- Mike Jones
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Wednesday, January 9
The holidays are officially over as the Christmas lights finally came down in Bridgeville this week. The borough’s public works crews spent Tuesday taking down the holiday decorations that adorned each lamp post along Washington Avenue. By noon, all the decorations on the westbound side of Route 50 were gone and dragged off in the public work department’s red pick-up truck. Do you still have your Christmas and holiday lights up at your house? When do you usually take them down? Tell us in the comment section below! Like the Chartiers Valley Patch Facebook page or sign up for our Daily E-mail Newsletter
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Fire chiefs in Bridgeville and Heidelberg offer helpful tips to make your home safer during the holidays!
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- Tracy Fedkoe
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
This story by Tracy Fedkoe originally ran on Dec. 17, 2010. We're running it again this year in case you missed it! With the holidays fast approaching and many things on our minds, it's often too easy to forget simple safety tips that could prevent a fire or accident in the home. While the holidays are filled with beautiful decorations, warm fires, and plenty of wrapped presents, there is an increased risk of fire during this time. According to the National Fire Prevention Association, December and January have the highest rates of residential fires. The good news is that our communities seem to be a little below the norm. "We haven't really seen an increase in fires during the holiday season over the past few years," said Bridgeville …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Did you decorate your house in Bridgeville, Collier, Heidelberg or Scott for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for the Chartiers Valley School District and $500 to pay your electric bills!
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16 to http://deckthehouse.patch.com/entries/chartiersvalley Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Our contest is…
Friday, December 7, 2012
Kennywood Park is all lit up for the holidays and some rides are open for its December festival.
More than one million dazzling lights and displays are illuminating Kennywood Park for the holiday season. Kennywood Holiday Lights will run from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, through Dec. 30, plus Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 26 and 27. These rides are open during Holiday Lights: Gingerbread Express (Olde Kennywood RR), Merry-Go-Round, Paratrooper, Kangaroo, Ghostwood Estate (with a special holiday theme), Turtle, Auto Race, and up to nine Kiddieland rides. And forget the holiday cookies—the Potato Patch is open! Among the other attractions: Admission is $14.99 a person at the gate, plus a $1 amusement tax. Participating Giant Eagle locations offer admission tickets at a $2 savings. This year, the park is offering a …
Friday, December 16, 2011
Submit photos of your house and compete for the $100K prize, which goes to the Chartiers Valley School District. The odds are far better than the lottery: about 850 to 1.
Patch.com is launching a nationwide contest to find the best-dressed home in its Patch communities, and the winner's school district will receive $100,000, no strings attached. Here's how the contest works: Beginning on Dec. 8 and continuing through Dec. 26, you can nominate your home by uploading a photo of it to the contest entry form. During that same time period, you and your neighbors will also be able to vote for your favorite festive home. The winning entry will be forwarded to a national Patch judge that will select 24 finalists. Each finalist will receive $500 that they can apply to their December electric bill. From Dec. 30 through Jan. 8, you will be able to vote for the Best Decked House in all of Patch. The grand prize winner'…
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The 7th annual event allows people to walk through the park and enjoy its celebration of lights.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The Allegheny County Parks Department is hosting "Walk through the Lights," where visitors can experience Hartwood Acres' famous UPMC Celebration of Lights up close and beautiful. The park is located in Allison Park. The event will be on Wednesday. There is no timing—this is a walk or run purely for fun. Free glow sticks and jingle bells will be provided for all participants. Refreshments also will be available along the way. The path is a 3.2 mile loop with several short-cuts built in that reduce the distance to as little as 2.5 miles. There is no set start time, and the path will be closed to vehicles on this day. Parking will be available at the Hampton Municipal Parking Lots, which are located at 3101 McCully Road in Allison Park. …
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Area residents, businesses decorate for the holidays
There's always that one special thing that puts you in the holiday mood, the one thing that when it happens, you just know it's that time of year. Whether it's a favorite Christmas carol, the Black Friday shopping rush or a lighted display, it signals another year of celebration with family and friends. For me, it's Anderson Equipment Company's festive display along Washington Pike in Collier. Each year, workers there have dutifully set up a holiday scene that puts a smile on my face while coming home each day from work. The company's lighted displays have included Santa's team of reindeer (a set of Caterpillars) leading a sleigh, nativity scenes and this year's exhibit that hosts a family of caroling snowmen accompanied by Santa. It's …
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Mike Jones
10:04 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Sounds like quite a chore! I think the nice weather expected this weekend will make it a little easier for me. more ›