Upper St. Clair commissioners have approved the township’s 2022 budget with no tax increase, for the 13th consecutive year.The real estate tax rate, 3.83 mills, has remained the same since 2010. The township’s earned income tax rate, 0.8%, has not changed since 2007.ALCOSAN is scheduled to ...
Buying gifts for others may be at the heart of what Dec. 25 represents, but the process of doing so can have its drawbacks.“I don’t especially love shopping when it’s busy and crazy and loud,” physical therapist Rebecca Lipinski said.Nor do many of the clients at her clinic, Justabout ...
Holiday giving can have a different meaning than exchanging presents toward the end of December.In early November came the five days of Diwali, a festival celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists totaling more than 1 billion people around the world.“The message behind Diwali is ...
Unlike a certain Nazareth inn a couple of millennia ago, there was plenty of room at the Peters Township Community Recreation Center.The township’s Holiday Kick-Off Event changed locations this year, switching from the public library and allowing for greater capacity.“In December of 2020 ...
Breakfast With Santa and Mrs. Claus returned to where it belongs for 2021.“It’s so good to have everybody back here,” Bill Haberthur, Bethel Park Historical Society secretary, said during the Dec. 4 event. “Last year, we had to do it at Simmons Park, and it just wasn’t the ...
Surprise parties usually involve someone walking into a room.For Andrew Slavonic, the revelation took place when he ventured outside of his Cecil Township house.To help celebrate his 104th birthday, several fire engines lined his street. And flying from the ladder of Muse Fire Department’s ...
