Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The channel complements PennDOT's social media outreach on Facebook and Twitter.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has started a YouTube channel—www.youtube.com/PennsylvaniaDOT—to expand its public outreach on safety and education initiatives as well as department operations. "Our YouTube channel is our next step in communicating with our customers in more personal, interactive ways," PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch said in a news release. "The channel is a great way to provide important information to a universal audience. I encourage people to share these resources with their family and friends or anyone who can benefit from the information." So far, the new PennDOT YouTube channel includes: In the future, the department plans to add videos featuring department maintenance operations as well as highway …
Writer contends that mixed-use development is sustainable and something the township officials need to consider.
For years, the Moon Township Board of Supervisors have ignored the ideas and recommendations of forward thinking residents in favor of stale decisions that have perpetuated a business-as-usual agenda. Instead of advancing the goals of the community into the 21st century of sustainable development, our representatives sit in a bath of old and worn out ideas. The suburban life was designed to remove homeowners from daily life through miles of cul-de-sacs and housing plans with calming names, such as Whispering Woods and McCormick Farm. What has happened since their origination is a return to cities, which offer walkable and self-contained neighborhoods providing consumer services without having to get in a car every time one needs a quart of…
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Some helpful links with information for how to pitch in as Oklahomans try to pick up the pieces today from yesterday's massive tornado.
The devastating tornado that rocked Oklahoma on Monday leaves many in the Plum, Oakmont and Verona area wondering how to help. Patch is about helping your neighbors, and today after the devastation near Oklahoma City where a giant tornado claimed the lives of at least 51 people, including many children, Oklahoma is our neighbor. In addition to hoping the best for the survivors and rescue workers still trying to make sense of the devastation today, here are some links where you can donate your time or money to help the recovery efforts. Give: Share: Do you have any experience with a tornado or other natural disaster? What do people need most after going through something like this? Share your tips with us by writing a blog post. Also, if …
Also DUIs, huffing, thefts and other items from the Moon Township police blotter.
Two men from Moon Township are charged in a burglary that took place at a Juniper Drive residence on Aug. 22, 2011. Anthony James Terry, 21, and Alexander Rashad Turner, 23, both of Moon are charged with criminal trespass, burglary, criminal conspiracy and theft by unlawful taking. Additionally, Terry is charged with receiving stolen property. A plasma TV, HDMI cable, laptop computer, smartphone, Tracphone, women's clothing and prescription medication were stolen from the home, according to a police report. Physical evidence from the burglary was sent to the Northern Regional Police AFIS Crime Lab for analysis. A palm print at the scene was identified as Turner's and a warrant for his arrest was served on May 8. He was taken to Allegheny …
Police in Moon, Robinson, Crescent and other surrounding communities will be out for Memorial Day weekend.
The West Hills DUI Task Force will be conducting enforcement operations over Memorial Day weekend. These operations will be in the form of sobriety checkpoints and/or roving DUI patrols between May 24 and 26. Taking part in the operations are officers from Moon, Robinson and Crescent townships. Also part of the effort are officers from Avalon, Bellevue, Carnegie, Coraopolis, Edgeworth, Leetsdale and Sewickley boroughs; and Findlay, Kennedy, North Fayette, Ohio and Stowe townships. To find out how much alcohol you can safely consume, click here. Join Patch for more community news or join us on Facebook and Twitter.
A Mt Lebanon man compiled clips from 29 films shot in Pittsburgh and turned them into a music video.
From "Silence of the Lambs" to "Dark Knight Rises" to "Jack Reacher," Pittsburgh has been the backdrop to more than two dozen Hollywood films. Mt. Lebanon native Aron Zelkonwicz, who grew up watching many of those films, decided to take it one step further by gathering iconic Pittsburgh scenes from 29 films shot in Pittsburgh and compiling them into a music video. “I thought it would be fun,” he told KDKA'S John Shumway. “I had seen all these movies filmed in Pittsburgh and thought why not take the parts everyone wants to see, the shots of Pittsburgh, and put those together.” His labor of love took weeks, in between rehearsals and performances with the Pittsburgh Symphony where he plays the cello. The music is a piece from the “Pirates of …
Mason and Emma are Pennsylvania's trendiest names.
Mason and Emma are the most popular baby names in Pennsylvania for 2012, according to Social Security data. Here are the top 10 in Pennsylvania: In all of America, Jacob and Sophia are repeat champions. It's the 14th year in a row Jacob tops the list for boys and the second year for Sophia. Here are the top 10 boys and girls names in America for 2012: There is a new couple in the top 10 this year—Elizabeth and Liam replace Chloe and Daniel. Elizabeth has been here before, but this is the first time Liam breaks into the top 10. Perhaps Liam’s new found success can be attributed to Liam Neeson’s recent major roles in Battleship and the popular Taken, The Chronicles of Narnia and Clash of the Titans franchises. This year’s winners for …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Donna K. Milanovich announced she will retire in June. The board also lowers the property tax rate from 21.3 to 17.9977 mills in the preliminary budget.
Moon Area Superintendent Donna K. Milanovich will retire June 28 after 38 years in education. Milanovich started as a second-grade teacher in Moon. She also served as the chief administrator with the Baldwin-Whitehall School District before returning to Moon as superintendent in 2007, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. In 2011, the board awarded Milanovich a five-year contract ending in 2017. (See attached PDF.) In other business last week, the school board adopted a preliminary budget that would lower the property tax rate for residents of Moon and Crescent townships from 21.3 to 17.9977 mills. The proposed decrease would offset increased revenues from the Allegheny County reassessment, according to the Post-Gazette. Taxpayers who own a…
Here's a roundup of some places hiring in and around the Patch.
Robinson-Moon Patch brings you businesses seeking to fill positions in town and in nearby communities. Here are a few opportunities we found this week: RN Registered Nurse LPN Licensed Practical Nurse / Night Shift, PSA Healthcare Coraopolis Delivery of quality patient care according to the patient's individual physician orders. Find out more on this job here Prep Cooks, The Callos Company Coraopolis Prep Cooks are needed for a client in the Coraopolis area. You must have work-related (cooking) experience. Find out more on this job here. Assistant Coach Women's Ice Hockey, Robert Morris University Moon Township The data entry operator will work from the day shift from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Find out more on this job here Mortgage …
Also, information on the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's Fish-for-Free Day on Memorial Day.
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Monday, May 20
The House voted unanimously this week in support of a measure to launch a detailed study of the potential impacts of merging the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. House Resolution 129 calls on the non-partisan Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) to study the financial feasibility, impact, costs and savings that may be realized by combining the agencies. It also calls on the LBFC to explore a range of options with regard to how to structure the state’s wildlife agency to best manage the wildlife and aquatic resources of the Commonwealth. A similar study was conducted 10 years ago, and it showed a merger was feasible and would save money. No legislative action resulted from that study’…
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8:02 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Read the United Nations Agenda 21. They have nine basic principles they intend to pursue. 1. Move citizens off private land and into high-density urban housing. 2. Create vast wilderness spaces inhabited by large carnivores. 3. Reduce traffic congestion and slash fuel use by eliminating cars and creating "walkable cities." 4. Support chosen private businesses with public funds to be used for "… more ›