Helen Fallon

4 days ago | unionprogress.com | Helen Fallon

For 22 days last month, the Society to Preserve The Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka labored over figuring out how it could carry on its mission after the Institute of Museum and Library Services  terminated the remaining funds in its Save America’s Treasures $471,670 grant. Then on April 30 executive director Anna Doering opened her email to find out the grant had been restored.

1 week ago | unionprogress.com | Helen Fallon

Pittsburgh-area residents can learn how to protect migratory bird populations with simple, everyday actions that create more bird-friendly communities within the region this Saturday at the Frick Environmental Center. The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy has worked with partners for several months on World Migratory Bird Day at the Frick Environmental Center and created the free family friendly event as part of that global initiative.

1 week ago | unionprogress.com | Helen Fallon

The winner is … Ocho!  That name choice bested five other contenders in a fundraising contest to name USS 8, the 5-week-old U.S. Steel Mon Valley Irvin Works bald eaglet.  Steel City Eagles made the announcement Thursday on the group’s Facebook page. Plant Manager Don German confirmed that 121 supporters entered the contest and contributed $5,719.

1 week ago | unionprogress.com | Helen Fallon

It’s May and the Pennsylvania Resources Council has released its spring schedule of household chemical collections and hard-to-recycle collections. North Park will be the setting for the first of each in Allegheny County. Household chemicals will be collected this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The hard-to-recycle collection is set for May 17 there with the same time frame. Both require pre-registration, according to a PRC news release.

2 weeks ago | unionprogress.com | Helen Fallon

Oakmont and Verona are so close that residents could walk between them if they decided to do so. That proximity led the two boroughs to partner on a glass recycling project among other initiatives, and on Thursday officials will celebrate a milestone. In under two years they have collected 100 tons of the everlasting material, sending it on for processing and manufacturing.