Gilpin Supervisors appointed resident Steve Senjan to fill a vacant seat on the board Monday evening.
“I’d been thinking about it for a while,” Senjan, 40, said Tuesday. “When it came up that they needed someone to fill the position…I decided to step into that position, put my letter in, any way.”
The seat – for a term ending at the end of this year – was made vacant after the unexpected death in March of Supervisor Susan Brown. Supervisors last month asked for interested residents to apply to fill the vacancy.
After interviewing six candidates the supervisors chose Senjan.
“He is already very community driven,” Supervisor Chairman Charles Stull said. “He’s on the Leechburg Pool Board and does a lot for the community, and also owns a local business.”
The Valley News Dispatch will publish a list of community Easter egg hunts and activities.
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Online job fair planned Tuesday
Pennsylvania CareerLink Westmoreland will sponsor a free job fair from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday online on its Facebook page Facebook.com/PaCareerLinkWestmoreland.
Multiple employers will be recruiting skilled and unskilled labor, entry level and experienced workers, veterans and college students and graduates.
Allegheny Valley School District
Tuesday: Allegheny Valley School Board will conduct the agenda meeting at7 p.m. in the jr.-sr. high school Marshall auditorium, 501 Logan Road, and online.
Apollo
March 17: St. James Parish is selling tickets for a Luck of the Irish scratch-off lottery ticket raffle. Winner will receive one complete roll of $5, $10 and $20 Pa. Lottery scratch off lottery tickets. The winning number will be the 7 p.m. March 17 Pa. Daily Pick 3 number. Cost: $10, includes two numbers.
Tickets: Linda, 724-882-8776 or after weekend Masses in the church vestibule and the church office, 109 Owens View Ave. Proceeds will benefit the church operating budget.
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Deer Lakes Park, West Deer: 8 a.m. to dusk through Jan. 14 in the Veterans Shelter parking lot
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Harrison Hills Park, Natrona Heights, Harrison: 8 a.m. to dusk through Jan. 14 in the parking lot at the intersection of Chipmunk and Cottontail drives.
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Hartwood Acres Park, Indiana Township: 8 a.m. to dusk through Jan. 14 in the mansion parking lot
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Indiana Township will offer free pickup for township residents on Monday. Residents should have trees at the curb by 7 a.m. for pickup some time that week.
Decorations and lights should be removed from trees before recycling.
Apollo-Ridge Education Foundation looking for career day participants
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Deadline extended for student Innovations Challenge
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Department of Environmental Protection invite high school students in grade nine to 12 to enter the fourth annual PennDOT Innovations Challenge, which encourages students to use their problem solving, creative and strategic thinking abilities to solve real-world transportation challenges.
This year’s contest asks students to develop an innovative and implementable solution that addresses the state’s transportation revenue shortfall by identifying potential new funding streams, aside from additional gas taxes, tolls or mileage-based user fees, to ensure a