The Westmoreland County Courthouse dome will be bathed in blue light every night Jan. 9-15 to drive home the reality that human trafficking cuts across all geographic and social lines. Renee Reitz, a spokeswoman for the Westmoreland Human Trafficking Task Force, said it’s important that people realize these crimes may
Harrison includes hazardous, electronic waste collection in new garbage contract [The Valley News-Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.]
Jan. 9 Harrison will no longer host events twice a year so residents can dispose of electronic and hazardous waste because residents will now be able to get rid of them from their homes year-round, Commissioner William Heasley said.
Commissioners have approved adding household collection of hazardous waste as part of a new three-year garbage contract with Waste Management.
The collection includes CRT televisions, monitors and other electronics that residents have had to pay a per-pound fee to dispose of at the collection events held at the township building.
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The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania will welcome a retired UPMC executive as board chair Jan. 1, while it continues efforts to meet growing needs triggered by the ongoing pandemic.
The agency’s board of directors voted Robert DeMichiei, who has been a member of the board for nearly two decades, to succeed outgoing chair Richard Harshman.
United Way CEO Bobbi Watt Geer said DeMichiei, 56, who retired as UPMC’s chief financial officer in December 2019, has played an important role in the United Way’s planning and response as it responded to growing community needs across Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Fayette and Westmoreland counties.
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Volunteer firefighter Dale Hutchinson rings a bell for the Salvation Army outside Bortz Hardware in Greensburg on Saturday, Dec 19, 2020. Hutchinson has been a member of Greensburg Fire Company No. 3 for 42 years and is a fifth generation
of family firefighters.
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The Salvation Army’s famous red kettles are a lot lighter than usual this year, and there are fewer of them to be found around Westmoreland County.
“As of right now, we’re not even at half our goal, and we have six kettle days left,” said Lt. Donna Hannan, assistant corps officer for the Greensburg Salvation Army. The organization had raised $29,000 of its $80,000 goal as of Friday.