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Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review Fox Chapel council voted to rename Squaw Run Road and Squaw Run East, to remove the slur “Squaw” from place names in the borough.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. In a nod to the borough’s early years, Fox Chapel council voted on Monday night to rename Squaw Run Road to Hemlock Hollow Road, bringing an end to a nine-month conflict on how to remove the slur “Squaw” from place names. The change to one of the borough’s most heavily traveled roads will be effective b...

Courtesy of Mandy Steele The Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy will host a spring lantern forest walk on March 20 at Riding Meadow Park. Donations will benefit park improvements.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The public is encouraged to put on their hiking boots and hit the trail at Riding Meadow Park in Fox Chapel for a good cause. The Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy is hosting a spring lantern forest walk at sundown on March 20, the first day of spring. Lanterns will illuminate a wooded path that winds thro...

Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review Some Fox Chapel residents will get a new street name this spring after council changes the name of Squaw Run Road and Squaw Run East.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Fox Chapel residents who live along some private lanes in the borough will be getting new street names this spring. Council’s move to rename Squaw Run and Squaw Run East will affect about 10 properties, in addition to those housed on the Heinz Estate. “Much of Squaw Run and Squaw Run East are little side st...

More than 1,000 laptops and tablets have been made available for disadvantaged children through Swindon’s education authority since September. Department for Education data shows 1,090 laptops and tablets were sent to Swindon Borough Council or its maintained schools as of January 17. That was more than six times the 174 reported on January 12. The figures do not include those allocated to academy trusts, as they are not maintained by the council. Good causes in the borough are topping up these figures by organising their own appeals to provide schoolchildren with the top tech they ...

Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review Fox Chapel is working to remove the word squaw from public roads because it is a slur for women of Native American descent. Residents who are impacted by the change will be compensated.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Fox Chapel residents who are impacted by the impending name change of Squaw Run Road and Squaw Run East will get $250 from borough tax dollars to offset costs and compensate them for inconveniences. Council on Jan. 18 approved the stipend, saying anyone who ca...