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Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review A proposed splash pad in Bethel Park may look like this one located at the Pine Community Center. It is shown being worked on by Steve Strafalace, who handles maintenance for center.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A new splash pad, playground and pavilions are among the plans for a park along Park Avenue in Bethel Park. Council President Tim Moury said everything is still in the design phase. Contract bids for project specifications will be sought in late fall and construc...

What seemed like a good idea yesterday isn’t necessarily the case today. “Imagine you landing this fantastic job,” Bethel Park municipal manager Laurence Christian said, “and then the requirement is: We need you to pick up your entire family, your whole life, transplant and move over to this new place where you don’t know anybody.” When he was hired for his job in 2019, he moved to Bethel Park shortly afterward because the municipal home-rule charter stipulates that the manager do so within one year of joining the staff. And that was fine with him. But another po...

The “park” portion of Bethel Park’s name certainly is appropriate. Thirteen municipal recreation areas are peppered throughout the 11.7 square miles of Bethel Park, and they constantly receive the attention of local officials with regard to maintenance and improvements. The latest focus is on Millennium Park, where work will begin within the next few weeks on converting an all-purpose field to a baseball-specific field with a synthetic turf infield. “There will be a new playground going in there, as well, and a new trail around the perimeter of that field, so that people c...

Bethel Park residents should expect to see crews start road repairs in May. Council recently awarded a $1.53 million contract to Mele & Mele & Sons of Braddock to pave 23 roads. They were the lowest of six bidders. Councilman Joe Consolmagno said that company has worked for Bethel Park the past three years. “We’re extremely satisfied with the work that they have done,” he said. “They do an excellent job. They do the paving, and then we have another company that comes in and does the landscaping. That program has worked out real well.” Stacey Graf, director of engineering, said Bethe...