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Wednesday, July 2S, IB77
Voi 78 No. 3»
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QV track field plans
«etsdale council was asked to back a test by citizen Charles EL Krane, of amore Spur, who is opposed to any anpt to phase out the town's Little ,gue baseball field and tennis courts, me took his complaints to the regular aihly meeting of council on July 13 and
i a promise that the official body will
test in writing to the Quaker Valley ool Board. Mayor Robert Mercer mised to attend the neat meeting of the ool board on July 27 to plead Leet-le’s case for continuing the use of QV-ied land behind the senior high with eball field and tennis courts in favor of all-weather track field now imder atssion by QV. Not <ply does Krane ect to the possible elimination of the le League field, he objects to the cost of track field under discussion, om Bridges of Leeisdale was also ognized during the visitor's portion of meeting. Bridgen, who runs a gas lion on the boulevard, questioned why was not given a crack at the towing iness rather than an out of borough tow vice. Bridgen was told that on occasion ice had called him but got no answer, mbers of the police department raised to sit down and discuss the Iter with him.
Jetting down to routine business after i visitors left, council heard about the aker Valley Regional Planning Com-tteefrom Joseph Palmer who reported it the group has about finished its work. Councilman William Poninsky criticized ¡ delay in issuance of building permits lich he blamed on the inconsistent mice rendered by Gaspar Brech, the rough's building inspector. Council
proposed to ask Brech to increase his check-in calls so prompt and efficient service will be rendered in the future.
Council learned of the resignation of Frank C. Schroeder from the Leeisdale Municipal Authority. Schroeder, an Edgeworth resident, had served on the sewage authority for 20 years.
Bids for the paving of Monroe St. and Davis Road were opened and awarded to Floyd Wine and Trumbull Corp. Wine's low bid of $6210 cinched the Monroe St job; Trumbull bid low, $833.75, on the David Road stretch.
Bids will be advertised for work to be done mi the Park Run project as soon as the County okays engineering plans to improve the runoff water in the drainage ditch. Leeisdale has received a $50,000 AIM grant from the county to complete the project.
Mayor Robert Mercer and Ronald Davies of the Police Committee asked and received backing to implement a speed check on Ohio River Boulevard where they had clocked cars and trucks going over 70 m.p.h. in a 40-mile zone.
The mayor told council the speed check is motivated by complaints from citizens who live on the boulevard, where those who must back out from driveways fear for their lives. “We clocked one tank truck going over 70 m.p.h. If he had wrecked, it would have blown up part of the town,” the mayor said.
Mayor Mercer also asked for authorization to make all of Beaver St. a No Passing zone. Passing on the two-way street causes most of the accidents there, the mayor said.
Apartments under
new ownership
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parent ownership company is Northern Properties, according to Tony Stauber at the firm’s headquarters.
Plans to construct two new office buildings on usused ground owned by the Sewickley Manor, reported in a metropolitan paper on Sunday, July 17, were premature according to Ms. Stauber. “There are no real plans at this point, no rough drawings, but we would like to develop the property in the future with very prestigious buildings, for medical or office use, if the plans comply with the borough's zoning code.” The property, to be developed only after researching legalities, said Ms. Stauber, would front Ohio River Boulevard.	L
Both apartments were built by the Park-mans in I960*; the smaller, Pcevtes-Beaver, six months before the Sewickley
Manor.	. ,
Sewickley Manor, which has 106 units in ten two-story buildings with an underground parking garage, is filled to capacity. Rentals for one-bedroom apartments at the Manor go for $225; a two-bedroom apartment is $245. The prices above reflect recent price increases (« between $60 to $90 per month imder the new ownership.	„	. ..
According to Ms. Stauber, the Sewicldey Manor rentals are in line with other apartments near the boulevard and we have a buffer against the noise.
The former owners, the Parkmans, are now Virginia residents.
THE STORY of last week’s weather is registered as the digital thermometer at Bell Federal Savings Loan, 535 Beaver St., Sewickley hit 95 degree F. Saturday mid-afternoon, July 16. Spotty thundershowers over the weekend did little to relieve file prolonged heat spell. The high last Saturday is a far-cry from last January 29 when our photographer caught the same thermometer at Zero. Come to Hunk of it, such sights are passing from the American scene. When the metric system comes in Centigrade readings will be lower than Fahrenheit numbers. Wonder if we’ll feel any cooler?	(A Herald photo)
Dog daze Edgeworth
“They just scare you to death, the dogs in our neighborhood,” one Challis Lane resident told Edgeworth Borough Council at its July 11 meeting, and the woman’s statement seemed to sum up .the sentiments of some fifteen other residents who joinedher in a plea for Council to take action.
Their complaint centers around a neighbor who, they say, is keeping at least two adult dogs and “a continuous litter of pups” in the duplex she rents. Her irate neighbors say the woman lets the dogs run loose, creating a sanitary problem, and frightening adults as well as children. Present in council chambers were several people who said they had tangled with the dogs.
Emotions ran high as the visitors told Council of people being attacked, and children afraid to go out and play. “A taxpayer should be able to walk out the front door to the bus stop without stepping. in dog dirt and being afraid of attack by dogs,” one resident said.
In addition to fear and the sanitation problem, several neighbors said the noise of crying pups in the early hours of the morning often becomes unbearable.
They informed Council that when police do respond to their calls, they are told by the officers, “Our hands áre tied.” Borough manager Robert Lunn and Solicitor Robert Kopf both told the visitors that Edgeworth Police do have the authority to enforce the state dog law. The residents pleaded with Council to enact a new ordinance or, at the least, send a representative to talk with the woman.
After listening to the residents for nearly an hour, Council seemed to agree the matter was primarily a question of enforcement. They asked why no resident had pressed charges against the dogs’ owner, and advised the audience that bringing the matter before the district magistrate would probably bring the fastest results. Manager Lunn promised his cooperation in the matter and told the distraught neighbors that if police failed to respond to their calls, to call him, at home
if necessary.
Council agreed the problem required immediate action, and referred it to the police committee. Following adjournment, committee member Charles Dithrich held an impromptu meeting on the matter with Mayor John Oliver, Manager Lunn and Solicitor Kopf.
In other business, Council voted to invest $100,000 for a period of 30 days. Tax collector Eugene Campbell’s report showed an uncollected balance of $267,847.42. Mr. Lunn told Council some of those residents who have filed appeals on their property assessments are holding back on their payments to the Borough, thus accounting tor the large uncollected amount. Council vice-president Frank C. Schroeder, Jr., who conducted the meeting in the absence of president Robert Mann, said, “There is nothing to be lost by paying your tax« pow. The Borough is under obligation to give a full refund if the taxpayer’s appeal is granted.”
Manager Limn informed Council that within several months, the Borough will have to provide Workmen’s compensation for its employees. The state legislature has voted that every municipality must provide compensation, and in Edgeworth, it will expand the annual budget by about $5,000.	’
Before adjournment, members of Council bade farewell to Councilman Philip J. Berg, who Will move from the borough August 1.
Village shop entry
Carroll’s Music Shop at 405 Beaver Street reported a burglary between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 9:30 a.m. of July 13. Owner George Habers told police that four televisions and about $70 were missing. The case is under investigation.