In Brief: Changes at North Park rink, McCandless job openings and more in the North Hills
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Change made at North Park skating rink to slow covid spread
The Allegheny County Parks Department has made several changes at the North Park skating rink that will be in effect through Jan. 3 to comply with the state’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
All buildings will be closed to the public, including indoor restrooms. Portable toilets, lockers and benches will be available outside. A maximum of 50 skaters per session will be permitted and tickets must be purchased online. No walk-up ticket sales are available. Face coverings will be required at all times.
Tickets to skate at the rink cost $5 for Allegheny County residents and $6 for people living outside the county. Skate rentals are included in the admission price.
More information and a link to buy tickets is available online.
Free radon test for McCandless residents
McCandless officials announced that resident can receive free radon testing kits through a partnership with the state Department of Environmental Protection and the American Lung Association.
The municipality will send a letter to residents containing a link to apply online for the test kits, which will be delivered from a DEP certified laboratory during the next several weeks.
All instructions and return postage to have the sample analyzed by a laboratory is included.
For more information or to order kits by telephone, call Denise Bleiler or Robert Lewis with the DEP at 1-800-237-2366 or 717-783-3594.
Applicants sought for McCandless public works director, other posts
The Town of McCandless is accepting applications from people interested in serving as the superintendent of public works.
The person selected for the job will replace current superintendent Mark Sabinia, who is retiring after more than 50 years of service to the municipality, including 40 years leading the department.
The public works superintendent oversees road maintenance, stormwater systems, parks, vehicle fleet management and building maintenance.
There are 26 full-time employees and four seasonal workers in the department.
The town also is seeking to fill a full-time finance assistant position. Duties typically include accounts payable, accounts receivable and invoicing, deposits and purchasing card reconciliation.
A position also is available for a part-time custodian.
The job is for 25 to 29 hours a week and involves maintaining and cleaning town facilities.
Full job description for each of the positions as well as a list of qualifications and the application are available online at https://bit.ly/JobsInMcCandless.
Deadline approaching to pay North Allegheny property tax
The deadline for residents using an installment plan to pay their property taxes to the North Allegheny School District is Dec. 31, Franklin Park officials announced.
Taxpayers are reminded to sign the check and pay the correct total amount due. Checks cannot be post-dated.
Questions about the tax can be directed to real estate tax collector Kristin Losco at 412-364-4848.
Live-streamed Christmas Eve services
Hampton Presbyterian Church will celebrate four Christmas Eve services on Dec. 24 and broadcast a virtual service on its website, hamptonpresbyterian.net and its YouTube channel.
The 3:30 and the 6 p.m. services are geared toward families and conclude with candle-lighting during the singing of “Silent Night.” The 8 p.m. is a “Watch Night” service, which is a more meditative style of worship and includes candle lighting and communion. The service at 10 p.m. is a traditional worship service, with brass and bells and candle lighting. Communion also will be served.
Access to the virtual service starts at 3:30 p.m.
The church is located at 2942 East Hardies Road in Gibsonia.
Library loaning radon detectors
Northland Public Library in McCandless is offering Airthings radon detectors for checkout thanks to a generous donation.
Radon detectors can tell when harmful radon gas is in the air of a home or building. The new detectors available at the library are easy to use and need only about seven days in a building to provide an accurate reading.
The units were donated by Jeremy and Stacey Shaffer and dedicated to people who have lost their lives to lung cancer.
Allegheny County hiring park rangers
The Allegheny County Parks Department is accepting applications for seasonal park rangers, including positions in North Park.
Park rangers learn valuable skills patrolling and interacting with visitors, leading public programming, building and maintaining trails, working on resource management projects such as tree plantings and invasive species removal, teaching outreach groups and managing volunteers.
Applicants must have a minimum of 45 college credits in parks and recreation management, biology, environmental science or a related field of study.
An equivalent combination of education and experience can be substituted. Applicants also must be certified in CPR when they are hired. The pay rate is $10 an hour.
More information about the qualifications and duties and a a link to the application is available online.
Trib offering journalism scholarships
Trib Total Media is accepting applications for the Scholarship for Diversity in Media and the Jim Borden Memorial Scholarship.
The Scholarship for Diversity in Media is open to high school seniors who are culturally, ethnically or racially diverse and are planning to study journalism, communication or English writing at a four-year college or university.
The scholarship will include financial assistance of up to $7,500 per year for four years, a guaranteed annual internship with Trib Total Media and an offer for full-time employment upon graduation.
The Jim Borden Memorial Scholarship is offered to high school or college students attending — or planning to attend — a four-year college or university to study journalism, English writing or communication. The recipient will earn up to $30,000 in scholarship money awarded in annual installments of up to $7,500, an annual internship with Trib Total Media and an offer for full-time employment upon graduation.
Applicants can apply online under the Career & Scholarship Opportunities tab at https://tribtotalmedia.com/.
The deadline to apply is Jan. 31.