Norwin area: Irwin Clean Up Day; mulch sale; pirohi sale and more
Irwin Community Clean Up Day slated
Irwin Borough will hold its free Community Clean Up Day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 20 at Irwin Park parking lot off Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Waste Management will provide the dumpsters and Westmoreland Cleanways will handle the disposal of electronics, such as desktop computers, laptop computers, computer monitors, computer peripherals and televisions. Refrigerators, tires and fluorescent bulbs will be taken.
No hazardous waste will be accepted, nor will construction debris, concrete, batteries, free flowing liquids, lead-based paint, car parts, medical waste, riding mowers, oil, gas and propane tanks, chemical products and pesticides.
For more information, contact the Irwin Borough office at 724-864-3100, ext. 1.
Earth Day park work slated
Earth Day will be celebrated at the Braddock’s Trail Park in North Huntingdon with a work day, removing vines and invasive plants, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 22.
Those interested in participating should meet at the park parking lot at 6:30 p.m. Participants are encourage to bring loppers to prune trees or a hand saw, and wear work gloves.
Manor election day food drive
The Manor Lions Club will be collecting non-perishable food on the primary election day on April 23 at the borough’s polling precinct, 44 Main Street.
Donations will go to the Manor Food Pantry, and monetary donations are also welcome.
For more information, email jrare4@comcast.net.
Church to sell pirohi
St. Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church at 90 Bethel Road, North Huntingdon, will be selling potato and cheese pirohi for $12 a dozen, as well as sweet cabbage pirohi for the same price, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 26, or until all priohi are sold out.
This will be the last pirohi sale at the church until September.
For more information, call the church at 412-627-1678.
Boy Scouts to sell mulch
Boy Scout Troop 284 of Irwin will sell mulch as a fundraiser for the first two weekends of May.
Two cubic-feet bags of mulch, black, brown and red, will be available for delivery those weekends within the 15642-Zip code area, plus a five-mile surrounding radius.
The minimum order is five bags and each bag is $5. A special bulk order of 25 bags is offered at a discount of $110.
Orders will be accepted online at Troop284Irwin.com or by mail to Boy Scout Troop 284, 617 Main Street, Irwin, PA 15642.
Joe Napsha is a TribLive reporter covering Irwin, North Huntingdon and the Norwin School District. He also writes about business issues. He grew up on Neville Island and has worked at the Trib since the early 1980s. He can be reached at jnapsha@triblive.com.
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