Everson News

Everson property owners will not see an increase in local taxes in 2010. Council this week approved a final budget with revenues and expenditures both at $149,050. Millage will remain at 4.0395. "The borough will end 2009 in the black, but we're cutting it extremely close," said council President Mike Banaszak.

This evening, the following churches will hold services: * 4 p.m. and midnight Mass at St.

The possibility of a regional police force between Everson and Upper Tyrone doesn't seem like much of an improbability since the township uses the borough's fire department and the two will soon be a part of the same sewage system.

Everson Volunteer Firemen will sell hoagies on Pittsburgh Street in Scottdale Friday and Saturday.

There is free parking in Scottdale for the month of December. Please think about putting the money you would have used for parking into the Salvation Army kettles.

The holiday season is upon us and for many, today's Thanksgiving meal may not be as grand and the gifts under the Christmas tree could be a little sparse as the economy continues to keep consumer spending at bay.

"Santa Claus" will help kick off the holiday season with a parade at 6 p.m. Friday in Everson, as residents and visitors alike celebrate with the annual community light-up night.

Low bids on stimulus-funded projects allowed PennDOT to spend the savings on another 33 road and bridge projects, Gov.

A huge auction will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Scottdale Firemen's Club on Porter Avenue.

Everson residents won't have to worry about an increase in local taxes for 2010, but they will have to deal with a decrease in services.

Several candidates were challenged in Scottdale and Everson by write-in candidates in the recent general election.

Everson council isn't happy about a preliminary agreement between Westmoreland Fayette Municipal Sewage Authority and Scottdale, Everson and East Huntingdon.

Tonight, the Hearts and Hands Quilt Guild will meet at 7 p.m. in St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Mulberry Street in Scottdale.

Tonight, put on your Halloween costume, stop by the Scottdale Public Library and listen to Jamie Cochran read from her book "A Spooky House." For more information, call 724-887-6140. Come experience the sights and sounds of a 19th century in-home funeral along with mourning practices, listen to tales of occurrences which took place at the very spot ...

On Sunday, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Everson will play host to the 30th anniversary of the Pilgrimage of Faith put together by the Greensburg Fraternity of Polish Priests.

Autumn is here, and the leaves are falling. Please bag them and put them in front of the curb so the borough street crew can pick them up.

Area trick-or-treat events are set as follows: * Bullskin: Oct. 31, trick-or-treat from 3 to 6 p.m. * Connellsville: Sunday, trick-or-treat from 4 to 5 p.m.; Oct.

Other than a few right-of-way concerns and some local business inquiries, PennDOT representatives are not expecting any bumps in the road for the estimated $2 million bridge replacement project along Route 819, the Scottdale/Dawson Road at the sharp curve in front of Groomes Transit bus company.

Monday is fall cleanup day in Everson. Residents can dispose of unwanted items on this day by placing them where their weekly trash pickup takes place.

Uniontown Routine bridge inspection today PennDOT District 12 announced a routine bridge inspection will occur on the bridge that carries Crawford Avenue over the CSX Railroad in the City of Connellsville, starting at 9:15 a.m. today.