Bethel Park

Bethel Park Library Director Cheryl Napsha has resigned to accept a similar job in Westland, Mich. Her last day in Bethel is April 25, and her first day on her new job is May 1.

She has held her job for seven years and oversaw a renovation project that resulted in an increase in library usage of 50 percent.

Dormont

The next finance and legal committee meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday before the regular council meeting that starts at 7:30 p.m. Maher Duessel is expected to discuss the borough audit at the committee meeting.

When the swimming pool opens on Memorial Day there will be changes in two admission rates.

Resident senior pass will cost $45, reduced from last year's rate of $60; resident family pass will cost $150, down from $175. The rates for nonresident family pass and nonresident senior pass will stay the same, as will the other rates.

Dormont purchased recreational equipment, including slides, for $4,300 from a day care center that closed. But officials, including junior council member Laurel Martinez, differ on where in the borough the equipment should be installed. Council will vote on the matter next Monday.

Friends of the Pool have agreed to donate up to $1,500 so the borough can install portable toilets near the swimming pool.

Green Tree

The Public Library will celebrate National Library Week April 15-21 by offering amnesty for all overdue materials returned that week. For more, call 412-921-9292.

Upper St. Clair

The township is tightening its requirements regarding occupancy permits for new tenants in commercial buildings.

Beginning May 1, an occupancy permit must be obtained for any new tenant moving into a commercial building, even if the space has not been altered or renovated.

The property owner and prospective tenant are required to file an application for the occupancy permit at least 10 days prior to occupancy. The property will be inspected by the township building inspector and fire marshal.

The tenant also must submit business/employer registration forms with the application.

Questions about the new policy, which meets the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code, can be answered by calling the township's department of planning and community development at 412-831-9000, ext. 501, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Peters

Council on Monday approved a resolution that would charge developers an impact fee based on the level of traffic and disturbance caused by construction.

As part of an 18-month comprehensive traffic study, the township will assess developers a $1,000 fee per trip in one afternoon, to be collected during the application for a building permit.

For residential development, the average construction vehicle trip is one per afternoon, meaning those developers would pay about $1,000 per home. The number of vehicle trips varies in commercial construction, but there are industry guidelines to use for such calculations, said township Manager Michael Silvestri.

Council awarded a $222,000 contract to Allegheny City Electric to replace lights in two baseball fields at Peterswood Park. Work is expected to start immediately, and should be wrapped up by July, when tournament season begins.

Former Councilman James Schafer has been appointed to serve out the remaining term of retiring township Sanitary Board member Gerald Grubesky, which will be completed at the end of next year.

Bethel Park

Three district teachers have been named Teachers of Honor by the Teacher Excellence Center in its 2007 Teacher Recognition Program.

Independence Middle School language arts teacher Gloria Feather, high school music teacher Leonard Lavelle and Abraham Lincoln Elementary librarian Denice Pazuchanics will be among a group of 100 teachers who will be honored at a Celebration of Teaching on April 19 at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland.

They are now eligible to be named one of seven Teachers of Excellence who will receive a $2,500 grant for their schools.

Also on April 19, Independence music teacher Michael Petrossi will be inducted into the Teacher Excellence Hall of Fame, in recognition of three previous Teacher of Honor designations.

The center received more than 5,000 nominations for teachers from 78 southwest Pennsylvania school districts for this year's program.

Mt. Lebanon

A tuba/euphonium quartet from "The President's Own" United States Marine Band performed in a free public concert Tuesday at Mt. Lebanon High School.

The performance was hosted by the music department at Duquesne University. The quartet performed a variety of styles including songs made famous by Duke Ellington.

The members of the tuba quartet perform with the Marine Band at the White House and across the country in various concerts. The Marine Band is America's oldest professional musical organization. Founded in 1798, the band has performed for every U.S. President since John Adams. Given the title "The President's Own" by Thomas Jefferson, the Marine Band's primary mission is to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.