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1. Dormont Public Safety/Public Service committee meets at 6 p.m. Monday; Recreation/Community Affairs committee follows at 7 p.m. You should come. There's usually a limbo contest. 2. The Dormont Library is hosting a program, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Monday for parents on why your teenagers absolutely hate your guts because you won't let them text and drive and get a belly piercing at the same time. Oh wait. Teens nowadays are already belly pierced. Anyway, sounds to be an informative program. (I may have taken some liberties there, but my mom would probably say, yeah, that's about what he was like, …
1. Dormont Council voted, unanimously, to spent about $4,000 Monday night to have Bartlett Tree Experts come in and map the more than 400 trees in the park. 2. Cannon Coffee is hosting its first "Hit The Deck" pot-luck and jam on Sunday starting at 5 p.m. Free. Theme is Mexican cuisine. 3. Dell Avenue speedsters beware: Dormont Council approved installing a stop sign at Dell and Park avenues for 90 days. 4. The Dormont Library is hosting a free parenting program Monday, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. The program is run by Outreach Teen and Family Services and is entitled: Ages and Changes of Your …
1. The Church of the Resurrection, 1100 Creedmoor Ave., is looking for volunteers to help make pierogies for the upcoming Fish Fry and Fun Fair. Monday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 412-831-2440. 2. The Brookline Area Community Council meets 7:30 p.m. Monday at St. Mark’s Church, Brookline Blvd. & Glenarm Ave. 3. Keystone Oaks boys basketball hosts East Allegheny Tuesday and Thomas Jefferson Friday. Both games at 7:30 p.m. 4. Keystone Oaks girls basketball hosts Seton-LaSalle 7:30 p.m. Monday. The Lady Golden Eagles are on the road at Brentwood on Wednesday and South Allegheny on Thursday. 5. …
1. The Dormont Athletic Booster Association will have its first of several signups for baseball, softball and twirling at 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Dormont Borough Recreation Center. 2. Shake off the winter blues. Friends Of Dormont Pool is hosting a Blizzard Beach Party from 8 p.m.-10 p.m. Saturday at Cain's Saloon. 3. The Keystone Oaks Lady Eagles softball boosters is hosting a spaghetti dinner 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Saturday at Dormont Elementary School 4. PirateFest ... Take the family down to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center this weekend for the indoor baseball carnival, featuring …
1. Pittsburgh Steelers are AFC champs. 2. Dormont Borough finance and legal committee meeting, 7 p.m. Monday, municipal building. 3. Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles travel to South Park Tuesday for a 7:30 p.m. game and host West Mifflin at 7:30 p.m. Friday. 4. Keystone Oaks Lady Eagles host Bishop Canevin, 7:30 p.m. Monday; Sto-Rox, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Lady Eagles will also honor instructors as part of teacher appreciation night at 7 p.m. Tuesday. They travel to Steel Valley for a 7:30 p.m. game Thursday. 5. Keystone Oaks Lady Eagles Softball hosts a spaghetti dinner, 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Saturday at…
1. The fine folks at Cannon Coffee will be at an open house for Brew on Broadway, 1557 Broadway, Beechview, 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Brew on Broadway will be a non-profit initiative for Main-Street revitalization, where profits are re-invested into the community 2. The Steelers host the Jets to decide who will go to the Super Bowl. 'Nuf said. If you're going, tell us in comments. We welcome pictures, too - of the game, your Steelers' lair, parties and you decked out in black and gold! 3. Boy Scout Troop 23 is holding its annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser on 4 p.m.-8 …

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