Outstanding students from Belle Vernon Area High School and Frazier High School were awarded BV Rotary Scholarships on May 25 at Cedarbrook Clubhouse Grille.

Millions of dollars will be invested in five Allegheny County public libraries in a first-of-their-kind series of grants.  The Board of the Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD) voted recently to grant $3.8 million to five transformative projects, all of which will go to libraries serving communities in the Mon Valley.

NEW DONORA BOOK - "DONORA DEATH FOG: Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town."

In October 1948, a seemingly average fog descended on the tiny mill town of Donora, Pennsylvania. With a population of fewer than fifteen thousand, the town’s main industry was steel and zinc mills—mills that continually emitted pollutants into the air. The six-day smog event left twenty-one people dead and thousands sick. Even after the fog lifted, hundreds more died or were left with lingering health problems. 

The Friends of the South Park Library are looking for new members, and now is a great time to join.  By becoming a new member, or renewing your membership, you will be sponsoring important programs to benefit the South Park Library.  The Friends will be holding a fall book sale in October; as a member you will be entitled to the members-only presale on the first day of the sale.