Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review
Some Fox Chapel residents will get a new street name this spring after council changes the name of Squaw Run Road and Squaw Run East.
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Fox Chapel residents who live along some private lanes in the borough will be getting new street names this spring.
Council’s move to rename Squaw Run and Squaw Run East will affect about 10 properties, in addition to those housed on the Heinz Estate.
“Much of Squaw Run and Squaw Run East are little side streets with clusters of homes, so in addition to removing the slur, we are also giving the side streets their own road names,” Councilperson Mandy Steele said.
The butterfly is the inspiration for artist Jessica Jing McCann. McCann sees the creature as both fragile and strong.
“The butterfly has always been my favorite insect,” said McCann, of O’Hara. She recalled a trip to a butterfly garden at Niagara Falls when she was 14. “I love the elegance and grace of a butterfly. I also love its strength and its fragility.”
The essence of the insect comes through in the art McCann fashions out of nickel.
She said making jewelry is a process. It begins with a design she creates through a sketch, which she builds into a paper model. She takes those pieces of paper and places them on the nickel. McCann cuts the material with a coping saw into the desired shapes. She files the edges and sands the metal before polishing the jewelry.
Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review
Fox Chapel is working to remove the word squaw from public roads because it is a slur for women of Native American descent. Residents who are impacted by the change will be compensated.
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Fox Chapel residents who are impacted by the impending name change of Squaw Run Road and Squaw Run East will get $250 from borough tax dollars to offset costs and compensate them for inconveniences.
Council on Jan. 18 approved the stipend, saying anyone who can prove financial hardship will be eligible for an extra $250. Councilperson Thomas Karet abstained.
Louis B.Ruediger | Tribune-Review
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Fox Chapel residents will no longer be able to dispose of mattresses in the dumpsters at the municipal complex.
“We’re having a problem where we’re getting five or six a week,” Manager Gary Koehler told council during its Jan. 18 meeting.
The borough supplies trash bins behind the municipal building along Fox Chapel Road for residents to discard bulk items such as furniture and small appliances.
The problem with the mattresses is that they fill the bin, Koehler said.
Matt Rosenberg | Tribune-Review
O’Hara Community Park will get six story boards in spring 2021 that detail the township’s history.
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Educational signs to be erected this spring in O’Hara Community Park will deliver bits of the township’s history, tracing back to its origins when Seneca Indian Chief Guyasuta trekked through green valleys and tree-covered hills to settle nearby and serve as an advisor to George Washington.
A small committee of historians, elected officials and Native Americans are crafting six displays that they said will represent an accurate timeline of the township.