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Fox Chapel council voted to rename Squaw Run Road and Squaw Run East, to remove the slur “Squaw” from place names in the borough.
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In a nod to the borough’s early years, Fox Chapel council voted on Monday night to rename Squaw Run Road to Hemlock Hollow Road, bringing an end to a nine-month conflict on how to remove the slur “Squaw” from place names.
The change to one of the borough’s most heavily traveled roads will be effective by May 1. Council noted that Hollow was the original name of the windy wooded road.
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The Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy will host a spring lantern forest walk on March 20 at Riding Meadow Park. Donations will benefit park improvements.
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The public is encouraged to put on their hiking boots and hit the trail at Riding Meadow Park in Fox Chapel for a good cause.
The Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy is hosting a spring lantern forest walk at sundown on March 20, the first day of spring.
Lanterns will illuminate a wooded path that winds through the green space while participants reflect on the value of natural spaces and the important role the outdoors has played in this pandemic year, Conservancy Co-Founder Mandy Steele said.
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O’Hara council is seeking more than $770,000 in Allegheny County grants for stormwater projects across the township.
Council green-lighted three applications to the county’s Community Infrastructure and Tourism Fund. They include:
• $250,000 for the Greenwood Cemetery stormwater project.
• $250,000 for the Epsilon Drive work.
• $220,000 for a project along Gamma Drive.
If approved, money would come through the county Redevelopment Authority.
Township Engineer Chuck Steinert said the work at Greenwood Cemetery would alleviate flooding in the lower portion of Seitz Run by retaining and releasing water at a slower rate.
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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.