In brief: Garden club scholarship, hazardous material recycling and more in the North Hills

Garden club offering scholarship

Applications are being accepted for the Ingomar Garden Club’s annual scholarship program.

Each year, the garden clubs awards a $1,000 scholarship to a college student with a declared major of agriculture, horticulture, turf management or a related field. The scholarship is open to students with a 3.5 GPA who are entering their junior or senior year.

The deadline to apply is Feb. 1 for the 2021-22 school year.

Applications are available online at: http://bit.ly/IGCscholarship.

Hazardous recycling event

Cranberry Township is playing host to a household hazardous and electronic waste collection event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24.

Registration is required to drop off items at the township’s public works building along Route 19.

The following rates will be charged for recycling:

• TVs, monitors, printers and towers: 55 cents per pound

• All other electronics and items that contain Freon: 19 cents per pound

• Household hazardous waste: 70 cents per pound

• Bulbs, batteries: 55 cents per pound

• Propane tanks: $20 each

Items that will not be accepted include explosives, ammunition, radioactive materials, large appliances, pharmaceuticals, syringes, medical waste, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, devices containing mercury, compressed gas canisters and tires.

McCandless leaf collection begins

The town’s annual leaf collection continues through Nov. 25 with the exception of weekends and Election Day on Nov. 3.

The town uses leaf vacuum trucks on most streets, which means leaves should be raked onto the curb and gutter line. No tree limbs, grass clippings or other yard waste will be collected.

Leaves should not be placed in the street to avoid traffic problems or clogged storm drains.

On roads where vacuum trucks cannot be used, leaves can be placed in biodegradable paper leaf bags and placed as close to the road as possible.

Residents on streets where leaf bag pickup is done can receive 25 bags per household from the municipality. Additional bags cost $13.50 a bundle. A list of streets where bags are required is available online at http://bit.ly/McCandlessLeafCollection.

Trail & Treat

Hosanna Industries will hold its second annual Trail & Treat 2-4 p.m. Oct. 25 at its Dickey Road campus in Gibsonia. Bring your ghouls, goblins and friendly furry friends for a safe and socially distant fun afternoon. Walk the trail, collect treats from characters and take photos. For more information or to donate treats, contact Emily Cadenhead at emilysafran@gmail.com or 724-770-0262.

Scavenger hunt tests McCandless knowledge

Think you know McCandless?

Then put your knowledge to the test during a family-friendly scavenger hunt to discover some of the area’s hidden treasures.

The event, which runs through Oct. 31, costs $15 for a family or group of four.

Participants can stop by Town Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays to pay the fee and pick up a “Hidden Heritage” booklet to begin hunting.

Completed answer sheets must be returned to the McCandless/Northern Allegheny Heritage Center by Oct. 31.

Every group that returns an answer sheet will receive a Heritage Center pin and becomes eligible to win a prize basket.

Groups that get at least eight questions correct will be entered a second time.

Those who answer all 10 questions plus the four bonus questions will receive a third entry for the prize basket.

Town Hall at 9955 Grubbs Road. The Heritage Center is located adjacent to Town Hall.