In Brief: Radon detectors available for loan, kindergarten registration and more in the North Hills

Radon detectors available for loan

Northland Public Library in McCandless is offering Airthings radon detectors for checkout thanks to a generous donation.

Radon detectors can tell when harmful radon gas is in the air of a home or building. The new detectors available at the library are easy to use and need only about seven days in a building to provide an accurate reading.

The units were donated by Jeremy and Stacey Shaffer and dedicated to people who have lost their lives to lung cancer.

North Allegheny kindergarten registration

Kindergarten registration for North Allegheny’s 2021-22 school year is open.

Parents can begin the online application process and schedule an appointment. The district will book appointments to meet with parents between March 1 to 8.

Before beginning the registration process, parents should review the district’s interactive kindergarten registration handbook, which outlines the registration process, supporting documents, appointments and other important information.

Links to the application and additional information is available on the district’s website.

Week-long event scheduled to collect glass for recycling

Residents who no longer have glass picked up at the curb as part of their municipality’s recycling program can make sure it stays out of a landfill by dropping it off at week-long glass collection event in Hampton.

Between Jan. 30 and Feb. 4, glass bottles, jars and jugs of all colors can be dropped off in the Hampton Swimming Pool parking lot at 3101 McCully Road. The event is being hosted by the township and state Rep. Lori Mizgorski, R- Shaler.

The event is open to residents of any community that does not offer curbside glass recycling and people who want to ensure that the glass they discard is recycled instead of being sent to a landfill.

Glass containers should be empty and rinsed with the lids and labels left on. Bags and boxes used to transport the glass must be discarded off-site.

The traveling recycling bin program is conducted by the Pennsylvania Resource Council with sponsorship from Owens-Illinois and CAP Glass, which uses the glass to make new bottles, jars and other products.

PRC also is conducting a glass drop off from Jan. 16 to 21 at the Findlay Township public works garage at 1058 Clinton Road.

More information about glass recycling events is available online or by calling PRC at 412-488-7490.

Upcoming blood drive benefits North Hills charity

CHROME Federal Credit Union in Wexford is hosting a blood drive Jan. 27 to help replenish the region’s supply and raise money for North Hills Community Outreach.

For every donor, Vitalant, which handles the blood collection, will make a donation to NHCO that will be matched by the credit union.

Appointments to donate blood can be made online or by calling 412-209-7000. Appointments also can be made by contacting Cyndi Funk at cfunk@vitalant.org or by telephone at 412-477-2957.

Mercuri sworn in as 28th state House District rep

Republican state representative-elect Rob Mercuri of Pine took the oath of office Jan. 5 for the 28th District House seat.

Mercuri, who defeated Democrat Emily Skapov in the Nov. 3 general election to win the seat, was sworn in the House chamber at the state capitol complex in Harrisburg. He replaces former state House Speaker Mike Turzai, who held the office for 20 years.

Turzai resigned in June to take a job as general counsel with Peoples, the Pittsburgh-based gas utility.

The district comprises McCandless, Pine, Marshall, Franklin Park and Bradford Woods.

Allegheny County hiring park rangers

The Allegheny County Parks Department is accepting applications for seasonal park rangers, including positions in North Park.

Park rangers learn valuable skills patrolling and interacting with visitors, leading public programming, building and maintaining trails, working on resource management projects such as tree plantings and invasive species removal, teaching outreach groups and managing volunteers.

Applicants must have a minimum of 45 college credits in parks and recreation management, biology, environmental science or a related field of study.

An equivalent combination of education and experience can be substituted. Applicants also must be certified in CPR when they are hired. The pay rate is $10 an hour.

More information about the qualifications and duties and a a link to the application is available online.