Commissioner Miller's Resolution Regarding Our Parks and Fields

UPDATE: The resolution was defeated during Monday night's meeting.

Dan Miller, the 5th Ward Commissioner, recently posted the following blog entry on his web site. It contains information about a resolution that he introduced at this evening's Commission meeting regarding the issuance of bonds to fund development of the McNeilly Road property as well as improvements to the pool, Main Park and Bird Park.

Read the full posting:

• www.danmillerward5.com/pool-and-fields-resolution

Aging Trees Threat In Mt. Lebanon

When a tree fell in Mt. Lebanon last month, Lori Pearce thought it took a while before the right people heard it. The locust tree that toppled June 6 in Bird Park just missed crushing Pearce, 40, a friend and their five children walking along a path near the park entrance, she said.

"It was terrifying as a mother," Pearce said Tuesday as she stood near logs from the trunk, a few feet in diameter. "I heard a huge crack, turned and saw the tree split, and yelled to my daughter, 'Run!' Then, all of us were under the branches and popped up like little groundhogs. I expected to see one of my kids pinned under a limb."

Link: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_580082.html

Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/08220/902396-55.stm (Updated 8/7/08)