Trib: Grocery store gets tentative OK in Mt. Lebanon

Developers hope to break ground on a grocery store in Mt. Lebanon by early next year after the municipal planning commission granted preliminary approval for redeveloping the former Roth Carpet store.

Developers would demolish the vacant carpet store and replace it with a 19,000-square-foot Fresh Market specialty grocery near the intersection of Washington and Connor roads. Four driveways off Connor Road would be condensed into two, which would be shifted farther away from the intersection to improve visibility and would be shared with the existing Jos. A. Bank clothing store next door.

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• www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_778344.html (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

ML Directors Preparing Five-Year Plan

Administrators in Mt. Lebanon School District and others are tackling the budget process a little differently this year, attempting to project financial needs five years out and plan for large forecasted expenditures.

With mounting state economic woes and rising unemployment, Mt. Lebanon and school districts across the state are feeling the pinch. The five-year planning process drafted by Finance Director Jan Klein gave Mt. Lebanon board members a picture of upcoming attractions they'd rather not see. By far the largest forecasted jump in expenses is due to the Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) shortfall, and the costs associated with the high school renovation.

Link: www.thealmanac.net/ALM/Story/04-01-ML-5-year-plan-B