If I had a dollar for every person who told me they do not know where to buy the New Pittsburgh Courier I would have a nice little stash. I normally tell these people do you have a Giant Eagle near you or have you have been to a Barnes and Noble and the answer is always yes. I then explain that you can go there with your one dollar bill and buy the paper. Now that you have purchased the paper page through it until you come to the page with the subscription information, it is always on the second page at the bottom, now you won’t have to go in search of the New Pittsburgh Courier it will be delivered to your home. You actually save money my ordering a subscription.
Now that we have that out of the way I have something you residents of Penn Hills. One of the highpoints of the day for me is coming up and opening the mail. Last week I received something that at first glance looked like junk mail. Upon closer inspection it was very good information that I am going to share just in case you threw yours away. There is a new service for Penn Hills residents called “E–Waste Collection” and begins on April 1.
E-waste includes televisions, computers, monitors, VCR’s, DVD players, printers, fax machines, cable boxes, keyboards and similar electronic waste. Please understand you cannot put this E-waste out with your regular garbage. If you are a Penn Hills resident you must call 724-887-9400 or email e-wasteph@republicservices.com to arrange for collection. You will then be asked to describe the items you wish to have collected. Residents will then be told when and where on their property the E-waste will be collected. A separate truck and crew will make the pick-up and it will not be on your regular trash day.
So please people use this service and follow the rules. Do not put out the E-waste and say you did not know you had to make a phone call or send an email. I often see TV’s and computers sitting at the curb for weeks. We should all know by now that you cannot put that type of item at the curb. There are very few places to get rid of E-waste and to now have a service that will come to your home and do it for free is amazing. And by the way there will be a limit of two televisions and/or computers monitors during each collection. So just in case you were going to make your house the “drop spot” for all of your friends outside of Penn Hills don’t do it. Your yard will look like Fred Sanford’s’ house. Let’s not mess up a good thing.
Also on today’s list mark your calendars for the annual BASH luncheon on April 2, at the Doubletree by Hilton Meadowlands tickets are $40 www.bashforwomen.com.
Last thing the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History is free Thursday evenings in March. Go!
(Email the columnist at debbienorrell@aol.com)
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