THE BOROUGH BULLETIN

Digital Newsletter
May 2025 Edition

22nd Annual Franklin Park Community

Scholarship Golf Outing
Monday, July 28, 2025

HOSTED AT A NEW LOCATION
CRANBERRY HIGHLANDS GOLF COURSE

BENEFITS THE FRANKLIN PARK BOROUGH COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

We welcome foursomes as well as singles, which will be paired into teams. The format is a 4-person scramble. Team prizes are awarded for 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place. Skill prizes, prize drawing, 50/50, putting contest, snack at the turn, lunch, and beverages are provided. The Borough offers advertising and golf packages that will support the scholarship fund drive. We are also seeking Event, Lunch, and Tee Sign sponsors and prize and gift basket donations for our prize pool. Ads will be placed in the borough’s Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 newsletters. View the Golf Outing Brochure Information Packet for all details.

For questions or additional information, contact Donna Platt at 412-364-4115, Ext. 302 or by email at dplatt@franklinparkborough.us.

Summer park discount tickets are now available at the Franklin Park Borough Municipal Building. Tickets for purchase are for Idlewild, Kennywood, Sandcastle and Waldameer Parks. To view the list of parks and price list visit www.franklinparkborough.us. Tickets can be purchased by using cash, check or credit card.

2025 FRANKLIN PARK COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

The following 11 students were chosen to receive a $1,500 Franklin Park Community Scholarship this year:

Anna Bridges
Caden Currykosky
Linda Kong
Andrew Li
Tanay Mishra
Julia O’Keefe
Emily Quinlan
Neelansh Samanta
Emily Sobehart
Katherine Varghese
Arshia Zaidi

PaperRetriever Recycling Bin

is here!!

The Paper Retriever is a free paper recycling program that benefits the environment by providing access to recycling accepted items including: Newspaper, magazines/catalogs, office and school papers, junk mail, envelopes (with or without windows), folders, fax and copy paper, colored paper, shredded paper (bagged), books (soft and hardback). Items not accepted are food wrap/containers, tissue products, plastic, glass, or aluminum. This service is being provided as an addition to your curbside recycling container. The bin will be located across from the Police Department at the Franklin Park Borough Municipal Building, 2344 West Ingomar Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. Please note that if unacceptable items are being placed in this bin we will have to reconsider continuing to provide it.

Primary Election Day is May 20

Primary Election Day is Tuesday, May 20th. Polls will be open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.

If you have any questions regarding your polling location, feel free to give the Borough offices a call at 412-364-4115, or you can find your polling place by following the link. To verify your voter registration or have any other voting questions, click on the link to the Allegheny County Election Division website.

To view your sample ballot, click the link, choose Franklin Park, your ward and district and the appropriate ballot. You can also see where your polling place is located.

Spring Roadside Litter Cleanup Update

Our over 25 outstanding volunteers of all ages cleaned up a 1/2 mile stretch along Nicholson Road and removed 30 bags of trash, tires, political signs, and car parts. Many items were also recycled.

Green-Up Day Update

Thank you to our wonderful team of about 20 volunteers who helped to plant 100 native buttonbush, pussy willow, black willow, sandbar willow, and/or silky dogwood along the banks of the headwaters of Little Sewickley Creek in Acorn Park. This year we continued our work from 2024 downstream and along Magee Road Extension. Litter was also cleaned up, invasive species removed, maintenance was performed on the 2024 tree tubes, and all 100 plastic sapling pots were donated for reuse. This riparian forest buffer will help protect against flooding, filter pollution for cleaner water, and stabilize streambanks to prevent erosion. The green biodegradable tree tubes protecting the saplings from wildlife can be seen from the road when driving north on Magee Road Extension. Plants were procured from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership.

2025 FRANKLIN PARK BOROUGH TAX BILLS MAILED

The 2025 Franklin Park Borough Municipal property tax bills were mailed May 1, 2025. The discount period for payment of this tax is June 30, 2025. You can remit your payment by one of the following methods:

US mail (enclose self-addressed stamped envelope) and a receipt will be returned.
Drop-Off box (located in the driveway of the Municipal Building’s parking lot) and a receipt will be returned. This box is checked periodically throughout the day and is monitored by security cameras.
Pay in-person utilizing the lobby payment window (check tax bill for office hours).

If you have not received your tax bill, please call the Tax Office at 412-364-4848

Election Day - May 20th
Memorial Day - May 26th - Borough offices closed
(There will be no garbage service on Monday, May 26th.
Service will be delayed one day for the rest of the week.)