Here are briefs from the Times Express coverage area. Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com.
Blue light bulb sales support Monroeville police
Monroeville officials are selling blue light bulbs and proceeds will benefit the Monroeville Police Benevolent Fund.
The Blue Light Project will offer the bulbs for $10 at the Monroeville Parks and Recreation Department at 2700 Monroeville Boulevard. Community members can also purchase and install their own blue 9-watt LED bulb to show support for the police.
For more, call 412-856-1006 or see Monroeville.pa.us.
Kindergarten registration open
Gateway School District officials announced that kindergarten registration for the 2024-25 school year is open.
Parents can go to Gatewayk12.org/resources/parent-resources/registration to complete an online enrollment form. Kindergarten screenings will take place in May.
For more, call 412-373-5705 or email ccappell@gatewayk12.org.
Mass for health care professionals
Christ the Divine Shepherd Parish will host a Feb. 11 “White Mass” named for the white coats worn by health care professionals.
It will be at 2 p.m. at Saint Bernadette Church, 245 Azalea Drive in Monroeville, with celebrant Bishop Mark Eckman. A reception will follow in Biedenbach Hall.
Register by Feb. 2 to attend by calling 412-373-0050, ext. 154 or emailing nwytiaz@cdsmph.org.
Plum Area Ladies Society events
• Monthly meeting, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Plum Community Center, 499 Center New Texas Road. Featured speaker will be Jeremiah’s Place, which provides child care for low-income families. Service project will be to donate money, laundry supplies, dryer sheets and cleaning supplies for the center. A second service project will be hosting a valentine ice cream social and distributing homemade cards for Concordia Ridgewood residents on Feb. 10.
• Ladies Day Out, Feb. 12 with a trip to Zen’s Chinese Restaurant to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Sign-up will take place at the Feb. 7 meeting.
• Annual society banquet, 2-5 p.m. May 4 at Pugliano’s on Golden Mile Highway. The theme is “Kentucky Derby” and the cost is $30.
The club meets regularly at the community center at 6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month, September through April. For more, call 724-327-8265.
Upcoming Monroeville library events
• Feb. 8: Concert by flutist Gemma Stemley, playing calypso, Caribbean and Mardi Gras-themed music at 7 p.m. Free to attend.
• Feb. 9: Native American activist Miguel Sague will explore the indigenous history of the region at 1 p.m., RSVP required.
• Feb. 13: Cybersecurity presentation by students from Forbes Road Career & Technology Center’s computer networking and security program at 7 p.m. The session will focus on phishing and how scammers obtain private information. RSVP required.
• Game night with spaces set up to play a wide variety of card games, table-top games and party games. Bring your own or use those provided by the library, 6-8 p.m.
• Tom Roberts & the Hot Club of Pittsburgh, an online presentation with host Tom Roberts presenting records from his 78-rpm collection, focusing on some of the oldest popular recordings of early Black musicians, 7 p.m.
The library is at 4000 Gateway Campus Boulevard in Monroeville. For more, call 412-372-0500.
Upcoming meetings
• Monroeville Citizen Night and council work session, 7 p.m. Feb. 6 at the council chambers, 2700 Monroeville Boulevard.
• Monroeville Zoning Hearing Board work session/meeting, 7/7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at the council chambers.
• Pitcairn council, 6 p.m. Feb. 12 at the council chambers, 609 Broadway Boulevard. For more, see PitcairnBorough.us.
• Monroeville council meeting, 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at the council chambers.
• Monroeville planning commission work session/meeting, 7/7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at the council chambers.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.