In brief: fall leaf collection, writers series and more around Sewickley

Fall leaf collection

Sewickley’s fall leaf collection program will begin Oct. 12 and will continue through Nov. 20, weather permitting.

Leaves are to be placed along the street line and not in the street. Placing leaves in the street can cause sewer backup and entice children to play in the leaves on the street, which creates a dangerous situation.

Brush, grass and shrubbery clippings are not to be mixed with leaves. Grass and shrubbery clippings are required to be bagged for weekly garbage collection. Branches must be cut to four-foot lengths and bundled; Waste Management, the borough’s waste collection hauler, will not pick up branches unless this is done. The borough will only pick up branches after a storm. Leaves that are not put out for collection during this time will have to be bagged for regular waste pick up.

Beth Samuel Jewish Center virtual programs

BSJC will host all programs through Zoom until further notice. Upcoming programs include Sukkot Family Services, 7 p.m. Oct. 2.

High Holy Days are ticketed. Contact the center for tickets. Email BethSamuel Office@comcast.net for more information or Zoom login links.

Penguin Bookshop Writers Series

Join author Minda Harris virtually at 7 p.m. Oct. 8 as the Penguin Bookshop hosts its Writers Series. The author of “The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table!” will discuss her work and the book with moderator LaVern Burton, who is Sewickley Academy’s diversity director and leader of the bookstore’s chapter of the Well Read Black Girl Book Club. Those who purchase a copy of “The Memo” prior to Oct. 7 will receive access to the event via a Zoom link. For more information or to order, visit www.penguinbookshop.com/event/minda-harts.

Sewickley resident named Lawyer of the Year

W. Grant Scott II of Meyer, Unkovic & Scott has been honored as a “Lawyer of the Year” for 2021 in Pittsburgh by The Best Lawyers in America.

Scott is chair of the firm’s Real Estate & Lending Group and is the longest-tenured member of the firm’s Management Committee. He counsels clients on the structuring, negotiation and documentation of sophisticated real estate transactions, including the acquisition, sale and disposition of real properties. He also advises owners and tenants on leasing agreements, counsels borrowers on financing and works in tandem with the firm’s Corporate and Tax Departments on the real estate components of mergers, acquisitions and dissolutions. Scott regularly represents clients in commercial leasehold negotiations, landlord-tenant actions, property tax assessment appeals and exemption proceedings, real estate workouts, leasehold workouts and land use and title disputes. He is frequently selected as a mediator and arbitrator in private disputes and in matters at suit.

Scott earned his J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law and B.A. from the University of Virginia. He and his wife have three adult children and two grandchildren.

Three other attorneys at the firm were also named as Lawyer of the Year – Kevin F. McKeegan, David G. Oberdick and Joel Pfeffer.