In brief: Sewickley Public Library events, PRC recycling and more in Sewickley

At the Sewickley Public Library

• Summer Reading for Kids. Tails and Tales through Aug. 7

• Sewickley Search Party. Mysteries to solve, codes to crack and clues to uncover. On June 29, July 13 and July 27. Open to students grades six through 12. Stop by the library to grab the challenge then start searching.

• Animal Sketchbook Project. Calling all artists! Check out a sketchbook and fill it with your best drawings of animals, insects and creatures. Results will be shared at the end of the summer. Available through Aug. 7

• Summer reading registration is open. What better way to spend your summer than reading some great books? All-ages are invited to join our annual reading challenge through Aug. 7. Sign up, log your reads and earn chances to win awesome prizes.

For more information, visit sewickleylibrary.org.

Recycling events

The Pennsylvania Resources Council will host two hard-to-recycle collection events in Allegheny County to enable area residents to conveniently dispose of items not suitable for curbside recycling:

• June 26-July 1 at Aleppo Township Municipal Lot, 100 North Drive, Sewickley. Hosted by Aleppo Township and Quaker Valley Council of Governments

• July 10, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale.

Registration now open at www.prc.org/HTRregistration.

Rockin’ Round the Gardens Gardens Tour 2021

The Moon Township Garden Club is celebrating “A Blooming Centennial,” commemorating their 100th Anniversary.

The biggest event is this year’s Rockin’ Round the Garden Tour. Eight unique and beautiful gardens in Moon Township will be showcased, complemented by music and themes from past decades.

• June 25 will feature three gardens, including wine tasting from local wineries and light food from the 1920s through 1940s. Cost for the 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. tour is $35. Tickets are limited.

• June 26, five more gardens will be featured from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The 1950s through 1990s will be highlighted. Cost for Saturday is $20. $50 for both days. Tickets are available on Eventbrite Pittsburgh. The tour will take place rain or shine.

For more information about the Moon Township Garden Club, visit moontownshipgardenclub.com or contact emnorthy@comcast.net, 412-269-1048 or dturici@comcast.net, 412-965-6546.

Sewickley StoryWalk

This summer, the Sewickley Public Library invites you to grab the family and take a stroll through one of five different community StoryWalks set up throughout the Quaker Valley. A StoryWalk places pages from a children’s picture book along a walking path so that children and their caregivers may enjoy nature and reading together.

Families can visit the five Sewickley StoryWalk sites to take a self-guided walk around the parks and read a book as they go. Different summer-themed picture book stories are featured at each site. At Fern Hollow Nature Center, visitors can enjoy reading “Butterflies in the Garden” by Carol Lerner. Allegheny Land Trust — Audubon Greenway’s location features “My Awesome Summer,” by P. Mantis (A Nature Diary) by Paul Meisel. Visitors to Mary Roberts Rinehart Nature Park can read “In The Tall, Tall Grass” by Denise Fleming, while Ohio Township Nature Center visitors can enjoy the title “Then Comes Summer” by Tom Brenner. The Henle Park location in Leetsdale is new to this year’s Sewickley StoryWalk. Visitors to the park can read “My Busy, Green Garden” by Terry Price during their stroll.

More information can be found at sewickleylibrary.org/kids or by calling the Children’s Department at the library at 412-741-0937.

Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection

The Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, a referral group of business professionals, will meet at the Eat N’ Park on Route 60 in Robinson Township for breakfast from 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. June 30. Speakers are Susan Ansell, CPA and Eddie Grimes of Good Advertising. To attend, become a member, or, for more information, visit www.gpbc-pgh.org or call 412-364-6446, ext. 302.

Beth Samuel online programs

Beth Samuel Jewish Center will host all programs through Zoom until further notice.

Shabbat in the Park will take place on June 25 at 6:30 p.m. (location given upon RSVP).

Email BethSamuelOffice@comcast.net for details or Zoom login links.

Little Sewickley Creek Road work planned

Repair work on Little Sewickley Creek Road (Route 4032) in Edgeworth and Leet has begun. To allow slide repair work in three locations on Little Sewickley Creek Road between Sevin Road and Beaver Road, the roadway is closed to through traffic continuously through December 2021.