In brief: Tree planting, upcoming meetings and more in Quaker Valley area

Tree planting

Volunteers are needed for a tree planting in Leetsdale, 9 a.m. to noon March 23. Participants will meet at the VFW community room at 515 Beaver St. and be sent to planting sites at various public right-of-ways and in Kohlmeyer Park. The event is in partnership with TreeVitalize and Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. The goal is to plant 24 trees. A light breakfast and lunch will be served at the VFW.

Call the borough office at 724-266-4820 or the conservancy at 412-586-2386 for more information. People can also register via email to simek@leetsdaleboro.net or trees@paconserve.org.

Sewickley car event

The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Sewickley Stampede and Roundup is set for 5:30-9 p.m. July 30. Cars will parade from War Memorial Park through town and park in front of The Hotel & Rosa’s Cantina along Beaver Street where owner Robin Fernandez will host a party. About 30 cars are expected to be involved. This will be the second year of the grand prix in the borough. It is presented by Sewickley Porsche. Go to pvgp.org/events/stampede for more information.

Upcoming meetings

Bell Acres council will meet at 6 p.m. March 11 at the fire hall at 1850 Big Sewickley Creek Road.

Leet commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. March 11 at the township building, 194 Ambridge Ave.

Sewickley council will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 12 at the borough building, 601 Thorn St.

Sewickley Hills council will meet at 7:30 p.m. March 12 at the borough building, 349 Magee Road.

Leetsdale council will meet at 7 p.m. March 14 at the borough building, 373 Beaver St.

Sewickley Heights council will meet at 4:30 p.m. March 18 at the borough hall, 238 Country Club Road.

Aleppo commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. March 18 at the municipal building, 100 North Drive.

Edgeworth council will meet at 7 p.m. March 19 at the borough building, 301 Beaver Road.

Glen Osborne council will meet at 7 p.m. March 19 at Osborne Elementary School, 1414 Beaver St.

Business Connection

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 to 8:30 a.m. March 13. Speakers will be Suzette McCarrell of McCarrell Landscape Construction and Stephanie Milazzo of Mary Kay Cosmetics. To attend, become a member, or for more information, visit gpbc-pgh.org or call 412-364-6446 ext. 302.

Sewickley Men’s Club

Sewickley Men’s Club, an affiliate of the Sewickley Valley YMCA, will host Dan Sanko, VF-653 F4-U Korean Fighter Squadron, on March 8. Dr. Frank Conn will discuss combat surgery in the Afghanistan Combat Theatre on March 15; Dr. Phillip Atteberry of the University of Pittsburgh will speak on English-American songwriter June Styne on March 22. There is no meeting on Good Friday, March 29. For more information, visit smensclub.org or Facebook.com/smensclub.

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