South Hills in brief: road work, webinars and more

Part of Prospect Road in Baldwin to close

Prospect Road will close from Streets Run Road to about 400 feet north of Streets Run Road in Baldwin Borough starting at 7 a.m. June 8, according to a news release from the Allegheny County Department of Public Works. The closure, which is expected to last about one week, will occur between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays. It is required to help stabilize a landslide area via removal of loose soil and rock, construction of a flat step-like area to catch any future debris, and grading to improve runoff drainage.

Traffic will be detoured using East Willock Road and Streets Run Road. A northbound lane closure due to another landslide on Prospect Road near Beryl Drive, which is controlled by a traffic signal, will remain in place during this closure.

The southbound lane of Prospect Road has been closed at the landslide site since March 23.

PRC online webinars

The Pennsylvania Resources Council is moving its Summer 2020 schedule of workshops to online webinars.

“Individuals taking part in the Backyard Composting and Watershed Awareness/Rain Barrel webinars will receive composting bins and rain barrels following the webinars, so at this time we’re conducting these webinars for individuals living in southwestern Pennsylvania so they can drive to a bin pick-up site a week or two following the webinars,” said PRC Education Specialist Nancy Martin. “A free Recycling & Waste Reduction webinar is open to people living throughout Pennsylvania.”

Backyard Composting will take place 6:30-7:30 p.m. June 8, 9 and 16.

Watershed Awareness will take place 6:30-7:30 p.m. June 11, 15 and 15.

Bin distribution is by appointment from 3-6 p.m June 23 in South Park.

To register for a PRC webinar, visit www.prc.org/programs/webinars or call 412-977-6146.

Martino selected to perform

Kailyn Martino was among 10 seniors who were invited to perform at the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music Senior Honors Celebration. Martino, a graduate of Seton-La Salle High School majoring in voice performance, was introduced by Dr. J.R. Fralick, who said, “Kailyn’s accomplishments here have been impressive. She is truly a musician of the 21st century.”

Tatalias finishes first

Bethel Park High School graduate Sabrina Tatalias finished first place with her Point Park University teammates, Ibrokhim Mirzakhonov and Emily VanderMey, in the national 2020 Gfk NextGen Data Science Hackathon Competition, earning a cash award of $5,000.

Tatalias is pursuing a bachelor of science degree in information technology from the Rowland School of Business at Point Park University. She is the daughter of Dina and Bill Tatalias of Bethel Park.