Summary of stories from Plum and Oakmont the week of Feb. 8

From paving and performances in Plum to projects in the permitting process in Oakmont, here’s a summary of the top stories in both boroughs this past week.

• Plum Council awarded this year’s paving program to Oakmont-based A. Folino Construction.

They were the lowest of nine bidders at about $873,000. The borough budgeted about $900,000 for paving this year. More than 20 streets and alleys were on the paving list.

• Plum High School students performed monologues in a virtual fall play replacement. Schools across the country have had to make adjustments to their shows due to the covid pandemic.

Information about Plum’s cast and crew, along with a video of the performance, is available on the district’s website, pbsd.net.

• Plum Mayor Harry Schlegel at this month’s council meeting honored the first responders and residents who helped save a woman from her burning home on Jan. 7 along Frontenac Road.

Police and neighbors used a ladder and an axe to help extract the resident through a second-floor window. She was taken to a hospital as a precaution and released the next day. No other injuries were reported.

• A proposed kayak park along the Allegheny River in Oakmont is in the permitting process.

Several state and Allegheny County approvals must be obtained before construction can begin on a modern version of Chateau Beach, a popular spot in the borough during the 1920s and ’30s.

It’s on an estimated 1.6-acre, borough-owned lot along the 1000 block of Allegheny Avenue near the Brenntag Northeast facility. The project is expected to cost at least $200,000 and be largely funded through state grants.

The park would serve as a launching point for kayaks, canoes, paddleboats and other non-motorized watercraft into the Allegheny River and as an access point to the Three Rivers Water Trail.