Story time planned
Local briefs The Uniontown Public Library will host children’s story time Nov. 4 and 5.
The program will run from 11 a.m. until noon. A craft project and a song will be featured in addition to a story. The seven-week program will take place every Wednesday and Thursday until mid-December.
Everyone is welcome, said children’s librarian Dianne McFeaters.
Conferences scheduled
The Uniontown Area School District will hold parent-teacher conferences in observance of American Education Week Nov. 12 and 13.
Parent-teacher conferences for kindergarten through sixth-grade students are by appointment. An open house for students in seventh and eighth grades is scheduled to run half an hour after student dismissal until 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. The open house will end at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13.
An open house for students in ninth through 12th grade is to be held from 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 12. Ninth- through 12th-grade students, however, will be dismissed early from school on Nov. 13 along with other district students.
Dr. Charles Machesky, district superintendent, encourages all parents and guardians to take advantage of the opportunity to visit the school(s) their children attend.
Guides will be available at each school to direct visitors. Lunches will be served prior to dismissal on both days.
Elementary students will be dismissed according to the following schedule: kindergarten center, 11:50 a.m.; Ben Franklin (first group), 12:05 p.m.; Ben Franklin (second group), 12:30 p.m.; Lafayette (first group), 12:05 p.m.; Lafayette (second group), 12:30 p.m.; Franklin, Menallen and A.J. McMullen, 12:15 p.m.; and Marclay and Wharton, 12:30 p.m.
Secondary students will be dismissed according to the following schedule: A.J. McMullen, 12:15 p.m.; Ben Franklin and Lafayette, 11:20 a.m.; and the high school, 11:30 a.m.
Bridge to open
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Point Marion Bridge will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday on the Fayette County side of the bridge on Route 88 in Point Marion.
The ceremony will feature state Department of Transportation Secretary Allen D. Biehler, along with other state and local officials.
The new $21 million bridge, which crosses the Monongahela River, is part of the state’s commitment to address structurally deficient bridges, according to the state Department of Transportation, District 12.
The bridge includes a wide sidewalk to accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists who use the nearby trail. The bridge carries Route 88 between Greene and Fayette counties.
The replacement of a 79-year-old structure began in January 2008.
Officials have said there is an average of 3,700 vehicles that travel over the bridge daily.
Carmichaels parade Sunday
The annual Halloween parade for all area children, sponsored by the Carmichaels Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Mummers will assemble at the Yoskovich parking lot at 1:45 p.m. and be led to the town square by the Carmichaels Area High School marching band.
Judging will be held around the town square. Prizes will be awarded in the age groups of infant to 6 years, and 7 to 12 years old, in the categories of prettiest, scariest, best witch, most original, and judges’ choice. Prizes in each age group and each category will be $20 first; $15 second; and $10 third.
Immediately following the parade, as in past years, all the parade participants are invited to a party at Brodak’s Shop ‘N Save.
Intersection reopening
The intersection of Alicia Heights Road and Telegraph Road, which has been closed to traffic since Aug. 17 because of construction work on the Brownsville-to-Uniontown section of the Mon/Fayette Expressway, will reopen at 10 a.m. today, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission said.
For more information about the project, visit online at http://www.paturnpike.com/MonFaySB/
Trick-or-treating planned
Georges Township will hold trick-or-treating from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.
Residents who wish to participate in handing out treats should turn on their porch light.
The township said an adult should accompany children.