Rivers Run Through This

Volunteers from Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois clean up trash along the Ohio River Saturday morning as a part of the Ohio River Sweep, hosted by The Great Parks of Hamilton County.

“I wanted to do something impactful for the environment, especially in the wake of COVID-19. So, I thought I would offer my services down here,” Volunteer Sarah Lynch said.

Pittsburgh's new pop-up park, Allegheny Overlook, has opened for the season.

The Allegheny Overlook Pop-Up Park kicked off its grand opening with three nights of free concerts featuring local musicians.

The pop-up park is located on Fort Duquesne Boulevard along the Allegheny River and offers riverfront views, food, drinks, art and music. It's open daily and its hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday and Monday and 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

On Saturday morning, town officials and residents gathered at Edith Barill Riverfront Park for the unveiling of plaques dedicated to the town’s 104-year history. Ten plaques were revealed, each highlighting a different time in Star City’s legacy.

The idea for the plaques came two years ago when Mary Wimmer came to the Star City council with the concept. Wimmer, of the Morgantown North Rotary Club, assembled the team and gathered the resources necessary herself. Once she had a tangible product, the town was thrilled to sign off on the park’s new decorations.

After 385 days of closure following “catastrophic failure,” a lawsuit is now public seeking damages for the crumbling River Trail at Duck Creek in Marietta.

The City of Marietta has filed a lawsuit for damages against the engineers who worked to design the project.

If granted cumulative compensation on all counts, the city could see payment of $200,000 from the companies in total.

Only a half-grain of rice in size, baby freshwater mussels were deposited in the Kiski River and elsewhere by researchers to better understand and boost the bivalve mollusk’s recovery.

The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service installed homemade concrete silos with chambers for the young mussels to live and, hopefully, thrive. Researchers fanned out across Western Pennsylvania last week to place the car-battery-size mussel nurseries into a dozen river and creek bottoms.

The Peoples Gas website indicates that it will make “financial contributions to both large and small organizations, giving priority to organizations and causes in our service territories that support direct human services, economic development, and environmental causes.” Organizations engaged in water quality monitoring and watershed protection fit the third funding area.

The webpage advises prospective applicants to allow a minimum 60-day lead time for
consideration and approval of requests. Your request must be submitted via the Contributions Request Form and must be accompanied by a current, completed W-9 form.