Murrysville: Christmas tree recycling, holiday library hours, more

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Rotary plans Christmas tree recycling in January

The Murrysville-Export Rotary Club’s annual Christmas tree recycling drop-off will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 8 and 15 at the Windstream parking lot, 4792 Old William Penn Highway in Murrysville.

FR renews bus contract

Franklin Regional School Board members voted unanimously to approve a new contract for district transportation with current company A.J. Myers & Sons.

The five-year contract runs through the 2027-28 school year. District financial services director Jon Perry said the contract value varies from year-to-year, depending on the district’s transportation needs, but the estimated cost for the current school year is $2.5 million.

Delmont to host ‘Santa Parade’ on Dec. 19

The Delmont Public Library will join with the borough to present a “Santa Parade” at 6 p.m., Dec. 19 beginning at Faith United Methodist Church. The parade will travel around several area roads including Apple Hill and Monticello, finishing at 6:45 p.m. at the library on School Street, where children can visit with Santa and enjoy hot dogs and hot chocolate courtesy of the Salvation Army.

For more, see DelmontLibrary.org.

Libraries set holiday hours

The Delmont Public Library’s holiday schedule is:

• Dec. 23, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Dec. 24-27, closed

• Dec. 28 and 29, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m

• Dec. 30, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Murrysville Community Library will be closed Dec. 24, 25 and 31.

Wellness center to host grand opening

SolSpace, a holistic and intuitive wellness center, will host a grand opening and ribbon-cutting Jan. 14 and will offer limited hours to the public beginning Dec. 21.

The 1,800-square-foot center is in the Village of Murrysville shopping center, 4558 William Penn Highway, and features Reiki energy healing, infrared saunas, a Himalayan salt room, an IonCleanse detox foot bath, massage therapy and co-working space.

In addition to the spa services, owner Jessi Wagner was insistent on having coworking space.

“As an entrepreneur, I know how hard it is to try to work from home or a busy coffee shop. Especially now in today’s world with so many people working from home, I want to provide an affordable, comfortable, productivity-enhancing space for people to connect and work at an extremely affordable rate. So that’s exactly what I did,” Wagner said.

For details, visit SolSpace.love.

Upcoming public meetings

• Delmont Council, 7 p.m. Dec. 14 at the borough building, 77 Greensburg St.

• Murrysville Council, 7 p.m. Dec. 15 at the municipal building, 4100 Sardis Road. Meetings are broadcast live on Comcast local access Channel 19 and streamed at Murrysville.com.

• Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority, 6 p.m. Dec. 16 at the authority offices, 3001 Meadowbrook Road, Murrysville.

• Export Council special meeting, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 28 at the borough building, 5821 Washington Ave.

• Franklin Regional School Board committee-of-the-whole meeting (no voting), 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Murrysville Municipal Building, 4100 Sardis Road. Meetings are broadcast live on Comcast local access Channel 19 and streamed at Murrysville.com.