Upcoming
Events
2022
Community Baby Shower!
Liberty Green Park, 100 Larimer Ave.,
Tuesday, October 11, 4-6 pm
Senator Lindsey
Williams is hosting an outdoor Community Baby Shower on Tuesday,
October 11, 2022 at Liberty Green Park, 100 Larimer Avenue (rain
location Kingsley
Association). This event is a resource fair for parents,
grandparents, foster/kinship families, guardians, or anyone looking to
start a family. We hope you will join us!
You can register for
this event at 2022
Community Baby Shower - Senator Lindsey Williams
Free
Hard-to-Read License Plate Replacement
Ross District Office, 5000
McKnight Rd., Thursday, October 13, 5-7pm
Do
you have a registration plate that has one or more numbers or letters
that can’t be easily read? Is your plate showing any blistering,
peeling, discoloration or loss of reflectivity? Come to our
Hard-to-Read License Plate Replacement event in the parking lot of our
5000 McKnight Road, Ross Township District Office. We will have local
police officers on site to help complete replacement forms to get you
a new free plate!
For this event you’ll need to
bring:
- The car with hard-to-read license plate;
- The owner(s) of the car;
- A current driver’s
license for the car owner(s);
- A current car registration
with the title number, VIN, and license plate number; and
- If
the co-owner of the car isn’t able to be at the event, you will
have to take the form home for the other owner to sign before
submitting the paperwork.
If you have questions, please
call our office at 412-364-0469 (Ross), 724-224-2131 (Harrison) or
email us at [email protected].
Veterans
Service Officer Appointments!
Veterans, if you
have a question or just need a fresh review of the benefits you have
earned, call our office to schedule a one-on-one appointment with an
accredited Veteran’s Service Officer (VSO). VSO appointments are
one day a month and rotate between our Ross Township office (5000
McKnight Road, Suite 405) and our Harrison Township office (1826 Union
Avenue).
Call us at 412-364-0469, 724-224-2131, or email
us at [email protected]
to schedule your appointment today!
Legislative Update
Retired Teachers Need a Cost-of-Living Adjustment
I’ve heard from many of my constituents in the past few
months about the need for a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the
Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (PSERS)
retirees. Pennsylvania state law requires legislative action to grant
retired teachers a COLA increase– and between 1967 and 2001, the
General Assembly regularly passed legislation that did just that. But
for the last 21 years, there hasn’t been any increase for
retirees, despite inflation continuing to rise.
That’s
why I’ve signed on as a co-sponsor to Senator Katie Muth’s
(D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) legislation
that would provide this long overdue COLA to our retired PSERS
members. Our educators, like all workers, deserve to retire with
dignity.
Good News
Pittsburgh Chinese Cultural
Festival
It was such a pleasure to be at the
7th annual Chinese Cultural Festival last weekend in Mellon Park!
Thank you to Dave, Vivian, and all the volunteers, performers,
vendors, and sponsors who made this Pittsburgh
Chinese Cultural Center event such a success!
Shaler
Homecoming!
I had a wonderful time celebrating
Homecoming with the Shaler Titans last Saturday! The parade and
Homecoming picnic had a wonderful turnout and, as always, showed the
true spirit of this tight-knit community. Congratulations to the
Titans for pulling out a double overtime win over Franklin Park!
Senior Fair
in Ross Township
Thank you to everyone who attended
my Senior Fair with Rep.
Emily Kinkead last Tuesday! We had more than 250 attendees! We're
so grateful for all of the vendors who came to share information, to
the Ross
Township Community Center for being a wonderful host, the Ross
Township Police Department for helping direct traffic, Father
& Son Family Bakery and JT's
Bakery and Cafe for delicious refreshments, and Waltmire
Pharmacy for providing flu shots and Covid boosters to
attendees!
LIHEAP
Scammer Alert!
The Pennsylvania
Department of Human Services (DHS) is warning people about a
door-to-door scam targeting Low-Income
Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) recipients. DHS says
scammers are knocking on doors and asking to see recipient’s
bills to ensure they're receiving the correct assistance.
DHS
and utility companies will NEVER solicit LIHEAP
information from recipients door-to-door! LIHEAP is distributed
directly to a household’s utility company or home heating fuel
provider.
If you think you've been a victim of this
scam, you can report it to the DHS fraud tip line at
1-844-347-8477.
Outdoor
Recreation Projects across District 38 Receive Grant
Funding
Congratulations to all of the projects
across Senate District 38 that have recently received state grant
funding for outdoor recreation projects.
- $70,100 to
Friends of the Riverfront to improve the Three Rivers Water Trail
access point in Harrison Township along the Allegheny River.
-
$114,000 to Friends of the Riverfront to build Friends’ Trail
Development capacity to increase development efforts along the Three
Rivers Heritage Trail, VOPP Trail, Pine Creek Connector Trail, &
Turtle Creek Connector Trail.
The following C2P2 grants
were awarded:
- $300,000 to Aspinwall Riverfront Park for
further Development of the Allegheny Rivertrail Park
- $70,100
Harrison Township for rehabilitation and further development of the
Three Rivers Water Trail access along the Allegheny River;
-
$62,500 to O’Hara Township for development of the O’Hara
Township Community Park Hiking Trail;
- $73,000 to the City of
Pittsburgh to prepare a trail maintenance and management plan for the
Three Rivers Heritage Trail; and
- $300,000 to the Allegheny
Land Trust for the acquisition of approximately 46.2 acres on Geyer
Road Extension in Shaler and Reserve Townships.
The
following Greenway, Trails and Recreation Program grants were
awarded:
- $45,290 to the Borough of Aspinwall for
renovations to Fireman’s Park;
- $95,377 to Brackenridge
Borough for safety improvements to the Brackenridge Memorial Park
playground; and
- $100,000 to LORE PPA for continued work on
the Larimer-Homewood multimodal project to reconnect the Larimer and
Homewood neighborhoods with the East Liberty business district.
PA MEDI
for Your Medicare Questions!
The 2022 Medicare
open enrollment period (October 15 - December 7) is just around the
corner and we are reminding seniors to take advantage of
Pennsylvania's Medicare counseling program called PA
MEDI (Pennsylvania Medicare Education and Decision
Insight).
PA MEDI helps seniors with their Medicare
questions. Older adults can receive unbiased, no-cost Medicare
assistance from trained PA MEDI counselors who can walk them through
their options. These counselors can assist in making informed health
insurance decisions that optimize your cost-savings and access to
health care and benefits.
PA MEDI counselors do not sell
Medicare insurance products, nor do they endorse any insurance
company, product, or agent. Counselors will not recommend policies,
companies, or insurance agents but will provide free, confidential,
and unbiased personalized assistance.
PA MEDI Counselors can
help you understand:
- Medicare eligibility and
enrollment
- Benefits & Services covered under Parts A
& B
- Financial Assistance Programs
- Benefits
under Long-Term Care policies
- Medicare Prescription Drug
(Part D) Benefit
Call today to connect with a PA MEDI
Counselor 800-783-7067, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday-Friday or visit their website.
Volunteers
Needed for Girty’s Woods Trails!
Join Allegheny
Land Trust and fellow volunteers from 5-7 p.m. this Thursday,
October 6, to maintain, improve, and build the trail system in Girty's
Woods. If you can’t make it this Thursday, volunteers will be
back to work on October 13, 20, and 27. This is a great opportunity to
enjoy the outdoors this fall and to give back to your community.
For more information and to sign up go to Volunteer
Workday: Girty's Woods Trail-Building - Allegheny Land Trust.
As always, please
feel free to reach out with any questions you may have by phone at 412-364-0469
(Ross Office), 724-224-2131
(Harrison Office) or by email at [email protected].
My staff will return your call/email within 24 hours
(Monday-Friday).
Senator Lindsey Williams
