From the Recreation Office

From the Recreation Office

We had a great summer season this year and we loved providing some great experiences for our kids and adults. We are already planning for a wonderful summer season next year, too!  • We offered 28 days of summer camp and had 284 kids participate throughout the summer....
Mystery Moth

Mystery Moth

Submitted by PAM VARGA, Sahli Park Manager On a recent walk through the Sahli Nature Park meadow, I discovered some tiny, flat, brownish eggs on the leaf of a Buttonbush. Curious to find out what insect critter laid these eggs, I clipped off the leaf and took the eggs...
“History Alive” Seminar at Air Heritage Aviation Museum

“History Alive” Seminar at Air Heritage Aviation Museum

Along with the Heinz History Center and the Beaver County Library System, Air Heritage Aviation Museum is going to bring history alive on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. at their hangar located at 35 Piper St. in Chippewa Township. Guest speaker and Heinz...
Sahli Nature Park

Sahli Nature Park

Submitted by PAM VARGA, Sahli Park Manager The next time you eat a piece of pizza, say, “Thank You” to a Bumblebee. Bumblebees pollinate the blossoms that become the tomatoes that make the sauce for your pizza. Without bees, no tomatoes, no sauce, no pizza. In fact,...
Looking Back in Time Early Settlers in Chippewa Township

Looking Back in Time Early Settlers in Chippewa Township

Written by Diane Manning, Resident In 1793, two decades before Chippewa Township was founded, three brave Revolutionary War soldiers, Henry Inman, Abraham Powers, and Thomas Stratton, settled here. Following the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, the Native Americans moved...
Knock on Wood

Knock on Wood

Submitted by Pam Varga, Sahli Park Manager Hear that loud Brr-rat-a-tat-tat from high up in the trees? It is a woodpecker hammering away in search of delicious insects to eat, excavating a nesting cavity, attracting a mate, or claiming its territory. Pounding its beak...