Community Events

This page will list and link to ongoing news and happenings within the community. Please visit often...
We are a community that takes pride in our neighborhood, not only to keep up property values, but for our own personal satisfaction. We also take great pride in our friendliness and the willingness of neighbors to help each other.

Event Listings

Annual Shareholders' Meeting - Dec. 7, 2019 from 10 am to 12 noon at the Homewood Carnegie Library, 7101 Hamilton Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15208.

There is a Weekly Wednesday Fresh Vegetable Pantry for Penn Hills and surrounding community residents to receive free fresh vegetables and some fruits on a weekly basis.  Plan to arrive no earlier than 4:30 p.m.  Bring your own bags/boxes to carry your food. Held at the Lincoln Park Community Center Food Pantry, 7300 Ridgeview Avenue, Penn Hills, PA  15235.  Phone No. 412-441-6150.

Lincoln Park Family Center (AIU) is free to all families living in the Penn Hills School District and the surrounding neighborhoods.  Services are free to families with children age 0-5.  There are no income restrictions.  Call 412-661-1057, e-mail at lincolnparkfc@aiu3.net or stop by at 7300 Ridgeview Street, Pittsburgh, PA  15235.

If you have information to share with the community, please see one of the Board Members assigned to your unit or any Board Member.

Belmar Gardens Updates

Carrying charges will remain the same for 2019.

The first day of Winter is December 21, 2019. Please report any snow removal problems to the Rubinoff Company or on our website.  Please do not block the areas of snow removal so the plows cannot clear the snow.

Remember to turn your outside water faucets off and remember to turn it off inside your basement also.  We have had many pipes burst because shareholders did not turn the water off from the outside and the inside.  If you do not know where it is or you cannot reach it, please call Rubinoff Company to help you.
 
Please continue calling 311 to report the pothole at the corner of Oberlin and Mingo.
Zone 5 police can be contacted at 412-665-3605 for non-emergencies. 911 can be used for anything that you need the police for right now.

Stahl Plumbing will be visiting every house to check the furnaces and change the batteries in your smoke detector.  If your smoke detector is determined to be bad, Belmar will replace it, not Stahl. Also, the new smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors are combinations now. Please call Rubinoff to schedule for Stahl to come to your house for inspection

Please remember, according to Belmar Gardens Rules and Regulations, anyone over 18 who moves into your unit must pass a criminal check.

The Board has appointed two new members to fill vacant positions.  These two new members will be up for election at the December Annual Meeting for shareholders.

Lock your car doors!!  Thieves are going around the community trying unlocked car doors and vandalizing once they are in.

Cement work is complete for this year.  Cement work will be done in emergency situations and is an on-going project as weather and funding permits.
 
Remember, the responsibility for Belmar lies on all of us, not just the Board members.  Help do your part in keeping Belmar safe and liveable!

Neighborhood Community Updates

The Health Department reminds all county residents to avoid contact with wild animals or animals they do not know. Residents should have their pets vaccinated, and watch for unusual behavior. Rabies is a virus transmitted by an animal bite or scratch. It is almost always fatal when exposures are left untreated. The rabies vaccine is highly effective when given promptly after an exposure, but is still a major expense and inconvenience that can be avoided. The best prevention is to avoid stray animals, wild animals or those acting strangely as they can be potentially rabid.

LOCK YOUR CAR DOORS! Someone is checking car doors at night and stealing personal belongings. If at any time you see someone or something suspicious, please call the police and report the incident AND report it to the Board on the “Contact Us” section of the website or to your Board Member. You can also call Rubinoff and report it to Katie Smerkol.

Dogs and other pets – All dogs must be kept on a leash at all times.  Please carry a pooper scooper to clean up when walking your dog. If you see a dog without a leash, please report it to Animal Control and to the Rubinoff Company or the "Violation Reporting Form" in this website.  The violator will receive fines from both places.

Please remember, parking in the common driveways is prohibited.  Parking against the fences in the back of units is also prohibited.  This restricts your neighbor from maneuvering in or out of their garages.  This will be enforced and fines attributed to the shareholder.  If you see this happening, please report it to the Rubinoff company or on the company website.

Parking on the one side of the street, on the grassy areas or up on the curbs is also prohibited.  It causes problems for buses to get through and concreting the sidewalks is a costly expense to all shareholders of Belmar Gardens.  If you see this happening, please call the police and then report it either to the Rubinoff Company or the "Violation Reporting Form" in this website.

All units should plan an escape plan with your family in case of fire.