Major appliances, electronics, tires, batteries and cell phones will be among the items that will be accepted during a Hard-to-Recycle collection program from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mall at Robinson.

In observance of America Recycles Week, the Pennsylvania Resources Council and the Allegheny County Health Department will sponsor the event in the lower level parking lot near Sears and Dick's Sporting Goods.

These items will be accepted free: medical supplies (crutches, canes, walkers, etc., but no medications), compact fluorescent bulbs, alkaline batteries, cell phones, ink and toner cartridges, cardboard, mixed paper (junk mail, magazines, catalogs, newspapers and office paper).

Televisions will be accepted with this fee schedule: 19 inch and smaller, $10; 20 to 29 inches, $20; 30 to 39 inches, $25; 40 inches and larger, $35; console televisions, $35.

Tires with no rims will be accepted for $2.

Here's the fee schedule for e-waste items: CPU, laptop or servers, $5; monitors, $10; combination PC, monitor, keyboard, $15; printers, scanners, fax machines, $5; VHS, DVD, phones, routers, $2.

The recycling fee is $10 for appliances such as air conditioners and refrigerators that contain freon. Without freon, the fee is $5 for appliances such as stoves and microwaves.

For information, call 412-488-7490, ext. 236, or visit www.prc.org.

A Holidays at the House program will feature tours of Woodville Plantation by candlelight from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at the 18th century living history museum, 1375 Washington Pike, Collier.

Admission is $5 for adults and $10 for families.

Visitors will learn how holiday customs differ from modern celebrations. Highlighted will be traditions such as Twelfth Night and Boxing Day.

Guests will be treated to expanded historical demonstrations, musical recitals and a re-creation of the 18th-century holiday season in Western Pennsylvania. Also included in the tour will be a sneak peak of the newly restored visitor reception area.

Woodville Plantation is the home of John and Presley Neville. Built in 1775, the facility interprets life during the period of 1780-1820, the era of the New Republic.

Guided tours of the house are available from 1 to 4 p.m. each Sunday.

For directions or information, visit www.woodvilleplantation.org or call 412-221-0348.

Bernadette S. Agreen, author of a history book about McKees Rocks and Stowe, will sign copies of her book from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Dave Dietz Florist, Inc., 531 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks.

The event will be sponsored by the McKees Rocks Historical Society. Apple cider and cookies will be served. Books will be available for $20.

The book, which was published in June, is in its fourth printing.

The historical society soon will be celebrating its two-year anniversary as an organization dedicated to the preservation of McKees Rocks history.

The organization assisted the Pennsylvania Labor History Society in commemorating the Pressed Steel Car Strike of 1909 last summer and recently provided the narration for a Mollie's Trolleys tour of McKees Rocks and Stowe in conjunction with the Stowe High School Reunion of 1964.

As part of the current renovations and updates on campus, a wireless computer network is now available at Community College of Beaver County on Brodhead Road in Center.

Also, Wi-Fi is available at the Aviation Sciences Center in Chippewa.

Students and employees can access the wireless Internet service in the visual and fine arts center, science and technology center, administrative services center, health sciences center, athletics and events center, maintenance center, learning resources center and aviation sciences center.

Wireless connectivity will be available in January in the student services and community education centers.

As part of its system upgrade in Beaver County, Comcast is launching 56 new channels between Nov. 30 and Dec. 10.

The change will affect customers in Beaver, Bridgewater, East Rochester, Freedom, Monaca and Rochester and portions of Brighton Township, Rochester Township and Vanport.

Customers who already have converter boxes must obtain new converters at these locations from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.:

• Monday -- Beaver Municipal Building, 469 Third St.

• Tuesday -- Rochester Municipal Building, 350 Adams St.

• Wednesday -- Monaca Municipal Building, 928 Pennsylvania Ave.

Customers should not disconnect their old converters and will receive further information at these sites.

Customers who do not have converters in their home but wish to take advantage of a free upgrade are also welcome.

Platinum Awards have been presented to 22 police departments from AAA for community traffic safety efforts, according to officials at AAA East Central.

The Platinum awards were given to "commendable leaders" for their safety efforts and enforcement activities geared towards making communities safer.

Among the 22 recipients was Findlay, which was among hundreds nationwide that participated in the Community Traffic Safety Program and among 82 regional entrants recognized by AAA.

Gold awards, the second highest recognition, were given to police departments in Beaver, McDonald, Moon, Rosslyn Farms and Scott.

Silver awards were given to Aliquippa, Beaver Falls, Bridgeville, and Rochester.

To be eligible for the awards, a community must conduct traffic safety promotions and educate the public on safety topics.

AAA East Central is a not-for-profit association with 80 local offices in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, New York and Kentucky serving more than 2.6 million members.

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