HARRISBURG — Republican State Sen. Randy Vulakovich is relocating his district office from Glenshaw to the Shaler Township Municipal Building, 2nd Floor, Suite 302, Glenshaw.

The new office, which will open Dec. 1, is less than a quarter of a mile from the former office, which will close Wednesday. Visitors to the new office should use the rear entrance of the building, which also provides handicap accessibility to the second floor. The rear entrance is in the main parking lot behind the building.

The office hours of 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, phone number, 412-487-6600, and fax number, 412-487-6607, remain the same.

Under the recent statewide redistricting, Vulakovich's district number changes next month from 40 to 38.

The 38th will include these Allegheny County communities: Wards 11 and 12 in Pittsburgh; Aspinwall, Blawnox, Brackenridge, Bradford Woods, Cheswick, Etna, Fox Chapel, Franklin Park, Millvale, Springdale, Tarentum and West View and the townships of East Deer, Fawn, Frazer, Hampton, Harmar, Harrison, Indiana, Marshall, McCandless, O'Hara, Pine, Richland, Ross, Shaler, Springdale and West Deer.

The Redevelopment Authority of the County of Butler has received a $50,000 state grant to target blighted properties along East Brady Street in Butler Township.The project will be part of the Butler County Blight Mitigation Program.The authority is partnering with NexTier Bank, which will receive state tax credits for its $50,000 contribution to the program.