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An ancient holiday folk art tradition from Poland is becoming one of Pittsburgh's newest exports, thanks to the work of area artist David Motak, one of the world's leading experts on the "szopka" or Cracow Christmas creche. Originally used as Christm...

Residents of Pennsylvania can ring in the New Year by receiving 10 free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation any time during January 2012. Those becoming a member of the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation, will receive two white flowering...

High school seniors in western Pennsylvania who are interested in winning a college scholarship are encouraged to enter the 6 th Annual "Words to be Heard" Scholarship Contest, sponsored by Edgar Snyder & Associates. Students are asked to create...

The American Red Cross Southwestern Pennsylvania Region merged with the American Red Cross Northwestern Pennsylvania Region to form the new American Red Cross Western Pennsylvania Region on Jan. 1, a move designed to increase local services and...

17th Ward Gerhard Pflugfelder to Cotton Acquisitions LLC at 1123 Mary Ann St. for $160,000. Gerard Madeya to Danielle Hrynda at 170 Pius St. for $137,000. David Oster to Steven Beech at 1711 Wrights Way for $100,000. 18th Ward Daniel Dunn to Lois Fra...

The Brashear Association set new records of service during its recent holiday assistance campaign. Because of a supportive community and generous donors, Brashear provided services to more families...

Things will be a little brighter in some South Pittsburgh neighborhoods with the conversion of High Pressure Sodium (HPS) streetlights to Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lights. The city has begun the conversion of 3,148 streetlights to the energy...

District Judge Richard G King was sworn in for his fourth six year term on Tuesday, Dec. 27 at the Allegheny County Bar Association's Law Library. Judge King's district includes, Allentown,...

Carrick Baseball and Youth Rec will be holding baseball/softball signups for interested boys and girls in the South Hills area. The signups will be held at Overbrook Field on January 7 and 14 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. All ages are...

The following Housing Court case is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 5, at 10:30 a.m. in District Magisterial Judge Richard King's Courtroom: • Elizabeth and Michael Bazzone, 419 Bausman Street, 30th Ward, Continued Codes 302.4, 304.4, 304.7. All...

"We're approaching 50 percent of our challenging triple goal for the Spring Earth Day Redd Up weekend, Apr. 20, 21, 22," said Boris Weinstein of Citizens Against Litter, the coordinating group. The goals announced earlier are participation by 250...

— Homes double, triple and more in assessed value — Shock and awe could describe South Side homeowners last week when they received their new court ordered property assessments. City and Mount Oliver homeowners were the first in the county to...