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Plans to demolish the Brownsville Road McDonalds and build a new McDonalds café style restaurant have hit a small bump in the road. Appearing before the Pittsburgh Zoning Board on Thursday, Jan. 26, McDonalds' officials requested permission to build...

A Neighborhood Improvement District is the only way South Siders can keep and expand the services we need to have a safe, clean and livable community. I urge my neighbors to support creation of the South Side Neighborhood Improvement District. My...

16th Ward Heather Weidner to Randi Lynn DeNault at 411 St. Joseph St. for $46,335. Opheleum Group LLC to Robert Farmerie at 2330 Sidney St. for $347,000. Walter Tegtmeier to Keith Paterson at 1946 Waite St. for $46,000. 17th Ward William Pilossoph...

Pittsburgh's Zoning Board of Adjustment has scheduled the following public hearings of interest to South Pittsburgh residents in the first floor hearing room of the John P. Robin Civic Building, 200 Ross Street, Downtown. Zone case 2/12 on Thursday,...

The following Housing Court case is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 2, at 10:30 a.m. in District Magisterial Judge Richard King's Courtroom: • Jebun Neher, 401 Allen Street, 18th Ward, Continued Code 307.1 All Housing Court cases are open to the...

On the morning of Monday, Jan. 23, Zone 3 Officers were called to the First Niagara Bank in the 100 block of Shiloh Street for the report of a bank robbery. A bank employee reported that the suspect approached the teller window with a dark colored...

There is still time to volunteer for the City's Snow Angels program, as volunteers today and tomorrow clear sidewalks for residents in need. Snow Angels is the latest initiative of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's servePGH program. It connects volunteers...

Gary Streiner hopes to restore the Evans City Cemetery Chapel by raising the dead. Well, actually, he's raising funds with the help of "Night of the Living Dead" fans.  The structure, which appears in the opening scene of George Romero's iconic...

Birders and non-birders alike are welcome to join the Mount Washington Community Development Corp. for a birding outing in honor of the Great Backyard Bird Count. On Sunday, Feb. 19, from 8 to 11 a.m. birders will take to Emerald View Park to help...

South Side artist Ron Lynn recently presented opera soprano star Cecilia Bartoli with the portrait of her he painted. After the presentation in Boston, Ms. Bartoli took the painting back with her to...

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh (HHGP) is introducing their newest program for homeowners in Allegheny County to help reduce energy bills. Based upon national Habitat outcomes from weatherization, residents have saved between 12...

The "Pitts-burrrrrgh" Drowned Hogs will take their seventh annual plunge into the Monongahela River to help local kids and assist Punxsutawney Phil predict when spring is to arrive. The fundraiser benefitting Circle C Youth & Family Services is set f...

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- Carrick will be hosting activities for children from preschool to teens in the coming weeks. Preschool Storytime is at 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays, through March 1. Parents can share the fun of reading with their...

Join TreeVitalize and Tree Pittsburgh for a short information session on how to apply for new trees to plant and organize events to care for trees. This session slated for Thursday, Feb. 9, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Conservation Consultants Inc., 64 South...

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is throwing a February bash that scorns the tacky heart-shaped cards and dozen long-stem roses that define Valentine's Day during a mildly romantic, slightly educational happy hour event at CLP – Main in Oakland. A...

Last week, Councilman Bruce Kraus sponsored a resolution in City Council declaring Tuesday, Jan. 24, as "Jeff Decker Day" in the City of Pittsburgh. In the resolution, Mr. Kraus noted Decker Service Station in Allentown was opened by Herman Decker,...

David Fretz has actually seen the Bridge on the River Kwai. "It looked like it did in the movie," he remarked.Mr. Fretz, 74, has experienced a series of adventures during his lifetime of travels...

South Side based RealSTATs has taken University of Pittsburgh Economist Christopher Briem to task in analyzing 128,921 taxable parcels in the City of Pittsburgh and in Mount Oliver Borough. Mr. Briem stated in his January 8 blog post...

An improved county website for 2013 court-ordered reassessment values is now available to taxpayers. The site includes full information on each property, including general information, building information, images of the property, and comparables...

Citing the significant disparities between comparable properties in reassessed values released thus far, Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner's office will evaluate the more than $8 million in contracts with Tyler Technologies, Inc. for the...

Starting in March, Equitable Gas will begin a significant project to upgrade mainline piping on several South Side streets. To better inform residents of the planned work, Equitable Gas will host a community meeting on Thursday, Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m....