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This week's Housing Court cases: HOUSING COURT CALENDAR Date: Thursday, March 27th   Defendant Name | Docket | Violation Address | Ward | Violation(s) | Inspector | Judge | Time MASSIE, JEFFERY S | NT-1223-07 | 100 KATHLEEN | 18 | CONT'D | BOTTLES,...

16th Ward Estate of Frank Poskus to Bethany Roxby at 2322 Eccles St. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $5,901). Pittsburgh City to Ronald and Jean Selko at 150 Syrian St. for $2,500. 17th Ward Scott Raymond Schaming to Salvation...

The 139th Installation Dinner of the Mount Oliver Fire Department included awards and recognition for longtime members of the fire company and its ladies auxiliary. The awards ceremony culminated in...

District Judge Richard King said he expects to handle between 1,500 and 2,000 Bureau of Building Inspection citations this year. He made the comment as a guest speaker at the Allentown Community Development Corporation meeting Feb. 28. More work is...

A limited number of tickets remain available for this year's Civil War Preservation Ball set for March 29 in the magnificent Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg. The ball is sponsored by the Victorian Dance Ensemble. Proceeds will go to the Pennsylvania Ge...

Arlington Civic Council will host an Easter Party for children on Sunday, March 16 at 1:30 p.m. at the Henry Kaufmann Center, Fernleaf and Salisbury streets. Registration and membership required.  Call 412-381-5362 by no later than March 8. ...

Arlington Pre-K-8 Accelerated Learning Academy students will be the first Pittsburgh Public School to participate in “Banking on Our Future,” a financial literacy program from Operation HOPE. Nearly 250 students are expected to participate in...

Local runners can lace up their sneakers on Sunday, March 9 for the fifth annual Athletic Trainer River Run 5K and One-Mile Challenge. Hosted by UPMC Sports Medicine, the event will benefit the scholarship fund of the Southwest Region of the Pennsylv...

Parents of children ages three to five may enroll them in the Allegheny County or the City of Pittsburgh Head Start Programs. Head Start is a federally funded program that offers a broad range of services including language development, math,...

The next meeting of the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, in the main lounge of St Paul's retreat center, 148 Monastery Ave. Klavon Design Associates, a landscape architecture firm, will make a...

Pittsburgh's Zoning Board of Adjustment has scheduled five public hearings of interest to South Pittsburgh residents in the upcoming weeks in the first floor hearing room of the John P. Robin Civic Building, 200 Ross Street, Downtown. Zone case...

Kindergarten registration will begin on Tuesday, April 15, at Pittsburgh Concord K-5 and Pittsburgh Roosevelt K-5 for the school year 2008-2009. Parents should report to the Main Offices of their elementary school from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. daily, beginning...

A+ Schools next meeting in the Excel.9-12: Plan for High School Excellence will be on Career & Technical Education. The topic discussed will be how the Pittsburgh Public Schools can prepare students for highly demanding and rewarding technical and...

The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) is collecting formal wear for Project Prom, now in its sixth year of helping young people who are served by DHS attend their proms. Donations of new or gently worn prom or bridesmaids dresses,...

The third in a series of four workshops titled Pathways to Possibilities will be held on Saturday, March 8 from 9 a.m. – 12:30 p. m. at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead. The Allegheny County Department of Human...

Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh have rolled out of the Act 132 Residential Visitability Tax Credit Program to offer tax incentives for new construction or renovation projects that build access for people with disabilities into...

City Theatre gave up Catechism for Lent, but as soon as Easter is over, “Sister” will be back for another whack. Late Nite Catechism, the original hit that introduced Sister to Pittsburgh, will run in City Theatre's Hamburg Studio from March 27...

Regina M. Pallotta, a senior in Duquesne University's School of Education, earned Dean's List honors for the fall 2007 semester. Ms. Pallotta is the daughter of Richard and Rachel Palotta....

Four area students were among those graduating from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania at winter commencement where Carol Matteson, president of Mount Ida College and an SRU graduate, delivered the commencement address. Those from the South...

As part of this year's Black History Month Celebration at Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 the school hosted a very special performance for all students where Gregory Kenney of Educate Us Productions...

Kat Barry of Prudential Preferred Realty will be featured as the local real estate expert in three episodes of HGTV's, “My House is Worth What?” Episodes are set to air March 10 at 7 p.m. and March 25 at 11 p.m. In the show Ms. Barry gives her...

Deborah Alexander of South Pittsburgh, a graduate of Penn Hills High School, a senior majoring in Communication at Geneva College, was recently named to the Dean's List for the fall 2007 semester. Dean's List status is awarded to those students who...

Slippery Rock University students from across Pennsylvania and the nation earned dean's list honors during fall semester 2007 (ending Dec. 14). Students from the local area named to the list were: Emil K. Erhart, Sarah E. Shaw, Lauren N. Stein,...

Jon Dunik of SouthSide and Sherri Lynn Danko of South Side were married on February 29.  Jon is the son of Eric and Nancy Dunik of South Fayette. Sherri Lynn in the daughter of Richard Danko of...

Caden Patrick Stahl, son of Lance and Jennifer Stahl, was born on February 6 Caden weighed in 7 lb. 11 oz.  He is the grandson of Joseph and Judy Hackel of Allentown and Richard and Robin Stahl of...