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City Theatre will present David Greig's The Monster in the Hall, under the direction of Tracy Brigden, March 10-April 1, on City Theatre's Main Stage. Rev your engines for a high-octane, music-filled joyride. Meet Duck, a sassy 16-year-old whose mom...

Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 recently sponsored "Are You Smarter than a 3rd/4th/5th Grader? A Math Game to Learn More about the PSSA." Parents and students went head-to-head in a sometimes lively...

Bringing people together so South Siders could meet one another and develop relationships in a fun, informal environment was the goal of Matthew Scoletti. Mr. Scoletti, a board member of the South Sid...

16th Ward Pittsburgh City to David Ogrodowski at 23-25 Greeley St. for $27,000. Pittsburgh City to Brian Oswald at Mission St. for $200 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $4,563). Michelle Lee Gordesky et al. to Steven McLuckie at 2116...

Pittsburgh Police sex assault detectives are attempting to identify a suspect in the sexual assault of a 23 year old South Side resident. The woman was assaulted in her apartment on February 2 at...

Greg Panza, program manager for Business Development and Mainstreets for The Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC) has left the organization after seven years of service. Mr. Panza was instrumental in implementing the Mainstreet...

The City of Pittsburgh's Department of Personnel has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the Mayor's 2012 Pittsburgh Summer Youth Employment Program (PSYEP). The program will be split between two employment tracts, conservation service work and...

The Beltzhoover Civic Association is launching a Feed the Community Campaign to provide a free meal to the community once a month. The first dinner will be served Friday, March 16 at 6 p.m. at Warrington Recreation Center, 329 E. Warrington Avenue....

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 35/12 on...

The next South Side Slopes General Meeting will be Tuesday, March 13, at 7 p.m. at St. Paul's Retreat Center on Monastery Avenue. The Agenda includes: Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald and District 3 City Council Member Bruce Kraus....

The February Zone 3 Public Safety Council meeting featured an election, and discussion on hunting in the city, the South Side nightlife, and more. Ken Wolfe, public safety council president, began the meeting by stating that at the next meeting he...

An "electrical shock to the brain" is how Demo Kephalogianis, owner of the 1889 Café, describes the law regarding formation of a Neighborhood Improvement District (NID). According to state law if a vote is taken to create a NID, property owners...

With still more cuts in subsidies to mass transit looming in the next state budget, Rep. Harry Readshaw, D-Allegheny, is preparing to introduce a bill that could help fill the gap. Mr. Readshaw is dusting off a bill he first introduced in 2005 that...

Why? Why, is it the cost? To many property owners opposed to the South Side Improvement District in the South Side a Neighborhood Improvement District means more than clean streets and sidewalks. In the early 80s, due to the loss of the steel...

City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Animal Care and Control is offering free spay and neuter services for the pets of eligible city residents in an effort to proactively reduce pet overpopulation. The program will be offered to residents on a first come,...

Pittsburgh Phillips Grade 4 students work together to figure out the answer in the school activity "Are you smarter than a 3rd/4th/5th Grader? A Math Game to Learn More about the PSSA." Clockwise...

The South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association has always supported a fair-minded and transparent community process. In the 14 years of our existence, our organization has seen the great things that can be done by community-minded people pooling...

The following Housing Court case is scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, at 10:30 a.m. in Magisterial District Judge Richard King's Courtroom: • James Bey, 248 Orchard Place, 30th Ward, Code 302.4. The following Housing Court cases are scheduled for...