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Senator Jane Earll (R-49) and Senator Jay Costa (D-43) have introduced campaign finance reform legislation that would place limits on campaign contributions and prohibit the use of campaign funds for personal use. "Pennsylvania is one of only 11...

Carrick Business Association's annual Bunny Bash will take place on Saturday, March 27 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Concord Presbyterian Church, 1907 Brownsville Road. The Bunny Bash, for children six years of age or younger, features photos with the...

The Stations of the Cross, a traditional Good Friday devotion, will be walked along Grandview Avenue in Mount Washington on Friday, April 2. All those interested in participating in this ecumenical event are asked to gather at the Mon incline (near...

Ethnic foods are on the menu at the St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church at their Lenten Food Sale. The menu will include: stuffed cabbage; haluski; kolbasa; pyrohy; paska; nut, poppy seed and apricot rolls; baked goods; and, homemade...

The next meeting of the 16th Ward Arlington Block Watch will take place on Thursday, March 18, 6 p.m., at the St. Clair AA St. Clair AA, 2400 Elsie Street. Scheduled speakers include: a representative from the City of Pittsburgh's 311 Response Line,...

State Rep. Harry Readshaw, D-Allegheny, is readying his dancing shoes for the upcoming Civil War Preservation in the Capitol Rotunda to benefit his Pennsylvania Gettysburg Monuments Project. The seventh annual ball will run from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday...

Special programs for families with school age children are planned at South Side Branch Library during March. On Saturday, March 20, the library will present Pittsburgh Heroes, Pittsburgh Landmarks, a celebration of the great people and places in...

Slippery Rock University students from across Pennsylvania and the nation earned dean's list honors during fall semester 2009. Students from the South Pittsburgh area named to the list were: Stephanie M. Addlespurger, Justine A. Brown, Shawna D....

Prince of Peace Parish will host a Bluegrass Gospel Concert featuring "Limited Edition" on Sunday, March 28 at 3 p.m. The "prayerful" presentation will be held at the St. Peter Church, 2800 Sarah Street. Admission is free, but a voluntary offering...

Saint Maria Magdalena Italian Catholic Church of the East will present La Tavola Di San Giuseppe on Sunday, March 21 at Gaetano's Restaurant, 1617 Banksville Road. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. with Holy Mass at 5 p.m., blessing of the table and dinner...

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. Requesting relief from...

The following Housing Court cases are scheduled for Thursday, March 18, at 10:00 a.m. in District Magisterial Judge Eugene Ricciardi's courtroom: • John Calhoun, 2607 Patterson Street, 16th Ward, Code 302.7 • Stephen Cherwinko, 431 Ormsby...

PennDOT District 11 is advising motorists roadway improvement activities on East Carson Street (Route 837) on the South Side in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, have resumed on Monday, March 15, weather permitting. Lane closures and single...

Pittsburgh Police conducted roving DUI patrols over the weekend between the hours of 6 p.m. and 4 a.m. throughout the city in conjunction with the St. Patrick's Day parade. Members of the Pittsburgh DUI Task Force made 77 traffic stops during the...

A proposal to erect a rooftop deck, or third floor courtyard, on the Diesel nightclub has been slowed down by its owners after South Side Planning Forum members asked for time for the community to offer input and suggestions. Adam DeSimone, who owns...

Last September the South Side Slopes Elm Street Committee and the South Side Local Development Company held its first volunteer clean-up event in South Side Park. The effort focused on removing invasive species of plants in the plateau area around...

At the beginning of this year, the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association (SSSNA) gathered to strategize and set priorities for the organization in 2010. The March meeting of the SSSNA drew more than four dozen people to discuss and present...