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A follow up meeting between community members and representatives of a development group hoping to open an after-hours social club, the Polish American Citizens Club, at 2214 East Carson St. was contentious at best. The Pittsburgh Zoning Board...

Mount Washington Community Development Corporation is looking for donations so hanging baskets can be erected along Grandview Avenue and the neighborhood business district this year. During the past two years the baskets were installed through a...

The traveling Zone 3 Public Safety Council monthly meeting made a stop in Carrick/Overbrook on March 16, drawing about 40 residents, business owners, and officials to the Stewart Ave. Lutheran Church. Ken Wolfe, council president, briefly discussed...

Kudos to D. Schnippert for her magnificent letter (Do I have this right?, South Pittsburgh Reporter 3/15/11). She must have read my mind! With the transition of South Side Hospital, moving the police station to Allentown, Schwartz Market closed,...

Hilltop Alliance and Carrick Community Council, in partnership with Dollar Bank, is hosting a free Home Buying Workshop. The workshop is open to all Hilltop residents and those interested in living in the Hilltop. The Home Buying Workshop will be...

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

16th Ward Estate of Helen Lopata to Brian Young at 2835 Mary St. for $125,000. 17th Ward Alexander Fedornak to Drew Ziccardi at 510 Bingham St. for $73,500. Estate of Stella Wroniak to Lisa Sovak at 2008 Larkins Way for $138,300. Selina Lai Ming...

On the morning of Saturday, March 26, the Explorers Club of Pittsburgh, in partnership with the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (CDC), Pennsylvania Resources Council, and Allegheny CleanWays, is hosting its 19th annual Mount Washin...

Homeless Cat Management Team (HCMT) organized a mass feral cat trapping operation on the South Side Slopes on Saturday, March 19　(trapping) and Sunday, March 20　(surgery), with a view to managing the large population of feral cats in...

State Rep. Harry Readshaw, D-Allegheny, is working to raise public awareness of the extent of child abuse in Pennsylvania and how to combat it. He began by sponsoring a resolution adopted in the House (H.R. 47) that designates April as Child Abuse...

Physical distance separated father and son by thousands of miles, but for one local father, a time difference of 14 hours wasn't far at all. Gene Smith, a retired Army veteran from Mount Oliver, found out in late January of this year he needed...

Dr. Cyril Wecht will be the next guest of the monthly forum discussion of "Tony Norman vs." on Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m. at the Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community in South Side.　 Dr. Wecht is the former county commissioner, coroner, and...

In an effort to help the caregiver, the Allentown Senior Citizen Centers, Inc. will offer a Caregiver Support Group on the last Thursday of every month. The support group will offer the caregiver a chance to talk with peers to discuss how each cope...

The following Housing Court case is scheduled for Tuesday, March 22, at 10:00 a.m. in District Magisterial Judge Gene Ricciardi's Courtroom: • George Dayieb, 2318 Cobden Street, 16th Ward, Continued Codes 115.1, 110.1, 922.02A • Barbara...

PennDOT District 11 will begin short-term lane closures on East Carson Street (Route 837) on South Side this week weather permitting.  Restrictions will occur as needed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays between 25th and 33rd streets through late July....