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The Mount Oliver City/St. Clair Block Watch returns to its regular meeting venue in the Potter's House Cathedral Multi-Education Center, 430 Cathedral Avenue, at 7 p.m. on Thurs., March 25. All interested residents are welcome to...

First Lutheran Church, downtown, will host the German community of Pittsburgh for worship on Good Friday, April 2 at 10 a.m. The Rev. Horst H. Bandle, a native of Germany, will preside over the liturgy of Holy Communion and preach in the German...

South Side Presbyterian Church will hold services on Palm Sunday, March 28, also known as Passion Sunday, with a gathering beginning at 11 a.m. The church is located at South 20th and Sarah streets in South Side and is fully handicap accessible....

The state House has overwhelmingly passed a bill co-sponsored by Rep. Harry Readshaw, D-Allegheny, aimed at protecting teens from a potentially violent boyfriend or girlfriend. Mr. Readshaw said the legislation (H.B. 2026) would require school...

Allegheny County Department of Human Services Area Agency on Aging (AAA) is recruiting participants for the Domiciliary Care (Dom Care) Program. Dom Care is a type of foster-care program in which caring individuals, known as "home providers,"...

Army National Guard Spec. Cleda A. Hall is returning to the U.S. after a deployment to Iraqi or Afghanistan in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, respectively. The soldiers return to Fort Dix, N.J. for debriefing, evaluations...

Jeff Decker, owner of Decker's Service Station in Allentown, has been elected president of Petroleum Retailers & Auto Repair Association, Inc. (PRARA) for the term running through October 2011. A life-long member of the association, he previously...

The Big Hunt, a free Easter Egg Hunt for children ages 10 and under, will take place on Sat., April 3, from 1-3 p.m. at Armstrong Field, 13th and Sarah streets on South Side. Presented by LifeStone Church, The Big Hunt, features thousands of eggs,...

Grandview United Presbyterian Church is holding Rummage Sales every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale features something for everyone including: things for home, antiques, toys, clothes, books, beds crafts, wedding　gifts, kitchen...

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 Knoxville Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will present the Pittsburgh Heroes and Landmarks Program on Sat., April 3, from 1 to 2 p.m. During the free program, participants will share Pittsburgh stories and create artwork based on a...

Last week, Zone 3 Officer Christine Luffey assisted Western Pennsylvania Humane Society officers on a serious cruelty to animal case in the South Pittsburgh area. The Humane Society officers responded to a complaint of neglected dogs in the 500...

World War II veterans can register for a free one-day bus trip to the WWII National Memorial in Washington, D.C. scheduled for May 25. The buses will leave at 6 a.m. and return at approximately 9 p.m. A box lunch and dinner will be provided....

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 65/10 on...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. Cohon have issued an urgent call to action to the Pittsburgh community to help convince Google to bring its new ultra high-speed broadband network to Pittsburgh. If Pittsburgh is chosen,...

16th Ward Measch LLC to Anthony Mollica Jr. at 506 Cathedral St. for $56,000. Margaret McGovern estate et al. to W Robert Park at 2307 Patterson St. for $30,000. Nicholas Givan to William Gadd and Carmine Bellini III at 2855 Sarah St. for $42,000....

Jake Wheatley, in cooperation with the Allentown Community Development Corp., will hold a Town Meeting on Thurs., March 25, 7 p.m. in the St. John Vianney Parish Hall, 813 Climax Street in Allentown. All residents of the 19th Legislative District...

District 3 Councilman Bruce Kraus has called a series of meetings to gain community input on Diesel's proposed 2,300 sq. ft. rooftop deck. The meetings will take place at the Market House on 12th Street from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, March 24,...

A consulting firm for the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation recently sent out several hundred surveys to people who recently moved to or from Mount Washington. "We did it so we could understand people's choices," Christine Brill, a...

Mount Oliver residents will be paying $11.89 more per month for sewage after council voted on March 15 to raise rates, effective immediately. The increase reflects higher Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) fees and increased borough...