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The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy's School Grounds Greening Project is reconnecting students and school communities to nature by enhancing the grounds of all Pittsburgh Public Schools with greenery and outdoor spaces. Help is needed to sustain...

Steve Root, a South Side Community Council board member, was selected Volunteer of the Year by the Clean Pittsburgh Commission for his work with Graffiti Watch, a group dedicated to preventing and removing graffiti. Mr. Root and nine neighborhoods...

Zone 3 police along with a team of Carrick kids assembled by District Judge Richard King will play in the 15th annual installment of the Cops and Kids vs. the Steelers basketball game on Friday, April 1 at the Carrick High School gym. Doors open at...

The Hilltop Alliance Public Safety Action Team is convening a meeting of all block watches, block groups, block clubs and all those interested in organizing for a safe Hilltop on Tuesday, April 12, 6-8:30 p.m. in the Hilltop Alliance office at 126...

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 65/11 on...

As a longtime resident of South Side I disagree with Mr. Nogal on a few points he made (D. Schnippert got it right, South Pittsburgh Reporter March 22, 2011). South Side is not trying to get rid of the older generation, things happened that have...

　The United Way/Money In Your Pocket Coalition is offering free tax preparation services at six locations across Allegheny County to families earning up to $40,000 and individuals making up to $20,000 a year. The last day for free tax help at...

The third annual basketball fundraiser featuring fourth and fifth graders from Pittsburgh Concord and Roosevelt schools will be held Saturday, April 2, at Carrick High School, starting at 9 a.m. Tickets cost $3 for adults and $1 for children and are...

Arlington Recreation Center will hold sign-ups for a variety of athletic programs for youth ages 3-16. Programs for boys and girls include: Rookie Ball, ages 3-6; Kindersports, ages 4-6; Fundamental Basketball, ages 7-9; Flag Football, ages 12-14;...

"Zoning Board wants input from South Side Residents" (South Pittsburgh Reporter, March 15),- Really? How many times and in how many different ways do South Side residents need to voice their opinion? No more bars! Does the development group really...

A Royal Princess Tea Party will be held at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh –Knoxville on Saturday, April 2 at 11 a.m. The princess tea party will celebrate the pending royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. Young ladies age...

The closing of the Colerain Street Bridge for reconstruction, and an update on the city Department of Public Works' activities, were the focus of the March 22 meeting of the Overbook Community Council at the Fairhaven United Methodist Church. The...

Mount Oliver is without a code enforcement officer since Tom Plietz left for a similar position in Collier. His last day on the job in the borough was March 18. At the March 21 Mount Oliver council meeting, members said they expected interviews for...

The management staff of the Carnegie Library now knows what the community wants if the Knoxville and Carrick branches merge and if the Carnegie builds a new building to house both. A public meeting sponsored by Carnegie Library on March 19 at Temple...

16th Ward Frank Doerr Truck Body & Equipment Corp. to Gregg 21st L.P. at Larkins Way for $355,000. Evelyn Paschel et al. to Zachary Brehm at 482 Sterling St. for $58,200. 17th Ward Imperial Holdings LLC to Andrew Kotov and Yelena Reznik at St....

If the Pittsburgh Zoning Board approves of the proposed after hours club in the 2200 block of E. Carson St., then those members who voted in favor of it need to get their heads examined. They may as well change the name of Carson St. to Drunk...

The following Housing Court case is scheduled for Thursday, March 31, at 10:30 a.m. in District Magisterial Judge Richard King's Courtroom: • Francis Lutch, 406 Timberland Avenue, 18th Ward, Continued Code 302.7 • Roberta Thornton, 220 Moore...

I live in the Hilltop community and would like to thank Zone 3 police for making Arlington Ave. a little better. Before Zone 3 moved into the former youth hostel, Arlington Avenue was a hotbed for prostitution. Day and night prostitutes walked along...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has officially launched Pittsburgh's first citywide, high-impact service plan and called on city residents to help the city fulfill its commitment to citizen service through impact volunteerism. The plan, servePGH, seeks to matc...

　The eighth annual Preservation Ball to benefit the Pennsylvania Gettysburg Monuments Project founded by state Rep. Harry Readshaw, D-Allegheny, was the most successful yet. Organized by the Victorian Dance Ensemble of the Civil War Dance...

The Veronica's Veil Players will be presenting Living Stations, a live reenactment of the last steps of Jesus on his way to the cross. The Stations will be presented in three area churches on three Friday evening in April. The first one will be...