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Cardinal Resources LLC has received a 2011 Exporter of the Year award from ThinkGlobal Inc., publisher of Commercial News USA, the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Commercial News USA is a catalog-style magazine...

Caregiving can be rewarding but it is rarely easy. Many who care for loved ones do it alone without the help of other family members. Caregivers may think they need no help and find it hard to admit until "Burnout" occurs and they suffer from...

Children of all ages are invited to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carrick Branch, for a special Easter Egg Hunt. They will read a story, make a special craft and hunt for eggs in the library. The program is on April 23 at 10:30 a.m. and again...

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;...

The Coffee House at the South Side Presbyterian Church on Friday,　April 8, 7:30 – 9 p.m., features a stirring film called "War Child," about Sudan's civil war and peace process, following the life of Emmanuel Jal, an internationally popular...

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...

Air Force Airman Abbey M. Braunstein graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included...

The South Side Chamber of Commerce's website, http://www.southsidechamber.org, has gone live with a new update that will benefit not only local businesses, but consumers as well. The opening page of the site, designed by blue tomato's Kim Collins,...

The 21st annual celebration of a Slovak Mass and Easter Customs "Breakfast" will take place at Prince of Peace Parish on South Side on Saturday, April 16. It's an opportunity to learn more about the rich spiritual culture and traditional Easter...

Enticing baked goods will spice up the South Side Branch Library's sale of gently used books, audio books, magazines and a silent auction. The sale, on April 5-7 and April 9, will feature more children's books this year to choose from. The book and...

Pittsburgh Concord K-5 conducted its first "Reach for the Stars" reading challenge program sponsored by Usborne Books and More.　 The students read and logged their minutes for two weeks and at...

The Harmony Singers of Pittsburgh will present their 43rd annual spring show on Saturday, April 9 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 10 at 2 p.m., at a new location, the Bethel Park Community Center, 5151...

Guard-A-Kid of Allegheny County and the newly forming Pilot Club of South Side, are bringing a Child Safety Fair to South Side on April 17. This free family friendly event will be at the Jaggerbush on the corner of Jane and 23rd Street. This is a...

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...

16th Ward Thomas Griffin Jr. to Charles Alker Jr. at 215 Dengler St. for $15,000. Michael Tumas to Carnegie Sutherland Properties LLC at 2112 E. Carson St. for $620,000. Helen Giles to Robert Torkeo at 2610 Josephine St. for $15,000. Sarah Marquart...

Creative teens with a passion for writing can find their voices through Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's 2011 Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest. Open to all high school students in grades nine through 12 in Allegheny County, the contest is an oppor...

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...

Air Force Airman Andrew N. Pope graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in...

　This Saturday, April 9, volunteers coordinated by Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak's office will be joining Carrick to clean out unsightly and illegal dump sites in the neighborhood. "We're calling it "The Big Carrick Clean-Up," and we're letting...

Pittsburgh Arlington PreK-8 will hold Kindergarten Registration Night on April 14 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Parents and students can register and take a tour of the school. All registered students will receive a free backpack and gifts. Call Leisa...

Soaring some 25 feet above the heads of the students, Richard Claraval's sculpture Faun has been installed in the lobby of Brashear High School. Made of light weight styrofoam, the piece is suspended...

The Allegheny County Police Department is seeking boys and girls, ages 12 through 14, to participate in its Camp Cadet program, which will take place from July 24 through 30 at Camp Guyasuta in O'Hara Twp. The program is free and open to young...

Game players of all ages and skill levels are welcome at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Knoxville on Saturdays from noon to 3 p.m. for Gamerday. An afternoon of gaming could include chess or Go, a game popular in Asia for more than 2,500 years....

Bishop Leonard St. Mary of the Mount Academy (BLSMMA) Varsity Mountain Lion Cheerleaders are the winners of the 11th　Annual Diocesan Cheerleading Championship in the "Non Mount" category (no...

Kids 2-6 years old are welcome at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carrick for the One Book, Every Young Child celebration on Saturday, April 9, at 10:30 a.m. They will be reading the One Book, Every Young Child selection, Whose Shoes, A Shoe for...