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Twenty five high school students from Obama Academy of International Studies, an International Baccalaureate school within Pittsburgh Public Schools, were in a charter bus that was hit on the PA Turnpike while traveling home from Harrisburg after...

MT. OLIVER BOROUGH ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA Sealed Proposals will be received by the Mt. Oliver Borough, 150 Brownsville Road, Mt. Oliver, PA 15210 for the following: Ormsby Park Phase 1 Improvements: Soil remediation excavation, haul off and disposal...

With just a few months remaining until the library reopens to the public, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – South Side, 2205 East Carson Street, will host a preview for community members from 9:30 – 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 5 to tour the building...

Hilltop youth are being called on to be leaders, have their voices heard, change their community, and be part of the solution. The Hilltop Youth LEAD Initiative calls Hilltop youth ages 14–19 years old to participate in the May 19 Youth Dialogue...

Two South Side organizations are joining together to help better the lives of residents living in the South Side. Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community and Public Allies Pittsburgh, an AmeriCorps program, welcome all South Side residents to the first "Sou...

The Allegheny County Parks Department is currently accepting lifeguard applications for the 2012 season. County lifeguards must be 16 years of age or older and must possess all necessary certifications prior to May 28, including lifeguard, first aid,...

The Beltzhoover Civic Association is bringing fitness programming to the Upper McKinley Park Shelter House on Delmont Street Two fitness programs will start this week: Sit & Be Fit an exercise class for seniors will take place from 1-2 p.m. every...

For fifty-two years, the Mt. Lebanon-based, 75-voice South Hills Chorale has been entertaining thousands of people and hundreds of organizations in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. Each concert season the chorale performs two major shows in...

Applications are available for the city's second annual Youth Civic Leadership Academy (YCLA), a free six-week course designed to educate and engage high school students about the inner-workings of city government. The YCLA program was launched last...

Pittsburgh City Councilmember Natalia Rudiak is hosting a Carrick Town Hall meeting at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, May 8 at the Oasis Coffee Center, 1912 Brownsville Road. The meeting agenda will include a presentation detailing the work that Ms. Rudiak is...

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 86/12 on...

THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION AT THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012. BOROUGH OF MT. OLIVER ORDINANCE 927 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF MT. OLIVER, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,...

17th Ward Nancy Johnson to RE 360 SS Partn. 4 L.P. at 1783 Arlington Ave. for $36,000. 18th Ward   Hilltop Housing Ventures Partn. to Tis Dramble at 300 Beltzhoover Ave. for $80,000. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Albion Investments Ltd. at...

Santa Maria Magdalena hosted the historical signing of the full communion agreement between the North American Old Roman Catholic Church (NAORCC) and the Anglo Lutheran Catholic Church on Sunday, April 22. This makes both churches proclaiming the...

The May meeting of the South Side Planning Forum will be held at a different location, in the cafeteria at UPMC Mercy South Side, 2000 Mary Street, on Tuesday, May 8, at 5:30 p.m. One presentation will be on the agenda. The presentation will be made...

Volunteers from Equitable Gas and Carpenters Union 165 were on Eureka Street in Allentown to pitch in to put in a new sidewalk and do some interior painting, among other thinks for the homeowner....

Nick Vrcic, left, congratulates Washington Heights Athletic Association President David Caperelli on receiving a proclamation from City Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith at Skookum Field honoring the...

Port Authority's Board of Directors last week voted to authorize a fare increase and 35-percent service reduction scheduled to go into effect later this year. The Port Authority is legally obligated to balance its budget, and these actions are...