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Articles from the May 3, 2011 edition

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 News    May 3, 2011

Annual Senior Celebration planned for South Park

The Third Annual "Senior Celebration in the Park" will be held at the South Park Fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11. The celebration is part of Older Americans Month, which was first proclaimed by President John F. Kennedy in 196...

 
 Government    May 3, 2011

Pgh. Zoning Board hearings

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 78/11 on...

 
 News    May 3, 2011

Clemente programs at CLP-Knoxville

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Knoxville will present a realistic portrayal of the life and times of famed Pittsburgh Pirate player Roberto Clemente on Saturday, May 7 at 1 p.m. Local actor and educator Greg Kenney will offer his historically...

 
 News    May 3, 2011

Take your child to work day

Michael Fazio of Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 spent Thursday, April 28,"Take Your Child to Work Day," in Senator Jay Costa's Carrick district office working with his grandmother Michele Traficante....

 
 News    May 3, 2011

Deadline approaches to get absentee ballots

The Allegheny County residents who need an absentee ballot for the upcoming May 17 primary must apply before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10.  Absentee ballots are available to registered voters who will be absent from their municipality on May 17...

 
 Opinion    May 3, 2011

Market House is much more

You should know more than pool tables are missed from the Market House. We had a computer room where we learned to use computers; A room for exercising, line dancing, tai chi and more; A nurse's room; and, a ceramics room. The main area had many...

 
 Government    May 3, 2011

Housing Court hearings

The following Housing Court cases are scheduled for Wednesday, May 4, at 10:00 a.m. in District Judge Eugene Ricciardi's court: • Joseph Galloway and Joshua Lavarinc, 2407 Cobden Street, 16th Ward, Code 926.76(B) • Wayne Thompson, 2700 Oakley...

 
 Real Estate    May 3, 2011

Real Estate Transactions for issue of 05-03-11

16th Ward Michael Steiner to Carmine Bellini III and Kelly Bellini at 2610 Patterson St. for $42,500. Bernard Blahut to Michael and Naomi Mullen at 146 Rinne St. for $30,000. 17th Ward Joanna Episcopo to Nicholas Perry at 1806 Larkins Way for...

 
 Meetings    May 3, 2011

Rummage sale in South Side

The South Side Presbyterian Church will hold its Spring Rummage and Food Sale on Saturday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A great variety of household items, clothing, coats, shoes, toys, furniture, books, jewelry and more will be available. Also...

 
 News    May 3, 2011

Book Sale at CLP-Carrick

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Friends of the Carrick Library will hold a week-long book sale from May 24-28. Adult and children's non-fiction, fiction mysteries and more in both paperbacks and hardbacks will be priced to sell. The sale will...

 
 News    May 3, 2011

Carrick Redd Up soggy, but successful

The Carrick Litter Patrol volunteers braved fickle spring weather and succeeded in cleaning up the neighborhood again during their Spring Redd Up on April 16.  Despite Mother Nature's rainy,...

 
 Front Page    May 3, 2011

The Big Hunt

Cheyenne Kepler searches for Easter Eggs at The Big Hunt sponsored by Lifestone Church....

 
 Front Page    May 3, 2011

$101 million upgrade underway for PAWC pumping facilities

Motorist heading toward Homestead on Carson Street or up Becks Run Road to Carrick since June 2010 may have noticed part of the $101 million upgrade the Pennsylvania American Water Company has been...

 
 Meetings    May 3, 2011

GBIAN meets for education focus

The next Greater Beltzhoover Inter-Agency Network meeting will take place on Monday, May 16 at the Warrington Recreation Center, 329 E. Warrington Avenue. The May meeting will have an education focus. Updates and announcements from community...

 
 Meetings    May 3, 2011

Carrick Council meets May 11

The quarterly meeting of the Carrick Community Council will be held on Wednesday, May 11, at 7 p.m. in the Pittsburgh Concord Elementary School Auditorium on Brownsville Road at Biscayne Drive. The theme of the meeting will be to educate the...

 
 News    May 3, 2011

Land Trust receives Governor's Award for environmental excellence

Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) was selected to receive one of the 2011 Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards for their accomplishment in local land conservation and community revitalization. ALT was nominated for the award by the Pennsylvania...

 
 Front Page    May 3, 2011

Carson St. to close at Becks Run May 15-23

  PennDOT District 11 will begin work to repair or replace a damaged culvert under Route 837 (East Carson Street) on Monday, May 15 in the Borough of Baldwin and the City of Pittsburgh, weather permitting. The work will require East Carson...