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District Judge Gene Ricciardi places a wreath on the water at South Side Riverfront Park to begin the Memorial Day services throughout South Pittsburgh....

16th Ward JoAnn Eiter to Robert and Gertrude Thompson at 2215 Arlington Ave. for $28,000. Joseph Muehlbauer to Daniel Austin Murrer trustee at 562 Burr St. for $34,000. Joseph Muehlbauer to Daniel Austin Murrer trustee at 562-565 Burr St. for...

The next meeting of the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association will be Tuesday, June 10 at 7 p.m. at Saint Paul of the Cross Retreat Center. The community is welcome to attend....

Pittsburgh's Zoning Board of Adjustment has scheduled the upcoming hearings of interest to South Pittsburgh residents in the first floor hearing room of the John P. Robin Civic Building, 200 Ross Street, Downtown. The following cases will be heard on...

The widespread use of children's car seats has reduced the number of injuries and fatalities on American roads, but experts agree that more needs to be done.  ”Every state requires that children under the age of 4 are secured while riding in a...

The Knoxville United Church will sponsor a Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, June 7 from 5-7 p.m. Dinner includes wedding soup, salad, spaghetti, meatballs, hot sausage, bread and butter, beverage and dessert. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for...

Warrington Recreation Center, 329 East Warrington Avenue, will offer the Summer Food Service Program from June 23 to August 29 to youth 18 years and under. Lunch is at noon and a snack will be served at 3 p.m. Summer fun time activities will start...

The Pittsburgh Hilltop Lions Club presented two $500 scholarships at the May 28 Carrick High School Award breakfast.  The scholarship winners are Samantha Stupak and McKencie Barrett, both seniors at Pittsburgh Carrick High School. They were...

Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 students and staff celebrated the culmination of a month-long healthy breakfast initiative with prize giveaways and healthy breakfast items on Thursday, May 29 in the Pittsburgh Banksville Cafeteria. 248 students...

Pittsburgh Concord K-5 had an assembly on Monday, May 19, to earn their distinction of number one placement for the “First in Math” online Math program, used by students in Grades 1-5. Mark Losey...

Tiffany Bernatowicz earned the title of Miss Turtle Creek 2008 and will now compete for the title of Miss Pittsburgh 2008 in a pageant held at the Radisson Hotel on June 15. Ms. Bernatowicz is a...

The South Side Presbyterian Church is holding a Summer Festival Block Party on Sunday, June 8 with an outdoor worship service at 11 a.m. on 20th Street between Sarah Street and Larkins Way. From noon to 3 p.m. the church will provide a cookout lunch...

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carrick is welcoming new parents to learn about the benefits of using sign language with their baby. Parents can learn about the benefits of using sign language with their baby through stories and songs. An...

 The Veronica's Veil Players will present the Farce, See How They Run by Philip King, June 6-8 and 13-15 in the Veronica's Veil Auditorium, 44 Pius Street, South Side Slopes. Galloping in and out of the four doors of an English vicarage are an...

City Theatre and BNY Mellon will present MOMENTUM:08 from June 12-15. Come to the South Side theatre to hear a hot musical plus three new play readings and get the inside scoop from a pack of theatre...

The Pittsburgh Commandry Number 1, Knights Templor, recently started the new Templor year by attending a Devine Service at the Brentwood Presbyterian Church. Thirty knights and their ladies attended the service which was followed by a luncheon...

Microspheres carrying targeted nucleic acid molecules fabricated in laboratories have been shown to prevent and even reverse new-onset cases of type 1 diabetes in animal models. The results of these studies were reported by diabetes researchers at th...

The next meeting of 16th Ward Arlington Block Watch will be Monday, June 9. The meeting will be at St. Clair A.A. Senior Center, 2400 Elsie Street. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has been invited along with Councilman Bruce A. Kraus and Officer Christine...

The Friends of the Mount Washington Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will hold a Used Book Sale on Saturday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The library is located at 315 Grandview Avenue. For more information, call 412-381-3380. Book...

Councilman Bruce A. Kraus has called a Town Meeting to gather public input on neighborhood concerns regarding a proposed development on Niles Street on the South Side Slopes. The meeting, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, will take place at the Henry...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl isn't the only one who wants a safer summer in Pittsburgh. Three-hundred more youth, totaling more than one-thousand, applied for his Pittsburgh Summer Youth Employment Program (PSYEP) this year than last, after he and members...

The City's Equipment Leasing Authority (ELA) has unanimously approved a fuel-efficiency policy requiring that the city purchase the “greenest” vehicles of its class as indicated by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Green Vehicle Guide....

The following Housing Court cases are scheduled for Thursday, June 4 in District Magisterial Judge Richard King's courtroom at 10:15 a.m.: Vildes Bey, 248 Orchard, 30th Ward, Continued, Codes 302.4, 307.1 Joann and Stanley Brezicky, 724 Eureka, 18th...

On May 13 Councilman Bruce A. Kraus introduced legislation in City Council providing for monetary fines for crimes of graffiti vandalism. Those amendments passed with a unanimous vote by council on May 27. Fines will go into the Graffiti Trust Fund...

A late 1800s Victorian row home that was recently restored and renovated with the incorporation of an open loft style floor plan will be one of the stops on the 17th Annual Historic South Side Home Tour on Saturday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It...