South Pittsburgh Reporter - Serving South Pittsburgh Since 1939

The annual Allegheny County Traveling Sports Clinic is coming to Transverse Field in Mount Oliver on Monday and Tuesday, June 20-21 from 10 a.m. – noon and 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. The free clinics will offer instruction in proper sports techniques for...

Pittsburgh's Zoning Board of Adjustment has scheduled the following public hearing 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 107/11 on...

The Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community will host a Summer Reading Camp from June 27-July 8 for children who have completed first through fourth grades and are experiencing difficulty with reading with an intensive remedial literacy education. The goal...

Councilman Bruce Kraus' Satellite Office at 2320 Arlington Ave. will be changing the days and hours of operation. The office will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. effective June 7....

Parking rates at meters throughout the city have increased 25 cents an hour in most neighborhoods up to one dollar more per hour Downtown. Rates have doubled to $1 an hour for motorists parking at on-street meters in Shadyside, South Side, the North...

Some residents are asking the city to designate the Zone 6 West End police station as the provider of public safety services for Mount Washington instead of the Zone 3 station in Allentown. Their request was aired at a public meeting chaired by Counc...

Ann Scharding, Mount Oliver Mayor Jeff Repasky and Michele Traficante place a wreath at the memorial in front of the Mount Oliver Fire Department. The ceremony was part of the South Side Hilltop...

NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania is partnering with the Allentown Community Development Corp. (ACDC) in a clean-up effort along Warrington and Arlington Avenues on Saturday, June 11 in conjunction with National NeighborWorks Week. NeighborWorks...

The Knoxville Branch Library will offer the Create Together Intergenerational Art Program each Wednesday morning beginning June 22. Children entering third to sixth grades and older adults between ages 60-80 are eligible to participate. Registration...

Keep America Beautiful, Inc.　has announced the availability of its 2011 Graffiti Hurts ® Grant Program, to help communities step up local graffiti prevention activities. With budget cuts and funding shortfalls affecting many municipal governm...

Last year's Community Cornfest in Phillips Park was a great success and organizers are hoping for an even better　festival again this year. The return to the park gave it a fun picnic-like atmosphere. Based on feedback they plan to have even...

Joshua Development Corporation　and the Hill House Association　will present the free Fathers' Program on the Hilltop. The program is designed to service under or unemployed fathers. Fathers will be exposed to a strong curriculum and...

16th Ward DESR Properties L.P. to Rebecca Almaro at 2106 Eccles St. for $27,000. Jacob Throckmorton to Robert Madaras at 2250 Mary St. Unit 212 for $169,000. Frank Mauro to Donald Green et al. and Val Green at 3016 Mary St. aka Josephine St. for...

The Coffee House at the South Side Presbyterian Church is featuring creative poets Michael Wurster and Judith R. Robinson in a Poetry Reading on Friday,　June 10, 7:30 – 9 p.m. Mr. Wurster has had numerous books published and has taught...

Birmingham AARP #2757 will meet on Wednesday, June 15 at 12:30 p.m. at Birmingham United Church of Christ, 25 Carrick Ave. There will be Bingo after the meeting. Coffee, tea and pastries will be served for a donation. Visitors are always...

BOROUGH OF MT. OLIVER NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL A Special Meeting of Mt. Oliver Borough Council will be held on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 6:00 P.M. in Council Chambers at 150 Brownsville Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15210. The purpose of the...

Pilot Club of South Side will the monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 8, from 6-7 p.m. at the Jaggerbush Bar and Grill, corner of 23rd and Jane streets. The club is also offering E-membership. E-membership is an opportunity for professionals who want...

The Advisory Council of the Allegheny County Department of Human Services Area Agency on Aging (AAA) will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June 14, at 10 a.m., in the Gold Room on the fourth floor of the County Courthouse, to solicit comments on...

For all of the long-suffering property owners and business owners who have been victimized by the irresponsible and destructive actions of offenders in their alcoholic stupor: Take heart and throw down your gauntlet of challenge to the Pennsylvania...

The South Side Presbyterian Church is planning a special outdoor worship service at 11 a.m. on Pentecost Sunday, June 12 (weather permitting). Pentecost Sunday is the day the Christian Church celebrates the giving of the Spirit to all the believers....

South Side Community Council will hold its Annual Meeting on Monday, June 27 at 7 p.m. at the Brashear Center, 2005 Sarah Street. Dues paying members will be voting for new board members, amendments to the by-laws will be discussed and voted upon...

The following Housing Court cases are scheduled for Thursday, June 9, at 10:15 a.m. in District Magisterial Judge Richard King's Courtroom: • Keith Davis, 144 Laughlin Avenue, 29th Ward, Code 115.1 The following Housing Court cases are scheduled...