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The City of Pittsburgh is gearing up for an action-packed summer. Free copies of the 2011 Citiparks Summer Magazine are now available at various locations throughout the city, providing easy information on the City's 2011 schedule of summer events...

As a student at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Natalia Rudiak was always on the outside looking in — at the White House, that is. "It was gated with a fence, and it was part of our life to walk by it," she said. But on June 17, t...

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON MONDAY, JULY 18, 2011 AT 7:30 P.M. AT 150 BROWNSVILLE ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, THE OFFICERS OF THE BOROUGH OF MT. OLIVER, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, WILL ACT ON AN ORDINANCE (OF WHICH THIS NOTICE IS THE...

Brashear Association's Christmas in July Happy Hour and Toy Drive is slated for Wednesday, July 20, from 5-8 p.m. at the Double Wide Grill, 2339 East Carson Street. Christmas in July, presented by UPMC Mercy, features prizes, free appetizers and a...

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a warning to taxpayers to be aware of a scam email about electronic federal tax payments. The bogus email states tax payments made by the email recipient through the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System...

All children ages 4-16 years old are welcome to join the Co-Creators Summer Week Vacation Bible School at the South Side Presbyterian Church July 11-15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. This year's theme is "Fiesta! Where Kids Are Fired Up...

Pittsburgh city council members Natalia Rudiak and Bruce Kraus, along with members of their staffs, recently walked Brownsville Road from Knoxville to Carrick to inventory problems and talk with...

16th Ward Brian Seanor to Jonathan and Yulia Bayat at 94 S. 22nd St. for $180,000. JT Rodgers Corp. to Paul Bieniek at 2501 Sarah St. for $288,000. Robert Harvey to Christopher Nirschel at 29 Telescope St. for $247,500. Estate of Nelda Moucheron to...

The Senator John Heinz History Center and UPMC Health Plan have partnered to encourage museum visitors to climb the stairs and blend health and history with the launch of SmartSteps, a new fun and fit. Visitors who forego the elevator and take the...

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is among the first pediatric hospitals in the nation to release its own free app, now for phones with the Android operating system. In March, Children's released its first app for the Apple iPhone, iPad and i...

　This Independence Day, supporters of Our Library, Our Future, a voter initiative for Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, celebrated by remembering the democratic principles on which　the library was founded. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh...

State Rep. Harry Readshaw, D-Allegheny, said the expanded Castle Doctrine Law signed by Gov. Tom Corbett is the culmination of years of patience and bipartisan cooperation to work out the last obstacles to its enactment. Mr. Readshaw has been a...

Legislation has been submitted to Pittsburgh City Council by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl calling for the city to adopt Google's cloud-based email system, called Google Apps for Government. The intuitive email application would replace the city's current...

Children from low-income households　can visit 11 new sites throughout the city and county to be fed free breakfasts, lunches and snacks this summer, with assistance from South Side-based anti-hunger nonprofit Just Harvest. For the past...

The grand opening of the North Park Freeride Area (NPFR) will be held on Sunday, July 10. Pittsburgh Trails Advocacy Group (PTAG) has worked with the Allegheny County Parks Department over the last three years to design and install the NPFR, which...

"Shake It Up Café" at Knoxville United Church, 148 Jucunda Street, will take a food route for Vacation Bible School from 5:30-7 p.m. on Monday, July 11 through Friday, July 15. Children ages 5-12 are welcome. Dinner is from 5:30-5:50 p.m. and there...

Animal Friends is hosting a series of low-cost rabies clinics throughout the county this summer. Pet vaccines will be available for $10 each at the following clinics: • Penn Hills | Sunday, July 10, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Public Works Garage, 6600...