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The Ohio Glaciers, a national tournament baseball program, is holding tryouts for 2012 teams from 9U through 16U in August. The tryouts will be at Glacier Field in Struthers, Ohio. The Glaciers have a history of nationally ranked teams with...

Basketball Camp for kids ages 8-13 is planned for Arlington Recreation Center on August 1-4. The camp will take place each day from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the center. Lunch, t-shirts and drinks will be provided. For more information, call the...

The Auxiliary of St. Paul of the Cross Monastery on the South Side Slopes will host a picnic on Sunday, Aug. 7, in the Monastery Garden following the 10 a.m. Liturgy. The menu will include hamburgers, hot dogs, beverages, and "fun and friendship."...

Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday School, 601 Brownsville Road, will hold a Back to School and Flea Market Sale on Saturday, Aug. 6. They will offer new and "gently used" school supplies and children's clothing. Donations can be left in the church...

The Zoning Board of Adjustment decision many South Siders were anxious about finally came down last week when the ZBA denied a special exception for the Polish American Club of Western Pennsylvania to open at 2214 East Carson Street. "I am very...

The senior center on Virginia Ave. in Mt. Washington was the site of the July 20 Zone 3 Public Safety Council monthly meeting. Among the guests were city council members Bruce Kraus and Theresa Kail-Smith; Zone 3 Commander Catherine McNeilly; and cri...

16th Ward Gary Gathers to RE 360 SS Partn. 11 L.P. at 59 Barry St. for $31,000. William Skillman to RE 360 SS Partn. 11 L.P. at 111 Clover St. for $14,000. Estate of Mary Ann Mamula to Diana Huertas and Shervin Iranshahr at 2735 Sumner St. for $85,00...

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 140/11 on...

The Carrick High School Alumni Association has added 100 names on engraved bricks and tiles to its three unique memorials at Carrick High along Parkfield Street: the Carrick High Alumni Veterans Wall, the Carrick High Alumni Walk and the Carrick...

Repasky to move out of borough, Special meeting will fill mayor, council vacancies Mayor Jeff Repasky announced his resignation at the July 18 Mt. Oliver council meeting, leaving council with two seats to fill: the mayor's and a council seat...

"What we got here is a failure to communicate." It is a classic movie line. In the 1967 movie "Cool Hand Luke," a prisoner named Luke played by Paul Newman, is continually reprimanded by his tough chain gang bosses with this remark. At the Mount...

　A crew of five 18 to 21 year olds who have spent the last eight weeks constructing trails in Pittsburgh's newest regional park, Emerald View　Park, were honored with an invitation to speak at the Congressional Listening Tour of the...

The South Pittsburgh Coalition for Peace (SPCP) is holding an interactive workshop for　youth　in grades fourth through eighth focusing on internet safety/social networking (predators and cyber bullying). The focus will be threefold: •...

Pennsylvania American Water is beginning a project that will install approximately 2,900 feet of new 42 inch main along Becks Run as part of its Becks Run Pumping Station and Hays Mine Treatment Plant improvement project. The new main installation...