South Pittsburgh Reporter - Serving South Pittsburgh Since 1939

I would like to add my two cents in on the Aldi's Market proposed for the South Side. Are you kidding me? The old Bluestone building on the corner of 27th and Carson is of historic value? How much more historic value is it than J&L Steel was and they...

As communities around the nation observed National Night Out to fight against crime, State Rep. Chelsa Wagner (D-Brookline) introduced legislation that would allow municipalities facing budget constraints to put more officers on the streets. The...

The Allegheny County Health Department is urging working families with modest incomes and young children under the age of five or a child on the way to consider participating in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Food Program. WIC...

The Harmony Singers of Pittsburgh, a South Hills choral group, will launch their 2010-2011 season at 7:30 p.m., September 7, with an ice cream social for members and prospective members. The event will take place at the Brightwood Christian Church,...

Tashanna Hall has received the Imagine America scholarship, $1,000 in tuition assistance from the IAF. Hall, a graduate of Carrick High School, will be attending Kaplan Career Institute in Pittsburgh. Tashanna is enrolled in the Criminal Justice...

The Pilot Club of Pittsburgh will begin meeting on the South Side again in August at the Jaggerbush Bar and Grill, at the corner of 23rd and Jane streets, on the second Saturday of each month beginning at 1 p.m. "We have members from all across the...

George Steinkamp enjoys himself at the Allentown Community Development Corp's. National Night Out Celebration at the Allentown Senior Center. The evening featured free hot dogs and snacks, a bounce...

LifeStone Church will be hosting a variety of fun and free activities for South Side families to enjoy on August 10 -13. Jungle Mania Kids! will take place on Tuesday-Thursday, Aug. 10-12. Jungle Mania Kids! is an interactive kids' bash service with...

St. Clair AA/Senior Center is hosting a meeting with Councilman Bruce Kraus and City Budget Director Bill Urbanic on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 7 p.m. at the senior center, 2400 Elsie Street. The city officials will discuss the proposal to monitize the...

For the past seven months Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and the community have been working together to find options for sustainability. Last week, Library officials released the second in a series of Community Updates to keep all community members...

The final entertainment line-up for the August 21 Community Cornfest in Phillips Park in Carrick has been set with eight hours of local talent under the trees. Along with great food, drink and independent artists there will be great local...

The Carrick Gold girls' softball team　won the Mayors Cup at　PNC Park on Tues., July 27, defeating　Washington Heights Athletic Association　for the Pittsburgh Big League...

The Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC) has received $200,000 from the Richard King Mellon Foundation and $75,000 from the Colcom Foundation to continue the view and habitat restoration project it has been partnering on with...

The Spanish speaking service that is regularly held at Hilltop United Methodist Church, Allentown, shows a lot of enthusiasm. The Hilltop Church allows a Pentecostal congregation called Jesus Is Coming to hold their services there Wednesdays,...

Teachers and administrators from the Pittsburgh Public School District recently visited with children and parents at the Voices Against Violence summer program in Upper McKinley Park. The educators...

Suggestions about how to make Carrick library a better facility There were three questions that Carnegie Library staff sought answers for at a special public meeting on Aug. 4 held at the Carrick branch. That night the topic under discussion was the...

Knoxville wants a library within safe walking distance for children A meeting to solicit feedback on the merging of the Carrick and Knoxville branches of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh into a new facility drew about 35 people to the Knoxville branch...

16th Ward Judy Wycoff to Beth Lynne Visnich at 2414 Berg St. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $18,350). RES Distressed Asset Fund 21 LLC to RE 360 SS Partn. 7 L.P. at 129 Fitler St. for $8,500. Daniel Lester to Joseph Cooper at...

The following Housing Court cases are scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 10:00 a.m. in District Magisterial Judge Eugene Ricciardi's courtroom: • Sandra L. Balcer, 2604 Quarry Street, 17th Ward, Continued Code 302.7 • Lee Peglow, 88 S. 14th...