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Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon has announced a broad range of additional strategies to further improve program integrity in USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and hold those misusing benefits accountable. The...

State Rep. Harry Readshaw, "Readshaw's Raiders" and motorcycle riders from ABATE of Pennsylvania are gearing up for their annual "Ride to Gettysburg" from Harrisburg to Gettysburg for 1 p.m. on Sept. 22. The annual motorcycle trip from Harrisburg to...

The Salvation Army Pittsburgh Temple will resume its God Sent Grandparents group on Friday, Sept. 7. The group, designed to meet the special needs of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, meets every other Friday during the school year...

Applications are being accepted through August 31 for the Penn State Master Gardener training program in Allegheny County. The 2012-2013 training class will be held on Tuesday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Allegheny County Extension office...

16th Ward M Franko Properties LLC to Somma Real Estate Group LLC at 2815 Jane St. for $120,000. 18th Ward Pittsburgh City to Rodney Robinson at 845 Excelsior St. for $2,900. Home Solutions Partn. 4 REO LLC to Transportation Alliance Bank Inc. at 427...

The Pittsburgh Planning Commission has recommended South Side residents hold another public meeting concerning plans to extend residential permit parking further into the neighborhood. The meeting...

Catholic Heart Work Camp brought more than 300 students to Pittsburgh from July 15-21 to help with sprucing up homes in the area. A total of 49 houses benefited from the students work in the South...

A meeting about a proposed service station offering compressed natural gas (CNG) as well as conventional gas at 700 E. Carson St. elicited more skepticism than neighborly welcomes. The presentation by the development team was held on August 7 at...

At the July Mount Oliver Borough swore in Melvin Pollard as its new assistant code enforcement officer. Council President Billie Michener declined to take questions before the swearing in ceremony, preferring to wait until after Mayor James Cassidy...

Balloon animals were only part of the fun at the Allentown CDC's National Night Out celebration last week. While the kids were enjoying the bounce house and hot dogs, inside the Allentown Senior...

For fifteen youth sports organizations demonstrating their commitment to responsibility on and off the field, Liberty Mutual Insurance will soon make a very memorable contribution, in the amount of a $2,500 Responsible Sports™ Community Grant and...

The annual Community Cornfest is coming to Carrick's Phillips Park on Saturday, Aug. 25, from noon to 6 p.m. Started in the late 1970s, the Cornfest has been a late summer tradition celebrating the Carrick and Overbrook communities, schools and...

Holly Mohr has accepted the position of full time director of religious education for Saint Mary of the Mount and St. Justin parishes. Ms. Mohr will be responsible for implementing and monitoring a program of religious education for children in...

The Auxiliary of St. Paul of the Cross Monastery is sponsoring a bus trip on Sunday, Sept. 16 to St. Stanislaus Church, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church and the Polish and Lithuanian Rooms at the Cathedral of Learning. The bus leaves at noon from the...

Carrick Athletic Association Fall Ball sign-ups for boys ages 7-17 and girls ages 7-15 are coming up. Sign-ups will be held at Volunteers' Field from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16 and Monday, Aug. 20....

A spaghetti dinner for Hilltop residents, hosted by the Santa Maria Magdelena Church, will be held on Friday, Aug. 17 from 6-8 p.m. at Warrington Recreation Center, 329 E. Warrington Ave. Call 412-641-0362 for more information on the Feed the...