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I am pleased to report that an anti-blight bill I authored was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 28. 　This bill (H.B. 1322) passed the House 181-19 in July. It is designed to reduce the number of abandoned properties in...

St. John Vianney Parish will sponsor a community Autumn Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 23, 5-8 p.m. in the Parish Center Dining Hall. The dinner will feature food, fellowship, music with DJ Schultzie and dancing. The menu includes: knockwurst and smoked...

Lighthouse Cathedral, in conjunction with the South Pittsburgh Coalition for Peace, is holding "Dare to Dream," a summit for youth on Saturday, Oct. 30. The summit will examine why kids now don't dream, what happened to their dreams and dare them to...

Trinity Lutheran Church will hold a Flea Market on Saturday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Food and refreshments will be available for shoppers from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Individual tables can be purchased for $10 by contacting the church office at...

St. Clair AA/Seniors will have their next meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. in the senior hall, 2400 Elsie St. New members are always welcome....

St Pius X Byzantine Catholic Church, 2336 Brownsville Rd. in Carrick is holding an Ethnic Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 23 from 2-8 p.m. Menu includes pierogies, stuffed cabbage, haluska, and kolbassi. Items can be purchased ala carte or, try a sampler...

Preschoolers ages 3-5 and their parents/caregivers are welcome to come for a story time filled with stories, songs, rhymes and puppets at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Knoxville Branch, 400 Brownsville Rd. This series of programs is designed to...

　The South Side Sabers celebrated their　Homecoming Game Day on Oct. 9 with a ceremony where all the players and cheerleaders were honored and　escorted onto the field by their family members. Although the weather was beautiful...

On Halloween, Sun. Oct 31, from 5-7 p.m., LifeStone Church will be hosting its Second Annual South Side Kids Fall Festival in the back lot of Big Dog Coffee, 2717 Sarah St. The festival is for children ages 8 and under and will be complete with a...

The Friends of Grandview Park will hold their Fifth Annual Park Bark on Saturday, Oct. 30 from noon -3 p.m. The free event will include a "Howl-o-ween" parade, Blessing of the Animals at 2 p.m., live music and more. Visit with local vendors and...

In Grandview Park on Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. join representatives of the City of Pittsburgh, The Mount Washington Community Development Corporation and the Allentown Community Development Corporation, The Friends of Grandview Park, and artist...

South Side Community Council will hold an open meeting on "How to Protect　Yourself　Against Home Invasion, Scams and Identity Theft"at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 25 at the Brashear Center, 2005 Sarah Street. Guest speakers include...

Pittsburgh Police SWAT and narcotics units executed a search warrant on Friday, Oct. 15, at 6:25 a.m. in the 300 block of Jucunda Street in Beltzhoover. At approximately 6:25 a.m. the SWAT team...

The Borough of Mt. Oliver, PA Municipal Corp., 150 Brownsville Rd., Pgh., PA 15210 maintains Pension Plans for its Police Dept. and Non-Uniform Employees. The Borough is seeking proposals from qualified professionals for the following services in reg...

The following Housing Court cases are scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 20, at 1:15 p.m. in District Magisterial Judge James Motznik's courtroom: • Kevin Biber, 205 Merrimac Street, 19th Ward, Continued Code 302.4 • Jeanie Neva and Ralph Bernier, 827...

16th Ward Harry Bittner to R & T Investments LLC at 205 Dengler St. for $30,000. Leonard Biedzinski to Sean and Anna Maria Pindel at 2312 Eccles St. for $30,000. Bart Friedman to Abydee Butler at S 28th St. for $310,000. 17th Ward Kristy Eiben...

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 210/10 on...

Signs ups have begun for youth basketball at Citiparks Ormsby Recreation Center have begun. Youth ages 7-10 will play on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. beginning on November 23. Ages 12-15 will play on Wednesdays and Fridays from...

A board election and an update on the prior Sunday's StepTrek 2010 were the highlights of the annual meeting of the South Sides Slopes Neighborhood Association on Oct. 12. The meeting began with president Brad Palmisiano informing attendees of...

Pittsburgh police from the Traffic Division continued their saturation detail on Friday and Saturday nights in the South Side Flats. The South Side parking sweep, in reaction to numerous complaints by residents in the community, was designed as a...

Two new projects were the focus of presentations at the Oct. 12 meeting of the South Side Planning Forum. In the first, Adam DeSimone, who co-owns the Diesel nightclub at 1601 East Carson St., unveiled a new enterprise: the "Local Bar + Kitchen"...

The Baldwin United Presbyterian Church is sponsoring an Octoberfest fundraiser for their church bus used to transport seniors in the community to shopping, church and special events The Octoberfest will be on Saturday, Oct. 23 and will include a...

As the South Side Local Development Company makes plans to go out of business in the next several years, it's still business as usual until then according to Aaron Sukenik, manager of business development. While the SSLDC figures out how to proceed...

The Beltzhoover Neighborhood Council (BNC) will hold a community forum to inform area residents of projects the BNC is currently working on. The meeting will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23 at the St. Paul A.M.E. Church, 400 Orchard Place....

Citiparks will hold a design charrette for the Warrington Spray Park on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 6 p.m. at the Warrington Recreation Center. Jim Sauer, the contract architect for the project, will conduct most of the meeting with information about the...