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17th Ward BP Products North America Inc. to Franchise USA LLC at 1006 E. Carson St. for $150,000. 18th Ward Martha Windstein et al. to Timothy Greene at 409 Knox Ave. for $55,000. Daniel D'Alessandro to Ian Frankel at Proctor Way for $5,000. 19th...

The Allegheny County Health Department is reminding WIC families to redeem their checks for the Pennsylvania Farmers Market Nutrition Program before they expire November 30. Health officials suggest that the checks, redeemable for Pennsylvania-grown...

The November meeting of the Allentown Community Development Corp. will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Allentown Senior Center, 631 E. Warrington Avenue. Guest speakers for the evening will be a representative from the Pittsburgh...

Grace Episcopal Church, 319 West Sycamore Street in Mt. Washington, will prepare and serve a complete Thanksgiving dinner for anyone in the community who would like to join them. The free meal will be served from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday,...

The next meeting of the Mount Oliver Area Chamber of Commerce will be Wednesday, Nov. 19 at noon at Elder-ado, 320 Brownsville Road. Lunch is $5. The meeting will be about State Grant funds....

The Mount Washington Baptist Church will have its annual Thanksgiving and Praise service on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m. A dessert fellowship will follow. The church is at 112 West Sycamore Street, behind National City Bank. Call 412-481-4059 for...

The Christian Women's Guild of Saint John Vianney parish is sponsoring a card party on Saturday, Nov. 22 from noon to 3 p.m. in the Parish Center Dining Room. The cost is $10 including lunch. Proceeds will be used to raise funds for improvements to...

Allentown Community Development Corporation and the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation with the Friends of Grandview Park are planning a 100th Birthday for the park in October 2009. Needed are people with exciting ideas and also...

Allentown Senior Centers are partnering with Hilltop Health Ministries Consortium to host a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. at the Hill Top United Methodist Church, 631 E. Warrington Ave. Results from this summer's...

The Third Knoxville Junior High School Reunion will take place on Saturday, Nov. 29 from 5 to 10 p.m. at Duranti's Restaurant Banquet Room, 128 N. Craig Street. The event will include entertainment featuring a comedian and a DJ/karaoke. There will...

The Veronica's Veil Players will present the comedy, If It's Monday, This Must be Christmas by Pat Cook on November 21, 22, and 23 in the Veronica's Veil Auditorium, 44 Pius Street, South Side Slopes.  The story is concerned with the fifth play in...

Hilltop Homes, a new affordable housing development along Beltzhoover and Industry Avenues, will open its doors on Wednesday, Nov. 19 and Sunday, Nov. 23 for its first ever Fall Open House. The public is invited to tour six brand new homes along...

The Spirit of Health Van, a joint effort between the Sisters of St. Francis, Duquesne University School of Pharmacy, and the Mercy Parish Nurse Program, visits the Hilltop regularly and provides free flu shots and health screenings. Blood sugar,...

Re: Councilman and detective talk about tracking guns, The Reporter, Nov. 4 I am very skeptical of the plan to require people who've had guns stolen to immediately report the thefts – or be regarded as criminals themselves. And therefore I oppose...

I want to propose that the Pittsburgh Department of Public Works start cleaning the north-south streets that cross Sarah and Jane Streets on the South Side at least once a month. They are always full of dirt and trash.  Currently, they clean Sarah...

Despite declining gas prices, a person can achieve an average annual savings of $8,754 per year by taking public transportation instead of driving based on today's gas prices and the average unreserved parking rate according to the American Public Tr...

The following cases are scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 19 in District Magisterial Judge Eugene Ricciardi's courtroom at 10 a.m.: • Michael T. Dokmanovich, 155 Monastery, 17th Ward, Continued, Code 302.3 • Konstantin Kharitonov, 2600 Josephine,...

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 222/08 on...

On Wednesday, Nov. 12, His Grace, Bishop Jonah of Fort Worth was elected Archbishop of Washington and New York and Metropolitan of All America and Canada at the 15th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America. His Beatitude, Metropolitan...

Getting books from the doctor will soon be a routine part of well-child visits at Hilltop Community Healthcare Center as doctors and nurses welcome the Reach Out and Read program to the practice. Hilltop Community Healthcare Center joins more than...

A new book about Pittsburgh written by Mount Washington resident Charles McCollester has a happy ending – Bill Mazeroski's home run to win the 1960 World Series against the New York Yankees. "Pittsburgh was at the height of its happiness then. Its...

Crafters and vendors are still needed for the South Side Chamber of Commerce's Joanne Salopek Holiday Fair at the South Side Market House on 12th Street on Saturday, Dec. 6. More than 30 crafters and vendors have already signed up for the Holiday...

There will be a Children's Holiday Party on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon for ages 10 and under, accompanied by a Mount Oliver adult, at Hilltop Family Care Connection, 1630 Arlington Avenue (next to WIC office). Children will receive free...

Santa Claus will be coming to East Carson Street this year to "take requests" for Christmas, just a little later than usual. The South Side Chamber of Commerce usually invites Santa to stop by for photos with neighborhood children on the Thursday...

Pittsburghers have looked forward to the city's official kick off of the holiday season, Light Up Night, for many years. The skyscrapers will be a glow in all of their splendor, the storefront windows will be decorated as well as larger scale...