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County residents are encouraged to check on their elderly neighbors to make sure they are safe during periods of severe weather. When weather circumstances dictate, the Allegheny County Department of Human Services Area Agency on Aging and its contra...

　State Rep. Harry Readshaw, D-Allegheny, will take a step up in the House of Representatives hierarchy when the new session begins next month. Mr. Readshaw has been named by House Democratic Leader Frank Dermody, D-Allegheny, as Democratic cha...

Allegheny County's Third Annual Christmas Tree Recycling Program will run through Jan. 22. Residents can drop off trees daily between 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the swimming pool parking lots in Boyce, North, Settler's Cabin and South parks. All...

The Grammy Foundation® (www.grammyintheschools. com) recently announced that Angelea Taylor, daughter of Malcolm and Robyn Taylor, is one of 30 talented high school students from across the United...

Shouting, accusations, and a call for impeachment fueled the fireworks at the Dec. 20 meeting of Mt. Oliver council. Mayor Jeff Repasky, and council members John Smith and George Farneth were absent. Mr. Farneth was appointed last month to fill the...

　Two new Lubawski cousins celebrated their first Christmas this year. Gunnar Matthew, son of John Jr. and Joy Lubawski of Lawrence-ville, was born March 8 this year, weighing 5 lbs. 3 oz. His...

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc., is asking customers to verify the credentials of anyone who may visit their home stating they are a Columbia Gas employee. There are occasions in which Columbia Gas employees may need to enter a customer's home. Th...

The South Metro Area Revitalization through Transit / Transit Revitalization Investment District (SMART TRID) planning team has installed two "collaborative maps" for collecting area residents thoughs about improving transit resources serving the...

Judy Dyda, South Side Local Development Company's Elm Street manager for the South South Side Slopes, thanks those involved with creating the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association's...

Dr. Amy Nevin, a pediatrician at the Hilltop Community Healthcare Center, has been named by Pittsburgh Magazine and PUMP (Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project) as a "40 Under 40" 2010 winner. The goal of the program is to recognize 40 people under the...

City of Pittsburgh residents are urged this holiday season to take advantage of the city's single-stream curbside recycling and Christmas tree recycling programs. "The holidays are a time of great joy – and with that, often great consumption,"...

In celebration of New Year's Day and the 2011 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, Port Authority of Allegheny County riders will enjoy free travel on buses, the T and the Monongahela Incline on January 1, 2011, compliments of Pepsi MAX. Free rides are...

Please excuse this late letter regarding the Mount Oliver Borough Council meeting (November 23, 2010, Mount Oliver borough loses another council member, council seeks answer to Church Avenue problem) edition which I viewed online. I wanted to say...

Fifth-graders from four Pittsburgh elementary schools — Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5, Pittsburgh Phillips K-5, Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 and Pittsburgh West Liberty K-5 — took home gold medals in the...

16th Ward Jane Ignacic et al. to Bellwest Properties LLC at 2734 Berg St. for $30,000. Donald Carlson et al. to Brian Patrick at 2414 Burham St. for $28,000. Gilbert Pietrzak to Andrea Gamble at 2436 Cobden St. for $64,900. Pittsburgh City to Harold...