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“Whoever’s driving their dirt bikes over graves in the cemetery, please stop. It’s very disrespectful.” Eight-year-old Katrina Luffey made this common sense appeal at last week’s Carrick/Overbrook Block Watch meeting, where her mother,...

The Bon Air Block Watch will be meet on Wednesday June 5. at 7 p.m. at the Bon Air Parklet. All neighborhood residents are welcome to attend, bring a neighbor and a chair and find out what’s going on in the neighborhood....

The importance of filing a police report when a crime occurs was a focus of the May 15 Zone 3 Public Safety Council Meeting held in the Zone 3 police station. A 25-year area resident said her ex-husband was robbed recently in the early evening by...

Citizens Against Litter is projecting that 9,000 volunteers in 200 communities and groups mostly in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County and neighboring counties collected approximately 300 tons of litter in the Spring/Earth Redd Up. The early projection...

On April 25 and 30, there will be a second round of local public meetings for ARTPGH and DESIGNPGH, the Public Art and Urban Design components of PLANPGH, the City’s first comprehensive plan. These will be “open house” meetings will allow...

The Bon Air Block Watch, in conjunction with Clean Pittsburgh Commission, will sponsor a clean-up on Saturday, April 20. Volunteers needed to help with the clean-up. Those interested in helping are asked to meet at Bon Air Parklet, Calle Street at...

For Hilltop kids who once had no idea how to turn on a computer, building a touch-screen computer kiosk from scratch seemed like an impossible dream. But 15 kids from Pittsburgh’s Hilltop Computer...

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police homicide detectives have charged two Overbrook men involved in a shooting in downtown Pittsburgh in the 300 block of Fifth Avenue on Friday, April 5. Hassan Howze, 22, was...

A Bon Air woman has been was arrested and charged for her involvement regarding funds missing from the Municipal Courts Building. On November 16, 2012, Pittsburgh Police Support Services Supervisor discovered money missing from the Central Records...

The following Housing Court cases are scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 17, at 10:30 a.m. in Magisterial District Judge Richard King’s Courtroom: • Judson Hamel, 301 Bon Air Avenue, 18th Ward, Code 116.1. • William J. Davison, 304 E. Warrington...

Recruiting for neighborhood, community and group participation in the annual Spring Earth Day Redd Up is well underway. Boris Weinstein of Citizens Against Litter, the coordinating group, says participation has passed the 100 mark. “Our goal is...

Neighbors and friends of The Brashear Association are invited to celebrate the season at agency’s Holiday Open House. The annual event will take place Wednesday, Dec. 12 from 6 - 7:30 p.m. at Brashear Center, 2005 Sarah Street. The Open House is...

“When you have hundreds of kids on your Christmas gift list, you need all the help you can get,” according to Hugh Brannan, executive director of The Brashear Association. “That’s why Brashear is turning to our friends and neighbors, once...

Get Stuffed with Love, the annual fall campaign to provide Thanksgiving meals to people in need including homeless, shut-ins, disabled is gearing up for this year. The South Side Rotary, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, South Side Sokol Club, and Giant...

An estimated 10,000 volunteers will take to the streets of Pittsburgh neighborhoods and many Allegheny County communities Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19, 20, 21, for the annual Fall Redd Up. Volunteers are split among three categories; school...

A draft of Green Toolbox recommendations for the Hilltop was unveiled at a community meeting at the Knoxville Elder-ado on Oct. 4. Priorities and strategies for greening for10 Hilltop communities -- Arlington, Arlington Heights, Allentown, Bon Air,...

The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has initiated an Anti-Theft from Vehicle Campaign that will run through September 30. The campaign is designed to raise the level of awareness and educate the public on securing their personal belongings when parking...

This year, several Hilltop neighborhoods will join in with National Night Out (NNO) celebrations tonight, Tuesday, Aug. 7. In addition to Allentown CDC's annual NNO gathering on at the Allentown Senior Center, other neighborhoods planning events incl...

A call for residents to attend the "Communities Against Crime" event of July 25 was one of the topics at the July 9 meeting of the Carrick/Overbrook block watch. The gathering is designed to show community support in the face of drug dealing and othe...

Starting Sunday, July 1, increases go into effect on most Port Authority fares, including cash fares for full-fare and half-fare riders, all tickets and passes.  The fare increase is required to balance Port Authority's budget for Fiscal Year 2013,...

The mail carrier delivered more than mail at Brashear Association's Henry Kauffman Neighborhood House as the South Pittsburgh agency benefited from the food collection conducted by the United States Postal Service. Three good- humored mail carriers...

Every time it rains sewage flows into our rivers and our streets. This mess is not only unhealthy, it is also illegal. Currently, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) is working on a plan to fix the problem. However, local groups are...

Port Authority's Board of Directors last week voted to authorize a fare increase and 35-percent service reduction scheduled to go into effect later this year. The Port Authority is legally obligated to balance its budget, and these actions are...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl kicked off the 2012 paving season last week by announcing the city will pave 60 miles of lane miles this year. All six DPW divisions, representing the entire City, will begin paving work soon. Residents are being urged to...

Parents and teachers will have the opportunity to discuss and set educational goals for future school collaboration at a community meeting on Thursday, April 19, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at St. John Vianney Church, 823 Climax Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210....