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A presentation on the trash education initiative of the Outreach Committee of the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association (SSSNA) was the focus of the May 14 meeting. Committee member Betty Kripp said a year-and-a-half ago, Rev. Don Ware asked...

South Pittsburghers, along with the rest of the city, have an opportunity they haven’t had since 2005: to choose a new mayor without having a sitting mayor in the race. Along with having to decide which of the four Democratic and one Republican...

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...

OPENSPACEPGH draft plans for the South Side Slopes and Flats drew about 40 people to the South Side Market House on March 28. “It’s a game plan to help us understand the projects we should be pursuing with city departments and non-profits and...

Duquesne University Spiritan Campus Ministry, in a partnership with the Pennsylvania Resources Council will hold the Ninth Annual South Side Spring Clean-up on Saturday, April 13. Focus of the clean-up will be the South Side Flats and Slopes....

Thursday, March 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the South Side Market House on 12th Street, city planners will present their OPENSPACEPGH plans for the South Side Slopes and Flats. OPENSPACEPGH is Pittsburgh’s first comprehensive guide to the optimal use...

The distribution of the printed copies of the latest revision of the South Side Neighborhood Plan highlighted the latest meeting of the South Side Planning Forum on Tuesday, March 12. Tracy Myers from the Neighborhood Plan update committee explained...

Vowing “We want to be a good neighbor,” officials of Equitable Gas Co. kicked off a presentation on its mainline pipeline replacement program in the South Side. The community meeting was held on February 26 in the Brashear Center. Streets...

The initial results of the South Side public safety blitz included 19 arrests, 94 citations, 42 towed vehicles and 14 non-traffic citations issued on Friday night. No bars were reported as being cited...

Thanks for your article about snow removal within 24 hours. Yes, South Side is filled with the young or with money that don’t know what a broom or shovel is for. But they have landlord who should see to it they do. Put it in their lease or come...

The snow that came in the day after Christmas and was added to several days later and has stuck around for weeks now should be gone soon. But residents from the South Side Flats to the Slopes to the Hilltop and beyond are concerned about the next...

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...

The South Side Planning Forum will formally request the participation of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl at an open meeting about public safety in the South Side to be held as soon as possible. It will be conducted at either the Brashear Center, the South...

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...

An invitation to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl to attend a town hall meeting concerning the volatile South Side nightlife, and the adoption of the latest revision of the South Side Neighborhood Plan, were the upshots of the Nov. 13 meeting of the South Side...

“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...

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...

After five years of planning and work, the 18th Street Steps Lighting Project connecting the South Side Flats and the South Side Slopes will finally be illuminated on October 5 in a fitting kick off...

Now in its 12th year, this year's Pittsburgh StepTrek is expected to draw more than 1,000 people to hike the steps of the South Side Slopes this Saturday, October 6, at South Side Park, Josephine and 21st streets, beginning at 11 a.m. Two mapped...

As a longtime resident of South Side, I would be the first to tell you that trying to park on South Side is absolutely atrocious. It's one of the reasons I dislike booking gigs down on the Flats on the weekends. I know my patrons are going to have a...

A request for the South Side Planning Forum to become involved in a proposed residential permit parking district plan was the focus of the organization's Sept. 11 meeting. The proposed district is the South Side Flats from 10th St. to 17th St. along...

Residents in a proposed residential permit parking district in the South Side will have to wait until the Pittsburgh Planning Commission's Sept. 18 meeting to learn its recommendation. That was the outcome of the Sept. 4 Planning Commission meeting o...

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...

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...