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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...

It will be All South Side All Day on Saturday, May 18 as The Brashear Association sponsors South Side Volunteer Day on the South Side Slopes. Working with its partners, Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh, South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association, and S...

The next South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association General Meeting is Tuesday, May 14 at 7 p.m. at the St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center, 148 Monastery Avenue.  Join in to learn about a new trash educational initiative launch in the South Side...

Recently, the Pittsburgh Police Bomb Squad was called out three times to examine suspicious devices on the South Side Slopes. At a little after 11 p.m. on May 9 the Bomb Squad responded to the 300...

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...

The Allentown Community Development Corp. and the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Assoc. will be joining on April 27 to clean up and beautify Arlington Avenue. Volunteers are asked to meet at 10 a.m. at the billboard near Newton Street. In addition...

The Allentown Community Development Corp. and the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Assoc. will be teaming up on April 20 to clean up and beautify Arlington Avenue. Volunteers are asked to meet at 9 a.m. at the billboard near Newton Street. In addition...

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...

The South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association will hold a Mayoral Candidates Night on Tuesday, April 9, from 7 – 9 p.m. at St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center, 148 Monastery Avenue. The parking lot is off of St. Paul Street. Each candidate will...

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....

Little did she imagine that picking up street litter and cleaning a blighted vacant lot in Schenley Heights with a few neighbors in 2009 would lead to her being called “a true neighborhood treasure...

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...

I had another package stolen from my ront door. My daughter and her family sent me a package for my birthday, Priority Mail from the U.S. Post Office in Oklahoma. It was delivered February 19 from the Mount Oliver Post Office. The driver left it on...

Holy Week and Easter services will be held at St. Paul of the Cross Monastery, 148 Monastery Avenue on the South Side Slopes. Passion (Palm) Sunday services include: Saturday, March 23, Vigil for Passion Sunday, 6 p.m.; and, Sunday, March24:...

The Feb. 20 Zone 3 Public Safety Council meeting began with news the traveling road show is back: the monthly committee meetings will be held in different communities on the third Wednesdays, starting in March. Crime prevention Officer Christine...

“Through the Lens of the Cross” will be presented by Father Joseph Sedley, C.P. at Saint Paul of the Cross Monastery Church on the South Side Slopes. Tuesday, March 19 - Penance Service is at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Prayers and reflection on...

Presentations on the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh were the focus of the February 12 meeting of the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association. The meeting began with President Brian Oswald introducing...

The next South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association’s General Meeting is scheduled for today, Tuesday, Feb. 12 at St. Paul’s Retreat Center at 7 p.m. Josh Nard from the Student Conservation Association will be discussing trail building and...

Will “Permit Parking Only” signs be coming to your neighborhood this year? If you live in South Side or Mount Washington, they very well could be, as requests for permit parking designations for...

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...