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Mayor Luke Ravenstahl along with volunteers and community members were on Mount Washington last Wednesday to launch the Cool Roofs program, a new servePGH initiative that will coat the roofs of 10...

Economic Development South (EDS) has been announced as one of the organizations to participate in Allegheny Conference on Community Development’s (ACCD) new Strengthening Communities Partnership (SCP), an initiative to concentrate private...

More than 70 Port Authority bus routes will see changes effective Sunday, June 16. Schedules for nearly 45 bus routes, with at least half a dozen in South Pittsburgh, adjusted starting that day. Port Authority regularly adjusts schedules four times...

17th Ward Good Father Foundation to Christian and Kristen Misutka at 1226 Breed St. for $100,000. Christine Cronenwett to Riva Ridge Enterprises LLC at 97 Pius St. for $235,000. John McCloskey to Millcreek Processing at 10 St. Leo St. for $177,000....

Pittsburgh in May seemed like the perfect place for Stacy Ott and her fiancée, Matthew Carroll, to get married. Stacey, a Hatboro native from the eastern side of Pennsylvania, and Matthew, a huge Ste...

The Carrick High Alumni Association will honor James E. Kraus as a Distinguished Carrick High Teacher on Sunday, August 11 at a luncheon in the Grand Ballroom of the South Hills Country Club. Mr....

The Birmingham Foundation is releasing the publication of its 15th Anniversary Report. “Building a Foundation: 15th Anniversary Report” will be launched on the foundation’s website – www.birminghamfoundation.org – by May 31. The report...

Pennsylvania American Water (PAW) hosted state and local officials and dignitaries on Friday, May 17 to mark the completion of major improvements to the Hays Mine Treatment Plant and Becks Run Pumping Station. The upgrades are part of the company’s...

Over the past two weeks, agents from the Department of City Planning and its project partners visited various locations throughout the city to update citizens on its progress with a pair of projects and solicit feedback. The Mount Washington Senior...

Those who are currently looking for a job, or are interested in boosting their skills that will help land a desired position, may register for Skills for Success: The Fontana Series. These free workshops will be returning to CLP M. Rachel Masilamani...

On the afternoon of May 2, a passerby called 911 and saying they saw a white man in a white tank top breaking windows in a car parked near Saw Mill Run Blvd and Woodruff St. Zone 6 plainclothes detect...

To close out its 52nd season the South Hills Chorale will perform its spring concert Cantare Primavera (Singing of Spring). The program will feature a variety of works including George Frederic Handel...

Several South Pittsburgh area groups were among the 24 recipients who received funding through the fourth round of servePGH initiative’s “Love Your Block” grant program – bringing the total...

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 Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC) held its regular monthly forum meeting last Thursday, where the topics of energy efficiency and public education were not the only things raised; several voices were raised, too. A...

Jonathan Mulick of Mount Washington earned honors at the Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair at Heinz Field on April 5. Jonathan, a student at Bishop Canevin High School, earned Sponsor Awards from the American Chemical Society,...

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...

16th Ward Wayne Jones to PNC Bank NA at 2627 Patterson St. for $1,675 by sheriff’s deed. 17th Ward John McCloskey to Millcreek Processing at 1 Crossman St. for $100,000. John McCloskey to Millcreek Processing at 5 Crossman St. for $80,000. Brian...

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh customers will now have greater access to programs, computers, materials and facilities. Beginning the week of April 14, most Pittsburgh library locations will have expanded hours, opening more evenings, and, for the...

Beginning the week of April 14, all of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh neighborhood locations will be increasing their hours of operation. The Mount Washington branch, 315 Grandview Avenue, will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from...

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 Mount Washington Friends of Grandview Park in conjunction with the South Side Keep Our Pups Safe committee and Kim Collins of the Blue Tomato will hold a glass and debris clean-up on Saturday, April 13 along the Emerald View Park trail that runs...

The Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel will be closed to buses from about 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 7, due to rail work. Light rail service will be single-tracking between the Panhandle Bridge and South Hills Junction during this time, and outbound...

Proposed signage was the major topic of discussion at Thursday night’s regular monthly meeting of the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC), where neighborhood residents...

Even though the former Bud’s Hardware on Warrington Avenue has been closed for some time, the building has recently inspired a great deal of creativity—and it’s about to inspire even more. A...