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UPMC to end surgeries at outpatient center this summer
Last week UPMC, citing $10 million in needed repairs, announced plans to discontinue performing outpatient surgeries at UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center this summer. Surgeries will be moved to...
Fresh Fridays will again offer free produce to Hilltop residents
Recognizing many of the Hilltop communities were food deserts with limited access to fresh produce the Hilltop Alliance piloted a program with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (GPCFB) to...
By East Carson Street consultant should be in place by mid-2018
Updates and reminders were the essence of the brief Dec. 12 meeting of the South Side Planning Forum. Forum member Tracy Myers reported that she, Barbara Rudiak of the South Side Community Council (SSCC), and Candice Gonzalez of the South Side...
Brashear unveils plans for Hilltop Community Center
Brashear Association invited area residents to LifeSpan's Knoxville center to learn more about plans for a new Hilltop community center. Plans call for the new community center to integrate the...
Emergency Preparedness event Sept. 28
The Arlington Heights Emergency Preparedness Day Fair will take place on Thursday, Sept . 28, 1-3 p.m. at the Arlington Heights Community Center, 3123 Cordell Place, rear. The event is sponsored by the Minority Emergency Preparedness Task Force and...
Hilltop Farm is largest urban farm in the country
Walking down Cresswell Street in the former St. Clair Village for the ribbon cutting ceremony commemorating the Hilltop Urban Farm brought back memories from the early 1960s. Then, there were more tha...
Ride your bike down E. Carson Street at OpenStreetsPGH in So. Side May 28
OpenStreetsPGH began with its first test in Pittsburgh in 2014. After immediate success, the event continued in following years. This year, OpenStreetsPGH will have events on the last Sundays of May,...
Health care center has history on the Hilltop
In mid-June 2002, the Beltzhoover Citizens Community Development Corporation (BCCDC) and the Hilltop Community Health Care Partnership it had formed, contacted the Sto-Rox Neighborhood Health Center (...
Proposed housing discussed at S.S. Slopes general meeting
The March general meeting of the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association (SSSNA) included news about South Side Park, OpenStreetsPGH, the new South Watch public safety/code compliance initiative, and more. It was held on March 14 at the Henry...
Brashear holiday assistance campaign helped 650 families with food and toys
The Brashear Association, a South Pittsburgh community service agency, sustained a high level of service during its recent holiday assistance campaign. In each year for the past seven years, Brashear...
Hilltop Alliance honored with service award at Bravo! Brashear luncheon
The 99th Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon of the Brashear Association was held October 27 at the LaMont Restaurant on Mount Washington. The luncheon featured the awarding of the Charles and...
Rec2Tec Pittsburgh addresses digital divide with after-school programs in recreation centers
Five of Pittsburgh's city-owned recreation centers were transformed into technology-enhanced learning centers during the week of September 12-16 to demonstrate how free after-school programs can help...
Survey still open for area residents t provide input into South Side Park uses
Friends of the South Side Park (FSSP) is still accepting community input into the use of South Side Park. “Many people use and love South Side Park for many different reasons. We want to hear from each of those people, and from those who could use...
South Side Park Friends surveying to help guide future development in park
Friends of the South Side Park (FSSP) is asking for community input into the use of South Side Park. “Many people use and love South Side Park for many different reasons. We want to hear from each of those people, and from those who could use and l...
Community council recaps work in South Side
Barbara Rudiak, president of the South Side Community Council (SSCC), outlined the organization's past year's accomplishments and the goals going forward at the General Membership Meeting held in...
Planning forum discusses ongoing South Side projects
The May 10 meeting of the South Side Planning Forum began with the monthly report of the Development Review Committee (DRC) as there were no presentations. DRC Chair Tracy Myers reported that the Giant Eagle on Wharton St. is undergoing renovation,...
Gas line work coming to Slopes
The May 10 general meeting of the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association (SSSNA) featured details of the upcoming pipeline replacement project in the Slopes by Peoples Natural Gas. The targeted areas are: Stella St.; Barry St.; top of Mission...
Hilltop kids learn about orienteering at Slopes program in South Side Park
The South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association (SSSNA), partnered with The Birmingham Foundation, the Brashear Association and the Western PA Orienteering Club, to hold its first youth orienteering...
Slopes association will survey area residents concerning neighborhood
The January 19 general meeting of the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association (SSSNA) featured a neighborhood survey, update on trail signs in South Side Park, and news on renovations at the Giant Eagle on Wharton St. The meeting was...
Coalition works to end the violence in South Pittsburgh
Concerned with escalating violence in South Pittsburgh neighborhoods, the South Pittsburgh Coalition for Peace (SPCP) recently convened a town hall meeting to draw awareness to the problem. Moderated by Rev. Eileen Smith, the forum included faith...
Brashear serves record number of families during the holiday season
The Brashear Association continues to set new records for service during its recent holiday assistance campaign. In each year for the past six years, Brashear has consistently provided a greater level of food assistance and toys to more families and...
Coat drive keeps Hilltop kids warm as colder winter weather approaches
As cold winter weather approached Dr. Jamil Bey from Pgh Works met with Birmingham Foundation executive director Mark Bibro along with Janae Dandridge and Jennifer Tyler, counselors at Pittsburgh...
Spike in violence among area youth challenges groups
Richard Carrington sacrificed spending the Thanksgiving holiday with his family to help relocate a young man from Pittsburgh whose life was in danger due to the growing violence in the Hilltop neighborhoods. Mr. Carrington is the founder and...
Brashear collecting toys, food for Christmas
The Brashear Association is turning to its friends and neighbors, once again, to help make Christmas brighter for children and families throughout South Pittsburgh. The Association, a South Pittsburgh community services agency, collects toys and...
Mother asks for justice in the shooting of her young sons
Amanda McKnight was putting Christmas gifts away Sunday evening, Nov. 1 when an unknown man entered her Hays Avenue home in Mount Oliver and shot and killed her 11-year-old son David McIntyre and wounded his 16-year-old brother, Christopher “CJ...
