The Northside Chronicle looked back on our top stories of 2021. Here’s what we found.

Compiled by Ashlee Green

Photo: “Repetitive Vision,” a permanent installation by Yayoi Kusama at the Northside’s Mattress Factory museum. By Neil Strebig

10 Most Popular Online Stories:

1. “Mattress Factory elects six new board members”
2. “Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh honors 125 years of service”
3. “Steelers’ Cameron Heyward pays virtual visit to students at Pittsburgh King”
4. “Historic Deutschtown: A self-guided walking tour”
5. “New Carnegie Science Center railroad model celebrates 19th Amendment”
6. “Precious Sprouts Daycare Academy provides an equitable education for Northside youth”
7. “Allegheny City Society celebrates 177th anniversary of Mary Cassatt’s birth”
8. “Northside YMCA prioritizes water safety as summer approaches”
9. “Pittsburgh chess champ to open a learning center for youth in the Northside”
10. “Open Field teaches youth life skills through soccer program in Fowler Park”

5 Stories of New or Notable Businesses:

1. “Precious Sprouts Daycare Academy provides an equitable education for Northside youth”
2. “Smokin Ghosts BBQ brings Southern flavor to Peggy’s Harbor”
3. “Even COVID-19 can’t slow down ‘proposal season’’
4. “Beloved local restaurant Allegheny Sandwich Shoppe celebrates 40 years in the Northside”
5. “On the Scene: The Government Center’s Grand Reopening”

11 People to Know in the Northside:

1. Ashley Lynn Priore: “Pittsburgh chess champ to open a learning center for youth in the Northside”
2. Joey Spehar: “WYEP-FM’s Joey Spehar is Northside born and bred”
3. Rogerio Torres: “Northside’s Christian Immigration Advocacy Center setting big goals under new direction”
4. Jon Tai: “Magic Theory 101 with Jon Tai”
5. Delbert “Sonny” Taylor: “Two local boxers ‘knocking on the door’ of 2024 Olympics”
6. Michael “Spoonie” James: “Two local boxers ‘knocking on the door’ of 2024 Olympics”
7. Geraldine “Ms. Bert” Muyango: “Geraldine ‘Ms. Bert’ Muyango remembered for her ‘servant’s heart’”
8. Destany Best: “Northsider Destany Best earns a full academic scholarship to Grinnell College”
9. “Coach Ken” Minton: “Northside’s Fineview Field dedicated in honor of ‘Coach Ken’ Minton”
10. Bill Schlageter: “Bill Schlageter, director of marketing for the Children’s Museum, is retiring after over 20 years”
11. Paradise Gray: “Then and now: Black music in Pittsburgh”

8 Stories of History and Infrastructure:

1. “Allegheny City Society celebrates 177th anniversary of Mary Cassatt’s birth”
2. “PWSA accepts $7.75 mil. loan to upgrade aging sewers”
3. “Series of mobility projects in the Northside aims to improve biking and walking access”
4. “Northside schools reflect area’s rich history, diversity”
5. “Remembering Mary Pattison Irwin, former Northside industrialist”
6. “Mary Roberts Rinehart lives on through the objects that once graced her desk’”
7. “Rain garden rehab and redesign of Mairdale entrance plans in the works at Riverview Park”
8. “Semicir Street reopens after $1.18 million stabilization project”

10 Stories of Northside Community:

1. “Open Field teaches youth life skills through soccer program in Fowler Park”
2. “Two new affordable housing units now available in Northside’s Fineview neighborhood”
3. “City Books partners with Jailbreak, providing juvenile inmates with greater access to books”
4. “New ‘Journey to Africa’ program coming to National Aviary this summer”
5. “Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club showing films this summer in Waisenhaus Park”
6. “Pittsburgh mayoral candidates discuss economic development in the Northside, police accountability in community forum’”
7. “Comic books turn AHN healthcare workers into Marvel superheroes”
8. “A+ Schools launches ‘Vote School Board First!’ 2021 campaign”
9. “Slim Forsythe to lead ‘Father’s Day Mountain Gospel Jam’ at Scratch & Co.”
10. “Wigle collaborates with Iron City to release new ‘Imp-ish’ straight rye whiskey”