Brightwood Public Safety Committee wants to remind Northsider’s to stay safe this winter season with the following tips and links: Power Outage Preparation Dangerous Cold- 10 things to know Winter Driving Simple, necessary items to keep on hand: • Personal items (hygiene items, medication etc) • Wat...

PITTSBURGH –– The American Red Cross is responding throughout the United States as dangerous cold air and frigid wind chills continue to impact people across most of the country. Nearly 1,000 people stayed in 100 Red Cross and community shelters across 13 states last night because of the weather. Th...

State Rep. Adam Ravenstahl announced that the North Side Industrial Development Co. has received a $36,060 state grant to assess a brownfield site in Pittsburgh. The 2.4-acre site is the former North Side Packing site at Washington's Landing. It was used for animal rendering and, later, was a fertil...

Monday afternoon a few regulars of the dog park in Allegheny Commons showed up at Lake Elizabeth with rakes and garbage bags rather than their usual furry friends. Several volunteers raked and cleaned up the edges of the lake that was temporarily drained by the city this weekend. The lake was refill...

Registration for the Riverview Park 5k is now open! Click here to register for this year’s race on June 7 in the Northside. The park’s 5k course is a hilly challenge and a bargain for regular 5k runners. The registration fee is $12 up until May 25.

The Northside Leadership Conference announced this week that Sandwich Week will return to the Northside for a second year. June 17-23, restaurants throughout the Northside featured sandwich specials that can range from reubens to cheeseburgers. On Thursday June 20, the restaurants will face off in a...

How many Pittsburgh neighborhoods can you identify? And more importantly, how quickly can you do it? Test your skills with this game on the  site Click That Hood, where you're challenged to name neighborhoods of Pittsburgh while the clock is running. Can you get all of the Northside names right?

What’s left of what will probably be the last big snow of the year is melting fast! The Carnegie Science Center suggests packing a few snow balls and banking them in your freezer. If you do, you can name your own admission price to the Science Center on the Summer Solstice, June 21, and then throw t...

Northside favorites Penn Brewery, The Park House and Carmi Family restaurant are all offering online deals this week through Groupon and Google offers. Penn Brewery is offering $8 for $20 worth of lunch fare. Park House is offering a $12 Mediterranean dinner for two. Carmi is offering half off wings...