Muyango lived her life by the words of “The Dash,” a poem by Linda Ellis. By Jason Phox Photo: John Altdorfer Geraldine R. Muyango, known as “Ms. Bert” to the Northside community, died on Dec. 29, 2020 at 53 due to complications from COVID-19.   According to her obituary, Muyango attended New Hope U...

November through February marks proposal season, the most popular time for couples to get engaged. Here's how local trades and organizations are pivoting their wedding operations due to COVID-19. By Ashlee Green Photo: Dazzle Jam for Pexels Americans have made it through an unprecedented holiday sea...

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's Western District orders emergency operational amendments to the Fifth Judicial District on January 26, 2021 Read the full Amended Emergency Operations Order Jan 26 2021 , here: Download The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's Western District includes Allegheny County...

House Bill - H.R. 7640, also known as the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, provides tax credits for sustaining local newspapers through payrolls for journalists, advertising for small businesses, and reader subscriptions. The bill must be passed by Jan. 3, 2021; otherwise, it will need to be rei...

Northsiders can still celebrate the season with The Pittsburgh Project’s ‘Trunk or Treat’ event, Pittsburgh’s Monster Pumpkins Pop-Up on the North Shore, a Community Trick-or-Treat station in Historic Deutschtown, and socially distanced trick-or-treating. By Ashlee Green Photo: Daisy Anderson via Pe...

2020 Census expected to end Thursday, Oct. 15 at 11:59 p.m. Hawaiian time. Story by Lauren Stauffer Photo courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau Northside residents who have not yet self-responded to the 2020 Census will have until 5:59 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16 to do so online at 2020census.gov or by calling...

On Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2020 a lower court order to continue counting U.S. residents was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Story by Lauren Stauffer The City of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Census Team alerted community partners on Monday, Oct. 12 that the original Oct. 31 census dea...

It is imperative to fill out the census as soon as possible. By Lauren DeDomenic, Northside Leadership Conference, Allegheny General Hospital Partnership Coordinator Photo by Lauren Stauffer The Trump Administration ordered the census count to end on September 30 th in August, reversing the original...

The new schedule includes both in-person animal encounters and virtual classes. By Frederick A. Hasney IV Photo: A National Aviary expert feeds a Southern Bald Ibis. Courtesy of the National Aviary The National Aviary has announced its fall schedule. Due to circumstances surrounding COVID-19, activi...

As of October 1, 2020, the online census survey is still live. Story and photo by Lauren Stauffer In an email from the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County's Census Team less than 24 hours before the September 30 deadline announced in August by the Census Bureau, another change to the deadline ha...