Photo by Justin Criado The Saturday Light Brigade radio station held a citywide celebration Wednesday, Dec. 17 at the Children's Museum in Allegheny Center to recognize its Crossing Fences program. By Justin Criado The Saturday Light Brigade (SLB) radio held a city wide celebration Wednesday, Dec. 1...

Photo courtesy of the Sarah Heinz House Local students present at the launch of the new My.future technology program at the Sarah Heinz House Thursday, Nov. 13. By Ed Skirtich   The Sarah Heinz House received a $20,000 grant from NBC Universal Comcast for a new technology program, which was launched...

Photo by Douglas McGlynn From l eft to right: Bishop David Zubik, Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, and Rege Claus at the 17th annual "Gala Pittsburgh Sports Night" fundraiser at Heinz Field Thursday, Nov. 6.  By Douglas McGlynn The 17th annual “Gala Pittsburgh Spo...

Photo by Justin Criado Perry JROTC instructors Maj. Christopher Augustine (right) and Sgt. 1 st Class John Holtz. The program is the only one offered in the city of Pittsburgh and welcomes students from other schools.    By Justin Criado Amongst their peers, they stand out. Dressed in suits and a ti...

Photo by Justin Criado Students of Schiller Middle School in East Deutschtown entering the building during the first day of school Monday, Aug. 25, marking the beginning of the 2014-15 academic year.   By Justin Criado Marking the official close of summer, Northside area schools are starting the 201...

Photo by Merecedes J. Howze New Pittsburgh Oliver Citywide Academy principal, Jessica Colbert (second from left), outside with some of her new students.     By Merecedes J. Howze “These are the kids I love!” Pittsburgh Oliver Citywide Academy, a 2011-2012 STAR school, has a new principal, Jessica Co...

Photo courtesy of the Children's Museum By Bill Schlageter Director of Marketing at the Children's Museum Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh will host its 10th annual "Kindergarten... Here I come!" event on Saturday, August 9 from 9 a.m  1 p.m. Children entering kindergarten this fall and their familie...

By Merecedes J. Howze,  Pittsburgh Public Schools At the April, 2014 legislative meeting, the School Board of Pittsburgh approved the appointments of three new leaders for North Side schools. Pittsburgh Public Schools is committed to obtaining its four District goals: 1) Accelerating Student Achieve...

By Aisha White Director at Ready Freddy   Parents of children eligible for kindergarten in Pittsburgh Public Schools the 2014-2015 school year are invited to participate in Ready Freddy Kindergarten Clubs. Ready Freddy, a transition program designed to ease the move into kindergarten, offers free "K...

Photo by Alyse Horn Each student receiving a scholarship was also given an electronic tablet provided by the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh's Northside. By Alyse Horn The Northside Leadership Conference's 31st Annual Awards dinner took place on Thursday, June 5 at the Northside Institutional Church of Go...