Koray, a 4th grade student at Allegheny Traditional Academy, lives in East Allegheny/Historic Deutschtown. He truly enjoys dogs. If our paths cross in the mornings when Koray is headed to school, he always takes over walking one of our dogs. Koray is bi-lingual and talks to his Mom in Turkish; they ...

Part one in a two-part series on adult social services. With the local unemployment rate at 7.9 percent and 20 percent of Pittsburghers living below the poverty line, according to the Census Bureau, many Northside adults struggle to make ends meet. But whether you are a single mother working two job...

In a way unlike other major U. S. cities, Pittsburgh is comfortable saying that zombies lead the way. These aren’t your typical legions of the undead, though. These zombies are under the watchful eye of PopUp! Pittsburgh and the Leadership Development Initiative of Leadership Pittsburgh, Inc. This y...

The National Aviary hopes to bring bird conservation to local back yards with its first-ever birdhouse design competition. The Best Birdhouse in the ‘Burgh design-and-build contest is a way to let bird-lovers unleash their creativity while creating habitats for birds that face declining population b...

Sampsonia Way is no longer just another Northside street, but a center for art and literature, thanks to the Mattress Factory and City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. The rest of the city is noticing, and Chatham University has invited MF Co-founders Barbara Luderowski and Michael Olijnyk and COA Co-founders ...

After an initial denial of Propel Charter Schools’ application to open a school on the Northside, The Pittsburgh Public School Board on April 27 voted to approve Propel’s revised application on the recommendation of the Charter Review Team. In February, the board voted not to approve Propel’s charte...

The vacant lot at 1923 Letsche Street in Fineview has been used as an illegal dumping ground. FCC wants to use CDBG money to transform the lot into welcoming community green space. (Photo/Kelly Thomas) Fineview Citizens Council has applied for a $10,000 grant from the new Community Development Block...

Developer Wayne Zukin says a high-tech incubation company could be one of the tenants in the Garden Theater Block. Although Zukin Development Corporation and Collaborative Ventures, the developers for the Garden Theater Block, are “months away” from signed leases, they have secured at least one lett...

This story was updated on May 16, 2011, to reflect that District 2 candidate Celina Basant withdrew from the election on May 11, 2011. The District 1 City Council race isn’t the only election that will affect Northsiders. Two Northside school board districts, 2 and 8, are also up for election on May...

Although continuing federal budget woes mean that local construction-based leadership development program Youthbuild could permanently lose funding, Program Director William Thompkins remains undeterred. The program is run through the Pittsburgh Project and targets youths ages 18 to 24 who are out o...