Parents, are you searching for a way to get your teenager off the couch this summer? If his excuse is that businesses aren’t hiring, here’s a tip. The city’s 2010 Summer Youth Employment Program, run by the Pittsburgh Partnership, aims to hire more than 554 youth for public and private sector jobs a...

The Loving Cup of Allegheny City Mayor Charles Kirschler, displayed at the Grand Hall at the Priory with a book of newspaper clippings about the mayor and the annexation fight between Pittsburgh and Allegheny City. (Photo/Kelly Thomas) A valuable piece of Allegheny City history that was rescued from...

928 and 930 Western Avenue may soon become an Italian restaurant with apartments above it, if Larry and Lois DeYoung get their wish. (Photo/Henry Clay Webster) By way of New Hampshire, Western Avenue should get a new taste of Italy come this fall. Larry and Lois DeYoung have been on the prowl for a ...

A few lucky students at Cardinal Wright Regional School will receive $2,500 in scholarships from the Bridge Educational Foundation Tuesday, May 11. Through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program, CSX Transportation, AmeriChoice/Unison Health Plans and RBC Capital Markets donated...

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Kristy Kutschbach (right) threw a posh party to celebrate the grand opening of Salon Chic on Brighton Road in Brighton Heights.  Mom Debbie and son Blayze stand with her. (Photo courtesy Kristy Kutschbach)   With the addition of nail-care parlor Salon Chic, Bright Heights just got a little bit class...

Jakim Donaldson poses with one of many awards he's won as part of the LEB Gold Spanish basketball league. (Photo courtesy photobasket.com)   The rain in Spain falls mainly in the paint — at least, it does when Jakim Donaldson has the ball. The 6-foot-8 center and forward for the Ciudad de La Laguna ...

After a long winter filled with a lot of snow and many days shut inside with nothing to do, May is a fine month to get outside and enjoy the fresh air. Take full advantage of seasonal vegetables and the first fruits of this year’s spring harvest. Summer is nearly two months away and officially begin...

Adam Ravenstahl talks with two voters. (Photo courtesy Friends of Adam Ravenstahl) With a little more than two weeks until the May 18 special election for Don Walko’s old perch in the State House, no candidate appears to be a clear frontrunner. This may be because only one candidate, Mark Purcell , ...

Northsider Eric French talks with Northside Leadership Conference Executive Director Mark Fatla about reconnecting East Ohio and Federal streets in Allegheny Center at an April 26 meeting. (Photo/Kelly Thomas) More than 100 Northsiders crowded the basement theater in the Children’s Museum on Monday ...