The Northside might be getting a new recreation center. Residents and community activists gathered inside the Pressley Ridge Administrative building in Brightwood to listen and comment on proposed plans for the six-acre recreation concept presented by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, State Representative Don ...

The Northside Youth Summer Guide is out! Not only is it currently on stands in more than 200 businesses, churches and organizations across the Northside, but it is now available online. Just read below to find out information about the guide. For a PDF file of all the camps, as well as summer activi...

The Penn Brewery will remain open for the foreseeable future. In a compromise on some of the key issues facing the Northside restaurant and landmark, the Penn Brewery has decreased the amount of space they will be using going forward in exchange for a decrease in the rent. The deal was helped by nei...

The Aviary is undergoing some growing pains, but visitors will soon be seeing some big changes at the Northside attraction. Right now much of the focus is on an all-new penguin exhibit and a revamp of the entrance and hallways leading into the Aviary. But this exhibit is just part of 10 new exhibits...

A Feb. 4 event at the New Hazlett Theater highlighted end of life issues and elder care with informational displays and a short play about the struggles of one family in providing care for their grandmother “Vesta.’ Written by Spokane, Wash. Playwright Bryan Harnetiaux, Vesta has been presented in a...

Shelly Bowers has lived in Pittsburgh for a long time. The 44-year-old was a Taylor Allerdice graduate, and has lived in the East End and on Cedar Avenue in the Northside before moving to Observatory Hill in 2001. Now Bowers has the honor of being the first Northside resident to be hired by the Rive...

QUESTION; I am a realtor and often I sell homes to unmarried couples and do not feel comfortable advising them how to take title to a new home. What do you suggest? ANSWER; That is a very difficult question to answer simply. It depends on a number of variables many of which would be particular to in...

The National Aviary has named a new Executive Director – the chief operators officer Patrick Mangus. He has been in that position for two years. Other staffing changes include the promotion of Cheryl Tracy to the position of chief financial officer. Tracy has held the position of director of finance...

I recently came across some interesting statistics on New Year’s Resolutions when reading a blog by Stephen Shapiro , business consultant and author of the book Goal-Free Living: How to Have the Life You Want Now. Since the Chinese have only just observed their New Year (January 26 th ushered in the...

  On February 22 nd , films such as the political-journalsitic “Frost/Nixon,” the Brad Pitt acted “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” and the Bollywood influenced “Slumdog Millionaire” will compete for eternal Oscar glory. However, another film that has been heaped with nominations, including Bes...