The Pittsburgh Project on 2801 N. Charles St. in Perry Hilltop will host a “trunk-or-treat” event on Halloween, Oct. 31, from 6-8 p.m. in partnership with Light of Life Rescue Mission. Light of Life staff will decorate their cars and have candy so children will be able to visit from car to car and c...

Photo by Justin Criado By Justin Criado After a year hiatus the Brightwood Pumpkinfest returned to Horace Mann field with its usual splendor and array of activities. Upwards of 200 residents and youngsters enjoyed arts and crafts, a scavenger hunt and pumpkin patch. The Reading is FUNdamental van an...

By Justin Criado Saturday offers two events for the athletic and family-oriented alike with activities starting bright and early in Fineview and continuing later in the afternoon with some fall fun in Brightwood.   Fineview to crown stair master during annual event What: Fineview Step-a-thon Where: ...

By Justin Criado The 5th annual Jakim Donaldson basketball camp presented by Protecting and Restoring the Order of Mankind with the Initiative of Serving Elders (P.R.O.M.I.S.E.) will be July 29-31 at Oliver high school on 2323 Brighton Road in Brightwood. The three-day camp is free to all children a...

Photo by Erika Fleegle Zone 1 Commander Lavonnie Bickerstaff (right) talks with local residents during the "Coffee with a Cop" event Tuesday, June 30 at Brightwood's Cafe on the Corner. By Erika Fleegle Coffee and cops seem to go hand-in-hand. For Zone 1 Commander Lavonnie Bickerstaff, coffee seemed...

Photo by Justin Criado Upwards of 50 volunteers placed American flags at the grave sites of military veterans in Brightwood's Highwood Cemetery Friday morning. Flags have been placed on veterans' graves the Friday before Memorial Day for the past 67 years, according to volunteer coordinator Joe Brow...

Photo by Justin Criado Hundreds of community members and volunteers enjoyed the 20th anniversary dinner at Brightwood's Providence Family Support Center Thursday, April 16.  By Justin Criado The Providence Family Support Center, which is part of Providence Connections, has become a staple within the...

Photo by Sabrina Romano At Brightwood's BreadWorkS, bakers work throughout the night to create over 100 varieties of bread. By Sabrina Romano At BreadWorkS, a bakery in Brightwood, making a day’s worth of bread isn’t a small task. The process starts at roughly 4 p.m. and doesn’t end until 5 a.m. Don...

Photo by Nick Buzzelli Owner Latersa Blackwell cuts the ribbon during Cafe On the Corner's grand opening Sunday, Aug. 30 in Brightwood. (From left to right: Judge Leah Williams Duncan, Michael Blackwell, Manny Williams, Lateresa Blackwell and Councilwoman Darlene Harris.) By Nick Buzzelli As a forme...

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...