Northside Common Ministries and United Way offering free tax prep assistance to low-income families during tax season By: Neil Strebig   The Northside Common Ministries (NSCM) in conjunction with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, will be offering free in-person tax preparation services fo...

Northside Common Ministries will be awarding local shelters, churches and outreach programs for exemplary contributions made towards fighting regional homelessness By: Janelle Wilson   In part of their annual Celebration of Caring awards ceremony, members of Northside Common Ministries (NSCM) awarde...

David Ellis' 2008 exhibit "Oh" Photo courtesy of Mattress Factory. In celebration of the museum's 40th anniversary, the “New Installations: 40th Year” exhibit brings back six previous artists By: Nick Eustis For some modern art lovers, Pittsburgh’s museum scene might be considered incomplete without...

Solutions for financing the Housing Opportunity Fund has the RTT in the crosshairs. By: Neil Strebig   Since the creation of a committed Affordable Housing Trust Fund (commonly referred to as the Housing Opportunity Fund or HOF) last year, the debate over an increase to the Realty Transfer Tax (RTT)...

Allegheny City Central Donald Kinsman to Tracer 2 LLC at 520 N. Taylor Ave. for $135,000. Justine A Goode Cunningham to NGD Land L.P. at Jefferson St. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $2,052). Robert Edgar to Jesse Twardus and Laura Zeitz at 520 W. Jefferson St. for $390,000.  ...

Northside Common Ministries will be awarding local shelters, churches and outreach programs for exemplary contributions made towards fighting regional homelessness By: Janelle Wilson   In part of their annual Celebration of Caring awards ceremony, members of Northside Common Ministries (NSCM) awarde...

Last evening the Pittsburgh Water and Sewage Authority (PWSA) issued a precautionary water advisory for Millvale, Reserve Township and the Northside. The advisory is precautionary, but residents of infected areas are encouraged to boil their water before use.   UPDATE: PWSA Boil Water Advisory. Wate...

Photo by Bridget Fertal A community garden in Charles Street Valley. By Victoria Stevans Charles Street Valley, a neighborhood in the Northside’s “heartland,” has a rich history, and a promising, unfolding future. According to John Canning, the president of the historical Allegheny City Society (ACS...

Photo courtesy of Susan Rosati Auberle Foster Care is in need of foster families on the Northside for children and young adults from the area so they can stay within their communities and school districts. Susan Rosati, program manager for Auberle Foster Care, said it is very important for the kids ...

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announced they are now accepting applications for the 2017 Fresh Paint Days Pennsylvania Grant Program. Fresh Paint Days Pennsylvania is designed to provide community groups with paint and painting supplies enabling them to renew a community structure in need into somethi...