Photo courtesy Dave Arrigo/Pittsburgh Pirates Regardless of how the Pittsburgh Pirates perform, no one can deny there is at least one great competition held in PNC Park each year: The Great Pierogie Race. The race is held after the fifth inning of every home game, and was inspired by the Milwaukee B...

Courtesy stock.xchng Last Monday, the Port Authority held its first forum discussion about the possibility of bringing rapid bus transit to Pittsburgh.  If it does develop a rapid bus plan, it's likely the first routes to convert to the new form of service will be the 61 and 71 series that travel do...

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"Welcome to Our Neighborhood" Pastry Party The Priory Fine Pastries is having an open house to welcome new pastry chef Jim Lazeration tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight.  Read our profile on Jim here .  The open house will include light hors d'oeuvres, wine, cheese, and of course, pastries! RSVP by ca...

The Victorian-era Allegheny Center Plaza, across from where the Children's Museum is now. During the redevelopment craze of the 1960s and ‘70s, East Ohio and Federal streets were broken up, the Commons was paved over and historic structures demolished for the construction of Allegheny Center Mall, a...

Duquesne Light has started construction of its planned cooling station on Foreland Avenue.  Back in February, we covered the controversy over this "shed."  You can read that article here . According to Duquesne Light Spokesperson Joey Vallarian, the utility is digging up the park and the road to run...

Courtesy stock.xchng There's good news for North Shore riverfront trail users who need to get to Millvale via bike or foot power: Now you actually can! As part of Route 28 improvements, PennDOT (on behalf of Friends of the Riverfront ) added a half-mile, $2.8 million section of the Three Rivers Heri...

You may notice that The Chronicle did not cover the shootout and subsequent arrests that occurred yesterday on Brighton Road. We wanted to take a moment and explain our choice to not publish photos or news updates on that unfortunate event and remind our readers of our purpose here on the Northside....

The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council has published a great set of self-guided walking tours, including one of the North Shore, that highlight art in public places.  The best part? They're free! The books are free if you pick one one up in the office, or free to download.  You can also have one mailed...

Recycle them! On Saturday, Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Allegheny County Health Department and the Pennsylvania Resources Council will collect hard-to-recycle items at City of Pittsburgh Environmental Services, 3001 Railroad St. in the Strip District. They will accept these items for small f...