Photo by Renee Rosensteel Colonel Eagleburger's Good Time Marching Band and the Salvation Army Band performed during the festival.   By Alyse Horn On December 21, the first Manchester Winter Festival was held at the Manchester Elementary School. Lisa Freeman, the event organizer and chairman for the...

Students at Manchester Academic Charter School got into the spirit of the season in late November and donated 40 boxes of food to a local food bank. "We just think it's important to teach the kids about giving back and doing good work in their community," said Vasilios Scoumis, chief executive offic...

Above: City Councilman Daniel Lavelle and MCC Executive Director LaShawn Burton-Faulk spoke at the ground breaking of 1301 and 1401 Columbus Avenue. (Photo by Renee Rosensteel) by Kelsey Shea Manchester Citizens Corporation is continuing to build positive momentum in a formerly troubled corridor wit...

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Visitors looking to check out the Bike Museum located in Chateau will have a much easier time finding the warehouse building that has over 2,000 antique bikes. Bicycle Heaven commissioned a local artist to paint this awesome mural on the front of its building. Read more about Bicycle Heaven here and...

Above: Manchester is known for historic homes. by William Park For 40 years, the house on the corner of West North Avenue and Manhattan Street stood abandoned and decaying until it the city slated it for demolition. But after getting bought by a new owner and put through five years’ worth of renovat...

Manchester’s two schools ended the 2012-2013 school year by coming together to build a community asset. Despite some light rain, Manchester Academic Charter School and Manchester Pittsburgh Public came together on June 6 to plant a community garden in at the corner of Juanita and Fulton streets. “[I...

Above: Chateau Cafe and Cakery will offer cupcakes like Chicken Pot Pie, Mac N Cheese, Maple Bacon and PB Chocolate Fudge for dessert. Laura Hatajik and Keren DeCarlo call themselves “Sweet Geeks,” but the new café they’re opening on the Northside won’t shy away from the savory. Together, they are p...

Data is based on recorded arm’s length sales of homes, townhomes and duplexes with a price of at least $10,000. Data was taken from RealStats and compiled by The Northside Chronicle. by Kelsey Shea The Northside housing market saw significant growth between 2011 and 2012 in almost all neighborhoods,...

by Kelsey Shea Though the Northside is known for historic rowhouses and Victorian mansions, there are redevelopment and new construction happening here as well, like these ongoing projects... Federal Hill Homes Central Northside The last few townhomes in the popular Federal Hill project will be comp...