Above: The Toonseum helped Charlie the Tuna celebrate his 50th birthday. Below: Animation sketches from a 1958 StarKist commercial and a case full of Charlie the Tuna merchandise. (Photos/D.J. Swank) They say you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish. Proof of that was on display at the Toonseum...

On Thursday, March 3 from 6 to 7:30 p.m., the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will host a community chat to discuss funding and the future of the library at the Allegheny branch on Federal Street. In order to register, please call 412-622-8877 or view the event details and register online here .  The...

The world of education is filled with hard workers — hard-working teachers, hard-working administrators and, of course, hard-working students. In recognition of the great students and schools in our neighborhoods, The Northside Chronicle is profiling just a few of them in this weekly blog feature. C...

A truckload of paper bound for the shredder en route to The Paper Exchange's shredding facility in Spring Garden. This green business recycles 98 percent of all materials. (Photo courtesy The Paper Exchange) Each month, The Chronicle will feature a profile of a green business. Last month: Underwood ...

LaMar Barnes, Perry Hilltop Citizens' Council member and past president, passed away on Feb. 9, 2011. PHCC board member Janet Gunter worked with LaMar when he was president, a role which he held for several years. “He was a forceful leader,” Gunter said. “He helped us in many ways with the sometimes...

As part of our duty to keep our readers up to date on the latest Northside news, we publish Northside housing court cases as we’re made aware of them. We are unable to provide details on the specific violations at this time. We are also unable to provide details about individual rulings. Dates provi...

The world of education is filled with hard workers — hard-working teachers, hard-working administrators and, of course, hard-working students. In recognition of the great students and schools in our neighborhoods, The Northside Chronicle is profiling just a few of them in this weekly blog feature. C...

Northsider Ben Page's winning photo of the Downtown skyline, taken from the South Side, in last year's International Heritage Photogrpaphy Experience contest. Photo courtesy Ben Page and the Children's Museum. Two Northside museums, the Children's Museum and the Carnegie Science Center, are hosting ...

The Pittsburgh Public School Board last night voted not to approve the charter application for Propel Charter Schools Northside location, as recommended by the district’s Charter Review Team. Propel was not alone. The board rejected two other charter school applications and approved one, that of Urb...

A plaque on the Fidelity Bank building in Troy Hill, formerly the upper station of the Troy Hill Incline, details the history of the neighborhood's incline. (Photo by Ethan Cohen) The Fineview Citizens Council on Feb. 15 met with Pittsburgh City Council to discuss a proposal for historic designation...