Project Prom, a program of the Allegheny County Department of Human Services, is now accepting donations of new and like-new formal attire in the first floor lobby of One Smithfield Street Downtown from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Formal wear, including dresses, must be clean and appropriate for current styles...

After canceling a community meeting on the city's new snow removal plan because of snow last Thursday, city officials have rescheduled the meeting to tomorrow night. A press release stated: The City of Pittsburgh's Public Works and Emergency Management Departments announced that they will be holding...

This is Pittsburgh: A city with four distinctly different seasons. Our challenge is to keep up with the results of those changing seasons. I’m talking about snow. We all remember the problems we had getting around in the Big Snow Storm of 2010. Hospital workers lived at the hospitals to give optimum...

A few months ago, I wrote about Team Pittsburgh and its service to the community through its dek hockey program and how that program is utilized as a productive venture for youth in the community. The new dek hockey rink is getting a lot more attention too — it was recently named as one of Pittsburg...

Parents can now register their children, ages 3 to 18, for a tee ball, baseball or softball team with the Brighton Heights Athletic Association for the 2011 season.  The registration deadline is Feb. 28. You can register online at bhaabaseball.org or in person at one of BHAA's registration events.  ...

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...

Museum Director Jane Werner answers questions from Allegheny K-5 students at a press conference. (Photo/Kelly Thomas) Yesterday the Children's Museum announced a public capital campaign to raise $2.2 million for infrastructure improvements to the museum and to help fund a planned park in Allegheny C...

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and the Graf family (center) cut a ribbon to officially open the Priorty Hotel's expansion. (Photo/Jill McGlothlin) Yesterday Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Priory Group Vice President of Operations John Graf officially opened the Priory Hotel's 17-room expansion with a ribbon-cutti...

A 90-day contract extension from the Urban Redevelopment Authority has given Garden Theater Block developer Wayne Zukin more time to court financiers and tenants for the project. Developers Zukin Development and Collaborative Ventures hope to secure the East End Food Co-op as the project’s anchor te...

The Northside Chronicle has partnered with Manchester Academic Charter School to feature articles from students in grades 6-8. The latest installment of stories is a continuation of the Northside Voice's project with Saturday Light Brigade Radio, a series of interviews between MACS students and thei...