Courtesy stock.xchng Rather than introducing premium pricing on some bus routes, as initially planned, the overall Zone 2 fare will increase to $3.25 from $2.75. The Zone 1 fare will still increase from $2 to $2.25 for a one-way trip.  The adjusted fair increase does not affect proposed service cuts...

Baierl Automotive VP Operations Bob Baierl presented a Subaru Forester to Humane Society Offiste Coordinator Monica Dangler on Sept. 20. On Sept. 20, Baierl Automotive donated a new Subaru Forester to the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society, which has an adoption center on Western Avenue. "It was ju...

Above: Spring Garden Avenue was closed Monday afternoon after a house collapsed, leaving one worker injured. Below: Work crews finished the demolition work before more of the unstable building could collapse. (Photos/Kelly Thomas) The roof of 839 Spring Garden Ave. collapsed around noon Monday while...

Over the past few years a new and seemingly endless resource has been revealed right below our feet, and now it has become a prominent topic in the media, in communities and in homes throughout the state. I am of course referring to the natural gas reserves held in the Marcellus Shale formation that...

The LIHEAP Cash program, which provides grants to low-income individuals and families to heat their home, opens for applications Nov. 1. Grants range from $200 to $1,000 and are based on household size, income and main source of heat. You need not have an unpaid bill to receive home heating energy a...

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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 pr...

Clear skies above two of the three telescope domes at the Allegheny Observatory on Oct. 1, when more than 300 people came to its annual open house. (Photo/Matthew Cichowicz) Almost 400 light years away from Earth, Alberio appears as a single star of average brightness to the naked eye, but through t...

The annual Pittsburgh Gives event, hosted by The Pittsburgh Foundation, will take place next Wednesday, Oct. 13 from midnight until 11:59 p.m.  On that day, you can donate through PittsburghGives.org . The Foundation will match donations given that day, pro-rating them from a $500,000.  So the more ...

We index the five most recent newsletters from each elected official.  If you don't see what you're looking for here, try searching for it by using the search bar at the top of this page. From the Office of Council President Darlene Harris -May 2011: Legislation would better city living conditions -...