The Northside Chronicle sat down with Lynne Weber and Joan Kimmel of the Urban Gardener to talk about growing green things in flower beds and those ubiquitous — and versatile — flower pots. If you’ve never gardened before, try starting with easy to plant and maintain annuals like impatiens, geranium...

North Charles Street Farm Stand             The North Charles Street Farm Stand, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Project and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, gives a lower income neighborhood access to fresh produce.            Now in its second season, the stand is located in Fowler Park at ...

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St. Peter Parish, is sponsoring "A Century of Brides" fashion show, featuring historic and contemporary bridal wear. Antique gowns will be displayed, and contemporary fashions will be modeled. Many wedding related vendors will display their fashions and accessories.  Reception to follow. This unique...

928 and 930 Western Avenue may soon become an Italian restaurant with apartments above it, if Larry and Lois DeYoung get their wish. (Photo/Henry Clay Webster) By way of New Hampshire, Western Avenue should get a new taste of Italy come this fall. Larry and Lois DeYoung have been on the prowl for a ...

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Adam Ravenstahl talks with two voters. (Photo courtesy Friends of Adam Ravenstahl) With a little more than two weeks until the May 18 special election for Don Walko’s old perch in the State House, no candidate appears to be a clear frontrunner. This may be because only one candidate, Mark Purcell , ...

Northsider Eric French talks with Northside Leadership Conference Executive Director Mark Fatla about reconnecting East Ohio and Federal streets in Allegheny Center at an April 26 meeting. (Photo/Kelly Thomas) More than 100 Northsiders crowded the basement theater in the Children’s Museum on Monday ...

About 75 people came to the city's first PreservePGH meeting on April 19. PreservePGH is the first phase in the 12-phase PlanPGH program. (Photo/Henry Clay Webster) What would you like to see in Pittsburgh in five or 10 years? Alan Perry wanted to see overnight camping return to Riverview Park. “I’d...

Soon, with a little help from the latest round of Charm Bracelet Project microgrants, crops will grow in community gardens, artists and writers will take to the streets and young songwriters will take to the airwaves. The Charm Bracelet Project’s Northside Microgrant Fund gives $500 to $10,000 to lo...