Allegheny City Central Mark Fleischer to James and Amie Sparks Ball at 1202 Sherman Ave. for $400,000. Edward Villella to Louis Kroeck and Sarah Chatha at 202 W North Ave. for $577,750. COA North Side LLC to City Asylum Pittsburgh at 36-44 W North Ave. for $1,500,000. Christopher Scott Storm to Mich...

Most Northsiders are likely familiar with the phrase “Pizza! Pizza!” from the TV commercial promoting a national pizza chain. Yet (and to our benefit), we won’t find that pizza chain on the Northside. What we do have are several great pizza shops within walking distance to many of our homes. This co...

February saw the launch of an exciting new feature on The Northside Chronicle’s website: polls! We asked our visitors to cast their votes on a variety of topics. As promised, we will be printing the results of each month’s poll in The Chronicle, so let’s see how The Northside voted during the month ...

Robots are perhaps one of the most common ideas people think about when they envision the future. And one Northside company is seeking to bring the future to the present, thanks in part to a $63.7 million federal grant. Robotics Factory is a new program which launched in January that seeks to suppor...

This month’s article will focus on insurance, namely car insurance. Car insurance is a necessary evil as it allows us to compensate others for injuries that we cause as well as to collect money should we be injured in a car accident. Like other purchases, consumers of car insurance always try to get...

A Perry High School graduate will install two of her own books in the school's library in an event this Friday. Maisha Howze , who graduated from Perry in 1991, will add two of her books to the school's library, including her upcoming release "Hidden Gems: Black Women in the Workplace," according to...

Bicycle Heaven reopens after flood damage Bicycle Heaven, the Northside’s bicycle museum and bike repair shop, reopened in late February following flood damage which occurred on Christmas Eve. In a post made on Feb. 18 on the Bicycle Heaven Facebook page, owner Craig Morrow announced that the locale...

By Veronica Rodriguez | Staff Writer In the early morning of July 14, 2014, a Waltmire Pharmacy employee woke up to see his workplace on fire. According to WTAE’s coverage of the event, a surveillance camera caught an individual running to and from the store several times before the smoke from the f...

The Northside Baseball and Softball Association (NBSA) in Brighton Heights’ season starts this March, and as the spring nears, the organization is gearing up for an exciting year with even more opportunities for their youth players. Offering more teams than ever ranging from tee ball to higher skill...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor Like many people, Mark Fatla found himself with little to do during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with so many public venues shut down. As such, he decided to dedicate himself to a project to fill his time. That project turned out to be a book detailing Pittsbu...