In this month’s message of inspiration, Rev. George Woodruff of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church recounts the story of Nicodemus. Like him, he says, we all need a new spiritual birth. Photo courtesy of Pexels Encouragement is defined as the action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope; persuasion ...

Northsiders can still celebrate the season with The Pittsburgh Project’s ‘Trunk or Treat’ event, Pittsburgh’s Monster Pumpkins Pop-Up on the North Shore, a Community Trick-or-Treat station in Historic Deutschtown, and socially distanced trick-or-treating. By Ashlee Green Photo: Daisy Anderson via Pe...

About 70 costumed children took part in this year's parade. By NSC Staff Photos courtesy of Kyrie Bushaw Despite the rainy weather, about 70 costumed children took part in this year's Spring Hill Halloween Parade on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 24. Organized by Sally Stadelman, chief of staff for t...

2020 Census expected to end Thursday, Oct. 15 at 11:59 p.m. Hawaiian time. Story by Lauren Stauffer Photo courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau Northside residents who have not yet self-responded to the 2020 Census will have until 5:59 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16 to do so online at 2020census.gov or by calling...

On Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2020 a lower court order to continue counting U.S. residents was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Story by Lauren Stauffer The City of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Census Team alerted community partners on Monday, Oct. 12 that the original Oct. 31 census dea...

Register for the next discussion with Josh Bell by Friday, October 16. The featured book is Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. By Frederick A. Hasney IV Photo: Interior of the Woods Run branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, courtesy of The Northside Chronicle Archives Carnegie Lib...

The Semicir Street wall and soil stabilization project has begun. By Ashlee Green Photo: Semicir Street residents Mitch Hall and Jaime Filipek stand in front of what they now refer to as the "valley": the active landslide area in the middle of the street, where their former neighbor's home collapsed...

Owners Nicki Cardilli and Justin Fitzgerald say they are encouraged by the community’s support through the COVID-19 pandemic, and still have more plans in the works. By Matthew Benusa Photo: The Coop Chicken and Waffles, which began as a food truck, now has a brick-and-mortar storefront at 401 E. Oh...

Originally, in-person classes were set to start on October 5, 2020. By Ashlee Green Photo: August de Richelieu via Pexels The Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) school year got off to a shaky start, but now, most technological snafus have been worked out. On the district’s first school day, Tuesday, Se...

Collapsing roads in and around Riverview Park are more a result of the land’s ecology and overbrowsing deer than politics. Photo courtesy of Nancy Schaefer Visitors to Riverview Park take note of collapsing roads and suggest that they are the result of politics. Without a doubt, all city parks are d...