Photo by Neil Strebig Shelf Life String Band performing on the corner of Foreland and Middle Street. By Victoria Stevans Music and chatter filled the Northside streets last weekend as over 200 bands played in 33 venues and on 36 stages at the fifth annual Deustchtown Music Festival. “In past years w...

Photo by Bridget Fertal At 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 8, Troy Hill Citizens will host an unveiling of the Rialto Street Mural at 1836 Lowrie St. The public event will be a commemoration with remarks by the artist and stakeholders with refreshments to follow at Scratch Food & Beverage, 1720 Lowrie St. ...

Photos by Alyse Horn Pear and the Pickle opened on April 13, 2016. By Alyse Horn Pear and the Pickle, a café and market in Troy Hill, chose its name as a nod to the neighborhood’s history. Early in the 19th century, Troy Hill was mostly farmland that was once home to Benjamin Herr’s Orchard, and it ...

Photo by Whitney Lerch Memphis Hill performing at the 2016 Deutschtown Music Festival. By Alyse Horn The Deutschtown Music Festival has been eating magic beans. Close to 250 bands will perform during this year’s free two-day music festival, an event that was also named the “Best Music Festival” in P...

Photo by Alyse Horn Northside Leadership Conference scholarship awardees for 2017. By Alyse Horn On Thursday, June 15, the Northside Leadership Conference held its 34th Annual Scholarship and Awards Dinner in the Priory's Grand Hall, 614 Pressley St. Fifteen graduating seniors were presented with $1...

Steel City Shakespeare Center will be returning to Troy Hill for the second year to perform "The Tempest," which will run from June 17-18, and June 24-25 in Troy Hill Citizens Park. The performances will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday's and Sunday's with a suggested donation of $15. The cast of "The Te...

Photo courtesy of Susan Rosati Auberle Foster Care is in need of foster families on the Northside for children and young adults from the area so they can stay within their communities and school districts. Susan Rosati, program manager for Auberle Foster Care, said it is very important for the kids ...

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announced they are now accepting applications for the 2017 Fresh Paint Days Pennsylvania Grant Program. Fresh Paint Days Pennsylvania is designed to provide community groups with paint and painting supplies enabling them to renew a community structure in need into somethi...

Most Holy Name Parish will hold their Annual Parish Festival on Saturday, June 10th from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Sunday, June 11th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. this year.  The family-friendly event began in 1983 in part of a celebration for the 100th Anniversary of  St. Anthony's Chapel   – the historic Chape...

On Saturday, May 20, 2017 the Troy Hill Citizens Inc held their and featured several unique homes of character and modern renovations, St. Anthony's Chapel, a recently completed gateway mural on Rialto St. and local businesses Scratch Food & Beverage and the Pear & Pickle. Photos by Lauren Stauffer...