Photo by Donnie Mangino The unassuming house that is home to La H ü tte Royal. By Donnie Mangino At first glance, a passerby may notice the neatly manicured grass or the porch swing swaying in the breeze and continue walking-by simply because the typicality of the brick house blends into the normalc...

Photo courtesy of Penn Brewery By Alyse Horn Penn Brewery is celebrating Oktoberfest on September 16-18 and September 23-25, and Linda Nyman, director of marketing, said she is expecting thousands of people to visit the brewery over the next two weekends. The event will run from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.  o...

Photo by Alyse Horn In a hallway filled with faculty, students, parents and family members, Provident Charter School held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, August 3 to commemorate the beginning of the schools first year. The charter school is the first school in the city "dedicated to serving ...

Provident Charter School for dyslexic students, located in Troy Hill, will be holding open houses and a job fair during the next two weeks. The school will be opening in August for its first school year. For our full story, click here . Open Houses Saturday, July 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday,...

Saturday, July 23 from 2-7 p.m. will be "Christmas in July on Troy Hill." Admission is free, and there will be games for children, face painting, pony rides, and a moon bounce. There will also be arts and crafts, and vendors.   During the event, an anti-lit tering and recycling demonstration from Al...

Photo by Henry Pyatt Kids enjoying the spray park in Troy Hill, located on Goettman Street . Information courtesy of Pittsburgh CitiParks Beat the heat and cool down at these Northside spray park and pool locations. Spray Park Troy Hill Located at Cowley Playground next to the ball field on Goettman...

Photo courtesy of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Library in the Park, hosted by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, will take place this summer in two Northside locations: -Northview Heights Playground, which is a new site, starts Wednesday, June 22, from 2-3:30 p.m. -Troy Hill Citizens Park, begins...

Photo by Nicole Moga Founded in 1939, North Catholic High School closed it's doors in June 2014 due to a drop in enrollment. The school moved to a new location in Cranberry and modified the name to Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School. By Alyse Horn By the end of June, the old North Catholic Hi...

Photo by Alyse Horn Henry Pyatt, the small business and redevelopment manager for the City, holds up the diplomatic sandwich document signed by Mayor Bill Peduto, Councilwoman Darlene Harris, and Scratch Food & Beverage Owner Don Mahaney. By Alyse Horn To kick off Northside Sandwich Week, the Norths...

Photo courtesy of Athena C.E. A terrarium that was built at the April workshop. After its first successful terrarium workshop, Scratch Food & Beverage, 1720 Lowrie St., will hold its second workshop on Sunday, June 5 at 5 p.m. Scratch employees  Mandi Crosby and Athena C.E. will guide attendee's on ...