Vikings sailed along the coast of North America more than 1,000 years ago, making them the first people to sail in North American waters. But what do we really know about Vikings? VIKINGS: Warriors of the North Sea displayed in PPG Science Pavilion™ at Carnegie Science Center sheds a new light on Vi...

Duquesne Light Company supports Allegheny Commons renovation Duquesne Light Company (DLC) has committed $1 million toward the next phase of construction on the North Promenade in Allegheny Commons Park. According to a press release sent out on March 14, the company’s grant will allow the Pittsburgh ...

By Northside Chronicle Staff Avenues of Hope applications due by April 30 Applications for the first quarter Avenues of Hope, a program by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Pittsburgh to support multiple main streets across Pittsburgh, are due by April 30. The program supports existing smal...

Brighton Heights Sherri R Good Hunter to TH Property Owner I LLC at 1420 Benton Ave. for $186,000. Ray Travis McGunigle to Hasan and Jessica Rahim at 4003 Cambronne St. for $281,000. Historic Deutschtown Gary Sapp to Edgar Parrilla trustee at Tripoli St., vacant lot 0024-J-00029-0000-00 , for $15,00...

By Jan Kurth | Print *Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the March issue of Print, a newspaper for Pittsburgh’s East End neighborhood. It has been republished here with permission. It has been lightly edited for style. It sounds like the stuff of late-night speculation and wagers, th...

By NSC Staff A November 2022 article by Sean P. Ray, managing editor of The Northside Chronicle, is one of the finalists in the 2023 Golden Quills competition. The article " Catching up with the new principals " is a finalist in the category of Excellence in Written Journalism — Division 3, Educatio...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor EAST DEUTSCHTOWN AND SPRING GARDEN — Chestnut Street will likely soon see a new set of bricks under a renovation plan by the City of Pittsburgh that will also see the road lose its historic streetcar rails. At a public meeting at Tripoli Street Community Center on Ap...

In June of 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was still in its initial stages, the city’s Mexican War Streets Historic District saw a major expansion of its boundaries. It was the end result of years of municipal legal drama, but perhaps got overshadowed in the moment by the global outbreak. Howeve...