The City of Pittsburgh is holding two public hearings on the 2011 capital budget and Community Development Block Grant funding.  Residents are welcome to tell the city what they think of its prior use of funds, and what they'd like to see addressed next year. To sign up to speak, contact the Departm...

Rivers Casino General Manager Todd Moyer hands over $1 million to Northside Leadership Conference board member Tony DiPardo. (Photo/Henry Clay Webster) Rather than receiving gifts on its one year anniversary, the Rivers Casino used the occasion to honor one of its oldest pledges. At a private event ...

Big changes are afoot in the Pittsburgh Public School District. It is in the process of assessing, reorganizing and renovating buildings and programs district-wide. The Northside Chronicle spoke with Ebony Pugh of the Pittsburgh Public School District to get the run-down on changes that will affect ...

On Wednesday, Aug. 11, from 6-8 p.m. at the Mattress Factory, you can go see the final exhibition for this year's Community Art Lab projects--for free, of course! The Community Art Lab is one of the MF's most popular community programs for Northsiders, said spokesperson Lindsay O'Leary.  Anyone in t...

North Side Community Conversation Date: August 9 Location: Penn Brewery - Ratskeller Party Room (800 Vinial Street) Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. This community meeting, though held on the Northside, isn't about the Northside specifically, but about the larger Southwestern PA/Maryland/Ohio/West Virginia re...

Houses in the Central Northside Pittsburgh City Living, the city website geared toward outsiders where you can find your "perfect neighborhood match," still needs residents from a large number of neighborhoods to write testimonials for the site. Testimonial writing for neighborhoods apparently isn't...

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Photo courtesy stock.xchng Brighton Heights resident Jennifer Shaffer and a group of her gamer friends are proving that girls who love video games (and live on the Northside!) are not only awesome, but dedicated and conscientious. The weekend of Friday, Aug. 20 (and possibly beyond that), Jennifer a...

A drawing of S&A Homes's proposal for the Central Northside. (Image courtesy S&A Homes) Sometimes it takes a seemingly impossible goal to bring about great change. That’s one of the reasons the Central Northside Neighborhood Council added a year to its vision statement: “By the end of 2015 CNNC will...

Back to school time is right around the corner for children, teens and college students, but what about the rest of us? Through its Community Education program the Community College of Allegheny County offers between 3,000 and 4,000 classes in which anyone can enroll. The program offers classes in f...