Letter to the Editor Check your children’s social media pages often. Children are using social media to express hurt, pain, and sometimes negative feelings towards others, all to gain their peers’ approval. Our children are using whatever means they can to gain attention from their peers and to be h...

The president of the Northside Public Safety Council on nuisance fireworks and upcoming meeting times. Photo courtesy of Atlantic Training via Wikimedia Commons We all had to miss our beloved fireworks display at the three rivers in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, though, the City of P...

This month’s public safety bulletin is excerpted from a Crime Analysis Memo from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Crime Analysis Unit. Data was pulled on April 1, 2021. By NSC Staff Photo courtesy of Atlantic Training via Wikimedia Commons This month’s public safety bulletin is excerpted from a Crime...

“It takes a community to make a community.” By David Stacy Photo courtesy of Atlantic Training via Wikimedia Commons As spring arrives and warmer weather happens around us, crime and illegal activity tends to go up. In the wake of the shootings and violence that has been happening in our Northside n...

David Stacy, president of the Northside Public Safety Council, discusses vehicle safety tips, reasons not to tailgate, and how to join the monthly Northside Public Safety Council meetings. By David Stacy Photo courtesy of Atlantic Training via Wikimedia Commons It has come to our attention in the pa...

This month’s public safety bulletin is excerpted from a Crime Analysis Memo from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Crime Analysis Unit. Data was pulled on Jan. 4, 2021. By: NSC Staff Photo courtesy of Atlantic Training via Wikimedia Commons This month’s public safety bulletin is excerpted from a Crime...

How to stay safe in frigid winter temperatures, plus tips on dealing with scammers. By: David Stacy Photo courtesy of Atlantic Training via Wikimedia Commons We would like to wish a Happy New Year to all of our fellow Northsiders. Now that 2020 is in our past and 2021 is here, it seems that hope is ...

How to stay safe this holiday season, from the Northside Public Safety Council. By: David Stacy Photo courtesy of Atlantic Training via Wikimedia Commons The Northside Public Safety Council members would like to wish our fellow Northsiders happy and safe holidays. Stay aware and vigilant to avoid be...

This month: How to avoid being a target for robberies during the shorter days and longer nights of the fall season, plus Thanksgiving meals for families in need. By: NSC Staff Photo courtesy of Atlantic Training via Wikimedia Commons Don't be a target As our clocks fall back this month, our days bec...

This month’s public safety bulletin is excerpted from a Crime Analysis Memo from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Crime Analysis Unit. By: NSC Staff Photo courtesy of Atlantic Training via Wikimedia Commons “Analysis highlights: In August 2020, there was [sic] a total of 202 reported crimes in Zone O...