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 courtesy of Gina Grone A photo from one of the houses that was featured on the 2014 Historic Deutschtown House Tour. This specific home is located on Cedar Avenue. The tour is organized and sponsored by the East Allegheny Community Council. By Alyse Horn Take a walk on the historic side. The 2...

Our Real Stats sponsor. Brighton Heights Cheryl Lennartz Szymanski to Elisha and Timothy Lewis at 1323 Beckham St. for $47,700. Jessica Wenner Sapsara to Brett Cassidy at 4048 Cambronne St. for $95,000. Stephen Sowa et al. to Una Davoren at 1340 Davis Ave. for $148,000. Estate of Roberta Leitch to T...

Photo of Tuhin Das courtesy of Renee Rosensteel By Donnie Mangino Tuhin Das is the ICORN writer-in-residence of City of Asylum in Pittsburgh, and is the author of seven poetry books. In April 2016 he had to flee his home and country Barisal, Bangladesh from threat of death and violence from fundamen...

Photo by Alyse Horn By Alyse Horn Allegheny City Brewing, 507 Foreland St., is planning to officially open its doors to the public by the end of July. “People pop their heads in asking when we’re going to be open, and we’re with you. We want to be open too,” said Al Grasso, who shares ownership of t...

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 by Anthony Amato By Donnie Mangino In the sultry summer heat, beneath the golden evening light of June 21st, at the Alphabet City tent, 318 Sampsonia Way, the Women Writers of Northview Heights gathered for their second public reading. Inside the large white tent were rows of chairs, a stage, ...

Our Real Stats sponsor. Allegheny West Domer Development LLC to Robin Raida at 846-848 N. Lincoln Ave. for $849,600. Brighton Heights Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. to Cynthia Monaco at 212 Carpenter Lane for $140,000. Michael Basista to Robert Gourley at 912 Reiss St. for $110,900. Rose Anne Kul...

Photo by Alyse Horn “For 33 years Northsiders have gathered together to celebrate our young people and our volunteers.” Mark T. Fatla, executive director of the Northside Leadership Conference, opened the 33 rd Annual NSLC Scholarship & Awards Dinner on Thursday, June 16 where 19 Northside seniors w...

Mayor Bill Peduto invites Pittsburgh residents to the next Capital Budget Deliberative Forum. The forum will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21, at the Letter Carrier's Union Hall, 841 California Ave . The hearing will follow a format that gives residents the chance to learn more about ...