The Troy Hill Citizens, Inc. (THC) received a Love Your Block (LYB) grant as part of the seventh round of the grant program, Mayor Bill Peduto announced in a press release Monday, Aug. 11. The THC is one of 14 organizations that will receive $1,000 from the city to purchase supplies and tools for a ...

Photos courtesy of the Carnegie Science Center   By Justin Criado Local roc k icon Joe Grushecky will be performing Saturday, Aug.16 at the Carnegie Science Center as part of the BLUE! performance series sponsored by Dollar Bank. Grushecky, who is best known for his work with the Iron City Houserock...

Our Real Stats sponsor. Brighton Heights William Beu to Andrew Koller and Cynthia Croot at 3644 Brighton Road for $170,000. Metro Developers LLC to Mark Trawka at 1010 Cornell Ave. for $149,900. Estate of Ann Young to Sami Finseth at 1610 Termon Ave. for $139,900. Mark Walker to Daniel and Luisa Pla...

Photo by Justin Criado The Rivers Casino celebrated its fifth birthday Friday, Aug. 8 with a "First Five" anniversary event.    By Justin Criado The Rivers Casino turned five-years-old over the weekend. Barely out of infancy, the city’s first casino celebrated with a “First Five” anniversary event F...

Photo by Justin Criado Poet Jeff Oaks reads his latest work during a City of Asylum Alphabet City Summer Festival event Wednesday night at 318 Sampsonia Way in Central Northside.     By Justin Criado The Alphabet City Summer Festival program continued Wednesday night with performances by three local...

Photo by Justin Criado Mayor Bill Peduto thanks firemen from Deutschtown Fire Station No. 32 for their service as the station was given an "award of excellence" during Tuesday night's National Night Out event at Tripoli Park.   By Justin Criado There was free food, games, and arts & crafts. Not to m...

Photo by Merecedes J. Howze New Pittsburgh Oliver Citywide Academy principal, Jessica Colbert (second from left), outside with some of her new students.     By Merecedes J. Howze “These are the kids I love!” Pittsburgh Oliver Citywide Academy, a 2011-2012 STAR school, has a new principal, Jessica Co...

Our Real Stats sponsor. Northside residential and commercial property transfers from the week of July 7-11. Brighton Heights Jerome Koch to Federal National Mortgage Assn. at 4031 Brandon Road for $1,820 by sheriff's deed. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Roberta Lee Berger at 3333 Brighton Road ...

Join the 250th Anniversary of Pittsburgh’s Oldest Landmark, the Fort Pitt Block House from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 9 in Point State Park. This event is held once every 50 years. The Fort Pitt Block House is the only surviving structure of Fort Pitt; built in 1764 by British Army to def...

Photo by Alyse Horn By Justin Criado Volunteers created a garden space for the Northside Coalition Senior Housing at 1500 Brighton Place on Tuesday. Board members of the NCFH and Rivers Casino team members transformed the grassy space in the back of the housing as part of a beautification project, w...