http://www.post-gazette.com/neighborhoods/ Neighborhood news from the City, East, West, North, South, West, Washington, Westmoreland; My Homewood Journal en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:16:33 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982817-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A request more than 15 years in the making to replace outdated housing at the 911th Airlift Wing cleared a big hurdle yesterday as the $12.4 million funding request was approved by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982586-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Leaf, bibb and romaine lettuce adorned the display table, contrasting nicely with big bunches of red beets. There was also broccoli, beans, Swiss chard and other vegetables -- all of it freshly grown and picked on a North Hills farm. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982823-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml After issuing a controversial acquittal in the case of a South Hills oral surgeon accused of molesting his patients, Allegheny County Judge Anthony M. Mariani was escorted home by a sheriff's deputy and his home was guarded last night Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:06:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982627-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml For the past 30-plus years, Whitehall's Caste Village Shopping Center has attracted thousands to its annual fireworks display held the Friday before July 4. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:56:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982825-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Some University of Pittsburgh executives including Chancellor Mark Nordenberg and Provost James Maher have decided to donate retention bonuses earned during the last year back to Pitt, given the economic slump, the university said today Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:30:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982799-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Crafton Council last night decided to continue the suspension of a police officer charged in a fatal hit-and-run on the South Side in 2007. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982847-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The right lane on the inbound Parkway West in Robinson will be closed tomorrow night for installation of an overhead sign Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:01:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982845-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Traffic in the outbound Fort Pitt Tunnel will be redued to a single lane tonight Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:56:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982810-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Findlay supervisors last night approved construction of a 200,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center for FedEx in Clinton Commerce Park. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982837-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Ongoing work will continue this weekend on the Parkway North Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:42:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982831-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Darius Odom, a 21-year-old from Aliquippa, was killed in a shooting early this morning on Todd Street Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:45:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982812-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police are investigating two unrelated shootings that took place in Rankin and Duquesne last night. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:19:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982826-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Northside Leadership Conference leveraged a $300,000 financial commitment from Rivers Casino to North Side neighborhoods to get a federal grant. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:57:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982633-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Next year, Duquesne City and Clairton City schools will not have their Kennywood school picnics on the same date, after disruptions between students from the two districts occurred inside and outside of the amusement park in West Mifflin. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982635-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml With an unresolved budget situation in Harrisburg, school district officials in the South Hills turned to other measures to balance their 2009-10 budgets for the new fiscal year. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:10:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982815-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Bridgeville -- The Bridgeville Public Library will sponsor Drawing and Sketching for Beginners for ages 12 and older from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in Triangle Park. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:16:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982814-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Liberty -- Liberty Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth and Valley Streets, will hold its 20th annual Grandma's Attic Flea Market from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. 412-673-2235. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:13:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982813-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Monroeville -- Monroeville Public Library, 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd., is sponsoring an exhibit, "Apollo 11 -- 40 Years a Memory," through July 25 in the Gallery Space. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982641-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml There isn't a curtain to raise or intermission cocktails to serve, but when the playwrights from Pittsburgh PlayWorks gather for their casual summer play-reading series, they usually pack the Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:49:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982640-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Watching high school students teleconference with U.S. Marines stationed at the Al Taqaddum Airbase in Iraq was an eye-opening experience for David Barton. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:48:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982649-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Storms last month put down about 3 inches of rain in just a few hours, heavily damaging homes and businesses throughout Western Pennsylvania. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:46:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982811-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A non-profit organization is forming in Collier that will allow people to donate to the development of future parks and recreational sites in the township. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:46:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982639-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml In the 1700s, tribes with names such as Seneca, Shawnee, Abenaki, Oneida, Huron and Cherokee lived in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:44:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982636-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Council is expected to vote Monday on extending the Teamsters' contract for two years. The union includes sewer plant, public works and clerical employees. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:42:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982651-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority is set to purchase the Millvale water system for $1.55 million in an effort to cut the costs of upcoming infrastructure improvements. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:40:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982621-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Merchants are frustrated by the slow pace of a sewer separation project in the heart of Irwin's business district. In a little over six months, the project has moved less than two blocks. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:32:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982634-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The LaRosa Boys and Girls Club of McKeesport just got a $400,000 donation from the Allegheny Foundation to build an open-air sports pavilion. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:30:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982578-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Carnegie voters may be asked on the November ballot whether the borough should dedicate a specified number of tax mills to support the Carnegie Volunteer Fire Department. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:29:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982632-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Regional storyteller Alan Irvine will present "Tall Tales of Mike Fink" and the river era at 2 p.m. next Thursday at the Monongahela Library. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982644-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Do we need or do we want a new Bethel Park high school? Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982625-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Ever wonder where our hills, valleys and plateaus came from, and what things were like around here Before People? Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982646-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Diners stand at a counter eating food served on wax paper or do takeout in brown paper bags. Advertising here is by word-of-mouth and a simple storefront sign. Yet owner Colleen Griffiths wouldn't change a thing. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:13:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982707-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The inbound lanes of the Parkway East are scheduled to be closed tomorrow evening until Saturday morning between the Monroeville interchange (Exit 14A) and Business Route 22 (Exit 10B). Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:11:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982592-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Budget constraints make it impractical for the Hampton school board to add more first-grade classes at two elementary schools, Superintendent John C. Hoover said. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:58:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982593-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml John Michel, a fourth-grader from St. Ursula School in Hampton, took home the gold medal in the 4th-5th grade division last semester in the Pittsburgh Diocese Math 24 competition held in April at Bishop Leonard-St. Mary of the Mount Academy in Pittsburgh. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:56:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982598-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml What began as an orphanage 177 years ago has, over the years, become a source for a variety of services, but the focus remains what it always has been -- the welfare of children. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982597-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Kathleen Dunn may be 9 years old, but the wisdom she includes in her self-published book, "The ABC's of OCD" offers a deep understanding of the obsessive-compulsive disorder that she has worked Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:51:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982588-51.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When the U.S. National Marbles Championship comes to North Park in early August, it will be because of the hard work of the Ricci family of Shaler. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:49:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982565-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Restoration of the Roxian Theater in McKees Rocks is expected to start in 60 days, and the facility could be available for concert bookings and other entertainment events by spring 2010. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:41:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982577-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml With a banner behind them proclaiming Creating Our Future Together, members of the Center Area and Monaca school boards convened July 1 for the first time as the Central Valley school board. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:22:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982553-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Lisa Chambers, 48, of Bridgeville, was charged June 28 with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness at Sauce restaurant in the 500 block of Washington Avenue. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982554-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Well, here we go again. Another school board struggling with shrinking enrollment and increasing costs to maintain a district. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982558-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Allied Waste, the borough's garbage hauler for 25 years, wants to eliminate alley pickups for about 500 homes to improve safety, maneuverability and identification of which homes should be Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982559-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml After making a high-profile commitment to openness and spending nine hours over three nights interviewing 18 different firms, Robinson commissioners have shelved the idea of hiring a new township Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982564-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Beaver Falls' Todd Thomas, above, a three-sport standout (football/basketball/track) who was the Post-Gazette's overall Male High School Athlete of the Year, and Devin McGrath, who was a Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982571-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Carnegie council voted 5-0 Monday to permit alcohol to be served on public property in compliance with Liquor Control Board regulations. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982573-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml It's a busy time for outdoor activities and festivals in West: The SS. Peter & Paul School sports festival will offer carnival games and prizes, entertainment and food from noon to 5 p.m. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982580-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Wednesday is the final day to report crop acres to the Farm Service Agency, according to Mary Jo Geible, program technician for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency in Butler. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982581-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Butler -- Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at Succop Theater, Butler County Community College,107 College Drive. Call 724-284-8505 or visit www.bc3.edu. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982582-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml While they emphasized that they are not necessarily on a course to sell the county-owned nursing home, Sunnyview, Butler County commissioners voted unanimously yesterday to hire a New Castle firm Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982583-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml What began as a small-scale neighborhood softball tournament to benefit the community has evolved into a grand "Decade of Giving" -- the slogan for this year's Community Uniting People, better known as the Cranberry CUP. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982584-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The North Allegheny School District budget for 2009-10 went into effect last week with no increase in property taxes in the $114.9 million spending plan. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982587-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml On the same day the Post-Gazette reported the potential closing of Bladerunner's Warrendale ice rink ("Youth hockey may be out in cold if Marshall rink is sold," July 2), the paper ran a story Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982591-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The first tenants should be able to move into Hearth at Benet Woods homes before summer ends, according to one of the project backers. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982594-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Butler County United Way supporters rose to the challenge despite a tough economy and helped the nonprofit raise $1,269,000 in its annual campaign, which represents a 2 percent increase over last year. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982596-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Franklin Park officials believe they've found a way to fix a 24-foot tall earthen dam for about $140,000 less than what the borough already has budgeted for the work. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982599-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Family and Consumer Sciences Department at Fox Chapel Area High School will sponsor preschool from mid-September through January. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982600-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Franklin Park Council will decide next week if it will allow a private company to move forward with plans to build a cell phone tower in Linbrook Park. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982604-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The telecast is called "Washington Journal," but Tuesday morning, it could have been subtitled "Mr. Fetterman Goes to Washington." Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982605-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The LaRosa Boys and Girls Club of McKeesport just got a $400,000 donation from the Allegheny Foundation to build an open-air sports pavilion. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982606-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml I am [responding] to school director Cynthia Lowery's letter to the editor ("Woodland Hills leader respected, director says," June 18). Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982608-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml It took just hours for torrential rains to wash away road surfaces, sweep away cars and flood homes in Westmoreland and Allegheny counties June 17. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982609-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Storms last month put down about 3 inches of rain in just a few hours, heavily damaging homes and businesses throughout Western Pennsylvania. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982610-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When Richard Heindl, a great-great-great nephew of Saint Vincent College founder Boniface Wimmer, arrived on campus Friday night, he said the first thing he saw was the Archabbey Basilica. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982613-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml For once, a high school student was excited to take a test. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982615-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Michael Brinkos was educated in the McKeesport Area School District, from elementary through high school. Now he is leading the entire district. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982616-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Swissvale council voted July 1 to let go of one of the borough's police officers, but decided to keep this Saturday's Community Day festivities going despite a slight increase in costs. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982617-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Incorporated: As a borough June 9, 1891 Location: Eastern Allegheny County, about 15 miles east of Downtown; the borough covers 0.5 square miles and is accessed primarily by Route 130 (including Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982618-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml After years of delays, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials are still reviewing a highway occupancy permit that would allow work on a proposed Wal-Mart along Route 30 to proceed, North Huntingdon officials say. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982619-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml During his 37 years in education, George Staudenmaier was a German teacher, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent and -- from 2007 until nine days ago -- Burrell School District's superintendent. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982620-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Parking areas of the landmark Teddy's restaurant, in North Huntingdon, will undergo an "extreme makeover" during a Route 30 modification project associated with construction of the Mills Pointe etail plaza. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982622-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Chas Fagan, a Ligonier native, spent hours poring over video footage of the actor-turned-president and examining his clothing, all so he could sculpt a statue of the late president that would sit in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982623-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Calling John Carosella a theatrical institution might make it sound as if he's retiring. Although Mr. Carosella, 64, concedes he is "getting close to that age," he has no plans to slow down. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982626-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Middle Eastern culture will come to life Saturday at Whitehall Public Library when children have the chance to participate in a class that focuses on the basic movements of Middle Eastern dance. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982628-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When Kiersten Rosenberg told her parents she would be swimming the English Channel to raise money to help a friend, they were surprised. Then they were frightened. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982630-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The 2008 Bethel Park High School varsity football team went undefeated in the regular season, won its first WPIAL championship and was state runner-up for the PIAA title. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982631-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Four years ago former Mt. Lebanon resident Kate Fletcher left the area with about $50,000 she had raised, determined to start a boarding school in Kenya for girls who were orphaned by AIDS. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982645-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Carrick-Overbrook Historical Society has overcome its first obstacle in getting a historical marker for a former resident -- but a bigger hurdle remains. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982647-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The future of the Mayview State Hospital property should become clearer when the Legislature gets the state budget approved. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982648-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Joe and Martha Dorsey have lived in various assisted living and nursing facilities in the area. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982652-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pine Community Center is introducing the nationally recognized Healthways SilverSneakers Fitness Program, a way for older adults to increase their levels of physical activity while motivating them Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982695-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Seventeen women entered Judge Anthony M. Mariani's courtroom, took an oath and described sexual assaults they said came at the hands of South Hills oral surgeon Dr. Robert J. Boyda Jr. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982700-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Mexican immigrant accused of shooting at two Pittsburgh police officers in April had previously been deported after a string of crimes in other states and had reentered the United States illegally, investigators said. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982701-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A statewide legal gunfight moved to a Pittsburgh courtroom yesterday, where a judge seemed disinclined to strike down a new city ordinance on reporting the loss or theft of guns. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982702-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Two accused associates of the Pagans motorcycle gang waived preliminary hearings yesterday and will stand trial with other members of an alleged racketeering ring that state police say was Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982708-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Shelocta man filed a federal lawsuit against UPMC claiming that he was fired from his job because he was about to deploy with his National Guard unit. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982709-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh City Council voted unanimously yesterday to create a seven-member panel to monitor the city's use of federal stimulus dollars. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982710-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Workers at Hazelwood's Calvary Cemetery were only able to fix five or so of the 89 tombstones that vandals toppled last week. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982712-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A jealous ex-boyfriend shot a woman in McKees Rocks Tuesday night after finding her with another man, police said. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982713-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A truck driver from McKeesport was killed following a seven-vehicle crash on Washington Boulevard that also injured several others. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982714-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A 10th DUI could force a Glassport man to spend more than 11 years in prison. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982717-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Crafton Council last night decided to continue the suspension of a police officer charged in a fatal hit-and-run on the South Side in 2007. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982752-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml There are plenty of plans in Pittsburgh, but there is no plan for Pittsburgh. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982781-454.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Commonwealth Court judge in Harrisburg yesterday ordered the last remaining elected supervisor for Cromwell Township to be jailed for failing to show progress in getting 80 rural homes switched from septic tanks to a sewage treatment system. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982567-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The South Hills oral surgeon charged with molesting 17 patients was acquitted on all counts this afternoon, ending an emotionally charged trial that, with multiple breaks, spanned more than two months Wed, 8 Jul 2009 22:34:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982530-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man has died following a seven-vehicle crash this afternoon on Washington Boulevard that sent several people to hospitals. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:57:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982498-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A jealous ex-boyfriend shot a woman in McKees Rocks last night after finding her with another man, police said. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:36:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982595-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A 37-year-old Mexican immigrant today was ordered to stand trial on charges of attempted murder against two Pittsburgh police officers Wed, 8 Jul 2009 16:08:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982511-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority is set to purchase the Millvale water system for $1.55 million in an effort to temper the cost of upcoming infrastructure improvement projects. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 14:44:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982551-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Butler County's new prison is fully operational and, for the first time in the 21-year tenure of Warden Rich Gigliotti, all county prisoners are under one roof Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:54:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982579-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Red Cross is helping 12 people from three families who were affected by a fire at the Hays Manor apartments in McKees Rocks today Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982513-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police are investigating a shooting that happened last night in the 1400 block of Third Avenue, Arnold Police Chief Joe Doutt said today. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:35:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982512-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A head-on collision has reportedly closed Route 19 in Jackson, Butler County Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:30:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982488-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml One of the two independents running against Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is calling for four televised debates with the mayor this fall Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:25:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982490-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A state trooper pulled over a van headed westbound on Route 22 in North Fayette last night after he observed the doors were open and a passenger was hanging outside the van. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:25:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982489-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A 27-year-old man was shot in the leg during a fight in Beltzhoover last night, police said Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:16:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982482-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Westmoreland County last night Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:47:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982375-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A long-awaited Hill District grocery has moved a step closer to reality. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982378-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police are investigating the second homicide in 33 days in North Braddock after a teen was found shot to death yesterday. The two killings do not appear to be related, police said. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982379-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An unsealed search warrant in the slaying of three women at a Westmoreland County auto glass shop in April indicates that the killer might have hidden evidence at a farm across the street. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982380-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Moon man will stand trial on charges that he raped and tried to kill a female Robert Morris University student last month. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982382-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A veteran Port Authority police officer was arrested Monday after a domestic dispute at his Green Tree home. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982384-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml For the second time, an Allegheny County jury could not reach a verdict in the homicide case against Jerry Gaines. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982385-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A McKees Rocks man died after he was shot in his SUV early yesterday in the 3000 block of Zephyr Street in Sheraden. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982386-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml PennDOT District 11 is advising motorists the Liberty Bridge ramp to Forbes Avenue will be closed in both directions at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow, reopening at 5 a.m. the next day. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982388-454.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Calling the situation "dire," Pittsburgh Controller Michael Lamb yesterday urged the prompt merger of the city's teetering accounting system with Allegheny County's well-maintained one, lest a Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982389-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A 19-year-old day care center employee in Pine stepped away from watching kids to sell marijuana in the parking lot, according to police. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982439-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml David Wayne Alexander nodded and wiped his eyes yesterday when the jury forewoman announced his conviction for third-degree murder. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09189/982440-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Pittsburgh Public Schools might be able to learn a lot about itself from top-performing students. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982295-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml HARRISBURG -- Dauphin County Judge Richard A. Lewis plans to take a day or two to decide whether defendants can call 46 witnesses to testify at a hearing on motions in a government corruption case Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:31:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982319-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml PennDOT announced today that it has awarded a contract for extensive work on the Fort Duquesne Bridge Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:50:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982318-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A crash on the outbound Parkway West near the Banksville exit snarled traffic in mid-afternoon but the wreckage was cleared before rush hour Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:32:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982317-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml For the second time, an Allegheny County jury could not reach a verdict in the homicide case against Jerry Gaines Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:23:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982314-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The city sent its Redd Up Pittsburgh crew to Sheraden today, but residents of that neighborhood questioned whether clearing streets will stop firebugs. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:52:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982283-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A 53-year-old man died after he was shot in his SUV early this morning in Sheraden Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:27:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982288-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man suffered severe burns in a crash this morning that required state police to close the southbound lanes of Interstate 79 in Slippery Rock Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982296-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The city of Pittsburgh is looking for consultants to help it plan future uses for its open spaces and preserve its historic places, officials announced today Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:42:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982294-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A person walking to work today discovered the body of a teenager in a North Braddock field Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:31:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982291-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An employee of a Pine day care center has been arrested for selling drugs to undercover officers, including one incident in which police say she left the children she was watching to conduct a deal in the parking lot Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982281-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Canonsburg council is expected to vote July 13 on extending the Teamsters' contract for two years. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 10:56:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982226-454.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Federal prosecutors filed corruption charges yesterday against a onetime defense contractor who has ties to both U.S. Rep. John Murtha and a suburban Johnstown defense contractor currently under criminal investigation. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 10:50:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982280-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Crews will be shooting scenes this week for the Lionsgate film Warrior, starring Nick Nolte, in McDonald. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 08:34:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982282-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Robinson engineer Mike Meyer said last night that a newly completed stormwater project is working perfectly -- but has not met with the approval of the state Department of Environmental Protection. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 08:31:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982187-454.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml HARRISBURG -- State lawmakers are willing to help with Pittsburgh's financial recovery, but they've got to deal with their own money problems first. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982188-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Westmoreland County Prison Board yesterday fired four corrections officers allegedly involved in an inmate-beating scandal that is under investigation by the district attorney. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982189-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When Pittsburgh Foundation President and CEO Grant Oliphant heard in 2006 that Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Mark Roosevelt wanted to give a college Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982190-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Less than a week after Sheraden residents met with police, fire and city officials to discuss fears about a rash of fires in their neighborhood in June, a blaze early yesterday destroyed a vacant Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982194-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Lawrenceville man was jailed yesterday, charged with critically shooting a teenager who was arguing with his 16-year-old son. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982195-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Clarion County firefighter died early yesterday after he collapsed while battling a small fire in Strattanville, state police said. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982196-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Allegheny County Public Works today announced single lane closures beginning today and continuing for the next four days on River Road in Brackenridge between Mile Lock Lane and Sycamore Street. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982200-388.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Imagine the sounds of video games as music to a parent's ears. Or a young gamer begging to see the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982214-96.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml City dwellers have had little reason to pay attention to those ads in which Verizon and Comcast mock each other, but a proposed pact announced yesterday brings the cable television wars to Pittsburgh. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09188/982238-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Jury deliberations are scheduled to continue today in the case of a Penn Hills man on trial for homicide for the second time. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982197-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A motorcycle rider was killed in a collision with a vehicle early yesterday in McKeesport. The accident was reported around 6:30 a.m. at the intersection of East Fifth Avenue and Hartman Street. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982118-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A suspicious fire destroyed a vacant house in Sheraden and damaged an adjacent home early today Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:31:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982123-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Lawrenceville man is in custody today, charged with critically wounding a teenager in a shooting at the suspect's residence. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982122-67.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Verizon is pledging a quick start to the roll-out of its FiOS-TV service within the city of Pittsburgh following a deal announced today that brings cable competition to the region's biggest municipality for the first time Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:19:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982056-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml October 2005: After talking about a merger study, superintendents Dan Matsook of Center Area and Mike Thomas of Monaca raise the issue with their board presidents and vice presidents. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:52:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982034-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh police have identified a Pittsburgh teenager who was shot and killed late Saturday at Robert E. Williams Memorial Park, located at Milwaukee and Adelaide streets in the Upper Hill, commonly known as the Sugartop neighborhood. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982036-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Allegheny County bomb squad was called to a home in Westmoreland County on Saturday to look for potential explosive devices, but none was found. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982040-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml After months of delay, an ambitious anti-violence program with a track record of dramatic success in several U.S. cities is getting under way in Pittsburgh. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982041-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982044-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Last week, Pittsburgh officials passed a law that obliges the city to try to hire more minority and female police and firefighters, improve the energy efficiency of its fleet and buildings, revamp its pay structure, reuse a former police station, merge a half dozen functions with the county and much more. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982079-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml There has been plenty of talk about the historic, trailblazing nature of the Center-Monaca school district merger. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09187/982105-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Baldwin woman charged with killing her boyfriend Downtown on Saturday night following the city's fireworks display loaded the bullets into her gun as she walked along Forbes Avenue. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400