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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:47:07 -0500 15 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/10070/1041995-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Hill District man has been charged in connection with the shooting Wednesday evening of another man on the Reed-Robert section ofthe Hill District Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042035-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A handful of community groups lined up this morning to support Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess' efforts to enact a "living wage" for all city employees and companies that contract with the city Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042029-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An arrest warrant has been obtained by Castle Shannon police for the arrest of a borough woman already in jail on charges connected to a door-to-door fund-raising operation there and in nearby towns Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041747-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments is considering stepping into the tax-collection field. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041740-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml At first glance, New Story school in Monroeville resembles most others with posters of encouragement in the hallways and the sound of activity from inside the classrooms. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041639-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Complaints of foul odors around Findlay's Imperial Landfill have spiked recently, but landfill officials haven't pinpointed the source of the stink. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041820-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Monroeville council members paused to remember a fallen citizen and support legislation created in her name. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041640-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Council President Mike Doyle said he feels so strongly the borough needs to close its police dispatch center and switch to the county's 911 service that winning the lottery wouldn't change his mind. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:16:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041749-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Gripping an unlit cigar between his teeth, Don Rodgers waves his arm over a colorful schematic of his next big development for Cranberry and declares it the consummate mix of everything he's ever Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041768-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When Carmen Boden Stenholm was 9, she and her mother escaped Communist East Germany to West Germany, where they lived in hiding for a year. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041765-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The playground at Noah's Ark Preschool was buried in snow last month, a dormant white mound. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042028-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The victim, James Gamble, 60, was pronounced dead in the emergency room at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital, the Westmoreland County coroner said. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041718-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml On March 19, Greensburg audiences will have the chance to see "Pirates" at its best. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041745-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Incorporated: As a borough, April 10, 1834 Location: Eastern Westmoreland County, 60 miles southeast of Downtown Pittsburgh; Ligonier covers 0.5 square miles. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041735-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Kimberly McWherter has taught chemistry at Derry Area High School for 21 years. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041671-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml It takes a tuned-in dad to realize that the kids cereal Cap'n Crunch can inspire genius in a group of 9-year-olds. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041668-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml As a young boy thumbing through magazines, Tom Grant loved to see advertisements for trips to faraway places. He'd often take up the ad's offer and send for a brochure or map. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041689-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A streetscape revitalization plan for 1.5 miles of Route 50 through Heidelberg, Scott and Carnegie has received some recent boosts. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041688-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Ladies who lunch at the Crafton United Presbyterian Church on Bradford Avenue in Crafton have a special relationship with their teen and pre-teen servers. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042027-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Greensburg council's decision to remain with Waste Management will result in immediate savings for senior citizens, according to city officials. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042026-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml West Jefferson Hills solicitor Ira Weiss testified he advised Superintendent Terry Kinavey that the district could face legal action if it did not hire Denise Breisinger. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042025-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Two brief road closures are scheduled for next week in the Clinton area of Findlay. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041772-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Peters Township School District has been chosen as the winner of the 2010 Outstanding School Library Media Program Award by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041762-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Bethel Park: Roadwork contract granted Council has awarded an $834,000 contract to El Grande Industries in Donora for roadwork. The vote Monday was unanimous. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041793-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml As a resident of the U.S. and a citizen of Ireland, Robert Tierney, of Brookline, proves you can have your glazed Irish tea cake and eat it, too. The Steelers hold a special place in his heart. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041761-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania recently completed a long-range property assessment to decide which of its 15 council-owned or leased camps to maintain, develop or sell. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041771-388.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Last year, the Community Foundation of Upper St. Clair, through fundraising efforts, donated a 9-foot Steinway Concert piano to the Upper St. Clair High School Theatre. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041723-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Dormont council has postponed until next month a vote on whether to accept a $37,000 block grant to improve a parcel at West Liberty and Hillsdale avenues. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041760-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Officials in North Fayette and Robinson have approved an energy company's plans to drill the Marcellus shale field. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041763-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Some South Hills communities have recently reported "grandparent scams," at least one of which was successful. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041773-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Saying they were disgusted by new housing developments being "jammed together" and spoiling the rolling vistas and rural flavor of Peters, council members said they will revisit zoning ordinances. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041767-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Mt. Lebanon school board may vote Monday on an alcohol policy to address violations that are not school-related. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041727-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml I agree 100 percent with "Superintendent's Treatment Decried" (Letters, Feb. 25, South) about Terry Kinavey. I remember when Mrs. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041759-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When Barbara McDonnell was appointed the community education liaison for the Duquesne City School District in fall 2008, one of her major responsibilities was to track the progress of high school students. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041764-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Mt. Lebanon resident Norman Waldman, 85, is on the fence when it comes to an opinion about the need for health-care cost reform. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041738-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml On Feb. 23, the Community College of Allegheny County's Braddock Hills center had a bad experience followed by a good one. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041719-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Members of the Norwin Regional Recreation Center Committee on Tuesday found out that constructing a proposed multimillion-dollar facility is going to be costly. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041720-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml As with its peers in Penn-Trafford, the Norwin school board is moving forward with plans to replace the artificial turf and to resurface the running track in its stadium. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041721-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml After some debate, the Penn-Trafford school board on Monday night awarded a $450,084 contract to Sportexe of Pittsburgh to replace the turf and track surface in the district's stadium. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041748-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A civic-minded Murrysville resident said she is disappointed she will not be serving as a volunteer in her home community. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041741-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Oakmont solicitor Robert H. Shoop reported at Monday's council meeting that a state Commonwealth Court decision on construction of a concrete plant went against the borough. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041739-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The high school musical season has begun in the PG East region. Below is a list of upcoming musicals, in chronological order. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041673-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Dunkin' Donuts, coffee and baked goods chain, recently opened its newest store in LaSalle Plaza, on Route 19 South in Cranberry. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041756-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Fox Chapel Area High School students will present a free dress rehearsal of the spring musical "Funny Girl" for district senior citizens at 3:30 p.m. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041752-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The North Hills Anti-Racism Coalition will hold its annual North Hills Interfaith Gathering at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. John's Lutheran Church, 311 Cumberland Road, McCandless. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041755-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml St. Peter's Reformed Church in Zelienople will hold an open house from 3 to 5 p.m. March 20 to celebrate the expansion and renovation of the church facilities. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041733-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml At a time when the real estate market is soft, developer James Rumbaugh plans to turn about 200 acres in Pine into a development of 118 custom-built homes. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041666-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Bellevue has dozens of businesses that would be on the wish list of other communities hoping to redevelop their retail areas, but the borough needs more such businesses, say consultants. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041675-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A decade in the making, a joint zoning code has been delivered to officials in Bellevue, Avalon and Ben Avon. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041757-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml To quantify the benefits of video technology within the Butler County court system, one would have to talk about convenience and security as well as dollars and cents, contends a top court administrator. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041667-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Butler County municipalities are seeking reimbursement of almost $1 million in snow removal costs, contending that February's record-smashing snowfall amounted to a federal disaster. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041670-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml In recent North articles about pension funds, school districts were bemoaning a problem that is giving credence to the adage of "chickens coming home to roost" in regard to teacher pension funds. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041789-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The West Allegheny Middle School seventh-grade team of Robbie Rankin, Brandon Healey and Clayton Rehm has been selected for the Outstanding First-Year Team award. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041695-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Four Penn State Beaver faculty members have been published recently. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041781-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Fellowship of the Carpenter, a group for men and for boys in sixth grade and older, is forming at Crafton United Presbyterian Church. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041788-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An open house for parents to learn about the school will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday in the school, 5720 Steubenville Pike, Robinson. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041824-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Developers Jerry and Paul Fitzgerald want to build an 18-hole miniature golf course at 2070 Greentree Road on land above Rita's Italian Ice. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041785-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Plans are advancing for a $150,000 single-story addition to the Mooncrest Community Center to the multipurpose room for an after-school program. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041694-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Oakdale officials are envisioning a vibrant alternative to a vacant lot in the center of town that would incorporate trees, benches, a colorful mural and maybe a fountain. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041784-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Moon supervisors have turned down an application to rezone property from residential to commercial on Coraopolis Heights Road that would have allowed an assisted living personal care home. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041817-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Moon Area school directors Monday night became the seventh school board among 12 member districts to approve the three-part Parkway West Career and Technology Center budget. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041692-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Carnegie residents probably will start lining up soon to say farewell to their well-respected and highly visible police chief, Jeffrey Harbin, even though his retirement date is four years away. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041823-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Stephen Catanzarite said organizers of the proposed Baden Academy Charter School "don't feel deterred at all" by the harsh review of their plans by Ambridge Area School District administrators. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041595-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Coraopolis United Methodist Church, 1205 Ridge Ave., will hold a performance by soprano Amy Stabnau and pianist and church music director Alastair Stout at noon Wednesday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041593-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Butler - The Butler County Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Elisabeth Heath-Charles, will present its Family Pops Concert, Modern America, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041594-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Greensburg - The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will sponsor "Conserving Our Paper Heritage" at noon Wednesday as part of its Brown Bag Lecture series. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041596-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Bethel Park - "Bunnies, Baskets and Bonnets," presented by Bethel Park Heritage Players' Theater for Kids Classes, will be held at 7 p.m. March 19 at Bethel Park Community Center. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041632-258.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml McKees Rocks residents can learn what to do to protect themselves and their property from possible flooding at 5:30 p.m. today in St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Ella Street. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041635-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Lydia's Place is seeking donations of bridal gowns, accessories and formal dresses for its second annual bridal and formal dress sale April 7-11 in the center atrium at the Mall at Robinson. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041636-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police news from the West suburban area: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041637-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Carnegie council voted unanimously Monday to reduce the monthly delinquent sewage fee from 10 percent to 1.5 percent. Also, officials appointed Jordan Tax Service as delinquent sewage collector. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041638-327.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Best of all is what's on stage, a high school production that felt more like a pretty good college. "Shall We Dance," which played to packed houses last weekend, was a slick, eye-filling revue. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041658-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Penn Hills School District will soon send furlough notices to 64 of its 417 teachers for the upcoming school year. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041659-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A presentation called Building Disability Awareness, sponsored by Easter Seals Western Pennsylvania, wasn't just a lecture. It was a hands-on experience. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041660-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A year after Pennsylvania's new Right to Know law took effect, Mt. Lebanon School District is facing unexpected costs to comply with an increasing number of requests for e-mail correspondence. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041662-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Because Seneca Valley rejected a financing proposal for an $11 million building project at Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School, it will have to find another way to borrow the money. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041663-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Plans to transfer about a dozen mail carriers from a post office in Millvale to one in Ross should not affect either local mail delivery or window services. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041883-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's pension bailout proposal is facing a dogfight in Pittsburgh City Council. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041904-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl declared a state of emergency on Wednesday in anticipation of flooding expected to occur this weekend. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041905-28.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml At first blush, the Pittsburgh Flea sounds like something you'd want to avoid. But Janis Surman is hoping a lot of people will get the itch. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041906-66.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When Ben Roethlisberger went bar-hopping in Georgia on the night he allegedly sexually assaulted a local college student, a pair of lawmen from Western Pennsylvania were on vacation with him. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041910-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml William Page stood a distance away from his 23-month-old daughter and listened to her cry. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041920-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Hill District man Wednesday was ordered to stand trial on charges that he fired bullets at police who responded to a fight between the suspect and the boyfriend of his neighbor. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041922-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml It wasn't so much that Judah Simon hit Samuel Reed while driving along the Parkway East about 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2007. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041961-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A public hearing on proposed police reforms Wednesday night quickly turned to emotional talk of race relations and animated calls from residents for further punishment against three officers accused of beating a Homewood teen during his arrest in January. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041963-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Authorities in Alaska are investigating whether Candice Berner, a 32-year-old schoolteacher originally from Slippery Rock whose body was found in the woods of a remote Alaskan village, was the state's first recorded victim of a wolf attack. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041453-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Whether it happens or not, the Flood of 2010 already is historic in one sense. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041704-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Duquesne University today announced plans to build a residence hall to meet growing on-campus housing needs. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041582-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today declared a state of emergency as the city prepares for flooding expected to occur on the weekend Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041583-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Penn Hills woman believed to have been smoking in bed died this morning when her bed caught fire and burned part of her house. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041587-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An autopsy today was inconclusive in determining the cause and manner of death of a Lower Burrell man found dead Tuesday along the Allegheny River banks in New Kensington Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041609-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Hill District man today was ordered to stand trial on charges that he fired bullets at police responding to a fight between the suspect and the boyfriend of his neighbor Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041608-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Trial began this morning in the death penalty case against a Braddock man accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041599-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Port Authority riders might have noticed a large police presence at times over the past few weeks, as authority police and federal Transportation Security Administration officers conduct saturation patrols Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041589-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police have arrested a second man in the stabbing death of a Honduran man in Canonsburg Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041535-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml For nearly a century, the J.E. Corcoran Co. has hawked fruits and vegetables from the Strip District's iconic produce terminal. But a proposed redevelopment could end its long run. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041586-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Presston Volunteer Fire Department now is officially part of the McKees Rocks Volunteer Fire Department. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041585-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml North Fayette officials are calling for owners of private sanitary sewer systems -- such as trailer parks and industrial parks -- to pay for video inspection of their sewer lines. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041584-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Monroeville council recognized the memory of teen slaying victim Demi Cuccia during last night's meeting by supporting an anti-violence bill named in her honor. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041427-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Seniors at The Residence on Fifth assisted-living facility in Oakland were notified Monday that the facility would close on May 8, with a sale of the property to Carnegie Mellon University pending this spring. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041468-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group will hold a strategy session for neighborhood block watch activists from 9 to 11 a.m. March 20 at its Hill District offices, 1901 Centre Ave., Suite 200. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041469-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Bethel Park man was charged last week with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of construction tools and equipment from sites throughout the South Hills, Washington County and elsewhere. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041470-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A former secretary at the Moon Area School District was sentenced to serve up to 23 months in jail for stealing from her employer. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041475-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Three major roadwork projects that start on Monday will affect drivers on Route 65, Route 8 and Route 28 in the northern suburbs. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041534-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A top police official has warned city officers not to take any action on the job in response to a magistrate's decision to drop criminal charges against a Homewood teen who says he was beaten during his arrest in January. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041543-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml U.S. Route 30 will be closed in both directions this weekend near the Greensburg Pike overpass in North Versailles. The closure, from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041448-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml County police are investigating after a man was shot in the abdomen in Stowe, a county emergency dispatch supervisor said. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041219-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Streets Run gurgled peacefully through Pittsburgh's Hays neighborhood on Monday, well within its banks. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041393-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Retired city policeman Robert Conroy will be the grand marshal for this year's St. Patrick's Day parade. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041387-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Castle Shannon Police are warning residents about an unauthorized door-to-door solicitor who has been operating in the borough and surrounding towns Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041361-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml In this video, courtesy of CBS News, legal analysts talk about the sexual assault allegations leveled against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041366-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Perrysville's July 4th Parade and a summer fishing derby are back on the Ross community calendar Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041363-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Plum officials Monday night voted to move the closing date for the borough's police dispatch center to Aug. 1 Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041290-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Hampton woman is suing Bank of America, saying one of its contractors wrongly repossessed her home, padlocked the doors, shut off the utilities, damaged the furniture and confiscated a pet parrot, though her mortgage payments were on time. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041241-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml For most of their 18-year-old daughter Hannah's life, Russell and Robalee Bruesewitz have been engaged in legal battle over compensation for her seizure disorder, which they believe was caused by a vaccine. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041347-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A ridge of high pressure that has brought the pleasant weather with little wind over the past few days also has created conditions that allow air pollution levels to rise. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041346-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml While the record-setting snowfall from February may be melting, it is not forgotten, particularly at Monday night's Jefferson Hills council meeting. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041345-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A new direct revenue slots sharing program forged by the state Legislature earlier this year couldn't come at a better time for Washington County's most populous municipality. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041344-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Moon Area school board Monday night approved the Parkway West Career and Technology Center budget on a 6-3 vote, despite some misgivings. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041343-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Ambridge Area school board will vote Wednesday night on a proposed Baden charter school and if the school directors listen to their administrators, the vote will be a foregone conclusion. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041322-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A South Carolina man has been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in Mercer County. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041231-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The prosecutor described to the jury a childhood filled with abuse, isolation, molestation and horror. The victim, who says he was abused from the ages of 9 to 17, is now a grown man. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041264-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh City Council members plan to launch an independent study of the worth of Downtown's public garages as city officials weigh competing proposals to tap their value to shore up the city's wobbly pension fund. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041271-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Residents of Perrysville Plaza, a high-rise for senior citizens in Perry South, have been nettled for years by children who, while waiting for the school bus in the morning, punch apartment numbers, play drums on the walls, curse and clog the vestibule so residents cannot pass. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041269-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml What makes an effective teacher? That is the question facing administrators in the Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers as they go about implementing a performance pay plan that is part of the $40 million grant that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the school district last year. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041266-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A judge's decision on whether the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board has the right to arrest reports and other matters from the G-20 summit could ultimately determine how much power the board has. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041208-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A college student whose body was found in a Carnegie Mellon University fraternity this weekend had been drinking vodka inside the house before his death, city homicide detectives said. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041211-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A fire that destroyed the historic Wendell August Forge near Grove City over the weekend has been ruled accidental. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041217-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml State troopers seized more than 100 grams of raw heroin after pulling a car over on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Saturday night near Somerset. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041220-28.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Longtime dreams of new Allegheny riverfront housing, commercial spaces, bike paths and other recreational amenities are a step closer to reality, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is set to announce today. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041221-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Four people were taken to a hospital after a fire Monday morning at a residence in the 400 block of Campbell Street in Wilkinsburg. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041222-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man who was 14 when he witnessed a homicide in Lincoln-Lemington again refused to testify Monday morning in criminal court. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041227-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Mara Jo Knox of Windgap lay mortally wounded in her bedroom Sunday when she told police "Anthony" had stabbed her. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041229-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Butler County couple on Monday filed a lawsuit against Target, claiming that an improperly marketed wicker trunk that they used as a toy chest trapped their 18-month-old daughter's neck, leaving her in a persistent vegetative state. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041230-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The 101-year-old St. Athanasius Catholic School in West View will close in June because declining enrollment has made tuition too expensive for most families. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041179-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Former congressional staff member Mark Critz today won the nomination to represent the Democratic Party in a May 18 special election to replace his former boss, U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, party officials said. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041169-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Because Pittsburgh Vann K-5 may close this summer, the city school district is planning a community forum on the recommendations for new school assignments. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041150-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Mara Jo Knox of Windgap lay mortally wounded in her bedroom Sunday when she told police "Anthony" had stabbed her Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041045-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When we touch something hot, molecules in our body go to the surfaces of our nerve cells and open up signaling channels that start the pain message heading up the spine. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041142-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man who was 14 when he witnessed a homicide in Lincoln-Lemington again refused to testify this morning in criminal court. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041134-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The "hole in the wall" at the West End Circle is scheduled to open to northbound traffic Tuesday, another milestone in PennDOT's $52.6 million project to untangle traffic there Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041125-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The century-old St. Athanasius Elementary School will close its doors after this school year because of low enrollment Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041122-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Four people were taken to a hospital after a fire this morning at a residence in Wilkinsburg. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:16:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041022-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A 20-year-old man was found dead in a Carnegie Mellon University fraternity house Sunday afternoon, according to a statement from the school. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041023-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Bloomfield man is charged with aggravated assault, kidnapping and other charges after he allegedly abducted his ex-girlfriend early Sunday morning. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041024-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A vacant church in New Kensington was destroyed by a fire that broke out late Saturday night and spread to a neighboring house. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041025-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An Allegheny County fire marshal is investigating a blaze that leveled a home in McKeesport Sunday morning. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041029-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police say a Windgap man stabbed his wife to death and assaulted their two children before stabbing himself in a domestic dispute Sunday. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041034-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Leon Donnenberg, 90, only had to come from across the street, but new mother Lexxie Owen traveled from Kittanning, the Armstrong County seat some 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, with 4-month-old Mia. Emcee Larry Berger said he also talked to attendees from State College and Florida. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041035-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Windber Coal Heritage Center, which has been struggling with shortened hours in recent years, has been sold for $250,000 to the Rosebud Mining Co., one Pennsylvania's largest underground coal producers. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041047-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A politically tied development consultant who doubles as an adviser to the region's top planning agency may have to compete for his $7,000-a-month contract for the first time in 10 years. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041100-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml In a synagogue auditorium made over as an ancient Persian bazaar, a woman in harem dress took the stage before 50 women. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500