Amateur Astronomers Association To Hold ‘Star Party’
A night of gazing into the cosmos is planned for Saturday.The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh is hosting a free “Dark Sky Star Party” at 7:50 p.m. Saturday at the Wagman Observatory in...
View ArticleFlight 93 Memorial To Debut New Visitor Center
The National Park Service has completed the construction of a new visitor center at the Shanksville memorial to the crash of Flight 93 in Somerset County.The new facility will offer photographs and...
View ArticlePoint Park University Produces Active Shooter Safety Video
A man in a brown leather jacket carrying a large black bag makes his way across Point Park University’s campus and enters a building. From inside an elevator, he opens the bag to reveal a handgun,...
View ArticleAlternative Energy Fair Features ‘Electric Car Cruise’
Car cruises are a popular weekend getaway for many, but how often do you get to take a spin in an expensive electric car?Marcellus Outreach Butler, a Butler County nonprofit group promoting alternative...
View ArticleRenowned Pakistani Poet to Attend Pittsburgh Jazz Poetry Concert
City of Asylum Pittsburgh will present its 11th annual Jazz Poetry Concert at 7:45 p.m. Saturday near the National Aviary in West Park.The event will be free to the public, and critically acclaimed...
View ArticlePA Budget Impasse Increasingly Affecting Seniors
Pennsylvania's budget impasse has now been going for about two and a half months, and it's starting to impact some of the state's most vulnerable residents.Allegheny County’s Human Services...
View ArticlePittsburgh Secures $1.2 Million Federal Transit Grant
The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority a $1.2 million grant for transit-related development in Uptown.Development carved through Uptown, Oakland,...
View ArticleSouthwestern PA Sees Summer Real Estate Surge
Southwestern Pennsylvania experienced a summer surge in home listings this year, according to a report by West Penn Multi-List, Inc.
View ArticleNextGen: Pgh Hosts Squirrel Hill Night Market
Local merchants, food vendors, artists and entertainers were featured at the second Squirrel Hill Night Market hosted Saturday by NextGen: Pgh. The event drew twice as many patrons as the first market,...
View ArticleEarly Signs Positive For Upcoming Flu Season
TheCenters for Disease Control and Prevention predicted this year’s flu vaccine would be “much better” suited to fight circulating strains of the flu virus, according to Marc Itskowitz, an internal...
View ArticlePublic Input Meeting To Be Held On Construction At Former Civic Arena Site
Developers of the former Civic Arena site in the Hill District are looking for feedback from the community.
View ArticleCarnegie Science Center Names Partner Schools for “STEM Excellence” Program
The Carnegie Science Center has selected ten local school districts to become partners with its Carnegie STEM Excellence Pathway program.The ten-member “cohort” consists of the Allegheny Valley,...
View ArticlePittsburgh Veterans Affairs Finds Three Legionella-Contaminated Water Fixtures
The Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System found three water fixtures to be contaminated with the Legionella bacteria, shortly after a patient was diagnosed with Legionella pneumonia.A patient’s...
View ArticleLawsuit Filed Against Monessen Coke Plant For Illegal Air Pollution
An environmental advocacy group filed a class-action lawsuit on Thursday against a coke production plant in Monessen, Westmoreland County, for over 225 pollution violations.
View ArticleBethel AME Church To Host Anti-Racism Workshop
Wesley Peters is a 17-year-old student at Pittsburgh Creative and Performance Arts School, and said he encounters racism on a regular basis.“As a young, African-American male, I’ve experienced racism...
View ArticleOnline Career Training Program Coming To Pittsburgh For Out-of-School Youths
Local and national organizations are collaborating to bring an online diploma program for high school dropouts to Pittsburgh.Seventy local youths ages 18-24 will be recruited by Garfield Jubilee...
View ArticleEnvision Downtown Needs Volunteers For 'Public Space Public Life' Survey
Envision Downtown is looking to the public for help documenting activity in the Golden Triangle.With the help of Gehl Studio, the American arm of Danish urban planning firm Gehl Architects, Envision...
View ArticlePitt Scientist Receives Grant To Mass-Produce Stem Cells
An associate professor of bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh is working on a way to produce human stem cells on an industrial scale.Ipsita Banerjee of the Swanson School of Engineering,...
View ArticleNational, State LGBT Advocacy Groups Launch Anti-Discrimination Video Campaign
State and national groups came together in Pittsburgh last week for a public launch party for videos detailing the lack of discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...
View ArticlePA Dairy Farmers Experiencing Sharp Drop In Milk Prices
Competition from foreign markets and struggles in the global economy are causing a drop in milk prices in Pennsylvania and across the United States.The price for milk in 2014 was the highest in...
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