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Hundreds receive free dental, eye and ear care in Pittsburgh
More than 1,500 people received free dental, eye and ear care Friday and Saturday at the David L. Convention Center. More than 1,400 volunteers from across the region took part to care for patients including dentists, eye and ear clinicians and many others. The all-day event event was open to...
Residents gather to remember victims 5 years after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Audrey Glickman’s heart still aches for Joe — especially on Oct. 27 each year. Five years ago on Friday, Glickman and Joseph Charny, her late companion, fled Pervin Chapel when a gunman broke into their Squirrel Hill synagogue and opened fire. They hid inside a room near the choir loft,...
Proposed zoning change would make it easier to open child cares in Pittsburgh residential areas
A proposed zoning amendment aims to make it easier to open child care businesses in Pittsburgh’s residential areas. Council members Bobby Wilson, D-North Side, and Deb Gross, D-Highland Park, introduced legislation Tuesday that would allow for child care facilities within neighborhoods zoned for single-family residential uses. It also would eliminate...
Western Pennsylvania Energy Consortium to use clean energy from Ohio wind farm
A local group aiming to transition to cleaner energy plans to begin using wind energy from an Ohio-based wind farm, officials announced Friday. The Western Pennsylvania Energy Consortium — which includes Pittsburgh and dozens of other municipalities, nonprofits and public benefit organizations — purchases electricity in bulk from renewable sources,...
Money from boosting rates, hours of metered parking in Lawrenceville to support mobility projects
Pittsburgh officials are planning to increase rates and hours of metered parking in the city’s Lawrenceville neighborhood and use the extra cash for transportation-related projects in the community. City Council on Tuesday approved legislation that creates a new mobility enhancement district in the neighborhood. It allows the city to charge...
Tree of Life synagogue massacre led to little action by Pa. Legislature
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Five months after 11 Jewish worshippers were murdered in a Pittsburgh synagogue, Cheryl Klein rose during a rare joint session of the Pennsylvania...
Cultural Trust’s Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh fundraiser highlights the iconic drink
The cosmopolitan is a pink-hued martini that rose to popularity on HBO’s “Sex and the City,” which debuted in 1998. The cosmo, as it is also known, has stood the test of time for the ladies in the show, appearing in episodes of the 2021 “Sex and the City” sequel...
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims honored in Congressional resolution
Five years after tragedy struck Pittsburgh and the lives of 11 congregants at the Tree of Life synagogue were taken, U.S. Congress is honoring their memories. U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, have introduced resolutions to remember the lives of the 11 victims and the...
Alta Via scheduled to open in Pittsburgh’s Market Square
The second Alta Via restaurant is scheduled to open on Friday in Market Square. Located in the former Molinaro Ristorante & Bar in Downtown Pittsburgh, Big Burrito Restaurant Group president Bill Fuller said it’s a great spot. The newest location joins the original Alta Via in Fox Chapel Plaza in...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Oct. 27-29
It’s the final weekend of October. Here are some ways to spend it. Quantum For its 100th production, Quantum Theatre returns to Rodef Shalom Congregation on the Oakland/Shadyside border with “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk” (The Chagall Musical). Opening night is at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. and 8...
Morning Roundup: Teen stabbed in Downtown Pittsburgh; woman shot in Crafton Heights
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Oct. 27: Teen stabbed in Downtown Pittsburgh A teenager was found stabbed in the 800 block of Liberty Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh just before 6 p.m. Thursday, Pittsburgh police said. The 17-year-old had stab wounds to his upper...
Police say North Side man confessed to killing former neighbor
It took three tries this week for Joshua James Short to kill his former neighbor, Pittsburgh police said. The 21-year-old North Side man tried breaking into Joseph Sees Jr.’s Manchester home at about 1 a.m. Saturday, Short told police in what they called a full confession to the murder. When...
On, Comet! Astrobotic sets Christmas Eve launch date for lunar lander
Pittsburgh has officially set its date to travel to the moon, and it will come as a Christmas present. Pittsburgh-based space company Astrobotic will launch its Peregrine lunar lander on Dec. 24 from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, said Astrobotic CEO John Thorton. “It has been 16...
Pittsburgh’s Sister Bridges star in light demonstration
Lights. Camera. Bridges. Allegheny County on Wednesday demonstrated an enhanced lighting system being installed on the Roberto Clemente (Sixth Street), Andy Warhol (Seventh Street), and Rachel Carson (Ninth Street) Bridges. They’re commonly referred to as the Sister Bridges. The installation of 601,440 color LED lights across the three bridges that...
Pro-Palestine graffiti in Squirrel Hill called ‘despicable’
Pro-Palestine graffiti was found Thursday morning at multiple Squirrel Hill locations, including a wall outside Allderdice High School and on yard signs near a Jewish private school. Officials said they don’t know who spray-painted “Free Palestine” on a brick wall at Allderdice or changed a yard sign reading “I Stand...
Argentine restaurant, Balvanera, opens its doors in Pittsburgh’s Strip District
For the owners of the Argentine restaurant Balvanera, opening in the Strip District is a bit of a homecoming. Meredith Boyle grew up in Aspinwall. On one of their many trips back to her hometown, her husband Chef Fernando Navas fell in love with the city as well. So when...
Pittsburgh to provide protection for renters experiencing domestic violence
Pittsburgh renters experiencing domestic violence will now be able to terminate leases early without penalty and request locks to be changed. Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation that requires landlords to permit domestic violence victims to exit leases early without penalty and requires them to change victims’ locks...
Pittsburgh man charged in Manchester homicide case
A Pittsburgh man has been accused of the fatal shooting of a man on Pittsburgh’s North Side on Sunday, city police said Wednesday. The suspect, Joshua James Short, 21, is accused of shooting Joseph Sees, 29, in Manchester, around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, police said. Officers found the victim inside a...
Homeowners need protection from predatory property wholesalers, experts tell Pittsburgh City Council
Housing experts told Pittsburgh City Council members Wednesday that legislation is needed to protect vulnerable homeowners from predatory residential property wholesalers. Legislation introduced in August would require residential property wholesalers — corporations that buy up houses and sell, lease or use them for Airbnbs — to get an annual license....
Pittsburgh teen pleads guilty to 3rd-degree murder in killing of Central Catholic student
Timothy Whitfield had nothing to say. The Pittsburgh teen accepted a plea deal Wednesday morning for murdering Central Catholic High School student Jafar Brooks, then 15, almost three years ago outside a Penn Hills apartment complex. Whitfield, now 19, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy with a series...
Pittsburgh police officer to receive living kidney donation
Pittsburgh police Officer Jeffrey Crawford is scheduled to receive a living kidney donation next month after about two years of dialysis treatment. The city held a ceremony on Tuesday recognizing Crawford and his kidney donor Sonya Brown. Pittsburgh officials and representatives from the National Kidney Foundation credited Crawford for helping...
The Mon Incline reopens after weeklong closure
The Monongahela Incline is back in business after a seven-day closure. The incline that moves passengers between Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington and Station Square was placed out of service on Oct. 18 after the west car was damaged during routine maintenance, according to Pittsburgh Regional Transit. On Tuesday, transit officials announced...
Midnight Whistler opening soon in former Hough’s space in Greenfield
Midnight Whistler is the nickname for a bigfoot — hence the bigfoot head you will see on the wall of the pub that’s replacing Hough’s Taproom in Greenfield. The new place is expected to open in early November, pending some permit approvals. “Midnight Whistler is a nod to bigfoot,” said...
Police: Man shot in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood
A man was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood Tuesday. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said officers were dispatched to the intersection of Geyer and Shadeland avenues for two ShotSpotter alerts. Eight rounds reportedly were fired. Police found a man in the area of Schimmer...
Feds award nearly $25M to Pittsburgh high-tech energy projects
Two projects seeking to advance high-tech energy efforts in the Pittsburgh area were recently awarded nearly $25 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. Duquesne Light is receiving $19.7 million to enhance grid flexibility and improve the power system’s resilience against extreme weather events caused by climate change, while Carnegie...
