http://www.post-gazette.com/neighborhoods/ Neighborhood news from the City, East, West, North, South, West, Washington, Westmoreland; My Homewood Journal en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:30:10 -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/10069/1041583-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A woman has died in an early morning house fire in Penn Hills. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:04:00 -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/10069/1041582-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Early this morning, the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh issued a flood watch from Thursday evening through Sunday for Cambria, Fayette, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland counties. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:56:00 -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 05:37:00 -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/10069/1041535-53.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 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/10068/1041393-100.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/10068/1041219-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Streets Run gurgled peacefully through Pittsburgh's Hays neighborhood on Monday, well within its banks. 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 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1041014-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Dunbar man is being held on a $250,000 bond for allegedly sexually assaulting a young girl and her mother. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1041016-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Bloomfield man is charged with aggravated assault, kidnapping and other charges after he allegedly abducted his ex-girlfriend early this morning. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040997-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A woman died this afternoon of stab wounds in an apparent domestic incident in the Windgap neighborhood of the West End that left a man and two children hospitalized. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040995-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police have taken into custody a man who was suspected of being a threat to himself and possibly others. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 14:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040994-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A vacant church building in New Kensington was destroyed by a fire that broke out late Saturday night and spread to a neighboring house. No one was injured, according to a Westmoreland County emergency dispatcher. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 14:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040993-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An Allegheny County fire marshal is investigating a blaze that leveled a home in McKeesport this morning. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040959-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Wendell August Forge, an American institution that has furnished generations of families with its hand-cast decorative ornaments and plates, burned to the ground Saturday afternoon. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040919-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An Allegheny County judge wants to mediate a case concerning the reopening of UPMC Braddock hospital, but County Executive Dan Onorato is opposed to the idea, according to correspondence between Common Pleas Judge Gene Strassburger and attorneys for the county, UPMC and Braddock residents. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040344-348.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml "Kelly Statue Could Grace City," read the Post-Gazette headline on Oct. 23, 1999. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500