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Share + Nov 13, 2009 5:45 pm US/Eastern Reporting Paul Martino In Pennsylvania the State Agriculture Department inspects restaurants, except in Allegheny County where the Health Department does it.

We live in a region rich in public art - and equally rich in the level and number of sculptors who create it.

By Mark Kanny , TRIBUNE-REVIEW CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC Friday, November 6, 2009 Last updated: 3:02 pm Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has purchased property in Lawrenceville to serve as a student dormitory for an influx of out-of-state high school-age dancers coming to study at its school.

WildCard, on Butler Street in Lawrenceville, will celebrate its grand opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Preservationists from Lawrenceville yesterday delivered a proposal to the city to save properties within the Iron City Brewing Co.

It usually takes 20 to 30 minutes to drive to Carnegie Mellon University from the former LTV site in Hazelwood.

Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania, which earlier this year agreed to sell its South Side headquarters on East Carson Street to Burns & Scalo Real Estate Services Inc., may have found a new home in Lawrenceville.

A new commuter train serving Lawrenceville, Oakland and Hazelwood could be built for $80.9 million and draw new development to those neighborhoods, according to a report presented Wednesday to the Pittsburgh City Council.

Sorry, Mr. Carnegie, Pittsburgh can't afford your gift anymore. This may be a first in the annals of philanthropy.

Among the facilities scheduled to be closed by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the Lawrenceville branch.

Of the many voices shouting for attention on the streets of Pittsburgh during the G-20 summit, one voice dominated with a controversial yet simple message: "By order of Pittsburgh chief of police, I hereby declare this an unlawful assembly.

When Seegrid Corp. began looking for more space for its materials-moving robotics operations, it knew it wanted to be near Pittsburgh International Airport.

When it came to Polish-American music and bands, Philip Pruszynski was considered by his peers as the leader of the band.

"Bridges and Tunnels of Pittsburgh" Sharpsburg Bridge, 1911. When I was a teenager, a day hike miles beyond our Pittsburgh neighborhood of Lawrenceville often became a wild adventure.

A group of protesters marches through the Lawrenceville neighborhood September 24, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Ben Fox, of the volunteer group Everybody's Kitchen, stands by the group's bus under the Bloomfield Bridge, ready to cook and hand out free meals, before police ordered the group to move on Monday.

A group of protesters marches through the Lawrenceville neighborhood September 24, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In most any discussion involving Pittsburgh, there are certain people one needs to know.

Are you a runner, training for Sunday's Pittsburgh Great Race? Or, are you just curious about the race? Click here to watch a series of videos from Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter and veteran runner William Loeffler.

Written by Christian Morrow - Courier Staff Writer Thursday, 17 September 2009 11:27 Whether fighting in Korea or for civil rights in the streets of Pittsburgh, Harvey Adams Jr.