Lawrenceville News

Residents across the region don't seem to be holding back when it comes to spending this holiday season.

Johanna Yoho knew the North Side church she attended since childhood couldn't hang on much longer.

Let's be clear about what's going on with the city's "tuition tax" debate. Yes, students are being used as pawns, because city officials can't tax universities and other large non-profits directly.

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Some Pittsburgh charities have been able to raise money despite hard times - and, in some cases, because of hard times.

It's as if Prohibition has ended all over again in Pittsburgh. Penn Brewery is reopening on the North Side this week exactly one year after the previous owners announced they would no longer brew beer in the city.

The Carnegie libraries in Hazelwood, Lawrenceville, Mt. Washington and the West End are listed as city designated historic structures, meaning whatever becomes of the buildings, nothing can happen to their exteriors without petitioning the city for consent.

Juliette Jones, left, and Michelle Czolba sit at the site of the proposed Pittsburgh Food Forest on Second Avenue in Hazelwood.

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.