Mount Washington News

Mild temperatures, blue skies, an evening of free music and fireworks brought people out early for Friday night's Waterfront Independence Festival.

Kathy Light was shocked. The 50-year-old grandmother said she had no idea that some kids use texting codes like 'TDTM,' which stands for 'talk dirty to me,' or 'CD9' which means 'Code 9, parents are around.' 'Oh my God,' Light said, as she read through a list of codes and meanings.

Construction will begin Thursday on Sweetbriar Village, a 22-unit single and multi-family residential community being built at 406 Sweetbriar St., Mt.

Having a career other than working in the family business never really crossed M.D. Jasper's mind, until his father's untimely death.

Some ride to have fun, others ride to reach a destination. This Saturday a group of concerned citizens will ride to remember a group of Mount Washington teens who died by suicide.

Keturah Hrebicik has always loved horses but has never had a chance to be around them.

Marti Shea, women's winner of the Newton's Revenge bike race up Mt. Washington both years the race has been held, hopes to go three-for-three in 2009, as she leads the field of women entered for this year's race on July 11.

More than 250 motorcycles and vehicles are expected to fill the streets of Mount Washington for the second annual Ride to Survive Poker Run on Saturday, June 27.

The Cincinnati Bomb Squad removed an explosive device from a Mount Washington apartment complex Tuesday night.

The Mount Washington swimming pool will open in the next week, county and city officials said.

Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in the 9400 block of Routt Road in southeastern Jefferson County, a MetroSafe Communications supervisor said.

It is pretty easy to calculate how fast Rickey Gates was running yesterday: 7.6 miles an hour.

Craig Smith can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-5646. The congregation of a 109-year-old Mt.

Runners in the 2008 Mt. Washington Road Race prepare to start what was sure to be one of the most grueling challenges of their lives.

Mount Washington sees more than a million visitors a year. But most limit their exploration to scenic views from Grandview Avenue, then turn around and ride the Incline right back down to Station Square .

Search crews Tuesday were looking for a 70-year-old man believed to be on Mount Washington.

Police call it ethnic intimidation, but a local woman said what she found outside her home is a threat on her son's life.

Todd DiFiore's job offers no paid leave or vacation time - not that he would know what to do with it if it did.

A ride up Mount Washington on the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway remains, as it has for well over a century, an exciting and unforgettable experience.

Make some new memories with your family this winter at New Hampshire's largest ski area at the historic Mount Washington Resort.