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Results 1 - 20 of 104 in East Pittsburgh, PA

  1. High Winds Leave Behind Damage Across RegionRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Kdka.com

    ... down onto a car in Garfield. The white paint of the vehicle was scorched along with the pavement. Over in East Pittsburgh, the Red Cross is helping to provide food and shelter to two families after they had to leave their apartment building ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Pittsburgh, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Washington County, PA

  2. Merchant Marine Bob Downey stood up for fellow veteransRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 5 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    ... and many of them were killed when their ships were sunk by enemy submarines," his daughter said. Born in East Pittsburgh, Robert Downey was one of four children in the Mon Valley family of Martin and Nellie Fothergill Downey. After World War II, Mr. ...

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    Related Topix: Obituaries

  3. Good stimulus: Federal recovery dollars turn public housing greenRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 29 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    ... on what well-spent stimulus dollars look like than Prospect Terrace, a 94-unit public housing complex in East Pittsburgh. Thanks to a $4.4 million grant for "green renovation," Prospect Terrace will soon ditch its aging boilers and undergo a ...

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  4. Protesters call UMPC 'heartless' for closing Braddock site

    Friday Nov 27 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    ... but criminal. "We want to know, where is their heart?" Patrick Minnaji, a Port Authority worker who lives in East Pittsburgh said as he pointed to the top of the Steel Tower. Holding a sign that read "UPMC CEO NEEDS A HEART TRANSPLANT," Mr. Minnaji ...

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    Related Topix: Braddock, PA

  5. Prospect Terrace residents hope for diligent use of federal money for renovationsRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    ... they always leave at least one person at home and awake to keep watch at their Prospect Terrace apartment in East Pittsburgh. Next door to Marshall's building, the back of building No. 3 has nine ground-floor windows. One was shattered and open ...

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    Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA, West View, PA, Clairton, PA

  6. Stimulus funds help with housing's green upgradesRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Post-gazette.com - News

    An East Pittsburgh public housing complex has been awarded $4.4 million in federal stimulus funding for 'green' renovations, federal and local officials announced yesterday.

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  7. Wambaugh Continues Hollywood Station Novels with 'Hollywood Moon'Read the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Huntington News

    ... and "The Blue Knight." With "Hollywood Moon," his novel total reaches 14. The 72-year-old native of East Pittsburgh, PA ha also written five nonfiction books, of which "The Onion Field," a 1973 book about the kidnapping of two LAPD officers that was ...

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    Related Topix: Crime Movies, The Blue Knight, Drama Movies

  8. Feds award $4.4 M to update public housing in E. PittsburghRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Post-gazette.com - News

    An East Pittsburgh public housing development has been awarded $4.4 million in federal stimulus funding for 'green' renovations, federal and local officials said today.

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  9. East Pittsburgh Housing Project Gets $4 M Green GrantRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | ThePittsburghChannel

    ... makeover, thanks to a grant from the federal economic stimulus package. Prospect Terrace housing project in East Pittsburgh will receive more than $4 million in grant funding to remodel the project's 94 units. Sen. Arlen Spector, R-Pa., toured one ...

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    Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA

  10. City Community To Get Major RenovationsRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Kdka.com

    ... Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan will announce some major renovations at a housing development in East Pittsburgh. Specter and Donovan will announce that $4.4 million in stimulus funds will be used to turn Prospect Terrace into a ...

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    Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA, Pittsburgh, PA

  11. East Pittsburgh's Prospect Terrace gets $4.38 million in stimulus fundingRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

    An East Pittsburgh housing project will be getting a $4.38 million facelift this spring, several local and federal officials announced this morning at the development.

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    Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA

  12. Storytelling: 1950 snowstorm paralyzed the city but not this dadRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Post-gazette.com - Local/State

    The day after Thanksgiving 1950, on Nov. 24, I was at work as an electrical engineer in Building L of the East Pittsburgh plant of Westinghouse Electric Corp.

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  13. PennDOT to reopen Westinghouse Bridge for winterRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    ... officials said. The bridge, which carries Route 30 over Turtle Creek and the Tri-Boro Expressway between East Pittsburgh and Wilmerding, has been under construction since March as part of a $3.9 million rehabilitation project. As of today, ...

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    Related Topix: Turtle Creek, PA, Wilmerding, PA

  14. Van Hits Port Authority Bus In East PittsburghRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 18 | WTAE-TV

    One person was injured when a van hit a Port Authority bus in East Pittsburgh on Wednesday morning.

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    Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA

  15. Van Hits Port Authority Bus In East Pittsburgh

    Wednesday Nov 18 | ThePittsburghChannel

    One person was injured when a van hit a Port Authority bus in East Pittsburgh on Wednesday morning.

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    Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA

  16. Watch the Leonids meteor shower November 16, 17Read the original story

    Aug 24, 2009 | Examiner.com

    For some free entertainment that won't leave an impact on the environment, make sure to be outside November 16 at around 11:00 p.m. until the morning of November 17 at around 4:00 a.m. for the Leonid's meteor shower.

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  17. Greensburg shelter finds new homeRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 14 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    ... crisis. The move resulted after the YMCA in Greensburg sold the building in which the shelter was located on East Pittsburgh Street. Westmoreland Human Services bought the building for $305,000 last year. The YMCA had been renting the Pittsburgh ...

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    Related Topix: Greensburg, PA

  18. Shop 'n Save owner teams with Westmoreland County Food Bank

    Friday Nov 13 | Pittsburgh Tribune

    ... said Thursday. The food bank matching contribution is available only at the two stores he operates, on East Pittsburgh Street and Route 66 North, just outside Greensburg. But certificates from any Shop 'n Save will be honored, Charley said. "We have ...

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    Related Topix: Westmoreland County, PA, Greensburg, PA

  19. Greensburg Ceremony Honors 'Battle Of The Bulge' VeteransRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 11 | WTAE-TV

    Community members gathered at the VFW in Greensburg on Wednesday afternoon to honor the veterans of the Battle of the Bulge. Several members of the VFW, located on the 500 block of East Pittsburgh Street, fought in that battle. State representative Tim Kreiger read a proclamation from the governor.

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    Related Topix: History in the News, Greensburg, PA

  20. Greensburg Ceremony Honors a Battle Of The Bulgea VeteransRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 11 | ThePittsburghChannel

    ... on to honor the veterans of the Battle of the Bulge. Several members of the VFW, located on the 500 block of East Pittsburgh Street, fought in that battle. State representative Tim Kreiger read a proclamation from the governor. Resource guide

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    Related Topix: Greensburg, PA, History in the News

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