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The Friends of Grandview Park folks are having their annual Grandview Park Bark event next weekend.  The event takes place from 1-4pm. Here is the flyer: Bring your dog or come visit all the locals for this free event. We will be featuring a blessing of the animals, behavior training, a doggie bake sale and [...]

On the same day we recieved a copy of a lame attempt to stop the progress happening on “The Edge” development via a petition, this editorial was published today! Friday, May 29, 2009 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The boarded-up building that sits rotting next to the Monongahela Incline has been an eyesore on Mount Washington for the [...]

I guess someone at the PG is listening. Grand plan: Makeover on Mount Washington deserves support Friday, May 29, 2009 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The boarded-up building that sits rotting next to the Monongahela Incline has been an eyesore on Mount Washington for the last three decades, marring the view and attracting seedy late-night activity. Now a [...]

The G-20 summit will be held in our very own hometown September 24-25 as was announced today. The reason? President Obama believes that Pittsburgh is ideal for emphasizing economic restoration. Established in 1999, the summit brings representatives from 20 countries together to address the issues that affect the international financial environment and brainstorm about ways [...]

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Clearing lots in the July heat is still part of the city of Pittsburgh’s summer jobs program, but air-conditioned internships at insurance agencies or banks may be part of the mix this year, too. So said city officials yesterday, as they started accepting applications for 554 [...]

As you all probably know, Proposition 8 was upheld in California yesterday. sigh. Distressing, but not unexpected. As an activist friend of mine said “The more important thing to remember is definitely that this was a constitutional procedural issue and not a ruling on gay marriage. Quite frankly, this California Supreme Court showed how pro-marriage [...]

District 2: How the west was won BY CHRIS POTTER A few thoughts about district 2, where the action was a lot less dramatic than in district 4. So this post will be less dramatic than my previous one as well. (And yes, I realize that’s saying something.) The district 2 primary, of course, is [...]

So apparently no one reads the posts I painstakingly put together! <sigh, I won’t take it personally. You’re probably just busy, right?> Because we’ve been getting questions about what time the marketplace and music is happening tomorrow. Here it is…again: What: MWCDC Art Marketplace on Shiloh Street Days: Saturdays and Sundays (weather permitting!) Times: 12-5PM [...]

I have been unabashedly supportive of Patrick Dowd and still was last night as he conceded graciously to Luke Ravenstahl. I walked away from the gathering at the Church Brew Works not defeated, but with a renewed vigor to stay engaged in local politics and keep an open mind for the general election in the [...]

Fake slate cards challenged in city council race Tuesday, May 19, 2009 By Jim McKinnon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A judge today ordered Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies to crack down on fake endorsement slate cards being passed to voters at a Mt. Washington polling place. Jim Burn, the county’s Democratic Party chairman, filed a complaint this morning [...]