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There has been an increase in graffiti in our neighborhood. We’ve noticed it. You’ve noticed it. Now a new organization in the business district is not only getting tagged, but the vandals left a malicious slur on the side of the building they occupy. What can we do? Redeemer on the Mount did the right thing by contacting [...]

There is a public hearing this evening at the Onala Club (1625 W. Carson Street) from 6-9pm if you’d like to make your opinions about the proposed strip club known. If you haven’t been following news coverage about the club, here’s the brief (read the full Post-Gazette article about it here): 2008; Marquise Investments asks for city’s approval to [...]

DATE: Saturday, March 20, 2010 TIME: 9 am – 11 am LOCATION: PCRG Conference Room 1901 Centre Ave, Suite 200 Sponsored by PCRG, the goal of Safe Neighborhood Networks is to bring neighborhood public safety activists together to share strategies, discuss root causes of crime across communities, receive training from public safety experts, and build safe communities [...]

I know we’re all very G-20 focused this week, but I got an e-mail that I thought was important to share in light of the alleged criminal activity that everyone has been discussing on the message boards. It’s regarding a Safe Neighborhoods Network meeting taking placed this weekend. I don’t know much about the group, [...]

Mt. Washington mom finds noose-tied doll scrawled with son’s initials As ssb70 noted in a comment, WPXI.com reported that a Mt. Washington mother called 911 after finding a doll hanging from a noose attached to the hood of her car on Monday morning. When she looked closely at the doll, she noticed that its face [...]

The Post Gazette put together a Google Map of all the murders in Pittsburgh in 2008. The best thing about this map is that you can click on the marker and see details and new articles about that specific murder. I think it’s interesting to be able to see where the murders seem to congregate. [...]

Join us TONIGHT at 6:30PM at the Senior Center on Virginia Ave for a crime prevention workshop. Officer Christine Luffey, Zone 3 Police, will be in attendance to discuss setting up block watches in Mt. Washington and Duquesne Heights. City Maps and crime statistics will be available to determine where block watches should be formed. For [...]

I caught wind of this fire literally when I could smell smoke in the air driving through the neighborhood. I had my camera with me and took some video. At the scene I heard that there was no one in the house at the time the fire broke out. More details to come and as [...]

Hooray to the Mayor and City Council for approving use of surveillance cameras in the City of Pittsburgh. I know there are mixed reviews on their effectiveness, but if measures are put into to place to protect our privacy then I say let’s use them to try and make our communities safer. According to an [...]

Last Sunday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at the new rain garden in Mt. Washington. Burt Hill employees and Mt. Washington residents donated hours and hours of time and money to make the corner of Shiloh St. and Virginia Ave. more inviting. Instead of focusing on this positive promotion for our business district, we are forced [...]