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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 […]

If you were listening to the news on KDKA this morning you know by now there was a shooting at Sonny’s Place on Shiloh St. last night that resulted in the death of a 23 year old kid from Carrick.
Police are looking for suspects after a shooting at a Mount Washington bar claimed the life […]

Have you ever asked yourself, “Should I call 911 or should I call 311?” I know I have.
Apparently I’m not alone and there is some confusion among residents about when to call what service.
Today the South Pittsburgh Reporter published an article about this helpful yet sometimes confusing service. At a meeting of the SSSNA, 311 […]

The flag was indeed replaced this morning on Grandview Ave. I don’t know who is directly responsible for this, I just know that two Pittsburgh Public Works employees were spotted putting up the new flag.
Thanks to Circusvue for pointing the condition of the flag out to us and calling someone about it and thanks to […]

Literally!
Looks like Mr. Hanky  has made a rare appearance in the 15211.
I was walking on Shiloh Thursday doing the usual, Post Office, Coffee.. you know supporting the local businesses like we all do and WHAM! I was shocked to see human excrement sitting in the corner of the now vacant storefront that used to be […]

I wanted to call attention to the latest comment regarding a public hearing taking place next Tuesday at the City-County Bldg on the 5th floor at 10am. Christine Luffey, a Zone 3 police officer, will be appearing before city council to request permanent no hunting signs all over Grandview Scenic Byway Park. Allegedly, a man […]

If anyone is living in the vicinity of disorderly neighbors and/or those promoting illegal activity in your community, you may want to attend a public hearing about it on Monday at the City-County Building downtown. The meeting starts at 1:30pm and the mayor’s much talked about plan to find and/or bring misdemeanor charges against owners […]

An interesting article appeared in today’s Post-Gazette about New Kensington and contained some salient points about how one city is bouncing back in the face of a decreasing population and shrinking tax base. I was struck by one particular quote in the article.
Now we have to convince people outside the city [about progress].
The implication of […]

…what’s going on here? The multi-colored sheets over the windows could mean one of two things:
1) the occupant is repairing the inside and wants to wait to reveal it until it’s complete or
2) the occupant doesn’t want us to know what’s going on inside.
Let’s hope it’s the former!
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