By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor The 2025 Pennsylvania Primary Election is taking place this month, on May 20. For Pittsburghers, perhaps the most important race of the season is for the seat of Mayor of Pittsburgh. Democratic candidate Ed Gainey is seeking to retain his position, having become the ...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor As longtime readers might recall from our February issue, 2025 is the 40th year The Northside Chronicle has been in operation, serving the community by providing all the biggest news and updates. We’re planning a special celebration to commemorate this accomplishment...

*Editor's note: This story was updated on May 9 to correct the amount of sanitary water production a day ALCOSAN will produce upon completion of the East Ohio River Tunnel Project. By Macklin Monaghan | Staff Writer On March 11, the East Allegheny Community Council convened to discuss recent crime s...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist *Editor’s note: This column contains a description of how bodies are prepared for funerals which some readers may find graphic. Reader discretion is advised. Also, this article was updated from its print version to correct names of Stephen and John Brady. Some people may th...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor The 2025 Pennsylvania Primary Election is taking place this month, on May 20. For Pittsburghers, perhaps the most important race of the season is for the seat of Mayor of Pittsburgh. Democratic candidate Ed Gainey is seeking to retain his position, having become the ...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor OBSERVATORY HILL — As part of ongoing efforts to reduce the deer population in Pittsburgh’s parks, a targeted harvesting program was piloted in Riverview and Frick parks to further bring down the herd numbers of the animals. The targeted harvest was performed in Marc...

By Carson Folio | Staff Writer Following the installation of new outfield fences in 2024, the Northside Baseball and Softball Association (NBSA) will add new padding and baseball flair on the fences at Jack Stack Field for the upcoming season. The quality-of-life upgrades will be revealed at an open...

NorthSideWorks! holding jobs fair on May 14 NorthSideWorks!, a workforce development program that’s part of the Northside North Shore Chamber of Commerce, will hold its second annual jobs fair at Sage AE on May 14. The fair last year, which was held at Acrisure Stadium, drew a crowd of 275 attendees...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor MANCHESTER — Manchester Academic Charter School (MACS) is sending four of its students to the Academic Games National Tournament, a competition held in Washington, D.C., in which students compete in a variety of educational games in pursuit of a coveted “Thinker Trop...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor We have a tie! In a first for The Northside Chronicle’s photo contests, two entries have received an equal amount of votes. We’ve had a few near-misses in the past, and once almost had a three-way tie until a single vote under half an hour before the deadline broke t...