The Northside Chronicle will hold a 40th Anniversary Party at The Mattress Factory on July 31 from 6-9 p.m., and we’re planning on making it a truly momentous occasion. We’ll have food and drinks, a look back at The Chronicle’s four decades in operation and past staff members will share their experi...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist “Coming through the Northside since he was a baby” to visit relatives in Fineview, Jason Farahi is not new to the area. In 2008 following college graduation, he found himself living on the Northside to embark on his career and has been on the Northside ever since. Lauren Br...

By Macklin Monaghan | Staff Writer From Fungi to the Pie Guy, there’s a vendor for everyone at the Northside Farmers Market. Taking place in Allegheny Commons Park every Friday from 3-7 p.m. through Nov. 21, this event houses different local food, beverages and other types of vendors from around the...

Reggae at Riverview returns for 5th year Reggae at Riverview will make its return on Aug. 2, marking the fifth year of the annual music festival. Held at the newly renovated Valley Refuge Shelter in Riverview Park, the family-friendly festival will run from 1-9 p.m. The event is free and open to the...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor ALLEGHENY CITY CENTRAL — If one were to look through the Allegheny YMCA as it stands right now, it would be a little hard to believe that the building is a little over halfway through its $23 million renovation. Floors, walls and ceilings remain torn up, uncovered ho...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor When one thinks of landmarks, they likely think of structures that have been around for a long time, burning themselves into the memory of the community they inhabit and serving as an indelible part of that neighborhood for decades. In the case of our Northside Landm...

The Northside Chronicle will hold a 40th Anniversary Party at The Mattress Factory on July 31 from 6-9 p.m., and we’re planning on making it a truly momentous occasion. We’ll have food and drinks, a look back at The Chronicle’s four decades in operation and past staff members will share their experi...

By Anna Yoder | Columnist How many of us remember when Federal Street was bustling with hundreds of businesses and trolley cars from Perrysville all the way to the river (yes, prior to the Allegheny Center Mall)? And how many 100-year-old women do you know who continue to design and sew their own dr...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor ALLEGHENY CITY CENTRAL — City of Asylum, the Northside-based nonprofit that provides assistance to exiled writers, was among many arts organizations nationwide to have funding pulled by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in May. In an email sent out on May 5, ...