Mayor proposes tax exemption program for longtime residents Mayor Ed Gainey has submitted legislation to Pittsburgh City Council to create a Longtime Owner Occupant Tax Exemption Program (LOOP), with the goal of shielding residents from tax raises from rapidly increasing property values. The mayor a...

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 Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor DOMI details E. Ohio St. improvement plans At an Aug. 8 public meeting at Allegheny Center Alliance Church, Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) presented some of the planned possible improvements for East Ohio Street between Chestnut Street ...

Northside pools open for the summer All three of the Northside’s public swimming pools are open for the summer 2024 season. In a press release, the City of Pittsburgh announced that Jack Stack, Riverview Park and the Sue Murray pools were among the 15 CitiParks Pools that are open for the summer. Th...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor OBSERVATORY HILL — Once more Riverview Park was the center of Arbor Day festivities on the Northside, with a celebration full of many fun activities for families. This year’s observation of the holiday was even more special for the park. Riverview Park became a natio...

By Councilman Wilson Hello everyone! As the weather gets warmer and we start venturing outdoors, I want to make sure you’re up to date on what’s happening in and around the Northside. I’m happy to share that last month, the City’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) installed speed hump...

Jazz Poetry Month returns to City of Asylum City of Asylum will hold its 20th annual Jazz Poetry Month starting on May 2. Jazz Poetry events will be held on May 2, 9, 13, 16, 19, 21, 23 throughout the month. Each event will start at 7 p.m. at Alphabet City, located at 40 W. North Ave. All performanc...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor OBSERVATORY HILL — It’s not uncommon for people to gather at the Allegheny Observatory to catch glimpses of stars, moons or planets, but the crowd that gathered on April 8 was much larger than usual. That’s because, rather than using the sophisticated telescopes of t...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor BRIGHTON HEIGHTS — Roughly 15 years after its previous iteration was dismantled, ground was broken on the new Davis Avenue Bridge on April 11, once more connecting Brighton Heights with Riverview Park. The bridge, unlike its predecessor, is a pedestrian and bicyclist...