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 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...

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 Councilman Wilson Hello everyone, While we begin to enjoy warmer weather and the sounds of spring, that also tends to bring along a different, perhaps more irritating sound: one of construction. At the end of March, construction season in the Northside officially began with the start of the long ...

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...