By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor The end of a year and the start of a new one is often a time of reflection for many people. For The Northside Chronicle, it has become tradition in our January issue to do a year in review, where we look back at our top stories from the past year. How do we determine...

By Ethan Markon | Staff Writer Pittsburgh’s fourth spotted lanternfly season is arriving, but it might not be as bad as previous years. City of Pittsburgh’s Senior Park Ranger Erica Heide said that for lanternflies, “the third year is typically the worst.” Heide noted that all invasive species have ...

By Ethan Markon | Staff Writer Pittsburgh’s fourth spotted lanternfly season is arriving, but it might not be as bad as previous years. City of Pittsburgh’s Senior Park Ranger Erica Heide said that for lanternflies, “the third year is typically the worst.” Heide noted that all invasive species have ...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor The last full month of summer is over and we’re quickly approaching autumn. But while the end of the season might be sad for some, it also means it’s time for another round of Northside Chronicle poll results. We started off the latest round of polls by asking what e...

By Caitlyn Scott & Madison Stokes | Staff Writers With temperatures rising and the sun making its due appearance in the ‘Burg, many parts of the region will, unfortunately, be “welcoming” back an unwanted visitor for the summer season. The spotted lanternfly (SLF) has become an annual visitor to All...

Read on for information about how you can protect your parks against a new invasive insect called the spotted lanternfly. Photo: Penn State Spotted Lanternfly Everyone’s help is needed to battle a new pest: the spotted lanternfly (SLF). This is an invasive insect from Asia that’s already being repor...