Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Wary shoppers turn to local lettuce growers
keep up with demand, as interest surges in locally grown greens. Wholesale business has more than doubled, and the local producer has come up short in providing enough for retail sales — including at farmers markets, where they sell out long before...
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Small school district, ‘mighty’ aspirations
The buildings of the once-prosperous Crucible Steel Co. tower over Midland, with storefronts such as Rite Aid still covered with the pharmacy’s signage, sitting empty. Farther back from the Ohio River, some homes in the Beaver County community are...
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JUDGE ORDERS COUNTY PROPERTY REASSESSMENT
A judge has ordered Allegheny County to complete a countywide reassessment — which would be the first in nearly 15 years — to settle a lawsuit a Churchill homeowner filed last year. Judge Kenneth Valasek ordered a reassessment to be completed by July...
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BACK IN BLACK ... AND GOLD
Linebacker Elandon Roberts, left, puts a hit on wide receiver Levi Wentz during Steelers training camp on Sunday at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. Roberts, who played for the Steelers in 2023-24, re-signed with the team late last week.
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IT’S FIRST AND 25
Earlier this year, more than 800,000 people flocked to Pittsburgh for the 2026 NFL Draft. The event went down as the biggest in the city’s history, showcasing many of the unique qualities the region has to offer. At the center of all the action was...
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Ballot questions struck down
A judge has ruled that a series of questions on the November ballot that could impose term limits on Allegheny County officials must be removed because County Council did not follow the legally required process for the measure. The legislation would...
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LOCAL WATERWAYS DRAW SCRUTINY
Swimmers might want to think twice before taking a dip in Pennsylvania’s waterways, according to a report by an environmental advocacy group. A report released Wednesday by the Philadelphia- based Pennenvironment Research and Policy Center found that...
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IT’S TIME FOR FOOTBALL
Mike Mccarthy’s coaching career is coming full circle. The Pittsburgh native will coach his first game with the Steelers against the team that gave him his first opportunity to be a head coach in the NFL. The Green Bay Packers come to Acrisure Stadium...
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DEMO DELAY
Two- year- old Eleanor Binkoski is wondering why she can’t go to story time. Eleanor used to go every Monday at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington branch, her mother, Alisha Binkoski, said. “She always asks when can she go, and she...
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WET BLANKET
Relentless rounds of thunderstorms with the potential to drop upward of a foot of rain in some parts of the region over the next few days could cause “very serious” flooding, meteorologists say. Jeff Craven, the National Weather Service Pittsburgh...
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SUPER DAY AT THE WATERFRONT
Lincoln Walenchok, 3, of Munhall, jumps over small hurdles Sunday at the Superhero Kids Club event at The Waterfront in Homestead. Children got the chance to unleash their inner superheroes during the free family event, featuring a superhero-themed...
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ECHOES OF THE BLAST
The five-tier wooden shelf in the corner of Trisha Quinn’s dining room has dozens of photos attached. “Lord of the Rings” action figures, Irish books and Hot Wheels cars in their original packaging dot the shelves. At the bottom, a box is etched with a...
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Budget has a few bright spots
Though bright spots have appeared in Pittsburgh’s finances, the city’s controller said Friday there remains “little room for error” as the city grapples with balancing residents’ needs with the fiscal limitations that loom over its budget. For years...
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‘We are the solution’
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler County has left a long shadow on the community. Even two years later, Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy said the events of July 13, 2024, still cloud his efforts to improve the town of about 13,000...
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‘More than a village’
Along Woodward Avenue in Mckees Rocks, homes vary by color, condition and size. Some have overgrown shrubs or paint chipping off the sides. Others are decorated with flower pots and children’s toys scattered across the porch. More recently, a handful...
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GIVE IT A WHIRL
A boy plays with Hula-hoops in Buhl Community Park at Allegheny Square on Tuesday outside the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Warm weather will continue Wednesday with a high of 87 and low of 68, but a thunderstorm is expected.
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TRUMP: IRAN FACES ITS ‘LAST CHANCE’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the 5-month-old Iran war — but this time, he insists it’s different. The president on Monday said that new talks between Washington and Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to...
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OUT FOR A SPIN
Brian Ferraro stepped through the front door at Bicycle Heaven and stopped in his tracks. The Rochester, N.Y., resident scanned the endless sea of bicycles hanging from the ceiling, mounted on walls and covering nearly every square foot of floor...
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PROMISE vs. PERIL
Deborah Blackwell Battle remembers the scars in her neighborhood from an urban renewal project decades ago. “I was in elementary school when that happened, and it was horrendous,” recalled Battle, who grew up in Manchester and is a current resident of...
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State disputes feds’ noncitizen voters count
Pennsylvania officials are pushing back on the Trump administration’s claim that there may be more than 14,000 potential noncitizens registered to vote in the state. In a letter sent Wednesday to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary...
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Bus lanes to Squirrel Hill receive funding
Pittsburgh Regional Transit is still building the second phase of its University Line project to install dedicated bus lanes between Downtown Pittsburgh and Oakland, but it already is collecting funds to extend the project through Squirrel Hill. The...
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Travelers can touch down on outdoor terrace
Travelers can listen to the hum of airplane engines while watching flights arrive and depart from a new vantage point at Pittsburgh International Airport. Overlooking the southern portion of the airfield, a 36,000-square-foot pre-security outdoor...
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Now onstage: A peek at Hill’s music venue
Standing on the future stage of Citizens Live at The Wylie wearing a hard hat and a safety vest, Sara Silvestri sees not just a construction site but also a cultural monument. “It’s not just another venue for music,” said Silvestri, design manager for...
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THE FAST LANE
About 10 years ago, while he was still Allegheny County executive, Rich Fitzgerald walked in Frick Park under the Commercial Street Bridge with former Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Leslie Richards to review the deteriorating...
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GOOD OLD HEALTHY FUN
There was an unusual buzz in the parking lot beside the Hillcrest Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Hill District Sunday morning. Flocks of children squirted water guns as they chased each other around the lot. Others climbed a tree abutting Wylie...
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TEEN PRESSURE TEST
The kids want to be all right. They are bored. They want to be with their friends — with the people they feel safest with. They want to be outside while the weather is nice. They want to go to the pool when it’s hot. “We’re just kids trying to have...
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CDC adds Pa., 3 states to list
Pennsylvania and three other states have been added to the official list of those connected with an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. The outbreak, linked to iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms...
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16 arrested in FBI’S drug trafficking sting
Fourteen men and two women were taken into custody in a coordinated operation Thursday morning, the culmination of a monthslong federal investigation that authorities dubbed Operation Steel Reaper. Richard Evanchec, director of the FBI’S Pittsburgh...
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RIDING HIGH
As Pittsburgh’s massive Parkway East project continues to run ahead of schedule, the highway is expected to reopen by the middle of next week at the latest, officials said Wednesday. Transportation officials said during a media briefing that a...
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Storms sock areas outside city
What had been billed as a potentially “significant” day for severe thunderstorms was mostly a dud for the immediate Pittsburgh area. But areas to the north, south and west of the city still felt the wrath of the strong storm system. The National...
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A SMOOTH RIDE
The moment was over a year in the making for Mammoet. The Netherlands-based company was tasked with moving the new 22 million-pound Commercial Street Bridge into place on the Parkway East, among the Pittsburgh region’s largest recent infrastructure...
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Fire truck prices fuel lawsuits
As Pittsburgh firefighters spent hours containing a three-alarm blaze ripping through a former church on Mount Washington on July 7, a warning light flashed inside three of their fire trucks. While the giant machines poured water on the burning...
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Pa. battle brews over skill game terminals
From taverns to gas stations to so-called skill games parlors, business owners across Pennsylvania are bracing for an unknown future as time runs out for video game terminals that have been a lucrative cash stream for years. Without swift action by...
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Heat, politics mark celebrations in U.S.
Fireworks began to crack as early as midday Saturday in Philadelphia, the birthplace of the nation near the site where the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress, as America celebrated the 250th...
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Berks, Dauphin, Northumberland and York. Health officials say there is a likelihood of a large number of unreported cases. While immunization data shows that most families in Lancaster support vaccination, the county is home to a large number of Amish...
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MOVE TO SLOW VACCINE WAIVERS
Read our investigation about the declining vaccine rates in Pa. schools and the potential impact. With the spread of dangerous childhood diseases rising across Pennsylvania, top lawmakers say they want to rein in the legal exemptions that have allowed...
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