http://www.post-gazette.com/neighborhoods/ Neighborhood news from the City, East, West, North, South, West, Washington, Westmoreland; My Homewood Journal en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:01:28 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041593-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Butler - The Butler County Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Elisabeth Heath-Charles, will present its Family Pops Concert, Modern America, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041594-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Greensburg - The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will sponsor "Conserving Our Paper Heritage" at noon Wednesday as part of its Brown Bag Lecture series. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041596-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Bethel Park - "Bunnies, Baskets and Bonnets," presented by Bethel Park Heritage Players' Theater for Kids Classes, will be held at 7 p.m. March 19 at Bethel Park Community Center. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041632-258.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml McKees Rocks residents can learn what to do to protect themselves and their property from possible flooding at 5:30 p.m. today in St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Ella Street. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041635-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Lydia's Place is seeking donations of bridal gowns, accessories and formal dresses for its second annual bridal and formal dress sale April 7-11 in the center atrium at the Mall at Robinson. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041636-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police news from the West suburban area: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041637-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Carnegie council voted unanimously Monday to reduce the monthly delinquent sewage fee from 10 percent to 1.5 percent. Also, officials appointed Jordan Tax Service as delinquent sewage collector. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041638-327.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Best of all is what's on stage, a high school production that felt more like a pretty good college. "Shall We Dance," which played to packed houses last weekend, was a slick, eye-filling revue. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041639-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Complaints of foul odors around Findlay's Imperial Landfill have spiked recently, but landfill officials haven't pinpointed the source of the stink. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041640-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Council President Mike Doyle said he feels so strongly the borough needs to close its police dispatch center and switch to the county's 911 service that winning the lottery wouldn't change his mind. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041658-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Penn Hills School District will soon send furlough notices to 64 of its 417 teachers for the upcoming school year. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041659-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A presentation called Building Disability Awareness, sponsored by Easter Seals Western Pennsylvania, wasn't just a lecture. It was a hands-on experience. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041660-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A year after Pennsylvania's new Right to Know law took effect, Mt. Lebanon School District is facing unexpected costs to comply with an increasing number of requests for e-mail correspondence. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041662-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Because Seneca Valley rejected a financing proposal for an $11 million building project at Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School, it will have to find another way to borrow the money. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041663-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Plans to transfer about a dozen mail carriers from a post office in Millvale to one in Ross should not affect either local mail delivery or window services. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041883-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's pension bailout proposal is facing a dogfight in Pittsburgh City Council. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041904-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl declared a state of emergency on Wednesday in anticipation of flooding expected to occur this weekend. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041905-28.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml At first blush, the Pittsburgh Flea sounds like something you'd want to avoid. But Janis Surman is hoping a lot of people will get the itch. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041906-66.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When Ben Roethlisberger went bar-hopping in Georgia on the night he allegedly sexually assaulted a local college student, a pair of lawmen from Western Pennsylvania were on vacation with him. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041910-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml William Page stood a distance away from his 23-month-old daughter and listened to her cry. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041920-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Hill District man Wednesday was ordered to stand trial on charges that he fired bullets at police who responded to a fight between the suspect and the boyfriend of his neighbor. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041922-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml It wasn't so much that Judah Simon hit Samuel Reed while driving along the Parkway East about 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2007. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041961-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A public hearing on proposed police reforms Wednesday night quickly turned to emotional talk of race relations and animated calls from residents for further punishment against three officers accused of beating a Homewood teen during his arrest in January. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041963-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Authorities in Alaska are investigating whether Candice Berner, a 32-year-old schoolteacher originally from Slippery Rock whose body was found in the woods of a remote Alaskan village, was the state's first recorded victim of a wolf attack. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041453-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Whether it happens or not, the Flood of 2010 already is historic in one sense. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041704-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Duquesne University today announced plans to build a residence hall to meet growing on-campus housing needs. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041582-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today declared a state of emergency as the city prepares for flooding expected to occur on the weekend Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041583-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Penn Hills woman believed to have been smoking in bed died this morning when her bed caught fire and burned part of her house. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041587-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An autopsy today was inconclusive in determining the cause and manner of death of a Lower Burrell man found dead Tuesday along the Allegheny River banks in New Kensington Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041609-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Hill District man today was ordered to stand trial on charges that he fired bullets at police responding to a fight between the suspect and the boyfriend of his neighbor Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041608-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Trial began this morning in the death penalty case against a Braddock man accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041599-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Port Authority riders might have noticed a large police presence at times over the past few weeks, as authority police and federal Transportation Security Administration officers conduct saturation patrols Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041589-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police have arrested a second man in the stabbing death of a Honduran man in Canonsburg Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041535-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml For nearly a century, the J.E. Corcoran Co. has hawked fruits and vegetables from the Strip District's iconic produce terminal. But a proposed redevelopment could end its long run. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041586-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Presston Volunteer Fire Department now is officially part of the McKees Rocks Volunteer Fire Department. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041585-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml North Fayette officials are calling for owners of private sanitary sewer systems -- such as trailer parks and industrial parks -- to pay for video inspection of their sewer lines. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041584-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Monroeville council recognized the memory of teen slaying victim Demi Cuccia during last night's meeting by supporting an anti-violence bill named in her honor. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041427-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Seniors at The Residence on Fifth assisted-living facility in Oakland were notified Monday that the facility would close on May 8, with a sale of the property to Carnegie Mellon University pending this spring. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041468-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group will hold a strategy session for neighborhood block watch activists from 9 to 11 a.m. March 20 at its Hill District offices, 1901 Centre Ave., Suite 200. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041469-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Bethel Park man was charged last week with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of construction tools and equipment from sites throughout the South Hills, Washington County and elsewhere. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041470-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A former secretary at the Moon Area School District was sentenced to serve up to 23 months in jail for stealing from her employer. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041475-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Three major roadwork projects that start on Monday will affect drivers on Route 65, Route 8 and Route 28 in the northern suburbs. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041534-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A top police official has warned city officers not to take any action on the job in response to a magistrate's decision to drop criminal charges against a Homewood teen who says he was beaten during his arrest in January. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041543-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml U.S. Route 30 will be closed in both directions this weekend near the Greensburg Pike overpass in North Versailles. The closure, from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041448-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml County police are investigating after a man was shot in the abdomen in Stowe, a county emergency dispatch supervisor said. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041219-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Streets Run gurgled peacefully through Pittsburgh's Hays neighborhood on Monday, well within its banks. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041393-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Retired city policeman Robert Conroy will be the grand marshal for this year's St. Patrick's Day parade. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041387-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Castle Shannon Police are warning residents about an unauthorized door-to-door solicitor who has been operating in the borough and surrounding towns Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041361-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml In this video, courtesy of CBS News, legal analysts talk about the sexual assault allegations leveled against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041366-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Perrysville's July 4th Parade and a summer fishing derby are back on the Ross community calendar Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041363-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Plum officials Monday night voted to move the closing date for the borough's police dispatch center to Aug. 1 Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041290-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Hampton woman is suing Bank of America, saying one of its contractors wrongly repossessed her home, padlocked the doors, shut off the utilities, damaged the furniture and confiscated a pet parrot, though her mortgage payments were on time. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041241-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml For most of their 18-year-old daughter Hannah's life, Russell and Robalee Bruesewitz have been engaged in legal battle over compensation for her seizure disorder, which they believe was caused by a vaccine. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041347-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A ridge of high pressure that has brought the pleasant weather with little wind over the past few days also has created conditions that allow air pollution levels to rise. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041346-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml While the record-setting snowfall from February may be melting, it is not forgotten, particularly at Monday night's Jefferson Hills council meeting. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041345-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A new direct revenue slots sharing program forged by the state Legislature earlier this year couldn't come at a better time for Washington County's most populous municipality. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041344-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Moon Area school board Monday night approved the Parkway West Career and Technology Center budget on a 6-3 vote, despite some misgivings. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041343-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Ambridge Area school board will vote Wednesday night on a proposed Baden charter school and if the school directors listen to their administrators, the vote will be a foregone conclusion. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041322-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A South Carolina man has been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in Mercer County. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041231-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The prosecutor described to the jury a childhood filled with abuse, isolation, molestation and horror. The victim, who says he was abused from the ages of 9 to 17, is now a grown man. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041264-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh City Council members plan to launch an independent study of the worth of Downtown's public garages as city officials weigh competing proposals to tap their value to shore up the city's wobbly pension fund. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041271-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Residents of Perrysville Plaza, a high-rise for senior citizens in Perry South, have been nettled for years by children who, while waiting for the school bus in the morning, punch apartment numbers, play drums on the walls, curse and clog the vestibule so residents cannot pass. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041269-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml What makes an effective teacher? That is the question facing administrators in the Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers as they go about implementing a performance pay plan that is part of the $40 million grant that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the school district last year. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041266-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A judge's decision on whether the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board has the right to arrest reports and other matters from the G-20 summit could ultimately determine how much power the board has. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041208-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A college student whose body was found in a Carnegie Mellon University fraternity this weekend had been drinking vodka inside the house before his death, city homicide detectives said. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041211-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A fire that destroyed the historic Wendell August Forge near Grove City over the weekend has been ruled accidental. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041217-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml State troopers seized more than 100 grams of raw heroin after pulling a car over on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Saturday night near Somerset. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041220-28.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Longtime dreams of new Allegheny riverfront housing, commercial spaces, bike paths and other recreational amenities are a step closer to reality, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is set to announce today. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041221-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Four people were taken to a hospital after a fire Monday morning at a residence in the 400 block of Campbell Street in Wilkinsburg. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041222-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man who was 14 when he witnessed a homicide in Lincoln-Lemington again refused to testify Monday morning in criminal court. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041227-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Mara Jo Knox of Windgap lay mortally wounded in her bedroom Sunday when she told police "Anthony" had stabbed her. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041229-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Butler County couple on Monday filed a lawsuit against Target, claiming that an improperly marketed wicker trunk that they used as a toy chest trapped their 18-month-old daughter's neck, leaving her in a persistent vegetative state. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041230-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The 101-year-old St. Athanasius Catholic School in West View will close in June because declining enrollment has made tuition too expensive for most families. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041179-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Former congressional staff member Mark Critz today won the nomination to represent the Democratic Party in a May 18 special election to replace his former boss, U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, party officials said. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041169-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Because Pittsburgh Vann K-5 may close this summer, the city school district is planning a community forum on the recommendations for new school assignments. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041150-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Mara Jo Knox of Windgap lay mortally wounded in her bedroom Sunday when she told police "Anthony" had stabbed her Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041045-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When we touch something hot, molecules in our body go to the surfaces of our nerve cells and open up signaling channels that start the pain message heading up the spine. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041142-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man who was 14 when he witnessed a homicide in Lincoln-Lemington again refused to testify this morning in criminal court. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041134-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The "hole in the wall" at the West End Circle is scheduled to open to northbound traffic Tuesday, another milestone in PennDOT's $52.6 million project to untangle traffic there Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041125-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The century-old St. Athanasius Elementary School will close its doors after this school year because of low enrollment Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041122-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Four people were taken to a hospital after a fire this morning at a residence in Wilkinsburg. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:16:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041022-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A 20-year-old man was found dead in a Carnegie Mellon University fraternity house Sunday afternoon, according to a statement from the school. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041023-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Bloomfield man is charged with aggravated assault, kidnapping and other charges after he allegedly abducted his ex-girlfriend early Sunday morning. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041024-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A vacant church in New Kensington was destroyed by a fire that broke out late Saturday night and spread to a neighboring house. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041025-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An Allegheny County fire marshal is investigating a blaze that leveled a home in McKeesport Sunday morning. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041029-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police say a Windgap man stabbed his wife to death and assaulted their two children before stabbing himself in a domestic dispute Sunday. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041034-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Leon Donnenberg, 90, only had to come from across the street, but new mother Lexxie Owen traveled from Kittanning, the Armstrong County seat some 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, with 4-month-old Mia. Emcee Larry Berger said he also talked to attendees from State College and Florida. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041035-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Windber Coal Heritage Center, which has been struggling with shortened hours in recent years, has been sold for $250,000 to the Rosebud Mining Co., one Pennsylvania's largest underground coal producers. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041047-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A politically tied development consultant who doubles as an adviser to the region's top planning agency may have to compete for his $7,000-a-month contract for the first time in 10 years. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041100-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml In a synagogue auditorium made over as an ancient Persian bazaar, a woman in harem dress took the stage before 50 women. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500