Bob Bauder stories, Page 27
Pittsburgh updating rules for collection of garbage, recyclables
Pittsburgh residents could have some new rules to follow for recycling and garbage collections under legislation proposed Tuesday by City Council. Councilwoman Erika Strassburger of Squirrel Hill, who sponsored the legislation, said current regulations set in 2005 were outdated and officials wanted to update and include them in the city’s...
Director of Pittsburgh’s Commission on Human Relations resigns
The executive director of Pittsburgh’s Commission on Human Relations, who had been on paid administrative leave since December, has resigned. Carlos Torres, 46, of Greenfield, submitted a letter of resignation last week, according to Megan Stanley, the commission’s deputy director. The letter did not state a reason for the resignation....
District 15 building in Pittsburgh’s Strip District to house Facebook divisionVideo
A Bridgeville developer putting finishing touches on a four-story office building in Pittsburgh’s Strip District to house Facebook’s Oculus Division is moving ahead with plans for a $60 million office tower next door. RDC Design + Build and partner Orangestar Properties of Youngstown hosted a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Monday featuring around...
Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto honored Tree of Life victims in Israel
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto spent time in Israel last week honoring 11 victims killed in the Tree of Life murders. The mayor said he talked to government officials about security measures and mayors from around the world about anti-Semitism during a four-day visit to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv for the...
Peduto issues executive order on testing self-driving cars in PittsburghVideo
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto issued an executive order Monday outlining guidelines companies must follow for the safe testing of self-driving cars in the city. Known as the “Pittsburgh Principles,” the order is the first of its kind issued by any city worldwide and will serve as a foundation for the...
Luxury movie theater planned for closed Bally’s fitness in Pittsburgh’s Downtown
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is planning a six-screen movie theater in a Downtown building that had a long history as a cinema before it was turned into a health club. Kevin McMahon, who heads the cultural trust, said the organization is renovating the building at 115 Sixth St. with plans...
Boil water advisory remains in effect for 4 Pittsburgh neighborhoods
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority Friday morning lifted a boil water advisory for two city neighborhoods impacted by a broken water main, but it remains in effect for four West End communities. About 1,700 customers in Crafton Heights, Elliott, Ridgemont and Westwood should continue flushing tap water and boiling...
Pittsburgh recognizes remarkable women through video seriesVideo
Pittsburgh has been home to scores of women who achieved remarkable success during their lifetime, but they remain mostly forgotten in history books, according to Gloria Forouzan. Forouzan, who serves as Mayor Bill Peduto’s office manager, said she was astounded to learn a woman was one of the city’s first...
PWSA repairs broken water main, boil advisory for West End continues
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority finished repairing a broken 16-inch water main in Duquesne Heights Thursday afternoon, but a boil advisory for about 3,800 customers in the West End and Mt. Washington remained in effect. PWSA expected by evening to have service restored to about 900 homes that had...
Pittsburgh poised to spend nearly $1M on water safety training, new rescue boat
Pittsburgh is poised to spend nearly $1 million on a new River Rescue boat and water safety training for firefighters, paramedics and police officers who staff River Rescue crafts and the city fire boat. City Council on Wednesday gave preliminary approval for a three-year, $360,000 contract with Lexington, Ky.-based National...
Shiras Street in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood to close for 5 days
Pittsburgh will close Shiras Avenue in Beechview for about five days starting Monday during a repair project, the Mayor’s Office announced Wednesday. The street running from Candace Street to Palm Beach Avenue will be closed while a Department of Public Works crew builds a retaining wall along the street. The...
Nearly 4,000 PWSA customers remain under boil water advisory
About 3,800 Pittsburgh households remained under a boil water advisory Wednesday, a day after a contractor broke a water line while working on Shaler Street in Duquesne Heights. Nearly 1,000 of those households had no water service. The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority issued an advisory for residents of Crafton...
Pittsburgh riverfront trail renamed in honor of former Mayor Tom Murphy
The North Side section of Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Heritage Trail has a new name. Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved renaming the trail in honor of former Mayor Tom Murphy, a longtime North Side resident, who is recognized as the “architect” of the city’s riverfront trail system. The trail...
Salvation Army worker was well known at Pittsburgh International Airport
Marilyn Darnley became an institution at Pittsburgh International Airport. The Salvation Army worker was a fixture at the terminal for 20 years, but it wasn’t just the costumes she wore on holidays and special Pittsburgh sports occasions that drew travelers to her red kettle. “She had a beautiful smile. She...
Pa. Supreme Court denies Pittsburgh FOP appeal of 2014 police contract
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that denied the Pittsburgh police union’s appeal of a contract awarded through arbitration in 2016. Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1 had appealed an arbitration panel’s 2016 contract award, contending it deviated from the city’s former...
Man rescued from elevator shaft in Mt. Washington
Pittsburgh emergency responders rescued a man Tuesday from the bottom of a four-story elevator shaft at a house under construction in Mt. Washington, according to the city’s Public Safety Department. Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri said police, firefighters and paramedics responded to a report that the man, who was not...
Pittsburgh ordinance would expand protection for pregnancy discrimination
Pittsburgh would expand existing protections against pregnancy discrimination to include women and their partners before and during pregnancy and after childbirth under legislation introduced Tuesday by City Council. Councilwoman Erika Strassburger, who introduced the bill, said Pittsburgh would become one of the first cities nationwide to offer protections for partners...
Bike lanes, traffic improvements coming to Smallman Street in Pittsburgh’s Strip
Pittsburgh plans to add bike lanes along a five-block section of Smallman Street in the Strip District and install a public plaza as part of the Produce Terminal rehabilitation. The City and Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority are spending about $23 million total on new water and sewer lines and...
Allegheny County kids can win cash prizes by opening a free savings account
Kids in Allegheny County can open a free savings account and be eligible for a cash raffle through the Fund My Future program hosted by the Propel charter school in Pittsburgh’s Homestead neighborhood. The Propel Charter School Foundation started the program in 2013 to stress the importance of saving from...
State approves $402,000 grant for rehab of North Side recreation center
Pittsburgh is getting a $402,000 state grant to rehabilitate the Jefferson Recreation Center on the North Side. The money will pay for a new roof, windows, doors and playground equipment, restoration of masonry and upgrades to better accommodate disabled visitors. A basketball court will also be improved. Gov. Tom Wolf’s...
Retired cop on Garfield skeleton discovery: ‘This is the end of the story.’
Retired Pittsburgh police Assistant Chief Therese Rocco knew Albert and Mary Arcuri intimately. She was godmother to their daughter. Her family and the Arcuri’s were neighbors when Rocco lived in the Lower Hill District. She described the couple as loving parents and great people. But unsettled details started to add...
Investigators unsure if Pittsburgh school director’s name was forged on Amazon letter
A handwriting expert was unable to determine whether a Pittsburgh school board member signed a letter last year in support of the region’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters, according to a report released Friday. Director Kevin Carter said he felt justified by the findings. “I’m sad that we spent so...
Pittsburgh seeks another grocery store to replace Hill District Shop ‘n Save
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he wasn’t surprised at the news that a Shop ‘n Save in the Hill District would close in March after six years. ”It hasn’t been generating the type of revenue that they expected for several years,” the mayor said Thursday. “They’re losing money. That being...
Pittsburgh objects to Norfolk Southern plans to raise bridges for double stack trains
Pittsburgh has filed a formal objection with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to Norfolk Southern Railroad’s plans to reconstruct a city street bridge in the North Side so double stack trains can pass underneath. Norfolk Southern is seeking PUC permission to raze the bridge at Brighton Road and North Avenue...
Pittsburgh to require ‘clean construction’ on Duck Hollow bridge project
Pittsburgh officials announced plans Thursday for a new $3.2 million bridge accessing the quirky riverfront neighborhood of Duck Hollow. The city will require the contractor to abide by a long dormant “clean construction” ordinance. The McFarren Street Bridge spanning Nine Mile Run provides the only access to Duck Hollow located...
