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Twilight Wish Foundation fulfills dreams of seniors
Never stop wishing. No matter your age. Because sometimes those wishes do come true. “If feels so nice to be able to give back to people who have given back their entire lives,” said Baliegh Butler, an Allegheny County ambassador for the Twilight Wish Foundation, a nonprofit based in Doylestown...
Game on: Rival opens in Collier
Matt Turbiner and Kirk Vogel definitely stepped up their game with their latest dining concept. Rival bar and restaurant opened June 14 in Collier. The sports-themed establishment’s name represents the intense competition between rival teams such as when Pitt plays Penn State, the Steelers take on the Baltimore Ravens, Pirates...
Hyeholde Restaurant in Moon hosts Black Tie Farmers Market
In the early 1930s, William Kryskill promised his wife, Clara, he would build her a castle on the crest of a cornfield. Kryskill created the Hyeholde Restaurant and then living quarters with the finest stone on a hill in a picturesque setting surrounded by lush greenery. It was a fairy...
Robinson-based Sabika jewelry closing after 23 years
Endings create new beginnings. That philosophy inspired Karin Mayr to launch Sabika, a Pittsburgh-based, woman-owned jewelry company. For 23 years, the business has sold sparkling necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings through stylists who specialize in knowledge of the brand. That beginning has now reached an end. Mayr and her daughters,...
St. Wendelin Church meant so much to parishioners
Ludwig Henigin laid the cornerstone at St. Wendelin Church 128 years ago. His great-great-granddaughter, Pat Henigin, stopped by the church on a beautiful sunny Friday afternoon to check on the cornerstone as the church was being demolished. “I came here to see where the cornerstone is going to go,” said...
A heavy dose of nostalgia: Eat’n Park has been in business for 75 years
Claire “Larry” Hatch took a chance. With no restaurant experience, he got a second mortgage on his home with his wife, Gladys, to get the $75,000 needed to purchase a piece of land along Saw Mill Run Boulevard on Route 51 in Overbrook. Hatch was working for Isaly’s — a...
Want to live in a former funeral home in McKeesport? You can
When Marlene Fait-Schmalz bought her childhood home in 2011, she reclaimed a piece of McKeesport history. The unique Victorian-style residence, once the Richard L. Fait Funeral Home, boasts a parlor, chapel and grand entrance on the main level, while the upper floors offer cozy living spaces. Now on the market...
Wallaby joey recently born at Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium in Highland Park has a new resident — a wallaby joey, born to mom Ava. A wallaby is a marsupial, a pouched mammal in the kangaroo family. When they are young, they are called joeys. The animal is spending a lot of time in the...
Surviving veterans of D-Day invasion return to Normandy for 80th anniversary
Warren Goss watched as soldiers in front of him dropped — struck down by enemy fire — after the ramp of his Higgins boat lowered near Utah Beach in Normandy, France. Goss, then 19, climbed over the side of the boat and fought the surf to get to land. “I...
It’s golden: Fox Chapel senior earns highest honor in Girl Scouts
Eliza Davis got the gold. The soon-to-be Fox Chapel graduate earned the highest honor with the Girl Scouts — the Gold Award. In her project to earn the recognition she focused on harm reduction, a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with drug use....
Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival kicks off
Artists from across the region — and nation — will converge starting Friday on the 14-block Cultural District as the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival kicks off, ushering in 10 days of free art and music. The festival, now in its third consecutive year of festivities relocated from around...
Spork Pit Barbecue closes on Pittsburgh’s South Side
After being open less than a year, Spork Pit Barbecue has closed. The idea was to transform the former Double Wide Grill on Pittsburgh’s South Side into a new dining concept of ribs and wings, pulled pork and brisket as well as retain some vegan and vegetarian dishes the Double...
A final farewell: Honor guards pay respects at military funerals
Army Maj. Eric Gass finds it difficult to talk about the times he carried a meticulously folded American flag and placed it in the trembling hands of a young widow. Seeing children cling to their mother’s side during the funerals of their killed-in-action fathers is difficult to take — no...
On patrol: Mounted police officers create a presence
Their steps are choreographed, part of the job training the horses and their riders go through. The majestic animals are stationed in stables across the city, county and state. They perform details throughout the year, but spring is when you begin seeing them more often. Typically January through March there...
Mounted police units offer tradition, spectacle and service in modern law enforcement
On Monday, the Allegheny County Mounted Police Unit will add a touch of tradition and spectacle to the South Hills Memorial Day Parade. While officers on horseback are a rarer sight than those in cars or on motorcycles, “They definitely create a presence,” said Sgt. Jason Donaldson of the Allegheny...
‘Science Behind Pixar’ exhibit to open at Pittsburgh’s Science Center
Buzz Lightyear and Woody, the famous animated characters from the “Toy Story” movies, are embarking on another adventure at “The Science Behind Pixar’ exhibition, which opened Saturday and runs through the rest of the year at the soon to be Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Science Center on Pittsburgh’s...
Steelers, UPMC Magee hold SteelHERS Social at Acrisure Stadium
Mary Beth Shaw ran a route, caught a pass from Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Rodney Williams and gave wide receiver Calvin Austin III a little shove to reach the end zone for the touchdown. Shaw was one of 1,000 women on the Acrisure Stadium field Wednesday evening. It was the...
Mixtape in Garfield using space for different entertainment experiences
Mixtape, the music-themed cocktail lounge in Garfield, continues to transform. It’s been a Halloween-inspired space dubbed House of Burton, a holiday bar called Tinseltown and The Tipsy Elf, an “Alice in Wonderland” venue with the moniker Wonderland: An Immersive Adventure, and is currently decked out as a 1980s retro arcade,...
Former patients reunite as professionals at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Dr. Matt Kocher was setting up an operating room during his anesthesia fellowship at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Lawrenceville when nurse Alexis Mamros asked if he had ever received anesthesia. He replied that he had, during his cancer treatment. Curious, Mamros asked for details. Kocher mentioned he remembered another patient...
Find out which Pittsburgh radio stars are behind the new Yinzer Dogs food truck
An idea in the making since the Original Hot Dog Shop closed in Oakland in April 2020, the Yinzer Dogs food truck is up and rolling. It’s easily spotted by the bright yellow bridge design with an image of a hot dog tucked inside a bun with squiggly lines of...
Host a gathering: Aspinwall business owner writes book about charcuterie boards
Sarah Zimmerman Tuthill calls them gathering boards. They are more than meats and cheese and fruits and vegetables artistically arranged on a wooden board. Charcuterie boards are the vehicle which brings people together to share food but more importantly to gather for celebrations of sharing special life moments. Charcuterie is...
Healthy Athlete program aims to prevent tragedies from happening
Last summer, Bronny James, son of NBA star LeBron James, went into sudden cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of California Los Angeles. He was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and back on the court five months later. But not all situations end up with the...
Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership hosts human foosball in Market Square
Foosball is soccer on a tabletop with figurines attached to a rod. Handles are on either side of the board and players slide and turn the figurines. The goal is to flick a ball into the opposition’s respective goal. You may have seen it on “Friends” in Joey and Chandler’s...
Former Presbyterian Church on Mt. Washington on the market
A sign in the front of a Mt. Washington church still says the year 2022 — that was the last time services were held at GrandView United Presbyterian Church. Now, it’s on the market for $1.2 million. The property is being sold through Eric J. Lamm and Tom...
Prantl’s purchases Lincoln Bakery in Bellevue
Joe Porco recalled an anniversary party to celebrate Lincoln Bakery’s 65th year in business — more than 700 customers lined up along Lincoln Avenue in Bellevue. “A bakery is about community,” Porco said on Wednesday as he reflected on the sale of the bakery after nearly eight decades in business....
