Paul Guggenheimer stories, Page 27
Western Pa. oil companies not happy about steep price increase kicking in
The price of natural gas isn’t the only thing that’s going up. The cost of home heating oil is about 80% higher than it was a year ago, and that isn’t making local oil companies very happy. Representatives of companies such as Glassmere Fuel in West Deer and Export Fuel...
Rolling Stones paint red logo black in honor of Charlie Watts
Fans going to the Rolling Stones concert Monday night at Heinz Field will see a different looking tongue and lips logo for the group. The Stones are taking their iconic red logo and painting it black in honor of their late drummer Charlie Watts. British tabloid The Sun reported that...
Pittsburgh Opera returns to Benedum Center with Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’
The Pittsburgh Opera is returning to the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh for the first time since the covid-19 pandemic began. And doing so in a big way — withMozart’s most celebrated opera, “The Magic Flute.” Considered to be among the world’s greatest operas, it will open with the first of...
Loaded hand gun is 5th caught at Pittsburgh International Airport in 6 days
A Farmington man carrying a loaded Ruger 9mm handgun with seven bullets was stopped before he could board a flight Tuesday at Pittsburgh International Airport. Transportation Security Administration officers stopped the man after spotting the gun in the checkpoint X-ray machine. They alerted Allegheny County Police who then confiscated the...
New Harmar outdoor concert venue scheduled to open with local bands in October
While fans will have to wait another nine months to be taken “Back to Chicago,” the Mountain View Amphitheater in Harmar is set to open in October with a show featuring three local bands. The venue was originally scheduled to be christened Sept. 18 with a concert featuring drummer Danny...
Partnership announces Tree of Life commemoration plans
The three-year mark of the shootings at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill will be commemorated by an outdoor ceremony this year, the 10.27 Healing Partnership said. Plans call for the public ceremony to happen in Schenley Park at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at the intersection of Hobart...
Google joins with arts and cultural groups to create online hub in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh’s evolution from a storied steel town to a city known as much for its arts, history and culture as its industry, is taking a significant step Tuesday. Some 15 local arts and cultural institutions are partnering with Google to create an online presence on Google’s Arts & Culture platform....
Gary Lewis glad he chose music over following in his famous father’s footstepsVideo
When it comes to mid-1960s pop culture, there was no bigger movie comedian than Jerry Lewis. And there was no bigger band than the Beatles. For Lewis’ oldest son, Gary, it meant there was a fork in the road. A natural performer, he was faced with a choice between following...
Ben Roethlisberger and musician Micah Tyler team up to help Pittsburgh homeless
When Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger showed up for the first day of training camp wearing a black and gold “DIFFERENT” T-shirt, Micah Tyler could not have been prouder. Tyler, a nationally known Christian pop musician, designed the black shirt with gold lettering spelling “DIFFERENT” in three lines of three letters...
Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank announces coalition to deal with childhood hunger
Childhood hunger is becoming a bigger problem in Southwestern Pennsylvania than perhaps anyone could have anticipated. Roughly 96,000 children in the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s 11-county service area don’t have access to enough food, or food of an adequate quality to meet basic needs, according to Feeding America. Now...
5th person this month with handgun stopped at Pittsburgh International Airport
For the fifth time in September, someone trying to bring a handgun onto a flight at Pittsburgh International Airport was caught at the checkpoint. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a Homer City man from bringing his unloaded .380-caliber handgun onto a flight at Pittsburgh International Airport. When TSA officers...
Renovated 19th century Roundhouse at Hazelwood Green opens as innovation hubVideo
The $13.7 million renovation of the Roundhouse at Hazelwood Green was unveiled Wednesday with a ceremony featuring several dignitaries involved with the project. The difference between the former industrial structure built in 1888 and what was revealed on Tuesday morning could not be any more stark. The gleaming new facility,...
Neil deGrasse Tyson to meet with Pittsburgh students
One of the world’s leading astrophysicists, Neil deGrasse Tyson, will meet a group of 25 students and parents from Manchester Academic Charter School on Wednesday night. Tyson will meet for a question-and-answer session with the students following his talk at 7:30 p.m. at Carnegie Music Hall located inside the Carnegie...
Great Allegheny Passage Relay returns to the actual trail
After spending 2020 as a virtual event, the 2021 Great Allegheny Passage Relay is back to being on the trail that runs from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, Md. It’s a new course for the 150-mile running relay event that previously went in the opposite direction, starting in Cumberland and ending in...
Pittsburgh pediatrician hopes ‘a lot of kids’ get vaccinated by HalloweenVideo
Parents eager to get children under 12 vaccinated for covid-19 received some encouraging news Monday. Pfizer announced its covid-19 vaccine works for children 5 to 11 and that it will apply to the Food and Drug Administration by the end of the month for emergency use in that age group....
Soup’s on! Ladles Restaurant has reopened in Springdale and patrons are thrilled
Fans of comfort food are happy one of their favorite eateries has reopened its doors. Ladles, on Pittsburgh Street in Springdale, is back serving homemade dishes to the delight of loyal customers, some of whom have frequented the restaurant for years. “I was bummed when they closed,” said Guy Walker,...
Pa. liquor stores to ration some products because of supply issues
If you had your heart set on serving exclusively Dom Perignon at your champagne party this weekend, you might want to consider mixing in some other brands. As of Friday, Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor stores are starting to ration sales of some products. It’s a response to what is being described...
Harris Theater in Pittsburgh returns with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and it’s BYOB
The Harris Theater is showing movies again. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has announced that the Harris will reopen Sept. 23 with the start of a three week run of “Dear Evan Hansen.” The film is based on the hit Broadway play about an awkward high school student dealing with typical...
Garden Theater marquee lighting signals start of long-stalled North Side development
Drivers who routinely pass the Garden Theater on North Avenue probably didn’t think they’d ever see anything like what happened on Wednesday night. After years of darkness, the Garden Theater marquee lit up the North Side block the theater has inhabited since 1915. A larger rooftop sign also lit up...
Late Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller’s mixtape coming to streaming services
Many Mac Miller fans are still mourning his death just over three years ago. But now, at least, they have a new musical release of the Pittsburgh-born rapper and record producer’s material to look forward to. On Oct. 15, Miller’s mixtape “Faces” will be available on all streaming services as...
Pittsburgh police, FBI investigate threats to city churches
Pittsburgh police and the FBI have launched a joint investigation to determine if there are any links between two threats to city churches last Sunday. St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church in Greenfield was evacuated after a man called 911 and threatened to harm himself and others at the church,...
Peduto proposes changes to parking rules for restaurants
Fewer people in Pittsburgh are driving their cars to restaurants, with more preferring to walk or bike instead. With that in mind, Mayor Bill Peduto is proposing sweeping changes to zoning laws requiring minimum parking and other stipulations for restaurant owners. They include requiring any individual or company proposing a...
TSA stops man with gun at Pittsburgh Airport
For the second time in five days, Transportation Security Administration officers stopped a passenger with a loaded handgun at Pittsburgh International Airport. On Tuesday, TSA officers observed a loaded 9mm Glock handgun in a backpack belonging to a 44-year-old man at the airport’s main security checkpoint. The man possessed a...
Volunteers needed as Garbage Olympics returns to Pittsburgh
It’s an Olympic year in more ways than one. The City of Pittsburgh is holding its annual Garbage Olympics on Saturday, a citywide cleanup event the Department of Public Works bills as a “competitive litter pick-up event.” More than 40 Pittsburgh neighborhood teams are being pitted against one another to...
Etna’s Butler Street recognized as ‘Great Street’ in statewide award
Anyone who has ever taken a stroll along Butler Street in Etna is familiar with the warm embrace of its residents and the joy of being enveloped by its historic, ornate buildings and storefronts. Now the secret, if it ever was one, is out. Butler Street in Etna has received...
