So much I'd rather be writing about -- maybe better suited to the sign-o-sphere.But in regards to what sorts of things can actually be learned with "thermal imaging cameras"...If that's not plain enough, there is a sequel here and more in-depth article... »
The Municipality is borrowing $80 million for its capital needs over this year and the next, and it somehow seems drenched in signs and portents."You're going to see a different city now," Councilman Ricky Burgess, the finance chairman, predicted after... »
In 2009, Governor Ed Rendell was up against a 101-day long budget stalemate, the longest in state history. The price for Senator Pat Browne's cooperation? Hockey. He inserted what he called a "funding mechanism" in the Fiscal Code, and the Guv' signed ... »
I've sent him several emails since I moved to Penn Hills, but none have ever received a response. read more » »
No candidate was able to muster the two thirds vote necessary to get the Pennsylvania Democratic Party endorsement last weekend,The Next Stage gives the play by play. Since then Dan McCaffery decided he didn't have enough support and dropped out of the... »
Anyone who has stood between the banks of elevators on most floors of the City-County Building knows how bland and useless those wide-open spaces can be. Now the mayor's office is holding a contest for college students to make one such space, on the si... »
Long live Rochester! Kodak's bankruptcy is clouding perceptions of Rochester. It's another Rust Belt gloom and doom story. For a more nuanced perspective, I turn to the Democrat and Chronicle:Other company towns whose companies went through decline — s... »
Dormont-Brookline Patch is addressing rumors from several sources that borough manager Gino Rizza has left his position with the borough. According to Dormont Mayor Tom Lloyd, Rizza came to an agreement with Dormont Council wherein he was given the opt... »
