Braddock News

Wednesday, 25 November 2009 11:01 Since the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced the closing of Braddock Hospital last month, several meetings and rallies have been held with local government and community organizers banding together to oppose the closing.

Luis Fabregas can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7998. The soon-to-close UPMC Braddock could be used to house urgent care services, an assisted living facility, doctors' offices or even an expansion of the existing YMCA branch in the building, officials with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County said Tuesday.

Family. Turkey. Stuffing the bird and stuffing your face. Pumpkin pie. Pilgrims. Football.

Melinda Handler holds an umbrella over her mom, Anne Handler, of Squirrel Hill, yesterday during a rally outside UMPC Braddock.

A former Braddock police sergeant claims in a federal lawsuit that the borough fired him after he complained about other officers violating people's rights.

Elected officials in two east suburban communities approved formal resolutions opposing a plan by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to close its hospital in Braddock.

Sharon Cassidy tells her sons - Donny, 14, and Jacob, 13 - to get right to their homework when they come home from their school day at Good Shepherd Catholic School in Braddock, about five miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh.

A western Pennsylvania jury is trying to decide whether a Pittsburgh-area man is guilty of murder or acted in self defense in the shooting death of a man outside an Erie bar.

Braddock Council President Jesse Brown said Thursday his attorney has asked the Department of Justice to investigate UPMC's decision to close its hospital there.

Share + Nov 18, 2009 11:04 pm US/Eastern BRADDOCK More than 100 people crowded a meeting to come up with ideas to save UPMC Braddock or find other options to fill the building.

Tim Puko can be reached via e-mail or at 412-391-8650. By Tim Puko TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, November 19, 2009 Pat Morgan moved back to Braddock about 18 months ago, and the town's hospital has been a lifesaver for her family.

The United Steelworkers Union USW is hoping for a big turnout on Thursday November 19 at the Save Our Community Hospitals Rally in Braddock, PA.

A Sunday morning fire in the 500 block of Center Street in Braddock damaged a duplex.

By Bobby Kerlik and Timothy Puko , TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Last updated: 8:18 am A county judge laid out a plan Tuesday for county officials to comply with the court-ordered reassessment of all properties over four years.

A planning meeting for a rally next week meant to sway UPMC not to close its hospital in Braddock turned unexpectedly contentious tonight after Braddock Mayor John Fetterman accused Council President Jesse Brown of "playing politics." Mr.

Connecticut pols should pick up a copy of this month's Atantic magazine which has as its main story a salute to 27 "Brave Thinkers Who Are Shaping the Future." And on the cover? John Fetterman, mayor of Braddock, Pa .

A big part of our upcoming discussion about Locating Creativity in Hartford has got to include "benchmarking." It's something we do a lot on Where We Live - looking to other towns, cities and states for solutions.

UPMC's decision to close its Braddock hospital riled Allegheny County Council to the point that it could cost local tax-exempt entities, a council member said today.

From Alabama's schoolhouse on the prairie to Tyler Perry's - House of Payne' On "Bloody Sunday," a pregnant Julia Williams and her husband, Palmer Williams Sr., joined an estimated 600 nonviolent protesters who were chased and beaten by Alabama state troopers bent on upholding the South's age-old, discriminatory tradition regarding Black suffrage.

A crash in East Pittsburgh mangled a car and scattered debris across Linden Avenue.