Carnegie News

Allegheny County Council remained unchanged yesterday as Democrat Michael Finnerty and Republican Matt Drozd -- the only candidates on the 15-member council who faced opposition -- dispatched their challengers.

The libraries targeted for closure by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh are among the most expensive to operate for the number of patrons they serve, according to a study by Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Borough water customers who haven't paid their bills may find their taps are dry on Tuesday morning.

A proposal to pay for libraries in part with Pittsburgh's excess gasoline money fueled a burst of pronouncements yesterday on keeping city and suburban facilities open, but also drew criticism for being premature.

State liquor enforcement officials Thursday shut down a Carnegie bar suspected of operating without a liquor license and police filed charges against a bartender accused of dealing prescription drugs there, Carnegie police said.

Tony's Cafe in Carnegie was shut down by the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office on Thursday afternoon, following a drug investigation.

Scott commissioners last night voted unanimously to shift the parking along busy Carothers Avenue in Glendale from the left side to the right as part of a tri-community street revitalization project aimed at spurring business development.

Detours turned Downtown bus routes topsy-turvy Tuesday afternoon, with the closure of a major intersection affecting 27 routes, shuffling dozens of stops and leaving riders and drivers alike struggling to adapt.

Share + Oct 21, 2009 10:01 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jon Delano Allegheny County's Regional Asset District Board approved a special audit of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

You know all the libraries in Allegheny County have computers now. They've been humming for better than a decade.

Patrons of the Beechview branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh served hot cocoa and cookies Saturday and carried signs urging the Carnegie not to close their branch.

Share + Oct 13, 2009 6:53 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jon Delano Forget those big metropolitan cities on the east or west coast.

In a rare move, the audit committee of the Allegheny Regional Asset District recommended Thursday a special audit of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, which is closing four branches and merging two others.

City officials on Wednesday called for management cuts at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, a day after a top library system official insisted branch closures were necessary to close a projected budget deficit.

The budget passed by the state House and pending in the Senate should give the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh enough money to avert the proposed shutdown, relocation or closing of eight branches next year, a state legislator said Thursday.

Sorry, Mr. Carnegie, Pittsburgh can't afford your gift anymore. This may be a first in the annals of philanthropy.

Check it out: The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's finances are in a shambles. Or are they? At first glance, the situation certainly appears dire.

The inbound Parkway West will be reduced to a single lane in the area of Carnegie from 7:30 tonight to 5 a.m. tomorrow for expansion joint repairs, PennDOT announced this afternoon.

Under the gaze of Andrew Carnegie at the Oakland library yesterday, library director Barbara Mistick talks of plans to close five branches.

An aerobics instructor wounded in the August rampage at a Collier fitness center has filed a lawsuit against the estate of George Sodini, the gunman who killed three women and wounded nine others.