Duquesne News

A suspicious fire ignited in a vacant row house in Duquesne on Sunday. Firefighters were called to Fifth Street, where neighboring homes were also damaged by smoke and water.

The Duquesne City School District's board of control unanimously approved its 2009-2010 budget last night, with no increase in property taxes for at least the 10th consecutive year.

Mark Hofmann can be reached at mhofmann@tribweb.com or 724-626-3539. Visitors, and re-enactors, and artists populated Yough River Park this weekend for the sixth annual Braddock's Crossing of the Youghiogheny and the second annual Art on The Yough.

The event, which will include re-enactors telling stories and demonstrating period crafts, refreshments, Native American games and participation in mock drills, will be from noon to 5 p.m. today, at Yough River Park in Connellsville.

A library has long been the heart of any community, but some local brick and mortar circulators of the printed word are struggling.

Mark Hofmann can be reached at mhofmann@tribweb.com or 724-626-3539. Crossing Schedule Partial schedule of activities for Braddock's Crossing includes: Saturday 11 a.m.: Opening ceremony Noon: Beaded necklaces, children's games, blacksmith -- fire starting, native weapons, tactics, Woodlands Indian culture 1 p.m.: River crossing 2 p.m.: Toy-making ...

Police in Duquesne are investigating an apparent carjacking, after a woman flagged down officers and said her car was taken at gunpoint.

Bishop David Zubik announced June 8 that Superior Court Judge Maureen Lally-Green will serve as director of the new Office for Church Relations in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Donors and volunteers keep the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank operating, its board says, but that doesn't mean it has all the help it needs.

Interested in a summer job with the county? Call the Forest Hills CareerLink Youth Hotline at 412-436-2321, or visit www.alleghenycounty.us/dhs/wiayouth.aspx . Youth ages 14-24 are eligible; apply for specific programs or fill out a general application.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. Pittsburgh police arrested a Duquesne teen for critically wounding a man in a shooting overnight in Troy Hill.

Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Maureen Lally-Green will retire July 31 to become director of the newly created Office for Church Relations of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Jerry Vondas can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7823. When painter Joe LaBella contracted for his first major job in the 1950s - for the Federal Building on Grant Street - he had one truck and the $10,000 he borrowed for paint and supplies.

Pittsburgh sometimes seems like one of the worst bicycling areas in North America.

A Vandergrift native who volunteered with the local community group has compiled a photo retrospective of the town into a book.

The Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating a suspicious fire in Duquesne.

When the biggest disasters hit the Pittsburgh region, the Red Cross needs four hours to mobilize volunteers, officials said.

The gap separating the best-performing and worst-performing school districts in Allegheny County on state proficiency tests is one of the biggest in the state, and getting bigger despite efforts under the federal No Child Left Behind law, statistics show.

In the early 1940s, on Thursday evenings at Mary's Tea Room on Reynolds Street in Point Breeze, Mary Fuchs set out postcards, stationery and pencils so her patrons could write to the neighborhood boys serving in World War II.

Police are investigating two separate shootings in the Pittsburgh area Sunday night.