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It took $5.3 million in public money to make the Residence Inn and Schenley Gardens in North Oakland a reality.

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 judicial races on today's ballot got Lee M. Rothman to his Squirrel Hill polling place this morning, but he cast his vote in the Pittsburgh mayoral race with purpose.

Eight Shuman Juvenile Detention Center workers who Allegheny County officials tried to fire are returning to work after more than four months off with all but five days of back pay, according to settlement documents made public Monday.

A building considered by Berks County historian George M. Meiser IX to be the most striking structure in the village of Bethel will go up for auction this month.

One of the eight fired Shuman Juvenile Detention Center workers who an arbitrator has reinstated said Allegheny County officials "messed up." "And they know they messed up," said Frank Morgan, 59, of Penn Hills, one of the workers terminated in June after they were accused of lying and not making overnight checks.

The Moon Area school board voted this week to borrow an additional $20 million for the district's secondary schools construction project.

There's trouble for a proposal that would ban G-20 protesters from wearing masks if police think they plan to break the law.

April St. Clair stands on the front porch of her West View home. Her family is one of those for whom the United Way is ramping up its fundraising campaign.

Bob Stiles can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6622. An Allegheny County businessman who is pulling the plug on a $5 million fitness center he planned to build in New Stanton is blaming the economy and the time involved in the approval process for his decision.

What: One-hour program commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing including video of moon landing parades, slides of past celebrations and the 1973 visit by Apollo 17 astronaut Ron Evans When: 7 p.m. Saturday Where: W.T.C.U. Building, 317 N. Second St.

In an order filed on July 13, 2009, Judge Cecilia Altonaga, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida appointed as Lead Counsel to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in the Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation, Andres F. Alonso Esq., a partner in Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, and Scott Wm.

Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank's largest annual fundraiser, the Pittsburgh Blues Festival, is celebrating its 15th Anniversary this year with a stellar musical line-up and some new features.

A Clarion County man known for hosting parties where he demonstrated homemade weapons pleaded guilty in federal court this morning to illegally selling firearms.

Tim Puko can be reached via e-mail or at 412-391-8650. Shuman Juvenile Detention Center may need new leaders, according to several Allegheny County Council members who plan to meet with officials next week about the center's ongoing problems.

Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato fired seven workers at the Shuman Juvenile Detention Center yesterday as part of an investigation into the suicide attempt of an inmate last month.

Thank Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato for a new series of "Food Fridays" in the courthouse courtyard.