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  1. Locate Your B Corp in Philly, Get a Tax BreakRead the original story

    Friday Dec 4 | TreeHugger

    ... consumers and the community. If you don't get one of the 25 tax breaks, you could always consider moving to Braddock, PA - a town that is looking to attract new (green) businesses and for really cheap. Currently, the Pennsylvania cities of Yonkers ...

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    Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Alternative Energy, Energy

  2. Where Are the Brave Christian Thinkers?

    Wednesday Dec 2 | Crosswalk

    Staring intently from the cover of the November Atlantic magazine is John Fetterman, the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, McGovern, PA

  3. Uncertainty on library funding endsRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    ... numbers produced under the rejected formula. Among the gainers are the Carnegie Library of McKeesport ($58,880) and Braddock Carnegie Library ($24,711). Losers include Mt. Lebanon ($67,499) and Shaler ($28,046). Contact Bob Hoover at 412-263-1634 or ...

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    Related Topix: Libraries, Allegheny County, PA, Wilkinsburg, PA, Mount Lebanon, PA

  4. UPMC's financial proposal targetedRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 1 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    ... elected officials have discussed withholding access to that money as leverage against UPMC's plan to close its Braddock hospital next month. However, the hospital system could just go to another government body to secure the same financing, and ...

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    Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA, Upper St. Clair, PA

  5. Braddock celebrates life of libraryRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Nov 30 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    Christian Wawrzonek, left, plays Henry Clay Frick as his brother, Addam, plays a steelworker in the Rotary Room during The Spirit of Carnegie event, which marks the 120th anniversary of the Braddock Carnegie Library.

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    Related Topix: Libraries

  6. Braddock hospital protesters turn up heat on UPMCRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    The fight to save UPMC Braddock from closure will most likely turn into a nasty public relations war with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, an attempt to shame the giant health provider into keeping the hospital open, a group of residents, community activists and union organizers said yesterday.

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    Related Topix: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Health Care Provider, Health, Allegheny County, PA

  7. Faster ride: Pittsburgh's Better Bus plan deserves funding

    Friday Nov 27 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    ... goes beyond improving transit: It would stimulate development at the far ends of the bus routes -- Wilkinsburg, Braddock, McKeesport, other eastern communities and the Pittsburgh International Airport to the west -- and it would make property along ...

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    Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Wilkinsburg, PA, McKeesport, PA

  8. Black Friday shoppers turn out in big numbers, retailers say

    Friday Nov 27 | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

    ... complex in Homestead for the 5 a.m. opening, said Vince Guerrieri, general manager. Colleen Viarg, 31, of North Braddock was at the Best Buy at the Waterfront at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving to make sure she would get a $197 laptop for her daughter. Her ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Washington County, PA, Greensburg, PA, Homestead, PA, North Braddock, PA

  9. Protesters appear Downtown to fight for UPMC BraddockRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

    Adam Brandolph can be reached via e-mail or at 412-765-2312. Ways to get us About 30 people holding signs and distributing fliers outside UPMC's Downtown headquarters protested today against the health system's announcement that it would close its Braddock facility at the end of January.

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    Related Topix: Wilkinsburg, PA, Edgewood, PA, Swissvale, PA

  10. Protesters call UMPC 'heartless' for closing Braddock siteRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    A group of about 60 protestors assembled this afternoon at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Grant Street, Downtown, in front of the U.S. Steel Tower to voice their anger about the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's plans to close its hospital in Braddock.

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    Related Topix: East Pittsburgh, PA

  11. UPMC's rationaleRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | Pittsburgh Tribune

    There has been much public discussion regarding UPMC's plans for its Braddock, McKeesport and Monroeville facilities without full knowledge of all the facts, leading to an incorrect and incomplete picture.

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    Related Topix: McKeesport, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Opinion

  12. Hall of fame coach Klausing to attend WPIAL championshipsRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | PittsburghLIVE.com

    ... press box Friday for the four championship games. Klausing, who won a record six consecutive WPIAL championships at Braddock from 1954-1959 with a mark of 53-0-1, will be a bit conflicted, however, while watching the last game of the day - Woodland ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

  13. InstitutionalizedRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Pittsburgh City Paper

    ... the avarice of steel companies. On the rainy afternoon of Nov. 19, though, some 200 people were on the streets of Braddock, denouncing UPMC. I guess it's true: Hospitals and universities really are the steel mills of the 21st century. Actually, that ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Non-Profit, Pittsburgh, PA

  14. Braddock Hospital closing spurs community standoff

    Wednesday Nov 25 | New Pittsburgh Courier

    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.

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    Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Nursing, Medicine

  15. Allegheny County redevelopment authority eyes uses for Braddock hospitalRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Pittsburgh Tribune

    Luis Fabregas can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7998. By Luis Fabregas TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, November 25, 2009 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA

  16. County authority reaches bond deal with U.S. SteelRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Pittsburgh Tribune Review

    ... n the county, according to a securities filing. The bonds financed projects at plants in Clairton, West Mifflin and Braddock, as well as at former plants in Duquesne, Homestead and Vandergrift. Subscribe to the Tribune-Review today

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    Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA, Financial Markets, Clairton, PA, West Mifflin, PA

  17. 'Road' doesn't do justice to McCarthy novel

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

    ... had the perfect location, the bleak hills and valleys of Pennsylvania in winter -- including the ghostly decay of Braddock, the charred remains of Conneaut Lake Park in Crawford County and the frozen shores of Lake Erie. Cinematographer Javier ...

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    Related Topix: The Road, Pennsylvania, Arts, Literature, Conneaut Lake, PA, Crawford County, PA, Movies, Entertainment

  18. EMS chiefRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | The Daily News

    ... Boulevard Sunday evening. Moore, 77, suffered a heart attack after arriving at the accident scene and died at UPMC Braddock. In addition to being active with the EMS, he was a member of Duquesne Volunteer Fire Department, vice chairman of the city's ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

  19. Esther L. 'Hetty' Pitts WardRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

    ... Thursday, November 19, 2009 at Mercy St. Edwards Hospital in Portsmouth, Arkansas. She was born July 20, 1941 In Braddock, Pennsylvania. She was a member of Hopewell Free Methodist Church and played piano there for many years. Esther was a partner ...

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    Related Topix: Obituaries

  20. UPMC McKeesport's future in questionRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | Pittsburgh Business Times

    The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's decision to close Braddock Hospital is raising questions about the future of McKeesport Hospital , which could become the weak link in the system's hospital network when Braddock closes in January.

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    Related Topix: McKeesport, PA, Allegheny County, PA

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