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Risk, trust and the joy of discovery: Mattress Factory approaches 50 years
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (666+ words) “Oh, you’re who bought the old mattress factory.” Barbara Luderowski watched recognition spread across her new neighbor’s face. The former Stearns and Foster warehouse on Pittsburgh’s North Side seemed to already be a prominent character in the neighborhood. The space…...
Private equity buying veterinary practices in Pittsburgh, nationally
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1172+ words) Erin Cochran has taken her dogs to what is now VCA Valley Vet Animal Hospital for almost 14 years. It sits less than a mile from her house in New Kensington, it was highly rated when she moved to the area,…...
Pa. fines Shell $15 million for air pollution from its Beaver County plastics plant
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (513+ words) The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined Shell $15 million for air quality violations at its Monaca, Pa. plastics plant. The agency says between 2023 and August 2026, Shell’s plant, called an ethane cracker, exceeded limits on visible emissions set by its…...
A Hilltop ‘Lorax’ wants just one public tree on her block. Will a border thwart her?
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (1321+ words) Still though, it was a tree. “This was a big, beautiful tree,” Murray said. “It was our only real shade.” Residents catching buses at nearby stops with neither shelter nor seats waited it out beneath its branches, resting in chairs…...
The library was there when she needed it. Now, she’s paying it forward.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (769+ words) At first, it was just a fun experiment. In 2024, avid reader Brittany Mihalko Bozak started tracking how much money she was saving by borrowing books from the library instead of purchasing them for her personal collection. The number kept climbing....
How anti-SNAP rhetoric is doing real damage
3+ week, 3+ day ago (322+ words) Hunger does not happen in a vacuum. It is built, policy by policy, narrative by narrative, into a country that has turned the simple act of feeding your family into something to be ashamed of. The fixes are not complicated....
Shapiro shifts course on data centers as governor campaign ramps up
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1012+ words) The backlash to the massive server warehouses is enveloping races for governor in some of the nation’s biggest states and presidential battlegrounds. On Tuesday, Shapiro, a Democrat, said his administration would no longer put data center projects at the head…...
Elizabeth Township punts gas well permit decision until September
3+ week, 5+ day ago (497+ words) Elizabeth Township’s Board of Commissioners put off voting on a permit that would authorize the continuation of EQT gas wells on Monday, saying that they needed more time and reached an agreement with the company to extend the decision timeline…...