Below is an article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. There will be a meeting in Lawrenceville discussing the closing of the West End Library and 4 others. If you find this cause close to your heart, then please show up.
You can also read Brian O'neill's opinion on this matter HERE.
Mayor to hold community meeting on library closings
Monday, October 19, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announced today that he will be holding a community meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday in Lawrenceville to hear residents concerns about Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's board's decision to close five libraries.
The meeting will be at St. Mary's Lower Lyceum, 321 45th St.
The Mayor has invited the library board and Director Barbara Mistick to the meeting.
"I have spoken with residents from all impacted communities and have answered as many questions as I can in regard to the board's decisions," Mr. Ravenstahl said in a statement issued today. "Residents deserve to have all of their questions answered concerning these very unfortunate circumstances."
The board has approved closing the Lawrenceville, Beechview, West End and Hazelwood branches and merging Knoxville and Carrick branches.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09292/1006721-100.stm#ixzz0UQurxCP4
Monday, October 19, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Thank You Pittsburgh Hoagie
If you're a resident of Elliott, please read the most recent blog post from the pittsburgh Hoagie. This is something that really bothers me about the neighborhood. I hope the city does something about these properties. The worst part about this is, it's only a fraction of the run down, abandoned properties in the neighborhood.
PITTSBURGH HOAGIE
PITTSBURGH HOAGIE
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
EWEAA SCHOLARSHIPS
Two $500 College Scholarships to be awarded
The Elliott West End Athletic Association is now accepting applications for our College Scholarships. This year, due to generous donations, we are able to award two $500 scholarships for the fiscal year.
Applicants may complete the application process listed below and mail the complete application packet to the Scholarship Committee Chairperson,
A. Purpose: To provide financial aid to students attending technical, undergraduate or graduate programs at colleges, universities, or technical schools in the
B. Eligibility requirements:
1. The applicant must have played at least four years of sports in the EWEAA in one or more of the following: baseball, softball, and/or soccer.
2. The applicant must be accepted to, or already attending the institution to which this scholarship money will be sent.
C. Application Procedure:
1. No formal application form is used.
2. The application letter and documentation shall be submitted no earlier than January 1 and no later than April 15. Scholarships will be awarded in May and applied to the fall school year.
3. The application shall consist of a typed letter in which the applicant will discuss the following subjects:
a. The sport and year the applicant participated in EWEAA and elaborate how the participation affected the applicant
b. Community service/personal achievements
c. Intended career field the applicant will pursue
d. Any subject the applicant considers relevant pertaining to scho
ol or the scholarship
D. Required Documentation:
1. A high school transcript if the applicant has not completed one year of college, university, or technical school. If the applicant has completed one year of college, university or technical school then a transcript from this institution is required in lieu of a high school transcript
2. An acceptance letter or other documentation showing the applicant is attending or planning to attend an accredited school
3. A reference letter from an accredited teacher or professor
4. One or more of the following: a photo copy of the applicants Student Aid Report (SAR) containing the Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) number, a photocopy of the Financial Aid Package letter from the institution the applicant will be attending, or a statement detailing how family income or circumstances has kept the applicant from receiving other scholarships, grants, or loan funds
E. Criteria used for awarding the EWEAA Scholarship:
1. Overall academics of the applicant
2. Reference
3. Essay
4. Community involvement, personal achievements, awards, leadership, in addition to school related involvement and extra-curricular activities
5. Financial need
6. Participation within EWEAA
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Dog Fighting in Elliott????
Scarred pit bulls seized in Elliott; dog fights suspected
Thursday, June 11, 2009
By Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Animal control officers removed two pit bulls from a home in Elliot last night after receiving reports of dog fighting.
The owner of the dogs likely will face criminal charges, said Gerald Akrie, a supervisor with Pittsburgh's animal control department.
The dogs both had scars "all over" their bodies from fighting, Mr. Akrie said. They were taken from a home on Navajo Way around 5 p.m. yesterday.
Police are investigating, Mr. Akrie said.
Here is a VIDEO from WPXI.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
By Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Animal control officers removed two pit bulls from a home in Elliot last night after receiving reports of dog fighting.
The owner of the dogs likely will face criminal charges, said Gerald Akrie, a supervisor with Pittsburgh's animal control department.
The dogs both had scars "all over" their bodies from fighting, Mr. Akrie said. They were taken from a home on Navajo Way around 5 p.m. yesterday.
Police are investigating, Mr. Akrie said.
Here is a VIDEO from WPXI.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Trying to Get Back
Well it’s been about 2 months since my last post. I’ve been so busy with work, trying to coordinate and raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis great strides walk that took place in May, and then there are these damn Penguin games taking up all my time.
I would love it if more people would like to contribute to this Blog. My vision for this is to be a TRUE neighborhood website, not just one person’s ideas and opinions. Kinda of a “by the people for the people” kind of thing. Please let me know what ideas you might have. I am going to try and keep this blog updated the best I can.
In the mean time, let’s see what’s been going on the last few months in our community.
From May 7th, a nice little video discussing the research of the history surrounding the Old Stone Tavern
http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/?videoid=101790
Also from May 7th, an Elliott man gets sentenced 15-30 years in a stabbing death.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09127/968477-100.stm
Here’s is a link to the story of the garbage truck accident that happened directly in front of the above mentioned Old Stone Tavern
http://kdka.com/local/fatal.garbage.truck.2.1005530.html
Here is a great blog excerpt about Townsend Park in Elliott from the Pittsburgh Hoagie. I couldn’t agree with him more. I would actually like to walk around the neighborhood with my digital camera and find similar stories. Great Job Matt.
http://matth614.blogspot.com/2009/06/townsend-park.html
I would love it if more people would like to contribute to this Blog. My vision for this is to be a TRUE neighborhood website, not just one person’s ideas and opinions. Kinda of a “by the people for the people” kind of thing. Please let me know what ideas you might have. I am going to try and keep this blog updated the best I can.
In the mean time, let’s see what’s been going on the last few months in our community.
From May 7th, a nice little video discussing the research of the history surrounding the Old Stone Tavern
http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/?videoid=101790
Also from May 7th, an Elliott man gets sentenced 15-30 years in a stabbing death.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09127/968477-100.stm
Here’s is a link to the story of the garbage truck accident that happened directly in front of the above mentioned Old Stone Tavern
http://kdka.com/local/fatal.garbage.truck.2.1005530.html
Here is a great blog excerpt about Townsend Park in Elliott from the Pittsburgh Hoagie. I couldn’t agree with him more. I would actually like to walk around the neighborhood with my digital camera and find similar stories. Great Job Matt.
http://matth614.blogspot.com/2009/06/townsend-park.html
Friday, April 3, 2009
Create Your Own Religion......
Well it looks like there is a church for sale in our neighborhood. If you’ve ever though about creating your own church, this may be the right time to go through with it.
The church on the corner of Chartiers and Bucyrus is for sale for the low price of $175,000. This is a really good price for such a big building. The basement and kitchen alone may be worth that much. The local Meals on Wheels actually works out of the basement.
There have been many different types of churches and religions that have operated in the past. Catholicism, Scientology, Hindu temples, Hare Krishna, The Peoples Temple, The Church of Latter Day Saints, and maybe the most important of all, The Church of Fonzi.
Well here’s my idea if I had $175,000 to start a church.
THE YINZER CHURCH OF SAINT COPE
This church will be the place to pray and worship for all fans of local sports teams. Steelers, Penguins, Pirates, Pitt Panthers, Pittsburgh Passion, and very reluctantly, Penn State. West Virginia fans will not be welcome at this church. Regardless of what the local media tries to tell us, WVU is not a local team. It’s about an hour and a half to two hours away in a different state. It’s also the Pittsburgh team’s #1 rival. If you follow this logic, the Cleveland Browns would be considered a “local” team. Just ridiculous. Something's telling me that the Morgantown Newspaper does not consider the Pitt Panthers a "local" team.
Every week, just before mass starts, there will be a moment of silence for all of the fallen Pittsburgh Sports teams. Pittsburgh Maulers, Pittsburgh Gladiators, Pittsburgh Bulls, Pittsburgh Crossefire, Pittsburgh Spirit, Pittsburgh Hornets, Pittsburgh Condors, Pittsburgh Pipers, Pittsburgh Xplosion, Pittsburgh Piranhas just to name a few. Which brings me to…
MASS
Mass will be held every Sunday from 11:00 to 12:00 (tailgating permitted)
Instead of the Holy Bible, the minister will be reading excerpts from Double Yoi, The Chief, and anything else by Jim O’brien.
Holy Water will be placed in a replica Stanley Cup at the back of the church.
Traditional pews will be replaced by old Three Rivers Stadium seats.
Everyone will be welcome to participate in communion. It will consist of a shot of Iron City Beer and a nacho.
We will not have an organist. We will play recordings of the late great Vince Lascheid. Hey it works for the Pirates.
Until we get a full time Ordained Minister, we will be going with guest celebrity ministers. Bob Pompeani, Mike Lange, Mark Madden, Gene Collier, Bill Hillgrove, and Sam Nover are just a few that have been rumored to be interested.
CONFESSION
Instead of the traditional confession booth, there will be a replica Penalty Box, where you can confess your sins to a wax likeness of Dan Marouelli. You may not receive a response, but you’ll feel a whole lot better by getting things like how you once rooted for WVU in a BCS game because you thought it would be “good for the Big East” if they won. That’s a true sin.
HOLY GAME ROOM
During Football season mass will be immediately followed by lunch in the Holy Game Room, where we will prepare to watch the 1:00 Football games. (This will be regardless of if the Steelers play at 1:00 or not).
The Holy game room will have the NFL Ticket on multiple big screens. (What do you think we do with the offerings you give us every week.)
The Holy Game Room will be open for all Pittsburgh Sports games being shown on television.
There is a stage in the game room that will be used for plays and re-creations. We are trying to get an annual running of “The Chief”. Every December 23rd, local actors will recreate the Immaculate Reception. Every October 13th, they will recreate Maz’s Game Winning Home Run from the 1960 World Series. (I’m currently writing a play specifically for our stage called “Cobra: The Dave Parker Stories”, from his MVP year, to the Drug Trials, to the “battery” throwing incident.)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
We will still operate the Meals on Wheels program out of the church. We will have volunteers deliver items to those in need with a better menu that ever. What senior citizen wouldn’t love some Buffalo Wings(11 flavors), homemade pierogies, grilled kielbasa, Bucco Tacos, Uncle Charley’s Hot Sausage, and much more.
We will have a monthly Monte Carlo/Night at the Races to raise money for the church, Meals on Wheels and other Local Charities.
There will be a monthly sports memorabilia auction. If you’ve been looking for a place to get rid of that autographed Billy Tibbetts Jersey or the Mike Diaz autographed baseball you’ve had since 1987 then this is for you.
Well this is my church. If you’ve got a $175,000, I’d like to hear your ideas.
The church on the corner of Chartiers and Bucyrus is for sale for the low price of $175,000. This is a really good price for such a big building. The basement and kitchen alone may be worth that much. The local Meals on Wheels actually works out of the basement.
There have been many different types of churches and religions that have operated in the past. Catholicism, Scientology, Hindu temples, Hare Krishna, The Peoples Temple, The Church of Latter Day Saints, and maybe the most important of all, The Church of Fonzi.
Well here’s my idea if I had $175,000 to start a church.
THE YINZER CHURCH OF SAINT COPE
This church will be the place to pray and worship for all fans of local sports teams. Steelers, Penguins, Pirates, Pitt Panthers, Pittsburgh Passion, and very reluctantly, Penn State. West Virginia fans will not be welcome at this church. Regardless of what the local media tries to tell us, WVU is not a local team. It’s about an hour and a half to two hours away in a different state. It’s also the Pittsburgh team’s #1 rival. If you follow this logic, the Cleveland Browns would be considered a “local” team. Just ridiculous. Something's telling me that the Morgantown Newspaper does not consider the Pitt Panthers a "local" team.
Every week, just before mass starts, there will be a moment of silence for all of the fallen Pittsburgh Sports teams. Pittsburgh Maulers, Pittsburgh Gladiators, Pittsburgh Bulls, Pittsburgh Crossefire, Pittsburgh Spirit, Pittsburgh Hornets, Pittsburgh Condors, Pittsburgh Pipers, Pittsburgh Xplosion, Pittsburgh Piranhas just to name a few. Which brings me to…
MASS
Mass will be held every Sunday from 11:00 to 12:00 (tailgating permitted)
Instead of the Holy Bible, the minister will be reading excerpts from Double Yoi, The Chief, and anything else by Jim O’brien.
Holy Water will be placed in a replica Stanley Cup at the back of the church.
Traditional pews will be replaced by old Three Rivers Stadium seats.
Everyone will be welcome to participate in communion. It will consist of a shot of Iron City Beer and a nacho.
We will not have an organist. We will play recordings of the late great Vince Lascheid. Hey it works for the Pirates.
Until we get a full time Ordained Minister, we will be going with guest celebrity ministers. Bob Pompeani, Mike Lange, Mark Madden, Gene Collier, Bill Hillgrove, and Sam Nover are just a few that have been rumored to be interested.
CONFESSION
Instead of the traditional confession booth, there will be a replica Penalty Box, where you can confess your sins to a wax likeness of Dan Marouelli. You may not receive a response, but you’ll feel a whole lot better by getting things like how you once rooted for WVU in a BCS game because you thought it would be “good for the Big East” if they won. That’s a true sin.
HOLY GAME ROOM
During Football season mass will be immediately followed by lunch in the Holy Game Room, where we will prepare to watch the 1:00 Football games. (This will be regardless of if the Steelers play at 1:00 or not).
The Holy game room will have the NFL Ticket on multiple big screens. (What do you think we do with the offerings you give us every week.)
The Holy Game Room will be open for all Pittsburgh Sports games being shown on television.
There is a stage in the game room that will be used for plays and re-creations. We are trying to get an annual running of “The Chief”. Every December 23rd, local actors will recreate the Immaculate Reception. Every October 13th, they will recreate Maz’s Game Winning Home Run from the 1960 World Series. (I’m currently writing a play specifically for our stage called “Cobra: The Dave Parker Stories”, from his MVP year, to the Drug Trials, to the “battery” throwing incident.)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
We will still operate the Meals on Wheels program out of the church. We will have volunteers deliver items to those in need with a better menu that ever. What senior citizen wouldn’t love some Buffalo Wings(11 flavors), homemade pierogies, grilled kielbasa, Bucco Tacos, Uncle Charley’s Hot Sausage, and much more.
We will have a monthly Monte Carlo/Night at the Races to raise money for the church, Meals on Wheels and other Local Charities.
There will be a monthly sports memorabilia auction. If you’ve been looking for a place to get rid of that autographed Billy Tibbetts Jersey or the Mike Diaz autographed baseball you’ve had since 1987 then this is for you.
Well this is my church. If you’ve got a $175,000, I’d like to hear your ideas.
Another Tavern Article
Thanks to my friend Matt H over at the Pittsburgh Hoagie. He brought my attention to an article from the Trib yesterday that I completely missed..........
West End tavern Old Stone Inn might have played role in Whiskey Rebellion
By Tony LaRussaTRIBUNE-REVIEWThursday, April 2, 2009
An accounts ledger from the late 1790s indicates that some of the legends associated with a West End tavern that preservationists are trying to protect might be true.
The city's Historic Review Commission on Wednesday took public comment on whether the former Old Stone Inn — believed to be the second-oldest building in Pittsburgh — should be designated as a historic landmark. Doing so would require the building's owner to get the commission's permission before tearing it down or altering its exterior.
Katherine Molnar, the city's historic preservation planner, told the commission the ledger, which covers the years 1793-96, contains possible evidence that the Greentree Road tavern played a role in the Whiskey Rebellion, a late 18th-century uprising by people across Western Pennsylvania who opposed a federal excise tax on liquor.
Read the rest of the article here....
West End tavern Old Stone Inn might have played role in Whiskey Rebellion
By Tony LaRussaTRIBUNE-REVIEWThursday, April 2, 2009
An accounts ledger from the late 1790s indicates that some of the legends associated with a West End tavern that preservationists are trying to protect might be true.
The city's Historic Review Commission on Wednesday took public comment on whether the former Old Stone Inn — believed to be the second-oldest building in Pittsburgh — should be designated as a historic landmark. Doing so would require the building's owner to get the commission's permission before tearing it down or altering its exterior.
Katherine Molnar, the city's historic preservation planner, told the commission the ledger, which covers the years 1793-96, contains possible evidence that the Greentree Road tavern played a role in the Whiskey Rebellion, a late 18th-century uprising by people across Western Pennsylvania who opposed a federal excise tax on liquor.
Read the rest of the article here....
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