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PublicSource goes live

PublicSource, the new kid on the block in the Western Pennsylvania media landscape, is launching on Sunday. We hope you’ll come to know us well.
Our goal is to become a trusted source of in-depth and enterprise news and investigations. At a time when there’s more information than ever available to you, we want to prove [...]

Of Cabbages And Kings-Peace and Love

The time has come the Walrus said to talk of other things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax. Of Cabbages and Kings.
Ghandi, King, and Lennon. All 3 men are my heroes and some of the most important men of the 20th Century. And they all believed in the ultimate power of Peace and Love. [...]

High School Coach Honored for Saving Student

2009 Genesis Awards Reception Held During National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month to Raise Awareness about the Nation’s Leading Cause of Death
High school hero, Mike Piccione, was honored at the 2009 Genesis Awards Reception hosted by the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, on October 15 at Hyde Park in Pittsburgh. Mike, a physical education teacher and [...]

Volunteers Raise $1.1M for Flight 93 Memorial

The Pittsburgh Foundation was proud and honored to have played a role in supporting the Flight 93 Memorial campaign, and we congratulate State Senator Jane Orie (R-Allegheny) for her tireless work to help keep alive the memory of those who gave their lives on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Somerset County, Pa. during [...]

19th Annual Greater Pittsburgh ATHENA Award Program

The ATHENA Award is recognized internationally as the premier honor for excellence in leadership among business, professional and community leaders.
The 19th Annual Greater Pittsburgh ATHENA Award Program will take place on Monday, September 21 from Noon – 1:30 p.m. at the Westin Convention Center hotel. .

Another Side of East Side

By Philip Hallen and Mark Bibro
The recent Post Gazette article on East Liberty’s renewal (East Liberty becomes a vibrant community, PG 6/8/09) is a welcome notice to the larger Pittsburgh community about the transformation and continuing innovation of the area. This transformation is a model of public private partnership which has been the hallmark [...]