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“The whole country is mad about this,” says Patrick Walsh, director of purchasing at Pennsylvania Macaroni Co. in the Strip District. Lemon Blennd has been a summertime staple in Western PA and beyond since its creation in 1914. The frosty
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Pittsburgh City Council is back to full strength. Community advocate Barb Warwick took the oath of office Monday morning in City Council chambers, flanked by her husband and four children. Warwick soundly defeated three other candidates in
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Workers voice steel's history: Bruce Spiegel's new documentary, "City of Steel," traces the rise and decline of Pittsburgh's steel industry through the voices of the workers who made it happen. The documentary is available to stream for
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Electric rates surge. Duquesne Light customers face rate increases over 20% this winter. Why? Natural gas prices have increased, especially as liquefied natural gas is shipped overseas to Ukraine. Jillian Forstadt reports for WESA
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Robot landlords buy up Pittsburgh: Investment funds and other institutional investors are buying up thousands of single-family homes and other foreclosed properties nationwide, including in Pittsburgh and other Rust Belt cities
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Note: In solidarity with striking Newspaper Guild workers, Pittsburgh Independent will not link to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Follow striking workers’ news coverage at the Pittsburgh Union Progress. Starbucks strikes hit Pittsburgh. WESA
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Post-Gazette publisher John R. Block is getting married in Pittsburgh this Saturday, and striking workers from his paper and their supporters will be outside the reception to ensure an unforgettable evening. “They’re going to have a lot of
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Pittsburgh’s Pop Art prince is off to Al-’Ula. The Royal Commission for Al-'Ula and Arts AlUla this week announced Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol Museum will bring “Fame: Andy Warhol in AlUla” to the Maraya art gallery for a three month
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