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		<title>New Hope for Jeannette Glass Co. Plant Site</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/29/new-hope-for-jeannette-glass-co-plant-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 29, 2010
By Candy Woodall

Robert Carter drives past it every day. He sees the blemish on the city landscape and questions the fate of the old Jeannette Glass plant.
A city firefighter for the past 36 years and the mayor for the past six months, Mr. Carter is quite familiar with Jeannette Glass Co.
&#8220;I remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vandergrift Moves to Preserve Look of Borough Property</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/26/vandergrift-moves-to-preserve-look-of-borough-property/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rossilynne Skena
VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Monday, July 26, 2010

Borough residents who cut down trees between the sidewalk and the curb could face a fine.
Those trees are borough property, officials say.
A new ordinance would enforce that by prohibiting residents from trimming or removing trees along the street &#8212; even those in front of their house.
Councilwoman Kathy Chvala [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regent Square Brick Streets to Remain Brick</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/22/regent-square-brick-streets-to-remain-brick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 22, 2010
By Deborah M. Todd, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

With parts of the Regent Square neighborhood&#8217;s brick-paved Macon and Trevanion avenues in shambles following a recent water main break, residents&#8217; efforts to make sure the street is repaired in its original condition have paid off.
Swissvale council President David Petrarca said the Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority agreed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Money Spurs Vandergrift Spending Ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/21/movie-money-spurs-vandergrift-spending-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rossilynne Skena and Dale Mann, VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Monday, July 19, 2010
The borough received $15,000 for opening its streets in June to crews filming &#8220;I am Number IV,&#8221; an action-packed thriller.
Of the money received from DreamWorks, $5,400 has be allocated to parking meters. There are about 250 parking meters on the borough streets, and those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old School Steps to Front of the Class</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/21/old-school-steps-to-front-of-the-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Eric Heyl
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Consider it a textbook example of how to transform a dilapidated eyesore into a potential community jewel.
For nearly a quarter-century, the former South Hills High School in Mt. Washington slowly deteriorated while various redevelopment proposals were about as successful as the initial Hindenburg launch.
As recently as 18 months ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artists on Board for Mural Project Behind Tarentum Station Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/20/artists-on-board-for-mural-project-behind-tarentum-station-restaurant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Yerace
VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Last updated: 7:41 am

The mural project for the wall behind the Tarentum Station restaurant is picking up steam, according to borough officials.
Borough Manager Bill Rossey said he has been contacted by five local artists who want to volunteer their services for the project.
Councilman Ray Kerr, who is coordinating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$17.5 Million for Steel Heritage Sought</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/19/17-5-million-for-steel-heritage-sought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[dBy Matthew Santoni, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Allegheny County officials are hoping the federal government will invest $17.5 million in a project to turn a former steelmaking site into a national heritage park and build a ramp at the Rankin Bridge to lead visitors to it.
The county, city of Pittsburgh, Port Authority and Port of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rodef Shalom&#8217;s Garden Grows into Latest Exhibit of Wearable Greens</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/16/rodef-shaloms-garden-grows-into-latest-exhibit-of-wearable-greens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alaina Raftis , TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, July 15, 2010
The lush greenery at Rodef Shalom&#8217;s Biblical Botanical Garden is celebrating it&#8217;s 25th year with a new exhibit titled &#8220;What Shall I Wear?&#8221;
This year, the garden showcases various plants and flowers that have been used to make clothing and fragrances for thousands of years.
The heavily cultivated and well-maintained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Railroad Plan Would Link Pittsburgh, Ohio</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/16/railroad-plan-would-link-pittsburgh-ohio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By The Associated Press
Friday, July 16, 2010

COLUMBUS &#8212; Pittsburgh and Toledo are among the next cities that Ohio wants to connect as part of its developing passenger rail project, state transportation officials said Thursday.
The state has signed a $7.8 million contract with an engineering firm to study new routes that would branch off from Ohio&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McKeesport Will Demolish 15 Homes</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/15/mckeesport-will-demolish-15-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/15/mckeesport-will-demolish-15-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 15, 2010
By Candy Woodall

McKeesport&#8217;s 7th Ward is getting a face-lift.
Despite a poor economy, McKeesport continues to attract stimulus dollars to improve its neighborhoods.
Using a $100,00 from Allegheny County, Mayor James Brewster said the city will raze another 15 blighted homes along Bailey Avenue, beginning on July 27.
&#8220;We&#8217;re tearing down a house every four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latrobe Considers Trails Linking to Saint Vincent</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/15/latrobe-considers-trails-linking-to-saint-vincent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 15, 2010
By Candy Woodall

Latrobe foundation and city leaders are deciding how to establish a trail system that would link the region&#8217;s educational, recreational and industrial institutions.
The first step is creating a 2-mile trail from Saint Vincent College in Unity to neighboring Latrobe to provide a connection for the campus&#8217; 2,000 students to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group Asks 1-Year Delay in Mellon Arena Demolition</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/15/group-asks-1-year-delay-in-mellon-arena-demolition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 15, 2010
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A group seeking to save Mellon Arena today urged its owner to delay a proposed demolition for one year.
Rob Pfaffmann, a Downtown architect who leads Reuse the Igloo, asked the city-Allegheny County Sports &#38; Exhibition Authority board to give the group a year to develop an economically viable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pools, Rivers, Fountains and More Offer Splashing Fun</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/15/pools-rivers-fountains-and-more-offer-splashing-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
When it comes to cooling off, there aren&#8217;t many better or more efficient ways than getting soaked.
There are a variety of pools, rivers, fountains, rides and more available in Western Pennsylvania to take the edge off of even the hottest days &#8212; and we&#8217;ve certainly had plenty of those lately. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greening the South Side: Residents Plant Nearly Two Dozen Street Trees</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/14/greening-the-south-side-residents-plant-nearly-two-dozen-street-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, January 13, 2010
South Side will begin to look greener in the spring thanks to Kim Collins.
Back in March, she and a friend were talking over wine one night, trying to think of something they could do in their community. &#8220;And we came up with trees,&#8221; says Collins. &#8220;I live on Wharton Street and there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rain Barrels and Rain Gardens: Nine Mile Run Watershed Association Looks Ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/14/rain-barrels-and-rain-gardens-nine-mile-run-watershed-association-looks-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, July 14, 2010
This Saturday night, the Nine Mile Run Watershed Association (NMRWA) will celebrate another year of progress at their annual fundraiser.
In lower Frick Park, near the confluence of the Fern Hollow and Nine Mile Run streams, &#8220;A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Storm&#8221; will include food and drink from Point Brugge Café and Make Your Mark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mount Lebanon Gardener Turns Destruction into Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/13/mount-lebanon-gardener-turns-destruction-into-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, July 10, 2010
By Kevin Kirkland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


In more than 25 years of Pittsburgh gardening, Nancy Smith has tested, sometimes fooled and been humbled by Mother Nature.
She has succeeded with plants that supposedly need more sunlight or aren&#8217;t supposed to survive our winters. And she has lost perfectly suitable plants and trees to beastly weather, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiny Gardener Designed Her House and Garden to Show Off Beloved Flowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, July 10, 2010
By Susan Banks, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Overflowing flower beds with lots and lots of color, that&#8217;s Irene Ciccarelli&#8217;s cup of tea. Her 2-year-old garden, tucked in the new Lincoln Hills housing plan in North Huntingdon, stands out among the restrained landscaping of her neighbors. It&#8217;s not that she doesn&#8217;t like the neatly manicured plots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh Offers Plenty of Refreshing Water Havens During the Summer Months:  A Walking Tour of the City&#8217;s Fountains and Water Feaures</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, July 11, 2010
By Bill Toland, Virginia Linn, Patricia Lowry, Marylynne Pitz and Katy Buchanan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Our crown jewel fountain at Point State Park (No. 1 on the map above) is dry until 2012 while it undergoes repairs, and a few others also need work, but there are plenty of other burbling basins to enjoy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fundraiser Puts Lawrenceville Empty Pool to Use</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/12/fundraiser-puts-lawrenceville-empty-pool-to-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Craig Smith
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, July 11, 2010

Retired Pittsburgh police officer Marty Joyce heard loud music in his Lawrenceville neighborhood Saturday afternoon and went to investigate.
The Leslie Park Pool, now empty of water, was filled with Zumba dancers who were helping to heighten awareness of a campaign to find alternative uses for the pool and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fallingwater Cottage Designs on Display at Carnegie</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kurt Shaw, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Located in Mill Run, just 90 minutes by car southeast of Pittsburgh, Frank Lloyd Wright&#8217;s Fallingwater is an icon of 20th-century architecture that draws approximately 150,000 admirers from around the world, all year long.
Built between 1936 and 1939 for the Kaufmann family &#8212; owners of the Pittsburgh department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Museum Has Plans to Beautify Unsightly Underpasses</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/12/childrens-museum-has-plans-to-beautify-unsightly-underpasses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Zlatos
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Monday, July 12, 2010

Visitors from Downtown to the North Side must now pass through a dark maze of cold, concrete underpasses. But the Children&#8217;s Museum of Pittsburgh will soon inject it with a bit of brightness.
The museum is working with Norfolk &#38; Southern Railroad and other groups to convert the railroad&#8217;s underpass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old-Fashioned Amusement Parks Once Beckoned, Have Nearly Vanished</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/09/old-fashioned-amusement-parks-once-beckoned-have-nearly-vanished/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bobby Cherry and Kristina Serafini
SEWICKLEY HERALD
Thursday, July 8, 2010

For more than 100 years, American amusement parks have entertained and thrilled those looking for summertime excitement. But as cultures shifted and competition increased, the thrills, fun and family gatherings at many parks stopped, leaving only memories behind.
From the late 19th century through the mid 1950s, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YMCA Posts Big Plans for the Hill</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/09/ymca-posts-big-plans-for-the-hill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Adam Brandolph
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, July 9, 2010

A day after community officials announced they had struck a deal to bring a grocery store to the Hill District, residents on Thursday were pleased to hear that the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh plans to break ground on a nearby facility this fall.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s a very good thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh Taking Steps to Fix Crumbling Stairways</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Margaret Harding
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Tiffany Eberhardt&#8217;s trip to visit her grandmother recently took on a new meaning.
Eberhardt, 33, of Jefferson Hills broke her wrist and tore knee ligaments after falling through city-owned suspended concrete stairs in Pittsburgh&#8217;s Chartiers City neighborhood in April.
&#8220;I love the fact that they&#8217;re here,&#8221; Eberhardt said about the steps. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight On to Keep Brick Street in Regent Square</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/09/fight-on-to-keep-brick-street-in-regent-square/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alyssa Karas
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The clusters of bright orange cones on Macon Avenue in Regent Square alert motorists and pedestrians of giant holes in the yellow-brick road.
But the cones are warning signs of a battle brewing between Swissvale residents and a water company.
When Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority replaces the water line in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allegheny County Communities Examine Benefits of Recycling More</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/08/allegheny-county-communities-examine-benefits-of-recycling-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Daveen Rae Kurutz
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, July 8, 2010

Communities across Allegheny County are lightening their loads.
Instead of throwing away such items as newspapers and plastic bottles, more residents are recycling them.
Mt. Lebanon is recycling at nearly double the rate of just two years ago.
&#8220;There are so many environmental benefits. It makes sense to recycle,&#8221; said Larry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Park Middle School Outdoor Classroom to Serve Double Duty</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/08/south-park-middle-school-outdoor-classroom-to-serve-double-duty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 08, 2010
By Amanda Gillooly

Howard Anderson said his smelly, sometimes boisterous lesson plans don&#8217;t do anything for his popularity in the teachers lounge at South Park Middle School.
&#8220;We&#8217;re dissecting fish and the room stinks or we&#8217;re making bottle rockets,&#8221; the fifth-grade science teacher said last week as he and a small crew of laborers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County Bridges All Gaps But One in Pittsburgh-to-D.C. Trail: Onorato Wants it Completed by 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 08, 2010
By Jon Schmitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Construction cranes on Wednesday eliminated two of the biggest obstacles to completing a 335-mile biking and hiking trail from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., a project that has been in the works for 35 years.
Crews hoisted prefabricated bridges over active freight rail lines in Whitaker and Duquesne along the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cities, Including Pittsburgh, Are Turning Green With Urban Farms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 08, 2010
By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



The urban farm &#8212; a novel, even whimsical, idea a few years ago in Pittsburgh &#8212; is now a movement so fully fledged that a neighborhood without one seems almost an anomaly.
Nationally, the movement is profuse, with seeds in the 1980s when foodies sprouted and gourmet eating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YWCA&#8217;s New Green Roof Contributes to Revitalization of the Wood Street Corridor</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/23/ywcas-new-green-roof-contributes-to-revitalization-of-the-wood-street-corridor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The 42-year-old YWCA building at 305 Wood Street received a $175,000  grant from the Richard King  Mellon Foundation and Eden Hall Foundation to build a new green roof.
The new  retro-fitted roof will protect the building envelope from moisture  penetration, with a final layer of plantscaping, and is scheduled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Park Lake Workers Dig in Deep</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/17/north-park-lake-workers-dig-in-deep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Vidonic
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, June 17, 2010

For nearly 80 years, North Park Lake was considered the centerpiece of the Allegheny County park, its serene waters welcoming boaters and anglers.
These days, it&#8217;s anything but welcoming, essentially little more than a muddy hole as it undergoes a $16 million transformation.
Within a year, if all goes according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sewickley Tour Offers Glimpse at Early 1900s Garden</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/17/sewickley-tour-offers-glimpse-at-early-1900s-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joanne Braun
SEWICKLEY HERALD
Thursday, June 17, 2010

When Janice and Ronald West moved into their Sewickley Heights home 15 years ago, remnants of the past scattered the property.
One such remnant is an old cherub statue perched in the middle of The Gardens of Poplar Hill on the Country Club Road property. It will be included in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundations Aid Pittsburgh YWCA&#8217;s Green Roof</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/17/foundations-aid-pittsburgh-ywcas-green-roof/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/17/foundations-aid-pittsburgh-ywcas-green-roof/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Zlatos
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, June 17, 2010

The YWCA is getting a green roof, part of a campaign by charitable foundations to make Downtown more environmentally friendly.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen an increasing number of green roofs in Pittsburgh in the past three years, some of which are Downtown,&#8221; said Aurora Sharrard, director of innovation for the Pittsburgh Green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phipps&#8217; Center for Sustainable Landscapes Chosen to Test New Green Design Rating System</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/16/phipps-center-for-sustainable-landscapes-chosen-to-test-new-green-design-rating-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pop City Media
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden&#8217;s Center for Sustainable Landscapes, which is in its final phase of design, has been selected to join 175 other pilot programs to test a revolutionary new rating system for green landscape design called The Sustainable Sites Initiative, or SITES.

SITES is similar to the LEED building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hill District to Rediscover Itself Via &#8216;Greenprint&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/16/hill-district-to-rediscover-itself-via-greenprint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 16, 2010
By Meredith Skrzypczak, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Hill District residents gathered on a street corner Tuesday as a banner hung above with the words &#8220;the village, the woods&#8221; written around a picture of the neighborhood.
Plans for community projects that will preserve and sustain the natural and built-up landscape of the Hill were unveiled before the [...]]]></description>
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