Bloomfield Garfield Area News

23/05/2024

Here in Bloomfield, there's a unique and worldly shop, where all proceeds go to a good cause- a women's shelter in Penn Hills.

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10/04/2024

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19/03/2024

What really allowed things to flourish was when BOOM Concepts began collaborating with places like Assemble and Most Wanted Fine Art, which needed a space to hold some extra events because of overflow.

A chance meeting with Darrell “DS” Kinsel at a Hill District bus stop 10 years ago ended up launching Cue Perry’s art career.

20/07/2023

Starbucks workers from across the country joined local baristas at the company’s Bloomfield and Eastside locations in a strike against stalled contract negotiations and alleged union busting tactics.

Starbucks workers from across the country joined local baristas at the company's Bloomfield and Eastside locations on Thursday in a strike against stalled contract negotiations and alleged union busting tactics. The pickets are part of a 13-city Starbucks Workers United bus tour that kicked off in L...

06/02/2023

It's almost fish fry season!

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16/01/2023

Fet Fisk has run a pop-up dinner business for the past few years, serving Scandinavian-inspired dinners at restaurants across Pittsburgh, like Black Radish Kitchen in Point Breeze and Soju in Garfield. The business also runs a popular stand that is a regular at the Bloomfield farmers’ market.

The former Lombardozzi restaurant space in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood could be getting new life as the well-known food pop-up business Fet Fisk is eyeing the space for a bar, restaurant and event space. Fet Fisk has run a pop-up dinner business for the past few years, serving Scandin...

20/08/2022

The festival closes down sections of Liberty Avenue, is free to attend, and is filled with vendors, musical acts, and a bocce court, with a tournament pitting local Irish-American officials against Italian-American celebrities.

Pittsburgh's annual Italian heritage festival is returning to Bloomfield starting on Thursday. The four-day festival closes down sections of Liberty Avenue, is free to attend, and is filled with vendors, musical acts, and even a bocce court, with a tournament pitting local Irish-American officials a...

08/08/2022

A Bloomfield man faces charges after police said he sold fentanyl-laced co***ne to three people who died of overdoses last summer.

A Bloomfield man faces charges after police said he sold fentanyl-laced co***ne to three people who died of overdoses last summer. James Hamlett, 43, was taken to Allegheny County Jail after being denied bail Thursday, with District Judge Eileen Conroy calling him a

12/05/2022

Chef/owner Becca Hegarty wrote on Instagram that she is extremely grateful for everyone that supported the restaurant and proud of her staff, but added that it is "time to move on.” Bitter Ends last day was April 20.

After nearly five years serving diners breakfast, coffee, fresh-baked bread, and inventive brunch and take-out items, Bitter Ends will close in April. The popular spot took over the former Bloomfield Sandwich Shop location in 2017, and quickly built a passionate fan base. Bitter Ends focused on hear...

13/04/2022

In the case of Bloomfield and Polish Hill, developers would be required to earmark 10% of their housing units as affordable housing units, said Phillip Wu, the Department of City Planning’s neighborhood planner for Bloomfield.

A proposal before Pittsburgh City Council would expand inclusionary zoning into the city's Bloomfield and Polish Hill neighborhoods. Inclusionary zoning requires that market-rate housing developments with 20 or more units incorporate affordable housing into the plans. In the case of Bloomfield and P...

22/03/2022

POGOH stations will be most concentrated in Downtown and Oakland, but also include locations in the North Side, the South Side, Uptown, the Hill District, the Strip District, Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, Garfield, East Liberty, Shadyside, Homewood and Hazelwood.

After seven years known as Healthy Ride, Pittsburgh's bike share revealed a rebrand on Wednesday that includes new station locations and a new fleet that will include some electric-assist bikes, also known as e-bikes. The new system is called POGOH. The name is designed to suggest hopping

01/03/2022

A man who said he spent nearly 14 years wrongfully imprisoned for a fire that killed three people in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood is suing the prosecutor and two police officers who led the investigation.

A man who said he spent nearly 14 years wrongfully imprisoned for a fire that killed three people in Pittsburgh's Bloomfield neighborhood is suing the prosecutor and two police officers who led the investigation. Daniel Carnevale, 58, filed the federal lawsuit alleging malicious prosecution, fabrica...

01/03/2022

A man was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning after Pittsburgh police say he fired a gunshot near West Penn Hospital in Bloomfield and then headed toward a Liberty Avenue gas station.

A man was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning after Pittsburgh police say he fired a gunshot near West Penn Hospital in Bloomfield and then headed toward a Liberty Avenue gas station. Just after midnight March 1, officers said they were responding to a shots-fired call on Milgate

01/03/2022

"In becoming the first store in Pittsburgh to file for an NLRB election, the Bloomfield workers bring the national campaign’s explosive momentum to the cradle of the early US labor rights movement, ” the committee said in a statement. "Pittsburgh is a union town - it is our turn to join that history.”

Workers at the Starbucks location in Bloomfield on Friday became the first of the coffee chain's employees in the Pittsburgh region to file to unionize. This comes as a wave of unionization has hit the international coffee giant, including efforts at more than 60 stores across 14 states. Pittsburgh'...

15/02/2022

The Scholarship for Diversity in Media is open to high school seniors who are culturally, ethnically or racially diverse and are planning to study journalism, communication or English writing at a four-year college or university.

The deadlines are fast approaching for Trib Total Media's Journalism Scholarship Program. The Scholarship for

02/02/2022

Christina Howell of the Bloomfield Development Corp. said she is grateful for the program as it will help the community, still feeling the downward economic impact from the covid-19 pandemic.

Workforce training, flood prevention programs and community gardening will be among the initiatives supported by newly awarded state tax credits to Sharpsburg, Etna and Millvale. The Sharpsburg Neighborhood Organization (SNO) will receive $160,000 in tax credits from the Department of Community and....

17/01/2022

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06/12/2021

Police said catalytic converters had been taken from vehicles in the Friendship, Bloomfield and Garfield neighborhoods.

Recent social media threats of possible violence against schools has prompted a modified lockdown for Pittsburgh Public Schools on Friday. In a tweet and Facebook post, school officials said the lockdown will apply to all schools, center programs and early childhood and Early Head Start classrooms.....

22/11/2021

Proposal would ban single-use plastic bags at Pittsburgh stores

Single-use plastic bags may be a thing of the past in Pittsburgh, if a proposal to ban them earns City Council's approval. The legislation, introduced by Councilwoman Erika Strassburger on Monday, would ban plastic bags in most instances. Rather than using the standard plastic grocery bags, shoppers...

22/11/2021

Police: 4-year-old dead of gunshot wound in Pittsburgh

A 4-year-old boy died in a shooting Monday morning after an incident a home on North Negley Avenue in Garfield, Pittsburgh police said. Police and EMS responded at 8:15 a.m. to the 500 block of North Negley to reports of a boy with a gunshot wound. The child was transported

15/11/2021

Loved ones say Jim Rogers was loving, caring, hilarious and a talented artist — traits they say have been buried as the investigation continues into Rogers’s death after he was tased by Pittsburgh police last week in Bloomfield.

Loved ones say Jim Rogers was loving, caring, hilarious and a talented artist

11/11/2021

The late Frank Donatelli started the business in 1932

In the 1930s, Frank Donatelli allowed customers to stop in and pick up grocery items they needed from Donatelli's Italian Food Center on Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield – without paying. They could give him money later.

08/11/2021

Pittsburgh police would no longer be allowed to pull over drivers for secondary violations such as headlights or brake lights being burned out or license plates being improperly displayed, under a proposal.

Pittsburgh police would no longer be allowed to pull over drivers for secondary violations such as headlights or brake lights being burned out or license plates being improperly displayed, under legislation introduced Monday. The measure is meant to make traffic stops more

08/11/2021

There is a Code Orange air quality alert today

High air pollution could impact sensitive groups of people Monday in several counties across the region, including communities in Allegheny County, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The department issued a Code Orange air quality alert for fine particulate matter,...

01/11/2021

The city will host vaccine clinics for employees at city facilities in an effort to help workers meet the deadline

Pittsburgh is requiring all city employees without medical or religious exemptions to be fully vaccinated against covid-19 by Dec. 22, officials announced Monday. Employees are considered to be fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or two weeks aft...

01/11/2021

Guy Peduto III, a resident of West Virginia who grew up in the South Hills, died of unspecified causes Saturday morning

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto's oldest brother died over the weekend. Guy Peduto III, a resident of West Virginia who grew up in the South Hills, died of unspecified causes Saturday morning, Peduto announced on his Twitter account. Peduto described Guy Peduto as not only his brother but also a good

01/11/2021

Looking for info on state and local races on the ballot on Election Day? Here's a quick voter guide.

General election day in Pennsylvania is Tuesday. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and anyone in line at 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote. The state has an online tool to let voters find their polling place by entering their address here. For more information on

01/11/2021

Police say he uses the tag "EM” or "EME” and scrawls graffiti with anti-government and often vulgar content

An Upper Saint Clair man wanted on a felony criminal mischief charge is accused of vandalizing Pittsburgh sites with graffiti. Pittsburgh police graffiti squad detectives are asking for the public's help in locating Michael Coliane, 23, for whom a warrant has been issued. Coliane is accused of vanda...

14/10/2021

A man who was tased by Pittsburgh police during an arrest Wednesday morning died in a hospital about 24 hours later.

A man who was tased by Pittsburgh police during an arrest Wednesday morning died in a hospital about 24 hours later. Allegheny County Police are investigating the incident. Public Safety spokesperson Cara Cruz said officers were dispatched around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday to the 5100 block of Harriett St...

30/09/2021

Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield will become a festive atmosphere for a Columbus Day parade filled with 100 bands, floats, organizations and businesses showcasing the region’s Italian history - known as the city’s "Little Italy.”

Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield will become a festive atmosphere for a Columbus Day parade filled with 100 bands, floats, organizations and businesses showcasing the region's Italian history – known as the city's