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Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has kicked off the 2012 Holiday Project gift collection drive for children and youth who receive services through the county Department of Human...

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Head to Target, Bed Bath & Beyond or Lowe's Home Improvement or any nearby stores and you'll see that it's already beginning to look a lot like Christmas 2012 in and around the Cran...

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The Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project is partnering with the Pittsburgh-area Patch sites to support our neighbors with a holiday tote and food drive. Drop-off spots will be established thr...

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A California family won Patch's Deck the House contest and netted $100,000 in prize money for Davis Joint Unified School District. “We all won,” said homeowner Kristy Powell, who des...

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As she emerged shivering from the Connoquenessing Creek, Dominique French could jokingly be heard shouting maybe she had made the wrong choice. “It was so freezing,” she said later w...

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Revelers descended on Historic Harmony Saturday for the town’s annual Silvester celebration. Silvester is the word used for New Year’s Eve in Germany, and Harmony celebrates the even...

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Well, 2012 is here. It’s time to cast off last year’s highs and lows and start fresh. With that in mind, what are your New Year’s resolutions? As always, after a month of glutinous e...

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Allegheny County's fifth annual Christmas tree recycling program begins Wednesday, Dec. 26 and will run through Saturday, Jan. 19 at all nine regional parks. County residents may dro...