2+ hour, 57+ min ago  (821+ words) A Washington County contractor accused of home improvement fraud in Millvale is awaiting trial on similar charges in South Fayette, according to court records. Millvale police charged James R. Nunamaker, 62, of North Strabane on March 18 with felony counts of deceptive or…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (492+ words) Formed in 2000, Pittsburgh experimental noise rockers Microwaves are back with another new album. As for what's kept them going this long? "A unique combination of anxiety and boredom," according to drummer John Roman. "Temporal Shifter," set for a March 27 release,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (202+ words) A North Hills Middle School student won first place in an annual national poster contest aimed at increasing awareness of the health risks of radon gas and the importance of home testing. Eighth grader Regan Schall won a $1,000 scholarship for…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (557+ words) Roof repair and replacement company Roof Gutter Now keeps busy in the winter, fielding 60 to 80 calls a day to melt piles of snow, ice and water sitting on top of homeowners" rooftops. But owner Nathaniel Davis says the calls should…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago  (130+ words) The Carpenter's Apprentice volunteers were at working in Greensburg Friday, adding a safety rail to a home on East Pittsburgh Street. The organization is a joint mission of First Presbyterian Church of Irwin, Norwin Church of the Nazarene and Community…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (568+ words) For the first time, the velvet rope across the banister to the third level will be removed and guests will be allowed to climb the stairs for a look at the top two floors of Clayton, Henry Clay Frick's Gilded…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (972+ words) Former Pittsburghers Thom Hutter and Edward Handley weren't looking to buy a haunted house. Initially, they just wanted to remodel the kitchen of their Observatory Hill home. But when the Greenville Manor, a former funeral home in Greenville, Mercer County,…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (401+ words) Restoring the Massy Harbison cabin in New Kensington to today's specs would take no time at all, contractor Jim Palumbo said. Trying to replicate its 1790-era appearance is another story. "We have to wait for rough-cut lumber to do the…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (872+ words) Federal incentives for home energy improvements are running out at the end of the year, so it's decision time for anyone who has been thinking about a heat pump. The right decision can depend on where you live, how much…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago  (468+ words) Robert Reintgen and his crew of contractors spent the better part of Friday removing eight large glass windows from the Baltzer Meyer Historical Society's Hempfield schoolhouse. He had one goal in mind, maintaining the integrity of the 1881 structure. "You don't…...