Passavant Hospital Foundation partners with UPMC Passavant to offer a wide variety of educational programs featuring physicians, clinicians, researchers and experts in their field to provide up-to-date information in layperson’s terms.

Passavant Hospital Foundation will host its annual Legacy of Caring Gala on September 17 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh-Cranberry to honor eight extraordinary individuals who embody a Legacy of Caring and have served long and well to make UPMC Passavant a world-class hospital.

Every year since 2014, the girls’ varsity volleyball team at Grove City Area High School has held a Pink Out event during one of their biggest rivalry matches of the season. At the game, they sell T-shirts, hold a basket auction and conduct a 50/50 raffle to honor a local resident or family member in their fight against cancer. All the money raised from the event goes to the honoree to use any way they wish.

This month's feature is Severina, a small suburban gem tucked into the middle of a neighborhood in West View. With its charming patio and greenery, you may find yourself wondering what this little neighborhood spot is all about. Step inside, and you'll find a restaurant serving impressive Italian cuisine, with each dish made fresh and to order. There's no rushing the process, and you can taste the difference.

I recently read a parenting article about surviving the first few weeks of back to school. It was suggesting that you shouldn’t give into the temptation to bombard your kids with questions about their first day back right after the walk in the door. After a summer of late nights, sleeping in, and minimal academic work (I’ll be the first to admit that we never got to that summer practice workbook . . . again), those first couple weeks of school are a shock to the system for ki

Local art, entertainment, networking and more! See what's happening this September!

For this month’s local author column, we wanted to introduce you to a local woman who understands the impact that reading can have on everyone. Winona Shearer is a volunteer coordinator at a hospice care organization in the north hills. She’s also a huge advocate for mental health awareness.

The Pittsburgh Paints Company launched the Colors for Courage™ program, an employee and volunteer-led community engagement initiative that brightens moments, strengthens futures, and creates colorful spaces in the lives of deserving families when they need it most. The initiative project was held at The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh’s Pediatric Specialty Hospital. More than 40 employee volunteers put Pittsburgh Paints™ products and colors to work to transform the Specialty Ho

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) shared costume renderings for the primary characters in its all-new production of The Nutcracker, which will premiere in December 2027. PBT’s new version of The Nutcracker

In their early years, children’s friendships are often primarily facilitated by proximity, parental connections and playdates. Children may appear to play with just about everyone in pre and early elementary school, with the classroom wide birthday parties especially common. Having a preferred friend or friends is certainly common, though generally, most kids socialize happily with all of their peers. Then one day, your child comes home from school, visibly distressed and eve

September is what I call the third harvest month, even though we lose about 2½ minutes of precious daylight each day. Farmers always hope and pray for a frost-free September so that we can get into October with farm-fresh crops.

Mars Area High School incoming sophomore Meredith Lindsay participated in the 2026 Best Buddies Conference, held July 16-19 at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Lindsay, president of Mars Area High School’s Best Buddies Club, was one of several students selected to represent Pennsylvania at the event, which offered workshops, seminars, and various other events discussing how to improve school communities by including those with intellectual and developmental disabil

By the time you read this, I should be settled in a patio home in Adams Twp. For five years, my husband and I have been seriously thinking about moving to a home that requires less upkeep—no grass cutting, leaf raking, or snow shoveling—and one that is primarily one-floor living. We also wanted to relocate near our children who moved north of Ross Township, where we previously lived.

Longtime Cancer Bridges board member and Pine Township resident Mike Fitzgerald is hosting and performing in Rock Against Cancer on Saturday, September 12. The event will begin 5 pm at Wexford’s Friends of Pine Amphitheater, Pearce Mill Road.