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January 10, 2016: Small towns are dissolving their police departments in greater numbers, and the borough of Wilkinsburg is the latest to consider it. Check out the article from .

January 6, 2016: From the earliest stage of planning, leaders from both school districts agreed that the students who will be affected by the Partnership should have multiple opportunities to voice …

January 4, 2016: The Wolf administration announced Monday how education money from the new partial state budget would be distributed, and school districts could begin receiving it as early as today. …

Winter 2015: Check out our Main Street Manager, Jennifer, in the Winter 2015 issue of PA Downtown Center’s !

December 18, 2015: “Prohibition officially ended in Bellevue last Friday and in Wilkinsburg last month, about 82 years after the nationwide ban on alcohol was lifted in 1933. Despite the …

December 2015: In October 2015, the Board of Education for Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) and the Board of Education for the Wilkinsburg School District respectively approved an educational partnership agreement …

December 12, 2015: “Last Saturday morning, Wilkinsburg saw the biggest crowd for a store opening that the borough had seen in a long time. About 250 people lined the block …

December 11, 2015: “Mia Dorsey was looking for some nice dress shirts for her son to wear to school. As the mother of three, Ms. Dorsey often struggles to make …

December 11, 2015: … “Wilkinsburg also changed its laws this year. Salvatore’s Pizza poured its first drinks under the new law last month, and the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) …

November 20, 2015: We recently celebrated Wilkinsburg’s first liquor license at Salvatore’s Pizza House. .

In early November, WQED aired a new 30-minute documentary, Why Not Wilkinsburg?, presenting Wilkinsburg’s past and highlighting current initiatives that are moving the borough forward. .

October 30, 2015: “The high school in this tiny, impoverished Pittsburgh suburb has long been among the worst in Pennsylvania. Now the school board has decided to close it, along …

October 28, 2015: “Pittsburgh Public Schools have joined the Wilkinsburg School District in agreeing to a six-year partnership that will send some of the smaller community’s students to a big …

October 27, 2015: “The Wilkinsburg School Board voted Tuesday night to approve a plan that will send its students to Westinghouse Academy in the Pittsburgh Public School District. Education officials …

September 26, 2015: Wilkinsburg needs a shot, some of its business proponents say. Since residents voted to lift an 80-year ban on retail alcohol sales in May, some wonder if it …

September 24, 2015: A midcentury neighborhood with a suburban feel will be the focus of the third annual Wilkinsburg House and Garden Tour, set for Sept. 26. The self-guided tour …

Ron and Jody Kotun didn’t love this 1940 house in the Wilkinsburg section of Blackridge when they bought it 10 years ago. It was closer than their old house to …

Neighborhood Eats is a monthly feature in which LOCALpittsburgh highlights great food that you may have not known about in neighborhoods all over the city. Check out the highlighting three great …

August 11, 2015: Locally grown produce AND golden fried chicken? Yes, please! Minette Seate and the WQED crew joined Elise Miranda, of the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp/Chatham University, for a …

August 3, 2015: Forty out of the 150 buildings in Wilkinsburg’s central business district are vacant, but borough officials are hoping that a new tool will help spur development in that …