The City of Pittsburgh Planning Department’s Sustainability and Resilience Division has released the first annual energy benchmarking report for municipal buildings owned and operated by the City of Pittsburgh. This information will assist prioritization of investments in the city’s municipal building stock. By revisiting the progress yearly, city officials will be able to track the […]
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Pittsburgh Announces Partnership to Purchase Electric Vehicles
At the second annual Climate Mayors Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Climate Mayors Electric Vehicle Purchasing Collaborative (“the Collaborative”)—with which the City of Pittsburgh is partnering to electrify its city fleet—announced that 127 cities and 15 counties from across 38 states, including the District of Columbia, have joined the Collaborative and committed to purchasing more […]
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Chief McLay Addresses Photo Controversy in Carrick
Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay says he regrets not communicating better to his staff after he was photographed with a sign stating, “I Resolve to Challenge Racism at Work: #EndWhiteSilence.” The photo went viral on the Internet and drew the ire of the police union president, who said it gave the impression that Mr. McLay […]
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Synthetic Marijuana Bust in Carrick Store
A tearful mother said her son’s life was ruined by drugs he bought from a market police say sold synthetic marijuana. “My son’s demeanor—he was mean, he was nasty,” the woman said at the June Carrick Block Watch meeting. “It affected my whole family. My son lost his kid … my son was [buying the […]
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Carrick Block Watch Updated Crime Trends
After being canceled due to snowy weather for several months, the Carrick Overbrook Block Watch meeting resumed for the first time this year on April 7. The evening’s guest speaker was Kelly Henretty, an investigator with Pittsburgh’s Office of Municipal Investigations. She told the audience her office looks into complaints of misconduct against police officers […]