By Lindsay Brandt
Point Park News Service
Gracie the Pit Bull was a puppy when she showed up at Michael Delahonty’s church and never left because of a Pit Bull rescue group.
By Sean McKeag
Point Park News Service
Twenty-two-year-old Reem Hobeld in her native garb was at the beverage station at the Pittsburgh Burger Company in the waterfront when a man yelled, “Hey friend! Why do you have that thing on your head? Ain’t you American?” The “thing” that this man referred to was the hijab, or the head scarf for females, which is a customary part of the Islamic faith. The interrogations from this stranger did not have an effect on Hobeldin so she shrugged it off and walked out. She didn’t want to make a scene, mainly because she was smart enough to know that religion is separate from nationality.
By Sean McKeag
Point Park News Service
When Matthew Yough, owner of Bean Catering in the Southside, got a phone call to provide catered coffee services for the Tom Cruise film, “One Shot”, it was a game-changer for his business. Megan Lindsey and Tim Tobitsch, owners of the Franktuary hot dog shop downtown, were ecstatic when their favored all- beef ‘Locavore’ hot dog landed them a job selling franks for the same film. For Peak Security, a security system and guard service based out of Forest Hills, working on “Batman: Dark Knight Rises” was business as usual, but a clear example of how much potential profit can be made when films are shot here.
By Andrew Goldstein
Point Park News Service
Inside the Indian boutique, Shingar, the eyes are besieged by a myriad of colors extending beyond the rainbow from the clothing racks packed with saris, sherwanis and kurtas, and glass cases filled with bangles, bindis and other traditional Indian jewelry.
By Gregg Harrington
Point Park News Service
A granite sign on the Braddock Municipal Building lawn at 415 Sixth Street states “Lest We Forget” in memory of all United States veterans; a slogan that indirectly recounts the days where UPMC’s Braddock hospital stood tall on the main street through town. Since its closure in January 2010, the residents of Braddock have struggled to receive medical assistance in the form of any establishment in the once-flourishing steel town.
By Gregg Harrington
Point Park News Service
A few years ago, when friends Ian Shiver and Welch Canavan took a chance by moving to Braddock, Pennsylvania, a former steel mill town outside of Pittsburgh, they couldn’t foresee standing at a garage door leading to a punk show on a Saturday night in a desolate town collecting money for three out-of-town punk bands.
By Gregg Harrington
Point Park News Service
The zombie apocalypse will fall on the Pittsburgh area soon. Droves of citizens will flee from the giant group of the undead. The only strange thing is, these zombies don’t want your brains; they want your flags.
A pair of Wisconsin runners test the bonds of family to run in Sunday’s marathon
By Audrey Prisk
Point Park News Service
By Sean McKeag
Point Park News Service
The ambassador to the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh frolics around the lobby, while the bellhops greet incoming guests unobtrusively making their presence known.
No longer chasing record deals, local percussionist focuses on job as assistant at Point Park, his music
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