Madaleine Rubin

1 week ago | centredaily.com | Madaleine Rubin

A day after a report from the city controller warned that multiple city departments have already used more than half of their allocated overtime pay budget for the full year, Mayor Ed Gainey and other city officials on Wednesday used a bond announcement to focus on the city's fiscal health and "momentum."The city has raised $62.6 million through bonds to invest in infrastructure and public safety improvement projects outlined in its 2025 budget, the mayor announced Wednesday.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

A day after a report from the city controller warned that multiple city departments have already used more than half of their allocated overtime pay budget for the full year, Mayor Ed Gainey and other city officials touted the city’s fiscal health during a press conference Downtown. The city has raised $62.6 million through bonds to invest in infrastructure and public safety improvement projects outlined in its 2025 budget, the mayor announced Wednesday.

1 week ago | centredaily.com | Madaleine Rubin

Since introducing sweeping plans for a host of new housing across Oakland in 2021, Walnut Capital has tabled many build-outs included in their ambitious - and controversial - Oakland Crossings initiative. But a new residential tower could still come to the neighborhood, based on plans by different developers. Indiana-based Trinitas Ventures presented its proposal to the Oakland community Monday night for a new, 12-story apartment building on Halket Street, near UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

Since introducing sweeping plans for a host of new housing across Oakland in 2021, Walnut Capital has tabled many build-outs included in their ambitious — and controversial — Oakland Crossings initiative. But a new residential tower could still come to the neighborhood, based on plans by different developers. Indiana-based Trinitas Ventures presented its proposal to the Oakland community Monday night for a new, 12-story apartment building on Halket Street, near UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Mark Belko |Madaleine Rubin |Evan Robinson-Johnson |Tim Grant

Svietlana Zabetchuk has been stuffing, folding and pinching pierogi in Pierogies Plus’s production kitchen for more than 20 years. So, of course, you expect her to be good at it. What surprises is how fast she can turn a 3-inch circle of dough and ice cream scoop of creamy mashed potato into the perfect half-moon dumpling. It takes the Ambridge resident a mere six seconds, start to finish.