“It’s like making sausage,” he says as he organizes marked up proofs of that week’s food section. “Sometimes these are really messy.”

From cozy to close to nature, local troupes set the stage for the finest in theater.

Every street in Mt. Lebanon is evaluated and given a numerical rating.

Birth of the business districts

What is it about lacrosse that gets in people’s blood? That has them drop other sports? Influences friends to play? Encourages them to coach the next generation?

Although the roots of Mt. Lebanon schools reach to the late 1790s, when children studied at tree trunk tables in a one-room log cabin in what is now Upper St. Clair, the school district was not born until 1912.

Sending your child off to college with the logistics of moving, the looming tuition bills and the emotions of letting go is emotional enough without having to worry about your son’s or daughter’s safety.

Every community pays a heavy price for wars fought to preserve our freedom; Mt. Lebanon is no different.

Taking a beach vacation just before or just after the summer peak could mean having the place all to yourself.

Joel Cluskey of Mt. Lebanon’s Historic Preservation Board shares tips about maintaining brick houses.