The great outdoors is the greatest, but, nothing says home like creating cozy yard areas for enjoying your corner of the world.

An abridged Chapter 3 of our 2000 book on Mt. Lebanon history, “The Way We Were.” Part of a yearlong series.

Mt. Lebanon Recreation Department’s Summer Playground Camp: 50-plus years of fun-filled summers.

Byham House is a safe and nurturing home away from home for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s teenage students.

A patient photographer snaps shots of Mt. Lebanon’s natural wonders.

Mt. Lebanon’s founding families began arriving in the late 1700s on foot, on horseback and in wagons. They suffered the new republic’s growing pains, some seeing action in the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War and Whiskey Rebellion skirmishes.

Teen drug use is not just happening in the inner city, and it’s not just happening to “someone else’s kid.”

Ian Smith of Standard Solar is 6’4”, and yet he manages to squeeze his angular frame through a small bedroom window and onto our roof, the better to assess the potential for a solar installation on our Mt. Lebanon house. He’s done his homework prior to his visit, using Pictometry to view aerial snapshots of our house that suggest the sun’s rays will shine at a favorable angle.

Chapter 1- Before We Were: Pre-1912 In 1681, when William Penn began his “Holy Experiment” that became Pennsylvania, the six square miles now comprising Mt. Lebanon were part of nearly…

Music pulses through the store—upbeat, energetic. Couples, teens and moms browse the well-stocked racks—one woman has her favorite barista beverage in hand. A pair of comfy chairs give husbands a…