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updates: town meeting, special election, Farmhouse, Laforet & Food Glorious Food
by Rudolph T Maceyko 08 Feb '03

08 Feb '03

Here's a brief update about the Highland Park neighborhood... TOWN MEETING "Do Teachers Make the Grade?" - Town meeting at McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon campus, at 7:00 pm on Thursday, February 13. Registration required. More about the town meeting: <http://www.post-gazette.com/aboutpg/townmeeting.asp> MEET THE CANDIDATES - FEBRUARY 18 Find out more about Highland Park residents Bruce Brantley, Mitch Kates, & Bob Stumpp, and three others from elsewhere in City Council District 7 at the "Meet the Candidates" Forum at St. Andrew's Church at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 18. Dwight Clay of Stanton Heights, a late entry in the race, was disqualified last week due to not having enough valid signatures on his petition, leaving six remaining candidates. More about the forum and the City Council District 7 special election on Tuesday, February 25: <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/20030225-election.htm> GAS LEAK AT THE FARMHOUSE The Farmhouse is closed indefinitely due to a gas leak. As of early last week, Citiparks Office of Special Programs said it still planned to have registration there in two weeks for their Community Enrichment program schedule. HIGHLAND PARK BUSINESSES My financée and I recently dined at Laforêt, Highland Park's very own French restaurant on Bryant Street. We thoroughly enjoyed the Gourmand menu. According to about.com, Laforêt is one of Pittsburgh's top ten romantic restaurants, so don't be surprised if they are already booked for Valentine's Day! Visit about.com to read about Laforêt and the 9 other romantic restaurants: <http://pittsburgh.about.com/library/weekly/aa012902a.htm> We also visited Food Glorious Food on Bryant Street for their Romantic Valentine's Dinner demonstration. Tom & Brad made the experience quite fun and (most importantly) very tasty! They sell cooking implements of all kinds, and have a full schedule of cooking classes and demonstrations throughout the year. Read about Tom & Brad's work at the recent benefit luncheon presented by the Women's Board of Pittsburgh: <http://www.post-gazette.com/seen/acrosstown/20030203towns0203fnp1.asp> Highland Park businesses are featured on the Highland Park web page: <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/business/directory.htm> Rudy

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updates: special election, school board, Farmhouse, etc.
by Rudolph T Maceyko 02 Feb '03

02 Feb '03

Here's a brief update about the Highland Park neighborhood... COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 SPECIAL ELECTION Dr. Michael Johnson, director of the Highland Park Community Plan, will be the facilitator for the "Meet the Candidates Forum" at St. Andrew's Church at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 18. Tom Fallon left the race last week. The remaining candidates are scheduled to attend. The forum is sponsored by the Highland Park Community Club and the East End Neighborhood Forum. The election itself is on Tuesday, February 25. <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/20030225-election.htm> SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 2 PRIMARY ELECTION Highland Park resident Patrick Dowd is running for the School Board seat of incumbent Darlene Harris in the primary election on May 20. Post-Gazette article about Patrick running against Darlene: <http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_city/20030115schoolboardcity4.asp> Lawrenceville Votes reports that there will be a town meeting on education on Thursday, February 13 at CMU's McConomy Auditorium at 7:00 pm. Call 412-263-1541 for registration and information. <http://www.lawrencevillevotes.org/> Schools in District 2: <http://www.pghboe.net/district/dist2.html> GAS LEAK AT THE FARMHOUSE(?) Last week I heard that the Farmhouse had been closed indefinitely due to a gas leak. If anyone has any information about this, please let me know. HPCC/HPCDC MIX-UP Last week in my note about Heth's Run bridge, I mistakenly mixed up the presidents of the Community Club and the CDC. David Hance is the president of the CDC; Lisa Williams is the president of the Community Club. HIGHLAND PARK HISTORY/HPCC HISTORY I continue to look for new information to add to the Highland Park history section of the Highland Park web page: <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/history/> If you have something to add, correct, or expand upon, please let me know! Photos are especially welcome. YOUR THOUGHTS When I created this list, I did not intend for it to be used just by me. Please let me know if you are interested in contributing to the mailing list, or even to the Highland Park web page! <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/> Rudy

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Heth's Run Bridge
by Rudolph T Maceyko 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

I wrote almost two weeks ago about the upcoming replacement of Heth's Run bridge by PennDOT. The Highland Park Community Club voted at its January meeting to authorize David Hance and Lisa Williams, presidents of the Community Club and the Highland Park CDC, respectively, to write a letter supporting the CDC's efforts to make sure the replacement is historically and architecturally appropriate. As of this week, the "Bridges & Tunnels of Allegheny County" web site at <http://pghbridges.com/> has added an entry for the ailing bridge. It includes a picture of the bridge from 1915, when the bridge was just a year old. You can search using the link above, or just use the following one to view it directly: <http://pghbridges.com/pittsburghE/0591-4482/heths_run.htm> While you're there, take a look at the rest of the site. It really is a great source of information about some of the important structures in our area. Rudy

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Council District 7 Special Election Update on Highland Park web site
by Rudolph T Maceyko 26 Jan '03

26 Jan '03

There's now updated information about the upcoming special election on the Highland Park web site: <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/20030225-election.htm> I've included photos, information, and links where I have them for each candidate. For even more news & other information about the special election, visit Lawrenceville VOTES: <http://www.lawrencevillevotes.org/> Rudy

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Special Election Update (fwd)
by Rudolph T Maceyko 22 Jan '03

22 Jan '03

Here's an update from Lawrenceville Votes <http://www.lawrencevillevotes.org/>. The only correction I can offer to what they wrote is that we already know that Casey Capitolo has dropped out of the race. I plan to an update about the special election on the Highland Park web page <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/> over the weekend. -Rudy ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 07:43:06 -0800 From: Lawrenceville Votes <lawrencevillevotes(a)yahoo.com> To: lawrencevillevotes(a)yahoo.com Subject: Special Election Update Voter Registration Deadline's Approaches A. To vote in the Special Election (Tuesday, February 25, 2003) your Voter Registration form must be post-marked by January 27, 2003 (30 Days Prior to the Special Election) If you've moved to Pittsburgh, or moved to District 7 from another part of town - YOU NEED TO REGISTER. Register, in person, by January 24, 2003 at the Allegheny County Elections Division, Room 609 of the County Office Building, at the corner of Ross Street and Forbes Avenue, downtown Pittsburgh. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Phone: (412) 350-4510. Download form at: <http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bcel/LIB/bcel/20/9/vra_online.pdf> Don't know where your polling place is? The February 15, 2003 issue of the Post-Gazette will carry the list of polling places. B. Candidates' Forum, we laughed, we cried... Thanks to the 300+ people who turned out for the Forum. Feedback says the standing room only audience appreciated the opportunity to learn how each candidate would approach our District's top issues. C. Pittsburgh Democratic Party endorses a Candidate... January 18, 2003: 94 of the 103 Democratic Committee members met at Sunnyside School to vote on which Democratic Candidate the Party would endorse in the upcoming Special Election. Results: Len Bodack, Jr. - 49 votes, won the Party's endorsement Nancy Nozska - 20 votes Sandy Genco - 14 votes Renee Farrow - 6 votes Jerry Thomas - 5 votes Casey Capitolo, Tom Fallon and Mitch Kates did not seek the Party's endorsement; Fallon and Kates are running as Independents. Renee Farrow and Nancy Nozska have said that they will run as Independents. We don't know what Casey Capitolo, Sandy Genco and Jerry Thomas plan to do. Bruce Brantley (Republican) and Bob Stumpp (Independent) are also running.

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District 7 Special Election Update
by Rudolph T Maceyko 20 Jan '03

20 Jan '03

The Highland Park Community Club and the East End Neighborhood Forum will sponsor a candidates' forum at St. Andrew's on February 18 at 7:30 pm. You can read about all of the candidates for the District 7 council seat at the Lawrenceville Votes site <http://www.lawrencevillevotes.org/>. You'll read there that four of the ten current candidates are from Highland Park: Bruce Brantley <mailto:kingbee007@juno.com> Casey Capitolo (sorry, I don't have an email address or web site for Casey) Mitch Kates <http://www.mitchkates.com/> Bob Stumpp <http://www.bobstumpp.com/> The Post-Gazette covered the Candidates' Forum in Lawrenceville last week in this article: <http://www.post-gazette.com/election/20030116ferloseatelnp5.asp> The P-G reports that the Democratic Committee for City Council District 7 has nominated Leonard Bodack Jr. as their candidate: <http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_city/20030119dems6.asp> Rudy

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Community Club meeting tomorrow, January 16, 2003
by Rudolph T Maceyko 17 Jan '03

17 Jan '03

Highland Park Community Club monthly meeting - Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 7:30 pm. Lisa Williams is the new president of the community club. At the meeting tomorrow evening, the Club will hold a special election for the Executive Vice President. Bob Staresinic has been nominated. All Club members are eligible to vote. Board members will vote on the proposed Club budget for 2003. The vote was tabled in November due to lack of quorum. The program committee has invited Mary Beth Steisslinger to talk about improvements to the park including the restoration of the entrance at North Highland Avenue. You don't have to be a member of the Community Club to attend the meeting! Just come to St. Andrew's Church at 5801 Hampton Street at 7:30 pm. And don't forget about the Pittsburgh City Council District 7 Special Election on February 25, 2003, and the Candidates' Forum *tonight* at 7:00 pm at the Teamster Temple at 4701 Butler Street, sponsored by Lawrenceville Votes. Rudy

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Highland Park neighborhood mailing list
by Rudolph T Maceyko 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

Hello once more... Please remember to take part in the Candidates' Forum on Wednesday. The latest update from Lawrenceville Votes is below. Also, I've set up this list as a proper mailing list that allows folks to subscribe and unsubscribe, and also should prevent much spam from coming through since it requires posts to come from subscribed addresses. -Rudy ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Date: Monday, January 13, 2003 14:39:01 -0800 From: Lawrenceville Votes <lawrencevillevotes(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Candidates' Forum this Wednesday Let's get ready to rumble! (Just kidding). Please feel free to forward to your friends in City Council District 7. Forum: Wednesday, January 15 at 7:00 p.m., Teamster Temple, 4701 Butler Street. Free & open to the public. Moderator: Joyce Meggerson-Moore, Stanton Heights resident Panelists: Susan Banahasky, Lawrenceville Votes Committee Member; Leila Forouzan (21 year old, recent graduate of Pitt); Leon Sheffey, Lawrenceville resident; James Thomas, District 7 resident. Confirmed Candidates: Bruce Brantley, Republican; Tom Fallon, Democrat; Renee Farrow, Democrat; Sandy Genco, Democrat; Mitch Kates, Democrat; Nancy Noszka, Democrat; Bob Stumpp, Independent; Jerry Thomas, Democrat. See you Wednesday, the Lawrenceville Votes Gang. <http://www.lawrencevillevotes.com/> ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------

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by Rudolph T Maceyko 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

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