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It’s the holiday season, a busy time consumed with shopping, baking, and entertaining, all with friends and family in mind. And it’s also the time to respond to those …

Live. Work. Play…and Build. There’s a lot of construction …

On a busy afternoon in Sinners and Saints tattoo shop on South Highland Avenue in Shadyside, there is a distinct hum.

Joggers, cyclists, children, and even dogs passing by can’t help but turn their heads to gaze toward the historic, well-manicured greens of the Frick Park Lawn Bowling Club. The slow-paced “action” that harkens back to a more civilized time elicits an inevitable curiosity from every being. …

If time is our most valuable commodity, then to give of it is to be at our most generous. Nationwide, about 64.5 million of us generously volunteered at least once during the year ended September 2012, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was equivalent to a volunteer rate of 26.5 percent, which declined just slightly from the previous year. …

According to family lore, jeweler Rudolph Joseph Henne stood on
a hilltop above East Liberty in 1886 and surveyed the landscape below to scout the prime location to open his new shop. He put $5 down on a dwelling house at 6018 Centre Avenue, presuming it would become the neighborhood’s main street. After converting the lower floor to a store, R.J. Henne opened for business in 1887. …

When James B. Clark of Rowland & Clark Theatres opened the Manor Theatre in Squirrel Hill on May 15, 1922, its auditorium accommodated 1,500 moviegoers—making it one of the most spacious in all of Pittsburgh. …

When the PGA Tour made a presentation to the Fox Chapel Golf Club board this past December asking if it would consider hosting the Constellation Senior Players Championship in June, board members had to think quickly. It would be the club’s first time hosting a PGA event, but they would have less than half the normal time to prepare. …

We heard the collective groan when PennDOT announced the Squirrel Hill Tunnel would be under construction for the next three years. Could the traffic bottleneck on the Parkway East really get any worse? Sure, it will be a hassle, but we saw the $50 million rehabilitation project as an opportunity to reflect on the history of one of our area’s most significant landmarks…

The call comes in to the Aspinwall Volunteer Fire Department at 7:45 p.m. on a week night…