🌱 How an Avalon artist is preserving the lost Lower Hill District

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• How an Avalon artist is preserving the lost Lower Hill District

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 33 and low of 29 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 41, low: 30.
• Thursday: Cloudy; p.m. rain, breezy, with a high of 53 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 70 years after the Lower Hill's destruction in Pittsburgh, residents hope for justice following decades of disappointment (wtae.com) — A longtime Hill District resident who now lives in Avalon is reflecting on the neighborhood his family lost when Pittsburgh demolished the Lower Hill 70 years ago, and on the city’s stalled efforts to make things right. With the Penguins’ development rights now expired, city leaders say they’re finally ready to push for housing and community-focused projects, while the Avalon artist works in his home studio to preserve memories of what once stood there.
   

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Wednesday December 17

• Elem. Band Concert at Bellevue
  Bellevue Elementary auditorium
  1:45 pm
• MS/HS Choir Concert
  Middle/H.S. Auditorium
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Elem. Band Concert at Avalon
  Avalon Elementary auditorium
  1:45 pm
• Guitar Ensemble Concert
  North Hills High School Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Sewickley Public Library Knitters Group
  Sewickley Public Library , 500 Thorn St , Sewickley
  10:30 am
• Elem. Band Concert at Bellevue
  Bellevue Elementary auditorium
  1:45 pm
• Allen Stone
  Roxian Theatre , 425 Chartiers Ave , McKees Rocks
  6:00 pm
• MS/HS Choir Concert
  Middle/H.S. Auditorium
  7:00 pm
• Middle School Choirs Concert
  North Hills Middle School Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Take a Wise Walk
  Sewickley Public Library , 500 Thorn St , Sewickley
  9:30 am
• From Ashes To New
  Roxian Theatre , 425 Chartiers Ave , McKees Rocks
  6:00 pm
• High School Choirs Concert
  North Hills High School Auditorium
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Nomura Holdings Inc. Buys Shares of 57,443 DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. $DKS (marketbeat.com)

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