Allegheny College’s alumni network is more than a list of names. In Pittsburgh, it’s a working web of mentors, employers and advocates that helps students land jobs, former students find new paths and graduates stay connected long after they hang up their graduation caps.

They grow up so fast! This year is America’s 250th birthday, also called its semiquincentennial, which will mark the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

In an era when travelers can book vacations online in minutes, the marketplace presents an overwhelming amount of information. A search for the best all-inclusive resort in Mexico yields three million hits. This digital clutter leaves consumers wondering how to find the right options without spending hours researching. Professional travel agents offer a solution to this challenge. They build personalized experiences and stand by clients when unexpected emergencies disrupt pla

Capozoli’s is nestled in an unassuming building on the South Side’s Carson Street. It’s the quintessential neighborhood Italian restaurant, where you might stop after a long day at work for a glass of wine and a plate of pasta.

Over the past few years, Pittsburgh has experienced a noticeable increase in the variety of food trucks that are rolling through the city. For many operators, food trucks are preferable to working in a restaurant, as the limited menus and the mobile aspect of the trucks offer a level of flexibility and freedom that is not sustainable in a busy restaurant environment.

The Pittsburgh Inner City Junior Tennis Program offers children from the Greater Pittsburgh area the opportunity to learn tennis. Children ages 5-19 can be found at the Mellon Tennis Center in the winter months and Highland Park Community Tennis Courts in the summer months learning at free weekly clinics taught by nationally certified volunteer coaches.

Summertime means vacation, but that doesn’t have to mean hours and hours in a car or a long flight. In Western PA, we are blessed to have a wide variety of getaways within one or two hours to take advantage of warmer days.

Verona, PA, is a community in the true sense of the word; not only do longtime residents display a strong sense of neighborliness and local pride, but they also welcome newcomers to the area by supporting burgeoning businesses and working together to help the area flourish.

The ocean covers more than 70% of the planet. Yet most people will only ever see it from the surface. Scuba diving changes that. For anyone who has wondered what it would feel like to breathe underwater, explore a sunken quarry or follow a reef through open water, the path from curious beginner to certified diver is more accessible than most people expect.