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Life After The Weekend: Nov. 4

By Clint Durrett | November 4, 2019

Before you toss out that rotting pumpkin, here’s the fresh headlines to get your week started of things that have been happening ’round town.

New $42M solar power plant in N.O. East could change how we think about our power supply

By Jennifer Larino | November 4, 2019

How much should we be willing to pay for solar? And who should own it? The East is poised to be on the front line of that debate.

PICS: Parade cancellation didn’t stop Halloween in the French Quarter

By Matthew Hinton | November 4, 2019

Due to a more than five times increase for an NOPD parade permit, the price set by the City of New Orleans, Molly’s at the Market 24th Annual Monaghan Halloween parade was cancelled, but people still came to party in the French Quarter.

PICS: Krewe de Mayahuel’s colorful Day of the Dead parade lights up St. Roch

By Matthew Hinton | November 4, 2019

Krewe de Mayahuel parades in the St. Roch neighborhood from Carnaval Lounge to St. Roch Cemetery as part of a Day of the Dead procession to remember and celebrate loved ones who have passed.

Guide to Bottomless Brunch in Pittsburgh: All the places for all the mimosas

By Lainne Bacharach | November 1, 2019

‘Brunch without champagne is just a sad breakfast’: A guide to all of the places to find bottomless brunch in Pittsburgh. 

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This weekend in Pittsburgh: A Sharpsburg Sandwich Meal Deal

By Lindsay Patross | October 31, 2019

Wrap up your Halloween season with haunted hotels and scary sinkholes. Learn about historic restorations in Wilkinsburg, listen to a live recording of the Longform Podcast and don’t forget to vote on Tuesday. 

We’re hiring! Join the Very Local Pittsburgh Team 

By Lindsay Patross | October 31, 2019

Are you passionate about Pittsburgh? Do you dig digital sales? You might be the perfect fit to join the Very Local Pittsburgh team!

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VIDEO: Ghosts N’at // visit the (haunted) Hotel Conneaut with Pittsburgh’s ghost hunters

By Lindsay Patross | October 31, 2019

We brought our camera along for a ghost hunting adventure at the Hotel Conneaut. 

A history of Halloween Rituals

By Matt Haines | October 31, 2019

Halloween actually has its origins in the Celtic holiday of Samhain (somehow pronounced “sow-win”), a druidic festival held approximately between the evening of Oct. 31 and sunrise the following day.

👻 Local Lagniappe: Happy Halloween! 🎃

By Mary Staes | October 31, 2019

Whether you’ve been waiting since Oct. 1 for tonight or the season crept up on you, today is the to get all your ghouls together and celebrate the spooky season.