Home of the Stash /  by Justin Merriman

(Clockwise) Some of Pittsburgh's finest mustaches, Domenic Betters, 27, of the North Side, Adam Causgrove, of Mt. Lebanon, the 2012 American Mustache Institute's Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year award winner, Andrew Miskowiec, 27, of Edgewood, and Thomas P. Walter, 27, of Bloomfield all shared in the announcement today at the City County Building, Downtown that the American Mustache Institute would be relocating to Pittsburgh.  The AMI also announced that Causgrove will take over as CEO of the organization.

Flooding /  by Justin Merriman

 Here are a few of my images from the flooding in Oakdale, PA after the heavy rains that pounded the area on Wednesday.

Shooting /  by Justin Merriman

Raynetta Galloway, 62, looks out her door as police investigate the scene of a shooting in front of her Ottillia Way home in Mt. Oliver on Monday afternoon, July 8, 2013. One of the stray bullets struck Galloway's home, hitting just beneath a window of her bedroom where she was laying.  

David McCullough /  by Justin Merriman

Pittsburgh native, David McCullough, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, stands on the 16th Street Bridge. The bridge will soon be named the David McCullough Bridge.

Laser Show /  by Justin Merriman

Zoe Mishkov, 4, of Oklahoma, in town visiting family in Monroeville, watches the Spirit of America laser show at the Carnegie Science Center on Wednesday afternoon.  The show, which runs until the 11th, includes songs from various American artists including John Fogerty, Garth Brooks, and John Cougar Melloncamp.

Bishop Anthony Bosco /  by Justin Merriman

Former Bishop Anthony Bosco, who served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg from 1987 until his retirement in 2004, died unexpectedly in his Unity Township home Tuesday evening at 85. In this photo from 2001, Cardinal Adam J. Maida, an East Vandergrift native, right, is led by Bishop Anthony Bosco, as they walk in a procession to Our Lady Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church in East Vandergrift.


Lawsuit /  by Justin Merriman

 Attorney Jason Luckasevic of Goldberg, Persky, and White Attorneys at Law, sits with Robin Tillman and her grandson, Dashon Freeman, 11, during a press conference at their Uptown law offices announcing their lawsuit against UPMC saying they didn't give her husband, Dorian, proper treatment because he didn't have insurance.  Read more about this story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Redevelopment /  by Justin Merriman

The former Masonic Temple building and the Garden Theater on Pittsburgh's North Side at West North Avenue and Reddour Street. Allegheny City Development, a joint venture between Philadelphia developer Wayne Zukin and Pittsburgh developer Craig Totino, is poised to begin restoring the buildings, which include the studio of famed Pittsburgh photographer, Charles 'Teenie' Harris. Domenic Branduzzi, owner of Piccolo Forno in Lawrenceville, plans to open a similar restaurant, Il Giardino, in the Garden Theater. City of Asylum will open a café, bar, performance space and bookstore inside the first floor of the Masonic Temple. Apartments are planned for the upper floors. The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh recently approved the sale of the buildings and financing for the $7 million project.