Welding students at Community College of Allegheny County will get a taste of life on the job this spring when the college offers a welding class -- on the midnight shift.

A community college near Pittsburgh said supply and demand has prompted it to offer a midnight welding class four nights a week.

Want to be a welder? Able to do your best work in class when much of the world is asleep? If so, Community College of Allegheny County has a course of study for you -- "midnight welding." It's what happens when an economic downturn sends more students flocking back to campus seeking skills than a college has the lab capacity to accommodate.

Dormont council's vote earlier this month against building a skate park highlighted the issues that every municipality faces when confronted with a similar question: crime, litter, graffiti, security, noise and cost.

Michael D. McDowell, an attorney, arbitrator and mediator based in Pittsburgh, was elected to the National Academy of Arbitrators.

Bill Steele of Oakdale, Pennsylvania, built his Model A coupe around his vision of the perfect hot rod stance.

Nine teenagers attended the Oakdale council meeting last night to ask permission to build an addition to the deck near the Panhandle Trail's intersection with Union Avenue.

Jesse Bonincontro earned his Eagle Scout badge for the garden he helped plan and plant at Vanadium Woods Village in Scott.

I like English ivy -- in the right place. To a non-gardener, that doesn't sound like much of a confession.

James Scalo of Burns & Scalo Real Estate Advisory Services and Chester R. "Chip" Babst, managing shareholder of Babst Celland, Clements & Zomnir PC, received the Outstanding Supporter of Women in Commercial Real Estate Award.

Here's another sneak peak at the features I shot in Columbus. This is a '55 Chevy First Series truck that was built by motorcycle builder Bill Steele from Oakdale, PA.

Because of its slow rate of crystallization, PEKK can remain transparent at high operating temperatures that can cause other materials, such as PEEK, to crystallize and become opaque.

This 2 1/2-story Victorian in Oakdale has 2,600 square feet of living space. It is on the market for $140,000. Rambling old Victorians are a common sight in Pittsburgh's older neighborhoods, but they don't always come with an equally grand entry.

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., defended the federal stimulus program, criticized Pittsburgh's U.S. Attorney and talked about his re-election campaign during a stop in Oakdale this morning.

Share + Jul 3, 2009 2:55 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jim Lokay OAKDALE The massive economic stimulus bill passed by Congress earlier this year needs time to work, according to Senator Arlen Specter.