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Albrecht's Pittsburgh Blog March 2008 Archive

By Albrecht Powell, About.com Guide to Pittsburgh since 2000

29 Years After Three Mile Island

Friday March 28, 2008
Twenty-seven years ago today, America experienced its worst commercial nuclear accident - an "impossible" partial meltdown of the reactor core at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Middletown, ... Read More

Pittsburgh Peregrines on FalconCam

Thursday March 27, 2008
A new high-tech video camera installed at the top of the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland offers real-time viewing of the nest of peregrine ... Read More

Last Day to Register to Vote or Change Party Affiliation for PA Primary

Monday March 24, 2008
Today is the last day for Pennsylvania residents who wish to vote in the April 22 PA primary to register to vote or change their party affiliation before the primary ... Read More

Steelers Release Veteran Wide Receiver Cedrick Wilson

Thursday March 20, 2008
It didn't take long for the Steelers to react to Cedrick Wilson's 2nd recent run-in with the law. They announced this morning that they have released the veteran wide receiver, ... Read More

It's Sugaring Time!

Tuesday March 18, 2008
Did you know that Western Pennsylvania ranks 5th in the nation for maple syrup production? Or that while maple season might last eight to 10 weeks, sap flow is heaviest ... Read More

Pitt Panthers Win Big East

Sunday March 16, 2008
The Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team has been on quite a roll in recent weeks, following up five straight wins with a Big East championship last night and earning a ... Read More

Clinton Attracts Crowds to the Pittsburgh St. Patrick's Day Parade

Saturday March 15, 2008
Just over 16 percent of Pennsylvania's population claimed Irish ancestry in the 2000 Census, but you'd think the number was much higher on St. Patrick's Day. City of Pittsburgh police ... Read More

More Than a Quarter of Region's Roads Rated "Poor"

Thursday March 13, 2008
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette has an article on the results of a survey released yesterday by the Road Information Program that gave 28 percent of roads in the Pittsburgh metropolitan ... Read More

"Won't You Be My Neighbor?" Days

Monday March 3, 2008
Since 1968, when Mister Rogers' Neighborhood made its television debut, Fred Rogers began each episode with his signature song, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" This year, in honor of 40 ... Read More

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