CONTENT
spring 2019
7 First Class
Premier Performing Arts school offers master classes with
industry experts.
8 Hello Spring!
Say goodbye to Old Man Winter and dig into spring with
flower shows, craft fairs, festivals and more!
14 Spring Renovation Guide
If you’re looking to move (or stay and improve), here are
some of the best home improvement and renovation
projects for spring.
19 Cookies, Pastries, Pies, Oh My!
Every city has its beloved local bakeries—and Pittsburgh
is no exception. Here’s a list of neighborhood bakeries
that offer a variety of wedding and birthday cakes,
cookies, cupcakes, donuts, pies, pastries and breads.
Dough not hold back!
28
departments
2 From the Publisher
4 IN the Loop: What’s News in McKeesport
6 IN Good Taste: Ricky Kirsop, Co-Owner
and Executive Chef, Coast & Main
Seafood + Chop House
23 City of McKeesport News
32 McKeesport Area School District News
40 IN Focus: McKeesport at a Glance
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on the cover
IN Community is a publication dedicated to
representing, encouraging and promoting
the McKeesport area and its comprising
municipalities by focusing on the talents and gifts
of the people who live and work here. Our goal
is to provide readers with the most informative
and professional regional publication in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko (left) and Pennsylvania Senator James R. Brewster celebrate
the grand opening of the Tube City Center for Business and Innovation in the former Daily News
building, located at the intersection of Walnut Street and Lysle Boulevard. The center is now home to
the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Mon Valley Support Center, the Center for Media Innovation
at Point Park University, Tube City Community
Media, Flashover Fire Apparatus & Equipment
See Excela Health
Co., and the Mon Valley Independent. See story
on page 28. Photo by Cindy Shegan Keeley.
on pages 12-13
MCKEESPORT AREA
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SPRING 2019
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