From the HP Listserv Administrator (Rudy):

Highland Park Neighbors,

During THIS weekend (11/13-11/15) the Highland Park Neighborhood email list will be down for maintenance. There will be a final reminder tomorrow at 3pm, after which no further messages will be accepted before the list is shutdown.

During the maintenance, any mail sent to the list will be held by your mail provider. Due to the length of the outage, you might receive a non-delivery report after a few hours, which should state that the message will be retried again until it is successfully delivered. The best thing to do is to hold off sending any new messages until the maintenance period is over. I will send another message when the list has returned to normal operation.

This work is mostly motivated by the need to update the list software to reverse and avoid problems with mail servers that use/honor the DMARC p=reject option going back to April 2014. If you are interested in further details, just ask.

Saturday, October 31st, 10:30 a.m. – Noon

The Entrance Fountain in Highland Park Calling all ghosts, goblins, princess and pirates for the Highland Park Community Council’s annual Halloween Parade. We will gather around the fountain, decorate pumpkin cookies and parade around the fountain to show off the costumes.

This year the City of Pittsburgh’s official trick-or-treating hours are from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 31, 2015. Click here for more information.

Zone 5 Community Crime Update

From Zone 5 Commander Lando: Highland Park & East Liberty Neighbors,

Please be aware of the following two robberies that occurred this week. We suspect it may be the same group. Our detectives have an idea of who the suspects might possibly be and we are working on making a positive identification. In the meantime, please be extra vigilant, especially in the area of Stanton & Portland.

10/19/15 Robbery – Stanton Avenue & Portland Street, 8:30pm. A 30 year-old male victim reports that he was robbed and beaten by (4) unknown males after he got off of a Port Authority bus and was walking to his residence. The victim stated that his assailants began punching and kicking him and went through his pockets once he was on the ground. The suspects stole his wallet, cell phone, and keys. The victim appeared to have significant injuries to his head, face, and eyes, and was transported to the hospital by PGH EMS. The victim described the suspects as (4) black males, all between 17-22 years old, and oculd only recall that one of them was wearing a black & gold tossle cap – possible Penguins. (201058)

10/21/15 Robbery – Stanton Avenue & Portland Street, 3:20pm. A 26 year-old male and a 23 year-old female victim were walking down Stanton Avenue near the Stanton Negley Pharmacy when they were approached by a group of young black males and females who began attacking the male victim, then stole his cell phone. The group of kids then fled. The male was transported to West Penn Hospital in good condition. The female victim was not injured. Officers were able to pull video footage of the incident and have an idea of who the suspects might be. Zone 5 detectives are now working on this case. (202343)