🍂 Join your neighbors to help clean up the Bryant Street Parklet on Saturday, October 5 from 9am to 12pm. All help is welcome and appreciated. Come for the full three hours or sign up for a shorter time block. Please sign up here!!! 🍂
THANK YOU to all our community members who came out, had fun, and helped make this year’s Hullabaloo a giant success! This free event was put on by the Highland Park Community Council. Help us continue to to bring you the neighborhood events that you love by becoming a member today!
🎈Over 400 people attended & enjoyed free food, music, and activities
🎈Sodas from 4 countries around the world and beers from breweries around Pittsburgh
🎈Kids face painting and craft by HPCC Children’s Committee
🎈ZooMobile fun, including visits from a blue tongued skink and lionhead rabbit
🎈Pittsburgh Park Rangers Sam and Bram who had customers making friendship bracelets all afternoon
🎈412 Ice Cream
🎈Voter registration table helped people register, change address, check registration, and more!
🎈Musical guests included Downtempo, Mitch Hal, and Michael Strang
🎈Several officers from Zone 5, Representative La’Tasha D. Mayes, and Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak stopped by
HUGE THANKS to all our donors and community partners: Frick Museum, Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, Tazza D’Oro, Gallery AMA, and Periwinkle Fox, Highland Park Garden Club Pittsburgh, Carnegie Science Center, Leah Bhagat, Karen Toole of “& flowers”
BIG SHOUT-OUT to all of our volunteers, especially Bob Staresinic, Marybeth & Tim Van Fleet, Justin Bhagat, Becky Richardson, Becky Marinov, Kristen Tsapsis, Nathan Larson, and the HPCC Board!
Oct. 21, 2024, is the last day to register to vote before the Nov. 5, 2024, election. You can register to vote online, by mail, or at a number of government agencies, including the county elections office and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Photo License and Driver’s License Centers.
Mail-in ballots may be applied for by any registered voter without a reason; absentee ballots can be requested if you’re going to be away on election day but require a reason. If you plan to vote by absentee or mail-in ballot, your completed APPLICATION must be received in the county office by 5:00 PM on 10/29/2024. Your voted BALLOT must be returned by 8:00 PM on 11/05/2024.
ONLY first time voters must present ID when they vote. There are approved forms of photo and non-photo identification.
For more information on these and other topics related to voting, visit the state’s voter registration page, the county’s voter registration page, or call or visit the County Elections Division at 542 Forbes Avenue, Room 312, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412-350-4500).
The Deer Management Program is coming to Highland Park. The City of Pittsburgh’s archery program to reduce the deer population in Highland Park will begin on September 21 and will run through January 25 (with a pause from December 14 to 26, and all Sundays.)
“Notice of Archery” signs will be posted in the park. Hunting will occur mainly at dawn and dusk, which is the most active time for deer. Archers are not allowed within 150 feet of occupied structures such as homes. Based on the guideline of a minimum 150 foot buffer, the HPCC has been told that there will be no hunting between the Highland Park Reservoir and Lake Drive. Hunting will be allowed on park land South of Stanton Ave. and on park land behind King Estate. Hunters are not allowed to hunt from a vehicle, and cannot shoot on the road or across the road. Hunters must be at least 25 yards from vehicles.
Overpopulation of deer in the parks is a long-standing problem. The program is modeled after the inaugural 2023 deer management program in Frick and Riverview parks. The 2023 program eliminated 108 deer, 59 of which were donated to food banks. No public safety incidents were reported.
For more information about this program, please visit the Deer Management Program Engage PGH webpage . Concerns and questions can be directed to 311.
