Time Running Out: Enter Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest for a Chance to Win $100,000 for the North Hills School District

Have you decorated your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for the North Hills School District and $500 to pay your own electric bill.

We’ve launched our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to  http://deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/northhills. Entries will be accepted through Dec. 16. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Our contest is …

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WATCH the Video: 12 Days of Christmas N'at

A uniquely Pittsburgh version of the Christmas classic, the 12 Days of Christmas.

If you're from Pittsburgh, you'll appreciate this "burgh-style" take on a Christmas classic that's getting a lot of attention on YouTube. Enjoy! N'at.

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Enter Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest for a Chance to Win $100,000 for the North Hills School District

Do you plan to decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for the North Hills School District and $500 to pay your own electric bill.

Transportation Detours, Street Closings Set for Pittsburgh's Light-Up Night Festivities, Parade

If you're heading for the annual festivities scheduled for Friday and Saturday around the Golden Triangle, plan your route and parking options first.

Planning to head to Downtown Pittsburgh Friday for Light-Up Night? How about Saturday for the Sounds of the Season Parade or other daylong holiday activities planned throughout the Golden Triangle? Here are schedules and transportation details you'll want to keep in mind. Pittsburgh's 52nd annual Light-Up Night begins at noon Friday, when Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl lights the tree at the City-County Building on Grant Street. Also set for noon: the annual dedication and blessing of the traditional Christmas creche at U.S. Steel Tower on Grant Street. Most festivities begin at 5 p.m. Friday, however, with events scheduled for three stage locations — in Market Square, on the Clemente Bridge and at EQT Plaza. Performers include Joe …

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Patch Poll: Should Allegheny County End Celebration of Lights at Hartwood?

County Executive Rich Fitzgerald says Allegheny County cannot afford the annual light show due to costs and a lack of sponsors. Should the holiday-themed show go on anyway?

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced Monday that the county will discontinue the annual holiday-themed Celebration of Lights at Hartwood Acres Park due to high costs and declining sponsorships. The county-owned park spanning property in Hampton and Indiana townships has been the longtime site and the county Department of Parks and Recreation has overseen the annual three-mile driving tour of displays depicting Christmas, Hanukkah and winter themes. Contributions from visitors have been earmarked for Project Bundle-up, a project by WTAE and the Salvation Army to outfit needy children and senior citizens with coats and cold-weather gear. In past years, the Celebration of Lights has been known to generate long lines of traffic…

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Josh Meeder

8:47 am on Thursday, September 13, 2012

This is a great arguement for the need for sustainability and fiscal accountability in projects and local government. This festival is an extravagant waste of electricity and auto emissions ( as most cars slowly idle through the course). While the community gets some notoriety , the is no lasting encomonic impact, especially to the local small businesses. People come, drive through, and leave. …   more ›