North Journal

Like a fairytale book, the lush greenery and vibrant flowers trailing along the rustic pathways and “cozy nooks” throughout the nearly 1-acre space of Lynn Purse’s garden feels like a magical wooded wonderland.

McCandless resident melds garden design with habitat-building in lush, fairtytale escape Like a fairytale book, the lush greenery and vibrant flowers trailing along the rustic pathways and “cozy nooks” throughout the nearly 1-acre space of Lynn Purse’s garden feels like a magical wooded wonderland. However, this eye-pleasing natural paradise isn’t out of a book.....

The word is out. A bear is on the loose in North Park.

And Braden Meiter, the lead supervisory park ranger for Allegheny County Parks, could not be more excited.

As more sightings of black bears pop up, leaving them alone is key to coexistence, experts say The word is out. A bear is on the loose in North Park. And Braden Meiter, the lead supervisory park ranger for Allegheny County Parks, could not be more excited. “(This is) the first time in my memory, of 11 years (as a ranger here), we had a bear in