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15 public pools in Pittsburgh will open on June 15. Here’s what you need to know.

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June 3, 2024

15 public pools in Pittsburgh will open on June 15. Here’s what you need to know.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburghers ready to swim will have plenty of options in the city this summer.

Fifteen of the city’s 18 swimming pools will open on June 15. Those pools include Ammon, Banksville, Bloomfield, Highland Park, Jack Stack, Magee, McBride, Moore, Ormsby, Phillips, Riverview, Schenley, Sue Murray, West Penn and Westwood.

Bloomfield’s pool is newly renovated.

“Bloomfield pool will open just like we talked about,” Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said.

The three pools that will remain closed include Homewood for the major park renovation project, along with the pools in Ream and Sheraden for safety repairs.

“Thank you for having some patience with us,” Gainey said. “A lot of these pools need to be fixed just like our rec centers. We know there’s a lot of work that needs to go into them, but we wanted to make sure we kept this promise to you because we know how much this pool means to the Bloomfield community.”

Citiparks is getting back in the swim of things after working hard to recruit, hire, train and certify 140 lifeguards.

“I want to thank everybody who has signed up to be a lifeguard this summer. It is not an easy feat. It is certainly an unbelievably important role with the city. It’s about keeping our kids, families, all residents safe in the summertime,” said Kathryn Vargas, director of the Department of Parks and Recreation.

She said hiring enough lifeguards was a community effort, and the city is still taking applications. Gainey asked lifeguards to come up to the podium during Monday’s press conference.

“This is why it’s possible, why we can open pools, is that we have people that are ready to go and that are trained and ready to go to be lifeguards in the city,” Gainey said.

Before jumping in the water, it is all hands on deck to get the 15 pools ready by June 15.

“I hope you enjoy and teach these young babies how to swim so they can love it just like you did,” Gainey said.

The hours and days of operations will be announced later. Pool tags will be available on opening day.

Jessica Guay

Jessica Guay joined KDKA as a reporter in February 2021. Before joining KDKA, Jessica was a morning anchor and reporter at WJAC in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. She was also an anchor and reporter at WCHS in Charleston, West Virginia, and at WTOV in Steubenville, Ohio.

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Pittsburgh-area native riding out Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica says it’s “the scariest thing”

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October 28, 2025

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Pittsburgh-area native riding out Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica says it’s “the scariest thing”

As Hurricane Melissa rips through Jamaica, thousands of locals and visitors are riding it out, including a woman from southwestern Pennsylvania.

As the winds blew and the rain came pouring down in Montego Bay, Antoinette Margita hunkered down in her hotel, filled with anxiety.

“I just don’t know what to expect. I’ve never been through anything like this,” Margita said. “It’s probably the scariest thing.”

From Duquesne, she flew out of Pittsburgh and got to Jamaica on Friday for what was supposed to be a trip celebrating her friend’s birthday. But when there were early signs of a potential storm, her friend decided to stay back.

“I should have listened to her,” Margita said.

She could not get an early flight out, so she enjoyed the sunshine until Monday night, when the front started to come in and pick up Tuesday morning.

“I kind of feel like I’m in a movie. It’s not real, but it is real,” Margita said. “You can hear like the wind. It’s like whistling. The door sounds like the door is going to come open.”

The hotel gave the guests care packages with lots of water, along with notes on how to ride out the hurricane, instructing them to put a mattress against the window.

So far, so good, as her hotel is running on a generator, but shortly after Melissa made landfall nearly 40 miles away, a little water started flooding under her door.

“Just thinking positive and just trying to talk to my friends on the phone to get me through it,” Margita said.

As the hours go on, Margita hopes things don’t get worse, waiting for the moment she can fly back to Pittsburgh.

“I just want to come home, honestly, that’s what I want,” Margita said.

Margita was originally supposed to fly out on Tuesday. The flight was, of course, cancelled, as was her new flight for Wednesday. It’s unclear when the airport will reopen.

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