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Pig On The Parkway

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

PatchCast: New Market Plans, Pig on Parkway & Dairy Queen Robbery

A roundup of the region's top stories.

Here are this week's top stories from Patch sites in your area: Pig on Parkway Gets a Squeal Out of Drivers The Fresh Market May Soon Be Coming to Route 19 Police Looking for Armed Robber of Route 51 Dairy Queen Woman Racks Up $8K on Grandma's Credit Card Police Warn Residents to Lock Cars Watch Your Speed: Traffic-Calming Measures Coming to Hill Place Road  --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for the daily Baldwin-Whitehall newsletter.

Pig on the Parkway Gets a Squeal Out of Drivers

A little piggy seen running on the Parkway West near Green Tree created quite a stir and backed up traffic during Wednesday morning's commute into Pittsburgh.

Why did the pig cross the Parkway? Apparently, to go "wee wee wee" all the way home. The piggy going to market, however, must have taken the bus. A little pig seen running on the Parkway West near Green Tree Borough on Wednesday morning created quite a stir and backed up traffic during a rush-hour commute into Pittsburgh. A motorist tweeted a photo of the animal running on the inbound lanes that immediately went viral and caused a commotion on social media websites. It also led to jokes from people suggesting that the city be renamed Pigsburgh in honor of the loose swine. No one is sure how the "Pig on the Parkway" found its way onto the road or where it went, not even Pennsylvania Department of Transportation workers monitoring the …

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