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Fox Chapel community mourns Mark Bellinger, who revitalized crew program
In the early 1990s, Dr. Mark Bellinger bought a scull and took up rowing for personal exercise. His daughter, Katie, thought it looked fun and began urging her father to help start a rowing team at Fox Chapel Area High School. It turned out to be the start of a...
Before speeding off to Youngstown State, North Hills swimmer excited for WPIAL meet
As Maddie Mahoney learned, she also grew an appreciation for teaching. That’s why Mahoney wants to study early childhood education when she heads to Youngstown State this fall. She also will do a little swimming. Mahoney, a senior at North Hills, committed to the Penguins in December, a culmination of...
Family, opportunity led North Hills speedster Dickerson to Robert Morris
After an explosive high school football career and a winding, challenging recruiting process, Robert Dickerson has found a home for the next four years. And he will have to drive only a few miles down the road to get there. Dickerson, North Hills’ dynamic wide receiver, committed to Robert Morris...
North Allegheny notebook: Wrestling caps team season with split
North Allegheny’s boys wrestling team split its final dual meet matches of the season Feb. 15. The Tigers defeated Penn-Trafford, 40-28, and lost to Connellsville, 54-9. Against the Falcons, Dylan Coy picked up a decision at 126 pounds, and Casey Walker won by forfeit at 106. In the win over...
Keith Tidman and Richard Sherins: Uprooting racism in America
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin,” declared the legendary civil-rights leader Nelson Mandela in his tireless battle against racism. “People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can learn to love,” he averred. Yet racism in America...
Letter to the editor: Biden demonstrating his racism again
President Biden is at it again. He announced that his selection for the Supreme Court will be a Black woman. This statement excludes all white women and all men, both Black and white. Racist? During the campaign Biden stated his selection for VP would be a woman of color. This...
Letter to the editor: Thank a female veteran today
Feb. 19 is National Vet Girls RISE Day, when we recognize women veterans for their service and sacrifice. At Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard, an important part of our mission is to empower veterans’ transition from homeless to home and end the cycle of homelessness. Our Female Veteran Program offers...
Editorial: Westmoreland commissioners can set example with human services department
Westmoreland County commissioners are moving forward with plans to take all of the county’s various human service offices and fuse them into one department. On Thursday, they hired a consultant — Don Goughler, 76, of Harrison — to assemble the pieces and hire a director to take the reins. This...
Letter to the editor: Money is today’s magic medicine
In the last century, deadly diseases included tuberculosis, flu, smallpox, measles, yellow fever, polio, pneumonia, syphilis. Cures or vaccinations were found (in order listed) in 1921, 1940, 1796, 1963, 1938, 1950, 1977 and 1928. Note that at these times higher education was either rare or not common. Today college graduates...
The Stroller, Feb. 19, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Applications being...
Letter to the editor: Secured weapons are benign
We see it in the news every day: stolen weapons used in murders or robberies, often both. First, the term we should use is weapons, not guns. When discussing “guns,” the message becomes politicized and emotional, which undermines reason-based discussion and solutions about the topic. Americans have a long history...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 18, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule North Hills (22-0) bye; Baldwin (12-10) at North Allegheny (14-8), 7 p.m.; Hempfield (7-15) at Mt. Lebanon (14-8), 7 p.m.; Penn-Trafford (9-12) at Upper St. Clair (15-7), 7 p.m.; Fox Chapel (21-1) bye; Bethel Park (16-6) at Pine-Richland...
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2022: Freeport pulls off WPIAL tournament’s 1st upset
Vinnie Clark scored 22 points, including 18 in the second half and 11 in the fourth quarter, to lead No. 11 Freeport to a 56-49 boys basketball victory over sixth-seeded Uniontown in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs Friday night. Zach Clark scored 11 points and Brian...
Burrell beats Elizabeth Forward, wins 1st home playoff game
It was a memorable night at Burrell for the school’s first home basketball playoff game. A near-capacity crowd watched the Bucs hold Elizabeth Forward scoreless for 7 minutes, 12 seconds and roll to a 63-42 victory in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. Brandon Coury scored 22...
Gary Franks: Honoring my great-grandfather, former slave G.W. Petteway
During Black History Month, I frequently think about my great-grandfather, who was born a slave in North Carolina in 1834. I think of how he made education such a vital part of his life, as he was allowed to read when reading was against the law for most Blacks. He...
Harmar sees 47% sewage fee hike as cost of new treatment plant soars
The escalating cost of the Allegheny Valley Joint Sewage Authority treatment plant expansion is going to cost Harmar ratepayers to the tune of a 47% hike in sewage fees. Officials said the plant expansion was first pegged at $35 million. Now, the cost has risen to $102.5 million. In response,...
Police rule out foul play in death of Penn State student who fell down trash chute at a State College apartment
State College police ruled out foul play in the November death of the Penn State student who plunged 11 stories down a trash chute at her off-campus apartment, the department wrote in a statement Thursday. Neither the borough police department nor the Centre County Coroner’s Office gathered any evidence that...
Greg Fulton: Truck drivers are frustrated, and for good reason
There have been rumblings about a trucker convoy similar to that in Canada traveling across the U.S. in the next few weeks. In Canada the convoy began out of anger over a mandate that all truck drivers be vaccinated. No similar mandate for truck drivers exists in the U.S. as...
Letter to the editor: Don’t vote for Dr. Oz
I felt the need to write this letter to encourage Pennsylvania voters not to vote for Dr. Mehmet Oz. I’m not judging Oz; all I’m saying is, he’s not a resident of Pennsylvania. He lives in New Jersey, and to fulfill the Pennsylvania residency requirement, he listed his in-laws’ address...
Letter to the editor: Our justice system puts citizens at risk
When you no longer have a justice system that works, you put the lives of U.S. citizens at risk. There are times I felt safer serving my country in Vietnam than I do in parts of the U.S. There no longer seem to be deterrents to keep people from committing...
The Stroller, Feb. 18, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Goodwill offers...
Letter to the editor: Some socialism might be Christian
I found myself intrigued by Jim Stahl’s letter “Socialism is not Christian” (Feb. 5, TribLIVE). Both “socialism” and “Christianity” can mean different things to different people, and I can’t fully know Stahl’s view on those terms based on his letter. So, to look at socialism and Christianity through a different...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 17, 2022
High schools Basketball WPIAL Boys City League Semifinals Thursday’s results Allderdice 73, Carrick 41 Brashear 52, Obama Academy 48 Sunday’s schedule At Petersen Events Center Allderdice (16-7) vs. Brashear (7-8), 4 p.m. WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule North Hills (22-0) bye; Baldwin (12-10) at North Allegheny (14-8),...
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2022: Penn-Trafford hockey speeds past Latrobe
Aiden Alberts scored twice, including the last goal of a three-goal spurt in a span of six minutes in the second period, to lead Penn-Trafford to a 5-3 victory over Latrobe in PIHL Class 2A hockey Thursday night. Ryan Crombie and Xavier Solomon had a goal and an assist apiece...
Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know as tension grinds on
Amid its tensest standoff with the West since the Cold War, Russia plans to give its nuclear weapons apparatus a practice run this weekend. The multiple practice launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and cruise missiles set for Saturday follow a warning from U.S. President Joe Biden that Russia could invade...
