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In brief: Free parking, food drive and more around Sewickley
Free parking There will be free parking on Fridays after 1 p.m. and all day Saturday in December in Sewickley, including Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. Regular enforcement and pricing will resume on Jan. 3. Food drive Caliente Pizza & Draft House in Sewickley is conducting a food drive through...
In brief: Rotary scholarships available
High school seniors can apply now The Bob Williams Rotary Memorial Scholarship Program is accepting applications for the 2021-2022 academic year. In recent years the program has awarded at least eight scholarships at $5,000 each. High school seniors in Allegheny and Beaver C counties are eligible to apply. Those attending...
Letter to the editor: How about another impeachment?
Some naive letter-writers have joined a coterie of unscrupulous entities, including Big Tech, fake news and academia, who aligned themselves against President Trump. They provided a relentless barrage of unfounded aspersions and were able to sway enough android voters to defeat Trump. They now own President Biden and share responsibility...
Woman killed in Robinson crash identified
A 67-year-old woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in Robinson, officials said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the woman as Katherine Fazio, of Pittsburgh. According to a report from the medical examiner, crews responded to the 4400 block of Campbells Run Road shortly after 2 p.m....
Editorial: Court ruling addresses mask mandate, not safety
The legal back and forth is over and done. Pennsylvania’s mask mandate for schools is kaput. So now what? Now it is up to school districts to decide whether they are going to keep the kids covered or not. That, after all, is what so many schools and parents were...
Buffalo Township BP station hopes to expand, sell beer, wine after approval of liquor license transfer
A Buffalo Township gas station/convenience store moved a step closer toward expansion with the approval of a liquor license transfer by township supervisors. Par-Mor Oil Co. plans to expand the BP station it operates at 698 Ekastown Road, but company officials have said the project depends upon the township supervisors’...
The Stroller, Dec. 13, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your holiday events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Burtner House Restoration Society Christmas ornaments available Burtner House Restoration Society is selling handcrafted Christmas tree ornaments to celebrate the 200th...
Letter to the editor: Covid is what ‘ruins lives’
I have seen many dumb statements made on this page, but the letter by Michael Arnone is quite possibly the winner (“Don’t worry about the unvaxxed,” Dec. 2, TribLIVE). He says vaccine mandates are “ruining people’s lives” and that, since the vaccine works, the vaccinated shouldn’t care if others get...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Dec. 13
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Dec. 13....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Dec. 13
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Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 12, 2021
Oakmont Timothy Milberger sold property at 713 15th St. to Matthew and Melissa Lekh for $400,000. Spencer Davis sold property at 125 Third St. to Benjamin Fownes and Julia Birk for $489,900. Jason McConnell sold property at 658 Fourth St. to Garrett and Jessica Carson for $460,000. Jenna Tamburro sold...
Excela earns more high marks for its maternity program
U.S. News & World Report, in its first list of Best Hospitals for Maternity, recognized Excela Health as High Performing in Maternity Care. The designation — the highest rating U.S. News awards for this type of care — was only for uncomplicated pregnancy, not high-risk pregnancies. For the last two...
High school sports scores, schedules for Dec. 12, 2021
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Sunday’s results Midland Tournament Blackhawk 63, Ellwood City 53 Lincoln Park 96, East Liverpool (Ohio) 74 Montour 76, Rochester 46 Monday’s schedule Mike Rettger Tournament (at Franklin Regional) Penn-Trafford at Franklin Regional, 7:30 p.m. Woodland Hills vs. Baldwin, 6 p.m. Nonsection Ambridge at Moon, 7:30...
With accomplished coach on board, Shady Side Academy girls basketball begins new era
When Shady Side Academy was looking to fill its girls basketball coaching vacancy, the school reached out for a big name. Jonna Burke, who has had a successful career at Butler and Bethel Park, was hired by Shady Side in late September. The former Bethel Park and Pitt player wanted...
Deep, unselfish Shady Side Academy boys basketball team set to build on strong season
Despite the pandemic-related starts and stops to last year’s scholastic basketball season, the Shady Side Academy boys had a surprisingly successful campaign. And the formula for winning was simple: No one cared about individual statistics. “It was a bit of a surprise,” coach David Vadnais said of his team’s accomplishments....
Michael Torres: Pa. Democrats have a union problem
When Joe Biden kicked off his presidential campaign in April 2019 at the Teamsters Local 249 union hall in Pittsburgh, he declared himself a “union man,” sounding a theme that he repeated during his more than 25 campaign visits to the state. When Election Day came, however, Biden lost the...
Hundreds help celebrate Mt. Lebanon’s state football championshipVideo
Hundreds of people celebrated Mt. Lebanon’s PIAA Class 6A football championship with a parade in the municipality on a sun-splashed Sunday. The Blue Devils won their first-ever state title Saturday in Hershey by beating St. Joseph’s Prep of Philadelphia 35-17. Mt. Lebanon completed its 2021 season undefeated. One Town ✅One...
Lack of telehealth law in Pa. a major headache for patients who need it most
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Cheryl Gibson was in pain as she drove. Eight months earlier, Gibson had begun an at-home breathing treatment for...
Investigations of Pa. State Police troopers who injure, kill should be independent, panel says
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania State Police troopers who kill or injure someone should not be investigated by their own agency, and an...
Washington Township has $370,000 in covid relief money it’s afraid to spend because federal rules keep changing
Rich Hill tried to end his time as Washington Township supervisor with a bang, but federal regulations defused his plan. Hill, who did not run for reelection, attended his final supervisors meeting Thursday. As a final act at the meeting’s end, he moved to allocate federal covid-19 assistance funds to...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 12, 2021
Etna James Rodgers sold property at 31 Dewey St. to James Rodgers for $85,000. Fox Chapel Matthew Stansfield sold property at 205 Field Club Road to Anne and McKenna Houston for $556,831. Peter Rubin sold property at 304 Hallsborough Drive to Jackson Baker and Sarah Crafton for $910,000. Grant Mason...
Northern area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 12, 2021
Franklin Park Lin Lu sold property at 1404 Field Club Ct to Weifeng Xu for $408,395. Albert Flasko sold property at 1304 Hidden Canyon Ct to Lee Michael and Adrienne Leigh Perryman for $799,900. Diane Theil sold property at 2287 McDevitt Road to Thomas Alan Freese III for $192,000. Lynn...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 12, 2021
Aleppo Robert Moraca sold property at 803 Timber Ln to David and Patricia Bartlett for $195,000. Bell Acres Michael Nameth sold property at 105 Charleston Sq to Eric Close for $993,700. Gary Becker sold property at 1 Partridge Ct to Christopher and Nicole Fry for $605,000. Edgeworth John Fitzgerald sold...
Letter to the editor: An absolute cure for the virus of sin
Our media is saturated with news of “variants” entering our society, and this is causing global stress, anxiety and panic. Variant can be defined as “a form or version of something that differs from other forms.” Each Christmas, we celebrate the birth of the most important healing variant to arrive...
Editorial: Get vaccinated to save hospital beds
There are just too many covid patients and not enough care to go around. Hospitals across the state are reporting numbers that are pushing them to the edge. UPMC facilities are reporting that they are at or over capacity. Allegheny Health Network is similarly taxed. Excela is shifting or canceling...
