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4 elected to Verona council
Verona Council candidates Vince Flotta, Patricia Lynn Hredzak-Showalter, Rhoda Worf and Ray Suchevich were leading in a five-person race for four, four-year seats, according to unofficial returns from the Allegheny County Office of Elections. A little more than 66 percent of precincts were reported online as of Nov. 3. Flotta,...
Quaker Valley School Board race mainly retains incumbents
The Quaker Valley School Board race saw a community divided on the issues of a new high school, curriculum and masks. There were six candidates on the ballot for the race, and one, Stratton Nash, who was cross-filed, ran unopposed in the district’s Region 2. According to the Allegheny County...
4 elected to Riverview School Board
Riverview school board candidates Stefani Nycole Garibay, Wendy Wilton, Brian Hawk and Jeanine Hurt-Robinson were leading in a race for four four-year seats, according to returns from the Allegheny County Office of Elections. Garibay had 1,577 votes. Wilton had 1,553 votes. Hawk had 1,536 and Hurt-Robinson had 1,527. Democrat Laura...
Letter to the editor: Always bad news from Pittsburgh airport
Regarding the article “Pittsburgh airport’s $1.4B construction project cleared for takeoff; completion delayed to 2025” (Oct. 14, TribLIVE): Send in the clowns! Nothing generates more bad news stories than the Pittsburgh airport. I thought the correct evolutionary model was to reward good behavior and punish bad. Looks like the “visionaries”...
Events at Sewickley area churches, synagogues for the week of Nov. 4, 2021
Antioch Baptist Church Antioch Baptist Church would like to invite you to witness the Installation Service of its new Pastor, Reverend Verton L. Dean Sr. of Moon Township, on Nov. 21. The festivities will begin at 10:45 a.m. at Antioch with a worship and praise service. The guest speaker for...
Letter to the editor: Great time to pull the plug
Anyone that dumped their dish or any other alternative paid television subscription because of high cost and selective programming may have installed their own antennae in order to watch local TV. Pittsburgh news programming coverage is time-competitive, with each station supplying repetitive news in order to fill the time allotted....
Letter to the editor: We must help creatives get out of their slump
Did you ever lament the loss of something trendy? You were digging something, life was grand, then … poof? If you care what’s surfacing in my portents, it is the downfall of the gig economy that’s making old little me … terribly blue. A fleet-footed happy job market, adored by...
Letter to the editor: Quaker Valley school tax millage and future operating costs
Millage increases a concern As I write my October 2021 check payable to Quaker Valley School District, I look at the millage rate of 0.0194711 ($19.47 on every thousand dollars of assessed property value) and wonder about inevitable increases. The millage will rise by yearly increments for an updated high...
Letter to the editor: Results of lowering expectations
When you lower your expectations, here are just a few of the results. A president who cannot complete a sentence that makes any sense or has any real meaning. A president who thinks spending 3, 4 or 5 trillion dollars doesn’t cost a single red penny. A very neat trick....
Editorial: Wolf vaccine days off not his to give
Every elected official has good causes they would like to pursue and good ideas to get off the ground that are restrained by two things. First, you need the money to accomplish the task. Second, doing so has to be part of your job. Gov. Tom Wolf has problems with...
The Stroller, Nov. 4, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events 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. Springdale chiropractic clinic hosts food drive Frazetta Family Chiropractic’s 28th annual Thanksgiving food drive for Lower Valley Food Bank will be...
Penn Township father, son hike rogue trails to supervolcano doorstep
Robert Szypulski, a computer programmer with Windstream Communications, lives in Penn Township. His son, Scott Szypulski, is a financial research administrator for the University of Pittsburgh who lives in Oakland. This is the story of their recent adventure to Mt. Rainier and Grand Teton national parks. With national park visitation...
Letter to the editor: Why public questions vaccines
In the article “ ‘You can’t fix it with facts’: Doctors share patients’ excuses for covid vaccine refusal” (Oct. 17, TribLIVE), you ask, “How can a patient be in disbelief over the coronavirus, pandemic and vaccine …?” One answer is later in the article, which states the following: “Some have...
Northern Tier Library’s Bookmobile headed to Pine Community Center
The Northern Tier Library is coming to the Pine Community Center. Bookmobile service began Nov. 1 and continues each Monday from 2-3 p.m. Family fall fun run & walk Get your sneakers ready and join us Nov. 20 at 9:30 a.m. for a 1-mile walking and running course around the...
High school roundup for Nov. 3, 2021: Freedom girls, Ambridge boys make states
Renae Mohrbacher scored four goals to lead No. 5 Freedom to a 6-0 victory over No. 2 Springdale in the WPIAL Class A girls soccer consolation game Wednesday night at North Allegheny. Shaye Bailey and Grace White also scored. As the third-place finisher from the WPIAL, the Bulldogs (15-4) will...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 3, 2021
High schools Hockey Thursday’s schedule Class 3A Pine-Richland at Upper St. Clair, Ice Castle Arena-Trackside, 7 p.m Bethel Park at Cathedral Prep, Mercyhurst Ice Center, 8:30 p.m North Allegheny at Central Catholic, Alpha Ice Complex, 8:30 p.m Canon-McMillan at Seneca Valley, Baierl Ice Complex-World, 9 p.m Peters Township at Baldwin,...
Trump says calling his accuser Summer Zervos a liar was just ‘fiery rhetoric’
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump said he was just engaging in “fiery rhetoric” when he said a former “Apprentice” contestant was lying about being sexually assaulted by him more than a decade ago. Trump said the defamation lawsuit filed against him by Summer Zervos was doomed to fail...
Supreme Court signals it’s likely to bolster the right to carry a concealed gun in publicVideo
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s justices, citing the right to bear arms in the Second Amendment, sounded ready Wednesday to strike down laws in New York and California that deny most gun owners permits to carry concealed guns in public. Most of the justices said people who live in “high-crime...
The Birdie hits reset button, makes Westmoreland County playoff picks
Last week: 9-4 (69.2%) Season: 88-35 (71.5%) When the Birdie caught wind that Seton Hill was getting Esports teams for the fall of 2022, he checked to see if he had any college eligibility left. “If you’d have seen me play Tecmo Bowl back in the day, you’d know why,”...
2021 Western Pa. high school football schedule for Week 10
Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s schedule Canon-McMillan (4-6) at North Allegheny (6-4), 7 p.m. (HSSN) Semifinals Friday, Nov. 12 Canon-McMillan/North Allegheny winner at Mt. Lebanon (10-0), 7 p.m. Seneca Valley (7-3) vs. Central Catholic (8-2) at Baldwin, 7 p.m. Class 5A First round Friday’s schedule Woodland Hills (4-6) at Bethel Park...
The Birdie gets out his calculator and makes A-K Valley playoff picks
Last week: 8-1 (88.9%) Overall: 78-27 (74.3%) If there’s one question the Birdie gets asked more than any other, it’s “Do you want fries with that?” A close second is, “How do you make your picks? It’s like you’re a fortune teller who can see into the future.” On the...
Evenly matched playoff foes Highlands, New Castle have history of tight games
Highlands and New Castle have played some close games over the past several seasons, and Friday’s opening-round playoff game appears to be evenly matched. That’s what one would expect when a ninth-seeded team such as New Castle (6-4, 3-2) squares off against No. 8 Highlands (7-3, 4-3) at Golden Rams...
SiriusXM holiday music channels kick off Christmas season early
Are you ready for some Christmas music? SiriusXM is officially in the holiday spirit — the streaming service launched its 2021 bevy of Christmas channels on Wednesday. This year’s 19 channels — the service’s most to date — includes two new streams along with the usual variety of holiday hits...
Marci Hamilton: America needs a presidential panel to end child sex abuse
Just weeks into this year’s hockey season, Stan Bowman, general manager of the Chicago Blackhawks and the 2021 U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team, resigned in the wake of allegations that Hawks upper management failed to act on a player’s sexual assault claim until after the team’s 2010 Stanley Cup championship...
11 books to add to your reading list this month
While the frenzy of hot books fall has begun to subside, there are still a great many books to look forward to in November, the true start of cozy season. Most anticipated publications this coming month include an iconic Chinese artist’s political memoir; provocative thoughts on feminism from an art...
