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Monroeville resident named volunteer of year among school retirees
The Pittsburgh Association of School Retirees honored Monroeville resident Susan Frazier DeLaney recently with the Volunteer of the Year Award during a luncheon at Rivers Casino. Almost 200 guests attended, over half of whom were family, friends and members of various organizations and boards on which DeLaney serves. The primary...
Vanessa Lynch: Celebrating EPA’s new oil and gas safeguards
Clean air advocates — and those of us living in front-line oil and gas communities — have something to celebrate as we start a new year. New Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) safeguards are poised to significantly slash methane pollution from the oil and gas industry. Parents across Pennsylvania are ecstatic....
Hampton hosts Allegheny Valley Honors Band Festival
Hampton Township School District is hosting the 70th annual Allegheny Valley Honors Band Festival on Jan. 4 and 5. The festival features senior high and junior high honors bands, culminating in a 7 p.m. concert Friday in the Hampton High School Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults, and $3 for...
Next on the Tee: Kermit Zarley recalls U.S. Open battle with Jack Nicklaus at Pebble Beach
Next on the Tee host Chris Mascaro kicks off Season 11 of the podcast with guests Tom Patri, Kermit Zarley, Bob Winters and Jane Crafter. Patri, a Golf Magazine Top 100 instructor discusses the deadline that wasn’t with the Public Investment Fund and the PGA Tour. The New Year’s deadline...
Trump’s ballot fight plunges the Supreme Court into the 2024 election
The U.S. Supreme Court will chart the nation’s political future as it confronts a potentially stark choice over efforts to remove Donald Trump from this year’s presidential ballot for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss. The court’s options include putting the kibosh on challenges to Trump’s candidacy with a...
Hampton students nominated for drama awards
Nominees for Prime Stage Theatre’s fourth annual High School Drama Awards include students in Hampton’s fall production of “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic.” The awards event is scheduled for Jan. 29 at the New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North...
Will 2024 be the year employers crack down on remote work? Not so fast
These days, it looks like the bloom is coming off the rose for remote work: Many employers are talking tougher. New research shows employees are actually less productive when they work from home full-time. And, with the tight job market starting to slacken, some predict 2024 will be the year...
Letter to the editor: Tax hike will hurt struggling Westmoreland County
Shocking that the property taxes in Westmoreland County are going up by over 30%. Yes, 30%. Nothing was said during the recent election by the incumbent commissioners who were reelected. Strange strategy or … ? They don’t seem to be as honest and forthcoming as we might want! Maybe an...
Passersby spot fire, rescue residents from Crabtree home
Two passersby on their way to work and a neighbor rescued a man and his daughter from their burning home early Thursday in Crabtree. Luxor residents Kandace Gettins and Marissa Perillo, who work at SCI Pine Grove in Indiana County, noticed black smoke billowing out of a home about 6...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland County seniors deserve better
I’ve been a nurse at Westmoreland Manor for 26 years. Like every year, caregivers like me spent the holidays with your loved ones at the nursing home. We love our residents like they’re our own family. My only wish is more time to care for them. Our elderly spent their...
Editorial: Cybersecurity is important to infrastructure
Infrastructure is one of those words that we think we know. Then something happens that shows us infrastructure is a lot bigger and a lot more complicated than we believed. When a bridge falls in Pittsburgh on the morning the president is due to visit for an infrastructure speech, that...
The Stroller, Jan. 4, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Local trout club plans annual sport show and flea market The...
Letter to the editor: The left isn’t very tolerant
I am always fascinated when I hear people speak or see writings about tolerance as exemplified by the op-ed “Pittsburgh can use the arts to fight intolerance” (Dec. 11, TribLive). Tolerance in the conventional sense is a good thing. When I hear a car pass my house playing music I...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 3, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 57, New Castle 45 Class 5A Section 1 Thomas Jefferson 90, Peters Township 74 Section 2 Shaler 71, Plum 55 Armstrong 58, Woodland Hills 49 Section 4 Moon 55, South Fayette 52 Class 4A Section 1 Indiana 65,...
Conservation leader from Hampton finishes master’s studies
Hampton resident Jamie DeHart has been applying the tools of science, education and conservation to become a leader in the conservation community. In December, DeHart concluded his master’s course of study with a degree in biology from Miami (Ohio) University through Project Dragonfly. Since joining the Advanced Inquiry master’s program...
Mt. Pleasant wrestlers score decisive win over short-handed Frazier
Mt. Pleasant secured five straight victories, including four via pin, in a 49-22 win over Frazier in Section 2-2A action inside the DiVirgilio Field House on Wednesday night. Rhyley Kimmel (133), Joseph Longhi (139), Greg Shaulis (145) and Jamison Poklembo (152) each earned pins, while Tristan Wtorkiwicz (127) won via...
High school roundup for Jan. 3, 2024: Shaler stays undefeated with win in section opener
Keegan Smetanka scored 14 points as undefeated Shaler beat Plum, 71-55, to win its Section 2-5A boys basketball opener Wednesday night. Brandon London and Julian Vizzoca each added 11 for Shaler (11-0, 1-0), which jumped out to a 13-5 lead after one quarter. Will Beckner dropped 23 points for Plum...
Florida surgeon general has safety concerns with covid vaccines. FDA disagrees
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, once again at odds with federal officials, is urging people to stop getting Pfizer’s and Moderna’s mRNA covid vaccines over safety concerns that the shots could possibly deliver DNA contaminants into human cells. Ladapo’s call to halt the use of the mRNA vaccines comes a...
Hampton Public Library hosts variety of programs
Programs scheduled at Hampton Community Library include: • “It’s a Winter Wonder World” drop-in story time, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays starting Jan. 9. Times are subject to going longer or shorter. Stay for all activities or for a few. The schedule is stories and songs,...
Starbucks will let customers use their own cup at the drive-thru
Starbucks customers can now use their own personal cup in stores as well as for mobile orders and at the drive-thru. The initiative is part of the brand’s goal to reduce waste by 50% by 2030. Customers have been able to use their own cup when ordering in Starbucks cafes...
Former Ohio State wideout Julian Fleming transferring to Penn State
Julian Fleming, after rejecting Penn State years ago, is coming to Happy Valley. Fleming, the former Ohio State wide receiver and Southern Columbia star, is transferring to Penn State, according to an On3.com report on Wednesday. Fleming, who entered the NCAA transfer portal when it opened in early December, has...
Innamorato boosts base pay for hundreds of non-union Allegheny County workers, Councilman DeMarco criticizes plan
Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato announced Wednesday that hundreds of full-time county employees will receive immediate wage increases, the first step to raising their base pay to at least $22 an hour by 2027. The increase, which affects a fraction of the county’s roughly 6,000 workers, will cover nonunionized employees,...
Jimmy Kimmel tells Aaron Rodgers he’ll see him in court if he keeps up ‘reckless’ Jeffrey Epstein claims
Jimmy Kimmel responded swiftly to Aaron Rodgers’ claims that the late-night host could show up on the highly anticipated Jeffrey Epstein associates list. Kimmel and Rodgers have been trading slights in the media for years now, but during a Tuesday appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” the New York Jets...
Monroeville library will get mini golf makeover for fundraiser
The Monroeville Public Library will once again be transformed into an 18-hole indoor miniature golf course for two fundraisers on Feb. 24 The first is an all-ages event, and begins at 10 a.m., with the last tee off at 3:45 p.m. Entry is $5 per person, and children age 3...
Late Brackenridge Chief Justin McIntire remembered at candlelight vigil, with his own day in the Highlands School District
A police chief, who made the ultimate sacrifice in service of his community, was honored a year after his death. Close to 200 people gathered for a vigil at Brackenridge Memorial Park on a cold Wednesday night, warmed a little by candles but mostly by each other, in memory of...
