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Bethel Park real estate transactions, week of Nov. 20, 2022
Baldwin Borough Kevin Songer sold property at 1164 Camarta Drive to Stephen and Karen Bachor for $396,683. Cathell Townhomes LLC sold property at 1569-1575 Cathell Road to Baldwin Cathell Townhomes LLC for $2,950,000. Estate of Aloysius Dentel sold property at 461 Debbie Drive to Marco Valente and Caitlin Podplesky for...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 20, 2022
Baldwin Borough Kevin Songer sold property at 1164 Camarta Drive to Stephen and Karen Bachor for $396,683. Cathell Townhomes LLC sold property at 1569-1575 Cathell Road to Baldwin Cathell Townhomes LLC for $2,950,000. Estate of Aloysius Dentel sold property at 461 Debbie Drive to Marco Valente and Caitlin Podplesky for...
Letter to the editor: Post-election promise-breaking time
After watching all the campaign ads over the past few months and the winners having been chosen, we now signal the beginning of the period known as the “breaking of promises.” “I” is replaced by “we” as you go off to your House or Senate chamber to find that both...
Northland Library announces events for December, January and February
These events are planned at Northland Library, 300 Cumberland Road, McCandless. ALL AGES ALL THE FEELS – Winter reading fun for ages up to 18 Jan. 1 through Jan. 31 Experience all the feels this winter! Learn about the history of emojis, explore the importance of emotions, and discover fun...
The Stroller, Nov. 20, 2022: 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. Casino Theatre to offer annual Christmas show The Casino Theatre, Vandergrift,...
Letter to the editor: The cost of politics
Politics — America’s new blood sport. Unlike traditional sports, you don’t need to be big, strong or fast. You don’t even need to be smart. Maybe that is the reason why so many unqualified people enter politics. Like it or not, politics is big business. It is a multitrillion (not...
In brief: news from EduNations, Shady Side Academy
EduNations’s ninth annual Benefit Concert is coming up on Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. featuring artists Nichole Nordeman and Jason Gray. The concert will be held in the Memorial Park Church Sanctuary and is free of charge. A goodwill offering is encouraged, and all proceeds will go to EduNations for...
HIgh school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 19, 2022
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Championships Saturday’s results At Cumberland Valley Class 3A Lower Dauphin 3, Wilson 2 (OT) Class 2A Mechanicsburg 1, Palmyra 0 (OT) Class A Boiling Springs 1, Wyoming Area 0 Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Saturday’s result North Allegheny 35, Central Catholic 21 Class...
Balanced attack leads Seneca Valley to blowout win over Lower Merion in PIAA boys soccer final
MECHANICSBURG — If there were any memories of last year’s 1-0 loss to Conestoga in the state finals, Seneca Valley’s boys soccer team used them for motivational purposes only. The Raiders were never in danger of being shut out again Saturday, and quickly made it clear their team would be...
North Allegheny captures 6th straight PIAA girls volleyball championship
MECHANICSBURG — North Allegheny girls volleyball has won a lot of matches over the past six years, especially on the biggest stage. On Saturday night, the Tigers maintained their position atop Pennsylvania’s highest classification by claiming their sixth straight PIAA Class 4A title with a 3-0 win over District 1...
NFL games during 2020 season led to significant covid-19 spikes, study says
As the NFL sought to resume play during the early months of the covid-19 pandemic, with some teams choosing to allow fans into stadiums, league officials insisted that football crowds had no negative impact on public health. “We’re proud of that,” commissioner Roger Goodell said at the time, “and we’re...
North Catholic falls to Pope John Paul II in PIAA Class 3A finals
MECHANICSBURG — The last two times North Catholic played volleyball at Cumberland Valley, the Trojans won a state championship. Pope John Paul II ruined their hopes for a third state title with a five-set victory by scores of 15-25, 25-12, 18-25, 25-18, and 19-17 in the PIAA Class 3A final...
District college football roundup: Slippery Rock, Carnegie Mellon get 1st-round wins
Noah Grover threw for 188 yards and a touchdown as No. 20 Slippery Rock (10-2) defeated Assumption (8-3), 17-14, in the first round of the NCAA Division II tournament. Cohen Russell caught seven passes for 98 yards and a touchdown for Slippery Rock, which will face No. 11 Shepherd (11-1)...
George Guido: Aliquippa continues historic run of WPIAL championship appearances
While two WPIAL football finals were played Saturday, four more are slated for Acrisure Stadium on Friday. In the Class 4A game, Aliquippa is in the finals for the 15th consecutive season and will face neighboring Central Valley. The last time Aliquippa didn’t make the finals was in 2007, when...
Pine-Richland rolls past Upper St. Clair to win 8th WPIAL football championship
Pine-Richland was sitting at 1-3 at mid-season, and the thought of a postseason berth seemed distant. But the Rams have reeled off nine straight victories, including a convincing, 34-3 win over Upper St. Clair on Saturday afternoon to capture the school’s eighth WPIAL football title at Norwin Stadium. Part of...
POINT: Support free speech? You should be rooting for Musk’s Twitter transformation to succeed
Everyone seems to have an opinion on whether an Elon Musk-led Twitter is good for free speech, and much of that debate is happening on Twitter. On the surface, this fact goes a long way to prove the point. While many people don’t like to engage with critics of their...
COUNTERPOINT: Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase harms democracy
Social media has gotten a bad name in recent years, much of it deserved, as it has played a sizable role in spreading right-wing backwardness and even authoritarianism in much of the world. This includes, most prominently, the reach and especially staying power of the world’s most powerful politician in...
Trucker faces $12K fine for using residential road in Allegheny Township during Route 356 closure
The reopening of Route 356 in Allegheny Township on Tuesday arrived too late for one trucker. Police Chief Duane Fisher told township supervisors at Monday’s meeting that the trucker tried to take a tractor-trailer rig down White Cloud Road earlier in the day despite posted warning signs. “He is now...
Chelsea Hartman sets pace for Shady Side Academy cross country team’s special season
If you’re a cross country athlete, the last thing you need are stress fractures in your feet and shin splints. But Shady Side Academy’s Chelsea Hartman has overcome those injuries and finished second among Class A female runners at the PIAA meet recently in Hershey. Hartman came in with a...
Shady Side Academy, Fox Chapel field hockey standouts pick up all-star honors
Even though Shady Side Academy’s streak of four consecutive WPIAL field hockey titles came to an end, the Bulldogs, along with neighboring Fox Chapel, were well represented on the coaches association’s all-star teams. Shady Side (4-12, 2-4) placed five on the Class A all-star team. The Foxes (10-8-1, 4-3-1) had...
Strong defensive duo leading way for North Hills hockey
Cole Wanner is an avid golfer who looks for any opportunity he can to hit the links. But right now, he’s hoping that may not be for a while. Wanner, the goalie for the North Hills hockey team, is off to an impressive start in the 2022-23 season. Through their...
After up-and-down season, young talent ready to lead North Hills football into future
The overall record for the North Hills football team in 2022 comes nowhere close to telling its full story. A young team coming off a seven-win campaign a year earlier, the Indians finished 3-8 overall this season. But the group still made the postseason thanks to a strong performance in...
Sheldon H. Jacobson: Supreme Court ruling on face masks is irrelevant
The Supreme Court ruling that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) can require masks on airplanes, trains and buses will be welcomed by some and scorned by others. Will the Biden administration act on this ruling and reinstate transportation mask mandates, given the current surge in covid-19, influenza and RSV infections...
Letter to the editor: Abortion truths
I cannot imagine the difficulty a woman goes through when she finds out she has an unwanted pregnancy. Yet there are truths about the situation that cannot be denied. The moment of conception is the beginning of a unique individual having received 23 chromosomes each from her and her partner....
Sounding off: Post-election, politics still on readers’ minds
Both Trump, Biden should retire If former President Donald Trump truly believes in making America great again, he will become the patriot he has asked others to be and will announce that he will not be a candidate for president in 2024. One of the last things this country needs...
