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Chick’s Picks back for another year of predicting high school football results
Welcome to Week 1. Chick’s Picks has been at this thing for awhile — more than two decades to be exact. Twenty-two seasons of prognosticating is a lot of wear and tear on the old crystal ball. So, this summer, like many others of late, with the football season looming,...
Sewickley-based Allegheny Land Trust earns national recognition
The Land Trust Alliance’s Land Trust Accreditation Commission granted conservation nonprofit Allegheny Land Trust with its second renewal as a nationally accredited land trust. Allegheny Land Trust, which has the Barking Slopes Conservation Area in Plum among its properties, is one of fewer than 10% of land trusts across the...
Deer Lakes grad Maxx Hammond leads Allegheny football into Presidents’ Athletic ConferenceVideo
For the first time since 1984, Allegheny’s sports teams will be playing in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. The move back from the North Coast Athletic Conference will enable the Gators to forge rivalries with schools closer to home. And like their new PAC counterparts, the Gators have a number of...
4 things you should know about working after you turn 65
Continuing to work past the traditional retirement age gives many the opportunity to add more money to their nest egg — and delay Social Security, which will bump up their eventual benefits check. In May, 21.9% of Americans ages 65 and older were working, compared with 19.5% in May 2020,...
Letter to the editor: Mazeroski should be honored
The letter “Pirates insult great players with Hall of Fame lineup” (Aug. 18, TribLIVE) noted that the MVP of the 1960s World Series team was left off the list of inaugural inductees. In my opinion, the MVP should have been Bill Mazeroski, who ended the series with a ninth-inning walk-off...
4-year-old accidentally shot by grandmother inside Pa. home
A 4-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the stomach by his grandmother Thursday, according to a report from WPVI. It happened around 8:30 p.m. on the unit block of East Penn Street in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. According to WPVI, the grandmother owns the gun and has a valid...
Letter to the editor: Equal justice for evidence destroyers
There is a feeling among some folk, that is, those with functioning IQs, that during this reign of the WOAT (Worst Of All Time), the justice departments are biased. But I say, nuh-uh. I had to junk a PC, and so I removed the hard drive and beat the heck...
Events at Sewickley area places of worship for the week of Sept. 2, 2022
Antioch Baptist Church Antioch Baptist Church will hold its fall revival on Sept. 28-30 at 7:30 p.m. Evangelist Roberta G. Watkins of Deliverance Temple Ministries in Aliquippa will be the guest speaker. For details, call 412-741-7688 or email antiochfwbaptist@comcast.net. Antioch Baptist Church is located at 332 Elizabeth St. in Sewickley....
Student news from the Pine, Richland area for the week of Sept. 2, 2022
Helen Guo and Alec Smomo of Gibsonia, and Jiatian Qu and Jacob Weinberg of Wexford received their white coats on Aug. 6 during Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine’s 14th annual White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2026 at the Scranton Cultural Center. Anthony Nicassio of Gibsonia and Therese Solomond...
Letter to the editor: Right, wrong and loan forgiveness
Vice President Kamala Harris, when asked about the policy on student loan forgiveness, answered, “First of all, a lot of the same people who are criticizing what we rightly did in following through on a commitment that we made to forgive student loan debt are the same people who voted...
The Stroller, Sept. 2, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Northmoreland Park Labor Day party planned The annual Labor United Celebration will...
Letter to the editor: Donor milk legislation can help protect sick babies
When my baby Owen was born prematurely, I didn’t know about human donor milk or that it could have helped him before I was able to provide my own milk. When Owen passed away from necrotizing enterocolitis, a complication that research shows donor milk could protect against, I was devastated....
District college roundup: Cal (Pa.) rolls in opener; St. Francis (Pa.) puts scare into Akron
Serra Catholic grad JaQuae Jackson caught 10 passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns as Cal (Pa.) jumped out to a three touchdown lead in the first half and rolled to a 35-15 victory over Fairmont State on Thursday night. Noah Mitchell was 18 for 25 for 212 yards and...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 1, 2022: Endy Rodriguez homers from both sides of plate in Curve win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 64-60) scored three runs in the seventh inning to beat Louisville (Reds), 3-2. RF Bligh Madris (.286) went 2 for 5 with two doubles and a stolen base and reached on an error on the play that drove in the winning run. CF Travis Swaggerty (.256) went 1...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 1, 2022
High schools Field hockey Thursday’s results Nonsection Penn-Trafford 6, Mt. Lebanon 2 Peters Township 2, Shady Side Academy 0 Pine-Richland 3, Latrobe 0 Football Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A North Allegheny at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m. Nonconference Aliquippa at Armstrong, 7 p.m. Ambridge at Freedom, 7:30 p.m. Avonworth at Central Valley,...
High school roundup for Sept. 1, 2022: Pine-Richland tops North Allegheny to stay unbeaten
Ben Rishel scored the decisive goal to lead Pine-Richland (4-0, 2-0) to a 1-0 victory over North Allegheny (2-1-1, 1-1) in a matchup of top teams in Section 1-4A boys soccer Thursday. Ambridge 5, West Allegheny 4 — Will Gruca had a hat trick and Chris Woten added a pair...
Authorities identify man fatally shot by Pittsburgh Police officer
A Pittsburgh police officer assisting in the search for a missing woman shot and killed a man who authorities say answered the door with a gun in his hand in the city’s Westwood neighborhood. Brian Fisher, 43, was pronounced dead at the Rydal Street home where he’d answered the door....
Laurels & lances: Teaching and searching
Laurel: To making an effort. Lots of people are talking about the problems in education — especially with the falling numbers of teachers. It’s an issue that wasn’t necessarily caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but it has definitely been exacerbated by it. Colleges are seeing fewer people pursue degrees in...
Defense in Tree of Life case wants to know jurors’ religious affiliation
Attorneys for the man accused of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill nearly four years ago want permission to ask potential jurors about their religious affiliation. In a motion filed this week in federal court, attorneys for Robert Bowers asked that either they or...
NYPD union may sue teen punched out by cop in caught-on-camera clashVideo
NEW YORK — An NYPD union may sue the 19-year-old woman who tried to interfere with her boyfriend’s arrest for attempted-murder in Harlem — and was slugged by a city cop as a result. The Detectives Endowment Association is exploring a possible civil suit against Tamani Crum for slapping and...
Civil trial seeking $5M to start in case of West Mifflin football player concussed during practice
Shane Skillpa said he was 16 when he suffered a concussion during a summer football practice at West Mifflin High School in 2009. Although he “saw stars” and was dazed and confused, Skillpa claims his coaches had him return to practice. Skillpa said he began exhibiting common concussion symptoms days...
With start of school, Plum seeks bus drivers
With the start of the academic year, of course, comes the daily journey of students to and from their schools. To help ensure that the missions are completed safely and efficiently, Plum Borough School District is hiring bus drivers. A school district letter to community members details a shortage of...
Joshua Andy: Gorbachev was Khrushchev’s successor as a reformer; Russia is still waiting
Together, the Russian invasion of Ukraine Feb. 24 and Mikhail Gorbachev’s death Aug. 30 serve as a bookend on Russia’s post-Cold War epoch and the end of the possibility of an era of reform. Born in 1931, Gorbachev was a young child when both his grandfathers were arrested and sent...
Man gets federal prison for detonating IED in Lawrenceville
A man accused of throwing an improvised explosive device onto a Lawrenceville street last year did not set out to hurt anyone, his attorney said, but was most likely carrying out a “drug-fueled, ill-conceived prank.” Charles Baker, 35, of Lawrenceville, pleaded guilty Thursday to three federal counts, including possession of...
Community yard sale planned for Sharpsburg Sept. 10
Sharpsburg residents are encouraged to open their doors, set up some tables and get ready to mingle at the inaugural community-wide yard sale, scheduled for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 10. The event is spearheaded by resident Debbie Bobeck. She said folks along 13th and Middle streets have had...
