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In brief: Elfinwild Duck Race, Shaler Great Gardens Tour and more
Great Gardens Tour on tap Delight your senses and come tour five spectacular gardens with the 14th Annual Shaler Great Gardens Tour. The tour takes place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 10. Sponsored by the Shaler Garden Club, the tour benefits the Shaler North Hills Library. Your ticket...
Letter to the editor: Remember those who sacrificed for land of the free
Another Memorial Day has come and gone; nevertheless, as you read on, please take the time to think about where you would be and how your life would be changed had our brave men and women not fought to make this a free land. It’s a shame that our government...
Editorial: State law is not the way to find Joe Paterno statue
Just because you can doesn’t mean that you should. State lawmakers are able to look at issues that matter to them, propose changes and even grind axes. They can have pet projects that they make the focus of their time in office. After all, everyone’s perspective is refracted through the...
In brief: Edgeworth police seek residents’ help, Sewickley Sundae 5K and more
Edgeworth police seeking residents’ help Edgeworth police hope to use residents’ security footage in the event of an incident. A notice was made in the borough’s spring newsletter inviting residents to reach out to the department and help if they have an outdoor camera system. Any and all information provided...
Letter to the editor: Stopping the shootings
After reading S.E. Cupp’s slant on the two most recent massacres (“Buffalo, Uvalde and the American psyche,” June 3, TribLIVE), I can say I stopped watching the news on TV. When they started showing each victim of the Uvalde massacre, it was too much for me to watch. All the...
The Stroller, June 27, 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 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Dynamic Community Foundation plans golf outing A golf outing to benefit Dynamic...
Summer food programs providing free meals to kids in need look for more participation
For Bailey Smith, having the option of free, nutritious lunches for her two children through Greensburg-based United Church of Christ parishes during the summer means “a lot.” Smith, 32, lives in Hawksworth Garden Apartments, a subsidized housing complex in Greensburg, and works just down the road at the Gateway Convenience...
Letter to the editor: We must return to godly values
The seeds of hate that were planted at Columbine in 1999 have taken root again, this time in Uvalde, Texas. Just like the killers in Columbine and all the other schools that have been attacked since, the killer premeditated his attack. A healthy relationship between parents and children creates a...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 27
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 27....
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 27
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Wolf sightings are Penn Township man’s reward in latest Yellowstone visit
(Editor’s note: Penn Township resident Robert Szypulski — a computer programmer with Windstream Communications — is a regular visitor to Yellowstone National Park and documented his most recent visit to the park’s northern range in April. In the wake of the historic flooding this month of the Yellowstone River and...
Pirates farm report for June 26, 2022: Travis Swaggerty, Ji-hwan Bae lift Indy to victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 35-35) topped Memphis (Cardinals), 6-2. CF Travis Swaggerty (.277) was 2 for 3, including a two-run home run. LF Ji-hwan Bae (.319) was 3 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored. 1B Mason Martin (.205) also hit a solo home run, his 12th of the season....
Rep. Mary Miller’s ‘white life’ comment is latest controversy in her short 2 years in CongressVideo
MENDON, Ill. — When freshman U.S. Rep. Mary Miller took to a county fair stage Saturday night to thank former President Donald Trump for appointing conservative justices who led the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, she called it a “historic victory for white life.” Miller, who has...
Ghislaine Maxwell placed on suicide watch before sentencing
Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite convicted of sex trafficking with former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, has been put on suicide watch at the jail in Brooklyn where she’s been since her July 2020 arrest, her lawyer said. Bobbi Sternheim, a lawyer for Maxwell, said in a letter to the judge slated...
Poll: Majority of Americans disapprove of Supreme Court’s Roe decisionVideo
WASHINGTON — A CBS News poll found that a majority of Americans disapprove of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, which is inflaming a partisan divide on display in comments by senior lawmakers. The poll, conducted Friday and Saturday, found 59% disapproved of the...
With North Allegheny grad at helm, Penn State goes on run to club baseball World Series
The top-seeded Penn State D1 club baseball team went into the bottom of the ninth down 3-1 against Florida State in the semifinals of the National Club Baseball Association World Series in Greenwood, S.C. With a win, the Nittany Lions would get to play Florida State again for a berth...
Hampton’s Marshalwitz motivated to join brother on Youngstown State mound
Playing a sport on the same team with a brother is a goal that siblings often have. Playing a sport at the NCAA Division I level with a brother, however, is something that Cam Marshalwitz gets to experience. Casey Marshalwitz, Cam’s brother, is going into his senior year with Youngstown...
After WPIAL Hall of Fame swimming career, Aspinwall native climbs ranks in Marines
Mallory Dietrich has parlayed an outstanding swimming career at Oakland Catholic and the Naval Academy to her rise to captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. The Aspinwall native who graduated from Oakland Catholic in 2006 is now the deputy director of protocol for the superintendent of the Naval Academy in...
Letter to the editor: Solving water issues
Letter-writer Chris Hartig is way off base with the suggestion that the Keystone XL pipeline be used to steal water from the Great Lakes (“Keystone pipeline could transport water,” June 15, TribLIVE). It would be cheaper if, instead of transferring water south at great expense, both monetary and environmental, the people...
Letter to the editor: Vandergrift on the rise
A few years ago, Vandergrift appeared to be a community enveloped in a downward spiral, with empty storefronts and a dismal outlook for the future. But something was about to take root in the community: the Vandergrift Business Association. The VBA geared up and moved forward, hosting many events that...
Letter to the editor: LGBTQ+ students represented in Mt. Lebanon
I’d like to offer a rebuttal to the hypocritical letter submitted by Meredith Driscoll and signed by a cohort of other residents (“LGBTQ+ students deserve same representation in Mt. Lebanon,” June 19, TribLIVE). I’ve lived in Mt. Lebanon for 30 years, and my children were educated in the schools. Driscoll...
Editorial: Does the Supreme Court believe in states’ rights or not?
The United States Supreme Court certainly gave people something to think about last week. On Thursday, the court delivered a decision on a gun law in the state of New York that required people to demonstrate a need for a weapon in order to receive a concealed carry permit. It...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of June 26, 2022
Bell Acres Floyd Wine sold property at Big Sewickley Creek Road to Mark Lynn Holzbach for $18,000. Robert Willison sold property at Willow Ridge Road to John and Linda Kline for $156,050. Leet Charles Soman Jr. sold property at 411 Ambridge Ave. to Heather Joanna Forsythe for $159,000. Osborne Theresa...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 26, 2022
Etna Jolo Realty Inc. sold property at 407-1/2 Butler St. to James Olson for $20,000. Franklin Park Robert Nolan sold property at 1615 King James Drive to Andrew and Bethany Anne Bukowinski for $426,000. Julie Yates trustee sold property at 1438 Laurel Drive to Lynn Vescio for $638,000. Deborah Gigler...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of June 26, 2022
Aspinwall Helene Gosse sold property at 310 Center Ave. to Benjamin McCall and Kalie Beth Williams Zimmerman for $445,000. Paul Jamiolkowski sold property at 404 Lexington Ave. Apt 6 to Dominic Ammon and Breanna Liberoni for $190,000. Blawnox James Eisengart sold property at 210 Third St. to Jared Premick for...
