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Penn-Trafford grad Tyler Horvat working toward adding to his baseball success at W&J
Tyler Horvat is spending his summer in Charlottesville, Va., playing in a collegiate baseball league with the Charlottesville Tom Sox. The Penn-Trafford grad primarily is serving as a pitcher, but, he said, he will get to swing the bat once in awhile, too. During his three seasons at Washington &...
Deer Lakes grad Jacob McCaskey makes leap from Cal (Pa.) to Gardner-Webb
Jacob McCaskey garnered Division II second-team All-American honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association in early June. A well-earned honor for certain, but it was only the second biggest piece of news during a whirlwind week for McCaskey, a Deer Lakes grad who put together a superb senior season and...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: Plum’s Nick Killinger
Nick Killinger spent four years of high school balancing soccer, basketball and volleyball. The 6-foot-5 senior right-side hitter made an immediate impact in his first year of volleyball this spring and was named third-team All-WPIAL and first-team all-section in Section 2-2A, alongside junior teammate Seth Favero (libero). His teammates also...
Letter to the editor: It’s Democrats, not Republicans, who are sacrificing children
Give credit to letter-writer Lynne Hughes (“Republicans just want their guns,” June 7, TribLIVE), because it takes courage for a person to say, “I am a registered Republican who votes Democrat,” aka RINO. That said, Hughes made an asinine statement saying that the Republican Party will “sacrifice every single child...
In brief: Class reunions, vacation bible school and more in Pine, Richland
Vacation Bible School Salem Church in Wexford will hold its Vacation Bible School 5:30-7:45 p.m. July 10-14. It is open to all children aged 4-11. The theme this year is Food Truck Party, on a roll with God. For more information or to register, visit salem-umc.org. Pine-Richland band fundraiser The...
Letter to the editor: Nelson’s college voucher program bad idea
I find Republican Rep. Eric Nelson’s proposed college voucher program ill conceived and rife with omissions (“Hempfield lawmaker’s bill targets Pitt, Penn State funding,” June 2, TribLIVE). It would take money away from Pennsylvania’s public universities and give it to parents for any postsecondary education or any other qualified education...
Editorial: Funding formula is PaSSHE pipe dream
Will a new formula redistribute state university money in a way that works? The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s governing board unanimously approved the funding proposal on Wednesday. It would follow what seems like an obvious plan, directing the money based on enrollment at what will be 10 universities...
In brief: Summer movie nights, cycling events and more around Sewickley
Summer Movie Nights Sewickley Academy will hold two movie nights that are open to the public this summer on Wardrop Field. “Encanto” will be the featured film on June 30, and “Moana” will be shown July 21. Both events will begin with yard games at 7 p.m. and the films...
Letter to the editor: What about the two-ton weapons — cars?
In response to Diana Steck’s letter “Enough is enough — we need action on guns” (June 8, TribLIVE): Wow, amazing, good go, Congress, for passing new gun control laws and saving the children of the USA. Steck got the “action” she clamored for. I sure won’t miss all of the...
The Stroller, June 20, 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. HOPE Center accepting donations for its SAF-T pet kennel The Alle-Kiski HOPE...
Letter to the editor: Dairy farmers key to feeding future generations
I was disappointed to read the letter “Plant-based dairy products better for all” (June 13, TribLIVE), from the head of an animal rights organization who continues to disseminate misinformation about milk and dairy production. As one of the owners of our region’s most forward-leaning dairy operations, I thought I would...
John Dorfman: 5 stocks that could hold up in a recession
Suddenly, investors are looking for companies that can survive a possible recession. Corporations with high profitability and low debt seem a pretty good bet. Most corporate chief executives, in a recent Wall Street Journal poll, said a recession has either already begun or will begin in the next 12-18 months....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 20
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 20....
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 20
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 20....
Pirates farm report for June 19, 2022: Homers by Rodolfo Castro, Travis Swaggerty lift Indy to victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 32-32) beat Gwinnett (Braves), 5-3. SS Rodolfo Castro (.213) smacked a three-run home run, and CF Travis Swaggerty (.276) hit a two-run shot to fuel the Indy victory. DH Carter Bins (.216) was 2 for 4. LF Oneil Cruz (.232) was 0 for 1 as a pinch-hitter before...
Zelenskyy Father’s Day post spotlights family ties amid war
KYIV, Ukraine — In an uplifting Father’s Day message Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted 10 photos of parents and children set against the grim backdrop of war, praising fathers who “protect and defend the most precious.” There are scenes of childbirth, as a man and woman look toward a...
Maulers cap USFL season with 5th straight loss, miss out on next year’s No. 1 pick
Thanks to a 33-21 loss to the Michigan Panthers on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Maulers finished the regular season with the worst record in the rebooted USFL. Turns out the loss also will keep the Maulers from the top of next year’s draft. The league announced before the start of Sunday’s...
Man who died in Churchill house fire identified
A man killed over the weekend in a Churchill house fire has been identified. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified the man as Munang Nanji, 70. Crews responded Sunday to a house fire on the 800 block of Graham Boulevard around 12:40 p.m. Flames broke through the roof of...
Letter to the editor: Remember your newspaper carrier in these tough times
The carriers who deliver our newspapers to our homes use their own vehicles. The extreme increase in the price of gasoline has to be crushing their already small profit margins. It becomes a job not worth doing. Please consider sending your carrier an extra $10 or $20 so we can...
Letter to the editor: Why aren’t leaders giving the majority what they want?
I was thinking: If our government is supposed to be a democracy and a government of the people, by the people and for the people, and according to polls shown on the news, over 80% of the people support background checks on resale of firearms and raising the age to...
7 letters from this week: Children suffer when we cater to gun owners
Children suffer when we cater to minority of gun owners The horrifying murder of small children is not the worst of it. The worst of it is catering to a minority of paranoid gun owners, who do not represent a majority of gun owners, to force millions of small children...
Letter to the editor: Privatizing liquor stores
State Rep. Natalie Mihalek says if state liquor stores are privatized, repatriated sales from shoppers who now go out of state to buy their liquor will more than make up for any revenue loss. That claim is hogwash. Delaware taxes a bottle of Jack Daniels at 74 cents, vs. the...
Andrew Reiner: On Father’s Day, some dads just want to parent without the stereotypes
Recently, I was sitting in the cafe of a large chain grocery store when two employees walked by. One of them must have been training the other one because he said to his colleague, “You saw how crazy things were for Mother’s Day? How we sold out of flowers?” The...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of June 19, 2022
Bell Acres Matthew Collavo sold property at 751 Campmeeting Road to Pamela Miller for $265,000. Bernard Phillip Slusser sold property at 1923 Big Sewickley Creek Road to Bernard Phillip Slusser for $63,960. Leet Derek Stallard sold property at 135 Kenney Drive to Geoffrey and Lauren Roebuck for $415,000. Leetsdale Eric...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to Freeport mayor Swartz for love and dedication
My family and I would like to give thanks to Freeport mayor James Swartz Jr. for his decades of dedication and love to Freeport, the most friendly, well maintained, financially responsible and, most important, safest place to live in the entire AK Valley (“Freeport Mayor James Swartz Jr. resigns: ‘It’s...
