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As kids and parents return to busy schedules full of sports, homework and weeknight activities, building a plan for nutritious and easy meals can be challenging. Piecing together a menu that fuels active minds without spending hours in the kitchen is a common goal for many families. These recipes require...

Responding to the mayor of Jeannette, who wrote the letter “Rich get richer through gambling”: Despite mountains of evidence of the negative impact of gambling, Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, with the support of our Republican General Assembly, “legalized” slot machines and casinos. The property tax “reduction” was the suppository to...

A free Thanksgiving dinner is being offered in several communities in the Valley during the Thanksgiving holiday season. All events are on Nov. 25 unless otherwise listed. Please note that registrations are requested at some locations. Arnold A free community Thanksgiving dinner will be from 2 to 5 p.m. at...

Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Dinner to benefit Leechburg fire victims A barbeque dinner to benefit Craig and Melissa Hubert of Leechburg who lost their home...

Consider the following if you will: A man commits a crime and is sentenced to jail. As a result, this man sues for emotional distress because his incarceration separated him from his family. You would think it is ridiculous, nonsensical, insane and even asinine that a judge or jury would...

Fundraisers • The Rosary Altar Society at St. Paul Parish, Greensburg, will hold its annual Christmas sale from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Nov. 13 at the church, 820 Carbon Road. There will be food, a basket raffle and bake sale. • Level Green Lions will sponsor an all-you-can-eat...

Glitter, Shiver and Glow The Fox Chapel Garden Club will host its annual holiday event with a twist this year. The club’s Glitter, Shiver and Glow event will offer crafts, floral arrangements, bulbs and house plants and more for sale in the open air at Allegheny RiverTrail Park. Admission is...

Liam Wiseman scored the winning goal in overtime to lead Fox Chapel to a 3-2 win over Kiski in PIHL Class A hockey Thursday night. Nick Miles scored the tying goal late in regulation for Kiski (3-2-1), which also got a goal from Ethan George. Danny Downey had a goal...

High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule Conestoga vs. Cumberland Valley at Exeter Township, noon; Methacton vs. Emmaus at Exeter Township, 10:30 a.m.; Lower Dauphin vs. Downingtown West at Exeter Township, 1:30 p.m.; Wilson vs. Central York at Manheim Township, noon Class 2A Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule...

Spotify on Thursday said it will buy Ohio-based audiobooks distribution company Findaway as the Swedish streaming service continues to expand its audio offerings beyond music and podcasts. “It is Spotify’s ambition to be the destination for all things audio both for listeners and creators,” Gustav Söderström, Spotify’s chief research &...

STATE COLLEGE — The Penn State defensive line faced a large void, both on the field and off, when 6-foot-4, 326-pound defensive tackle PJ Mustipher suffered a season-ending injury a month ago in the loss at Iowa. The Nittany Lions needed to replace a stout performer on the interior along...

Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration announced last week that it was prepared to lift the school mask mandate by Jan. 17. Why then, after the Commonwealth Court ruled Wednesday that Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam didn’t have the authority to issue the order in the first place, would the administration even...

Laurel: To investing in people. The best thing to boom an economy is a good pool of people to do the jobs that keep the gears of any industry turning. That is why an investment in developing that pool is good news. Penn State is receiving a $1.5 million federal...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — A close race for one of two open seats on a key Pennsylvania appellate court has triggered an automatic...

Veterans Day in the United States officially started 102 years ago as a way to commemorate the armistice that ended World War I. Here are some facts and figures related to U.S. veterans: 17.4 million The number of Americans who identified as military veterans in 2019, according to the U.S....

The Global Minds student club at Baldwin High School teamed up with Baldwin Township to make Halloween goodie bags for children in the community. The BHS club students worked together for several days after school to assemble 200 goodie bags total for Baldwin Township’s Reverse Halloween parade on Oct. 23....

Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that are part of local scholastic history. Arnold finished with what, at the time, was its best season in 40 years with a 9-1 record by virtue...

Reinventing conservatism sounds like an oxymoron. How exactly would you reimagine a political philosophy that — as its intellectual father, Edmund Burke, expounded more than two centuries ago — largely consists of opposing radical reinventions? And yet a drastic rethink is what center-right politicians in much of Europe urgently need....

The principal of Hosack Elementary School will be leaving the North Allegheny school District to join the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, according to an announcement from Dr. James M. Bradley, assistant superintendent of elementary education. Dr. Amanda Mathieson joined North Allegheny in 2008 and has served in several roles in the...

Welcome to Week 11. Much like Chick’s Picks’ 9-5 job, prognosticating also requires her to keep up on the latest industry trends through a number of continuing education courses each year. With the end of the year quickly approaching, Chick’s Picks has been frantically seeking a few more courses in...

Last week, voters in Pennsylvania’s key swing counties sent a message to Republicans: Nominate a competent candidate who cares about our quality of life, and we’ll give you a win. Given that a few thousand of these voters can easily determine statewide and even national elections, the GOP should take...

Like many businesses around the Alle-Kiski Valley, the Allegheny Valley School District needs employees. Specifically, substitute teachers and custodians, a problem the school board discussed at its agenda meeting Tuesday. “We are in a position where we need substitutes,” Superintendent Patrick Graczyk told the board. He said the problem was...

When I moved to Western Pennsylvania in the spring of 2020, I immediately learned that we’re a region of opportunity. This has been true since the Industrial Revolution established Pittsburgh as the steel capital of the world and solidified our reputation for being a driven, innovative and resilient community. Pittsburgh...

Seven candidates were on the ballot for four, four-year seats on Penn Hills School Board, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections. The top vote-getters were Democrats Marisa Jamison with 5,399, Nicole Richardson with 5,273, Evelyn Herbert with 4,922 and Joseph B. Capozoli, who was cross-filed, with 4,023. Richardson...