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Sean Arnold had high hopes for his Kiski Area boys soccer team this year. After an impressive season in 2020, the Cavaliers finished 2021 with a record of 16-4, including a 12-2 mark in Section 1-3A. The 16 victories were the most in Kiski’s history. “The expectations were high, and...

So, the leaders of the world’s biggest economies have endorsed a 15% minimum tax on corporations. Well, what’s to stop the leaders of some third-world countries like Burundi or Mongolia or Tuvalu from turning into fiscal paradises for multinationals? Just sayin’. Maria A. Maliszewski Brackenridge...

More home fires occur during the winter months than any other time of the year. The best way to practice fire safety is to prevent one from happening. Every year, more than 2,500 people die and nearly 13,000 are injured in home fires. Yet many people are not aware of...

Andrea Plubell, a member of CrossFit MindFire in Sewickley, was struck by a startling statistic: One in eight women are affected by breast cancer. This is a statistic that stuck with her after participating in a Barbells for Boobs event a few years ago, and it led her to reach...

From an economic point of view, some of the ideas being proposed by current policymakers in Washington, particularly the president’s Council of Economic Advisers and top officials at the Federal Reserve, cause this economist to scratch his head in wonderment. Take the Fed, for example. The central bank hatches policies...

Schlicht named board president Pete Schlicht was appointed president of the board of trustees of the Sewickley area’s Valley Care Association. Valley Care was founded more than 40 years ago on the premise that Sewickley area residents should age with comfort and dignity. To that end, the association operates an...

Does the political cartoonist who drew the Oct. 28 cartoon really believe that being asked to give a urine sample is the same as being required to get the covid vaccine in order to continue working? Drug testing in any form does not require you to put something in your...

Regarding David A. Scandrol’s letter “Has Pelosi read Constitution?” (Oct. 27, TribLIVE): Mr. Scandrol, have you read the Bill of Rights? You cite four amendments in particular. In the First Amendment, did you see the phrase “peaceably assemble”? The Fourth Amendment guarantees the right of the people to be “secure...

Skip cooking dinner; order spaghetti meal Nov. 21 Take advantage of the take-home spaghetti dinner the Knights of Columbus has scheduled at Our Lady of Joy Church, 2000 O’Block Road, Plum, from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 21. Just drive your car up to the main entrance, place your order...

Family activities abound Get in the spirit with Pine Community Center’s Holiday Dazzle. This fun family event is set 4-7 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Pine Community Center. Tickets are required and are $5 per person for everyone attending the event. Sign up online at the PCC website or in...

I was watching the television set this morning when I saw President Joe Biden arrive at the Capitol to caucus with House Democrats to “close” on his $1.75 trillion infrastructure bill. (For comprehension purposes that is a 1 with 12 zeros after it). Whether you are a Democrat or Republican,...

When it comes to money, a municipality is supposed to be an open book. That’s not just a metaphor. The book in question isn’t a euphemism. It’s literal. The way a city or a borough or a township spend its money — whether from its own residents or passed through...

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. Food items needed for Leechburg weekend distribution The Leechburg Food Bank and Leechburg School District sponsor the Community Providing Alternatives to...

Unwilling to admit that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, unsupportive of efforts to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, and seemingly unable to differentiate between truth and lies, the cult which has hijacked the once-respected Republican Party has dusted off the Jim Crow playbook used by...

The article “3 charged with receiving stolen property after guns reported missing from Adamsburg home” (Oct. 18, TribLIVE) demonstrates how the simple act of reporting lost or stolen firearms can help police to get these illegal weapons off the streets. Unfortunately, reporting missing weapons is not required under state law,...

“MasterChef Live!” comes to The Palace Theatre at 7 p.m. Wednesday The family friendly show will feature past “MasterChef” and “MasterChef Junior” contestants pitted in head-to-head cooking demonstrations and challenges. It is based on the Fox TV series “MasterChef,” a cooking competition show which features hosts/judges Gordon Ramsay, Aaron Sanchez...

RSVP for meal St. Bernadette, Lourdes’ Center, 245 Azalea Drive, Monroeville is hosting a Thanksgiving meal on Nov. 25. This meal is for those in need of nourishment and/or fellowship. To attend this meal which has a first seating at 1 p.m., or to volunteer between 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. for...

Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 8....

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 8....

High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs First round Tuesday’s schedule Local teams only Class 3A Central York (19-5-1) at Pine-Richland (17-0), 5 p.m. Class 2A Fleetwood (18-5) at Penn-Trafford (16-0), 6 p.m. Class A Lancaster Mennonite (16-4) at Shady Side Academy (11-1), 5 p.m. Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals...

A man was rescued from Mt. Washington on Sunday after getting stuck while trying to retrieve a drone, Pittsburgh Public Safety said. Police, firefighters and medics responded shortly after 4:30 p.m. for a report of a man being lost and trapped on the hillside between the Wabash Tunnel and PJ...

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz appears to think Big Bird is a government plant. The “Sesame Street” staple announced Saturday that he had gotten his covid-19 vaccine, just days after the FDA approved the Pfizer shot for children ages 5-11. “My wing is feeling a little sore, but it’ll give...

Former Fox Chapel High School soccer standout Dixon Veltri is taking her game overseas. Veltri signed last week with Maccabi Emek Hefer of Israel and plans to join the professional team in December after she is done with postgraduate studies at Pitt, where she played for the last three seasons....

Dear fellow parents: Please get your kids vaccinated. I’m doing so this week. As a pediatrician at Duke Health, I’ve seen many children and families suffer from covid-19 over the last 20 months. The parents of my patients tell me about the fevers, body aches, headaches, and loss of smell...