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After a bumpy 2020-21 school year, many families are looking for a fresh start this school year. Whether students are remote, hybrid or fully back in classrooms, new laptop technologies can help them learn with greater flexibility and power. As you begin to shop for a computer, start with an...

More than 50 Penn State professors — mostly from University Park — will protest several university-related covid policies this week by holding a “Teach-Out(side),” where classes will be moved to the safer outdoors and away from their usual locations. The protest, organized by the faculty-based group Coalition for a Just...

What happened to “It takes a village to raise a child”? It’s an African proverb that used to be quoted routinely. When we hear the phrase now, it doesn’t elicit the same emotion. There used to be a time when neighbors freely talked with one another, where trust, mutual respect...

Fall Freedom Fest Fall Freedom Fest, a coming together of churches uniting the Monroeville community, is scheduled for 3 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 9 at Tall Trees Amphitheater in Monroeville Community Park, 2447 Tilbrook Road. There will be live music, food trucks and prayer for the community and nation....

Women’s Business Network Women’s Business Network is an award-winning business association that supports the success and growth of women in business through networking, education and leadership opportunities. Guests are welcome to attend a meeting at no cost. To learn more, visit wbninc.com. • The Cranberry Chapter holds regular meetings via...

Seniors For Safe Driving is offering a mature driver improvement course from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 8 at the Plum Community Center. The course is designed to help drivers 55 and older understand how aging affects driving abilities and provide insight about driving on today’s roadways. The...

Community blood drive Fox Chapel Area High School is holding a community blood drive Oct. 12 in the school’s large group instruction room from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for people 16 or older. All donors will receive a free T-shirt. To schedule an appointment, go to DonateBlood.CentralBloodBank.org, call 412-209-7000,...

Women’s Business Network Women’s Business Network is an award-winning business association that supports the success and growth of women in business through networking, education and leadership opportunities. Guests are welcome to attend a meeting at no cost. To learn more, visit wbninc.com. • The Cranberry Chapter holds regular meetings via...

Student news Cole Yeager has enrolled for in-person learning for the Fall 2021 semester as part of Marietta College’s Class of 2025. Yeager, who is a graduate of Penn Hills High School, is majoring in sport management. Women’s Business Network Women’s Business Network is an award-winning business association that supports...

Here’s a selection of images that caught our eye in the past week from Tribune-Review photographers....

Hempfield Area School Board members voted Monday night against joining a lawsuit against a state-issued mask mandate by a 6-3 vote, with several saying they felt joining the suit would do little but cost the district money. “I think there are more important things to spend taxpayer dollars on than...

Hempfield cross country coach Jeff Mayo came into the season with lofty expectations for the boys and girls teams. But, after a 4-2 start for both squads, Mayo is feeling simultaneously let down and encouraged. “My girls group was undefeated (in the section) last year, so I was kind of...

Austin Corona Hempfield golf Making the WPIAL individual tournament and qualifying for the team playoffs in the same season might seem like lofty goals. Not to Hempfield senior golfer Austin Corona. “I’m proud of both myself and my team,” Corona said. Corona helped the Spartans to a 9-3 overall record...

The word “salumi” ( or its singular, “salume”) seems to be popping up more on restaurant menus, Instagram feeds, even at some deli counters. Maybe you’ve been wondering what exactly salumi means, as opposed to salami, or charcuterie, or….? A little 101 on the topic: Salumi is the category of...

All this media fuss about whether the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff should have been telling China that President Trump was not going to attack them presumes Trump’s ordering naval maneuvers in the South China Sea was the act of a mad man. Hardly. Such “saber rattling” was...

Trick or Trot race North Allegheny Foundation is hosting its annual Trick or Trot 5K Race/1-Mile Fun Run on Oct. 30 at Marshall Middle School’s campus. Check-in begins at 8 a.m. with the 5K starting at 8:30. The event will be capped off with a costume parade and awards. For...

Pumpkin decorating at the library The Sewickley Public Library invites the community to decorate a pumpkin to be a part of the library’s annual Booktacular Pumpkin Patch display in the children’s department. Families work together to design and decorate one of the provided pumpkins using inspiration from their favorite picture...

I’m writing to address incorrect assumptions in the editorial “Booster shots are as common as vaccines themselves.” Children do not, as was claimed, get periodic boosters for measles and mumps. They get one combined shot of measles/mumps/rubella at 12 to 15 months, and a second shot entering kindergarten — but...

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. Anywhere from one to two million Pennsylvania adults are now eligible for a covid-19 booster, and state officials say it should...

The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Information should be emailed to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Job fair planned at Heinz Field for veterans, military Disabled American Veterans and RecruitMilitary will host a free job fair for transitioning members of the military,...

For years, the stories coming out of malls have been pretty consistent — and pretty depressing. Stores closing. Anchors closing. Sales down. Traffic down. Just about the only thing rising was interest in online videos of what was happening behind the chained-up doors of long-shuttered shopping nirvanas of decades past....

Imagine viewing the landscape from your home and seeing uncontrollable wildfires. Imagine losing your neighborhood to flood damage, summer temperatures so high you cannot feel comfortable and the rising costs of food limiting your grocery budget. I urge Sens. Bob Casey and Pat Toomey to support President Biden’s bold infrastructure...

Here are several interesting tidbits about pumpkin production in Pennsylvania, which is one of the nation’s top states for growing the iconic autumn produce. We’re No. 2 Pennsylvania is the nation’s second largest producer of pumpkins, with Illinois far in the lead at No. 1. 1,305 Number of farms across...