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Erntedankfest at Old Economy Village Old Economy Village is holding its annual Erntedankfest 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 2-3. The event celebrates the Fall harvest and many of the tasks done to prepare for winter. Artisans will be cooking, baking and demonstrating many different crafts and skills. There will be music,...

Kyiv Ukrainian Dance Festival The Kyiv Ukrainian Dance Ensemble is back with its annual concert at 3 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Andrew Carnegie Free Music Hall. The production is an anthology of five stories related to love and loss. Performers from the United States, Canada and Ukraine collaborated on...

Rotary Spaghetti Dinner The annual Rotary Club of Bethel Park Spaghetti dinner to help charities from here to Africa will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Bethel Park Community Center. The food will be provided by Pasta Too, Bethel Bakery and Armstrong’s. Full meal...

VFD Open House Reserve Volunteer Fire Department will hold an open house from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 3 at its station on 33 Lonsdale St. to kick off Fire Prevention Week. Attendees will be able to meet firefighters, watch demonstrations, participate in fire safety and prevention activities and learn...

Whether you call it “The Great Resignation,” “The Great Reshuffle” or just high time for a change, millions of American workers are looking for new jobs — and some have already quit the ones they have. Better pay isn’t necessarily the motivator, labor experts say. Many people are seeking greater...

Road closure West Run Road in Munhall is closed between Union Street and Tioga Street. The closure was slated to begin at 9 a.m. Sept. 30 and is expected to end in December 2021. It is required for the preservation of a culvert, repairs to an inlet, paving and installation...

What is nepotism? Nepotism is the practice of promoting or hiring relatives or friends, often over more qualified external candidates. In family-owned business, such decisions are expected and make sense. However, in public institutions, hiring should always involve finding the best qualified candidate through an open and transparent process. At...

The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Send an email to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Information sought for veterans tribute booklet The Genealogy Group at Leechburg Area Museum and Historical Society is collecting information about veterans to be published in a booklet....

Hunger was a problem before the pandemic started. Food is one of those bills that can be scrimped and shorted. The very euphemism that we use to talk about cutting back — tightening the belt — acknowledges the corners that get cut when money is short are often meals. So...

A recent front-page photo showed a youth at a school mask protest holding a poster that read “Communism spreads faster than covid.” What does that even mean? More than 685,000 Americans have died from covid. Thousands of new patients are dying each day. Nearly 42 million have contracted the disease....

When President Biden and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg chose our region to make significant announcements about a robust federal infrastructure package, we knew they did so with confidence that the Pittsburgh region was poised to take the lead, and rightfully so. We have a long-awaited opportunity in infrastructure...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 27....

Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 27....

Last year we saw hardly any cases of flu because COVID-19 precautions – masking, distancing, business closures and travel restrictions – significantly stymied opportunities for the influenza virus to spread from person-to-person. And that may have some people wondering: Do I need to bother getting a flu shot this year?...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 59-65) outslugged Omaha (Royals), 17-12. SS Oneil Cruz (.429) smacked a solo home run and was 2 for 3 with an RBI, three walks and four runs scored from the leadoff spot. C Christian Bethancourt was 3 for 5 with two home runs and five RBIs. 3B Rodolfo...

High schools Field hockey Monday’s schedule Class 3A Hempfield at Norwin, 6 p.m. Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule Class 4A Section 1 North Allegheny at Fox Chapel, 7 p.m. North Hills at Butler, 8 p.m. Shaler at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Section 3 Central Catholic at Latrobe, 7:30 p.m. Connellsville at...

Girls Class 4A Team, record, last rank 1. Moon (7-0), 4 2. North Allegheny (7-0-1), 1 3. Seneca Valley (6-1-2), 2 4. Peters Township (5-2-2), 3 5. Latrobe (6-0-1), NR OUT: Butler (6-0-2), 5 Class 3A 1. Mars (5-0-1), 1 2. Plum (8-0), 2 3. Montour (4-2), 3 4. Hampton...

Investigators believe the fire that tore through a Greenfield home on Sunday started in the kitchen, authorities said. Pittsburgh fire crews responded to a home on West Elizabeth Street just before 2 p.m., said Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz. Three of the five residents were outside in a vehicle when...

A shooting left a toddler in critical condition in Pittsburgh on Sunday, police said. The circumstances of the shooting were not immediately available. Officers responded to Allegheny General Hospital on the city’s North Side about 4:10 p.m. for a report of a child with a gunshot wound, authorities said. A...

This article is part of a yearlong reporting project focused on redistricting and gerrymandering in Pennsylvania. It is made possible by the support of Spotlight PA members and Votebeat, a project focused on election integrity and voting access. HARRISBURG — Thousands of people will be excluded from a new redistricting...

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 — Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf this week said he supports large investments to address a growing dementia care crisis in...

Bellevue Jessica Emory sold property at 105 Meade Ave. to Naomi Harris for $170,000. Karen Schulz Long sold property at 663 North Ave. to Stephen Williams for $150,000. Terence Highton sold property at 530 Roosevelt Ave. to Jared McLaughlin and Jocelyn Delgado for $138,000. Jeffrey Allen Hesson sold property at...

Fox Chapel Frank Kozel sold property at 350 Raynor Lane to TBD Realty LLC for $1,108,911. Harmar Jennifer Romoff sold property at 415 Forest Highlands Drive to Leonard Lachina for $455,000. Indiana John Rice sold property at 105 Canvasback Road to Robin Paul and Beth Ann Windsor for $758,000. Richmont...