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Tahlon Kirkland knew he was in for a challenge when he took over the Freeport boys soccer coaching job. The long-term substitute in the school district also was pretty familiar with the players he was inheriting. “I know most of them already from working at the school. So that was...

Sometimes people are bridges who connect other people to each other or folks to distant places. Sewickley native Pete Noll, a 1992 graduate of Quaker Valley High School, seeks to be such a bridge between those in his hometown and the surrounding Pittsburgh area and the people of Oaxaca, Mexico,...

When I was a graduate student, one of the parenting memes then emerging from within the mental health professional community had it that “children deserved explanations.” The flip side of that very progressive notion was that parents should never say “Because I said so” in response to “Why?” or “Why...

Q. What would family court think of my ex, a mother who prompted our separation (we were never married, but have two children together) and then three months later proceeds to move in with my brother? What’s good ex-etiquette about that? A. I don’t know the specifics of your case,...

Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I recently started shopping for clothes on the resale sites you’ve been writing about. What took me so long? I’ve found some incredible bargains but I’ve also found that it takes forever to find what I’m looking for. When I search for a specific item —...

Regarding the article “Amtrak chief promotes 2nd Pittsburgh-Harrisburg service” (Sept. 10, TribLIVE): Pittsburgh to Harrisburg via Amtrak — 5 hours, 20 minutes. Pittsburgh to Harrisburg via Greyhound bus — 4 hours. Pittsburgh to Harrisburg via your vehicle — 3 hours. You pick! A second daily Amtrak train will not solve...

Things are getting nutty around my garden. Literally. The squirrels have been doing a lot of nut planting, mostly black walnuts, and I’ve joined in the game by removing excess seedlings, letting just a couple of well-placed ones remain. In the past few years, I’ve even joined the squirrels and...

The pandemic isn’t crushing the entrepreneurial spirit. It’s fueling it. People normally tied to a desk or working double shifts used lockdown to launch side hustles, often out of necessity. And some have turned those side gigs into full-fledged businesses. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 427,842 new business applications...

I would have written this letter sooner, but I had to get permission from the Taliban. Heaven help us. President Biden cannot! He is delusional at best. He lies so often that he seems to actually believe himself. Even worse is that the secretary of defense and the chairman of...

NFL football analyst Matt Williamson will break down each of the Steelers games this season in the Trib’s Steelers Film Study. Here’s what he saw in the Steelers’ Week 2 loss to the Raiders. In the Steelers home opener — the first time Heinz Field had been full since the...

Sewickley Senior Men’s Club of the YMCA 625 Blackburn Road, Sewickley. 412-741-9622. smensclub.org. Weekly meetings The Sewickley Senior Men’s Club of the YMCA has resumed its weekly meeting schedule. The SMC meets in the YMCA’s Hunter Gym, where a group of more than 60 members gather each week to catch...

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. Free concert planned at Shrine Center The Pittsburgh Shrine Center will present a free outdoor concert featuring Bobby Thompson and the...

There are certain tasks government has to be depended upon to handle. The people can’t pave the roads. They can’t lock up criminals. They can’t just grant people the ability to work as a doctor or get divorced or drive a car. And they can’t build sewage systems. In Harmar,...

I have seen and heard firsthand about the struggles that many of Pennsylvania’s workers, contractors and businesses faced during the pandemic. To spur our recovery, lawmakers must foster an environment that encourages economic growth and development. Unfortunately, some federal officials do not agree with that sentiment and are instead championing...

Joseph Sobolewski stopped at a convenience store in Perry County last month where he saw a sign for 20-ounce Mountain Dew bottles: 2 for $3. He grabbed a bottle, slapped $2 on the counter and walked out. What he didn’t know was a single bottle was $2.29, not $1.50. So...

High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Class 3A Pine-Richland 8, Mt. Lebanon 0 North Allegheny at Allderdice, (n) Peters Township at Norwin, (n) Class A Shady Side Academy 4, Winchester Thurston 2 Nonsection Hempfield 4, Latrobe 3 Tuesday’s schedule Class 2A Penn-Trafford at Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m. Fox Chapel...

Central Catholic’s Rocco Salvitti shot a 2-under 70 at Murrysville GC to take medalist honors at the Section 4-3A boys golf tournament Monday. Salvitti finished one shot ahead of Franklin Regional’s Zach Abdallah. Central Catholic’s Carter Pitcairn and Aidan Burchianti, Franklin Regional’s Nolan Shilling and Jeff Anderchak and Plum’s Tim...

Providing after-school online tutoring to students in China used to seem like a good business. Not anymore. For much of 2020, Gaotu Techedu Inc., one of the companies in this field, had been dogged by allegations that it had inflated its financial results. Then in July 2021 came the final...

The Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board on Monday night voted to cancel a controversial contract with a corrections special operations group whose founder’s background raised significant questions about his history and qualifications. The vote was 4-3 with one abstention to cancel a $347,000 contract for training and weaponry with Corrections...

There wasn’t a public library in every neighborhood in my home­town of Santa Rita, a community tucked into the province of Pampanga, Philippines. Public libraries were few and far between, scattered and not easily accessible. There was, however, a room being renovated in the private school I attended; a room...

A national social media trend to plunder school restrooms has made its way to at least two more Western Pennsylvania school districts, officials at Hempfield Area and Highlands school districts reported. The “Devious Licks” TikTok challenge dares children to vandalize schools — in most cases, bathrooms — and nab items...

The battle over Democrats’ ambitious spending plan is heating up in Congress, but one piece of the outcome is already clear: The $3.5 trillion price tag is being whittled down. That will disappoint progressives, who see the budget plan as their best chance in a generation to enact big changes...

WASHINGTON — House Democrats will include a suspension of the U.S. debt ceiling in a must-pass spending bill needed to keep the government open past the end of this month, a risky move that ensures a potentially damaging showdown with Republicans. The debt ceiling would be suspended through December 2022,...

A portion of Center Road in Plum, near the Monroeville border, will be closed for a 28-day period at the beginning of October. Plum Contracting Inc., along with the PA Turnpike Commission, will implement a 28-day detour of Center Road, effective Oct. 1. The purpose of the closure will be...