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The Stroller, March 5, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community Easter Egg hunts, breakfasts with the Easter Bunny and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Evening of chocolate to benefit Animal Protectors Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley will host, “Chocolate...
Letter to the editor: Confusion and inflation from Democrats
Joe Biden looked us in the eye through his aviator sunglasses and said: “I’m gonna raise your taxes.” Inflation is at a 40-year high. Inflation is a tax. Groceries that cost $35 last year now cost $75, and a barrel of gasoline that cost $60 last year now costs $100....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 4, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Finals At Petersen Events Center Class 6A Saturday’s schedule North Hills (24-0) vs. Fox Chapel (23-1), 7 p.m. Class 5A Friday’s result Laurel Highlands 60, New Castle 58 (2OT) Class 3A Friday’s result Shady Side Academy 66, Avonworth 54 Class 2A Saturday’s schedule OLSH...
High school roundup for March 4, 2022: Burgettstown sends 4 into regional semifinals
Burgettstown sent a WPIAL-best four wrestlers into the championship semifinals at the PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional wrestling tournament Friday night at Peters Township. Burgettstown’s trio of WPIAL champs – Parker Sentipal (106), Joey Sentipal (132) and Joseph Baronick (285) – advanced, joined by 138-pounder Rudy Brown. Quaker Valley has...
Gary Franks: Using banks to stop the tanks — will it work?
President Biden, I had hit the reset button after the exit debacle in Afghanistan. This was a rookie mistake from a near 80-year-old, even if you still do not see it that way. I also hit the reset button on your statements not matching the facts — “I will not...
Fox Chapel gets clean slate in rematch with North Hills for WPIAL Class 6A title
December 11 wasn’t that long ago in chronological terms. But in WPIAL basketball terms, it’s been a while. Fox Chapel and North Hills met in a tip-off tournament final that night, and North Hills convincingly defeated the Foxes, 87-57. But coaches of both boys basketball teams feel plenty of water...
Greensburg CC sophomore wins regional bowling crown
At the WPIBL boys singles championship last month, Greensburg Central Catholic sophomore Mike Mullaney missed qualifying for the step-ladder finals by just five pins. On Friday, he didn’t miss much. Mullaney ranked fifth after the five-game qualifying series then topped the 200 mark in four straight games in the step-ladder...
Neshannock heats up, drops OLSH to repeat as WPIAL Class 2A girls champs
The Neshannock Lancers weren’t happy about receiving the second seed in the WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball playoff bracket. Coach Luann Grybowski then challenged the girls to go out and prove they should have been ranked first. The Lancers (24-2) obliged by overcoming a cold start, shooting-wise, and held top-ranked...
Bethel Park native shares mushing experience ahead of Iditarod
Beware of Bullwinkle, apparently. According to a Bethel Park native who makes his home in America’s Last Frontier, the friendly fellow featured in Jay Ward cartoons is the opposite of the genuine article. “You guys probably think the most dangerous things in Alaska are wolves or bears,” Scott Brucker said....
Fitzgerald seeks to appoint former warden to Allegheny County Jail board
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has nominated a man who spent his career in corrections and once served as the county’s interim warden to be a citizen representative on the Jail Oversight Board. The county announced the nomination of William Stickman III to the board last month, and the issue...
‘People’s Convoy’ passes through Westmoreland County en route to D.C. trucker rally
Hundreds of people converged Friday afternoon along Interstate 70 in New Stanton and at the eastbound ramps onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike to cheer on a large trucker convoy rolling toward Washington, D.C., for a weekend rally to protest covid-19 restrictions — which have been eased or eliminated in large part...
Somerset County man sentenced for killing, burying wife under house
SOMERSET — A Paint Township man was sentenced in Somerset County court on Thursday to serve a state prison sentence for killing his wife in April 2019 and burying her body under the house, authorities said. President Judge D. Gregory Geary sentenced James D. Kline, 50, to six to 40...
St. James School 8th-grader installs Buddy Bench for Girl Scout Silver Award project
Charlotte Gauntner, an eighth-grade student at Saint James School, earned her Girl Scout Silver Award for her Buddy Bench project. The Silver Award is the highest honor a Cadette Girl Scout can earn. Gauntner initiated her six-month project in June 2021, meeting with her project advisor Jeanne Riley, Father Brian...
Presley Gillespie and Bruce Katz: ARP money should go where it’s needed most
The American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden March 11, represents a critical commitment to rebuilding the communities harmed by the covid-19 pandemic and is an unprecedented investment in our economy. The $1.9 trillion in federal dollars can be used for purposes as wide ranging as...
‘A Brutus in Russia?’ U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says taking out Putin the way to stop Ukraine invasion
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s senior U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham took his calls for regime change in Russia one step further Thursday night, when he tweeted that someone needs to take Russian President Vladimir Putin out over the invasion of Ukraine. Anyone willing to kill Putin over his recent invasion...
Michael Szanto: Russia remains a formidable nuclear threat, even to the U.S.
As is now clearer than ever, the greatest military threat to the United States and its allies in the near future is Russia. Many in the West have long lulled themselves into believing that Russian nuclear weapons somehow do not matter. Nothing could be further from the truth. Over the...
The future of Gotham? 10 actors we could see as Batman
Robert Pattinson is the current occupant of Wayne Manor, and with the way things are going for “The Batman,” it looks like he may stay there for awhile. But no one stays Batman forever, so it’s never too early to start fantasy booking who will be the next actor to...
Why dubbing has become more crucial to Netflix’s business
LOS ANGELES — No one said dubbing a Korean zombie series would be easy. Inside a Netflix recording studio off Sunset Boulevard, director Kyung Sok Kim, associate producer Anastasia Barbato and engineer Yoav Litman scanned a big screen as they replayed a scene from an episode of “All of Us...
Penn State’s Jahan Dotson turns in solid outing in combine drills, testing
Over the next four days, the eight Penn State representatives are slated to work out at the 2022 NFL Combine in Indianapolis, which provides them the chance to put concrete measurements next to their names during the pre-draft process. Former Lions wide receiver Jahan Dotson was the first one up...
Penn State is relaxing its face mask policy across most campuses
With much of Pennsylvania now experiencing a decline in covid-19 cases, Penn State announced that it planned to officially relax its policy on face masks come Monday. According to the university, face masks will no longer be required in many indoor settings starting Monday — although the requirement will remain...
Western Pa. nonprofits, hospitals and companies band together to get aid to Ukraine
Pittsburgh-area organizations have joined forces to help Ukrainians under siege of the ongoing Russian invasion by sending medical supplies and humanitarian aid to people in that war-torn eastern European country. “It is amazing how giving the people of Western Pennsylvania have been. They have opened their hearts and wallets for...
Gasoline nears historic high in Western Pa., topping $4 per gallon in some places
Gasoline now costs more than $4 per gallon at some local stations, thanks to an overnight price spike of about 13 cents per gallon. The abrupt jump, after weeks of steady price increases, is something not usually seen, even in times of economic uncertainty. “That’s very drastic and a direct...
Letter to the editor: If CRT is invalid, so is the Bible
Critics say critical race theory teaches that Americans are guilty of racism and responsible for past American racism and must make amends. Yet, the same critics subscribe to a religion that is premised on the very same beliefs when they teach biblical original sin and that the sins of the...
Senior School classes canceled after incident at Sewickley Academy administrative offices
Classes at the Sewickley Academy Senior School were canceled Friday following a day of chaos at the school. Police were called to the private school in Edgeworth Thursday after a student group called CARES – Collective Action for Representative Education at Sewickley – and several parents attempted to meet with...
Eucharistic Adoration at Divine Redeemer, bible study and more at Sewickley-area churches
St. Stephen’s Anglican Church The Lent Dinner and Speaker Series begins March 9. The theme for the evening will be based on excerpts from “Gentle and Lowly” by Dane Ortlund. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m and the speaker at 7. Childcare is available during the speaker time. For more details...
