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In brief: Sewickley Music Club program, YMCA summer camp registration and more
Sewickley Music Club returns Following a short winter break, The Sewickley Music Club is kicking off its 2022 programming by welcoming The Pittsburgh Trombone Project as their featured entertainment at 1:30 p.m. March 8 at The Sewickley Presbyterian Church. The Pittsburgh Trombone Project is quickly becoming recognized as one of...
In brief: Mt. Royal Boulevard Road closure, class reunion and more around Hampton
Road closure Mt. Royal Boulevard between Duncan Avenue and Park View Lane is closed through mid-March. Crews are conducting drainage improvements including cross pipe, parallel pipe and inlet replacement. Traffic is being detoured. Sealarks Women’s Group Sealarks Women’s Group will meet at 1 p.m. March 9 at Memorial Park Church,...
In brief: Broadway Boulevard road work, Fire & EMS Show and more in Monroeville
Broadway Boulevard road work Lane restrictions have begun on Route 130 (Broadway Boulevard) in Pitcairn, Monroeville and Trafford. Single-lane alternating restrictions are occurring on Broadway Boulevard between Second Street and Haymaker Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily through April 30 as crews construct ADA curb ramps. Traffic will...
Letter to the editor: Explanation needed on Hempfield firefighter future
I encourage the tax-paying citizens of Hempfield Township to contact the supervisors for a detailed explanation of the cost to taxpayers and what will be gained and lost, as I believe their plans are to move away from a volunteer fire department and establish a paid department. Public records report...
Crews battle Gilpin fire along Allegheny River
Emergency crews are wrapping up the scene of a fire on Godfrey Road in Gilpin. Firefighters were called to the 100 block of Godfrey Road, on the banks of the Allegheny River, around 5:45 a.m. for a report of a fully involved house fire. Gilpin fire Chief Phil McConville said...
To mask or not to mask? Under revised guidelines, it’s a personal question
More than two years into the covid-19 pandemic, Western Pennsylvanians still are seemingly divided over whether they will choose to continue wearing a face covering. Uncertainty over how they will move forward comes as case counts continue to ease and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined new measures...
Editorial: State police shouldn’t be above scrutiny of outside investigations
The Pennsylvania State Police don’t believe they should be subject to anyone else’s interpretation of how they do their job. State Police Commissioner Robert Evanchick responded to a recommendation from the Pennsylvania State Law Enforcement Advisory Commission that an outside agency investigate when deaths or injuries caused by a state...
Letter to the editor: U.S. must follow lead of other countries in protecting our votes
For those who do not know how other democracies treat voting laws, here are the facts. Forty-six of 47 European countries require government-issued photo ID to vote. The United Kingdom is the exception, but the British Parliament is considering a nationwide voter ID requirement, which will make photo ID a...
The Stroller, Feb. 28, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Knead Community...
Letter to the editor: ESG standards will hurt Americans
Recent trends of banking institutions and investment firms adopting ESG scoring should disturb small and medium-sized businesses and the public at large. ESG (environment, social, governance) scoring is a metric standard devised by the world’s largest banks and the World Economic Forum to determine how closely corporations are following the...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 28
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 28....
Shady Side Academy announces summer program schedule
Registration is open for Shady Side Academy’s 2022 summer programs. More than 25 fun, safe, affordable camps and classes are offered for kids entering grades pre-kindergarten through 12 on the SSA Senior, Middle and Country Day School campuses in Fox Chapel. Programs run from June 13–Aug. 12, and include day...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 28
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 28....
John Dorfman: Why I think George Soros is wrong about Rivian
George Soros recently bought shares of Rivian Automotive Inc. (RIVN). I think he’s wrong. Shares in Rivian, an electric-truck startup backed by Amazon.com Inc. and Ford Motor Co., trade for 6,637 times the company’s revenue for the past four quarters. That’s the kind of multiple you see when investors mentally...
High school sports schedule for Feb. 28, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule North Hills (23-0) vs. Mt. Lebanon (16-8) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m.; Fox Chapel (22-1) vs. Central Catholic (18-5) at Peters Township, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Laurel Highlands (23-0) vs. Highlands (18-6) at Peters Township, 8...
Butler boys earn state title, 5 WPIAL athletes win gold at PTFCA indoor championships
Five WPIAL athletes and a relay team earned gold medals Sunday at the annual Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association state indoor championships at Penn State. Mt. Lebanon sophomore Logan St. John Kletter won the girls 1-mile run (4 minutes, 56.06 seconds), Moon senior Mia Cochran won the girls 3,000-meter...
Inflation pain means Biden gets no credit for roaring economy
WASHINGTON — Karen Downing, a U.S. Navy retiree living on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, voted for Joe Biden in November 2020 — expecting the new president to end the covid-19 crisis and then pivot to tackling broader and long-standing social ills, like alleviating student loan debt and increasing access to mental...
Franklin Regional grad Jared Smith to again represent Team USA at Pan American Championships
Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club’s Jared Smith qualified to compete for the Team USA senior team for a third straight year at the Pan American Championships in Curacao in May. Smith, a Franklin Regional graduate, placed second to Tokyo Olympian Tom Scott at the Team USA trials in January in Colorado...
Shady Side Academy girls find success, but not satisfaction in Jonna Burke’s 1st season
As one of the more accomplished coaches in WPIAL girls basketball history, Jonna Burke wasn’t used to seeing her season end as early as Feb. 18. But after a slow start in her first year at Shady Side Academy, the Bulldogs finished the section season strong and made the Class...
Fox Chapel sophomores Schrim, Troutman shine during indoor track season
The indoor track season is pretty much complete, and the Fox Chapel coach is giving his team high marks. Through Fox Chapel didn’t have any first-place finishers at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association meet at Edinboro, the team secured a number of medals. “I was happy with the season from...
Fence being reinstalled around U.S. Capitol for Biden speech
WASHINGTON — Fencing installed around the U.S. Capitol for months after the January 2021 insurrection will be put back up before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday as concern grows about potential demonstrations or truck convoys snarling traffic in the nation’s capital. Capitol Police Chief Tom...
Letter to the editor: ‘Believers’ should be our real concern
I was just thinkin’ … Do Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping want to die? Hell no! They are nonbelievers in an afterlife. They love exquisite food, top-shelf booze, fun times and, no doubt, women. Americans’ real concern should be very old men who are “believers” and can’t...
Letter to the editor: Ashamed of those who won’t face race reality
All my life I have seen, personally and by reading responsibly, how wrongly people of color are treated in this country, in spite of laws to the contrary. I am white, 89 years of age, but I can see, hear, and judge the hateful speech and actions of misguided white...
Letter to the editor: Brackenridge hero banners heartwarming
In August 2021, as we drove through the old stomping grounds of Brackenridge on our way to visit friends, we noticed the nice “Hometown Heroes” banners affixed to many telephone poles. This was very heartwarming, something our local military men and women deserve. Great job, Brackenridge! This made us explore...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 27, 2022
Edgeworth Estate of Nell Hatton sold property at 407 Chestnut Road to Mark and Donna Rodgers for $400,000. Donald Zier sold property at 101 Pine Road to Robert Morrison Jolly III for $465,000. Osborne Mark Martin sold property at 1485 Beaver St. to Kellen Waltman for $245,000. Sewickley Scott Baker...
