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The Appalachian region of Ohio is diverse in both its landscapes and people. The 32 Ohio counties that make up Appalachian Ohio have terrain perfect for hiking and biking, beautiful waterways for boating or fishing, and even sandy beaches on our northern coast in Ashtabula. My wife Fran and I...

Sealarks Women’s Group Sealarks Women’s Group will be holding a fall chili kickoff dinner Sept. 8 at 1 p.m. at Memorial Park Church, 8800 Peebles Road, McCandless. This group provides Christian fellowship and social activity for women alone — widowed, divorced or never married. All women alone are welcome to...

Sealarks Women’s Group Sealarks Women’s Group will be holding a fall chili kickoff dinner Sept. 8 at 1 p.m. at Memorial Park Church, 8800 Peebles Road, McCandless. This group provides Christian fellowship and social activity for women alone — widowed, divorced or never married. All women alone are welcome to...

Charity golf tournament The Great Pyrenees Club of Western Pennsylvania will host its annual charity golf tournament Aug. 30. It will take place at Edgewood Country Club, 100 Churchill Road in Churchill. The cost is $195 per golfer, or $65 for dinner only. The full price includes golfing, golf cart,...

Car wash fundraiser The Fox Chapel Area girls volleyball team will have a car wash from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 28. The fundraiser will be in the Aspinwall municipal parking lot, 241 Freeport Road, across from Jiffy Lube. Car show The Hampton Presbyterian Church at 2942 East...

Charity golf tournament The Great Pyrenees Club of Western Pennsylvania will host its annual charity golf tournament Aug. 30. It will take place at Edgewood Country Club, 100 Churchill Road in Churchill. The cost is $195 per golfer, or $65 for dinner only. The full price includes golfing, golf cart,...

Student news Derrell Smith-Porter was among the 129 seniors who graduated from Worcester Academy in Massachusetts on June 4. Class of 1975 reunion The Penn Hills High School Class of 1975 will celebrate its 45/46-year reunion from 6 to 11 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Green Oaks Country Club, 5741...

What would you do if as an employer, you learned that some of your most trusted and high-performing workers lived many of their days in great distress? How would you react if you found out that these seemingly happy and productive people perceived themselves as fraudsters, compromising the forward progress...

STATE COLLEGE — Rasheed Walker needed a roommate, and the Penn State offensive lineman knew he didn’t have to look far to find the right fit. Walker joined the Nittany Lions alongside fellow offensive lineman Juice Scruggs in the Class of 2018, and Walker watched how Scruggs navigated a career...

Students in the North Allegheny School District returned to classes from summer break Monday morning for full, in-person instruction with only a recommendation that they wear face masks while in school buildings. By afternoon, the mask mandate was back following a federal court ruling. On Sunday, a group of parents...

To the community: Our son, Mark Goetz, competed in the 121st USGA Amateur Championship hosted by Oakmont Country Club on Aug. 9-15. Many of you were there in person to support him, while others followed his progress virtually. With the excitement that came from finishing as a medalist in the...

WARREN — Pennsylvania State Police troopers are continuing their investigation into the death of a 2-year-old girl whose body was recovered from the Allegheny River on Sunday after she had wandered away from her Warren County home on Saturday morning. The child, whose name was not released, was reported missing...

Bethel Park Art Guild to meet Bethel Park Art Guild will meet at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at Bethel Park Community Center for refreshments, business meeting and guest speaker, artist Larry Branstetter. Unvaccinated attendees must wear masks. All artists are welcome. Crossing guards wanted Bethel Park police are hiring school...

Super Lawyers Sewickley resident and real estate attorney W. Grant Scott II was among the Pittsburgh law firm Meyer, Unkovic & Scott attorneys who Super Lawyers named to the 2021 list of top attorneys in Pennsylvania. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business rating service, evaluates outstanding lawyers across the nation...

Road work in Scott Periodic single-lane closures have begun on Hope Hollow Road between Washington Avenue (Route 50) and Greentree Road in Scott Township. The periodic restrictions on Hope Hollow Road will occur between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays. The restrictions, which are expected to end in November,...

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. — Fourteen years ago, Heriberto Sevilla came across a ranch on the outskirts of Madera set among fields of stalk grass and bright wildflowers. Pepper trees dotted the meadow, and children played in the natural lakes created by heavy rains. It was the perfect place to raise...

Does the Westmoreland County district attorney offer different deals to people with famous names or bigger bank accounts than to average Joes who end up in the criminal court system? A recent filing makes that claim. According to defense attorney Robert Domenick, DA John Peck has shown different standards with...

Sealarks Women’s Group Sealarks Women’s Group will hold a fall chili kickoff dinner Sept. 8 at 1 p.m. at Memorial Park Church, 8800 Peebles Road, McCandless. The group provides Christian fellowship and social activity for women alone —widowed, divorced or never married. All women alone are welcome to attend and...

Flight 93 Memorial bus trip To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Flight 93 crash in Shanksville, Jefferson Hills Library is hosting a bus trip to the memorial on Sept. 29. Included in the cost of $85 are lunch and a stop at a well-known bakery in the area. To...

Greater Latrobe School District’s plan to phase out “in-class, face-to-face instruction” of French and German languages is going to cheat future and present elementary school students of a choice of electives beginning with the 2022 school year. The district says students who want to take French and German can take...

The 2020 season was a humbling reminder of how important health and preparation are for high school football teams. There is likely no one who understands that more than Blackhawk coach Zack Hayward. The Cougars, decimated by injuries and early shutdowns due to covid-19, limped to the finish line last...

Cort Rowse is certainly no stranger to the tradition of the Beaver football program. Rowse, a Beaver grad and long-time assistant who had two sons play for the Bobcats program, was named head coach in February. He became just the third coach at Beaver in the last 55 years, following...

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. Knead Community Café welcomes donations Knead Community Café, New Kensington, is accepting donations to help the daily operation of the café,...

Criticism of critical race theory is indoctrination. Denying America’s history of racism is indoctrination. Consider: Benjamin Franklin in 1751 preferred only English- speaking whites from England emigrate to Pennsylvania. No Germans, no Italians, etc. Timothy Pickering coined the terms “negro president” and “negro Congress” because the Constitution’s three-fifths clause gave Jefferson’s...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Aug. 23....