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Letter to the editor: Biden racking up dismal record
Numerous times, candidate Joe Biden stated that because of his long tenure in the Senate, he would be most uniquely qualified as president to reach across the aisle with his agenda, bring Republicans to the table and get bipartisan legislation passed that would unify the country and benefit all Americans....
5 tips for organizing your home office
Making sense of a year’s worth of paperwork and clutter can take some serious time, especially as many people have been working from home more than normal, but getting organized can help you tackle home management tasks more efficiently. Making the office a priority can reduce frustration when it comes...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 14, 2021
Bellevue SFR3 LLC sold property at 65 N Jackson Ave. to Amit Property Holdings LLC for $80,000. Gabriel Dicostanzo sold property at 98 S Harrison Ave. to Kenneth Lee Jr. and Teriney Peterson-Lee for $300,000. Francis Juracko sold property at 454 Teece Ave. to Mark Steven Rawlings for $170,000. Bradford...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 14, 2021
Edgeworth Shane Hochradel sold property at 331 Woodland Road to Cartus Financial Corp. for $857,211. Leetsdale Monroe Nash sold property at 49 Ferry St. to Sarah Meider for $180,000. Sewickley Melissa Morris sold property at 930 Crescent Ave. to Elisheva Henig for $220,000. Lisa Nolen Birmingham sold property at 616...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 14, 2021
Fox Chapel Joseph Lundy sold property at 216 N. Grandview Drive to Scott William and Jessica Brooke Berry for $1,470,000. Melissa McConnell sold property at 137 Riverview Ter to Joseph Vennare for $346,000. Paul Buncher sold property at 1 Whispering Pines Ln to Kenneth and Andrea Jaycox for $315,000. Harmar...
Letter to the editor: Bring on the election investigations
Republicans “won” many seats in this election. Every row office in Westmoreland County is now in Republican hands, as is the governorship of Virginia. So I’m sure that they will do the responsible thing and investigate the obvious election fraud and conduct responsible audits of the voter rolls. After all,...
Editorial: Mask appeal is latest political power play
On Monday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that Pennsylvania schools could set their own mask policies as of Jan. 17, opening the door for districts where parents have bristled under the state requirement to ease or eliminate the demand that students, staff and visitors mask up in the face of the...
Letter to the editor: Mandatory reporting of lost, stolen guns unconstitutional
In her letter “We’ll all be safer when stolen guns must be reported” (Nov. 8, TribLIVE), Vivienne Selia highlights the importance of reining in the misuse of lost and stolen firearms. What she fails to mention — and what gun control proponents frequently fail to mention in their calls for...
The Stroller, Nov. 14, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Freeport Area High school set to perform, ‘Pippin’ Freeport Area High School will present the musical, “Pippin,” at 2 and 7...
DA-elect Nicole Ziccarelli burst onto scene, but her rise should not come as a surprise
In the anxious days after the November 2020 election, Nicole Ziccarelli knew she had the votes to head to the state Senate to represent her adopted home in the Alle-Kiski Valley and the Mon Valley community where she grew up. But after a few tumultuous weeks of vote counting and...
Letter to the editor: Celebrating organ donation
National Donor Sabbath, this year Nov. 12-14, is an annual interfaith commemoration when people come together to celebrate the gift of life made possible through organ donation. Faith leaders, donor families, transplant recipients, and donation and transplantation professionals have joined to raise awareness about the lifesaving and healing gifts made...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 14, 2021
Monroeville Maplecrest LLC sold property at 112 Armour Drive to NVR Inc. for $83,300. James Cole sold property at 228 Brinton St. to Mary Rita Craddock for $89,000. Nianzu Liang sold property at 232 Clover Drive to Mark Noel and Julie Luu for $200,000. David Cawley sold property at 764...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 13, 2021
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Central York 1, Wilson 0 Conestoga 2, Cumberland Valley 1 Emmaus 2, Methacton 1 Lower Dauphin 3, Downingtown West 2 Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Conestoga vs. Emmaus; Central York vs. Lower Dauphin Class 2A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Gwynedd Mercy 2,...
High school roundup for Nov. 13, 2021: WPIAL rematches set in state playoffs
Joey Coon, Nathan Prex and Max Marcotte scored as Seneca Valley moved one step closer to defending its boys soccer state championship with a 3-0 victory over Lower Merion in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals Saturday. Seneca Valley (20-0-1) will meet Peters Township in Tuesday’s semifinals in a rematch of...
District college football roundup: CMU wins share of PAC title, earns NCAA bid
Carnegie Mellon is sending longtime football coach Rich Lackner out with a trip to the NCAA Division III playoffs. Tre Vasiliadas ran 38 times for 191 yards and a touchdown to become the fourth CMU player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season as the Tartans defeated Case Western,...
Sheldon Jacobson: Team sports require team decisions on covid vaccination
Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers’ star quarterback and reigning AP NFL Most Valuable Player, tested positive for covid-19. He also admitted that he was not vaccinated. Individuals living in isolation are free to make any choice they wish when it comes to vaccination. However, when personal choices have community...
Tax forecast for 2022-23 in the Freeport Area School District: Up in Buffalo Township, down in Freeport and South Buffalo
Buffalo Township real estate owners in the Freeport Area School District might be facing a hefty tax increase for the 2022-23 school year. Brad Walker, Freeport Area’s business manager, said real estate owners in Buffalo Township, the district’s lone Butler County community, could be looking at as much as a...
Chaos erupts at ‘SNL’ ticket line in NYC ahead of Taylor Swift appearance
NEW YORK — Taylor Swift fanatics were seeing red Friday in the standby line for “Saturday Night Live” tickets, witnesses told the Daily News. The chaos was sparked by a tweet at 10:05 a.m. from SNL’s account directing hopeful attendees to The Shop at NBC Studios for tickets to Saturday’s...
Vaughn leads Kansas State to 34-17 win over West VirginiaVideo
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State kept watching West Virginia stubbornly convert fourth downs to keep its comeback hopes alive. Finally, the Wildcats did the same thing on fourth down to dash them. Deuce Vaughn ran for 121 yards and a touchdown, Sammy Wheeler had a touchdown catch along with a...
Sounding off: Taxpayer money for vaccine compensation is wrong
Where does this idea come from when the government can take taxpayer money and decide to spend it by giving government employees five days of vacation time for simply accepting the covid-19 vaccination? The state treasurer estimates this is going to cost $100 million. It comes from the arrogance of...
Ronald A. Smith and Terry Engelder: Jerry Sandusky should be retried
Ten years ago, Joe Paterno, the Brooklyn-born winningest football coach at Penn State University, was fired at night over the telephone, five days after the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office released the presentment charging defensive coach Jerry Sandusky and Penn State administrators with crimes of child abuse. Paterno was never found...
George Guido: Leechburg’s Burke completes one of A-K Valley’s top all-time seasons
With Leechburg’s loss in the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals Friday, it brought the curtain down on one of the best seasons an A-K Valley quarterback ever has had. Blue Devils senior Thomas Burke III finished the season with 2,213 yards, which is third best in local history. In 2019, Burrell’s...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers runners again claim PIAA titles
North Allegheny’s boys and girls cross country teams repeated as team champions Nov. 6 at the PIAA championships in Hershey. The girls captured their fourth consecutive team title and seventh in school history. “This is something,” North Allegheny coach John Neff said about his girls team. “I heard that no...
Another banner year for Shady Side Academy field hockey
It was another outstanding season for the Shady Side Academy field hockey team. The Bulldogs rolled to their fourth consecutive WPIAL title with a 1-0 victory over Aquinas Academy at Washington & Jefferson College’s Cameron Stadium. It was Shady Side’s 11th straight appearance in the WPIAL finals. The season came...
Scott Brown: A case for city ownership of Greensburg parklet
Greensburg’s Pennsylvania Avenue parklet, built in 1988 and gifted to the city in 1989 by nonprofit Go Greensburg, is the subject of debate about who should own the park. Constructed for $30,000, the park was funded entirely by donations from benefactors and generous citizens. In May 2020, the city sold...
