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In brief: Mature driver improvement course, student news and more in Plum, Oakmont
Seniors For Safe Driving is offering a mature driver improvement course from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 8 at the Plum Community Center. The course is designed to help drivers 55 and older understand how aging affects driving abilities and provide insight about driving on today’s roadways. The...
In brief: Blood drive, Harvest Festival, student news and more in the Fox Chapel area
Community blood drive Fox Chapel Area High School is holding a community blood drive Oct. 12 in the school’s large group instruction room from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for people 16 or older. All donors will receive a free T-shirt. To schedule an appointment, go to DonateBlood.CentralBloodBank.org, call 412-209-7000,...
In brief: Women’s Business Network, pumpkins for sale and more in Hampton
Women’s Business Network Women’s Business Network is an award-winning business association that supports the success and growth of women in business through networking, education and leadership opportunities. Guests are welcome to attend a meeting at no cost. To learn more, visit wbninc.com. • The Cranberry Chapter holds regular meetings via...
In brief: Student news and business networking in Penn Hills
Student news Cole Yeager has enrolled for in-person learning for the Fall 2021 semester as part of Marietta College’s Class of 2025. Yeager, who is a graduate of Penn Hills High School, is majoring in sport management. Women’s Business Network Women’s Business Network is an award-winning business association that supports...
Week in pictures: Sept. 28-Oct. 3, 2021
Here’s a selection of images that caught our eye in the past week from Tribune-Review photographers....
Hempfield Area school officials opt not to join mask lawsuit by 6-3 vote
Hempfield Area School Board members voted Monday night against joining a lawsuit against a state-issued mask mandate by a 6-3 vote, with several saying they felt joining the suit would do little but cost the district money. “I think there are more important things to spend taxpayer dollars on than...
High school rivals Green, Aston now pushing each other to new heights for Saint Vincent women’s cross countryVideo
Somewhere, perhaps in a little-used desk drawer in the Saint Vincent athletic offices, there is a picture from the 2017 Westmoreland County Coaches Association cross country championships. The snapshot shows Hempfield’s Laura Aston and Latrobe’s Sydney Green running against each other as they so often did in high school. Bearcats...
Hempfield cross country teams looking to end season with strong finishing kick
Hempfield cross country coach Jeff Mayo came into the season with lofty expectations for the boys and girls teams. But, after a 4-2 start for both squads, Mayo is feeling simultaneously let down and encouraged. “My girls group was undefeated (in the section) last year, so I was kind of...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Hempfield’s Austin Corona
Austin Corona Hempfield golf Making the WPIAL individual tournament and qualifying for the team playoffs in the same season might seem like lofty goals. Not to Hempfield senior golfer Austin Corona. “I’m proud of both myself and my team,” Corona said. Corona helped the Spartans to a 9-3 overall record...
Cured: What you need to know about salumi (including salami)
The word “salumi” ( or its singular, “salume”) seems to be popping up more on restaurant menus, Instagram feeds, even at some deli counters. Maybe you’ve been wondering what exactly salumi means, as opposed to salami, or charcuterie, or….? A little 101 on the topic: Salumi is the category of...
Letter to the editor: Presidents who act like mad men
All this media fuss about whether the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff should have been telling China that President Trump was not going to attack them presumes Trump’s ordering naval maneuvers in the South China Sea was the act of a mad man. Hardly. Such “saber rattling” was...
In Brief: Trick or Trot 5K, roadside cleanup and more in the North Hills
Trick or Trot race North Allegheny Foundation is hosting its annual Trick or Trot 5K Race/1-Mile Fun Run on Oct. 30 at Marshall Middle School’s campus. Check-in begins at 8 a.m. with the 5K starting at 8:30. The event will be capped off with a costume parade and awards. For...
In brief: Pumpkin decorating, Music Plus concert series and more around Sewickley
Pumpkin decorating at the library The Sewickley Public Library invites the community to decorate a pumpkin to be a part of the library’s annual Booktacular Pumpkin Patch display in the children’s department. Families work together to design and decorate one of the provided pumpkins using inspiration from their favorite picture...
Letter to the editor: Booster shots are not so common
I’m writing to address incorrect assumptions in the editorial “Booster shots are as common as vaccines themselves.” Children do not, as was claimed, get periodic boosters for measles and mumps. They get one combined shot of measles/mumps/rubella at 12 to 15 months, and a second shot entering kindergarten — but...
Eligible for a covid-19 booster? Here’s how to get one in Pa.
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. Anywhere from one to two million Pennsylvania adults are now eligible for a covid-19 booster, and state officials say it should...
The Stroller, Oct. 4, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Information should be emailed to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Job fair planned at Heinz Field for veterans, military Disabled American Veterans and RecruitMilitary will host a free job fair for transitioning members of the military,...
Editorial: A winning hand at Westmoreland Mall, against the odds
For years, the stories coming out of malls have been pretty consistent — and pretty depressing. Stores closing. Anchors closing. Sales down. Traffic down. Just about the only thing rising was interest in online videos of what was happening behind the chained-up doors of long-shuttered shopping nirvanas of decades past....
Letter to the editor: Pa. legislators should support climate action
Imagine viewing the landscape from your home and seeing uncontrollable wildfires. Imagine losing your neighborhood to flood damage, summer temperatures so high you cannot feel comfortable and the rising costs of food limiting your grocery budget. I urge Sens. Bob Casey and Pat Toomey to support President Biden’s bold infrastructure...
Facts and figures about pumpkins in Pennsylvania
Here are several interesting tidbits about pumpkin production in Pennsylvania, which is one of the nation’s top states for growing the iconic autumn produce. We’re No. 2 Pennsylvania is the nation’s second largest producer of pumpkins, with Illinois far in the lead at No. 1. 1,305 Number of farms across...
What can people do for high blood pressure?
Half of adults in the U.S. have hypertension, or high blood pressure. Dr. Raghu Tadikamalla, a cardiologist and certified specialist in clinical hypertension at Allegheny Health Network, says we can do more to bring that number down. What are current recommendations around blood pressure? Hypertension is any number above 130/80,...
This date in sports history: Oct. 4Video
1895 — Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open. Rawlins beats Willie Dunn with 36-hole total of 173 at the Newport Golf Club in Newport, R.I. 1927 — John Longden rides the first official winner of his career, named Hugo K. Asher, in Salt Lake City. 1940 — Fritzie Zivic...
Embattled Pa. teacher pension fund subpoenaed by SEC over ‘compensation and gifts’ to staff
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has widened the federal scrutiny of Pennsylvania’s mammoth public school pension plan, demanding...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 4
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 4....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 4
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 4....
Deer Lakes grad Michael Sullivan earns role as freshman on Pitt soccer team
Michael Sullivan isn’t taking French this semester, but the freshman midfielder for Pitt occasionally gets a crash course on it while walking through campus. Three Pitt players — 2020 ACC Offensive Player of the Year Valentin Noel, reigning conference freshman of the year Bertin Jacquesson and Raphael Crivello — are...
