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With a smile I read the long essays in the Tribune-Review. Did someone forget to tell you that Donald Trump is no longer president? He can’t do anything, but you keep writing about him and how awful he is. What are you afraid of? The Republicans no longer control Congress,...

The past few years have been quite a roller coaster for all of us. We’ve had a pandemic, tumultuous elections, riots of all shapes and sizes, and in the cases of some of us, an assault on our very livelihoods. I’m sure you new gun owners have various views and...

Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, Easter events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual cleanup season begins Monday The annual Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful campaign will kick off its cleanup season on Monday. The annual community improvement...

On Jan. 18, our home on Centennial Avenue caught fire. We would like to thank Cochran Hose Company and all the other fire departments that responded. The firefighters bravely ran into our home that was actively burning and billowing black smoke. They not only put out the fire but also...

Dean’s list The following students from the Carnegie/Bridgeville area were recognized for their academic achievement during the fall 2020 semester by being named to the dean’s, president’s or provost’s list at the college or university they attend: • Sherman College of Chiropractic: Kayla Garbera • Wheaton College: Kathleen Walter •...

MySTEM Academy team places in top spot The middle school robotics team NextGen Robotics, hosted by MySTEM Academy, won the first place Director’s Award at the 2021 FIRST LEGO League Western Pennsylvania Championship. In addition to coming in first place overall among the 16 participating teams, NextGen Robotics also took...

High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Section 3 Apollo-Ridge 71, Steel Valley 58 Nonconference Fox Chapel 79, Bishop Canevin 71 Monessen 50, East Allegheny 49 Pine-Richland 80, Mars 53 New Castle 83, Seneca Valley 60 Upper St. Clair 65, Chartiers Valley 56 Jeannette 64, St. Joseph 33...

Mike Wells and Isaiah Boice scored 22 points apiece and Class 5A No. 2 New Castle prepped for the WPIAL playoffs with an 83-60 victory over Class 6A Seneca Valley on Friday night. Donny Cade added 13 and Sheldon Cox 12 for New Castle (17-2, 9-1). Cole Brooks led Seneca...

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. In 2021, a handful of politicians will wield power over one of the most consequential and overlooked aspects of our democracy: redrawing Pennsylvania’s political districts. They can...

Apple mini stores will open in select Target locations and online this month, expanding the number of iPhones and other products available. The Monticello, Minn., store will be one of the first with the concept. The mini stores will expand to locations throughout 2021, Target said Thursday. The newly designed...

Gov. Tom Wolf and President Biden want to raise the miniumum wage to $15 an hour. Heads-up: Get ready for the $10 Big Mac, served to you by a robot. Just sayin’. Joseph F. Marmo Cheswick...

Two new studies suggest that people who have had coronavirus should still get vaccinated, but these studies also argue that one dose of a covid-19 vaccine may be enough to “supercharge” antibodies, The New York Times reported. These two studies join other recent findings that also suggest that people who...

Bridgeville VFD Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Department will host a fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 19, March 5, 19 and April 2. The food will only be available for take out at the fire department’s location at 370 Commercial St. There are a la carte options and...

To the Republican senators, We all watched and listened during the second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump. I believe the evidence was quite clear that Trump incited the riot that took place at the Capitol on Jan. 6. You Republican senators who voted to acquit have failed to live...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given approval for the Pfizer covid-19 vaccination to be kept at standard freezer temperatures, alleviating some of the storage and transportation issues and making it easier to get the vaccine in arms. “Pfizer submitted data to the FDA to support this alternative temperature...

I am looking for a 2024 candidate for U.S. president who will run on a “Robin Hood” agenda that is similar to Huey Long’s “Share the Wealth” agenda. The platform/agenda would include a one-time “national wealth tax” of 20% on all individuals who have a net wealth and net worth...

The changing of the times in the Alle-Kiski area has been surreal, with many memories that are golden but not forgotten. Shopping has changed from the hustle and bustle of the small-town “downtown days.” As a child, making our family trip to the Montgomery Ward and J.C. Penney stores in...

It seems as though every winter if there is more than a few inches of snow, we run into a salt shortage in North Huntingdon (“North Huntingdon running low on road salt; back order never filled,” Feb. 17, TribLIVE). At a cost of $15,000 per layer and most likely overtime...

I feel that today’s Democratic Party is no longer the party of the working class like it used to be. Now it seems to be the party of the rich, which includes big tech, Wall Street and celebrities. It also includes government employees, mainstream media and certain “identity” groups. I...

Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, Easter events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Leechburg Rotary Club accepting scholarship applications The Rotary Club of Leechburg will award community service scholarships to students living within the Leechburg and...

High schools Basketball Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 1 Connellsville 47, Ringgold 32 Section 3 Kiski Area 53, Woodland Hills 49 Section 4 Armstrong 44, Hampton 31 Plum at Indiana, ppd. Class 4A Section 1 Deer Lakes 59, Freeport 40 Section 2 Lincoln Park 71, Hopewell 32 Blackhawk 83,...

Perri Page scored 20 points, Aislin Malcolm added 12, and Class 5A No. 2 Chartiers Valley tuned up for the WPIAL playoffs with a 49-38 victory over Class 6A No. 2 Upper St. Clair on Thursday night. The Colts (18-3, 9-1) opened the second half on a 16-0 run. Paige...