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Letter to the editor: Ignoring science of abortion
It is commonplace today to demand that we accept the science of covid exposure and vaccination. Yet for the most part, many ignore the science of abortion and fetal development. Scientific progress is changing that debate. At six weeks, the fetal heart pumps blood to its own body and brain....
Editorial: All told, the school year was something amazing
Now that school is over for most kids, it’s finally time to take a good look at the way things went over the past nine months and give out some grades. Not to the students. Their final scores for math and reading and science and history are in. Their tests...
The Stroller, June 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. Free GED prep class offered in Harrison and online Allegheny Family Network North in Natrona Heights, Harrison, offers a free adult...
Letter to the editor: Assisting medical marijuana farmers
Pennsylvania has embraced the opportunity to establish an industrial hemp program. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has seen a significant increase in the request for new permits; Pennsylvania has been home to 885 hemp-growing permits over a four-year period. Ninety percent of Pennsylvania’s hemp farmers grow hemp for nonpsychoactive cannabinoids,...
More storms expected Monday as cleanup from severe weather continues
Francesca DeAngelis-Witchko and her husband were grilling outside in McCandless when Sunday’s hail storm hit. Then, their basement flooded. “Our backyard, it was basically a river,” she said. “It just started seeping into our basement and it came in through a bunch of our walls.” Their basement has about four...
Letter to the editor: What if Trump had kept his mouth shut?
A thought: Would Donald Trump still be president today if he’d slept soundly through the night and just shut the hell up? Just sayin.’ … Joe Marmo Cheswick...
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 14
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 14....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 14
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 14....
Pirates farm report for June 12, 2021: Curve’s Jeff Passantino shuts down Akron
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 18-17) defeated Nashville (Brewers), 7-4. CF Anthony Alford (.272) was 2 for 4 and hit his fifth home run of the season. 3B Hunter Owen (.188) also went 2 for 4 with a homer, and RF Troy Stokes Jr. (.211) added a home run. RHP James Marvel (2-1,...
High school sports schedules for Monday, June 14, 2021
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Semifinals Monday’s schedule Class 6A North Allegheny vs. Spring-Ford at PeoplesBank Park, York, 4 p.m.; North Penn vs. La Salle College at Bears Stadium, Boyerstown, 4 p.m. Class 5A Bethel Park vs. Central Mountain at PNG Field, Altoona, 3 p.m.; Red Land vs. Manheim Central...
At least one of two suspects is a juvenile in Austin shooting that injured 14Video
AUSTIN, Texas — A suspect arrested in connection with the mass shooting on Austin’s 6th Street that wounded 14 is a juvenile, and authorities Sunday were still considering what charges he will face, officials told the American-Statesman and KVUE-TV. Police and prosecutors have up to 48 hours from the time...
Ramesh Ponnuru: The phrase ‘systemic racism’ clouds productive debate
“It’s past time for America to discard the left-wing myth of systemic racism,” former Vice President Mike Pence said on a recent visit to New Hampshire. We should go a little further than that. Let’s discard the phrase “systemic racism” altogether. The chief function of that phrase is to make...
Pelosi demands Trump-era attorneys general testify on subpoenasVideo
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanded that Trump-era officials testify under oath about the Justice Department’s effort to secretly subpoena data from House Democrats and the news media. Former attorneys general Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions, along with Rod Rosenstein, a former deputy attorney general, must answer to questions about subpoenas...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of June 13, 2021
Pine Showcase Properties Inc. sold property at 202 Abbacy Drive to Zoltan Roman for $682,917. Showcase Properties Inc. sold property at 214 Abbacy Drive to Paul Lester Blinn IV and Madison Alexandra Kozlowski for $578,485. Villas of English Farms L.P. sold property at 502 Cambridge Court to NVR Inc. for...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of June 13, 2021
Blawnox Lisa Mastandrea sold property at 608 Carla Drive to Luke Picchi for $172,000. Etna Estate of John Drzik sold property at 129 Parker St. to Herman Louis Girvin for $4,550. Fox Chapel Ryan Shazier sold property at 2 Edgemoor Lane to Shuguang Huang and Adeline Yeo for $2,300,000. Samuel...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of June 13, 2021
Churchill Douglas Winsand trustee sold property at 2101 Beulah Road to Bradley and Stephanie Towell for $221,000. Estate of James Kukurin sold property at 6 Cliffwood Trail to David Allan Graham and Claire Frances Larkin for $435,000. Ronald Santoriello sold property at 120 Merrie Woode Drive to Joseph Stanley and...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of June 13, 2021
Hampton Judith Pistorius sold property at 4547 Bucktail Drive to Alanna Michalski for $227,000. Hampton Development Co. LLC sold property at 3286 Long Meadow Drive to Thomas and Mary Garnett for $85,000. John Walko sold property on Saddle Drive to DNA Custom Home Builder Inc. for $82,000. Thomas Williams sold...
Pandemic wreaks havoc on school food service, transportation budgets
As school leaders across the region debated the best way to keep students safe during the covid-19 pandemic, budgets for food and transportation services largely went bust as both districts and outside companies were left with fewer bodies queuing through cafeteria lines or riding buses. With schools bringing students back...
Letter to the editor: Obscenities have no place in political discourse
Regarding the article “Leechburg man defends obscene anti-Biden flag visible from preschool, daycare, church” (May 21, TribLIVE): Yes, sir, you have the right to fly that flag as high as you choose. However, why must you express your political views in such a crass, graphic way? I had a political...
Letter to the editor: How about some more money for seniors?
I listen to the news and read in the papers about all the extra money being handed out to families, larger unemployment checks and even funds for businesses, and while I do not doubt that they are needed, once again the people on Social Security are being forgotten. We got...
Collier, South Fayette area real estate transactions for the week of June 13, 2021
Bridgeville Lisa Morran sold property at 1294 Cook School Road to Nicholas George Spak for $150,000. Thomas Mountain sold property at 730 Maple St. to Joshua and Desire Krawchyk for $125,000. G&J Rentals LLC sold property at 917 McLaughlin Run Road to Brianna Nardilli for $113,000. George Warholak sold property...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of June 13, 2021
Aleppo Estate of Richard Rothe sold property at 107 Forest Edge Drive to Patricia Pivaronas for $165,000. Janyce Lapore sold property at 510 Sewickley Heights Drive to Mackenzie Jordan for $215,000. Lauren Barnes sold property at 606 Sewickley Heights Drive to Shelby Lauren Bassinger for $178,000. Leet Ryan Riley sold...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 13, 2021
Bellevue Andrew Belsick sold property at 303 Glaser Ave. to Spencer Bowersox and Zane Paolini for $210,000. Marc Berliner sold property at 255 Grant Ave. to Flynn Properties LLC for $250,000. Joshua Hannold sold property at 314 Lincoln Ave. to Stephen and Tara Williams for $251,800. Paul Kenneth Curry sold...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of June 13, 2021
Jonathan Tyler Borne sold property at 625 Arkwood Drive to Raymond Samuel Borne for $143,000. David Tischler trustee sold property at 2792 Bertha St. to Shane Dunay for $38,000. Joseph Cecere sold property at 1300 Bethel Green Drive to Benjamin and Brianne Curry for $399,900. Blane Volovich sold property at...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 13, 2021
Baldwin Borough Eric Revo sold property at 608 Agnew Road to Douglas and Erica Cavill for $260,000. Thomas Dedig sold property at 307 Alan St. to Matthew and Kristen Kail for $260,000. Midatlantic Modern Homes LLC sold property at 3107 Churchview Ave. to Raeanne Marie Rayburn for $167,000. Bloom Engineering...
