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Oakmont council plans to adopt its 2021 budget with no tax increase at its Dec. 21 meeting. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. The budget has been posted on the borough website, oakmontborough.com. Library open for lobby pickup Oakmont Carnegie Library at 700 Allegheny River Blvd. is open for...

The Monroeville Public Library will offer Browsing Bundles for teens and adults in December. The service offers pre-selected books, audiobooks, DVDs, graphic novels, music, games and other items. The items can be requested for pickup from the library’s contactless pickup area. The service requires patrons to tell library workers about...

Change made at North Park skating rink to slow covid spread The Allegheny County Parks Department has made several changes at the North Park skating rink that will be in effect through Jan. 3 to comply with the state’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. All buildings will...

Etna is hosting a Christmas Eve Jingle at 7 p.m. on Dec. 24. Everyone is encouraged to go outside onto their doorsteps and ring a bell for two minutes to spread Christmas spirit. Canned goods drive on tap at Caliente Caliente Pizza in Hampton is collecting canned goods through Dec....

St. Margaret Foundation is raising money to deliver gift bags to each patient at UPMC St. Margaret on Christmas. It is largely because rising covid-19 cases have necessitated safety precautions that allow only one visitor. Gift bags will consist of a green organza bag with a Mercury glass votive candle...

I hate to be the one to burst everyone’s bubble, but masks aren’t the strategy that is going to stop the pandemic. If that were the case, the numbers of new cases would already be dwindling. Also, this isn’t the only game in town. The U.S. has lost around 40,000...

Earlier this month, 126 House Republicans signed on to a lawsuit that would invalidate the votes of millions of Americans, including my own and many of yours. I am floored by their malice and lack of patriotism. How dare they say my vote and the votes of my family, friends,...

Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Volunteers needed to prepare income tax returns Allegheny Valley Association of Churches and United Way of Southwest Pennsylvania are looking for people...

Free Christmas Day dinner Saint John Carnegie and St Paul’s Mt. Lebanon invite the community to a free Christmas Dinner delivered to your home. Meals will be delivered between noon and 3 p.m. Dec. 25. The dinners are available to residents of Carnegie and surrounding South Hills communities. Residents are...

Change made at North Park skating rink to slow covid spread The Allegheny County Parks Department has made several changes at the North Park skating rink that will be in effect through Jan. 3 to comply with the state’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. All buildings will...

Change made at South Park skating rink to slow covid spread The Allegheny County Parks Department has made several changes at the South Park skating rink that will be in effect through Jan. 3 to comply with the state’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. All buildings will...

Change made at North Park skating rink to slow covid spread The Allegheny County Parks Department has made several changes at the North Park skating rink that will be in effect through Jan. 3 to comply with the state’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. All buildings will...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Dec. 21....

Editorial cartoons for the week of Dec. 21....

Beth Samuel offers programs online Beth Samuel Jewish Center will host all programs through Zoom until further notice. Upcoming programs include: • Virtual retreat, 10 a.m. Jan. 3 • Sisterhood Book Club: “Color Me In” by Natasha Diaz, 7 p.m. Jan. 6 Email BethSamuelOffice@comcast.net for more information or Zoom login...

Pittsburgh police are searching for a suspect who fled the scene after shooting a man in the city’s Hill District early Monday. Officers from the Zone 2 station in the Hill District and emergency medical technicians responded to a report of a man shot in the 400 block of Heldman...

Investigators are seeking the public’s help in finding a man who they say shot a McKeesport police officer outside the station Sunday afternoon. Police said they had taken Koby Lee Francis, 22, of McKeesport into custody after he was accused of violating a protection from abuse order. That’s when police...

Penn State junior Pat Freiermuth declared for the 2021 NFL Draft. The 2019 All-American and 2020 Big Ten tight end of the year made the expected announcement Sunday, just a day after the Lions topped Illinois, 56-21, to end their season at 4-5. “It has been an absolute honor representing...

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 — Pennsylvania tenants and homeowners missed out on roughly $108 million of $175 million in federal coronavirus relief because state...

My ears are over burdened: Eyeglasses and hearing aids have squatter’s rights, but the mask is fighting hard. When it leaves an ear, it takes hearing aid(s) and eyeglasses with it as often as it can. Lawrence E. Howard Jr. Plum...

I would like to express my profound thanks to the hospital workers of Western Pennsylvania. Early on the morning of Nov. 23, I was struck by an acute myocardial infarction, which has only a 12% survival rate if it takes place in a hospital. The emergency room staff at Indiana...

Churchill Arlene Siegel sold property at 120 Thornberry Drive to Paul Rutherford and James Reese for $195,000. Delmont Sharon McGinnis sold property at 1114 Volek Court to Jack and Barbara Lyman for $335,000. Edgewood Dino DeFlavio sold property at 619 Greendale Ave. to Vane Investments Ltd. for $225,000. Michelle Gil...

Hampton Meenakshi Mehta sold property at 2737 Bristol Court to Forrest and Hillary Smith for $375,000. John Bishop sold property at 3843 Meyers Lane to Aaron Lee and Casey Nichole Evelsizor for $475,000. Nicholas Kelly sold property at 3121 Raintree Drive to Dominque Baleno for $288,000. Patrick Wolf sold property...

Etna Estate of Hilda Maier sold property at 46 Grant Ave. to James Yagusic for $10,000. Shawn Ryan sold property at 19 Lincoln St. to Andrew Gardner et al. and Travy Neuendorf for $163,000. Reserve Gregory Manganas sold property at 33 Arlor Drive to William Coffee III and Xia Winston...