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As pediatricians throughout Western Pennsylvania, we care for our region’s youngest patients and witness firsthand the impact of this pandemic on our youth. We know pediatric patients are struggling with the challenges of virtual schooling, mental health, lack of physical activity and other health and wellness components. We all want...

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. Santa Claus to visit Leechburg Tuesday Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company will transport Santa Claus around the borough on a fire truck beginning...

Bridgeville Kelsey Hersh sold property at 741 Bluff St. to Jamison Hersh for $33,117. Carnegie Adam Hyp sold property at 716 Darlington St. to Nicholas Garlitz for $159,900. Collier CE Gregg Station L.P. sold property at Unknown Address to NVR Inc. for $84,000. Jessica Cabin sold property at 617 Aylesworth...

Baldwin Borough Estate of Marcella Marrtinelli sold property at 3813 Gary Drive to Susan Gault for $131,100. Kevin Mislan sold property at 130 Hollow Haven Drive to Rachel Berenson for $155,000. Igloo Series 3 REO LLC sold property at 5147 Janie Drive to Naradmuni Phuyal and Kamali Katel for $188,000....

Pine Cartus Financial Corp. sold property at Unknown Address to Arian Aflaki and Deniz Seyedeskandani for $585,000. Ronald Norris sold property at 717 Bowman Ln to Martin Mueller Jr. and Jenna Mueller for $190,000. Ronald Norris sold property at 717 Bowman Ln to Martin Mueller Jr. for $4,560. NVR Inc....

Bellevue Richard Comport sold property at 48 N Sprague Ave. to Yauheni Trasko and Dzmitry Hermaniuk for $300,000. Franklin Park Estate of David Fulmer sold property at 2550 Cole Road to Ethan Berkebile and Tessa Filiano for $255,670. Adam Dobies sold property at 2489 Matterhorn Drive to Christopher and Charlotte...

Bell Acres Justin Stockdale sold property at 108 Bower Drive to Peter Desante for $341,000. Mary Louise Wolber sold property at 104 Orris Road to William and Rachel McKeown for $152,000. Edgeworth Darren Martian sold property at 45 Little Sewickley Creek Road to Christopher Mark and Flora Sweeney Hunzeker for...

Whenever someone comes into a new position, there is usually a learning curve. We don’t expect Monsignor Larry Kulick will have that with his new role. On Friday, Pope Francis named him the new bishop of the Greensburg Diocese. He already knows the mechanics of the office. He has been...

Regarding the article “A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of jobless aid”: Enough is enough — millions of families continue to struggle to put food on the table and pay their rent. With the covid-19 virus surging again, Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey must pass a robust covid-19...

There will be close to 1 million abortions performed in 2020 in the United States, thanks to Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics’ classification as “life-sustaining” businesses. This silent slaughter has been attacking our unborn children for more than 47 years. While we are wringing our hands over the headlines...

The recent election was the worst I have ever seen. We had one candidate who did not campaign much. I guess he felt that his almost 50 years in politics said all that needed to be said. The other candidate held rallies where thousands of his supporters attended. We had...

Pennsylvania municipalities have a lot of responsibility. They are where the rubber meets the governmental road. They plow the streets. They keep the buildings safe and the parks welcoming. They provide dozens of small services residents might never even realize exist and yet would be sorely missed if they disappeared....

At our Delmont Borough council meeting Dec. 8 — I’ve been told — not one member, except the borough solicitor, wore a mask. I attended remotely for safety reasons in accordance with the Pennsylvania Department of Health guidelines regarding indoor meetings. In recent months, I have been in the minority...

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. St. Joseph High School accepting enrollments St. Joseph High School, Harrison, is accepting enrollments for the fall 2021-22 school year. Admission fees...

David’s Diner co-owner Lisa Speer said Friday she will not close her restaurant to customers looking to dine in, despite Gov. Tom Wolf’s order to suspend indoor dining and recent visits from health officials looking to enforce the order. Representatives of the Allegheny County Health Department stopped by the Springdale...

A Baldwin man is suing Deer Lakes and Northgate school districts, alleging that both refused to hire him as a substitute teacher because of what he claimed was a bogus arrest over loud music in 1965. Anthony Gaglierd, who said in his lawsuit that he had a teaching career spanning...

A man acquitted in the Wilkinsburg mass shooting case earlier this year will plead guilty next week to a felony gun charge in federal court. Cheron Shelton, 33, of Pittsburgh’s Homewood section, is expected to plead to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon via video conference...

Voting for President Trump while also supporting a law that raises the minimum wage? At first glance, you might think it impossible. Trump’s campaign platform made no mention of increasing the minimum wage. Though he often claims to be on the side of American workers, many of his trade and...

A Cheswick registered nurse is suing Allegheny Health Network because she said the health network discriminated against her and failed to accommodate her when the covid-19 pandemic began in the spring. Samantha Eiler, who was hired by the health network in January 2019, was diagnosed with asthma when she was...

Fifteen years ago Sunday, U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones delivered his landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ruling: Intelligent design is not scientific, is religious in nature and therefore should not be taught as a scientific alternative to evolutionary theory in public schools. This was a big...

Murrysville council approved a 2021 budget of $14.2 million that does not include a tax increase. Council voted 5-0 Wednesday to OK the budget, which will keep property taxes at 12.15 mills. Council members Jamie Lee Korns and Tony Spadaro were not present. Municipal officials said, while taxes have remained...

After a powerful fall resurgence, covid-19 has left no aspect of life untouched, including in Pennsylvania’s state prisons and county jails. Now that the first shots have been given, doctors, ethicists and politicians have begun to consider who should be vaccinated next and in what order this should happen. One...

WILKES-BARRE — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was down 0.8 points over the month to 6.6% in November — falling below the U.S. rate of 6.7% in November for the first time since May 2015. The commonwealth’s unemployment rate was 2 points above its November 2019 level while the national rate was...

This virus has been hard on everybody. Since April, we’ve been told to wear a mask and social distance. We were locked down and then partially reopened. Everybody managed to have some semblance of summer. The cases started going up. Once again we’re locked down and told to avoid family...

A portion of Route 65 near the McKees Rocks Bridge was closed in both directions Friday morning, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. A tractor-trailer jackknifed and spilled fuel on the road just north of the bridge, WPXI reported. Suggested detours for motorists include Camp Horne Road and Parkway North....