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Holiday Mart online Sweetwater’s Center for the Arts annual Holiday Mart will be online in 2020. Log on and shop for unique, handcrafted gifts made by local artists Nov. 28-Dec. 19. Holiday Mart has something for everyone on your list, in every price range – artisan-made jewelry, knitwear, hats and...

Annual Community of Music concert going virtual The annual Community of Music event sponsored by North Hills Cares will be switched to a virtual performance this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The live-streamed concert from the Block Northway in Ross will be performed from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on...

Traveling glass recycling bin to be in South Fayette PRC’s traveling glass recycling bin will be at the South Fayette Township Municipal Building, 515 Millers Run Road, Nov. 28-Dec. 3. All colors of glass bottles, jars and jugs will be accepted. The following items will not be accepted: cut glass,...

Chamber holiday events The Brentwood Baldwin Whitehall Chamber of Commerce invites all community members to share in the spirit of the season by donating a gift card benefitting local families in need. Christmas in the Park(ing) lot will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Baldwin Library Parking...

Plum School District is closing its buildings and moving to remote learning to contain a covid-19 outbreak, district officials announced Sunday. Four employees and three students notified the district they tested positive for covid-19, the district said in a news release. One high school employee and two students were among...

For centuries, America has been the land of promise, and we have led the way in lifesaving advancement. In the span of my medical career alone, I have witnessed remarkable innovation — from groundbreaking discoveries to new therapeutics and even cures for deadly diseases. In 2020, America’s scientists and researchers...

We should all live like Lucy. Lucy Pollock, 98, of Latrobe spent the last months surrounded by the love of her family and friends. And how those friends grew in that time. During the coronavirus pandemic, when people stayed home in lockdown and baking bread became the closest thing many...

Letter-writer Mark Gostkowski (“A ‘Star Wars’-like ending to Trump presidency,” Nov. 17, TribLIVE) opined that the coming end of Donald Trump’s presidency is similar to the destruction of the Sith lord Darth Sidious in “Return of the Jedi.” I contend that Sheev Palpatine, senator of Naboo and secretly Darth Sidious,...

Being an American, and living in the greatest and freest nation in the history of the world, is a privilege and blessing often taken for granted. Contrary to lying anarchists and socialists intent on misrepresenting America’s founding and current events to instigate unrest in the short term — and destruction...

Politics is one of the least trusted professions in America, yet politicians are constantly involved in popularity contests. The dichotomy is deliciously ironic. How do you become popular within such a play? Act out what the audience wants you to be, not what you really are. That type of character...

Chalfant Sumedha Misra sold property at 145 Lynnwood Ave. to Jeniece Ward for $199,000. Shane Pollick sold property at 141 Wilkins Ave. to Anthony Parham for $100,000. Churchill Anthony Fallica sold property at 3791 W. Rural Court to Julio and Diana Mariscal for $169,150. Delmont Samuel Cararini sold property at...

Etna Grant Duss sold property to Jack Shook Jr. et al. and Jeanne Shook at 65 Spring St. for $135,000. Reserve Estate of Edward Klein sold property to Tyler and Avery Laughlin at 207 Joyce Drive for $190,000. Shaler Joseph Tutchko sold property to Peter McDonough Jr. and Bernadette McDonough...

Hampton Marylou Kerestury sold property at 3410 Cramlington Drive to Ryan Christy and Anna Bridgens for $275,000. Jean Moore trustee sold property at 3942 Farmview Drive to Brianna Kaitlin Watt for $235,000. Harry Hunter sold property at 2490 Mae Drive to Matthew Thomas Julius for $145,001. Kyle Cunningham sold property...

Aspinwall Joseph Hughes sold property at 122 Third St. to Jordan and Erin Hettrich for $367,500. Jordan Hettrich sold property at 518 Guyasuta Road to Stewart Urist and Sara Packin for $345,000. Blawnox Jim Matassa sold property at 216 Sixth St. to Frank and Nancy Ann Vozza for $50,000. Etna...

The vaccines are coming. In the last two weeks, two major pharmaceutical companies have made announcements about their covid-19 vaccines. Pfizer’s testing is showing a 90% efficacy. Moderna’s is 94.5%. Both are in the homestretch of a race with a huge jackpot — potentially millions of lives in America alone...

According to Wikipedia, in 2017, there were 143.3 million taxpayers in the United States. Last year, the IRS audited one out of every 220 taxpayers. Everybody fears an IRS audit because auditors tend to find things that could cause you a hardship, such as a fine or jail time. Sometimes...

President-elect Biden’s favorite phrase is “possibilities for a brighter future.” As the most enduring democracy in the entire world, we, as a nation, have opportunities to build a lasting pathway of progress toward many common goods. Of course, this won’t be easy as divisiveness among our people has become a...

Is your church or organization going to host a community holiday event? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Letters from Santa offered by Vandergrift Public Library Vandergrift Public Library will send your child a personalized letter from Santa Claus...

Bellevue Estate of Dalia Jean Scioscia to Lakshmi MA LLC at 170 Lincoln Ave. for $231,000. Franklin Park Thomas Ferris to Ryan and Laura Mensch at 2372 Bellwood Drive for $345,000. Robert Weidman to Brian and Kim Woo at 2454 Bellwood Drive for $515,000. Lisa Blackrick to Albert To and...

Leet Matthew Ciccone to Joseph and Michelle Koehler at 140 Kenney Drive for $280,000. Sewickley Leda Mance to Russell Livingston trustee at 219 Beaver St. Unit 1A for $344,000. Masroor Mansoor Chaudhri to BGRS LLC at 73 Thorn St. for $1,200,000. BGRS LLC to Paul and Jennifer Palguta at 73...

President Trump’s legal team said Saturday that his campaign has requested a recount of votes in the Georgia presidential race after results showed Democrat Joe Biden winning the state. Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Friday certified the state’s election results, which had Biden beating Trump by 12,670 votes...

Field hockey PIAA playoffs Championship Saturday’s results Class 3A Emmaus 4, Central Dauphin 0 Class 2A Palmyra 2, Archbishop Carroll 1 (OT) Class A Wyoming Seminary 3, Greenwood 0 Football PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Saturday’s results Central York 37, McDowell 21 St. Joseph’s Prep 51, Souderton 43 Championship Saturday,...