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Pa. cannabis legalization remains unlikely as neighboring states go for it
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. A version of this story originally appeared in our free weekly newsletter. New Jersey. New York. Virginia. One by one, Pennsylvania’s neighbors are moving to legalize recreational...
Sounding off: More guns means more shootings
As people are tiring of covid, the mass gatherings are resuming, and so are the mass shootings. No other country has this problem, and no other country is so saturated with guns. Coincidence? I hear all the gun advocates’ arguments and scoff, like guns don’t kill, people do. It’s as...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Hampton Elisa Sartori sold property at 2463 Cove St. to Paul and June Slagel for $40,000. NVR Inc. sold property at 5188 Hamton Place Drive to Chao Wang for $603,045. Brandon Gallion sold property at 4337 Kenson Drive to BGRS Relocation Inc. for $260,000. BGRS Relocation Inc. sold property at...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Etna Estate of Charles Osthoff sold property at 32 Cherry St. to Bogacz Properties LLC for $135,000. Mark Interthal sold property at 157 Washington St. to Kevin Shores for $249,900. Millvale Sara McCown sold property at 141 Clara St. to Monica Diel for $84,900. Peter Eberle sold property at 87...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Aspinwall OB Properties LLC sold property at 217 Delafield Road to Delafield Flats LLC for $480,000. Jeffrey Benzing sold property at 110 Lexington Ave. to Dylan Thomas Christiansen and Martha Michelle Tye for $327,500. Blawnox Leon Pawelak sold property at 721 Laurel St. to Franklin Home Design LLC for $8,700....
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Chalfant Mario Pettica sold property at 224 Lynnwood Ave. to Nedsem Investments LLC for $40,000. Churchill Erika Ahlstrand sold property at 26 Barton Drive to Michelle Zentis for $155,000. Ron Lesko sold property at 3769 Greensburg Pike to Block Chain Luxury LLC for $64,000. David Indorato sold property at 3715...
Letter to the editor: Local soldier’s story lifts spirits
I sincerely want to thank the Tribune-Review for the article “New book chronicles North Huntingdon soldier’s recovery from life-altering accident” (Nov. 5, TribLIVE). The book, “A Noble Knight: Dan Priatko’s Story of Faith and Courage,” is definitely a must read. During this pandemic, a lot of us have had our...
Letter to the editor: Looking to Jesus in difficult times
Easter is upon us. We may look at life from different perspectives, but in times of heartache we have the option to reflect on what Jesus endured for us. Many of us judge; however, like Jesus said, let he who is without sin cast the first stone. We are not...
Letter to the editor: Illuminated cross a beacon of hope
I am writing to say thank you to the wonderful parishioners of Logan’s Ferry Presbyterian Church (Parnassus). I was told they are responsible for lighting the beautiful cross that sits high on the hilltop above the bottom of Coxcomb Hill (Route 909) for all to see, from dusk till dawn....
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Bellevue Commonwealth Business Group Inc. sold property at 441 Jefferson Ave. to Joseph Clyde Reboton Jr. for $268,000. William Stanish sold property at 556-558 Lincoln Ave. to Cecchini Properties LLC for $282,500. Benjamin Burkley sold property at 706 Orchard Ave. to Steven Walker for $240,000. Jeffrey Myers sold property at...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Pine NVR INC sold property at Unknown Address to Molly Siegel for $341,065. Nvr INC sold property at Unknown Address to Ganapathy Murugan and Meenakshi Valli Thanumalayan for $310,695. Valerie Pearce sold property at 10995 Babcock Blvd. to Daniel and Ralph Ruffolo for $277,500. Villas English Farms L.P. sold property...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Aleppo Norman Meanor sold property at 608 Sewickley Heights Drive to Barrante Properties 1031 LLC for $188,000. Bell Acres Joseph Sikora trustee sold property at 114 Magura Road to William and Erin White for $65,000. Wayne Croyle sold property at 4 Partridge Court to Timothy and Bethany Ley for $552,500....
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Baldwin Borough Wayne Dagostino sold property at 653 Brinwood Ave. to Matthew Otto Yasko for $125,000. Joseph Tirschler sold property at 476 Holdsworth Drive to Steven Stern and Melinda Perry for $64,236. Kenneth Morran sold property at 933 Horning Road to Shelby Rodgers for $142,000. Matthew Walsh sold property at...
Collier, South Fayette area real estate transactions for the week of April 4, 2021
Bridgeville DPMMO LLC sold property at 950 Ridge Road to Black Bear Homes LLC for $45,000. Carnegie Garlin & Assoc. Inc. sold property at 306-308 Seventh Ave. to Daniel Defallo and Brian Defranco for $159,900. Scott Phelan sold property at 313 Seventh Ave. to Mashukur and Najmun Nahar Khan for...
Letter to the editor: Zero Waste legislation will help stop plastic pollution
I recently explored my school’s campus woods for the first time in a year, and I saw some disturbing sights. There was plastic waste everywhere. Even after a year without students on campus, the trees, the soil, the water — it was all contaminated with plastic trash. PennEnvironment just published...
Letter to the editor: Mariah Fisher ready to represent
Mariah Fisher, a Democrat, is already effective as an elected official and now offers voters a real choice for Pennsylvania’s 59th District. Have you seen the beautiful new Diamond in Ligonier? Through Ligonier Borough Council, Fisher chaired the parks and recreation committee that guided that project. In the past year,...
Letter to the editor: Abolishing the death penalty
At a recent virtual event on Catholicism and capital punishment, people with personal experience with the death penalty shared powerful stories. Vickie and Syl Schieber’s daughter, Shannon, a 23-year-old Wharton School doctoral student, was raped and murdered in Philadelphia. Kirk Bloodsworth, an honorably discharged Marine, was wrongfully convicted and sentenced...
The Stroller, April 4, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Volunteers needed Saturday for cleanup Kiski Watershed Association will hold a cleanup from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the West Leechburg Native...
Faye Flam: Don’t believe the doomsayers. Vaccines will end the pandemic.
Following pandemic news too closely can be an emotional roller coaster, with dire public health warnings immediately followed by hopeful new studies. The latest soaring discovery: a new CDC study showing vaccines sharply cut all covid-19 infections — not just symptoms. That news puts to rest one worst-case-scenario: that vaccines...
George Guido: Strong A-K Valley connection to movie project about Penn State’s Wally Triplett
Word came out recently that a movie will be made about the life of former Penn State football standout Wally Triplett who, with supportive teammates and coaches, helped integrate the Cotton Bowl in 1948. In a piece by Trib colleague Paul Guggenheimer, the idea came from movie producer and Penn...
Pittsburgh police looking for vehicle thought to be involved in Knoxville shooting
Pittsburgh police are looking for a car seen fleeing a shooting on Reifert Street in Knoxville around noon Saturday. A police spokesman said police responded to ShotSpotter alert for the 300 block of Reifert Street at about 12:05 p.m. When Zone 3 officers arrived, they were alerted to a male...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 3, 2021
High schools WPIAL Baseball Saturday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Laurel Highlands 11, West Mifflin 1 Section 4 Plum 7, Armstrong 2 Plum 10, Armstrong 0 Nonsection Mars 20, Shenango 8 Penn-Trafford 4, Connellsville 3 Pine-Richland 9, Hempfield 8 Riverside 15, Ellwood City 13 Seneca Valley 8, Avonworth 2 Hockey...
High school roundup for April 3, 2021: Tanner Singh delivers walkoff win for Pine-Richland
Tanner Singh hit a walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead Pine-Richland to a 9-8 victory over Hempfield in a nonsection slugfest Saturday afternoon. Chase Vrabel went 3 for 3 and Joey Woodrow doubled, tripled and drove in three for the Rams (2-0). Joe Fiedor...
Rapper DMX on life support after heart attack, lawyer says
DMX’s longtime New York-based lawyer, Murray Richman, said the rapper was on life support Saturday evening at White Plains Hospital. “He had a heart attack. He’s quite ill,” Richman said. Richman said he could not confirm reports that DMX, 50, overdosed on drugs and was not sure what caused the...
ACC basketball faces peril as the latest great generation of coaches begins to move on
RALEIGH, N.C. — What odds could a gambler have gotten back in 2003, when Roy Williams finally heeded the call to come home to North Carolina, that Jim Boeheim and Mike Krzyzewski would both still be grinding on the recruiting trail while Williams was grinding to play an extra nine...
