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Editorial: The trouble with mandating paid sick leave
It is hard to ask more of small business. In the last year, businesses of all kinds have been stretched to the breaking point. And then they stretched further. And then many of them broke. The neighborhood bar. Swanky restaurants where you save up for a nice night out. Theaters...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of March 14, 2021
Etna Fairhope Holdings LLC sold property at 409 Butler St. to 409 Butler St. LLC for $66,000. Millvale Timothy Burns sold property at 112 Fornoff St. to Taylor Soltez for $128,000. Reserve Israel Kazew sold property at 2109 Mt. Troy Road to 910 Ash Street Holdings LLC for $200,000. Shaler...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of March 14, 2021
Delmont Estate of Carol Castellano sold property at 6 W Pine St. to Barry and Tammy Kelley for $190,000. Forest Hills John Carretta trustee sold property on Braddock Road to Forest Hills Borough for $10,000. Teri Rogacki sold property at 303 Forest Ridge Drive to Liza Haberstroh for $174,500. Jeffrey...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of March 14, 2021
Etna Fairhope Holdings LLC sold property at 409 Butler St. to 409 Butler St. LLC for $66,000. Fox Chapel Dannic Properties LLC sold property at 335 Fox Chapel Road to John and Marissa Nakayama for $375,000. Dan Sciullo sold property at 130 Willow Farms Court to Brian and Ashley Barritt...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of March 14, 2021
Hampton Darren DelTondo sold property at 3914 Ash Drive to Rui Yuan and Shuo Zhao for $600,999. Robert Tegge sold property at 4843 Cherry St. to Kenneth and Sarah Waters for $400,000. Daniel Schwartz sold property at 5150 Hardt Road to Talman Charters for $92,000. Samir Suleiman sold property at...
Letter to the editor: Who’s looking after Westmoreland residents?
What took our county commissioners so long to jump on the problem of low vaccine distribution in Westmoreland County? This is March, and just now have anyone one of them come out with a statement to help. I and many other senior citizens have called numerous offices to try and...
Letter to the editor: Republicans’ tax plans
The article “Wolf asks for tax increase on Pa.`s top earners amid pandemic; GOP pans proposal as ‘irresponsible’” (Feb. 3, TribLIVE) illustrates an often repeated phase: “Republicans know how to message, how to campaign, and Democrats know how to govern.” The comments by our Republican lawmakers were all standard sound...
Letter to the editor: Prioritize states following CDC guidelines
Perhaps the government should prioritize vaccine distributions and give out to those states who are following CDC guidelines. It’s unfair to the states that are following the guidelines and their citizens who have been on waiting lists for weeks to get vaccinated. Marilyn Dvorsky Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Robin Hood returned money to taxpayers
I share the sentiments of letter-writer Stewart B. Epstein (“We need a president with a ‘Robin Hood’ agenda,” Feb. 26, TribLIVE). However, my understanding of the true story of Robin Hood was that he stole money from the king’s tax collectors and returned it to the taxpayers. The concept of...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland commissioners must step up
I do not understand why Westmoreland County has been so stalled in response to covid-19 . A recent analysis ranked Pennsylvania 44th out of 50 states in getting the vaccine out to residents. Westmoreland is the 11th most populous county in Pennsylvania, yet we are 57 out of 67 in...
North Country Brewing owner contends Pa. officials unfairly targeted restaurants during pandemicVideo
The owner of North Country Brewing in Slippery Rock believes he did everything right. When faced with the initial covid-19 shutdown orders implemented by the governor a year ago — the first of which, right before St. Patrick’s Day, cost him about $32,000 in wasted food — Robert McCafferty closed....
Letter to the editor: Masks not being worn in Delmont
While I am glad to see some of the covid restrictions being rolled back due to the declining numbers, it’s good to remind people that we still have more daily cases than we did this time one year ago, when we went virtual. Members of our Delmont council have decided...
Letter to the editor: Pennsylvania is No. 1
All Pennsylvania residents, please stand. It is time to salute our great legislators. Pennsylvania has received a number of awards recently. Our population is 12 million plus, and our Legislature consists of 253 members. California has a population of 39 million plus, and its legislature consists of 120 members. The...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland County must do better on covid-19
We are living through a public health crisis the likes of which we have not seen in 100 years and need an organized, well-developed response to match. With the national and statewide covid-19 vaccination response and rollout being as slow and confusing as it has been, we should be able...
Letter to the editor: Hate for Trump backfiring on voters
My mother would sometimes use the phrase, “cut off your nose to spite your face,” and this is exactly what some Americans did during the 2020 presidential election. When I ask people why they voted for Joe Biden, the typical response I receive is because they hate Donald Trump. Few...
Letter to the editor: Political absurdities
The writer of the letter “The law and order president” (Feb. 16, TribLIVE) bolstered his judge/jury conviction of President Trump for the Jan. 6 mob assault on the Capitol by citing Voltaire, who wrote of injustices provoked by those convinced of believing absurdities. I guess the writer not expressing that...
Letter to the editor: Government shouldn’t pay our bills
In response to the op-ed from five mayors in Pennsylvania, “Our cities need the American Rescue Plan and we cannot wait” (Feb. 16, TribLIVE): If each of our districts can’t find a way to balance our books, how do you expect our neighbors in another municipality, city or state are...
Letter to the editor: Republican Party needs to return to roots
I have been a member of the Republican Party for many years and I have been glad to support the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. and George W. Bush, and locally William R. Davis and Dick Thornburgh. But the party has been taken over by a...
Letter to the editor: Another good vaccine experience
I would like to add comments to Sharon Campomizzi’s letter “Vaccination process positive” (Feb. 28, TribLIVE). My husband and I also had a good experience at St. Barbara Catholic Church in Harrison City. This clinic was sponsored by Bushy Run Pharmacy, and its employees were there volunteering. Not only was...
Letter to the editor: Smoking marijuana detrimental to health
I am very concerned with the national and state governments’ trend to legalize marijuana for recreational use for the purpose of the governments’ insatiable need for tax revenue. Our governor and lieutenant governor, along with some legislators from both parties, are proposing to do just that. My concerns are scientific,...
Letter to the editor: Silent majority must speak up
As we enter a new political era, I have a few thoughts as to what brought it about and what the results of it may be. Early last summer we began to see our cities in flames and violence across our country. Our history was being erased as everyone from...
Letter to the editor: Kudos to Chew, Kertes for holding Wolf accountable
After reading the article “Westmoreland County gets fewer covid vaccine doses than smaller counties; talks begin about regional health department” (Feb. 26, TribLIVE), I’d like to give a big thank-you to Republican commissioners Doug Chew and Sean Kertes for calling out the Wolf administration on its failure to get vaccines...
Letter to the editor: Our politically correct dinner tables
Liberalism always achieves the opposite of its stated intent. Proof is ever more government spending that yields less in return to taxpayers. This also is true for their politically correct, racial sensitivity ruse in terms of the “fairness and diversity” they claim to seek. Consider your pantry and grocery store...
Letter to the editor: We’ll pay price for turning away from God
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton need to be silenced. Oh boy, now someone (Democrats) will say I encourage doing them physical harm. No: To be clear, they need to move on, away from their hate-fueled pursuit of President Donald Trump, allowing him to live his life like any...
The Stroller, March 14, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s 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. Raffle to benefit Burrell-New Kensington Rotary projects Burrell-New Kensington Rotary is conducting an online Win Our Wallet raffle to benefit the club community projects...
