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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...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 14
Baldwin Borough Vincent Thomas Edwards sold property at 5340 Brownsville Road to Luke Kail and Victoria Scott for $190,000. Estate of Andrew Joseph Lang sold property at 642 Elaine Drive to Shelley Munzak for $159,900. Nora Gajewski sold property at 1465 Prospect Road to James and Caitlyn Lehner for $165,000....
Signal Item real estate transactions for the week of March 14
Bridgeville Estate of James McDonough sold property at 226 Osceola Drive to Joshua Thomas and Lauren Ricciuti for $212,500. Estate of Sheila Kelly sold property at 1352 Pesavento Drive to Callie Rozsa for $275,000. Richard Scalise III sold property at 1218 Terrace St. to Evan Augustine for $140,000. Carnegie Duke...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 14
Bellevue Jeanne Mahlmann sold property at 117 Arch Ave. to Mark Stratton and Grae Prickett for $206,000. Patti Herrmann sold property at 310 Glaser Ave. to Ian Buchanan for $225,000. Susanne Durler sold property at 695 Orchard Ave. to Stefan Nitsch for $45,000. Sandra Deeds sold property at 730 Orchard...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of March 14
Aleppo Eddie Filip sold property at Glenfield Road to Hilary Brown for $25,000. Edgeworth Barrie Athol sold property at 208 Chestnut Road to Jory and Melanie Richman for $1,070,297. Margaret Irvine Weir sold property at 308 Maple Ln to Jill Edwards for $650,000. Estate of Linda Sue Ruhl sold property...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of March 14
Pine Showcase Properties Inc. sold property at 215 Abbacy Drive to Youbon Kim and Yongkook Kwon for $600,047. Joseph Blair sold property at 602 Beaver Ct to Amos and Heather Bartley for $670,000. NVR Inc. sold property at 512 Cambridge Ct to Yuping Liu for $776,745. Villas English Farms L.P....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 13, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 5A Finals Saturday’s results New Castle 61, Chartiers Valley 45 Class 4A Finals Monday’s schedule North Catholic (18-4) vs. Lincoln Park (17-5) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m. Class 3A Finals Monday’s schedule South Allegheny (17-4) vs. Ellwood City (13-4) at North Allegheny, 5...
In Louisville, Breonna Taylor’s family honors her legacy
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On the one-year anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death, the slain Black woman’s family continued their call for justice as hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Louisville on Saturday. “Eyes are on Louisville, Kentucky, today so let’s show America what community looks like,” said Taylor’s aunt, Bianca Austin,...
