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As the 2020 election approaches, before you cast your ballot, before you place a “D” or an “R” after your name, please stop and ask yourself if you actually know what it means to be a Democrat? Democrats believe that cooperation is better than conflict, unity is better than division,...

The United States Post Office, first headed by Benjamin Franklin, was codified in our Constitution. It gave Congress the power to establish post offices and postal roads. The USPS was created to provide independent and unbiased delivery of information and resources. Privatization of this government agency would threaten this mission....

Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on Twitter @VNDStroller for a daily link to The Stroller. Free webinar available from Penn State Extension Penn State...

Franklin Park Gary Homza sold property at 2481 A Campmeeting Road to Albert Maas and Samantha Cohen for $354,400. Todd Henderson sold property at 2539 Clubhouse Drive to Ryan Stimmel for $419,900. Matthew Baird sold property at 2555 Glenwood Drive to Albert and Lindsey Efkeman for $410,000. Kyle Hoffman sold...

Bellevue 113 Harlem Ave LLC sold property at 92 S Bryant Ave. to Logan Michael Parsons and Olivia Horner for $178,000. Donald Dennison II sold property at 165 Spring Ave. to Kathryn Couch for $148,000. Leetsdale Rodney Morgan sold property at 6 Victory Ln to Kathleen Sudiarta for $107,500. Sewickley...

Baldwin Borough Richard Gralish sold property at 3107 Churchview Ave. to Midatlantic Modern Homes LLC for $37,000. Audrey Belfiore sold property at 5384 Hacienda Drive to Christopher and Rachel Hearn for $164,000. Estate of Harold Ryan sold property at 3313 Hazelhurst Ave. to Andrew Busch and Megan Atherton for $73,000....

Pine Dan Ryan Bldrs Mid Atlantic LLC sold property at 156 Alder Drive to Brian Justin and Nicole Kathleen Kelm for $548,519. Riviera Land Partners L.P. sold property at 131 Birch Drive to Armando Roberto and Lina Pazos for $171,700. Andrew Maher sold property at 203 Gander Drive to Stephen...

Bridgeville Anthony Mastrean sold property at 360 Murray Ave. to Stephanie Argotti for $187,000. Carnegie Orion Development RA 29 LLC sold property at 300 Broadway St. to YKR Vishnu LLC for $800,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB trustee sold property at 545 Washington Ave. to Julie Zanella for $130,000. Collier...

Hampton Debra DiFatta sold property at 2410 Delo Drive to James and Dolores Hughes for $365,000. D’NA Custom Home Builders Inc. sold property at 3079 Haberlein Road to Sciulli Classic Homes & Contract Inc. for $60,000. G. Theodore Lorch Jr. sold property at 2124 Legendary Ln to Shophouse Home LLC...

Millvale Stacy Chmielewski sold property at 1127 North Ave. to Nicholas Dodd and Serena Virgi for $157,000. Geralt Garforth sold property at 29 Sedgwick St. to Jacquelynn Michalik for $265,000. Reserve Spring Garden Village Housing L.P. sold property at Williams Road to Lorigan LLC for $170,000. Shaler Estate of Melvin...

Churchill Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency sold property at 2400 Greensburg Pike to Ahmed and Arafat Arafat for $82,500. Estate of Marilyn Fredland Lampl sold property at 149 Thornberry Drive to William Fuller Jr. and Cherylie A Blair Fuller for $189,900. Delmont Ronald Glover sold property at 541 Athena Drive to...

Citing a shortage of computer equipment for students, Pittsburgh Public Schools on Saturday night announced that classes will begin on Sept. 8, rather than Monday, Aug. 31. In late July, the district decided to hold classes online for at least the first nine-week grading period. In Facebook post and in...

How long can you put off bad news without making it worse? Pennsylvania utility customers will have to find out eventually. In March, the Public Utility Commission put a moratorium on shutoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic. It made sense at the time. Gov. Tom Wolf was instituting lockdowns at...

Without any input or authorization from elected Pennsylvania House and Senate members, Gov. Tom Wolf effectively shut down the Pennsylvania economy. His unilateral, one-size-fits-all lockdown decree has forced Pennsylvanians to suffer exponentially worse than citizens of other states that have adhered to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) protocols. As a...

Michael Hromanik had a difficult childhood. His mother died of lung cancer when he was 7. His uncle moved in with him and his dad. Five years later, their house in the Renton neighborhood of Plum burned down, killing his uncle and his dog. Still, Hromanik was the first in...

It’s time to get down to business. In two months, Pennsylvanians will cast their votes for who they want to be mayor and state representative, attorney general and congressman and the top office of all, president of the United States. It may seem like it’s been sneaking up on us,...

A Nevada man has become the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with coronavirus for a second time amid similar reports of reinfection out of Hong Kong. The 25-year-old from Reno initially tested positive for the virus in April. He later recovered, but was again diagnosed in...

Regarding the article “Brighton Rehab residents, families outraged by lax oversight during outbreak”: This was what I hope is a first on this subject. Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine seem to have ignored problems since elected and appointed. When covid-19 started and other states increased...

I was a loyal Democrat when the party espoused the worker, the sanctity of life, patriotism and the Constitution. Regretfully, the party left me when it evolved into supporting public funded abortion, removing God from civic space, turning a blind eye to looting and rioting and disrespecting the national anthem....

President Trump, how to support thee. Let me count the ways. 1. Support the deaths of over 170,000 Americans due to lying and not listening to the experts about covid-19. 2. Support endangering our children by forcing them back to school without getting the virus under control. 3. Support Vladimir...

Amy Elizabeth’s letter about honeybees is a misleading, at best, picture of beekeeping (“Be a ‘honey’ to the bees,” Aug. 15, TribLIVE). Historically, honeybees and their hives were an important part of American life. Honey was used as a sweetener and medicine. Wax from the hive was used in candles...

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Following on the heels of dozens that have already been filed across the country, three potential class-action lawsuits related to covid-19 were filed in federal court in Pittsburgh late this week. All three complaints were filed against insurance companies alleging that they failed to cover claims for losses their customers...

The foundation that owns the Terrible Towel trademark has settled a lawsuit it filed last week against an Indiana County shop that had been marketing “The Terrible Mask” pandemic face coverings. On Friday, the Eamon Foundation, which previously operated as the AVS Foundation — part of the Allegheny Valley School...

Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLIVE/The Patriot-News, Triblive/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter. HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday unveiled a wishlist of election reforms to address logistical concerns that some county...