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In brief: 5K races, Women’s Business Network meetings and more in Pine Creek, Richland
Dyngus Day Dash The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation is hosting the inaugural Dyngus Day Dash 5K on April 10 at North Park. All money raised at the race will be used to support the Pittsburgh community through student scholarships and public events. To register for the Dyngus Day...
In Brief: Virtual Bingo, Easter Egg hunt and more in the North Hills
Virtual Shamrock Bingo Feel lucky and put that green hat on. The McCandless Activities Advisory Committee is sponsoring a virtual “shamrock” bingo via Zoom on March 18 from 7-8 pm. It’s free to register and all ages are welcome to virtually attend. There will be prizes for winners. Registration is...
In brief: Used sports equipment sale, $50,000 raffle, and more in the South Hills
Used Sports Equipment Sale The Jefferson Hills Recreation Initiative is taking donations of used sports equipment on March 13-14 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Gill Hall Park. The initiative is accepting the following: • Gloves, balls, bats, helmets • Nets, sticks, pads, cleats • Exercise equipment • Yard toys, recreation...
In Brief: Easter egg sale, Thoms Run Road closure, and more in Carnegie, South Fayette
Easter Egg Sale & Workshop The Ukrianian Orthodox Church in Carnegie will host its 53rd annual Ukrainian Easter Egg Sale 11 a.m.-4 p.m. March 28. This event will feature more than 1,200 Pysanky Easter eggs, exquisite goose and ostrich eggs, hand painted wooden eggs, hand-crafted items from Ukraine, basket raffles,...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 8
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 8....
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 8
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 8....
Penn State wrestlers finish a distant 2nd in Big Ten championshipsVideo
Second place is all in how you look at it, and you can be sure that Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson will look and look again at the Nittany Lions’ finish at the Big Ten Wrestling Champions on Sunday. Iowa won its second straight conference title on Sunday, distancing...
High school sports scores, schedules for March 7, 2021
Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Butler (12-8) at Upper St. Clair (17-1), 6 p.m.; Pine-Richland (12-5) at Fox Chapel (18-2), 6 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Wednesday’s schedule Mars (16-2) at Chartiers Valley (21-2), 6 p.m.; Laurel Highlands (13-3) at New Castle (18-2), 6 p.m. Class 4A...
Central Valley gymnasts claim 3 all-around titles at PA Classic
Central Valley gymnasts added to their recent medal haul with more first-place finishes Saturday at the PA Classic state championship meet at their home gym, Monaca Turners. Freshmen Megan Grimm and Amber Wilson, who won WPIAL championships in the Gold and Silver divisions, respectively, on Feb. 27, claimed all-around titles...
The day the music stopped: Musicians, venues still feeling effect of closures due to pandemicVideo
This past autumn, the lights went out for good at The Rex Theater, one of Pittsburgh’s most-beloved rock clubs. Like many independent venues across the United States, the South Side stage fell silent earlier in 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the live music industry without warning. But on Sept....
Former Steelers player says his 9-month-old son stable after surgery
Former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Ryan Switzer says his 9-month-old son Christian is stable and out of surgery to control bleeding. Christian is finally out of surgery. The GI specialist found several sites of bleeding. He took samples that were sent off to biopsy to see what could be causing it,...
Letter to the editor: Don’t forget other vaccinations for kids
The covid virus is terrible and everyone is concerned about getting the vaccination, but please don’t forget to get your children vaccinated for chicken pox, measles, polio, etc. Kids can suffer and die from some of these diseases. Betty N. Harp Penn Township, Westmoreland County...
Forest Hills suspension of late fees to end soon
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Forest Hills Borough council member unanimously voted to suspend billing late fees for fire, sewage, refuse along with water shut off noticed dating back to March 1, 2020. On April 1, the borough plans to return to regular billing practices. “We hope that...
Letter to the editor: We don’t need feel-good legislation
Regarding the article “State university program would offer free education in exchange for staying in Pennsylvania”: First, Sam Bohen, you make me sad! Are you expecting Pennsylvania taxpayers to feel sorry for you because you worked your poor little fingers to the bone over four years? Get real! The $40,000...
Letter to the editor: Where have all the facts gone?
Ahhh, facts, where have you gone? Remember those “weapons” you used to solve a disagreement with your buddies? Remember back in the day, when a disagreement would lead to friendly discussion, then (usually) lead to an acceptable resolution. Imagine, no shootings, stabbings, fistfights, persecution or social shaming of anyone. Imagine...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of March 7, 2021
Etna Cynthia Benoit sold property at 41 Oakland St. to BJW Capital LLC for $150,000. Millvale Christopher Casavale sold property at 24 Butler St. to Kevin Ma and Anna Na Ren for $95,000. Reserve Alfred Rodrigues sold property at 3075 Mt. Troy Road to Ian Short for $149,500. Dustin Aiken...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of March 7, 2021
Hampton UCG Thirty Seven LLC sold property at 3954 Bonita Drive to Andrew Claro Ungerman and Katheryn Kodrowsky for $231,000. Janice Geniviva sold property at 4922 Canyon Creek Trail to Michele Sinagra trustee for $465,000. Frank DeShantz Jr. sold property at 5194 Hampton Place Drive to Ian Michael and Elizabeth...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of March 7, 2021
Chalfant William Becker sold property at 178 Brighton St. to James and Carol Tessauro for $150,000. Estate of John Boyce sold property at 220 Highland Ave. to PGH Holding LLC for $45,000. Churchill William Dipaolo sold property at 3766 E. Rural Court to Emily Rybinski for $157,000. Delmont Eric Seabury...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of March 7, 2021
Aspinwall Nathaniel Rychlik sold property at 223 Fourth St. to Jeffrey John Walter and Kelsie Michelle Sinagra for $307,500. Brian McDermott sold property at 103 Virginia Ave. to Matthew and David Stroud for $242,999. Blawnox Daniel Schultz sold property at 200 Carla Drive to Donna Nocleg for $163,000. Randy Rivera...
Letter to the editor: Real causes of problems in Texas
I am so grateful that Pennsylvania has a governor like Tom Wolf rather than someone in Texas like Gov. Greg Abbott or past governor Rick Perry. First Abbott refused to follow CDC guidelines, and more Texans than needed died. Now more Texans died unnecessarily due to a lack of electricity...
1 year later: The coronavirus response, missteps and what we have learned
Think about one year ago. On Feb. 2, the Super Bowl was played in front of more than 62,000 fans packed into Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. A month later, 18,548 watched the Penguins play the Carolina Hurricanes on March 8 at PPG Paints Arena. A few days after that, the...
Letter to the editor: Generosity enables Bethlehem Project to keep helping
We would like to recognize the residents of Greensburg and the surrounding area, especially the readers of the Tribune-Review. When readers learned through a story in the Trib that the need for help from the Bethlehem Project, a nonprofit that provides rental and emergency housing assistance to renters in our...
Letter to the editor: Religion, politics should bind, not divide, us
I recently read an interesting article that said there are so many things that divide us, such as religion, politics, history and nationalism. I had to ponder this for a moment because something didn’t feel or sound right. I should be able to be proud of my religion, my political...
The Stroller, March 7, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Valley News Dispatch will publish a list of community Easter egg hunts and activities. To have an event listed online and in the print edition, send the information as soon as possible to The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Fourth Ave., Tarentum PA 15084 or email Carol Pinto-Smith; email...
Another ex-aide calls Cuomo’s office conduct inappropriate
NEW YORK — Another woman who worked for Gov. Andrew Cuomo is describing conduct she felt was inappropriate for the workplace. Ana Liss, 35, told The Wall Street Journal in a story published Saturday that when she worked as a policy aide to the governor between 2013 and 2015, Cuomo...
