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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...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of March 7, 2021
Aleppo Lyndsey Costa sold property at 103 Sewickley Heights Drive to Susan Quinn for $218,000. Robert Welsh sold property at 311 Weber Road to Sheridan Edmondson for $285,000. Bell Acres Samuel Cadwell sold property at 12 Highview Drive to David and Shelly Hairston for $550,000. William Edmondson sold property at...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of March 7, 2021
Pine Riviera Land Partners LLC sold property at 140 Birch Drive to Eric Kordenbrock and Brianne Conley for $170,000. Edward Doran III sold property at 481 Brierly Lane Ext. to Jesus D Aguilar and Taylor Colwell for $252,000. Swinderman Development LLC sold property at 133 Brookfield Estates DR to Raymond...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 7, 2021
Bellevue Bryan Clarke sold property at 24 Florence Ave. to ZMF Properties IV L.P. for $100,000. Michael Oyler sold property at 73 S Fremont Ave. to Yu Ni for $163,420. Bradford Woods Daniel Michelmore sold property at 304 Cedar Road to Timothy Martin Holmes and Kelly Anne Jonas for $495,500....
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 7, 2021
Baldwin Borough Joesph Dowd sold property at 5304 Adobe Drive to David Katonik and Jessica Levi for $163,000. James Clibbens Jr. sold property at 664 Charlotte Drive to Paula Tripp for $174,000. Richard Yochum sold property at 171 Cheston St. to Robert Taylor for $100,000. Shawn Robinson sold property at...
Scott, South Fayette area real estate transactions for the week of March 7, 2021
Bridgeville Scott Gabelhart sold property at 1420 Alice Drive to Isak and Guinara Keinashvili for $193,000. John Kovach sold property at 304 Church St. to Sherri Wilcox for $112,000. Carnegie Andrew Fultz sold property at 724 Sixth Ave. to Chelsea Star Lee for $175,000. DAV Properties LLC sold property at...
High school scores, summaries and schedule for March 6, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys City League Saturday’s result Brashear 50, Obama Academy 38 WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (17-1) vs. Butler (12-8), 6 p.m.; Pine-Richland (12-5) at Fox Chapel (18-2), 6 p.m. Class 5A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Chartiers Valley 53, Gateway 47 Laurel Highlands 48,...
Editorial: Keep on rolling up sleeves for the vaccines to beat down covid
The coronavirus pandemic has been a yearlong war. There have been front lines and battle plans, equipment deployed and troops activated. There have been far too many casualties. It has been approached as a national security issue because that is exactly what it is — a catastrophic event that threatens...
High school roundup for March 6, 2021: Laurel Highlands, Chartiers Valley move on in 5A bracket
Rodney Gallagher scored 16 points as No. 3 Laurel Highlands overcame a slow start and defeated No. 6 Penn Hills, 48-41, in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. Brandon Davis added 13 points and Jayden Pratt had 12 points and nine rebounds for Laurel Highlands (13-3), which trailed by...
Leechburg church partners with Lower Burrell area charity to bolster food distributions
A Leechburg church has partnered with a Lower Burrell- area nonprofit to ensure food supply is not a problem in future free distributions. Twice last month, volunteers from Kiski Valley Community Church had to turn away families who waited for hours at the Leechburg Fire Hall for boxes of food....
Hempfield bowlers come through in the clutch, claim regional team title
The Hempfield boys bowling team won a Western Regional championship Saturday at the North Versailles Bowling Center, avenging a loss from last month and saving some of its best bowling for last. The Spartans defeated North Allegheny, 2-1, in the finals. Last month, North Allegheny defeated Hempfield in the semifinals...
Editorial: Total testing for covid at Allegheny County Jail is worthy goal
Jails check for a lot of things when processing someone who has been arrested. Suspects are checked for weapons or other potentially dangerous items. They are checked for contraband such as drugs. They are photographed, fingerprinted, patted down and looked over. During the course of a stay in jail, there...
No. 2 New Castle holds off Latrobe to reach WPIAL semifinals for 11th straight season
New Castle took advantage of some cold Latrobe shooting early on Saturday and rolled to its 11 consecutive WPIAL boys basketball semifinals appearance. The No. 2-seeded Red Hurricanes provided a balanced scoring attack with all five starters tallying nine points or more in a 65-51 quarterfinal victory over the No....
Sounding off: Too much pork in American Rescue Plan
The 591-page American Rescue Plan is full of “pork.” Supposedly it is to fight and provide covid relief, but the bill instead is designed to cure social inequities. Keep in mind that these amounts are in addition to what is already budgeted for in these areas. Even programs directly addressing...
Paul Petrick: Let’s celebrate vice presidents, too
As another February fades into history, the month’s historical significance to the American presidency remains incandescent. The birth month to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, February exhibits the least number of days and greatest number of great presidents. This correlation of presidential preeminence and birth date makes one...
George Guido: Plum baseball, softball fields getting turf upgrade
Plum High School baseball has certainly come a long way since the sport was played in the front yard of the school with outfielders running up a hill to catch a fly ball. The school is in the process of installing artificial turf on both the baseball and softball fields...
Letter to the editor: Abortion in a civilized country
In the USA, we are civilized. Leave your dog outside in inclement weather, and you could have it taken away, be fined and possibly face jail time. Animal cruelty is against the law. It is uncivilized. Physically or mentally abuse your child, and you could have your child taken away,...
Student news: Forensic tournament, spring musical and community outreach
Students place in forensic tourney Two Fox Chapel Area High School students placed at the virtual Deer Lakes Invitational Forensic Tournament. Freshman Isabella White won second place in Lincoln-Douglas Debate and received her first bid to qualify for the Pennsylvania High School Speech League State Championships. Sophomore Silas Owens won...
