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Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh, Paris and pollution
Pittsburgh, not Paris. It’s a metaphor (“Ted Cruz brings back Paris vs. Pittsburgh in criticism of Biden; Peduto scoffs,” Jan. 20, TribLIVE). People of reasonable intelligence and those who use the English language in their profession should know the difference and not use the literal translation to make a political...
Letter to the Editor: Pity those trying to schedule a covid-19 vaccination
I’m 79 years old but worked in IT for 40 years and consider myself pretty computer savvy. But the extreme difficulty I’ve had trying to schedule a covid-19 vaccination makes me feel pity for the people who have little or no computer experience. What a frustrating process this is for...
Westmoreland events include parenting conference, turkey dinner
Fundraisers • Community Church of Hecla, 537 Hecla Road, Mt. Pleasant Township, will host a turkey dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at the church. Dine in or takeout. Details and takeout orders: 724-396-8065 or 724-244-2586 • West Newton Public Library is selling tickets for a Valentine’s Day...
Letter to the editor: Marketing and selling out America
When I was in a cable TV series from 2014-15, our viewership was 1.5 million, which was higher than “The O’Reilly Factor.” Our competing show had 1.1 million viewers. I figured we would be picked up for a third season. Wrong. They had the under-49 viewers who spend more money...
Editorial: Pennsylvania’s vaccine game needs work
The covid-19 vaccines are the pathway to getting Pennsylvania back to what the state was in February 2020. Whether the Pfizer or Moderna or forthcoming Johnson & Johnson shot, vaccines are the way to go from a population left wide open to the coronavirus pandemic and a population prepared to...
Letter to the editor: Continue to be an engaged voter
With the 2020 election behind us, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that 2021, 2022 and 2023 also are election years for state, county and municipal offices, along with Congress in 2022. We learned in 2020 that the decisions and actions of governors, state legislatures and judiciaries, county...
The Stroller, Feb. 10, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Lower Valley...
Sewickley Public Library open for express service, virtual events
Sewickley Public Library, 500 Thorn St., is again offering express library services. The Express Library gives users a chance to come into the library to browse the collection, check out items and use the public computers. The library is taking precautions to ensure the safety of library staff and patrons,...
Meditating with plants, blind date with a book and more at Northern Tier Library
The Northern Tier Library is offering contactless lobby pick-up of materials for patrons and is currently open for browsing. Computer use is by appointment only. Returned items will be quarantined for at least 72 hours, but often longer, before being checked in. A variety of programs and services are being...
New Espy Post curator looks to build on past
“A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones.” — Abraham Lincoln I...
High school scores, summaries and schedule for Feb. 9, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 69, North Hills 46 Butler at North Allegheny, ppd. Section 2 Peters Township 55, Baldwin 52 Upper St. Clair at Canon-McMillan, ppd. Bethel Park at Mt. Lebanon, ppd. Section 3 Fox Chapel 68, Norwin 52 Hempfield 58, Penn-Trafford...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 10, 2021: Wrestling playoffs continue
The brackets are set for the 2021 WPIAL team wrestling playoffs. Due to the pandemic, the postseason field is smaller than usual with seven Class AAA teams and six AA teams set to fight for gold. As was the case with several high-profile teams in the sectionals, Kiski Area qualified...
High school roundup for Feb. 9, 2021: Lincoln Park wins section showdown
Brandon Cummings hit four 3-pointers and scored 18 points to lead No. 3 Lincoln Park to a 62-49 boys basketball victory over Montour in a matchup of top teams in Section 2-4A Tuesday night. L.A. Pratt added 12 and Dakari Bradford had 10 for Lincoln Park (9-4, 7-1). Vason Stevenson...
Letter to the editor: Reopening Pittsburgh’s schools safely
I have to admire the restraint of Pittsburgh Public Schools board member Kevin Carter’s comments about the recent proposed City Council resolution regarding our “educational emergency” while we try to reopen Pittsburgh’s schools safely during a global pandemic (“Pittsburgh City Council accused of ‘grandstanding’ as it seeks involvement in school...
Man who killed 3 in 2016 Thanksgiving day crash must be resentenced
The Pennsylvania Superior Court said Tuesday that an Allegheny County Common Pleas judge erred when he did not sentence the man convicted of killing a family of three in a fiery Thanksgiving Day crash in 2016 to a mandatory term of life in prison. Demetrius Coleman, 26, who is being...
Judge grants bond to ‘Pink hat lady’ from Mercer County charged in Capitol riot
The video showed Rachel Powell leaning through the window of the Capitol building, shouting at those who had just breached it. “Hey, guys, I’ve been in the other room,” she yelled through a bullhorn. “People should probably coordinate if we’re going to take this building.” FBI Special Agent Carlos Fontanez...
Drug and firearm cases among those handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court the week of Feb. 8, 2021
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Langston Valentine, 38, of Pittsburgh on charges of leaving an unattended child...
Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam to return to LPGA Tour for tournamentVideo
More than a decade after Annika Sorenstam won her last LPGA Tour event, she’s ready to tee it up again. The LPGA Tour announced on Twitter the 50-year-old Sorenstam committed to play the Gainbridge LPGA in Orlando, Fla., scheduled for Feb. 25-28 on her home course of Lake Nona. It...
Dr. Paul Carson: Pittsburgh Public Schools leaders failing our kids
As a parent of two remotely schooled Pittsburgh Public Schools students, I am extremely concerned about my children’s education and mental health during the pandemic. For almost a year now, I’ve watched my children stare at screens for eight hours a day and complain that they think they are learning...
1 in 4 Pennsylvanians admit to drinking more when it’s cold outside, says study
Apparently, as the temperature drops, corks pop. A new study has found that one in four adults in Pennsylvania admit to drinking more when it’s cold outside. Conducted and published by American Addiction Centers, roughly 25% of adults in the Keystone State indulge in booze during the chilly weather. Another...
Mother, daughter injured in Pa. Turnpike bus crash last year file suit
A woman and her 11-year-old daughter who were severely injured in the fatal bus crash last year on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County have filed a federal lawsuit alleging negligence. The complaint, filed Saturday in U.S. District Court, names as defendants Z&D Tours Inc., which operated the tour bus;...
Covid exposure closes 2 Greensburg Salem schools through Feb. 18
Two Greensburg Salem School District buildings will be closed through Feb. 18 because of “the number of faculty, staff and students who were in close contact with a positive covid case,” according to district officials. Students at Amos K. Hutchinson Elementary School and Greensburg Salem Middle School will learn remotely...
Pickup driver survives 70-foot plunge off highway in MilwaukeeVideo
A pickup truck, that was traveling east on the Interstate 94 Zoo Interchange outside of Milwaukee, Wisc., hit a pile of snow on the right side of the ramp, forcing it over the barrier wall to fall 70 feet onto the highway below, reported WISN 12 ABC. The incident was...
Jefferson Hospital vaccinates nearly 250 minority senior citizens during clinic
Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital held a covid-19 vaccination clinic for minority patients over the age of 75 on Feb. 4. According to Nikki Buccina, a media representative for AHN, 242 patients received their first dose of the vaccine. The clinic, which was by appointment only, was open to minority...
Letter to the editor: Pay your taxes with your stimulus check
As of the writing of this opinion, Gov. Tom Wolf is proposing to raise taxes on a family of four earning more than $84,000 per year. Conversely, President Biden wants to give a huge stimulus check to families of four earning more than $84,000 per year. Wonderful! Now a family...
