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The Stroller, Jan. 4, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s fundraiser or community event in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Donations welcome for the Friendship Garden Food Pantry Donations for the food pantry in the Tarentum Friendship Garden can be dropped off at the...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 4
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 4....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 4
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 4....
Don’t draw military into U.S. election, ex-defense chiefs say
All 10 living former U.S. defense secretaries called for a peaceful transition of power this month and warned that any effort to involve the military in resolving election disputes “would take us into dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory.” Three days before Congress meets to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, the...
Coronavirus outbreak at Kaiser San Jose hospital infects 43 people
Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center is investigating an outbreak of the coronavirus in its emergency department that has infected at least 43 staff members. Hospital officials are investigating whether the outbreak was affected by a staff member appearing briefly in the emergency department on Christmas Day wearing an air-powered,...
Teresa Miller: Thanks to the DHS heroes on the front lines
If I could speak with the version of myself who existed exactly one year ago today, I’d tell her a few things. First, buy extra rolls of toilet paper before March. While you’re at it, suggest to your mom she look up “face masks” online and start sewing them for...
Douglas Motter: Pa.’s nursing home residents must get vaccines first
When is Pennsylvania going to complete vaccinating its most vulnerable citizens — nursing home residents? The better question might be: When will many of our nursing homes even receive a date for vaccinations to begin? While some have begun vaccinating residents, others are hearing it might not be until late...
Report: Carson Wentz will seek trade from EaglesVideo
Here we go again. Another week, another report about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz being disgruntled and wanting out. Only this time, according to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, Wentz will seek a trade regardless of whether the Eagles stick with Jalen Hurts as their starter. This is because his relationship with...
In their own words: Families talk about their endless search for Mexico’s missing
BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico — They are called los desaparecidos — the disappeared. The term gained popularity among extralegal military and police forces in Argentina in the mid-1970s, describing people taken by government-backed armed forces. They vanished without a trace into a world void of human and legal rights. Today there...
Biden’s strategy for a predecessor who won’t go away: Ignore him
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden faces historic challenges when he enters the White House on Jan. 20: a raging pandemic, persistently high unemployment, simmering tensions with China and Russia — and a predecessor who won’t go away. Aware of the chaos and distraction Donald Trump has proved he can muster, the...
Satellite offices gave Pa. voters more options to cast early ballots in person. Were they worth it?
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. This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. HARRISBURG — A week before the Nov. 3 election,...
Letter to the editor: We don’t have freedom to harm others
I weep with all the health care workers, families and caregivers who, on top of dealing with covid-19, must listen to the hate spewed forth in the name of “personal freedoms.” Yes, it is hate. It is total disregard for the lives of others. It is like you are driving...
Letter to the editor: No law on wearing masks
Regarding Bill Marx’s letter “Everyone should follow the rules” (Dec. 19, TribLIVE): The wearing of masks is not a law. Gov. Tom Wolf and his health secretary cannot make laws. State legislators make the laws. Wearing a mask is up to the individual. If it was a “lawful order” as...
Letter to the editor: Term limits would fix broken system
Here we go again. Our dysfunctional Congress agreed on a covid relief bill for the millions of folks impacted by the pandemic. Both Democrats and Republicans loaded the omnibus spending bill with pork projects, including foreign aid, and then blame each other for wasteful spending. Meanwhile, we the people are...
Letter to the editor: On virus, denying, defying will be catastrophic
Regarding the article “Westmoreland County Sheriff won’t enforce Gov. Wolf’s new covid-19 orders” (Dec. 19, TribLIVE): Throughout this pandemic I have seen so many foolish people deny, defy and ignore the catastrophic end game that this horrible virus has brought not just to our population, but to our economy. They...
Letter to the editor: Skepticism is healthy when it comes to politicians
Joseph Sabino Mistick’s column “Public ‘referees’ there to protect us” characterizing the recent pronouncements of political leaders on the covid-19 crisis or 2020 election results as statements of “moral conscience,” made in the spirit of referees officiating a boxing match, requires a true leap of faith. While acknowledging in passing...
The Stroller, Jan. 3, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s fundraiser or community event in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. HOPE Center requesting gas card donations The Alle-Kiski Area HOPE Center is seeking donations of gift cards in $10 increments from Sheetz or Get...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 3
Baldwin Borough Stanley Mezyk sold property at 3808 Cynthia Drive to Kenneth Martinez for $135,000. George Lion sold property at 460 Jenne Drive to Brooke Smith for $195,000. Carl Chiocca sold property at 492 Macassar Drive to Pietro Anthony Nuovo for $193,500. Terence Boland sold property at 2602 Michael Drive...
Bridgeville, Carnegie area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 3
Bridgeville Lori Koteles sold property at 917 Edna St. to Michael Hemman for $189,900. Judith Capurso sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 604 to Kathleen Capilongo for $62,000. Carnegie KAAR Services sold property at 321 Second Ave. to Scott and Lori Ritter for $27,861. KAAR Services sold property at...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 3
Pine Pine Develop CO sold property at 722 Mulkerrin Ct to NVR Inc. for $180,000. Lars Eric Rickard Petersson sold property at 9010 Peregrine Drive to Robert and Nicole Dolan for $780,000. Pine Development Co. sold property at 635 Tullamore Trl to NVR Inc. for $180,000. Richland Douglas Beyerl sold...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 3
Franklin Park Rory Seifert sold property at 2542 Brandt School Road to Andrew and Brittany Prischak Runstedler for $190,000. FP Rochester LLC sold property at Windsor Ct to Maronda Homes LLC for $135,000. FP Rochester LLC sold property at Windsor Ct to Maronda Homes LLC for $270,000. Marshall Rand Group...
Editorial: Why is vaccine distribution slowed?
The federal government planned for 20 million coronavirus vaccinations by the end of 2020. That has proved to be a bit of an overestimation. The actual totals of about 3 million “certainly are not at the numbers we wanted to be at the end of December,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said...
Peter Morici: Biden can bring nation together with bold infrastructure program
President-elect Joe Biden needs a large-scale project that will summon the political class and national imagination to rescue the country from another four years of partisan distrust. A bold infrastructure program to reshape the American economy for a more prosperous and greener future could be just the ticket. Congestion alone...
Dr. G. Richard Olds: Physicians educated abroad can fill covid-induced doctor shortage
The United States will be short nearly 140,000 doctors by 2033, according to the latest estimates from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Covid-19 may drive the number of doctor shortages up further. Large numbers of physicians are leaving the profession. Consequently, we must begin preparing now to rebuild the...
A Florida-bound boat with 20 aboard went missing. The Coast Guard’s search has ended
MIAMI — The first sign something was wrong came Tuesday when Bahamian authorities reached out to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Southeast Division to alert them that 20 people aboard a blue and white 29-foot Mako Cuddy Cabin vessel had gone missing. The passengers were in the oft-cited Bermuda Triangle. The...
