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Letter to the editor: Election deserves scrutiny
I’m a Westmoreland County precinct election judge. On Nov. 3, one honest voter turned in duplicate mail-in ballots to be voided and vote in person. I mentioned this to another election judge while standing in line to turn in results that night and discovered it wasn’t unusual. This may be...
Letter to the editor: People had the power on pandemic
We the people had the power on our own to prevent hospitalizations, deaths and state restrictions. Despite the fact that our leaders themselves stated that we the people had a personal and collective responsibility to curb the spread of covid-19 without the need of any state or local restrictions, we...
Editorial: Parks are needed. So is funding.
Pittsburgh City Council voted 6-3 on Monday to start collecting a new property tax in the coming year. It isn’t a tax that will be a surprise. Pittsburghers voted for the 0.5-mill dedicated increase in 2019. The council is simply moving forward with the plans to collect and then use...
Stories of the Year: After George Floyd’s death, a movement for racial justice
Eight minutes changed the course of 2020. It was Memorial Day. May 25. George Floyd was being arrested by Minneapolis police outside of a grocery store after authorities received a 911 call that someone paid with a counterfeit bill. The caller told authorities the man was acting erratically. Floyd, who...
Crews quickly extinguish garage fire in Hempfield
Crews quickly extinguished a garage fire that broke out at a Hempfield home early Wednesday morning. Firefighters responded to the incident on Blue Sky Lane shortly before 5 a.m., according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. The fire was knocked down around 5:30 a.m. It was not immediately clear if the...
Letter to the editor: Will Joyce and Reschenthaler need pardons?
Despite numerous federal and state courts having ruled that there are no specific credible allegations or supporting evidence associated with the allegations of widespread voter fraud in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, local congressional representatives John Joyce and Guy Reschenthaler found it necessary to sign onto the seditious abuse of judiciary submitted...
The Stroller, Dec. 30, 2020: 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. Christmas tree recycling locations announced Several locations in the area will offer Christmas tree recycling. They include: • Allegheny Township: maintenance building, 1169 School...
Donald Trump, Michelle Obama named ‘most admired’ in Gallup pollVideo
He lost the popular vote and the U.S. election, but Donald Trump was named “most admired” man of 2020 in a new Gallup poll that left Democrats divvying up mentions. Former first lady Michelle Obama won the title of most admired woman for the third year in a row, according...
Rep. Louie Gohmert sues Mike Pence in far-fetched bid to overturn election results on Jan. 6
DALLAS — Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas is suing Vice President Mike Pence in an improbable bid to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Gohmert and several other Republicans named in the suit, including the Republican slate of electors from Arizona, aim to allow Pence to overturn Trump’s defeat in some...
Penn Hills Council sets 2021 meeting dates
Penn Hills Council has set the 2021 schedule for its meeting dates and times. All the meetings will begin at 7 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the municipal building in council chambers, unless otherwise noted. Council is scheduled to meet one last time before the new...
Letter to the editor: Business owners standing up to Gov. Tom Wolf are patriots
Regarding the article “Alle-Kiski Valley restaurants continue to defy governor’s order suspending indoor dining”: David’s Diner co-owner Lisa Speer is an example of a true patriot standing up against the tyrannical order of Gov. Tom Wolf to close down. This unconstitutional craziness is not going to end until the people...
North Versailles tobacco shop sells winning $100,000 lottery ticket
A customer at a North Versailles tobacco store is $100,000 richer this holiday season after their New Year’s Millionaire Raffle ticket was selected for a weekly drawing prize. The winner, who was not identified, purchased the ticket at Puff Discount Tobacco, located on Greensburg Avenue. Seven raffle winners were announced...
Living with Children: Beware of ‘The Protocol’
Question: Our son is 7 years old and in the second grade. His school went virtual this past spring and we see no end to it, not in the near term at least. When he was going to a brick-and-mortar schoolhouse, he did very well. Close to the top of...
Letter to the editor: Who can we trust?
As we near the end of 2020, a few things should be coming clear: • We can’t trust the federal government to spend prudently. • We can’t trust our state governors to govern wisely. • We can’t trust the Fed to protect our currency. • We can’t trust the United...
Editorial: The pandemic lesson of a Steelers game
Oh, the life lessons we can learn from football — even in a year when sports have been so up in the air. Football is just a game. Sometimes that’s true. But Hollywood seems to recognize the ability of sports to act as a kind of parable for the way...
Dr. Jacob Appel: Why call anyone ‘Dr.’?
The controversy over incoming first lady Jill Biden’s use of the title “Dr.” — spurred by essayist Joseph Epstein’s recent jeremiad in The Wall Street Journal against holders of nonmedical doctorates who embrace the label — largely has focused on the sexism confronted by female Ph.D.s and Ed.D.s (such as...
Letter to the editor: Restaurant owners’ ignorance
Thank you for the excellent article “Restaurants along Leechburg Road in Lower Burrell run the gamut of compliance with pandemic restrictions”. I was shocked to read that only a few restaurants are following restrictions and that so many owners seem to be willfully ignorant. One restaurant has a packed parking...
The Stroller, Dec. 29, 2020: 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. Deadline extended for student Innovations Challenge The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Department of Environmental Protection invite high school students in grade nine to...
Thomas Jefferson High School to debut fall play online
After some delays, Thomas Jefferson High School will debut its fall play virtually Jan. 9-10, and audience members can kick back and enjoy the shows from the comfort of home. “Unexpected Connections” will feature two one-act plays with a brief intermission between shows. While the entire community is invited to...
Dean’s list, honors college and more for college students from Gibsonia, Allison Park
Dean’s list • Marietta College’s Grant Swan of Gibsonia has been named to the Fall 2020 Dean’s List. Swan is majoring in petroleum engineering and is a graduate of Pine-Richland High School. Any full-time Marietta College student completing at least 15 credit hours with a grade point average between 3.5...
Missing West End man found safely by Pittsburgh police
A West End man Pittsburgh police have been looking for since Monday afternoon was found safe, officials said. Police said they found John Johnson III, 36, Tuesday morning and returned him to his home. Johnson was considered at-risk and was last seen leaving Allegheny General Hospital yesterday wearing black pants,...
John Dorfman: My favorite stocks for 2021
Pfizer, Walt Disney and D.R. Horton are among my favorite stocks for the coming year. As you tune up your portfolio for the coming year — a year that hopefully won’t be dominated by a pandemic, as this year was — here are 10 of my favorite stocks to consider....
Federal judge rejects request to stop Georgia runoff electionVideo
ATLANTA — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to stop the Jan. 5 runoff election in Georgia. Attorney L. Lin Wood Jr. filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Atlanta earlier this month, saying Georgia’s processes for handling absentee ballots for the runoff violated state law....
U.S. airport travelers set covid pandemic high after Christmas despite surging cases
The number of air travelers in the United States soared to a pandemic high on Sunday despite the ongoing surge of covid-19 cases. A whopping 1,284,599 travelers were recorded at checkpoints by the Travel Security Administration on Sunday, marking the largest single-day total since mid-March, when the number of fliers...
First day of winter camp held at Graystone Equestrian Center in Salem Township
The first day of Graystone Equestrian Center’s three-day Winter Camp was held Monday at the Salem Township facility. Ten campers spent the day grooming horses, receiving instruction from barn owner Cindy Valenta and participating in games and arts and crafts. The program is open to ages 5 and up....
