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Editorial: Why weren’t poll workers better prepared?
Everyone knew there could be issues with the 2020 election. Aside from the obvious political ramifications of a presidential battle that was four years in the brewing, there was a very technical situation at hand. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced in 2017 that Pennsylvania was one of 21...
Letter to the editor: Republicans’ legacy of debt
In his column “Will Georgia halt the radicals revolution?” (Nov. 11, TribLIVE), Pat Buchanan wrote, “LBJ’s Great Society is manifest today in our staggering national debt.” So let’s look at some debt data. Lyndon Johnson did increase government spending by 13%. Since Johnson, every president has increased the debt by...
The Stroller, Dec. 1, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to host a community holiday event? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Vandergrift VFW collecting donations for veterans’ shelter Vandergrift Veterans of Foreign Wars is collecting food and small gifts to be donated...
In Brief: Operation Santa Claus letters, holiday scavenger hunt, borrow radon detectors, virtual holiday concert and more
Letters to kids help Operation Santa Claus Families can have a personalized letter sent to their children from Santa at a cost of $5 with proceeds benefiting the Operation Santa Claus charity. The letters feature a child’s name, references to items they put on their Christmas wish list and a...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 30, 2020
Hockey Monday’s results Class AAA Seneca Valley at Pine-Richland, ppd. Class AA Baldwin 8, Moon 0 Montour 6, Meadville 4 Class A Chartiers Valley 4, North Hills 3 Class B Bishop Canevin 5, Avonworth 0 Carrick 10, Elizabeth Forward 5 Tuesday’s schedule Class AA Latrobe at Penn-Trafford at Center Ice...
High school roundup for Nov. 30, 2020: Chartiers Valley hockey rallies past North Hills
Jackson Fodor, Greg Kraemer and Ryan Kantner scored in the final seven minutes of the game to lead Chartiers Valley to a 4-3 comeback win over North Hills in a PIHL Class A Southwest game Monday night. Roman Rennebeck had a goal and an assist as North Hills (2-1-0) took...
John Dorfman: Five stocks to benefit from infrastructure repair
Weather, rust and sheer age attack the nation’s bridges and tunnels. Many of them are crumbling. The Minneapolis bridge collapse in August 2007, which killed 13 people and injured 145, was spectacular evidence of the problem. But it’s not an isolated example. About 46,000 U.S. bridges, including the Brooklyn Bridge...
2-year-old boy accidentally strangled by blinds cord in Baldwin Township
A 2-year-old boy in Baldwin Township died of strangulation after being accidentally caught in the pull cord of a set of blinds, according to Allegheny County Police. Homicide detectives investigated, but determined the death was an accident. Allegheny County 911 was informed of the accident just before 3 p.m. Sunday....
Erik Paulsen: Executive order for price controls will harm innovation and patients
President Trump recently signed a new executive order to reform our health care system. While his desire to lower costs for patients is appropriate, the proposed changes would do more harm than good. The new “most-favored- nation” executive order would tie Medicare payments for certain medicines to the lowest price...
Pa. counties reported no major issues with Dominion voting machines, a target of Trump and his campaign
SpotlightPA is an independent, nonpartisan 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 — In their latest attempt at sowing doubt in...
American tourist returns ancient artifact she stole from Rome with note: ‘I feel terrible’
“I saw it delivered in the morning. A bulky package, quite heavy, carefully packed.” So begins the story in the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero. When the package was opened, staff at the National Roman Museum discovered a “large fragment of millenary marble.” A note was included with it: A woman...
Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump’s bid to exclude from census immigrants in U.S. illegallyVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s plan to exclude millions of immigrants in the country illegally from the 2020 census count appeared to fizzle at the Supreme Court on Monday. Instead, the justices debated only whether the outgoing Trump administration could seek to exclude a small category of these immigrants, such...
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to leave telecom agency in January
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican, says he is leaving the telecommunications regulator on Inauguration Day. President-elect Joe Biden will choose a new Democratic head for the agency. A new administration typically picks a new chairman. Pai has presided over a contentious FCC over the last four years....
Robert Morris won’t have fans at hockey, basketball games through end of December
Robert Morris will not have fans at hockey and basketball games through the end of December, the school announced Monday. The announcement extends a policy that was put in place Nov. 19, the day after Allegheny County issued an advisory to stop social gatherings. Whether fans will be allowed in...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 29
Churchill Matthew Sass sold property at 2407 Collins Road to Laura Fusco for $166,000. Edgewood Brendan Kelley sold property at 318 Locust St. to Matthew Suffoletto and Kathleen McGinnis for $647,500. Forest Hills Glasgow Assoc. sold property at 257-259 Avenue B to Joshua Vincent Loccisano for $130,000. Glasgow Assoc. sold...
Yes, you can get covid twice; don’t be alarmed, scientists say
SAN DIEGO — Data from San Diego County suggests that few residents have gotten covid-19 twice so far, echoing findings from researchers across the globe. The Union-Tribune asked the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency for the number of people who’ve tested positive for the coronavirus twice,...
2020’s ‘insane’ hurricane season is officially over. Is it a sign of things to come?
MIAMI — It was clear way back in mid-September, when the National Hurricane Center had already exhausted its regular list of names and turned to the Greek alphabet, that 2020 would be a hurricane season for the record books. It definitely was that. The season, which formally ends every Nov....
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 29
Hampton Robert Stoltz sold property at 3142 Camberly Drive to James and Elizabeth English for $146,000. Jospeh Schafer sold property at 3984 Cole Ave. to Gilbert Ackerman for $141,500. Joseph Kiewra sold property at 4727 Hidden Pond Drive to Devon Schenker for $329,600. Estate of Dorothy Arlene Wise sold property...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 29
Shaler Robert Wilson sold property at 18B Bethany Drive to Jacob Scott Hartman for $151,500. Christopher Andrew Repko sold property at 617 Flint Road to James Beam and Emily Lopus for $250,000. James Wyzomirski sold property at 108 Kriss Drive to Jacob Petti for $170,000. Wayne Tropea sold property at...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 29
Aspinwall David Brian Esch sold property at 203 Delafield Road to Jason Mora and Junko Saragih for $309,900. Fox Chapel Dietrich Langer sold property at 319 Hallsborough Drive to Michael and Kelly Frank for $567,000. Gregory Pearson sold property at 117 Riding Trail Lane to Alfred and Katherine Boutros for...
Port Authority bus crashes into light post in Monroeville Mall parking lot
The driver of a Port Authority of Allegheny County bus was not injured after colliding with a light pole in a Monroeville Mall parking lot the morning of Nov. 30. Adam Brandolph, a Port Authority spokesman, said the situation is under investigation by Port Authority police. The bus driver was...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss delayed Steelers-Ravens matchupVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for this week’s edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page to talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers game against the Baltimore Ravens - which was postponed from Thanksgiving. It’s set for Tuesday night, but will be happen? Benz and Madden discuss possibilities if the game...
Letter to the editor: Trump making mockery of democracy
In his letter “What’s acceptable to the left” (Nov. 21, TribLIVE), John Ventre wrote that “President Trump made winning look so easy that voters focused on his personality instead of his policies.” Well, now you can see that his personality is that of a little child who didn’t get his...
News briefs: New daily bus route to include stops at Forbes Hospital in Monroevillle
Forbes Hospital on bus route The Port Authority of Allegheny County has added regular daily bus service connecting Forbes Hospital to surrounding communities. Forbes Hospital now serves as a stop to the P68 Braddock Flyer route. It will be located between the hospital’s visitor entrance C and professional building 2....
News briefs: Covid-19 spike suspends harvest fair and in-person library services
The Aspinwall Recreational Field and dog park was fertilized by landscapers. Officials said some residents are concerned about the fertilizing pellets that were used on the fields and green spaces. Borough Manager Melissa Lang-O’Malley said it is nontoxic and pet-friendly fertilizer. For details, call 412-781-0213. Libraries suspend in-person services Cooper-Siegel...
