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Peter Morici: Expanding pool of skilled labor key to Biden resurrecting economy
President-elect Joe Biden ran on a platform to address climate change, remedy inequality, resurrect the economy and implement a more focused covid-19 strategy. Preliminary tests indicate Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine could be as much as 95% effective, and others are on the way from Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Oxford-AstraZeneca. However, producing...
Sheldon Jacobson: Food and consumer goods supply chains remain resilient
We can all remember the run on consumer goods like toilet paper and cleaning supplies back in March and April 2020. With an unknown, invisible virus circulating among us, any items or surface touched by a human hand were a target for disinfection. Groceries and other items delivered to our...
Pennridge edges North Allegheny in double overtime for PIAA Class 4A crown
HERSHEY — Sometimes, there’s a bitter side to “The Sweetest Place on Earth.” Despite a superb defensive effort, a huge game from junior keeper Megan Miller and plenty of resolve from the attack, North Allegheny’s first trip to the PIAA Class 4A girls soccer title match ended short of a...
Franklin Regional takes silver at PIAA Class 3A volleyball finals
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP — Franklin Regional’s dream season carried all the way to the PIAA Class 3A girls volleyball final, but the bubble burst quickly behind the power of Bethlehem Catholic. The Golden Hawks earned a 3-0 sweep of the Panthers by game scores of 25-17, 25-21 and 25-17 on...
Letter to the editor: Why won’t Democrats take action?
I’m baffled by what I see and hear from the Democrats about this shameful, immoral Republican effort to steal the election from Joe Biden — nothing! Where are the protests? Where are the voices? I see and hear virtually nothing. Are we going to be mute for the next two...
Sounding off: With no evidence of voter fraud, let’s please move on
It is unfortunate that in these times anybody can throw out any sort of nonsense, and so many people will believe anything. Letter-writer Al Bianchini, offering no evidence, states that the election was “a fiasco” and “mail-in balloting is a disaster” (“U.S. voting system is a disaster,” Nov. 11, TribLIVE)....
Families in the Alle-Kiski Valley react differently to experts’ warning about Thanksgiving gatherings
Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated with large family feasts and lots of friends. This year, health officials are urging people to scrap those plans in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic. Department of Health Secretary Rachel Levine has urged people to nix any gatherings, large or small, to celebrate the upcoming...
Letter to the editor: What’s acceptable to the left
Every decade, the (Overton) window on what is acceptable gets opened a little further. A hundred years ago, women flirted by wearing a more provocative hat. Seventy years ago, smoking was marketed in movies. In the 1960s, people asked if God was dead. The ’80s saw an increase in porn,...
Editorial: PWSA plea needs to be clean start
The government has a problem with pollution. Some agencies just spew a lot of filth. Take the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady announced that PWSA had pleaded guilty to eight federal charges in connection with a pattern of bad behavior from 2010 to 2017....
Letter to the editor: Not all disabilities are visible
I have nothing but respect for veterans. I have several in my own family, and applaud stores that have designated parking spots for those who have served our country. But the letter “Veterans deserve ‘primo’ parking spots” (Nov. 9, TribLIVE) stating that handicapped spots should be given to those who...
The Stroller, Nov. 21, 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. Fire truck parade planned in Oakmont A fire truck parade with Santa, Mrs. Claus and Chip Chip will be from noon...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 20, 2020
Field hockey PIAA playoffs Championship Saturday’s schedule Class 3A Emmaus vs. Central Dauphin at Whitehall HS, 3 p.m. Class 2A Archbishop Carroll vs. Palmyra at Whitehall HS, 12:30 p.m. Class A Wyoming Seminary vs. Greenwood at Whitehall HS, 10 a.m. Football PIAA playoffs Semifinals Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Central York...
Another mercy rule win punches Central Valley’s ticket to Hershey
ALTOONA – It takes a special kind of dedication and discipline to have a successful season during a pandemic, and at least some on the Central Valley football team think that’s given the Warriors the little extra edge they needed as they attempted to make it back to the PIAA...
Wilmington stops Beaver Falls in battle of unbeatens
Quarterback/safety Caelan Bender made some big plays Friday night for the Wilmington Greyhounds. But the biggest were two second-half plays that lifted Wilmington to a 20-18 victory over Beaver Falls in a PIAA semifinal at Geneva College’s Reeves Stadium. With the Greyhounds leading 13-12, Bender eluded a sack by Tigers...
Local nurse leaders: Please be vigilant on covid-19
The recent rise in covid-19 cases across the United States is a serious reminder of the strength and longevity of this pandemic. Western Pennsylvania is not immune to the increased number of cases. There have been more than 1,000 deaths and over 45,000 in our 14-county region, and we continue...
Dutch Wonderland will open Holiday Lights drive-thru attraction
Dutch Wonderland may have closed their amusement park for the year, but a festive seasonal attraction is starting up in December. The park’s Holiday Lights attraction will allow guests to drive through a ⅕ mile long trail, decorated with hundreds of thousands of electric Christmas lights. The drive-thru destination will...
ESPN report sheds light on ex-Penn State player’s lawsuit vs. James Franklin, university
ESPN obtained a draft report from the 2019 Title IX investigation that was launched to look into “sexual assault allegations in the Penn State locker room.” The story, which posted Friday morning, focuses on accusations and claims made by former Nittany Lion Isaiah Humphries, who sued the school, football coach...
Plum’s Pivik Elementary closed through November after positive covid-19 cases
Plum Borough School District officials have closed Pivik Elementary School and have directed students there to participate in online learning through Nov. 30. In a letter sent to parents Thursday, the district said the decision was made after one teacher and one student at the school tested positive for covid-19....
Letter to the editor: Media playing part in kabuki dance
We are witnessing a kabuki dance. News outlets, including Fox News, are acting their part. Unless we are in a time warp, and missed it, no electoral votes have been cast, votes of the states certified or all legal challenges adjudicated. Now that the news media, including Fox, have been...
Firefighters battle blaze at convenience store in Elizabeth Township
A section of Industry Road in Elizabeth Township was closed to traffic Friday morning because of a fire in a commercial building. The fire was reported shortly before 5:15 a.m. in the 200 block of Industry at the intersection of Boyds Hollow Road in Buena Vista, according to emergency dispatchers....
Letter to the editor: Health department must dodge U.S. Steel bullet
The Allegheny County Board of Health is proposing updates to coke oven gas emissions at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works. Years ago, the corporation committed to upgrading those ovens but stopped partway through the job. Last year, U.S. Steel made another commitment, to invest $1.2 billion in its Mon Valley...
Kiski Township man, a registered sex offender, accused of exposing himself to girl
A Kiski Township man who is on parole for sexually assaulting a minor has been arrested on charges he exposed himself to a teenage girl, police said. Township police investigating a complaint from a resident along Sugar Hollow Road on Thursday accused Wayne Danjou, 76, of “committing lewd acts to...
Letter to the editor: RGGI hikes energy costs
As over 1 million Pennsylvanians struggle to pay their utility bills, Gov. Tom Wolf pushes for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cap-and-trade policy that increases energy costs. In his letter “RGGI will help Pa. in post-coal world” (Oct. 20, TribLIVE), environmental activist Andrew Woomer challenged opponents of RGGI...
The Stroller, Nov. 20, 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. Community Library of Allegheny Valley selling lottery calendars Community Library of Allegheny Valley is sponsoring a Cash Calendar Lottery Raffle for...
Sewickley fellowship: Thanksgiving services, virtual Hannukkah craft party and more
Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. 724-266-5238. bethsamuel.org. BSJC will host all programs through Zoom until further notice. Upcoming programs include: • Documentarian Chris Lockerman leads a discussion of his new movie on the covid-19 crisis in long-term care facilities, 7 p.m. Nov. 30. • Virtual Hanukkah craft...
