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Constantly seeking out recipe-specific ingredients that may only be used once or twice can be a burden. Instead, keep your home stocked with necessities to simplify dinner prep with dishes made using common household staples. One perfect example: pastas. These recipes for Minestrone Pasta Saute with Ricotta, Creamy One-Pot Spaghetti...

Franklin Park William Krol sold property at 2402 Antrim Ct to Nelson Rauscher for $378,750. William Seipp trustee sold property at 2536 Riva Ridge Ct to Matthew and Leah Sudo for $428,000. Marshall Zang Tae Kwon Do LLC sold property at 355 Northgate Drive to Spurk HVAC LLC for $700,000....

Monroeville Nino DiMatteo sold property at 2685 Fourth St. to Dana DiMatteo for $83,000. John Pietrone sold property at 4723 Bert Drive to Andrew Koval and Sara Parme for $158,000. Zachary John Bugay sold property at 1805 Miller Ave. to William Molina Santana and Glendaly Pitre Santiago for $137,250. Thomas...

Baldwin Borough Ryan Loew sold property at 938 Brentview Drive to Bernard and Annette Smith for $134,501. Earl Kleckner sold property at 5106 Colewood Drive to Modern Edge Ventures LLC for $75,000. Jayson Monroe sold property at 919 Edward Drive to Derek Parker for $139,500. Susanne Powers Waugaman sold property...

Carnegie CarlosFernandoSierra Gomez sold property at 913 Forsythe Road to Halliburton Real Estate Services Inc. for $152,000. Halliburton Real Estate Services Inc. sold property at 913 Forsythe Road to Douglas Fred Meads for $152,000. CJ Partn. LLC sold property at 101 Railroad Ave. to 101 Railroad Ave LLC for $112,500....

Pine Dan Ryan Builders Mid Atlantic LLC sold property at 317 Balsa Drive to Sean Smith and Jacqueline Forsythe for $781,493. Mariano Yco Jr. sold property at 702 Broadmore Ln to Jie Bao and Leming Zhou for $331,000. Estate of Vincent Volkar sold property at 816 Mt. Pleasant Road to...

Oakmont Tiffany Ann Meinert sold property at 251 Commons Drive to Christine Andreyo for $153,000. Betty Anderson sold property at 1537 Oak St. to Maureen Conroy for $305,000. Plum Eric Huggins sold property at 765 Center Road to James and Aimee Tonn for $114,000. Bradley King sold property at 128...

Britain’s Boris Johnson will return to work on Monday and take charge of the U.K.’s handling of the pandemic, a month after he was struck down by the coronavirus. The government has been without a leader since the prime minister was admitted to a London hospital on April 5. Since...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday acknowledged frustration with coronavirus stay-home orders that have kept his state’s residents largely restricted to their homes for nearly two months, but he compared them to past generations’ sacrifices during prior national crises. “It’s been 56 long days,” Cuomo said at his daily...

The Allegheny County Health Department on Saturday reported two additional covid-19 deaths, bringing the total to 73. Of those deaths, 66 are listed as confirmed cases of covid-19, while seven are considered probable. At least 52 of the county’s covid-19 deaths — more than 70% — have been attributed to...

Since Gov. Tom Wolf has made the decision to close all schools for the remaining school year and with school taxes coming due, we taxpayers should be contacting the governor and our school districts asking for a reduction in our school taxes. Understanding that the teachers are still working and...

Amid all the uncertainty in our nation as we face and fight the covid-19 pandemic, one thing is certain: Community health centers (also known as federally qualified health centers, FQHCs) will continue to care for all regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. The most vulnerable Americans in urban...

I saw on the news that they want to build a new Commercial Street Bridge, which is part of Parkway East just before the Squirrel Hill Tunnel. What will that accomplish? It will just give you a nicer road to get stuck on before you get into the tunnel. This...

SAN DIEGO — Staff at Otay Mesa Detention Center did not allow Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez to donate masks to help protect detainees from the COVID-19 outbreak inside when she showed up at the facility gate on Friday. Gonzalez, whose district includes the detention center, joined with several immigrant rights advocacy...

The government stimulus checks are out. This raises the question, “How many of us really need the money?” Western Pennsylvania is basically a working-class community both historically and currently. Most of us know what it means to live from paycheck to paycheck and feel nobody really cares. With so many...

I have 11 brothers and sisters. All of them except one have moved out of Pennsylvania. Four of my children have moved out of state. Many people I know have moved away. A family I have known for 40 years said they are moving out as soon as their house...

In Michael DiVittorio’s article “6 employees at Smithfield Foods plant in Arnold test positive for coronavirus” (April 13, TribLIVE), union president Wendell Young was quoted as saying, “We wish we had better guidance out of the federal government.” Where have you been, Wendell? The federal government created the Coronavirus Task...

I read letters stating how President Trump restricted travel in January. It was Jan. 31, and he never stopped flights. He stopped people in China from flying here, but Americans, dual citizens and permanent residents still could fly here. Travel from Europe was not restricted until mid-March, even though Italy...

The editorial page often includes opposing “pro Trump” letters that approve the president’s policies and results and “blame Trump” letters that attack him but offer few solutions. Many hate what he says, not what he has done. Some letter-writers twist the president’s words out of context and echo the Democratic...

Did your neighbor call and check on you, or bring a mask or groceries? The Stroller wants to recognize those around us who are performing small acts of kindness for others during this stressful time. Send a short, one-paragraph note highlighting someone and how they helped you, your family or...

Collier Township has challenged residents to reach 100k. The contest is open to all ages and abilities and participants don’t have to reside in the township. Participants can walk, run, bike, lift weights or do any workout on their own time at their own pace. Fifteen minutes of exercise equals...

Leet Estate of Jeanette Ward sold property at 212 High St. to David Mark Brooks for $47,500. Real estate transactions provided by RealSTATs. Contact RealSTATs at 412-381-3880 or visit www.RealSTATs.net....

As a nation, we spend a lot of time telling people to get out and vote. As a news organization, we do, too. We want people to be informed about issues, aware of implications and prepared for the decisions they are about to make. But more than anything, we want...