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The Friends of Collier Parks and Recreation will host an inaugural spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m. March 28 at the Collier Community Center, 5 Lobaugh Street, Oakdale. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $10 for adults and $5 for children. Admission at the door is $12 for adults...

Blessed Trinity Academy is hosting their third annual Pot O’Gold Bash on Saturday, March 7, in Newmeyer Hall (St. Bonaventure Parish). Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the event kicking off at 6. Tickets are $35 and include dinner, beer/wine, mixers and a lot of fun. There will be $3,500...

Art created by local residents decorates the walls at the Hampton Township Community Center as part of a new program there. The current artist’s work is hanging near the fireplace in the sitting area of the main floor and will be on display until mid-March, after which a new artist...

Some Shaler Area students, teachers and administrators are hoping for warm weather Feb. 28. They are slated to participate in Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s Pittsburgh Cool Schools Polar Plunge that day at Heinz Field. Twenty Shaler Area students will plunge into an above-ground pool to raise funds for Special Olympics Pennsylvania....

Taste of Shaler Area scheduled Shaler Area Education Foundation will host its fifth annual fundraising event to benefit students and academic programs of Shaler Area School District. On March 21, from 6 to 9:30 p.m., Taste of Shaler Area will be held at Elfinwild Volunteer Fire Hall. Taste of Shaler...

Nearly 30 years ago, back in 1991, the Michigan men’s basketball team made history by starting five freshmen and reaching the NCAA championship game. They were known as the Fab 5. They may not reach the heights of that famous group, but the freshmen on the Upper St. Clair girls...

Over the last 11 years, Win Palmer has led his Sewickley Academy boys basketball team to four WPIAL championships and two PIAA titles. At the same time, the Panthers girls basketball team has gone through ups and downs in the past decade-plus. However, the tide is turning for the Sewickley...

It has been an interesting season for Plum. Because of reasons such as travel hockey, the Mustangs rarely play a game with a full roster. When they do, they are good, and despite roster size and other roadblocks, Plum has won the PIHL Class AA Northeast Division. The Mustangs also...

For the Upper St. Clair hockey team, the start to the season wasn’t great. The Panthers, who moved up to Triple-A after a runner-up finish in Double-A last season, lost three of their first four games. They quickly found the Triple-A game faster and more physical. The Panthers turned it...

High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Wednesday’s schedule Butler (18-4) vs. Upper St. Clair (20-3) at Robert Morris, 8 p.m. Central Catholic (14-10) vs. Mt. Lebanon (17-6) at Robert Morris, 6:30 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Chartiers Valley (19-4) vs. Mars (18-5) at Moon, 8 p.m....

The WPIAL basketball playoffs are at the midway point. Two rounds in the books, two rounds coming this week. Games this week not only will decide which teams play for district gold but also which teams qualify for the PIAA playoffs. Others will be added as the week progresses, but...

Here are the PIHL standings and playoff clinchings through Sunday. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs can be heard and viewed only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class AA, the top two teams...

Elections, particularly for such high-profile offices as president, governor, and United States senator and congressman, are usually an interesting combination of highly contested and yet innocuous affairs. Candidates try to sharply draw differences between themselves and try to “activate” their respective bases, motivating them for the necessary turnout. Yet when...

The district playoffs continued last week around the PIAA, and the elite teams held their own with one exception. The lone change was in Class 2A, where defending WPIAL champion Our Lady of the Sacred Heart was upset in the quarterfinals by Ellis School, thus bumping the Chargers from this...

There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years. They expanded from two days to three days and from eight boys and girls finals to a dozen championship games. The district also switched venues, moving from Palumbo Center at Duquesne to Petersen Events...

The Path to the Pete concludes with the WPIAL basketball semifinals and championship games from Pitt this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. HSSN continues exclusive coverage of the WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs with three days of the final four followed by three days of video-streamed...

Tickets are available for the 51st Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame banquet at 7 p.m. May 16 at the New Kensington Quality Inn. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by contacting Larry Lutz at 724-822-3695 or Bill Heasley at 724-882-3079. Inductees are: • Chris Como, Burrell and Pitt-Johnstown...

A new software application will provide Harmar residents a more detailed look at their community through a cell phone app. The township supervisors have agreed to buy the ARCGIS Online Development Proposal from Senate Engineering. The cost is just under $7,600. For that money, the township will have the ability...

The back-and-forth between Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and the Harrisburg attorney retained to represent two men claiming Fetterman violated their First Amendment rights when he blocked them on Twitter has continued offline. Jason Lindemuth, of Harrisburg, and Sean Guay, of Hummelstown, were unblocked one day before a deadline attorney...

For decades, we have heard the troubling statistic about American families. Half of marriages end in divorce. Well, the odds are improving. Especially in Pennsylvania. A 2017 Psychology Today study reviewed those numbers and found a new bride and groom had a 75% chance of staying together. Aw. We knew...

The Richland Township Volunteer Fire Department is hosting its annual All-You-Can-Eat Pancake and Sausage Breakfast from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 1. There is no admission cost but a free will donation will be accepted. The breakfast features regular and buckwheat pancakes, fresh sausage, hot cinnamon apples and beverages....

In her letter “Property taxes ruin seniors’ ‘golden years’ ”, Barbara Markle asked, “Anyone out there feel this way?” Yes, Ms. Markle, I’m sure there are thousands of us who agree with you. Officeholders and politicians, please take note: The single best thing you could do to improve the lives...

I believe that there is no one person to blame for what’s wrong with politics and government. Lies and deceit plague government decision-making. In my opinion, most people in government tend to lie or twist words to meet the situation. Most, if not all, presidents have lied to the American...

West Deer residents living near the proposed McIntyre Heights development told the township supervisors they still have reservations about the plan. At a public hearing Wednesday, they aired their concerns about the planned residential development despite some downsizing of the plan and assurances from representatives of the developer, Richland Holdings....

Harmar Township officials have decided it’s time to wage war on blight. Supervisors Chairman Bob Seibert said that the township can, and will, do better when it comes to ridding the township of deteriorating buildings. “The township will be undertaking a systematic program against blight,” Siebert said. “We want to...