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John Oyler: Bridgeville Area Historical Society gets glimpse of the past through mysterious donation
The Bridgeville Area Historical Society recently acquired a curious set of workbooks with no record of their donor nor any explanation of their origin. I was able to borrow the first one in the series and have enjoyed going through it. The worksheets are 8 by 10½ inches, some typed,...
The Stroller, Jan. 22, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Bowling fundraiser to aid St. Joseph HS student The St. Joseph High School Bowling Team is sponsoring a bowling fundraiser from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Wildlife Lanes, Lower Burrell, to support fellow student Eli Swierczewski who is battling Ewing’s sarcoma. Cost is $20 and includes bowling and shoe...
Battle of the Books returns to Sewickley library
The Sewickley Public Library, 500 Thorn St., offers a variety of programs for people of all ages. Registration, unless otherwise noted, is available by calling 412-741-6920. Children’s programs • Battle of the Books meetings will resume. Fourth-graders wishing to participate should attend the meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. Jan....
WPIAL wrestling postseason begins Wednesday with team sectionals
The WPIAL wrestling postseason begins Wednesday with team sectionals. Doubleheaders starting at 6 p.m. at four Class AAA sites and three AA locations will help determine the seeding of the top four teams from each section for the district team playoffs set for next week. The first-place team from each...
Sto-Rox boys start fast, finish strong to avenge earlier loss to Springdale
After losing to Springdale by one point in overtime a month ago, Sto-Rox was looking forward to Tuesday night’s return encounter. The Vikings went up big early, and after the Dynamos narrowed the gap in the fourth quarter, Sto-Rox shifted to a higher gear and rolled to a 72-49 home...
$200 million settlement proposed in Scaife litigation
The son and grandchildren of Richard Mellon Scaife and his estate have agreed to a $200 million settlement of claims against the trustees of a 1935 trust fund. A petition to approve the agreement was filed Tuesday in Allegheny County Orphans’ Court. Scaife was the owner and publisher of the...
Editorial: The black and white of guns
It is easy to paint any issue in pure, unyielding black and white. Abortion. Environment. Poverty. Health care. Energy. Immigration. Taxes. Everything can boil down to pro or con. But is that accurate? Almost never. Let’s look at guns. Pennsylvania is often tagged as a gun-friendly state. It’s hard to...
Carnegie Carnegie Corner: Expanding horizons one book at a time
A few weeks ago, a young reader came to the library with her father. She picked out a stack of chapter books for herself and a few board books. Upon further discussion, she mentioned that she would be reading the board books to her baby brother. How marvelous that she...
George Guido: Big 33 streak in Super Bowl intact
The incredible Big 33 Super Bowl streak continues as San Francisco and Kansas City get ready for Super Bowl LIV. In all 54 Super Bowls, there has been at least one player who appeared in the Big 33 Classic. This year, for the Chiefs, backup quarterback Chad Henne is a...
5 Mt. Pleasant high school students, 1 recent graduate hurt in 2-vehicle crash
The day after five Mt. Pleasant Area High School students and a recent graduate were injured in a two-vehicle, head-on crash, Superintendent Timothy Gabauer on Tuesday said district officials met with four students who remained hospitalized. “They are all in good spirits and extremely concerned about one another,” Gabauer said....
Jeers to cheers, most Penguins fans say they support Matt Murray
Most Penguins fans have Matt Murray’s back, according to TribLIVE.com social media polls. Sixty-seven percent of respondents in the Trib’s unscientific Facebook poll said fans were not justified in booing Murray after he allowed two early goals against the Boston Bruins on Sunday at PPG Paints Arena. About 400 people...
Letter to the editor: Think about Warren, Sanders, Buttigieg, Biden
Think about it: Elizabeth Warren, commander in chief Bernie Sanders, commander in chief Pete Buttigieg, commander in chief Joe Biden, commander in chief Think about it — please! Catherine F. Fike Ruffs Dale...
Letter to the editor: March to end property tax
At 8 a.m. Feb. 3, the Pennsylvania Taxpayers Cyber Coalition (PTCC), consisting of Pennsylvania residents, will hold a march at the steps of the capitol in Harrisburg to urge legislators to begin the process of reforming the archaic unfair method of funding schools. A number of legislators supporting school tax...
Letter to the editor: Our incivility & disunity
Some may believe the causes of the anger, distrust and infighting experienced in America today are solely the result of social media or some other singular cause. I propose that what we are experiencing (regardless of political persuasion) involves a multifaceted, long-term and complex set of circumstances. The question may...
John Oyler: Bridgeville High School Class of 1946
The Bridgeville Area Historical Society recently received a valuable collection of memorabilia related to the Bridgeville High School Class of 1946 from alumnus Paul Schmidt’s widow via classmate Ed Chabala. Paul is portrayed helping his mother make apple butter in an outdoor kitchen in a photograph on Page 90 of...
Boys & Girls Clubs to provide before, after care at Scott Primary
The Shaler Area School Board approved an agreement Jan. 15 with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania to provide before and after school enrichment at Scott Primary. The North Boroughs YMCA is discontinuing the services it offered at the school. The Boys & Girls Clubs will start offering...
Quinn on Nutrition: Nuts that are not nuts
Question: “You have helped me out in the past so I thought I’d get your opinion on this. On a recent show, a doctor was talking about which foods to eat and which to avoid. He said that you should be eating nuts, but don’t eat cashews, as they are...
Up to a third of opioid overdose deaths might be suicides, Johns Hopkins researcher concludes
Tens of thousands of people fatally overdose each year on opioids and other drugs. Sometimes medical examiners label them accidents, and sometimes they don’t know what to call them. But where humans waver, a computer program using a kind of artificial intelligence finds many are likely suicides — possibly a...
Leet police charge Baden woman with making terroristic threats
Terroristic threats Leet police charged Michelle Chmura, 46, of Baden with two counts of terroristic threats and two counts of recklessly endangering another person Jan. 11 for an incident Jan. 1. Driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked Edgeworth police charged Reshaun Anthony Tarver, 33, of New Brighton with...
Hampton school board leads community blood drive
There’s a critically low blood supply in the Pittsburgh region, a lot less than what is needed to supply a hospital, according to local Vitalant blood supply centers. This is not a good position to be in especially when emergencies and trauma events occur unscheduled and unpredictably, according to Kristen...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 20, 2020
Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL MLK Weekend Showcase At Woodland Hills First Love Christian 62, St. Benedict’s Prep (N.J.) 61 Imani Christian 62, Westinghouse 59 Mt. Zion Christian (N.C.) 63, Carolina Basketball Academy (N.C.) 62 National Christian Academy (Md.) 66, Teays Valley Christian (W.Va.) 53 New Town (Md.) 62, Allderdice...
High school roundup for Jan. 20, 2020: Bethel Park's Maggie Dziezgowski hits 1,000 points in rivalry win
Maggie Dziezgowski scored 16 points, reaching the 1,000-point mark for her career, to lead No. 1 Bethel Park to a 49-38 victory over No. 5 Upper St. Clair (9-5, 6-4) in a battle of ranked girls basketball rivals in Section 2-6A Monday night. Olivia Westphal scored 17 points for the...
Mitch McConnell moves to speed up Senate impeachment trial 
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed Monday to significantly speed up President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, offering rules that would shoehorn opening arguments into a grueling four-day period of 12-hour days, meaning a major part of the nation’s third-ever presidential impeachment trial could wrap up by the weekend....
Key WPIAL boys basketball games make for a busy Tuesday
The first time they met this season, it was an instant classic. Springdale jumped out to an 18-0 lead, Sto-Rox fought back to force overtime and a freshman hit a free throw in the waning seconds of OT as the Dynamos beat the Vikings, 86-85. On Tuesday, the two teams...
A new battleground in the web browser wars: Privacy
Google announced a massive shift last week in how it handles cookies, those pesky digital trackers that chase us around the internet and serve up targeted ads that are both creepy yet eerily precise reflections of our wants. The search giant, which just helped Alphabet Inc. surpass a $1 trillion...


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