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Real estate transactions in the North suburbs the week of March 15
Franklin Park Darryl Faint sold property at 2696 Hunters Point Drive to Barbara Westman for $179,000. Marshall Benjamin Marcus Homes LLC sold property at 1003 Goldeneye Drive to Jonathan Staso for $575,000. Gretchen Smith sold property at 95 Shenot Road to Brandon Lavelle for $359,000. McCandless Estate of Russell Lawrence...
Real estate transactions in Richland, Pine the week of March 15
Pine Dan Ryan Builders Mid Atlantic LLC sold property at 325 Balsa Drive to Jonathan and Kathryn Bacci Rummel for $621,404. Patricia Dunkins sold property at 101 Isleworth Way to George and Lynn McGrann for $435,000. Oleg Andrianov sold property at 1015 Pleasant Ridge Drive to Joseph and Danalyn DelTondo...
Real estate transactions in Etna, Shaler the week of March 15
Etna Douglas Witas sold property at 14 Hickory St. to Christopher David and Katherine Sickler for $112,500. Estate of Bernadette Kiefer sold property at 36 Park Ave. to Ann Kiefer for $80,000. Barry Testa sold property at 67 Prospect St. to Amanda Varner for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate...
Real estate transactions in Hampton the week of March 15
Hampton Corey Utz sold property at 3961 Grand Ave. to Triumph One LLC for $50,000. The Hamptons L.P. sold property at 5151 Hampton Place Drive to NVR Inc. for $172,172. Joseph Giuliano sold property at 4237 Haut Brion Ct to Dale and Sueann Southworth Giovengo for $585,000. Plum Bloomfield Assoc....
Trib offering free eTrib access to help keep readers better informed during pandemic
Trib Total Media is offering free access to its electronic editions in effort to help those in the community be better informed about the health crisis involving the coronavirus pandemic. “We understand as more of our readers practice social distancing or self-quarantine, they many not be able to purchase our...
Outdoors notices for March 15, 2020
Outdoors Notices RIFLE LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on March 6, Murrysville (11-7) defeated Fort Hand (9-9), 1,174-1,169, and Butler (10-8) beat Clymer (6-12), 1,172-1,169, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Murrysville (11.5-6.5) defeated Fort Hand (3.5-14.5), 1,142-1,127, and Clymer (15-3) defeated Butler (6-12), 1,157-1,112....
‘Ridiculous’ run on supermarkets leaves workers, shoppers shaking their heads
After working in supermarkets since the 1980s, Michael Moses, manager of Golden Dawn in New Kensington, never has seen anything like the influx of customers and buying sprees over the last several days. One of the few stores that still had toilet paper and paper towels left Saturday afternoon, Golden...
Giant Eagle changes shopping hours over coronavirus pandemic
Giant Eagle temporarily is changing its store hours because of the coronavirus pandemic. Beginning Sunday, all Giant Eagle and Market District supermarkets will open at 7 a.m. and close at 10 p.m., seven days a week, the company announced Saturday. GetGo stores adjacent to supermarkets will operate on the same...
Q&A: An explanation of ‘community spread’
The spread of the novel coronavirus is reaching communities across the country and experts say the cases of covid-19 will spike exponentially. What does community spread mean, and how do you stop it? Here’s what you need to know: Q: What is community spread? A: Community spread means that someone...
Ravens re-sign returner De’Anthony Thomas before free agency opens
The Baltimore Ravens on Saturday re-signed wide receiver and return specialist De’Anthony Thomas, giving the team at least one option to bring back kicks and punts in 2020. Thomas joined the Ravens halfway through last season after the team released punt returner Cyrus Jones. Though he rarely played on offense,...
Editorial: The $100,000 paycheck club
The state of Pennsylvania employs more than 117,000 people. On a 2019 list of the state’s top employers, “Pennsylvania” doesn’t appear, but four individual state agencies do, making it pretty clear that if you piled the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, PennDOT, the Department of Corrections and the Department...
Sounding off: Think, verify before you post
With the rise of Facebook and Twitter, we have all become media outlets. With the click of a mouse we can share news links with our family and friends. When we share a story, we are applying our personal stamp of approval. Sometimes, we are saying we think something is...
Letter to the editor: Saving lives via organ donation
Many area hospitals participate in campaigns from Jan. 1 to April 30 to raise awareness of cornea, tissue and organ donation. Part of my hospital’s mission in this challenge is to dispel myths that prevent people from registering for organ donation. While 95% of us say we support organ donation,...
Latest on coronavirus: Gov. Wolf urges closure of some ‘non-essential’ spaces; St. Patrick’s party continues in Pittsburgh
In an effort to speed up the testing for people with symptoms of the coronavirus that causes covid-19, the region’s largest health system announced Saturday it has created its own in-house test. UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh laid out the details at a news conference. Later Saturday, health officials...
Letter to the editor: Immigrants and coronavirus
While President Trump visited India last month, mobs attacked Muslims in several locations. Over 30 people were killed, including an elderly woman burned to death in her home. A writer for Atlantic Monthly notes that “pogrom” is the correct term for such attacks. As in czarist Russia and Nazi Germany,...
Signal Item softball preview: Teams hoping to improve on last season’s performance
As softball season nears, the three Carnegie-area teams are focused on making the playoffs. Bishop Canevin returns nearly all of its starting lineup from a team that qualified in Class A last season. Carlynton also has a veteran lineup returning, and Chartiers Valley will be under the direction of a...
Letter to the editor: Anger, resentment as old as time
If you check most any news source, whether local, national or world, you will see a preponderance of it concerning factionalism, nationalism, partisanism, tribalism, separatism, angry divisiveness between political parties, religions, races, genders and niche identities. We choose our exclusive groups to bond with, then point the finger at outsiders...
Tampons, pads and politics mesh in new push for access to menstrual supplies
DENVER — Geoff Davis’ gray Kia sedan is chock-full of tampons and maxi pads. Davis, 50, volunteers as executive director of Period Kits, a Colorado nonprofit that provides a three-month bag of tampons and pads to people in need. On lunch breaks from his full-time job in community relations or...
The Stroller, March 14, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is your go-to place for local meeting notices, charitable events and volunteer opportunities. Information for The Stroller may be dropped off or mailed at least a week in advance to: The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084, email vndnews@tribweb.com or fax 724-226-4677. Freeport Food...
Trump promised to bring back manufacturing in Pennsylvania. He didn’t. Will it cost him?
ERIE, Pa. — When Donald Trump came here in 2016, he blasted Democrats for decimating the region’s once-vaunted manufacturing sector and pledged to reverse the decay. “We’re going to put people back to work,” he said at a rally that summer. “We’re not playing games, and it’s going to go...
Coffee Tree Roasters in operation at Thomas Jefferson High School
Thomas Jefferson High School students can enjoy Coffee Tree Roasters’ official caramel lattes and cappuccinos without ever leaving school. However, the officially licensed Coffee Tree Roasters that opened at the start of March to TJ students is about more than tasty beverages. The shop will serve as a learning lab...
Fox Chapel Area students selected for PMEA band and chorus, Shady Side Academy GeoBee qualifier
Several Fox Chapel Area High School students were chosen for two Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) 2020 honors bands. Senior Michael Mendelson was selected by audition to perform with the PMEA District 1 Honors Jazz Ensemble. The concert was Feb. 8 at Pine-Richland High School, under the direction of Eric...
City of Man performance tentatively rescheduled for May 13-17
The upcoming musical “City of Man” has been rescheduled due to coronavirus concerns. Originally scheduled for March 27, students from 12 area school districts are now slated to present the show by the Neighbors North Catholic CYO on May 13-17. The performance will be held at Holy Cross Academy, in...
Expert: Prepping for quarantine should focus on basic nutrition
People are shifting to disaster mode as the coronavirus further impacts daily lives, with shelves of Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer and other products stripped clean at stores across the region. After President Trump’s speech on Wednesday night about his administration’s attempts to mount an effort to stop the spread of...
Richland officials cancel multitude of events due to coronavirus outbreak
Richland Township officials announced a number of cancellations on Friday in an effort to keep its staff and citizens safe and healthy amid the coronavirus outbreak. Both the Northern Tier Library and the Richland Township Municipal Water Authority building will both be closed through March 30. Additionally, access to the...
