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Order online or drive to the store? The climate savvy pick ‘clicks and bricks’
NEW YORK — Consumers could be forgiven for assuming that shopping online has a lower carbon footprint than buying in-store. For many, the online option saves them a trip in the car, and it stands to reason that logistics companies would be good at generating efficient delivery routes. There’s some...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 1
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 the Palumbo Center at Duquesne to the...
Big shake-up in Trib 10 power rankings heading into championship weekend
There was some slicing and dicing in this week’s Trib 10 as championship weekend is set for The Pete. From quarterfinals weekend through the final four, three boys team and two girls teams saw their district championship hopes end and a spot in the power rankings slip away. However, all...
Editorial: A thoughtful, intentional Lent
What did you give up for Lent? The traditionals are things like chocolate and alcohol. Modern, digital Christians who observe the 40-day period leading up to Easter might abstain from things like Facebook or Twitter. Diehards eschew meat the whole time, regardless of Vatican II-era changes. Some gratefully limit that...
TJ pool set to open to the community for swim lessons, open swims
The new Thomas Jefferson High School pool likely will open to the community for swim lessons and family fun nights in the next few months. Brian McClain, a longtime TJ teacher working as the pool manager this year, said he would like to see lessons and open swim nights launched...
Aleppo addresses parking woes caused by Amazon delivery vehicles
Traffic patterns in Aleppo Township have changed since Amazon purchased and moved into a 70,000-square-foot distribution warehouse in the 79 North Industrial Park in 2018. The warehouse supports a delivery model that largely uses vans and personal cars, according to Aleppo Township manager Gwen Patterson. An increased number of deliveries...
Danny’s Bar in West View is back in business after fire
On Sunday, Feb. 23 at 9 a.m., 594 days after fire seemingly destroyed Danny’s Bar, the beloved West View watering hole reopened for business. There was laughter and tears and the sounds of bottles clinking in celebratory toasts. Drivers in passing cars beeped and waved to the revelers. For owners...
Police: Somerset County Sheetz worker steals $17,100 in lottery tickets
A Meyersdale woman faces felony charges, accused of stealing $17,100 in lottery tickets from the Sheetz store where she worked, authorities said. Meyersdale police charged Cheryl Lynne Delawder, 37, of the 100 block of High Street, with retail theft, receiving stolen property, theft by unlawful taking and organized retail theft....
Letter to the editor: No excuse for not requiring ID to vote
Remember the old joke about the buses lined up at the cemetery on Election Day? It may not be a joke. The watchdog group Judicial Watch told Allegheny County in December that its voter rolls contain far too many names of people ineligible to vote — people who are dead,...
Letter to the editor: Democrats party of nothing
If, as letter-writer Thomas Severin offers in his letter “Republican Party has no honor” (Feb. 13, TribLIVE), that the party of the pachyderms has no honor, I opine that today’s Democratic Party offers nothing, nada, zip, zilch. He says nice words that we should expect and demand from our elected...
Letter to the editor: ‘Do nothing Republicans’ did nothing
Boy, am I glad the impeachment proceedings are over and the “do nothing Republicans” did just what I thought they would do … nothing. They ignored everything President Trump did and totally went against the Constitution of the United States and their oaths of office. Trump must be having a...
The Stroller, Feb. 26, 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. Today is...
Lance Getsy steps down as Charleroi football coach
Charleroi is in the market for a new football coach after Lance Getsy resigned the position after two successful campaigns. Getsy, a teacher in the Elizabeth Forward School District, recently accepted a teaching position at Franklin Regional, where he once served as an assistant football coach. In two seasons at...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 25, 2020
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 results Laurel Highlands 44, Thomas Jefferson 42 Mars 59, Chartiers Valley 50 Championship...
Genealogy group, teen advisory board and more at Penn Hills Library
Penn Hills Library will host the following events: • Kids Create: Legos from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 27 and March 2. • Zumba from 9-10 a.m. Feb. 29. • The library’s Genealogy group, led by Marilyn Cocchiola Holt of the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m....
Chocolate lovers invited to Hampton Library Feb. 27
Hampton Community Library has a full schedule of activities. For details or to register for any of the programs, call the library at 412-684-1098 or visit hamptoncommunitylibrary.org. For adults • Cooks-n-Books: Sinfully Chocolate, meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 27, This is a cookbook and food discussion group for...
Shaler North Hills Library hosts activities for all ages
Shaler North Hills Library, 1822 Mt. Royal Blvd., Glenshaw, has a variety of activities planned. For details about library events or to register, call 412-486-0211 or go to the website at shalerlibrary.org. • On Feb. 29, from 2:30 to 6 p.m., the library will host its Soup Cook-off Fundraiser. The...
To the editor: Misinformation about charter school costs at Pine-Richland troubling
Dear Editor: It was clear from your Feb. 14 article that Pine-Richland School District officials do not hold public charter schools or the charter school families, who chose to remove their children from their district, in high regard. That’s unfortunate. They don’t seem to care why these students left their...
Bethel Park wins ‘ugly,’ beats Mt. Lebanon to advance to WPIAL 6A title game
The last time Bethel Park and Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils matched up, scoring was not at a premium. When the two met Tuesday in a WPIAL Class 6A semifinal at Canon-McMillan, defense dominated. The lone exception was the first quarter, when the top-seeded Black Hawks managed 15 points on their...
Loaded semifinals matchups around the WPIAL on Wednesday
It could be said these two legendary WPIAL basketball coaches have a sixth sense. They also have six district championships each and are two wins away from seventh heaven. Joe Salvino of Belle Vernon has 667 wins, and Ralph Blundo of New Castle has 240 wins. Both coaches have a...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 1
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 the Palumbo Center at Duquesne to the...
5 takeaways from the South Carolina Democratic debate
Well, that was spunky! South Carolina has a history of rapscallion politicians and rowdy debates and Wednesday night’s two-hour throw down in Charleston was no exception. For those not named Michael R. Bloomberg or Bernie Sanders the debate may have been the last best chance for candidates to assert themselves...
Rochester handles Clairton, earns chance to defend Class A girls title
Rochester and Clairton met Tuesday night for a chance to play for the Class A title game. The Rams are the reigning champions while the Bears were trying to make it back to the Petersen Events Center for the first time since 2005. There is something to be said for...
Eighth-seeded Laurel Highlands rallies past Thomas Jefferson into Class 5A title game
Through one half of play Tuesday night, the Thomas Jefferson boys basketball team looked destined to end a nearly 30-year absence from the WPIAL championship game. Instead, the Jaguars’ opponent found a way to put together a second-half comeback and end a drought of its own. No. 8 Laurel Highlands...
Roger Stone jurors say bias played no role in his conviction
Three of the jurors who convicted Republican operative Roger Stone for lying to Congress and witness tampering testified that political bias played no role in their decision, pushing back against Stone’s contention that he deserves a new trial. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson did not issue a ruling at...
