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Real estate transactions in the Signal Item coverage area the week of Feb. 16
Bridgeville Russell Kovach Jr. sold property at 315 Church St. to Timmy Tatel for $99,900. Amy Stiles sold property at 1010 McLaughlin Run Road to Carrie Sawyer for $65,000. Lawrence Madson Jr. sold property at 1019 McLaughlin Run Road to Thomas A Robinson Family L.P. for $175,000. John Stefanik sold...
Real estate sales in Pine the week of Feb. 16
Pine Showcase Properties Inc. sold property at 166 Alder Drive to Bradley Victor and Sara Gutting Calhoun for $554,234. Joseph Smarto III sold property at 344 Cloverdale Drive to Brandon Smith for $405,000. Sudhakar Reddy Yennam sold property at 309 Osprey Ct to Edward and Michelle Lebair for $490,000. Riviera...
Real estate sales in the North suburbs the week of Feb. 16
Franklin Park Robert Ryan sold property at 2533 Adele Ct to Linda Hines for $415,000. Jeffrey Alexander sold property at 2569A Grouse Ridge Road to Cathy Collins for $255,000. William Vorhaben sold property at 2418 Rustic Ridge Drive to Darren and Mai Ly Steers for $767,500. NVR Inc. sold property...
Hampton real estate transactions the week of Feb. 16
Hampton Pennsylvania Department Transportation sold property at Bryant Road to Vincent Rutledge for $18,900. Vincent Rutledge sold property at Bryant Road to BV Property Development L.P. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $18,900). Karl Schieneman sold property at 4685 Middle Road to Shaogang Wang and Zhenzhen...
Real estate sales in Etna, Shaler the week of Feb. 16
Etna Martha Swope sold property at 22 Greismere St. to Lawrence Lee Wiest Jr. and Melissa Elizabeth Wiest for $120,000. Alexander Giegel sold property at 50 Maplewood St. to Wong Whalen Capital LLC for $114,000. Ronald Brick sold property at 16 Mary Lue Drive to Phillip and Shannon Raymond for...
High school roundup for Feb. 15, 2020: Winchester Thurston upsets Laurel for program’s first playoff win
Jackson Juzang hit the winning jumper with 10 seconds left in a tie game, leading No. 12 Winchester Thurston to a 47-45 upset victory over No. 5 Laurel in a WPIAL Class A first-round boys basketball playoff game Saturday afternoon. It was the first playoff win in program history. Langston...
Union limits Monessen boys, finds way into quarterfinals
The Union boys basketball team won a rock fight against Monessen, nabbing a 46-41 victory in the first round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs at North Hills Middle School on Saturday. Seventh-seeded Monessen got off to a good start, taking a 7-2 lead, before an 11-2 run by No....
Rich Askey: Let’s talk about fixing Pa.’s educator shortage
Do you like living in a world with doctors, engineers, entrepreneurs and artists? We wouldn’t have any of these professionals — or countless others — without educators. Education is the career that makes every other career possible. So it should trouble all of us that Pennsylvania, like much of the...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 6
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...
Defending WPIAL champion Nazareth Prep fights back to edge Clairton boys
Defending WPIAL boys Class A champion Nazareth Prep trailed by as many as 12 points in the third quarter, then fought back to take a late lead and held on to defeat Clairton, 53-52, in a first-round playoff game Saturday at Thomas Jefferson. The Saints (16-7) scored the game’s final...
Outdoors notices for Feb. 16, 2020
Outdoors Notices RIFLE LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Feb. 7, Murrysville (7-7) defeated Butler (8-6), 1,169-1,160, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Murrysville (7.5-6.5) defeated Butler (6-8), 1,148-1,095. Butler’s Kevin Dufford shot 296 to earn high individual honors. Butler’s Bob Doverspike was the high...
Obama Academy boys win 1st City League title, knock off Allderdice
Allderdice’s City League boys basketball reign has ended. An strong defensive effort and solid fourth-quarter foul shooting contributed to Obama Academy’s 50-39 upset victory over the Dragons, who were seeking their seventh consecutive league title. The Eagles (14-8) soared to a 9-0 lead and scored 14 of their 21 points...
Allderdice girls capture 3rd straight City League title
The Allderdice girls basketball team has relied on a balanced scoring attack this season. That proved to be the case again Saturday afternoon as the Dragons won their third consecutive City League championship, 57-36, over Westinghouse at Petersen Events Center. It is the 15th City League title for Allderdice. Every...
Editorial: Pitt virus collaboration is healthy
COVID-19 is coming to town. You are forgiven if you don’t immediately place the name. It’s gone through a number of changes in recent weeks. It’s the new official designation for the disease you are more likely to know as coronavirus. The problem is that coronavirus isn’t a virus. It’s...
Letter to the editor: Impeachment a historic cover-up
The impeachment “trial” in the Senate was always a foregone conclusion based on the numbers. In my opinion, the reason Republicans didn’t want to hear new witnesses was because it would have been harder for them to justify an acquittal. I believe this will go down in history as the...
Letter to the editor: What God would say about Trump, Dems
Regarding Oren Spiegler’s letter “Jesus, Democrats & Republicans” (Jan. 25, TribLIVE): I just returned from heaven and a long talk with God. He informed me that he recently formed a new neutral destination for Democrats in the next life. It is called Demotory, i.e., a somewhat serene place where Democrats...
Letter to the editor: Nancy Pelosi’s poisonous action
Dear Nancy, I served this country for over 20 years in uniform under both Republican and Democratic leaders. Many presidents and speakers have come and gone. In my 65 years, I have never been as disgusted as I was by your contemptuous and childish display during the State of the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 14, 2020
Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule Hempfield (12-10) vs. Peters Township (13-9) at Mt. Lebanon, 8 p.m. Pine-Richland (14-8) vs. Connellsville (8-14) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m. Central Catholic (12-10) vs. Penn-Trafford (14-8) at Norwin, 8 p.m. Bethel Park (13-8) vs. North Allegheny (11-11) at North...
The Stroller, Feb. 15, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is your go-to place for local 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. Bouquet Pool conducting membership...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 7
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the past 10 years. They expanded from two days to three and from eight finals to a dozen championship games. The WPIAL also switched venues, moving from Duquesne’s Palumbo Center to Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. Bigger and better...
South Allegheny boys hold off upset-minded Avonworth
South Allegheny’s Bryce Epps isn’t one to let his critics phase him. So when he went to the free-throw line with the game tied at 46-46 with 19.1 seconds on the clock and the Avonworth student section chanting, “He can’t shoot,” Epps wasn’t going to be denied. The standout freshman...
Burgettstown, McGuffey start strong as WPIAL wrestling tournaments begin
Burgettstown and McGuffey got off to a quick start on the road to Hershey on Friday night. Both schools crowned five champs apiece as the WPIAL Class AA section tournaments were wrestled at Canon-McMillan. Shane Ilgenfritz (106), Hunter Guiddy (126), Shane Kemper (152), Turner Lehman (182) and Riley Kemper (285)...
Carlynton overcomes foul trouble, beats Charleroi in overtime
Carlynton coach Mike Kozy wrote the word “team” on the board prior to Friday’s WPIAL Class AAA first-round game against Charleroi. He knew it was going to take a team effort if his Cougars wanted to advance. With two of his top players in foul trouble, the rest of the...
High school roundup for Feb. 14, 2020: Neshannock tops Washington in OT thriller
Preston Turk made a pair of free throws with 25 seconds left in overtime to lead Neshannock past Washington, 55-54, in a wild WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball first-round matchup Friday night. Ian Bredniak scored 15 points and Marlon Norris added 13 for eighth-seeded Washington (15-7), which jumped out to...
Baldwin-Whitehall holds hearing to discuss Paynter closing, new school
Baldwin-Whitehall leaders are moving forward with plans to tear down W.R. Paynter Elementary School to make way for a new $48 million, 48-classroom elementary facility. The new school will address the district’s growing needs for added space, while temporarily requiring the relocation of students, leaders say. Board members Feb. 12...
