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Late coaching legend’s life, career celebrated at Carlynton game
Coaching Carlynton basketball was a family affair for Richard Sonson. His wife, Peg, always was in attendance, while his two boys, Craig and Richard Jr., grew up in the gymnasium — following his every move — and ultimately assisted him in coaching. Even his parents were there when they were...
Church of Atonement hosting book, jewelry sale Feb. 14, 15
The Church of the Atonement at 618 Washington Ave., Carnegie, will hold a used books and jewelry sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 14 and 15. On Saturday, the sale will close from noon to 1 p.m. so volunteers can eat lunch. The bag sale is from 1...
Upper Burrell to repave 3 roads in Lincoln Beach, Whitten Hollow, Turkey Ridge
Upper Burrell officials are paving the way to do three street projects this spring and summer. The township will ask for contract bids for paving Whitten Hollow and Turkey Ridge roads and for some streets in the township’s Lincoln Beach section, primarily Lincoln Beach Boulevard. Township engineer Dave Kerchner of...
East Deer plans to tear down 7 blighted houses this year — most ever undertaken at once
East Deer plans to tear down more blighted buildings this year than it has in any year before. Township officials expect to tear down seven deteriorating properties this spring or summer after getting a financial boost from the state. Commissioners Chairman Tony Taliani announced Thursday that East Deer has received...
How couples can decorate together
Sharing a home with someone you love can be wonderful. But decorating together isn’t always easy, especially when your tastes aren’t the same. Interior designer Penny Drue Baird draws as much on her doctorate in psychology as on her design training when she works with couples decorating a home. “I’m...
Get your Goth on for Valentine’s Day in KittanningVideo
Valentine’s Day is going Gothic with a vampire-themed ball in Kittanning on Feb. 15. Hosted by Radioactive Events Center, the family-friendly, all-ages ball aims to be an alternative to the traditional chocolates/flowers/dinner Valentine’s trappings. Event creator and Radioactive President Mark Gibson, a North Vandergrift native with a musical background, says...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 10
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 10....
Adam Pally glad to have ‘sane’ part in new Fran Drescher sitcom, ‘Indebted’Video
Adam Pally is sick of playing maniacs. The New York native made a name for himself as the walking trainwreck Max Bloom in “Happy Endings” and the sweet but immature Dr. Peter Prentice on “The Mindy Project.” Now, he’s ready to settle down. “The first decade of my career, which...
Enrollment dates for Pine-Richland kindergarten scheduled
Pine-Richland School District is scheduling enrollment for kindergarten students at the Administrative Offices, 702 Warrendale Road, Gibsonia. Children must be age 5 before Sept. 1 to enroll. Enrollment dates for Pine-Richland kindergarten have been scheduled. Enrollment will be from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each day. Hance Elementary will be...
Muslim Association of Greater Pittsburgh to host open house in Richland
The Muslim Association of Greater Pittsburgh will welcome its neighbors to an open house and offer an opportunity to anyone who has ever had questions about Islam or what it means to be Muslim to get answers. “Usually, people have a lot of questions, so we try our best to...
The Stroller, Feb. 10, 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. Library quilt show to...
Take a magic carpet ride to Shaler Area Middle School’s ‘Aladdin’ musical
Shaler Area Middle School students will take audiences to a whole new world when they perform “Aladdin” Feb. 19 through 22. A cast of 49 and crew of 25 students will present the musical incorporating songs from both the 1992 Walt Disney Pictures animated film and 2011 Broadway production, director...
Tickets available for annual Taste of Shaler Area fundraiser
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 Area attendees will get to sample...
Hampton library hosting 47th annual chess tournament
The 47th annual chess tournament sponsored by the Pittsburgh Chess Club will be held at 10 a.m. March 7 at the Hampton Township Community Center on McCully Road. The event is being hosted by Hampton Community Library. Participants are to arrive at 9:30 a.m. and can register through March 5...
Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Round Table to discuss ‘Battle at Franklin Tennessee’
The Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Round Table meeting will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 17 at Hampton Township Community Center, 1301 McCully Road, Allison Park. Richard Condon will present “Battle at Franklin, Tennessee.” The event is free and open to the public. ^ Band group to host market, craft fair...
Remember When: Feb. 10
100 years ago Free ‘Y’ gas service to be lost Phillips Gas and Oil Co. notified Tarentum council that the local YMCA will lose the privilege of receiving free gas. Phillips had given Tarentum a certain amount of free natural gas in return for courtesies extended when the gas lines...
WPIAL bracketology: Chris Harlan, Don Rebel predict 2020 girls basketball playoff pairings
It’s that time of year, WPIAL bracketology 2020. Don Rebel and Chris Harlan share their thoughts on how the basketball steering committee could pair this year’s postseason tournaments. Sometimes it’s a struggle to choose between what the committee should do and predicting what it probably will do. Those can be...
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 9, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results Bash with the Bronx (at Lincoln Park) Central Valley 69, Cornell 46 New Castle 73, Lincoln Park 65 Obama Academy 45, Brooklyn Tech, N.Y. 25 Monday’s schedule WPIAL Nonsection Aquinas Academy at Eden Christian, 7 p.m. Beaver at South Side, 7 p.m. Bishop Canevin...
A Netflix series tackles gentrification in Los Angeles. Some say it’s part of the problem
LOS ANGELES — Netflix’s new series “Gentefied” explores the gentrification battles that have roiled the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in recent years. But the story of how the series came to be starts a few miles northwest, in East Hollywood. Co-creator Marvin Lemus moved into a studio apartment...
Director Spike Lee pays tribute to Kobe Bryant at Academy AwardsVideo
Director Spike Lee honored late NBA star Kobe Bryant on Sunday with an outfit at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards. The Gucci suit, purple with gold trimmings are the colors of the Los Angeles Lakers, the team Bryant played his entire career for. The numeral 24 donned the lapel, Bryant’s...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 9
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...
Final night of WPIAL regular-season basketball brings intriguing Monday matchups
The WPIAL basketball steering committee will meet Monday to begin the process of putting the brackets together for all 12 boys and girls basketball postseason tournaments. But while the games won’t mean anything when it comes to playoff seeding, there are plenty of season finales set in district boys and...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Feb. 8
In December, Bethel Park sophomore Emma Dziezgowski drove for a layup and ended up going down with a season ending knee injury. The devastating loss looked like it might derail the championship hopes of the Black Hawks. But thanks to the play of he older sister, Maddie, Bethel Park hopes...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020
Three weeks remain before the PIAA girls basketball brackets are finalized as the regular season concludes and the district playoffs begin. With teams prepping for the postseason, very few changes were made from last week in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings. Only three teams lost their grip on...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Feb. 8
When the regular season’s stretch run began two weeks ago, Penn Hills was below .500 and in the middle of the Section 3-5A hunt. Four sections win later, including victories last week over the top two teams in the section, and suddenly the Indians have a ton of momentum on...
