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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tens of thousands of residents in Fort Lauderdale and surrounding cities were warned early Thursday to brace for a prolonged water outage, after a private contractor hit a water main during construction. City officials said customers could be without water — and thus, without working toilets...

Pittsburgh residents starting Wednesday will be able to dispose of trash deemed hazardous, including TVs, computers, paint and batteries, for a fee at the Bureau of Environmental Services facility in the Strip District. The city is contracting with Cochranton-based Environmental Coordination Services and Recycling to accept electronic and household hazardous...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to remove incorrect information about the restaurant. The restaurant is full service with a full bar that offers wine, beer and spirits. Pizza and pasta lovers will soon have a new option for dining in Richland Township with the opening of Aviva Brick...

At the conclusion of South Fayette Township Commissioners’ meeting on July 17, it was reported a rainbow could be seen over the former Star City property in the township. It was an appropriate symbol as commissioners had just finished a deal to finally sell the long-dormant property on Millers Run...

Have you ever seen a starfish? I have, and I hope one day I can take my kids to the beach and they can see one, too. However, these fascinating creatures’ habitat is being threatened by climate change. Climate change is largely fueled by dirty polluters that consume an insane...

My hometown in the late ’50s had a small grocery store and a tiny fruit and vegetable store. When apricots or avocados came in, word got out, as it was a big deal. I went to Giant Eagle to buy potatoes for potato salad. There were six varieties of potatoes,...

The “Eat your meat” article in the July 9 edition was truly tragic. In a country where more meat is consumed than anywhere on the planet, writing an article that prompts seniors (I am 71) to eat even more is ridiculous. It is a scientific fact that any diet sufficient...

For anyone now regretting a purchase made during Amazon Prime Days Monday and Tuesday, returns are now easier than shipping it back as long as a Kohl’s store is nearby. The Wisconsin-based retailer now accepts most of Amazon’s returns at all of its stores. Kohl’s started the collaboration with Amazon...

Pianists who feel like putting on an impromptu concert and novices who want to practice their technique can do so, outside. A public piano, painted by a Sewickley artist, has been installed in the Wolcott Park gazebo. “The mayor penned a proclamation that was presented by (Sewickley council President) Jeff...

In the news this week 53 years ago: • Twelve-year-old Oliver Ewing of Sewickley visited Princeton University as a member of the Milton Hershey School choir. The group also visited Westminster Choir College and the Columbus Boy Choir School on their tour. Ewing was entering seventh grade in the fall....

Carlynton administrators will hold an informational meeting on July 24 about the new Carlynton School District Cyber Academy that will launch for the 2019-20 school year. The new online instructional program is being offered to students of the district who are enrolled in a cyber or charter school. The meeting...

Chartiers Valley School District residents will be paying more in real estate taxes in 2019-20. In a 6-2 vote, board members approved the district’s $67.4 million 2019-20 budget, that includes a .4885 mill increase. This takes the millage rate up to 17.5595 mills for 2019-20. Board members Jeff Choura and...

Alice Cooper is 71 years old. And while there are those who may cling to the idea that it’s better to burn out than to fade away, the man born Vincent Damon Furnier has no intention of doing that. He recently released a live album, “A Paranormal Evening at the...

A couple of years ago, Stephan Jenkins, frontman of Third Eye Blind, announced that the group would no longer make full-length albums. It’s a thought that’s occurring to plenty of music acts these days, given the way the major-label music industry emphasizes singles and how streaming encourages putting out music...

Hootie & the Blowfish could easily have made their return after a decade-long hiatus with a tour on which they simply played their hits and fan-favorite album cuts from the five albums the group made during their initial 20-year run. Instead, the group will have a new studio album to...

If the idea of combining yoga with adorable puppies sounds like a perfect way to spend an hour, you’ll want to be at North Park on Aug. 3. Paws Across Pittsburgh is once again teaming up with Allegheny County Parks to bring Puppy Yoga to the park. There, yoga practitioners...

For the third straight year, parent volunteer Heather Killmeyer headed something at Hampton’s Poff Elementary School she didn’t have to. Killmeyer, 40, coached the Girls on the Run team, although her daughter is too young to be a member. Fifteen students from fourth and fifth grade participated in the spring....

Richland Township officials have bid farewell to Sara Knapp Sims, the township’s environmental compliance and sustainability coordinator. Knapp tendered her resignation, effective July 19, citing a relocation to Destin, Fla, to be with her husband. Township manager Dean Bastianini shared the resignation letter at the Board of Supervisors’ July meeting....

Apple Hill Playhouse revisits one of Stephen Sondheim’s classic Tony Award-winning musicals with its production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” running July 25-Aug. 4. Set in ancient Rome, the musical focuses on the efforts of a slave named Pseudolus (Nathaniel Yost) to win the...

The force is definitely with John Williams. His scores for the “Star Wars” series of films are among the most popular music for orchestra of our time. Excerpts from Williams’ film music have figured prominently at Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts for decades now. Williams himself has led the local orchestra...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 47-48) lost 15-5 to Syracuse (Mets). RHP Eduardo Vera (5-8, 6.64) gave up seven runs in four innings, including two home runs, to earn the loss with three strikeouts, four walks and nine hits allowed. LF Darnell Sweeney (.292) went 2 for 3 from the plate with a...

Scott and Patricia Smith were looking for a new furry friend at a Middletown, N.J., pet store when they found Chase, a fluffy white Maltese. It was June 2018, five months after their last dog died, and they quickly fell in love with the pup who curled up in Scott’s...

U.S. sales of plant-based foods grew 11% last year as retailers increasingly put them on shelves next to their animal-based counterpart. The annual numbers show where the plant-based market has matured, such as alternative milks, and where it is just getting started, like plant-based eggs. The sales update, published by...

Principal William Latson of Spanish River Community High School in Palm Beach County, Fla. was removed from his position and reassigned to a different position in the Palm Beach County school district after refusing to admit that the Holocaust was a “factual, historical event.” It is not that he personally...

The streak is over. The second-longest championship run in WPIAL history quietly ended in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAA boys team tennis playoffs when Sewickley Academy lost to Upper St. Clair, 3-2, in May. The loss ended a 15-year WPIAL championship run by the Panthers, second only...