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No matter the weather on April 6, the Spin Your Wheels fundraiser at Aspinwall Riverfront Park will see the shoreline abuzz with activity. From spinning class to yoga and boxing, an array of exercise classes will be offered for all ages from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost begins at...

North Hills Art Center has a variety of art for sale benefiting local animal rescue groups running through March 23, 2019. The center is open Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., located at 3432 Babcock Blvd. Pittsburgh. For details, call the center at 412-364-3622....

Rebecca Hirt, who has been treasurer of the Burchfield Primary School PTO in Shaler Area School District since June 2017, is accused of taking more than $25,000 from the PTO bank account and a school dance funded by the organization. According to a criminal complaint, the PTO co-president became suspicious...

Pennsylvania’s ubiquitous potholes cost taxpayers more than $63 million last year, transportation data show. In Southwestern Pennsylvania, those costs were more than $11 million. Contrary to popular perception, fixing potholes is a year-round job. And if a season existed for these pesky road craters that wreak havoc on the asphalt...

I found it ironic that the same day Robert Jedrzejewski’s letter “Trump ‘hate’ is justified” (March 6, TribLIVE) was published, the House of Representatives was to vote on a resolution condemning hatred. Regis Kruth Shaler...

In February, I sustained a significant and painful injury to my wrist in a skiing mishap at Seven Springs. I am on the mend after surgery. I wanted to thank the ski patroller who tended to me, kneeling in the snow and speaking volumes of comfort while taking care of...

In response to Fred Francese’s letter “Cheap shots at Hempfield supervisors” (Feb. 22, TribLIVE): It appears agenda items were overlooked, then placed into effect without public review by the entire board. Learning that items were not voted on in public, Supervisor Rob Ritson requested an audit of the items in...

Editorial cartoons for the week of March 18....

Hello, Sewickley, The Western Pennsylvania Civil War Roundtable monthly meeting will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Edgeworth Elementary School. Dave Tritinger will present “Call the Bomb Squad! Defusing the Allegheny Arsenal,” about a backhoe operator finding a cache of Civil War-era cannonballs from the Allegheny Arsenal...

As he cleared out his parents’ Churchill attic following their death nearly a decade ago, Carleton Young found an old wooden box filled with treasures: Letters written by two soldiers from the Civil War. For Young, a lover of history who taught the subject at Thomas Jefferson High School in...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 18....

Etna is hosting a free Pine Creek Awareness Day from 1 to 4 p.m. March 23 at Fugh Hall, 27 Crescent Ave. The free event will feature representatives from the many organizations disseminating information about flooding and general emergency-preparedness. The American Red Cross will provide its adult “Be Red Cross...

Most of what once was a railroad line now serves as a recreational trail linking many communities in the South Hills and West Hills. Members of the Montour Trail Council, which maintains its headquarters at 304 Hickman St., Bridgeville, have worked to extend the trail throughout the South Hills into...

The Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Night at the Races on Friday to raise money for its scholarship fund. The event starts at 6 p.m. at the Glade Run Lutheran Services Dining Hall located at 485 W. Beaver Street in Zelienople, Butler County. The dining hall...

Friends and community members are organizing to support the family of Antwon Rose II during Michael Rosfeld’s trial, arranging logistics like transportation to and from the courthouse, planning meals and taking up a collection to cover other costs, according to posts circulating on social media. “This is the next thing...

BEND, Ore. — There are challenges that come with running the last Blockbuster Video on the planet. The computer system must be rebooted using floppy disks that only the general manager — a solid member of Gen X — knows how to use. The dot-matrix printer broke, so employees write...

It was as if there was a brick wall between the pipes for North Allegheny in Thursday’s double-overtime win over third-seeded Bethel Park. Except that the brick wall was, arguably, Class AAA’s best goaltender in 2018-19: senior Richie Karapandi. The PIHL All- Star goalie posted a .936 save percentage, three...

Chalk. It’s a term to describe a tournament that runs as expected, no surprises with the favorites all winning. Welcome to the 2019 PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs. The league will crown four champions Monday and Tuesday with the title games set for doubleheaders each night at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex...

For the Plum softball team, 2018 was a season filled with several close games in which it had an opportunity to win but came up short. In eight of their 10 losses, the Mustangs lost by three runs or fewer, and four of those eight were by one run. Their...

Of the eight teams in the Penguins Cup championships or the Division 2 championship, only one is a seeded lower No. 2. In Class AAA, the top two seeds made it. In classes AA and A, both division winners, thus the two top seeds, will play for the title. In...

While Mars has been golden on the boys basketball court the last two years, the Fightin’ Planets are tired of seeing the silver lining on the diamond. After losing to Latrobe in the first WPIAL Class 5A championship game in 2017, Mars was knocked off by North Hills in an...

The bracket is out. The bubbles are burst. The NCAA Tournament got real Sunday night as CBS’s “Selection Sunday” show revealed the field. And as is always the case, with the telecast as well as the teams, there are winners and there are losers. Some shining moments indeed. — Winner:...

From the beginning of the season, the Burrell hockey team made no secret that its goal is to win the school’s first PIHL title. Standing in the way is one final hurdle. That hurdle is a Ringgold team that arguably has played the Bucs the toughest since they restarted the...

WASHINGTON — The United States could keep up to 1,000 troops in Syria three months after President Trump ordered a full withdrawal from the war-torn nation, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The Journal’s report, citing U.S. officials, said the United States planned to continue working with Kurdish fighters in...