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On Saturday, April 6, the top-ranked Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team rolled to a hardfought 5-3 victory over Hill Academy. This was a non-conference game against Hill Academy, an elite program from Kleinburg, Ontario....

Aleppo Roy Kraynyk sold property at 101 Woodcrest Drive to Chris and Kristen Hale for $206,000. Bell Acres Daniel Schlosser sold property at 2437 Henry Road to Jerin and Megan Miller for $419,000. Edgeworth Estate of Jane Hitchins sold property at 404 Maple Lane to Mark and Collette Busher for...

With all the discussion about illegal immigration, an observation occurred to me: People without jobs in other countries come to the U.S. to look for work. People without jobs in the U.S. go on welfare. Nick Kyriazi East Allegheny...

The news of merger between my daughter’s Catholic school, Holy Trinity in Robinson, and St. Malachy School in Kennedy, was hastily handed down without input from the faculty or even parents on Feb. 23 (“Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to close 2 schools, merge 2 others next school year,” Feb. 23,...

As a child, I was taught the “sticks and stones” slogan. As I grew, I was taught about freedom of speech. Now that I’m old, I realize that it seems either rule applies only sometimes. If Sunoco did not own the billboard on which gas station owner John Placek displayed...

About 12 years ago as a new resident of Sewickley, Carole Ciaio learned how to play mahjong at the Sewickley Public Library. Now, she’ll be teaching the tile game there with the woman who taught her, Ellen Hagerty. “When I came to Pittsburgh, it was very popular in Squirrel Hill,...

Hello, Sewickley, Welcoming Everyone is seeking submissions of stories about adversity. Community members will gather to hear them during the organization’s “Many Stories, One Community” event, to be held April 28 at the Sewickley Public Library. Submissions are due by 5 p.m. on April 17, and the library has posted...

Editorial cartoons for the week of April 8....

The Bridgeville Area Historical Society program meeting for March was an entertaining presentation on Benjamin Franklin by Jack Puglisi. Puglisi began with a disclaimer: He considers himself a history enthusiast rather than a historian. I would classify him as a history scholar; he certainly has a comprehensive knowledge of whatever...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 8....

Lydia Fenet does it all. She works full time at Christie’s auction house, just wrote her first book and has three kids under the age of 6. She gracefully moves from the boardroom to the playroom, solving problems and cleaning up messes with a calm, can-do attitude. So when she...

Laurel Highlands, the Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for the first week of April, continued its perfect season with three more wins, including a pair of section victories. The Mustangs have made the playoffs in four of the five years since coach Scott DeBerry took over in 2014....

Clumps of dandelions have popped up in your yard, so you reach for a bottle of Roundup, the popular weed killer. It is known for being very effective, but its main ingredient, glyphosate, is getting a lot of attention because of lawsuits alleging links to cancer. In late March, a...

Jake McGovern School: Hopewell Class: Junior Forty years ago, Hopewell captured its first of their WPIAL baseball championship by winning the 1979 Class AAA crown. They added district titles again in 2000 and ’10. Could the Vikings be in store for another golden season this spring? Jake McGovern has played...

High Schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Allderdice at Butler, 7:30 p.m.; North Allegheny vs. Central Catholic, LaRoche College, 4 p.m.; Pine-Richland at Seneca Valley, 4 p.m. Section 2 Connellsville at Penn-Trafford, 4 p.m.; Hempfield at Plum, 4 p.m.; Latrobe at Norwin, 4:15 p.m. Section 3 Baldwin...

Remember back in early 2016 when Donald Trump, who was still regarded as something of a long shot for the presidency, promised he would disclose his tax returns publicly – just like every other candidate had done voluntarily since 1973? “I have big returns, as you know, and I have...

The Pittsburgh Penguins finished fifth. Actually, and officially, they finished in third place in the Metropolitan Division behind the Washington Capitals and the New York Islanders and ahead of the Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets. But Carolina and Columbus won more games. As you’ve probably noticed, the NHL has...

He just can’t help himself. Once again, former Steelers receiver Antonio Brown castigates a former teammate. This time, on the receiving end was JuJu Smith-Schuster in the form of a tweet. Brown, who walked out on the Steelers last year, was traded to the Oakland Raiders in the offseason. A...

• Forbes State Forest is holding its second annual public workshop on the habitat of the American Woodcock at 6 p.m. Thursday. Attendees will be shown a presentation on the recent management efforts to benefit the Woodcock before embarking on a short tour of the managed sites in hopes of...

The mercury is rising as spring sports section play kicks into full gear this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse action, along with district boys volleyball. The Network also has a busy slate of WPIAL baseball and softball section coverage...

On Thursday, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education acknowledged something. It’s possible that things don’t always cost the same everywhere. PASSHE’s Board of Governors voted to let individual members of the state university system evaluate their own costs and set their own tuition. It might seem that maintaining control...

The article “Texas report: Pennsylvania 2nd only to us in natural gas production” (March 13, TribLIVE) pointed out that even though Texas is the United States’ de facto energy capital, Pennsylvania is a major player. Southwestern Pennsylvania has a legacy in energy looking back some 150 years and continues to...

I read with interest the front-page article “Potholes prove costly for Pa. drivers” (March 18, TribLIVE). It clearly explains PennDOT’s understanding of the cause of those potholes. I wonder if PennDOT has given any consideration to repairing them instead of patchingend ital them. Patching is a temporary fix that annually...