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Tickets, traffic and tailgating: What to know about Garth Brooks’ Heinz Field show
Garth Brooks will play in front of the largest Heinz Field crowd ever Saturday night when the county music superstar brings his tour to Pittsburgh’s North Shore. Ticket sales for the concert could top 75,000 and police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel are preparing for huge crowds of tailgaters and...
Watch the best of the WPIAL track and field championships
The TribLive High School Sports Network’s Jess Levo captured all of the action of the 2019 WPIAL Track and Field Championships on Thursday from Slippery Rock University....
Sewickley-area real estate listings for the week of May 17, 2019
Aleppo Kelly Ann Conrad Jones sold property at 306 McCoy Place Road to Robert and Melissa Lynn Taylor for $295,500. Brenda Nagel sold property at 1005 Sewickley Heights Drive to Logan Hammerschmitt for $147,500. Bell Acres Marianne Legoullon sold property at 117 Grouse Lane to J Darwin King Jr. and...
Letter to the editor: Hempfield voters will have say
Still stunned by outrageous property assessment challenges by the Hempfield Area School Board targeting individual homeowners, I thought that there is no better time to revisit the topic than now. Hempfield homeowners were set upon by bounty hunters (actually attorneys, but why argue semantics?) hired by a majority of the...
Letter to the editor: Donate to charity instead of politicians
I have a novel idea. Instead of donating to a politician, why don’t we donate that money to a charity? This way the politicians will be able to do their jobs instead of prostituting themselves for campaign donations. If we donate to charities, maybe cancer could be cured or the...
Letter to the editor: Will Westmoreland well testing lead to tax?
I suppose I should be encouraged that the county would be so concerned with the quality of my well that they will spend $250,000 in federal money to establish a “baseline” for private wells throughout the county (“Westmoreland County could be region’s first to get water wells tested by feds,”...
‘Busy Tonight,’ the difficult truth about women-led late-night TV showsVideo
Busy Philipps will soon be free for the foreseeable future. The actress and late-night talk show host has drilled this fact into viewers since announcing the cancellation of her series, “Busy Tonight.” Philipps joined the male-dominated late-night lineup in October, but she confirmed the show’s cancellation in a May 6...
Steel Blossoms, with roots in Western Pa., sign record deal
There was a definite spark the first time Sara Zebley and Hayley Amour performed together inside the Pleasant Hills American Legion. They knew they had something special. Fast forward a few years, and the two were packing up their bags and moving to Nashville to form Steel Blossoms, an Americana...
Brentwood Formula 1 team racing to raise funds for trip to world finals
The success of a miniature race car designed and built by a team of Brentwood High School students is taking them to Abu Dhabi in November to compete in the world finals of F1 in Schools. “It’s kind of insane. We’re always used to this small town vibe where everybody...
Return to track pays off for Carlynton sprinter DeQuay Canton
Just before the start of the 2018-19 indoor track and field season, Carlynton coach Nate Milsom was approached by DeQuay Canton, and the junior caught the coach off-guard with a question: When are workouts starting? Milsom was pleasantly surprised by the inquiry. Canton had been a standout in track as...
Cartoonist to speak at St. Brendan’s, and other happenings at places of worship
Beth Samuel Jewish Center The center is at 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. For information, visit bethsamuel.org or contact the center at beth samueloffice@ comcast.net or 724-266-5238. • Noon May 19 – PJ Library program • 6 p.m. May 19 – Wandering Women Nature Walk • 9 a.m. May 25 –...
Sewickley Heights farm dispute may continue despite decision
The Sewickley Heights Borough zoning hearing board has made a decision in an ongoing dispute between the owners of the 32-acre Dundee Farm and Fields property and the borough. But Theresa Fetterolf, who co-owns the farm with her husband, said the dispute is not over. Sewickley Heights had served the...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Friday, May 17
Hello, Sewickley, Sewickley Public Library will host the first Friday Night Yoga for Kids today at 6:30 p.m. Kids in kindergarten through eighth grade are invited to bring a mat and do their best downward dog. To register, call the library at 412-741-0937 or stop by the children’s department. —...
Shaler Area High School to benefit from ‘rain check’
Shaler Area High School soon will have a rain garden installed on its property thanks to a $6,793 grant awarded to Girty’s Run Watershed Association from the Allegheny County Conservation District’s Conservation, Leadership and Innovation Program. Shaler Area High School partnered with Girty’s Run Watershed Association to develop a conceptual...
Vatican Gardens filled with holy history
Twelve years ago, I was lucky enough to visit Rome with my wife, celebrating our 25th anniversary. We had never traveled internationally before, so the mysteries of a different country and language were both thrilling and daunting. I knew there were gardens at the Vatican and wanted desperately to see...
Pirates minor league report: May 16, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 20-17) lost 7-4 to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees). RHP Dario Agrazal (2-1, 2.84) went 32/3 innings, allowing five runs on five hits with three strikeouts and three walks in the loss. 1B Will Craig (.248) went 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs. LF J.B. Shuck...
High school scores, schedules for May 16, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A First round Thursday’s results Butler 5, Peters Township 3 Norwin 10, Mt. Lebanon 2 Seneca Valley 2, Connellsville 0 Upper St. Clair 6, Hempfield 3 Byes: Penn-Trafford (16-3), Pine-Richland (15-4), Bethel Park (14-3), North Allegheny (15-5) Class 5A First round Thursday’s results Laurel...
WPIAL softball playoffs roundup for May 16, 2019: Ellwood City tops Freeport in 9 innings
Ellwood City scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning and held on in the bottom half to beat Freeport, 14-11, in a wild WPIAL Class 3A first-round softball game Thursday at North Allegheny High School. The No. 7 Yellowjackets (10-4) stormed back from an 8-1 deficit by...
WPIAL baseball playoffs roundup for May 16, 2019: Shaler beats Trinity on walk-off
Hunter Boyan’s walk-off single in the ninth inning lifted No. 5 Shaler to a 3-2 victory over No. 12 Trinity (10-11) in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round baseball game Thursday evening at North Allegheny. Boyan also threw a nine-inning complete game, scattering six hits and striking out five batters. Colin...
Norwin takes advantage of miscues, beats Mt. Lebanon in Class 6A playoff game
The hits column from the Norwin versus Mt. Lebanon game didn’t tell the whole story. The Blue Devils had three more hits than the Knights (10-7), but it didn’t matter as Norwin left West Mifflin with an impressive 10-2 victory in the first round of the WPIAL Class 6A baseball...
Letter to the editor: Doug Weimer lives by Scout Oath
The Boy Scout Oath and Law have been lived by over 2 million young people who have become Eagle Scouts since the founding of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. Doug Weimer, running for Hempfield Township supervisor, became an Eagle Scout and continues to live by the principles of...
Ukraine prosecutor says no evidence of wrongdoing by Bidens
KIEV — Ukraine’s prosecutor general said in an interview that he had no evidence of wrongdoing by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden or his son, despite a swirl of allegations by President Trump’s lawyer. The controversy stems from diplomatic actions by Biden while his son, Hunter Biden, sat on...
Pirates owner Bob Nutting visits bankrupt Reading Eagle newspaper
Word swept through the Reading Eagle last Friday that newspaper baron and Pittsburgh Pirates owner Robert Nutting was touring the presses and offices, triggering speculation that his Ogden Newspapers could bid on the distressed 230-employee Pennsylvania newspaper. Nutting could not be reached in several attempts to contact him at Ogden...
Kiski Area School District real estate tax will remain same for next school year
Kiski Area School District’s proposed $62.4 million budget for next school year includes no increase in property taxes. The school district, however, would use $4.2 million in reserves to fill an anticipated budgetary shortfall. Officials unveiled the proposed budget for the 2019-2020 school year this month. The school board is...
Nipsey Hussle’s final music video ‘Higher’ a tribute to the slain rapperVideo
DJ Khaled and John Legend released Nipsey Hussle’s final music video on Friday “with the full blessing” of the late rapper’s family. Khaled said Thursday that it took “a soul-searching journey” to proceed with “Higher,” a song by Khaled that features Nipsey and appears on Khaled’s new album, “Father of...
