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Sewickley area real estate transactions for week of April 26, 2019
Aleppo Harry Caravaggio III sold property at 709 Sewickley Heights Drive to Sally Tomana for $190,000. Leet Mark Duquette sold property at 108 William Penn Circle to Shannon and Tara Klingensmith for $243,000. Leetsdale Arthur Holman sold property at 88 Broad St. to George and Diane Frederick for $30,000. Kathleen...
Letter to the editor: Hate in America is sad
Does anyone else look around and think that Make America Great Again is more like Make America Hate Again? Does it seem like somebody against somebody and nobody standing with nobody? Isn’t it exhausting and sad? Think how lucky babies are when they are born. They don’t hate, and they...
Letter to the editor: Middle-class happiness
Bernie Sanders and his ilk apparently can’t believe that middle-class people are satisfied with a modest life; a job to provide a modest dwelling to own and enjoy; being able to pay necessary bills; eating as well as they desire; accessible health care; a little left over for fun and...
Letter to the editor: Cable-bill woes
I agree with letter-writer Mary Ann Buffer (”Let’s cancel cable,” March 5, TribLIVE). Two years ago, I bundled my phone, TV and internet with Comcast and was told it would cost $122 per month. I have never been billed, or paid, only $122 per month. My first monthly bill was...
New Kensington-Arnold teachers’ contract talks set for Monday
Contract talks between New Kensington-Arnold School District and its teachers union are scheduled for Monday. The district’s 167 teachers have been working without a contract since Aug. 31, 2017. Superintendent John Pallone said the state Department of Labor and Industry has assigned a mediator, and negotiating sessions must include the...
Former Canon-McMillan wrestler shot by police arrested on assault charges
A former Canon-McMillan wrestler who was shot by police this month was released from a hospital Thursday and arraigned on aggravated assault and related charges, according to court records. Family of Logan B. Macri, 19, posted $100,000 bail for him, said his attorney Casey White. “He is now addressing any...
Here’s what’s going on around town: Friday, April 26
Hello, Sewickley, Sewickley Valley YMCA will host a Healthy Kids Day from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. There will be a bounce house, giant hamster ball, healthy snacks, face painting and more. YMCA membership is not required. This event is free and open to the community. For more information,...
Center to hold hate crime information session
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. • 7 p.m. May 8 — FBI program, “Hate Crime Indicators.” RSVP required by May 6 to attend. Blackburn United Methodist Church The church...
Shaler Garden Club hosting 66th Annual Plant sale
April’s showers will bring flowers at the Shaler Garden Club’s 66th Annual Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to noon May 4. Shoppers at the Kiwanis Park sale will find perennials such as lily of the valley, menarda, black-eyed Susans, lamium, day lilies and ajuga from Shaler Garden Club members’ gardens....
Wine tasting at Shaler North Hills Library
Wine tasting at Shaler North Hills Library Shaler North Hills Library is hosting a special fundraiser with local wine connoisseur John Eld as he heralds in the spring. A Taste of Spring Wine Tasting will be held on Saturday, May 4, at 7 p.m. Eld is former chairman of the...
Reflections on a legacy of planting
On a warm spring afternoon, the sun highlighted a row of daffodils in such a way that the orange fringe of the cups exploded with color. I’ve seen them bloom every season for the past 20 but never really noticed the dark apricot center of the flower. I began to...
Bishop Canevin grad Mitchell Taufer gives W&J baseball quality over quantity
Sometimes, a coach can learn from a player. Even a veteran coach like Jeff Mountain, who is in the midst of his 17th season as Washington & Jefferson’s baseball coach. Three years ago, Bishop Canevin grad Mitchell Taufer came into Mountain’s program, and the coach admitted he initially had reservations...
Pirates minor league report: April 25, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 10-9) lost to Gwinnett (Braves), 6-2. 2B Nick Franklin (.500) went 2 for 2 with a sixth-inning solo home run. LF Patrick Kivlehan (.222) and SS Jake Elmore (.403) each hit a double. RHP Eduadro Vera (0-2, 4.05) allowed three runs on two third-inning homers, lasting four...
High school scores, schedules for April 25, 2019
High Schools Baseball Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic at North Allegheny, ppd. Butler at Allderdice, ppd. Seneca Valley at Pine-Richland, ppd. Section 2 Norwin at Latrobe, ppd. Section 3 Canon-McMillan 1, Mt. Lebanon 0 Upper St. Clair 7, Baldwin 3 Brashear at Peters Township, ppd. Class...
High school roundup for April 25, 2019: North Hills edges No. 3 Seneca Valley
North Hills scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to earn a 12-11 win over No. 3 Seneca Valley in a Section 2-6A softball game Thursday afternoon. Senior Leslie Rozanski smacked a walk-off double to seal the win. Melanie Taylor hit a three-run home run for North...
10 people at Indiana Twp. group home checked out after fumes fill building
Ten people at an Indiana Township group home for youths were taken for evaluation and released Thursday night after apparently being affected by fumes. Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs said someone called 911 from the Western Pennsylvania Adult and Teen Challenge campus off of Lefever Hill Road reporting that people...
Latrobe boys lacrosse setting itself up for strong present, future
In any sport, successful teams or programs normally have a certain type of makeup that allows them to succeed. Sometimes it’s culture, a certain mentality or approach that allows a program to have sustained success. Then, there are teams that have the perfect mix of players and approach for a...
NHL apologizes to Golden Knights; Refs won’t work next round
LAS VEGAS — The owner of the Vegas Golden Knights said Thursday a senior NHL executive phoned him to apologize for a penalty called during Game 7 of his team’s loss to the San Jose Sharks. Owner Bill Foley said the call came the morning after Vegas lost 5-4 in...
Joe Biden makes play for blue collar votes with Pittsburgh rally
Democrat Joe Biden’s decision to kick off his 2020 presidential run at a Pittsburgh union hall is a clear sign that the former vice president plans to court the blue collar, working class vote as he vies for the White House, labor officials and political analysts told the Tribune-Review. Biden...
Track teams capture section championships in Class AAA, AA
The 2019 WPIAL track and field team playoffs are set, with the semifinals set for Tuesday and the finals May 6 at Peters Township High School, here are the section winners and runners-up that qualified for the district postseason. The section champion is listed first with the runner-up second. Boys...
‘Avengers: Endgame’ sets box office record in China
“Avengers: Endgame” doesn’t open in U.S. theaters until Thursday evening, but the superhero film is already a blockbuster internationally. The 22nd movie from Walt Disney Co.’s Marvel Studios has collected $169 million from 25 countries where it opened this week, led by a record-breaking start in China, according to studio...
Laurels & lances: Voting, truth and rebuilding
Laurel: To party being less important than community. The Murrysville-Export Republican and Democratic clubs have worked together this year to garner 85 signatures necessary on a petition filed in Westmoreland Common Pleas Court seeking an order to redraw the Sardis and Newlonsburg precincts. The community hopes splitting each of those...
Fayette County boy, 11, killed in turnpike crash near New Stanton
An 11-year-old Fayette County boy was killed Thursday afternoon when the pickup that his father was driving collided with a tractor-trailer between the New Stanton and Donegal exits of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, officials said. Westmoreland County Coroner Kenneth A. Bacha identified the victim as Hayden M. Field of Connellsville Township....
UPS shares tumble as earnings fall short
DALLAS — United Parcel Service Inc. reported Thursday that first-quarter profit fell 17% as revenue was flat from a year ago and the package-delivery company ran into higher spending to cope with a series of winter storms. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the shares tumbled in...
Healthy Emily Forner going for second national title for Allegheny track and field
Allegheny senior runner Emily Forner entered the week with the top time in NCAA Division III in the 5,000 meters: 16 minutes, 33.01 seconds. In the winter, she won the the indoor 3,000-meter national title. But just a couple of years ago, she thought her best days as a runner...
