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Pleasant Hills resource officer works to combat drug addiction
Pleasant Hills police Officer Ron Porupsky has seen lives destroyed by drug addiction. People become a shell of who they once were. Some don’t survive. Porupsky, school resource officer at Pleasant Hills Middle School, is always looking for ways help students make better life decisions. With the opioid epidemic facing...
Some Whitehall residents trash new garbage bins as being too big
Christie Milano was angry when a 95-gallon garbage can showed up at her home in Whitehall Borough in early February. At 5 feet 2 inches tall, Milano, 58, had to pull the container up the 10 steps from the curb to the front of her home each week for storage....
Annual Thomas Jefferson dance event to raise funds for student with rare cancer
This year, when Thomas Jefferson High School students take the stage to dance the jive, Charleston and two-step, they’ll be doing it for something bigger. They’ll be supporting classmate Rachel McGough, a senior who recently was diagnosed was Ewing’s Sarcoma. The school’s annual “Dancing with the Athletes” event has been...
Letter to the editor: Protecting our parks
The U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year passed a public lands package that permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), a conservation program that has funded parks in every county across America since my parents were kids. I’m thrilled to see lasting protections for the parks and...
Letter to the editor: Medical marijuana effective, cheaper alternative
I read with interest Barbara Cisek’s op-ed “Congress must take action on drug prices” (April 6, TribLIVE) regarding a very important issue for so many of us. Cisek did not mention medical marijuana, which can be an alternative to expensive and not always effective prescription medications, and without the potential...
Letter to the editor: Who will get reparations?
Many politicians on the left, including Beto O’Rourke, have stated that they support reparations for African-Americans. I would like to know how they would determine who is a descendent of slavery. Is a person’s color going to be the determinant, or does a person have to have documentation in order...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for week of April 19, 2019
Aleppo Scott Holquist sold property at 408 Sewickley Heights Drive to Steven Kyle and Elke Peters for $182,000. Leetsdale Bruce Migota sold property at 202 Beaver St. to PNC Bank NA for $1,590. Sewickley Robert Munro sold property at 268 Bank St. to SJ Group for $106,000 (state deed transfer...
We get another sneak peek at ‘Toy Story 4’Video
As anticipation grows for the June 21 premiere of “Toy Story 4,” we get another sneak peek. Disney/Pixar released a new trailer Thursday — “Old Friends & New Faces: Bo Peep.” The fourth go-round follows the gang, which is now under the care of Bonnie, having been given to her...
Sewickley-area churches plan Easter events
Beth Samuel Jewish Center The center is at 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. For information, visit bethsamuel.org or contact the center at bethsamueloffice@ comcast.net or 724-266-5238. • 9 a.m. April 20 — Torah Yoga • 6 p.m. April 20 — Second Night Seder Blackburn United Methodist Church The church is at...
Hampton teen headed to 2019 SkillsUSA Championships
A.W. Beattie Career Center will send nine students to the 2019 SkillsUSA Championships, which is part of a student organization that develops leadership skills to complement what students learn in career and technical education programs. The event will be June 24-28 at various locations in Louisville, Ky. Hampton’s Megan Roth...
Pine-Richland rower commits to West Virginia University
Pine-Richland senior Grace Crankovic did her homework before deciding where to continue her rowing career. Crankovic, 18, of Pine, signed a letter of intent to the West Virginia women’s team. “Grace was very meticulous during the entire recruitment process,” Pine-Richland coach Sam DiMarzio said. “From the moment she decided she...
Blessed Trinity Academy teacher honored with Golden Apple Award
The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has awarded Marjorie Heasley, Blessed Trinity Academy second-grade teacher, the Golden Apple Award for excellence in education and community service. Six educators at Diocese of Pittsburgh schools have won the 28th annual Donahue Family Foundation-sponsored award. At a May 28 celebration with Bishop David Zubik...
Create a fairy garden with the little ones
Spring is the perfect time to work with your kids or grandkids to create a fairy garden. Betty and John Robison built a fairy garden trail in Scenery Hill, Washington County. In 2010, the couple started Robison Acres a small nursery and wild plant sanctuary. Each year new things get...
Depreciation Lands Museum’s Children’s Heritage Day scheduled
Kids can get to experience what it was like to live, work and play in the local colonial times at the Depreciation Lands Museum Children’s Heritage Day on May 5, which also marks the opening day for the season. The annual event, from 1 to 5 p.m., will feature games,...
Freedom and Passover 6 months after the Tree of Life massacre
A threat to the freedom that Jews celebrate during Passover is still fresh in the mind of the Pittsburgh community. Passover starts at sundown Friday and ends at sundown Saturday, April 27, the six-month anniversary of the massacre at Squirrel Hill’s Tree of Life synagogue. “The first Passover without 11...
Ask Doug Oster: Advice on peach trees, bugs and more
Gardening editor Doug Oster gets asked a lot of questions. A lot. And he doesn’t mind offering gardening advice. But rather than just limiting those answers to the person who asked, we thought it might be a good idea to share that wealth of knowledge with everybody. There are three...
Try these plants that are beautiful and deer- resistant
In May, the deer finally have something to eat in the forest, hopefully keeping them busy and out of the garden. Any gardener that lives in deer country, though, knows that the allure of hostas and tulips draws the four-legged marauders to the garden. Here are some plants that I...
Brownsville Perennial Project teams students with landscape architect, community leaders
Landscape architect Laura Patterson walks through a parking lot in Brownsville occupied by some overgrown shrubs and an old white dump truck abandoned there years ago. She has lived in the greater Uniontown area her whole life and owns Exquisite Garden Design. Her grandmother lived in West Brownsville, working in...
Connellsville knocks off No. 2 Latrobe; Tallman leaves with injury
Latrobe softball’s pitching depth has again been tested. After senior Kiley Myers, a Marist recruit, suddenly left the team just four games into the season, sophomore Jordan Tallman took the reigns in the circle. And Tallman was brilliant, posting a 9-1 record with 138 strikeouts in 67 innings through her...
Frazier joins Trib HSSN state softball rankings
Two WPIAL softball teams exited this week’s Trib HSSN state rankings with only one district team joining the state elite. Both North Allegheny in Class 6A and Chartiers-Houston in 2A were bounced from the weekly Top 5, while Frazier entered at No. 4 in Class 2A after a big section...
High school scores, schedules for April 18, 2019
High Schools Baseball Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 2 Penn-Trafford 8, Norwin 3 Section 3 Peters Township 5, Canon-McMillan 1 (8 inn.) Class 5A Section 2 Mars 7, Moon 2 South Fayette 15, North Hills 14 (8 inn.) Section 3 Carrick 4, Albert Gallatin 2 Laurel Highlands 3, Chartiers...
High school roundup for April 18, 2019: No. 4 Knoch takes down No. 3 Greensburg Salem
In a battle of baseball teams in the top five of the TribHSSN Class 4A rankings, No. 4 Knoch upended No. 3 Greensburg Salem, 9-6, in a Section 1 clash Thursday afternoon. The Knights took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third and extended their advantage with five...
Pirates farm report for games of April 18, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 9-4) was postponed because of rain in their series finale against visiting Toledo (Tigers). RHP Eduardo Vera (0-0, 3.27) is expected to be the Indians’ starting pitcher in their series opener Friday night against Louisville (Reds). Next: Friday vs. Louisville, 7:15 p.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 6-8) lost 8-4 against...
Cher’s Pittsburgh performance proves she’s still got it
Cher made a stop in Pittsburgh with her Here We Go Again Tour 2019 Thursday night. The PPG Paints Arena show also featured special guests Nile Rodgers and Chic. The 72-year-old singer — who has a Grammy, an Emmy, three Golden Globes, an Oscar, and was celebrated at the Kennedy...
Henderson’s homer lifts Southmoreland past No. 3 South Allegheny in slugfest
As South Allegheny and Southmoreland went back and forth, trading run for run, it become apparent the slightest miscue would likely make the difference. That miscue came in the form of a Taylor Lucas pitch left high the zone, a ball promptly pounded over the fence by Charity Henderson for...
