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Here’s what’s happening around town: Saturday, March 9
Hello, Sewickley, Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, so don’t forget to set the clock ahead one hour. Some facts about Daylight Saving Time: The idea was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established the system of uniform Daylight Saving Time...
North Allegheny students qualify for International Career Development Conference
Sixty-one North Allegheny DECA members competed at the 68th DECA State Career Development Conference held in Hershey in February. Twelve of these students qualified to compete at the DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC), which will be held April 26 through May 1 in Orlando, Fla. These students include:· Saif...
Sounding off: End Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting ban
Pennsylvania Grange president Wayne Campbell’s op-ed (“Keep Sunday hunting ban”) is missing existing perspective/data. Yes, hunter numbers will likely decline over time. The Pennsylvania Game Commission agrees culture shifts are significantly to blame. Campbell ignores the fact that hunters cite lack of free time as the overwhelming reason they stop...
Brackenridge preparing to repair damaged memorial, but wants insurance info first
Brackenridge is getting prepared to restore the vandalized memorial monument at its community park. First, however, council wants to see how much of the damage is covered by the borough’s insurance carrier. The veterans memorial was damaged by vandals with silver spray paint in mid-February. For now, a group of...
Top-seeded Robert Morris women set for Northeast Conference Tournament
Research is ongoing, but Robert Morris women’s basketball SID Ethan Woy believes the Colonials lead the nation in hair color changes. Whether it is freshman guard Isabella Posset going from a blonde to a brunette or junior center Nneka Ezeigbo’s braids fluctuating between red and orange, RMU keeps onlookers guessing....
Penn Hills boys ousted by Muhlenberg in PIAA Class 5A 1st round
HERSHEY — Penn Hills had overtime in its sights. But a 3-point attempt, coming off a weave that chewed up 10 of the remaining 12 seconds, came up short. Penn Hills saw its basketball season end Friday night with a 63-60 loss to District 3 entrant Muhlenberg in the first...
High school scores, schedules for March 8, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs First round Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Abington (27-1) vs. Cumberland Valley (17-9) at Council Rock South, 4 p.m.; Lincoln (10-16) vs. Pennridge (22-4) at Southern, 5 p.m.; Boys Latin (22-5) vs. Norristown (21-6) at Lincoln, 5 p.m.; Hazleton (21-6) vs. Methacton (20-7) at Wilkes...
High school roundup: Moon boys bounce back for PIAA playoff win
The Moon boys basketball team bounced back in a big way Friday night in the opening round of the PIAA Class 5A playoffs. After falling to Mars in the WPIAL title game last week, the Tigers rebounded with a 77-53 win over District 3’s Northeastern at Peters Township High School....
Poor third-quarter costs Leechburg boys in PIAA loss to Elk County Catholic
After trailing by four at halftime, the Leechburg boys basketball team felt good about its performance against the state’s No. 2 Class A team. But Elk County Catholic used a variety of back-door plays in the third quarter and rolled to a 65-41 win over the Blue Devils on Friday...
District 3 champion Lower Dauphin pulls past Franklin Regional
HERSHEY — Franklin Regional had Lower Dauphin on the ropes but couldn’t deliver the knockout punch. The Panthers basketball season ended with a 53-46 loss to the District 3 champion in the first round of the PIAA 5A playoffs Friday night at Milton Hershey School. Franklin Regional (17-8), the No....
Monessen uses depth to take down Jamestown in PIAA Class A opening round
Monessen boys basketball coach Dan Bosnic knew District 10 champion Jamestown’s weakness was its depth. And when the Greyhounds saw their chance, they pulled away from the Muskies en route to a 75-54 win in the first round of the PIAA Class A playoffs at Edinboro’s McComb Field House. Leading...
WPIAL boys teams to test mettle vs. District 10 in PIAA playoff games Saturday
Eighteen WPIAL boys basketball teams hit the court Saturday to open up the PIAA postseason against teams from various districts. Four WPIAL teams will square off with teams from District 6, three face teams from District 3 and District 9 and there is one matchup each against a team from...
Scoring struggles hamper Fox Chapel girls in PIAA 1st-round loss to Cumberland Valley
LEWISBERRY — Fox Chapel did everything it could have done defensively against one of the top teams in the state during Friday’s PIAA Class 6A girls basketball tournament opener. Unfortunately for the Foxes, finding offense was a struggle. Perhaps if another 3-pointer had fallen at the right time. Perhaps if...
NC man wins $1 million lottery prize. For the second time. At the same store.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina man has won a second $1 million lottery prize at the same store in less than two years, lottery officials said Friday. Terry Splawn, of Concord, won $1 million with a $150 Million Cash Explosion scratch-off ticket he bought Wednesday at Sam’s Mini Stop...
Walter Williams: Our planet is not fragile
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., claims that “the world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.” The people at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change agree, saying that to avoid some of the most devastating impacts of climate change, the world must slash carbon emissions...
John Stossel: Higher-ed hoaxers
If you are an American college professor, the way you get a raise or tenure is by getting papers published in “academic journals.” The stupidity of these journals says a lot about what’s taught at colleges today. Recently, three people sent in intentionally ridiculous “research” to prominent journals of women...
Plum’s Small, Armstrong’s Halutick claim regional bowling titles
Shannon Small didn’t have the highest score after five qualifying-round games at the Western Pennsylvania regional bowling tournament Friday at North Versailles Bowl. She more than made up for it in the stepladder playoffs. The Plum bowler averaged 231 pins in the playoff rounds, including a 277 game in the...
Mark Madden: Penguins helping ensure Blue Jackets lose ‘all-in’ bet
As the NHL’s Feb. 25 trade deadline beckoned, Columbus was half-expected to trade goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and winger Artemi Panarin, each in the final season of his contract. A rebuilding of sorts seemed likely. But there were no obvious suitors for Bobrovsky. The legit Stanley Cup contenders all have legit...
Theatre Factory gets to the heart of ‘Fuddy Meers’
Most typical days in many people’s lives are uneventful and not so noteworthy. That’s not the case with Claire, one of the main characters in “Fuddy Meers,” a play being staged Feb. 22-March 3 at The Theatre Factory in Trafford. Claire has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her...
Fox Chapel senior vies for national nod after winning big in Scholastic Art contest
Fox Chapel Area senior Seo Yeon “Christina” Wang collected eight Gold Keys in the 2019 regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, a feat that sends her work on to national review. Seven individual pieces of Wang’s and a portfolio — one of only four to be recognized this year —...
2019 Nissan Kicks adds new choice in small-crossover market
2019 Nissan Kicks SV: A long test in a new Kia Soul-fighter. Price: $21,425 as tested, including $545 for two-tone paint. Standard items include blind-spot warning, rear cross-traffic alert, and Sirius XM. Conventional wisdom: Motor Trend likes the “strong value, clever interior, kickin’ stereo,” but not “no AWD, seat comfort,...
Chelsea Manning sent to jail for refusing to testify in Wikileaks case
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning will be held in jail until she testifies before a grand jury or that grand jury is no longer operating, a federal judge in Alexandria ruled Friday. Most of the hearing at which prosecutors argued for Manning to held in contempt...
New West Jefferson Hills special ed supervisor focused on restorative practices
Jade Fiore plans to bring her extensive experience in special education and restorative practice training to West Jefferson Hills when she joins the district as the supervisor of special education/pupil services this spring. The West Jefferson Hills School Board hired Fiore, 34, of South Fayette, Feb. 26. She will earn...
Letter to the editor: Trump alpha dog
Eureka! I’ve figured out why the mainstream media and the D.C. political establishment detest President Trump: He’s an alpha dog and they aren’t. Joe Marmo Cheswick...
Letter to the editor: White American male will stand tall
I’m a longtime fan of Walter Williams. I think his columns are well written, and I like the way he expresses his points of view on current issues and his common-sense analysis of those issues. He is a keen observer of the human condition. I respect his opinions and often...
