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Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of March 22, 2026
Richard Grainer sold property at 497 Bassett Drive to Robert and Joanna Ashman for $369,900. Megan Crighton trustee sold property at 5543 Clarene Drive to Nicholas and Samantha Lynn Long for $280,000. John Chamberlin sold property at 1015 Highfield Road to Adam Robert and Leia Goodell for $298,000. Kristy Loeffert...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 22, 2026
Baldwin Borough Estate of William Anthony Jr. sold property at 1684 Beryl Drive to Nicholas and Sara Demkin for $174,900. Estate of Dawn Lafferty sold property at 532 Judith Drive to Stephen Paul Seey II for $229,000. Estate of Anna Marie Scharding sold property at 494 Barbara Drive to Benjamin...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of March 22, 2026
Bridgeville Rebecca Hessong sold property at 126 May Ave. to Gary Evans for $174,900. Donna Gonzales sold property at 801 Bower Hill Road to J Reese Pirain and Kristin Kraft for $77,500. William Joseph Rausch Jr. sold property at 1350 Main St. to John and Mary Malarky for $63,000. David...
Letter to the editor: Who decides how much AI is enough?
As debate grows around AI data centers, much of the discussion has focused on how to power them, fossil fuels versus renewable energy. But this framing misses a more fundamental question: How much AI infrastructure should we be building in the first place? Even when powered by renewable energy, large-scale...
The Stroller, March 22, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Gala to raise funds...
College-in-high school programs offer ‘head start’ to aspiring educators
When aspiring teacher Ainsley Martin enrolls at Pitt-Greensburg in the fall, she will have six education credits under her belt with the help of a program launched by one of the university’s professors. Martin, a senior at Southmoreland High School, has known that she wants to become a teacher since...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of March 22, 2026
Blawnox Walter Reineman III sold property at 464 Walnut St. to John Kavalir trustee for $200,000. Fox Chapel Anne Finn sold property at 220 Guysasuta Road to Brandon Keith O’Bryan and Kristen Ann Lubawski for $430,000. Wexford Real Estate Development LLC sold property at 129 South Drive to Steel City...
Letter to the editor: When government forgets neighborhoods
Recent debates about neighborhood services and development policy raise an important question: What happens when residents feel their local government has forgotten them? For many people, that frustration is personal. I recently spoke with the mayor of Mt. Oliver about the possibility of her borough absorbing the Knoxville neighborhood where...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 21, 2026
High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection Atlantic Collegiate Academy 13, Trinity 3 Belle Vernon 16, Waynesburg 1 Burgettstown 5, Clayton (NJ) 1 Derry 7, Forest Hills 4 Ellwood City 11, Union 1 Greene County Tech 5, Thomas Jefferson 3 Knoch 3, Butler 1 Montour 5, Silo 3 New Castle 12,...
High school roundup for March 21, 2026: Bria Bosiljevac throws no-hitter as Shaler beats Hempfield in clash of champs
Bria Bosiljevac threw a no-hitter with 17 strikeouts as Shaler defeated Hempfield, 2-1, in a nonsection softball matchup between last year’s Class 5A and Class 6A WPIAL champions Saturday. Alyssa Schaffold went 3 for 3 with a double and an RBI for Shaler (2-0), accounting for three of the game’s...
Riverhounds take it on the chin at Tampa Bay
Three games into their USL Championship title defense, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds could use some work on their defense. Russell Cicerone, MD Myers and Evan Conway scored to lead the Tampa Bay Rowdies to a 3-0 victory Saturday night in Florida. The Hounds (1-2) have allowed seven goals in three games....
Penn State crowns 4 NCAA wrestling gold medalists, breaks its own points record
CLEVELAND — Penn State’s record-setting performance in last year’s NCAA Championships in Philadelphia was quite a feat. But the PSU mark — 177 team points — lasted just a year. Cael Sanderson’s Nittany Lions set a new record this season, finishing with 181.5 team points. PSU wrapped up its fifth...
Penn-Trafford wins 1st state hockey title, Seneca Valley, Quaker Valley complete PIHL sweep
Last Monday, goaltender Tyler Funk turned in a star-making performance to lead the Penn-Trafford hockey team to its first PIHL Penguins Cup championship. On Saturday, Funk was at it again. Funk stopped 32 of 33 shots to lead Penn-Trafford to a 3-1 victory over North Penn in the Class 2A...
Seniors provide spark as South Fayette repeats as PIAA Class 5A champions
HERSHEY – Ever since the 2020 PIAA basketball championships were canceled by the pandemic, most of the story of Class 5A girls basketball has been written by two teams: South Fayette and Archbishop Wood. The Lions entered Saturday afternoon’s championship contest against the Vikings looking to be the primary authors...
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Amelia Droste, Penn-Trafford’s Jake Lenart
Amelia Droste School: Hempfield Class: Senior Sport: Bowling Claim to fame: Droste helped lead Hempfield to back-to-back state championships. Last month, she won her second straight WPIBL girls singles championship with a 669 series (224, 225, 220). Droste reached the quarterfinals of the regional tournament and lost to teammate Ashley...
Neumann-Goretti pulls away from Oakland Catholic in PIAA Class 4A championship game
HERSHEY — Oakland Catholic coach Henry Schechter knew he had to get Saturday’s PIAA Class 4A title tilt against Neumann-Goretti at a pace his team could control. What he didn’t know was he’d have to try to do it without his star Josie Fontana. Fontana was forced to sit for...
David M. Drucker: Your average Democratic voter isn’t a left-winger
President Donald Trump has a habit of referring to Democrats as “radical-left lunatics.” The unfair pejorative aside, it turns out the typical Democratic voter isn’t even left wing. Let that sink in. According to an expansive poll conducted recently for centrist Democratic think tank Third Way, a majority of Democratic...
Kevin Frazier: We’ve been ‘preparing’ for the future since 1991—it hasn’t worked
“Today, the demands on business and workers are different. Firms must meet world-class standards, and so must workers. Employers seek adaptability and the ability to learn and work in teams.” Sound familiar? It’s the sort of guidance you’ll find on X, in studies issued by nonprofits, and, as I recently...
Fetterman hit with brutal 108-point polling swing among Pennsylvania Democrats
Sen. John Fetterman’s political future is not looking bright if he decides to stay in the Democratic Party. At least that’s what a recent Quinnipiac poll, which was highlighted by CNN data guru Harry Enten during his most recent segment, suggests. The polling showed that Fetterman was at +68 with...
Alle-Kiski Senior Citizen News: March 14, 2026
Armstrong County Senior Centers Apollo Wednesday: 10 a.m., dime bingo. Hours: 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays. Details: Charlotte at 800-368-1066 or Amy at 724-478-1410. The center is at 707A N. Fifth St., Apollo. Freeport Tuesday and Thursday: bingo. The center is at 102 Fifth St., Freeport. Leechburg Monday: 9...
Letter to the editor: Does Trump not understand cause and effect?
As if President Trump’s programs and military actions weren’t bad enough, he now joins Israel in attacking Iran. This war is creating a global economic calamity that has never been seen before. The administration seems to have no clue as to cause and effect. Soldiers are being killed, the markets...
TribLive writers offer their predictions for the 2026 MLB season
Opening Day is set for Thursday across Major League Baseball, and TribLive writers Kevin Gorman and Justin Guerriero and columnists Tim Benz and Joe Starkey have thoughts on how the season will shake out. Here’s a look: Award winners NL MVP Kevin Gorman: Bryce Harper, Phillies Justin Guerriero: Juan Soto,...
Editorial: Sharing information should be the default
Nothing would be easier than to look at a bar fight involving police officers as an opportunity to talk about bad behavior by law enforcement. But that story isn’t written yet. Charges have been filed against Pittsburgh Det. Richard L. Dilimone Jr., 36, of Adams Township, Butler County, in connection...
Kiski Area’s Mario Hutcherson headlines 2026 Valley News Dispatch boys wrestling all-stars
Wrestler of the year Mario Hutcherson Kiski Area, so., 189 pounds 2025-26 record: 48-1. Career record: 91-8. It didn’t take too long for sophomore Mario Hutcherson to be named the Valley News Dispatch’s wrestler of the year. Given his track record, his rise to stardom at the high school level...
Letter to the editor: Overtime vs. new hires
As a retired county employee of 38-plus years, the article on county overtime (“Westmoreland County overtime costs top $7.2 million in 2025,” March 6, TribLive) and related editorial (“Punching the overtime clock adds up,” (March 10, TribLive) certainly caught my attention. Both were good reads, but what they did not...
