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Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 2, 2025
Aspinwall Anthony Fusca sold property at 402 Virginia Ave. to Labriola Enterprises L.P. for $435,000. Blawnox Craig Carr sold property at 209 Summit Drive to PNC Bank for $94,000. Etna Estate of Michael Henn sold property at 111 Cherry St. to 99 Sycamore LLC for $75,000. Michael Ashmore sold property...
Letter to the editor: Recent pardons signal trouble ahead
On Jan. 20, two presidents set a troubling precedent by each issuing broad pardons in the span of a few hours. President Biden preemptively pardoned family members and government officials to prevent hypothetical future prosecution. In a much more troubling move, President Trump pardoned over 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters, including...
Alle-Kiski Valley Senior Citizen Center calendar – Feb. 2, 2025
Armstrong County Senior Centers Apollo Monday: 10 a.m., cards. Wednesday: noon, site council meeting. Thursday: 10 a.m., free bingo. Friday: 10 a.m., Outdoor Discovery program. 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...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 2. 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Martha Brent Ruka trustee sold property at 51 Churchill Road to John Austin Stratton and Norah Lynn McCrossin for $299,900. Donald Justin White sold property at 3783 Greensburg Pike to Everleigh Holdings LLC for $138,000. Joseph Veltri sold property at 2414 Marbury Road to Robert Chaffin for...
The Stroller, Feb. 2, 2025: 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. Soup cook-off planned by...
Letter to the editor: Secure your guns to save lives
In a Jan. 23 shooting in Hempfield, three innocent lives were ended far too soon, resulting in part from easy access to a gun (“4 found dead in suspected Hempfield murder-suicide; victims include children ages 1, 5,” Jan. 24, TribLive). Karen Swarner and her two beautiful children, Evelyn and Connor,...
Editorial: Register of wills nomination plays politics when it didn’t have to
Gov. Josh Shapiro has made nominations for two positions in the Westmoreland County Courthouse. Both are because of vacancies, as elected officials stepped away from their positions. In 2023, Common Pleas Judge Rita Hathaway retired. More than a year later, Hempfield lawyer Matt Schimizzi, 41, has been tapped by the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 1, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Class 2A Section 1 Greensburg Central Catholic 74, Clairton 34 Section 3 West Greene 47, Burgettstown 48 Section 4 Neshannock 58, South Side 39 Win Palmer Memorial Classic At Sewickley Academy Eden Christian 62, Ellwood City 50 Nazareth Prep 26, Sewickley Academy 25 Nonsection...
High school roundup for Feb. 1, 2025: South Fayette tops Norwin in battle of WPIAL contenders
Haylie Lamonde scored 13 points as Trib HSSN Class 5A No. 2 South Fayette defeated Class 6A No. 1 Norwin, 48-36, in a nonsection battle of WPIAL girls basketball title contenders Saturday. Lailah Wright and Ryan Oldaker added 11 points each for the Lions (19-1), who ran their winning streak...
Column: Nick Sirianni deserves more credit than he’s getting for Eagles’ Super Bowl runVideo
NEW YORK — Nick Sirianni is the forgotten man when credit gets doled out for the Philadelphia Eagles’ surge to their second Super Bowl in three years. But the coach deserves recognition for shepherding Philly to their 17-3 record through 20 games entering Super Bowl LIX, especially considering he began...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Mt. Pleasant’s Lily King, Southmoreland’s Noah Felentzer
The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg. Lily King School: Mt. Pleasant Class: Senior Sport: Swimming Claim to fame: King was impressive once again as she won multiple titles in record...
Jeff Thomason left construction site to join Eagles in Super Bowl 20 years ago
PHILADELPHIA — Jeff Thomason was in a work trailer in South Jersey 20 years ago ready to start another Monday morning on a construction site of a new housing development. His phone rang. It was Tom Melvin, a Philadelphia Eagles assistant coach. Thomason played three seasons with the Birds before...
Wolf Gruner: Newly discovered photos of Nazi deportations show Jewish victims as they were last seen alive
The Holocaust was the first mass atrocity to be heavily photographed. The mass production and distribution of cameras in the 1930s and 1940s enabled Nazi officials and ordinary people to widely document Germany’s persecution of Jews and other religious and ethnic minorities. I co-direct an international research project to collect...
Country up-and-comer MaRynn Taylor opens up about her music ahead of Pittsburgh show
MaRynn Taylor has dreamed of making a life out of music since she was a kid. Now, she’s opening up for one of her idols on a national arena tour — she will perform at PPG Paints Arena on Feb. 7 as an opener for country artist Kelsea Ballerini. “It’s...
Sounding off: Politics, Steelers among week’s letter topics
Our leaders used to deserve respect There was once a time when public officials earned and deserved respect. A time when those with policy differences were political opponents, not enemies. A time when public service was honored. Divorce was once considered to be a negative for candidates seeking the presidency....
Letter to the editor: Lamenting the loss of our champion teams
The letter “City of Champions no more” (Jan. 26, TribLive) hits the nail on the head in every aspect of our professional Pittsburgh teams, especially the Pirates and Steelers. Kudos to the writer. Ray Martin Penn Hills...
Weekly Shabbat, new pastor and more at Sewickley area houses of worship
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. First Friday virtual Bible study is at 7 p.m. A link is available via Pastor Dean’s Facebook page. Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810 Kennedy...
Letter to the editor: GOP’s greed
In my opinion, greed overcame the Republican Party; they only care what’s in their pockets, and when in office they have done nothing for the working class. Now a convicted felon is in office with unqualified billionaires running our country, reaping more wealth in their pockets. Donna Keefe Greensburg...
Editorial: Railway safety is worth congressional action
As national eyes focus on the midair collision of a commercial plane with a military helicopter over the Potomac River, concerns remain about how to prevent a different kind of disaster. U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Aspinwall, introduced a package of rail safety bills in March 2023, about a month after...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s to-do list moving at warp speed
President Donald Trump brought civics lessons back into style. Only it’s not book-learnin’, but doing the actual experiments. Isn’t (political) science wonderful? Fourteenth Amendment and birthright-citizens resurrected from the 1860s. Greenland — is that even in the northern hemisphere? After just a few days of him being president, I haven’t...
The Stroller, Feb. 1, 2025: 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. Animal Protectors plans evening...
Letter to the editor: Shapiro needs to ban fracking
Regarding the article “Rundown of President Trump’s executive orders on Day 1 — from pardons to TikTok” (Jan. 21, TribLive): In his inaugural address, Donald Trump made his foolish anti-environment and anti-health priorities clear. It is more critical than ever that Gov. Josh Shapiro stand up to Trump’s reckless “Drill...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 31, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Fox Chapel 53, North Hills 48 New Castle 55, Pine-Richland 47 Butler 72, Seneca Valley 57 Woodland Hills 54, North Allegheny 52 Section 2 Central Catholic 65, Norwin 50 Canon-McMillan 71, Hempfield at 59 Mt. Lebanon 74, Connellsville 27 Class...
High school roundup for Jan. 31, 2025: Belle Vernon’s Zion Moore scores 2,000th point
Zion Moore scored 37 points to become the 39th boys basketball player in WPIAL history to hit the 2,000-point mark, leading Belle Vernon to a 76-49 win over East Allegheny in Section 3-4A on Friday night. Trevor Kovatch added 11 for the Leopards (17-4, 10-1). Jayden Patterson scored 25 for...
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s chief of staff resigns
Jake Wheatley, chief of staff to Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, has resigned, the mayor’s office said Saturday. A statement sent to the media Saturday evening did not list a reason for the departure. Wheatley’s resignation was effective Jan. 29. “Jake has made extremely important contributions to my administration and the...
