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The Stroller, March 15, 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. Help available for property...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of March 15, 2026
Aspinwall LDG Enterprises Corp. Inc. sold property at 208 Fourth St. to John Paul Giuffre and Claire Klein for $325,000. Indiana Thanawat Juphao sold property at 3005 Olivetre Drive to Meghan French for $395,000. Thomas Sipes sold property at 3745 Saxonburg Blvd. to Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB for $125,000....
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 15, 2026
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Forest Hills Diana Renee Hoffer sold property at 290 Barclay Ave. to Katherine Kearns for $229,000. John Worsing sold property at 116 Cara Lin Drive to Clifford and Clare Perteete for $25,000. Monroeville Lance Ross sold property at 1244 Catalina Drive to Tyler Evan Anderson and Jessica Lee...
Letter to the editor: Renewable energy is the answer
Robert T. Smith’s commentary “Our planet’s doom is not so imminent” (March 5, TribLive) celebrates the recission of the Endangerment Finding and asserts that climate change is not an emergency. Smith rails against EPA regulations and those who want to “dictate … man’s activities through the control of carbon.” An...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 14, 2026
High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Serra Catholic tournament Jeannette 8, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 5 Serra Catholic 5, Rochester 0 Consolation Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 15, Rochester 4 Championship Serra Catholic 5, Jeannette 0 Nonsection Atlantic Shores Christian 2, Bishop Canevin 0 Bellefonte 14, Derry 1...
High school roundup for March 14, 2026: Blackhawk, Oakland Catholic earn spots in WPIAL finals rematch
Blackhawk and North Catholic squared off in the PIAA Class 4A girls basketball quarterfinals Saturday, fighting for the chance to avenge a loss in the WPIAL playoffs. The Cougars lost to WPIAL champion Oakland Catholic in the finals. North Catholic lost to the Eagles a round before. Blackhawk earned the...
Jeannette coach furious after foul call leads to decisive points in state quarterfinals vs. Mercyhurst Prep
SHARON — Adrian Batts had no problem congratulating Mercyhurst Prep after an intense game Saturday at Sharon High School. Jeannette’s longtime coach, however, was not happy with how the Jayhawks’ season ended in a 59-58 loss in the PIAA Class 2A boys basketball quarterfinals. “You can’t come to District 10...
Riverhounds pick up 1st win of season at Loudoun
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds won their first USL Championship title last season with a suffocating defense. They picked up their first win of this season Saturday with a more offensive approach. Bradley Sample scored the go-ahead goal in the 48th minute, leading the Riverhounds to a 3-2 victory over Loudoun United....
Hempfield girls win back-to-back state bowling championships
Hempfield has won back-to-back Pennsylvania high school bowling girls team championships. The Spartans were the top team in qualifying and swept Shikellamy in the finals to win the the program’s fourth state title Saturday in Lancaster. Milton won the boys championship. Hempfield was tops in qualifying (4,082), followed by Shikellamy...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: GCC’s Avery Jones and Hempfield’s Mats Martz
Avery Jones School: Greensburg Central Catholic Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Jones has rounded into form as a third scoring threat for GCC, which advanced to the PIAA 3A semifinals. She had a team-high 18 points in a 50-36 win over Northwestern in the second round and had...
Oscars 2026: What to expect on Sunday
Some Oscar seasons end with little suspense, with the major races all but decided before the ceremony even begins. Not this year. This has been an unusually fluid season in which several categories still feel wide open as we head into Sunday’s show (starting at 7 p.m. Eastern, 4 p.m....
Capt. Jason M. Deichler: ‘One for the Thumb’ — Pittsburgh’s next warship deserves Pittsburgh’s full support
In Pittsburgh, “One for the Thumb” was never just a slogan. It was a declaration — that toughness, discipline and hard work could earn something lasting. When the Steelers chased a fifth Lombardi Trophy in the 1980s, the city wasn’t bragging. It was acknowledging a standard. Today, that same spirit...
David L. Nevins: Non‑partisan doesn’t mean unbiased — Why America keeps getting this wrong
For as long as I’ve worked in democracy reform, I’ve watched people use nonpartisan and nonbiased as if they meant the same thing. They don’t. This confusion has distorted how Americans judge the credibility of the democracy reform movement, journalists and even one another. We have created an impossible expectation...
About 116,000 without power Saturday after wind storm downs trees, power linesVideo
About 116,000 West Penn Power and Duquesne Light customers in the Pittsburgh region were without power Saturday, with full restoration not expected anytime soon. Duquesne Light said Saturday systemwide estimates of when power will be restored are not expected to be available until Sunday afternoon. The company said damage assessments...
Letter to the editor: Let freedom ring
Pennsylvania’s newest license plate has the slogan “Let Freedom Ring,” with the Liberty Bell in the middle. Think about what it means. Martin Luther King Jr. used this phrase in his “I Have a Dream” speech during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. Sixty-three years later, we are still fighting...
Editorial: Pittsburgh’s math problems are transparency issues
All over the country, people are pulling their financial information together, assembling receipts and taking everything to a qualified professional who can help make sense of the expenses, the income, the deductions, the taxes paid and the taxes due. Tax season can be stressful, but it serves an important purpose....
The Stroller, March 14, 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. Allegheny Valley Association of...
Westmoreland happenings: Cupcake decorating class, egg hunt, bowl-a-thon, more
Class Free cupcake decorating class, 5:30 to 8 p.m. March 25 at Sage’s Army, 6044 Route 30, suite 400, Hempfield. Reservations required and materials are provided. Reservations: 724-863-5433. Easter • Egg hunt, noon to 3 p.m. March 28, at West Newton Lions Field, 507 Pittsburgh St. Sponsored by Community Revitalization...
Letter to the editor: Supporting Arnold Palmer airport
The recent announcement that Spirit Airlines will end year-round flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Orlando has caused concern in our community. Orlando has long been the airport’s most popular nonstop destination, and its loss, combined with Spirit’s financial restructuring, creates uncertainty about Palmer’s commercial future. Even with these...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 13, 2026
High schools Baseball Friday’s results Nonsection Avella 4, Washington 0 Baldwin 13, West Allegheny 8 Beaver 16, Freedom 7 Elizabeth Forward 5, Celebration (FL) 1 Ellwood City 5, Chartiers-Houston 1 Franklin Regional 10, Fox Chapel 4 Gateway 11, Highlands 2 Greenbrier Christian Academy 11, Bishop Canevin 1 Moon 11, Archbishop...
High school roundup for March 13, 2026: Sluggers for New Castle baseball and softball belt 3 homers on opening day
Giovanni Miller homered three times and drove in eight runs to lead New Castle to a 22-8 nonsection victory over Eden Christian on the opening day for WPIAL baseball Friday. Carlo DeSalvo and Dominic Miller also homered and Dominic Filippone went 4 for 5 with three doubles and three RBIs...
High school basketball roundup for March 13, 2026: Neshannock gives coach 800th win
Payton Newman erupted for 29 points to lead Neshannock to a 61-56 victory over Kennedy Catholic in the PIAA Class 2A girls basketball quarterfinals Friday night, giving Lancers coach Luann Grybowski her 800th career win. Newman went 9 for 10 from the free-throw line and Jaidon Nogay and Sophia Bonner...
GCC girls basketball roars back in state quarterfinals, earns rematch with Shady Side
ALTOONA — Late in the first half of Friday’s PIAA Class 3A girls basketball quarterfinal against Trinity of Camp Hill, Greensburg Central Catholic trailed by 10 points. But that’s when the Centurions started to chip away, thanks in part to Avery Jones getting to the free-throw line including drawing the...
Chartiers Valley puts Best foot forward in PIAA Class 5A quarterfinal win over Johnstown
On a night when the lights temporarily went out at Norwin High School, Julius Best provided much-needed energy for Chartiers Valley. With the Colts off to a slow start during Friday night’s PIAA Class 5A quarterfinal against District 6 champion Greater Johnstown, Best came off the bench and sparked a...
The war in Iran is driving costs up. Here are some ways to save.
The widening war in Iran is now in its third week, and American consumers are already feeling the effects of the rising cost of gasoline, with the price of food and other essentials likely to follow. For consumers already reeling from inflation and a cooling job market, the fallout from...
