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Westmoreland happenings: Cheese tasting, comedy night
Fundraiser • A comedy night to benefit Sardis Volunteer Fire Company will be at 7 p.m. June 14 at the firehall, 5205 Rocky Hill Lane, Murrysville. Doors open at 5 p.m. David Kaye and Mike Wysocki will perform. Cost: $25. BYOB. Must be 21. There will be a basket auction,...
The Stroller, June 2, 2024: 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. Dogs and their owners welcome to enjoy night out Dog Days...
Letter to the editor: Law should be in Pirates Hall of Fame
How can the Pittsburgh Pirates screw up their team’s Hall of Fame selections three years in a row? In 2022, they named 19 players and omitted three important living members of the 1960 World Champion team. I’m talking about Elroy Face, Dick Groat and Vernon Law. They even included players...
Experts laud legal system for withstanding pressures of Trump trial
It wasn’t the guilty verdict in the trial of former President Donald Trump that made the biggest immediate impression on legal experts. Rather, they said Friday, it was that under the harshest media glare and most intense pressure, the criminal justice system functioned as it should, and the rule of...
Pirates farm report for June 1, 2024: Henry Davis hits 7th Triple-A homer in Indy loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 24-30) lost 4-2 to Omaha (Royals). C Henry Davis (.286) went 1 for 3 with his seventh homer. CF Matt Gorski (.276) went 2 for 3 with a run scored. LF Jack Suwinski (.250) went 1 for 4 with an RBI and three strikeouts. 1B Jake Lamb (.323)...
Three Rivers Arts Festival gets 2nd day of sunny skies
The Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival entered its second day under sunny skies in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District Saturday. The 10-day festival began Friday and runs through June 9. The festival features performances on multiple stages, gallery exhibitions, public art installations, activities for all ages and an Artist Market open...
IUP falls to Point Loma in 1st round of Division II College World Series
The No. 5-seeded IUP baseball team suffered a 2-1 defeat to No. 4 Point Loma (Calif.) in the first round of NCAA Division II College World Series on Saturday in Cary, N.C. First baseman Brady Yard knocked in the lone run for IUP in the top of the eighth inning....
Pride takes to the streets of Pittsburgh for annual parade, celebrations
The Pittsburgh Pride parade kicked off a busy day of activities and festivities in the city Saturday. The parade was scheduled to start at noon, traveling down Liberty, over the Andy Warhol Bridge and finish at Allegheny Commons Park West on the North Side at 1 p.m. Richard Parsakian, a...
Steven Hill: Do high housing costs threaten the American dream?
Homeownership has long been a cornerstone of the American dream. I have 12 nieces and nephews, and as they reach young adulthood and try to establish their careers, they are daunted by the soaring cost of homeownership in a way their parents and grandparents never were. In 1960, about 68...
Max Hastings: Why we commemorate D-Day, 80 years later
The former Western allies will shortly begin commemorating the 80th anniversary of their greatest World War II achievement, the June 6 landings in Normandy, forever famed as D-Day. The pomp and circumstance of the grand events to be attended by President Joe Biden and other national leaders are entirely justified...
What’s next for ACC as it enters a new season amid constant change in college sports?
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — In each of the past three years, the ACC’s annual spring meetings ended with familiar refrains and messaging — of hope; of strength; of maintaining its place in the hierarchy of college athletics — only for massive change to imperil the conference in the months to...
St. Joseph High School’s Class of 2024 includes 26 graduates
St. Joseph High School in Harrison held its 108th graduation Friday evening. A Baccalaureate Mass and graduation ceremonies were held for the 26 graduates in the Walter Dlubak Center. The event was livestreamed....
Commentary: Does it matter that Donald Trump just became a convicted criminal? Of course it does
It’s of course true that come Nov. 5, the nation’s voters could well decide to shrug off the historic guilty verdict that a Manhattan jury rendered against Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon. And that is the conclusion many have already reached about the seismic event that just took place in...
Letter to the editor: Kudos to Pine-Richland orchestra, director
Laurels to the Pine-Richland theatrical orchestra on being awarded the 2024 Gene Kelly Award for best student orchestra. On such a joyous occasion, it’s with a heavy heart we say goodbye to Brian Scott, who is retiring this year. The music department is a better place due to his guidance...
Man fatally shot in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood
A man died Friday night in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood, police said. The ShotSpotter gunfire detection system registered 17 gunshots just after 10 p.m. on the 600 block of Sherwood Avenue. Police found Israel Young, 18, of Pittsburgh with gunshot wounds to his chest and leg. He was...
Letter to the editor: Judge Trump by the company he keeps
In 1986, while working in Munich, I visited the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, where 200,000 Jews, political prisoners, the mentally and physically disabled, and homosexuals were murdered by Nazis. In 1992, while working in Prague, I was taken by Czech colleagues to another manifestation of Make Das Vaterland Great Again...
Editorial: When will U.S. say yes or no to U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel merger?
The world seems fine with Japan’s largest steel company acquiring the grandfather of steel production in America. In December, Tokyo-based Nippon Steel made a $14.9 billion offer to merge with U.S. Steel. In April, U.S. Steel stockholders approved the proposal by an overwhelming 99% of shares represented. And yet a...
The Stroller, June 1, 2024: 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. Local cat sanctuary seeking volunteers Zen Cat Sanctuary, a nonprofit cat...
Letter to the editor: Don’t vote for tax increases
Much local outrage resulted as raging inflation and depleting reserves triggered the Westmoreland County tax increase that averaged $120 annually per household. In November, we can vote for or against significantly larger tax increases. President Biden has promised to allow the Trump tax cuts to expire while also increasing other...
Sounding off: Taxes, elections among week’s topics
Don’t vote for tax increases Much local outrage resulted as raging inflation and depleting reserves triggered the Westmoreland County tax increase that averaged $120 annually per household. In November, we can vote for or against significantly larger tax increases. President Biden has promised to allow the Trump tax cuts to...
Festival time at Mammoth Park in Mt. Pleasant Township
Tasty food, music, arts and crafts and bingo and games will be featured at the family-friendly Mammoth Fest on Sunday at Mammoth Park along Route 982 in Mt. Pleasant Township. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. There will be live music performances by The Wrangler Band,...
Pirates farm report for May 31, 2024: Matt Gorski belts 10th homer in Indianapolis loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 24-29) lost 4-1 to Omaha (Royals) despite having an 8-5 advantage in hits. CF Matt Gorski (.268) went 2 for 3 with a double and his 10th home run. RHP Domingo German (0-2, 6.46) started and went five innings, allowing three runs on three hits with five walks...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 31, 2024
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs First round Monday’s schedule Class 6A Ephrata (17-7) at Downingtown East (17-6), 4 p.m.; Plymouth Whitemarsh (17-7) at LaSalle College (21-3), 4 p.m.; Central Bucks East (17-7) at Hazleton (19-4), 4 p.m.; Liberty (20-5) vs. Neshaminy (20-3) at DeSales University, 7 p.m.; North Penn (13-6)...
Gary Franks: A June presidential debate? Johnson, Carter, 1968 hold answers
Why would there be a debate between the two candidates from each party before either has formally captured the nomination for president at their respective national conventions in the summer? That has never happened before. Why now? There is absolutely no reason to do this, other than to test President...
WPIAL softball teams learn sites, times for 1st round PIAA playoff games
WPIAL Class 6A champion Seneca Valley will hit the road and Class 5A champ Armstrong will face a familiar foe when the PIAA softball playoffs begin Monday. The PIAA announced sites and times Friday afternoon. Seneca Valley, the only WPIAL team in the 6A field, will open at District 10...
