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The Stroller, May 5, 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. Hard-to-recycle event scheduled at Pittsburgh Mills The Pennsylvania Resources Council will...
Letter to the editor: Seniors shouldn’t be penalized for working
If you are collecting Social Security and both you and your spouse are working, look at line 6 (a and b) on your IRS 1040 return. This is where the IRS code determines how much they will penalize you for working and drawing an income. A portion of your Social...
A look at 18th century living: Historic Hanna’s Town opens for the season
Historic Hanna’s Town opened for the season Saturday with living history displays about what life was like in the 18th century. The Revolutionary War-era site in Hempfield was established in 1773 as the first seat of government in Westmoreland County. There are several log structures, a fortress and an education...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of May 5, 2024
Bell Acres Marlene Miceli sold property at 120 Summerlawn Drive to Bradford and Reva Singh for $760,000. Leetsdale Sherif Taher sold property at 168 Victory Ln to Jill Marie Harry for $135,000. Cheryl Banner trustee sold property at 408 Washington St. to Martin Management Group LLC for $65,000. Sewickley Cynthia...
Pirates farm report for May 4, 2024: Ji Hwan Bae, hitting .404, collects 2 hits for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 15-14) was blasted by Buffalo (Blue Jays), 9-3. LF Ji Hwan Bae (.404) went 2 for 3 with a run scored, an RBI and a walk. SS Nick Gonzales (.355) went 1 for 4 with a triple and a run scored. RF Jake Lamb (.392) went 1 for...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 4, 2024
High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection Seton LaSalle 2, Knoch 1 Shaler 7, Central Catholic 4 Lacrosse Boys Saturday’s results Nonsection South Fayette 16, Seneca Valley 10 Tennis Boys WPIAL team playoffs Semifinals Monday’s schedule Class 3A Fox Chapel vs. North Allegheny at Sewickley Academy, 3:30 p.m.; Upper St. Clair...
High school roundup for May 4, 2024: Shaler rallies past Central Catholic
Alex Venezia hit the go-ahead two-run double during a five-run seventh to lead Shaler to a 7-4 victory over Central Catholic in nonsection baseball Saturday. Dominic Twigg pitched a scoreless inning of relief to earn the win for the Titans (12-4). Gevin Kelly doubled and homered and Andres Hurkmans doubled...
Commentary: Americans might finally get a real privacy law to fight Big Tech intrusions
Last month, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., unveiled a rare government feat: a bipartisan bill that has lawmakers feeling “optimistic” and “fired up.” It’s the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), and it’s long overdue. The U.S. lags far behind the rest of the world on...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers softball team tops Norwin
Anne Melle singled, doubled and drove in two runs and McKenna Rowlands doubled in a run to lead North Allegheny to a 6-5 victory over Norwin in a Section 1-6A softball game May 1. Sammy Plotsko allowed four hits and had seven strikeouts to earn the win for the Tigers,...
Counterpoint: Students’ struggle for justice in Gaza must be protected at all costs
University campuses nationwide have long been the focus of political debates and battles in the form of protests and demonstrations. In recent weeks, students galvanized by their consciences have been leading an anti-war movement that our nation hasn’t seen the likes of in decades, and it is spreading like wildfire....
Point: Protesters are adamant — eliminate Israel
The protesters taking over college campuses are not antisemitic, so we’re told, but they want to destroy the only Jewish state. They just want all of the Jews to go … somewhere else. They chant for the creation of Palestine “from the river to the sea,” an explicit call for...
What time does the 2024 Kentucky Derby start?
The 2024 Kentucky Derby will be an all-day affair at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., and the 2024 event has even more meaning with Saturday being the historic 150th Run for the Roses. The 2024 Derby has a 6:57 p.m. EDT scheduled post time with TV coverage on NBC and...
Letter to the editor: We need Trump
Former President Trump understands what is important to our nation and also what is destroying it. The left can’t stop talking about him, hoping for any shred of evidence that will emerge and incarcerate him. I believe the Democrats’ wish to win is so paramount that they will stop at...
Sounding off: School funding, Trump, Biden, Pirates and more
An equitable school funding alternative to property tax Public schools in this state face any number of problems, from student discipline to staff retention. But, as per usual in the public sphere, the most pressing problem is posed by money. Pennsylvania school districts fund most of their operations with the...
Letter to the editor: Questions about protests
Here are some questions about the recent outbreak of pro-Palestinian demonstrations at universities and on city streets to consider: 1. Who are these demonstrators — students, other sympathizers, foreign visitors, and/or outside agitators? 2. What percentage of the demonstrators are professional and being paid? 3. Who is funding these demonstrations?...
The Stroller, May 4, 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. Free rides available to medical appointments Wesley Family Services now offers...
Editorial: Difference between Brittney Griner and Marc Fogel? One came home
On Wednesday, WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was featured in a “20/20” interview ahead of the release of her new book, “Coming Home.” It was a powerful interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts. The 6-foot-9-inch athlete was generally quiet and subdued as she spoke in her deep, gentle voice about the basketball...
Letter to the editor: Dysfunction in Harrisburg
Our dysfunctional Pennsylvania Legislature is back in session and both chambers are crowing their passage of bills on issues long unaddressed. Trouble is, both are also refusing to take up the other’s bills. Three-fourths of the way through our current two-year term, our “full-time” Legislature has written over 3,200 bills...
Pirates farm report for May 3, 2024: Jake Lamb collects 2 more hits for Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 15-13) was knocked around by Buffalo (Blue Jays), 10-4. RHP Wily Peralta (5.40) started and was mostly effective, giving up one run on three hits with four strikeouts and no walks. RHP JC Flowers (2-1, 6.59) came on and allowed three runs, two earned, on two hits and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 3, 2024
High schools Baseball Friday’s results Class 2A Section 1 Burgettstown 9, Charleroi 0 Section 2 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 10, New Brighton 2 Nonsection Brownsville 8, California 1 Carrick 16, Woodland Hills 2 Frazier at Southmoreland, ppd. Indiana at Somerset, ppd. Knoch 5, Shady Side Academy 1 Latrobe...
High school roundup for May 3, 2024: Lexie Hames back in form for Seneca Valley, throwing no-hitter with 15Ks
Seneca Valley softball star Lexie Hames was limited to one inning in the circle during a section showdown with Hempfield on Wednesday due to shoulder soreness. In a bit of good news for Seneca Valley and bad news for the rest of the Class 6A teams in the WPIAL, Hames...
Police say missing woman from Pittsburgh area was killed in Dauphin County
A missing woman now thought to be a homicide victim went to the Harrisburg area in February to live with a boyfriend, Millvale police said Friday. Tracy Scanlon, 54, who also goes by the last name Zalenski, was last seen in late February leaving a wine and liquor store in...
Gary Franks: Silent majority being ignored is the true threat to our democracy
President Joe Biden has his focus on this election being about preserving our democracy. He may be right on that point but for different reasons. The true threat to a democracy is when the will of the people is ignored. When the will of a small fraction of the people...
Patrice Tomcik: New protections will save lives and slash climate pollution from coal plants
In Southwestern Pennsylvania where I live with my family, the Keystone and Conemaugh power plants have been burning coal for more than 50 years, filling the air with potentially life-altering pollution and fouling the region’s water and soil with mercury-laced waste. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency took action that...
Runaway steel cylinder from Pitt construction site kills Western Psych employee, victim identified
A pedestrian was killed Friday in Oakland when a steel cylinder weighing thousands of pounds rolled away from a construction site at the University of Pittsburgh’s new sports performance center and traveled several hundred feet before striking her, authorities said. The metal tube, nearly as long as a pickup truck...
