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Editorial: How reliable are corporate sale promises?
The importance of knowing what you are getting into was illustrated Thursday in West Virginia. That was when Cleveland-Cliffs announced the shuttering of a tin production facility in Weirton. Cleveland-Cliffs is one of the largest producers of steel in the United States. It has plants across multiple states, including a...
Letter to the editor: We should help our country first
There are 446 million people living in the European Union. Almost 24 million are non-citizens. Many of these non-citizens arrived in waves coming from the EU’s south. The countries of the EU, in general, were highly in debt when the massive influx of immigrants flooded the border. It was well...
The Stroller, Feb. 19, 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. Annual Shamrock Shuffle event planned in West Leechburg The St. Patrick’s...
Black, proud and ready to make a difference, Allegheny County’s new chief public defender gets to work
When Lena Bryan-Henderson was growing up in Wilkinsburg in the 1970s, her family dinner conversations frequently revolved around civil rights. “It was table talk every evening almost — about the prejudices and the injustices that people who look like me had to endure,” she said. Then, when she was about...
Letter to the editor: Backward steps on abortion
In her letter “No time to go backward on abortion safety” (Jan. 29, TribLive), Maria Gallagher, legislative director of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, complains that a law supposedly ensuring the safety of women is being considered for repeal. This law had nothing to do with abortion safety but was intended...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 19
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 19....
In brief: Herald area events for the week of Feb. 19, 2024
Police talks moving forward Blawnox and O’Hara councils voted to authorize officials from both municipalities to enter in-depth talks to consolidate police departments. O’Hara council voted Feb. 13 and Blawnox voted Feb. 14. The plan so far is to have Blawnox officers become township police and serve under Superintendent Jay...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 19
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 19....
Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay are on the rebound. This new report says they can help fight climate change
A new report from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation says efforts to restore oyster populations could have benefits beyond just survival of the species. The report, released last week, outlines strategies for reaping the most benefits from oyster restoration. Allison Colden, Maryland executive director for the foundation, said oysters are “a...
High school sports scores, schedules for Feb. 18, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s schedule Times TBA Pine-Richland (7-15) at Mt. Lebanon (18-4); North Allegheny (11-11) at Baldwin (16-6); Canon-McMillan (10-12) vs. Central Catholic (14-8) at Gateway; Butler (15-6) at Upper St. Clair (17-5) Class 5A First round Monday’s schedule Woodland Hills (9-13) at...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from Feb. 4-14, 2024
Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, the Tribune-Review’s “Scenes from the Valley” photo package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate,...
Grant helps bring South Arts Pittsburgh work to public eye in Bethel Park
South Arts Pittsburgh launched its 40th-anniversary year with a visual flourish. A new display at the group’s home base, Bethel Park Historical Society’s Schoolhouse Arts and History Center, puts an array of members’ work in the public eye. “It’s been a dream,” Jeanie Slater, South Arts co-president, said about the...
Letter to the editor: Monroeville Convention Center woes
While I sympathize with the municipality of Monroeville, I don’t believe that the mayor or anyone else involved in local government should be sending letters and “expressing extreme concern” regarding the closure of the convention center (“Monroeville officials: Hobby Lobby welcome, just not at convention center,” Feb. 15, TribLive). If...
Letter to the editor: No way to conduct a humanitarian war
All that seems to be published today about the Israeli/Hamas war is that there should be a more humane method of carrying on war. What? The true leaders of post-World War II knew it was hell. They knew that the goal was to avoid war at any cost (Henry Kissinger,...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of Feb. 18, 2024
Aleppo Robert Fulford trustee sold property at 111 Forest Edge Drive to Donna Robatisin for $244,440. Bell Acres Gary Deberry sold property at 654 Camp Meeting Road to JCRP Properties LLC for $150,000. Franklin Park Vaughn Wallace sold property at 2017 Karen Drive to Anwarul Hoque and Tasfia Naz for...
East suburban real estate, week of Feb. 18, 2024
Penn Hills Lisa Blickenderfer sold property at 1022 Sixth St. to Timothy Kunkel for $120,000. David Bollinger sold property at 323 Auburn St. to William Stanziana Jr. and Cynthia Stanziana for $120,000. Elaine Sadler sold property at 5716 Brinley Drive to SFR Workforce Owner LLC for $126,000. Al Smith Jr....
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of Feb. 18, 2024
O’Hara George Demetri sold property at 211 Cornwall Drive to Peter Sloan and Erin Stiling for $600,000. Richard Zivic sold property at 126 Marshall Drive to Timothy and Carol McCurdy for $355,000. Myung Ki Yi sold property at 218 Park Square Lane to Eugene and Cheryl Deal for $460,000. Alexander...
North suburban real estate, week of Feb. 18,2024
Bellevue Edward Dietz sold property at 615 Lincoln Ave. to Edward and Catherine Dietz for $1,220,000. Michael Morley sold property at 44 N Bryant Ave. to Evangelino and Katia Nascimento for $360,000. Tiffany Painter sold property at 632 Roosevelt Ave. B to Wendy Marie Farver for $138,300. Richard Brooks trustee...
East suburban real estate, week of Feb. 18, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Phyllis Szoko sold property at 314 Surrey Pl to Leon and Jeanetta Blackston for $239,000. James Reese sold property at 120 Thornberry Drive to Charles Vaughn for $319,000. Forest Hills Mary Duffy Rooney sold property at 109 Bevington Road to Corner Lot Homes LLC for $130,000. Monroeville...
Letter to the editor: Stutterers have a hero in Bryan Rust
How uplifting it was to read the article “Penguins forward Bryan Rust stands up for those who stutter” (Feb. 3, TribLive). I agree with speech-language pathologist Allison Ladavat of the speech clinic at Duquesne University in that I never had any heroes to look up to in my stuttering youth....
Editorial: Spotting the problems with ShotSpotter responses
Chicago is discontinuing its use of ShotSpotter, a sound technology used to identify and locate gunfire in a community. Mayor Brandon Johnson didn’t like the program or the money that went toward it. Since signing a contract in 2019, Chicago has given software company SoundThinking about $9 million a year...
Letter to the editor: Lincoln has final word on cause of Civil War
Let’s finally kill that myth that several letter-writers are attempting to perpetuate regarding the cause of the Civil War. And we can let Abraham Lincoln settle it with his own words from his Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 (emphasis mine): ”One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not...
The Stroller, Feb. 18, 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 shuttle service available for NK, Arnold residents The New Ken...
Letter to the editor: Support Pa. gun violence prevention
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed investing $100 million in statewide gun violence prevention programing and education. For over 20 years the Foundation of HOPE has been serving the Greater Pittsburgh region by empowering people impacted by the criminal justice system to renew their faith, rebuild their lives and restore...
3 more measles cases confirmed at South Florida elementary school
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Four students at Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston have confirmed cases of measles, the Broward School District announced in a news release Saturday. The first case of measles was confirmed Thursday night. Three more cases of the highly contagious illness have been confirmed since, according...
