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The Stroller, Nov. 10, 2023: 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. Cub Scouts to collect items for homeless veterans Cub Scout Packs...
Guardian employees raise money for adaptive bike giveaway
Employees of Guardian Protection in Warrendale teamed up with Variety — the Children’s Charity to provide custom-made adaptive bikes to three children with disabilities in October. Guardian employees raised money through raffles and other activities to sponsor two of the bikes, which can cost up to $2,500 each, according to...
Laurels & lances: Election edition
Laurel: To doing your duty. Off-year elections are often sluggish things with little interest or involvement, but not this time. On Tuesday, voters stepped up and did their part. They made choices and cast ballots in ways that had real impact statewide, in both Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, in school...
Letter to the editor: U.S. complicit in crimes against humanity
More than 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed and nearly half of those are children. UNICEF warns that Israel’s attack on Gaza is killing or wounding 420 children a day. Israel has wiped out entire families in Gaza. No one is denying that the attack by Hamas was terrible,...
Santa Claus greeted warmly as he arrives at Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield
Santa Claus arrived with much fanfare at the Westmoreland Mall on Route 30 in Hempfield on Friday. His return to center court began with a parade led by the Hempfield Area High School Marching Band and a show from the Westmoreland Performing Arts group. A Christmas tree lighting and reveal...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 9, 2023
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule Conestoga (23-0) vs. Lower Dauphin (19-3) at Exeter Township, 11 a.m.; Wyoming Valley West (11-7) vs. Emmaus (23-1) at Nazareth, 11 a.m.; Manheim Township (19-1-1) vs. Parkland (18-5-1) at Exeter Township, 1 p.m.; Warwick (16-5-1) vs. Penn Manor (16-5-1)...
High school roundup for Nov. 9, 2023: Hampton hockey holds off Freeport
Sean Sullivan and Daniel Leyes each collected two goals and an assist to lead Hampton to a 6-5 victory over Freeport in PIHL Class A hockey Thursday night. Gavin Durden also scored twice for Hampton (1-5). Aiden Bauman and Zach Bowser scored two goals apiece for Freeport (1-5-1). Beaver 1,...
Senate Judiciary delays votes on subpoenas over Supreme Court ethics
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned Thursday without voting on whether to authorize subpoenas for a billionaire Republican donor and a conservative judicial activist as part of the panel’s probe into Supreme Court ethics. Members of the Senate panel were set to vote Thursday on whether to authorize...
2 new members elected to Hampton Township School Board
A Republican candidate earned a Hampton Township School Board seat by defeating an incumbent, according to unofficial Allegheny County election results. Jenny L. Kennedy edged Democrat Trisha Marie Webb, 3,476 votes to 3,428, to join four candidates running on both parties’ tickets in winning four-year terms on the board. Reelected...
House Speaker Johnson is running out of time to avoid shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson, the little-known Louisiana congressman who emerged from a hardliner revolt as House Republicans’ new leader, is short on both time and experience to avert a US government shutdown. The novice to major Washington negotiations plans to release as soon as Thursday his proposal for temporary government funding...
Council members reelected in Verona
Races for Verona Borough Council included an incumbent winning both a two- and four-year seat, according to unofficial Allegheny County election results. Running as a Democrat and Republican for a four-year term, Nancy A. Carpenter received 288 votes to finish third, with three seats up for election Nov. 7. She...
Knights of Columbus donates coats to Plum, Riverview students
Holy Family Knights of Columbus Council 4242 donated 48 new winter coats for elementary students in Plum and Riverview school districts. Coats are being distributed to students through the assistance of the elementary guidance counselors at both school districts. Coats for Kids is one of the many charitable programs that...
Monessen man sentenced on federal drug charges
A Monessen man will serve more than five years in federal prison after his conviction on drug charges, U.S. Attorney Eric Olshan announced Thursday. Daniel Smith, 41, was part of a conspiracy to distribute cocaine between June 2020 and July 2021, which involved residents of Brownsville as well as Chicago,...
Mandy Simons: What does it mean to be pro-Israel?
“Pro-Israel.” That’s a standard term in American discourse about the Middle East, and now more than ever. We hear of confrontations between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters. Praise and blame are handed out to those seen as adequately or inadequately pro-Israel; the political lobbying organization AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee),...
Former Bethel Park police lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling Venezuelan woman into U.S.
A former Bethel Park police lieutenant pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping a woman illegally enter the United States from Mexico because he said he “loved her” and she could “keep his house.” Blake Babin, 59, will be sentenced March 13 in federal court on a single count of transporting an...
Lawsuit: Man removed from transplant list after UPMC officer assaulted him, falsified charges
A UPMC police officer assaulted a Uniontown man during a medical transport and then lied about the incident to file criminal charges and have him involuntarily committed, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims. The allegations led to the man’s removal from a liver transplant list, although the charges were ultimately...
Through the years: Yough outslugged Kittanning in 2013 playoff barnburner
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that have shaped local scholastic history. In a spectacular offensive display, Yough outgained Kittanning, 529-494, as the Cougars won their only playoff game to date 57-42 on...
Peter Morici: ‘Bidenomics’ is a bust, and even Democrats don’t want him to run again
The economy is improving, but President Biden doesn’t get much credit. Now it appears that could be enough to cost him his job. In contrast to last summer, most economists put the likelihood of a recession at less than half. Although the National Bureau of Economic Research considers several variables,...
Why Penn State RB Kaytron Allen is built for a game like Michigan: ‘I can’t be denied’
James Franklin described Penn State’s matchup with Michigan as “big boy” football. Fortunately for the Nittany Lions, they have a bruising tailback rounding into form. Kaytron Allen is hitting his stride. The 5-foot-11, 222-pound sophomore — one of the more underrated running backs not only in the Big Ten, but...
Democrats sweep Riverview School Board races
Democrats swept the races for Riverview School Board, earning five seats for four-year terms and another for a two-year term in the Nov. 7 election, according to unofficial Allegheny County results. Jennifer K. Chaparro, board president, won reelection with a leading total of 1,875 votes. “I am grateful to the...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to all emergency personnel
Recently I retired my EMS status with Mutual Aid Ambulance Service, after providing more than 45 years of service to our communities. I worked alongside other EMS personnel, Greensburg police, Pennsylvania State Police and fire departments throughout the area. There are many agencies that get involved behind the scenes when...
Letter to the editor: No need for big, beautiful schools in Latrobe
Regarding the article “Greater Latrobe’s multimillion dollar revitalization plan raises taxes through 2039” (Sept. 22, TribLIVE): Federal, state and local government continually have their hands deep in Pennsylvania residents’ pockets and around our throats. Local school boards add to the financial burden. After completing the new Latrobe Elementary School building,...
Remember When: Sewickley Herald headlines from 1990
In the news this week 33 years ago: • A $28-million parking garage addition at Sewickley Valley Hospital was set to open. Known as the South Wing project, the construction added 465 parking spaces and replaced the former main entrance of the hospital complex. Four new operating rooms were part...
Letter to the editor: Hydrogen key to clean energy future
Regarding the article “Pittsburgh- based plan passed over as hydrogen hub selections draw statewide praise” (Oct. 13, TribLIVE): Building a lower carbon future means ensuring the success of the Department of Energy’s new hydrogen hubs. The hubs are networks of clean hydrogen producers, consumers and connective infrastructure working together to kick-start...
Editorial: Pennsylvania teachers should be able to wear their faith
For 74 years, Pennsylvania public school teachers could be penalized for wearing a cross or a crucifix, a Star of David or a crescent moon hanging from a necklace. There could be no symbols for any religion on clothing or jewelry because of a law passed in 1949. That will...
