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Military recognition ceremony Shaler Township will recognize current military and veterans during its Community Day on July 4. The ceremony will take place at Kiwanis Park at 8 p.m. 15th Annual Shaler Great Gardens Tour Treat yourself to a walk through five spectacular local gardens packed with creative ideas, colorful...

Ruthfred Acres Woman’s Club The Ruthfred Acres Woman’s Club met at St. Clair Country Club in May for their annual spring luncheon to honor Joanne Koller, club president. She took the opportunity to present the club’s donation of $2,105 to Bethel-St.Clair Meals on Wheels manger Dorothy Vandruff. Officers for 2023-24...

It’s blasphemy to have a modern retelling of the Good Samaritan parable (Matthew 7:22-23) replacing the Samaritan with a transgender person (“Parable of the Good Samaritan for 2023,” June 11, TribLIVE). Jesus Christ taught us to love all people, even our enemies. So what are you really trying to say?...

Pennsylvania does not have the most colleges of any state. That spot goes to California, which has 400. The Keystone State comes in fourth, behind New York and Texas. There are 218 post-secondary schools in Pennsylvania, based on federal Department of Education statistics. But look at the population, and things...

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. Dog treats needed by Animal Protectors Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley...

According to the National Commission on Correctional Health Care’s Mortality Report regarding the many deaths at the Allegheny County Jail, “Allegheny County does not do mortality reviews,” which is a violation of National Commission on Correctional Health Care standard, “Procedure in the Event of an Inmate Death.” How is the...

Editorial cartoons for the week of June 26....

Chamber awards scholarship The winner of the 2023 Common Good Foundation Scholarship, awarded through the South West Regional Chamber of Commerce in Collier, is Ezmerelda Shaub. A recent graduate of Canon-McMillan High School, Ezmerelda received $1,000 toward pursuing a degree at Slippery Rock University. At Canon-McMillan, she was a National...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 26....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 33-41) dropped a 7-6 decision to Columbus (Guardians). DH Endy Rodriguez (.248) was 2 for 5 with a home run and three runs scored. RF Miguel Andujar (.355) was 3 for 5 with two RBIs. LF Cal Mitchell (.271) knocked in a run. SS Chris Owings (.282) doubled....

Recently, the shooter in the 2018 hate-fueled antisemitic Pittsburgh synagogue attack was convicted. Now there will be a trial to decide if we eventually make him world famous again by executing him many years from now, or instead simply forget his name and throw away the key. Six days earlier,...

When you take a close look at the challenges presented by Penn State’s defense, it can be easy to overlook one of the most gifted linebackers in the nation. James Franklin’s Nittany Lions again have top-10 potential heading into the fall. Manny Diaz’s defense will go a long way toward...

Since opening in 1988, Magic Shears Styling Salon in Tarentum has been like home to clients from the Alle-Kiski Valley. That’s because through 35 years of owning the business, the Altfather/DeVita family has treated clients as family members. And it’s that menality that has kept the doors revolving. It helps...

If we were to believe the media, et al., we would think that inclusiveness is a fundamental moral imperative. On the contrary, every just society depends for its existence on the willingness of its members to judge and exclude those who seek to erode and destroy that society. This is...

Bell Acres Weststar Realty LLC sold property at 724 Campmeeting Road to Aurum Assets Ltd. for $85,000. Franklin Park Jonathan David Willey sold property at 2508 Notre Dame Ct to Russell and Ashley Mills for $751,100. Robert Luffy sold property at 1732 Sturbridge Drive to Ramiro Delaguerra and Anita Chandra...

Aspinwall Estate of Bernard Held II sold property at 103 Delafield Road to Main Street Food & Beverage LLC for $720,000. Patricia Held sold property at 105 Delafield Road to 2312 Main LLC et al. for $155,000. Etna David Kephart sold property at 24 Wilson St. to Terry and Susan...

Chalfant Lashwan Hall sold property at 136 Greenfield Ave. to Kevin Griffin for $159,000. Edgewood Luke Klein sold property at 300 Maple Ave. to Joshua and Katherine Riley for $810,000. Ellen Sciulli sold property at 1233 S Braddock Ave. to Marshall Krassenstein for $271,500. Forest Hills Patrick Cooper sold property...

Bellevue Estate of James Lewellis sold property at 242 Irwin Ave. to JSP Restaurant Group LLC for $179,000. Jean Paul St. sold property at 85 S Euclid Ave. to Jonathan Otte and Danielle Christine McGrath Hermann for $255,000. Etna David Kephart sold property at 24 Wilson St. to Terry and...

Bridgeville John Misitis sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Apt 102 to Agnes Delach for $112,500. Raymond Castner trustee sold property at 140 May Ave. to Mickael Lee Hanson for $106,500. Edward Brethauer III sold property at 715 Washington Ave. to Pristine Pools LLC for $200,000. Richard Vidra sold property...

Bethel Park Betta Lee Heilman sold property at 592 Galway Drive to James and Terry Dixon for $175,000. Curtis Dunn sold property at 5212 Lark St. to Luis Angel Alcaraz Tapia for $125,000. Rohlyn Invests LLC sold property at 5393 Main St. to Delia Echo Ramseyer for $145,000. Calvin Hodder...

Regarding the letter “John Kerry’s climate hypocrisy” (June 17, TribLIVE): I, too, want our leaders, such as Kerry, President Biden and Donald Trump, to be responsible and create a green economy; words are not enough. No one is above the law, even the laws of common sense. But, to be...

Money is not the only answer. With government, it often seems that way. No matter what the problem may be, there are any number of solutions that can be proposed. Most of them have big-ticket spending attached, which can end up on the chopping block later when the problem being...

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. Tarentum concert to feature Murphy’s Music Center Band Tarentum Summer Concert...

The defendant was apprehended inside the Squirrel Hill synagogue and confessed to police who wounded him in a gunbattle. At trial, the opening words of his defense team included an admission that their client killed 11 people who were worshipping inside the Tree of Life synagogue on the morning of...

Thanks to the writer of the letter “Ramifications of DEP name change” (June 16, TribLIVE) for pointing out that, on June 10, the Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill changing the name of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to the Department of Environmental Services. One question: What sort of environmental...