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I have read my share of letters written here by those who condemn Democrats or who denounce Republicans. Such criticism can lead to a vacuum of leadership. What young and bright upcoming politician would want to step into the vitriol of the partisan divide that affects our politics today? What...

Ah, the love of nature, to be in the woods, in orange. The hunters natter on about which day is best to begin deer season; some are “sickened” at the thought of a Saturday start, while others are “appalled” by a Monday starting gun. A recent letter stated that the...

Aspinwall Estate of John McKaveney sold property at 115 First St. to Ideal Holdings Ltd. for $270,000. Etna Kristen Elizabeth Wadsworth sold property at 22 Mary Lue Drive to Aristotle and Haley Piso for $162,500. Fox Chapel Susan Katz sold property at Old Indian Trl to Anna Regoli for $310,000....

Edgeworth Suellen Miller sold property at 52 Little Sewickley Creek Road to Citizens Bank NA for $350,000. Franklin Park Maronda Homes LLC sold property at 1111 Deerfield Drive to Chandra Sekhar Lavudi and Sowmya Pachipenta for $681,056. Pitell Contracting Inc. sold property at McDevitt Road to Anthony Vincent for $160,000....

The Biden administration’s proposed change to Title IX is yet another example of government run afoul of common sense and decency. This change would force our schools to allow boys and men to compete on the same playing fields as girls and women. This can only result in the end...

PennWest University is taking steps to save costs. The university is in its infancy under this name. Until the 2022-23 school year, PennWest didn’t exist. It was born of the merging of three Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities: California, Clarion and Edinboro. The purpose of the merger was...

Chalfant Greater Pioneer Trust 10140 sold property at 140 Greenfield Ave. to Elizabeth Wilson for $33,000. Churchill Jack Marshall sold property at 2302 Marbury Road to Rybee Two LLC for $182,000. Edgewood Wayne Obitz sold property at 1305 S Braddock Ave. to Yingjian Li and Oiong Wang for $149,000. Forest...

Bellevue Shoeb Panjwani sold property at 549 Dawson Ave. to William Lawrimore II and Courtney Killian for $321,000. Rodger Neurohr sold property at 70 Kendall Ave. to 70 Kendall Ave LLC for $205,000. Bradford Woods Paul Barrante sold property at 20 Market Ct to Mitchell Oshell and Lauren Budd for...

Electricity and/or natural gas affects every household in Pennsylvania in one way or another. Aren’t we fortunate to live in a state that produces more natural gas through fracking than nearly every other state in the nation? If that is indeed the case, do you wonder why our prices have...

Penn State Master Gardener Elaine Liberati will present a program about Hugelkulture gardening on April 25 at a 7:30 p.m. meeting of the Longvue Acres Garden Club. In Hugelkulture gardening, a mound is constructed to create a raised bed of decaying wood debris and other compostable plant materials from is...

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. Valley High School Drama Club presents ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ The Valley...

The founders recognized that the Constitution might need adjustment in the future and that all circumstances requiring attention might not have been appreciated as the Constitution was originally conceived. Thus, Article V was included, which allows for amendment of the Constitution. Time and experience moved the will of the people...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection Ambridge 12, Ellwood City 8 Avonworth 8, Alliance (OH) 2 Ringgold 5, Morgantown (WV) 1 Seneca Valley 16, Quaker Valley 1 Serra Catholic 9, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 1 South Fayette 10, Chartiers Valley 0 Lacrosse Saturday’s results Boys Nonsection North...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 6-8) ended a seven-game home losing streak with a 9-2 victory over St. Paul (Twins). C Endy Rodriguez (.267) went 3 for 5 with a home run, his second. SS Nick Gonzales (.275) went 4 for 5 with two doubles and a triple. 1B Miguel Andujar (.250) went...

Upper St. Clair sprinter Dani Prunzik, the defending WPIAL 100 meters champ, was at it again Saturday, winning the 100- and 200- meter dashes at the TSTCA Outdoor Championships at West Mifflin. Prunzik, a Penn State recruit, won the 100 in 11.79 and the 200 in 24.90, and Upper St....

Drug and alcohol addiction is a growing problem that continues to cause wreckage in the lives of individuals and families across the country and especially in our local communities. In 1987 alcohol and drug addiction was added to the list of known diseases, and in 2011 addiction was defined as...

Editor’s note: The North Hills Journal is publishing candidate interviews for contested municipal and school board races only. The West View council race is uncontested, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Democrats Donald E. Mikec, Scott V. Miller and M. Kimberly Steele are running for...

A trio of Plum youth wrestlers — Nicholas Pifer, AJ Pifer and Ethan Schwartz — qualified for and took part in the Keystone State Tournament March 17-19, at IUP’s Kovalchick Center. AJ Pifer and Schwartz also qualified for the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling State Tournament March 25-26, at Pitt’s Petersen Events...

The second-ranked North Allegheny softball team dropped a 10-7 decision to No. 4 Norwin in a Class 6A section game April 12. Josey Michalski had three hits, including a home run, and five RBIs to lead Norwin to a comeback win. Emma Novotnak doubled and drove in a pair of...

I don’t think it’s fair that elderly people who never had children in school have to pay school taxes. The government gives more money back on tax returns when families have children, but single people don’t get money like that back. It’s not fair to the elderly. Lisa Illinsky Springdale...

Time to end taxpayer-paid vehicles for county employees Let’s continue to beat the dead horse and reclassify it as living impaired. Why does any Westmoreland County employee have a taxpayer-paid vehicle to commute to work? According to Rich Cholodofsky’s latest expose (“Westmoreland DA vehicle usage declines as a result of...

The moral and courageous Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, “Silence in the face of evil is evil itself.” So, where are our journalists and authors denouncing censorship and demanding free speech? Where are the doctors upholding their Hippocratic oath of “first, do no harm” and exposing the medical malfeasance that’s destroying lives?...

It was March 29 when Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Yekaterinburg, Russia, charged with espionage and held in a foreign prison. On April 10, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined the journalist was wrongfully detained. It took just 12 days. Teacher Marc Fogel of Oakmont...

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. Concert planned April 22 in memory of George Wolfe A day...