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Frick Park is planning an outdoor sensory classroom for specialized outside activities for all abilities. Frick Park has multiple issues as a park in decay. One is bikers generating erosion by creating challenging slopes. Another is the expanding deer population seeking food. Protect our Parks and Gardens has been addressing...

Should Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board officials meet privately with casino lobbyists? That’s a good question. State Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Lycoming County, and state Rep. Jared Solomon, D-Philadelphia, showed a rare moment of bipartisan and bicameral agreement when they asked the Office of the Attorney General and the state Ethics Commission...

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. Amateur Astronomers plan at free star parties Amateur Astronomers Association of...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the days, times and location for the Central Westmoreland Farmer’s Market near Greensburg. Kira Karpinski’s farmers market offerings in June take root six months earlier in a sun-drenched room in her house. Not a greenhouse — her actual house. “I start...

Today, June 21, people across the world will participate in an activity of their choice for The Longest Day. The Longest Day is held on the day with the most light — the summer solstice — to fight the darkness of Alzheimer’s disease. The Longest Day participants can support the...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 29-39) lost 3-1 to Columbus (Guardians). Indy pitchers gave up only three hits but walked seven. RHP Jared Jones (4.76) made his first Triple-A start and allowed three runs on three hits and two walks in 5.2 innings. He struck out six. RHP Colin Selby (3.63), RHP Hunter...

O’Hara Elementary School is seeking a community member and a parent to serve on the school’s site-based management team, each for two-year terms that are anticipated to start in July 2023. The team helps to make decisions concerning school operations and meets monthly. The community representative must reside in the...

The Fox Chapel Area School District hosted more than 100 students at its summer STEAM camp June 12-16 at Fairview Elementary School. The district offered 10 different camps on topics ranging from engineering and ecology to chemistry and coding. The week culminated in an open house June 16, during which...

Bethel Park Councilman Mark O’Brien has been named Outstanding Council Member of the Year by the Pennsylvania Borough Councils Association. “I am deeply appreciative and humbled by this award.” O’Brien said. “I see it as an honor not just for myself, but for all the individuals who have supported and...

Traffic has been severed in both directions on one of America’s busiest and most economically important thoroughfares. It will be months before I-95 is back to normal in the Philadelphia area, after a truck carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline crashed into a wall and burst into flames June 12....

Two North Allegheny Senior High School grads received scholarships from the McCandless Democratic Committee and another graduate received a $500 honorarium for use in continuing their education. The scholarships recognize students who have excelled academically, are engaged in the community and exemplify values of importance to Democrats. The awards were...

Shaler Area High School’s class of 2023 received their diplomas on June 2. During the ceremony at Titan Stadium, 291 students marched on to the next chapter in their lives. “Your high school years were dramatically impacted by the covid-19 pandemic, resulting in school closures, cancellation of activities, and remote...

Gov. Josh Shapiro recently signed an executive order laying the groundwork for creating a Pennsylvania Master Plan for Older Adults. The master plan will serve as a roadmap to building and maintaining a commonwealth where every resident can live and thrive at any age. AARP and the Department of Aging...

Some parents will tell you firsthand there’s no expiration date on this raising kids gig. For some, that means they extend financial help to their kids into adulthood. When I was 21 and got into a master’s program at a college of my dreams, my mom swooped in to help...

The annual Father’s Day car cruise at Hartwood Acres continues to grow in popularity as many people gather to celebrate classic cars and family traditions. “This is either our ninth or 10th year. We lost a year for covid,” said Allegheny County special events manager Bill Deasy. “Today is by...

Perhaps the writer of the letter “Biden and Kennedy are the best Democrats have?” (June 7, TribLIVE) should have done his homework before commenting on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s speaking voice. You don’t criticize someone with a disability. Kennedy suffers from spasmodic dysphonia. This disorder causes spasms of the larynx...

Allegheny County recently announced the closure of the Smithfield Street homeless shelter by the end of June without a clear plan to relocate its clients. This is a mistake. Closing this shelter will harm hundreds of our neighbors. There has been an estimated 24% increase in people experiencing homelessness in...

Pittsburgh does love a party, and there’s no party like a huge arena concert. On Friday and Saturday, the city welcomed fans of one of the biggest stars in the world when Taylor Swift brought her “Eras” tour to Acrisure Stadium. To say the turnout was heavy is an understatement....

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. Friends of Community Library asking for gift basket items Friends of...

The merch says “Eras Tour,” though “Erathon Tour” would be more fitting. It’s a 3½-hour powerhouse, ranking among the longer half of the extended “Lord of the Rings” cuts. Attendees missed the endurance memo, dancing at sprinter’s pace. By the time “Midnights” hit, traditional applause was replaced by desperate gasps...

The Western Pennsylvania Juneteenth celebration was held Monday at Point State Park. Juneteenth is a federal holiday recognizing the emancipation of the last enslaved people in the United States. It became a national holiday in 2021. Juneteenth marks the final abolition of slavery, which happened in Galveston, Texas, two months...

Two people were killed when a small plane crashed Sunday in Cambria County, about 150 miles northwest of Harrisburg. The twin-engine Piper A-30 went down in a wooded area near the Ebensburg Airport shortly before 4 p.m. The unidentified victims were pronounced dead at the scene, according to local news...

While I write about more than 200 stocks each year, I own far fewer. Once a year in this column, I discuss my holdings. Here are the 25 I own personally and for most clients now. Communications I hold the same three communications stocks I held a year ago —...

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