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There is no greater lesson we can teach our kids than the importance of being involved in their communities. It’s important because we need children to step up to the plate. They need to be prepared for the day when they will be the voters and taxpayers. One day, they...

Hoping to shift daily borough operations from elected officials, Freeport Council has created a manager position, filling it with — an elected official. Council selected Councilman Zachary Filous to fill the position Monday immediately after creating it. Filous did not participate in the 35-minute executive session called for personnel matters...

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. NK Salvation Army collecting personal items The New Kensington Salvation Army...

If you open a Bible and read Proverbs 25:4-5, you will see that it is very pertinent to not all but many of today’s elected officials in Washington and local governments. It pertains to “removing the dross from silver” and “removing the wicked from the king’s presence.” In our democracy...

Earth Day celebration The Bradford Woods Conservancy is hosting an Earth Day Celebration at the Reserve in Bradford Woods on April 22 from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Activities for adults and children are: 10-11 a.m. — activity tables, light refreshments will be provided. 11 a.m. to noon — Herpetologist...

High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Saturday’s schedule First round Chambersburg (15-11) at Plymouth-Whitemarsh (24-4), 4 p.m.; CB East (22-4) vs. Archbishop Wood (16-8) at Archbishop Ryan, 4:30 p.m.; Central (16-11) vs. North Penn (18-8) at West Philadelphia, 3 p.m.; Coatesville (18-9) at Scranton (14-11), 5 p.m.; WC...

Calvin Winfrey III scored 23 points as WPIAL sixth-place finisher Uniontown defeated District 3 champion Berks Catholic, 81-69, in the first round of the PIAA Class 4A boys basketball playoffs Friday night. Bakari Wallace had 18 points, while Jamire Braxton and Notorious Grooms scored 12 each for the Red Raiders...

South Allegheny coach Tony DiCenzo had two keys to avoid for his team as it looked to upset WPIAL Class 4A champions Lincoln Park during Friday night’s state playoff opener: allowing second-chance opportunities and live-ball turnovers. In the end, a barrage of second-chance points and forced turnovers allowed Lincoln Park...

HARRISBURG — Brian Brozeski knew where Norwin would have to succeed to win in the PIAA Class 6A girls basketball playoffs. “When you get to the playoffs, defense is where you can hang your hat,” Brozeski said after his Knights team hung an entire wardrobe on its defense in a...

Once upon a time, there were Republicans in New England serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. I know this because in 1996 — the year I lost my attempt for a fourth term in office — the rug was pulled out from GOP members of that institution. We had...

Conneaut Area’s Victoria Medrick claimed a Western Regional girls singles bowling championship Friday at AMF Noble Manor Lanes, and she had to get through the WPIBL’s finest to get there. Medrick, who qualified third, defeated Alyssa Balest of Penn-Trafford in the quarterfinals and Amelia Droste of Hempfield in the semifinals...

Billy Porter is planning to strike a new pose this spring — but he wants his fans to manage their expectations accordingly. The Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning multi-hyphenate announced Thursday he will embark on his very first national tour this spring. However, it won’t contain any of the high-flying,...

My roots are planted firmly in rural Pennsylvania. It’s where I grew up, went to school, got married, worked and served in the U.S. Army Reserves. I’m proud to say that I still call Bradford County home, and it is 100% rural Pennsylvania. Recently, some in the media elite have...

Editor’s note: The new cost of a secondary student’s school lunch has been corrected. Freeport Area School District students will shell out a little more cash for meals next school year. The school board approved the increases Wednesday. As a result of the increase, students will now pay $1.35 for...

For Pennsylvania Republicans, the last decade has been the best of times and the worst of times — mostly the latter. For nearly a decade, the GOP has nodded approvingly as Western Pennsylvania’s unionized steamfitters have trended Republican and increasingly joined the Republican Party. Their jobs and personal values draw...

It’s March, everyone, and despite what Punxsutawney Phil said, spring could very well be just around the corner. Which begs the question: when is daylight saving time? The days will start getting lighter when folks set their clocks forward this Sunday. Unfortunately, this does mean we’ll all be losing an...

The letter “You still have the right to say what you want” (Feb. 18, TribLIVE) doesn’t say a word about consequences. For example, everyone knows you can’t shout “Fire!” in a crowded theater. You can’t threaten to harm or kill anyone, either. Gadflies like Rudy Giuliani and Sydney Powell have...

Sen. Kim Ward proved bureaucrats aren’t in charge of our government as long as public officials remain engaged (“ ‘We’re back’: Bushy Run’s 2023 battle reenactment will be held,” March 1, TribLIVE). Bureaucrats in Harrisburg were set on shutting down the Bushy Run reenactments for mostly political reasons. These are the...

Antioch Baptist Church Sunday service is at 10:45 a.m. On March 19, Family and Friends Day will celebrate Antioch’s ushers and missionaries. The service begins at 10:45 a.m. Pastor Verton L. Dean Sr. will bring forth the message. The theme this year is “We’re Going to Serve Him!” taken from...

Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine … that’s what I hear about on the radio, see on the TV and read about in the newspaper. What about problems in the USA, like the total devastation of areas in Florida, massive border problems and the hundreds of thousands of homeless throughout our country ?...

Well, isn’t President Biden just the cozy one. He lets his friends in China fly a surveillance balloon over the U.S. for a week before acting, all the while saying it’s no big deal. Now Ford Motor Co. is making a deal with China to make EV batteries in Michigan....

Members of Fox Chapel Area High School Best Buddies took the plunge to raise money for the school district’s Special Olympics Unified Sports teams. Students participated in the Pittsburgh Cool Schools Polar Plunge on Feb. 24 at Acrisure Stadium on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Fox Chapel Area students raised $30,558 —...

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. March 18 event to honor hometown heroes A Hometown Hero Thank...

Laurel: To the gift of fitness. Firefighters need to stay in shape. They have to be physically able to haul hoses, climb ladders, carry incapacitated people, swing axes and do it all wearing almost 50 pounds of gear. You can’t do that without making exercise a priority. And so a...

It’s been a year since Russia unleashed its horrific violence against Ukraine. Yet it has not succeeded in subduing that nation due to American military aid and the fighting resolve of Ukraine’s people. Although the war is financially costly for America, Putin’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, like Japan’s attack on...