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Letter to the editor: A day to remember POWs and those MIA
Today, Sept. 15, is National POW/MIA Recognition Day. There are over 80,000 United States service personnel missing in action from our country’s past wars. Please, everyone, take time on this special day to remember the sacrifices of these brave Americans who never made it home. They are missing but will...
Scott Primary School 1st grader rides fire truck to school
Scott Primary School first-grader Jack Johnson is not old enough to have a first-hand memory of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. But like other students his age, he’s learning all about it — and experiencing what some of the fire fighters did on that fateful day. On Sept. 11,...
Letter to the editor: Second coming of covid
Oh no, here we go again! After finally emerging from the most devastating medical and psychological operation ever waged upon humankind, there are rumblings of a new covid variant coming. Along with all of the mandatory, ritualistic lockdowns, social distancing, face masks and injections? After four years of untold damage...
The Stroller, Sept. 15, 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. Super bingo planned at St. Vladimir Church St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic...
Letter to the editor: Wilkinsburg fertile soil of community spirit
“Where in the world of Western Pennsylvania is Wilkinsburg?” That was my first thought after reviewing search results for rental space. The borough’s website says, “Wilkinsburg is a community known for the wonderful spirit of its residents.” I’m intrigued yet recall Momma’s wisdom of my great-grandma Mamie, “All that glitters...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 14, 2023: Max Kranick, 4 Indy relievers throw 2-hitter
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 65-74) shut down Omaha (Royals), 4-1. Five Indiananpolis pitchers took a no-hitter into the seventh and finished with a two-hitter. RHP Max Kranick (2.79) started and went three innings, allowing no hits and one walk with one strikeouts. LHP Cam Allred (8-8, 5.20) worked two scoreless innings, allowing...
High holidays, pet blessing and more at Sewickley area houses of worship
Antioch Baptist Church 322 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antioch fwbaptistsewickley.org. Sunday service is at 10:45 a.m. Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. 412-266-5238. bethsamuel.org. Beth Samuel Jewish Center meets every Saturday at 10 a.m. in person and on Zoom for Morning Shabbat services. First Friday Family Services take place...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 14, 2023
High schools WPIAL Field hockey Thursday’s results Section 3A Mt. Lebanon 7, Norwin 0 Section 2A Penn-Trafford 4, Latrobe 0 Oakland Catholic at Fox Chapel, (n) Section 1A Winchester Thurston at Aquinas Academy, (n) Ellis School at Shady Side Academy, (n) Football Thursday’s results WPIAL Class A Big 7 Union...
High school roundup for Sept. 14, 2023: Braylon Thomas throws for 4 TDs, runs for 2 more in Union win
Braylon Thomas threw for 187 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 124 yards and two more scores to lead Union to a 40-8 victory over Shenango in the Class A Big 7 Conference on Thursday night. Dayne Johnke had four catches for 60 yards and two touchdowns and Grayson...
Sentencing in $15 million tax fraud involving Bell Acres mansion will continue Monday
When Joe Nocito built his 51,000-square-foot Bell Acres mansion he named Villa Noci, an IRS agent said Thursday, every check and payment he made on it was illegally expensed to one of his companies. For the builder, nearly $900,000 in invoices between 2006 and 2012 were classified through Nocito’s companies...
Laurels & lances: A tale of two ordinances
Laurel: To taking time. In Murrysville, elected officials aren’t rushing into an ordinance that would address short-term home rentals. Council is taking time to debate what needs to be regulated and what doesn’t when it comes to homeowners making their properties available through services like Airbnb or VRBO. It’s an...
Westbound turnpike reopens after road repairs from tanker truck crash near New Stanton
The Pennsylvania Turnpike’s westbound lanes from Breezewood to New Stanton reopened Friday morning after repairs to the highway as a result of a crash Thursday near the New Stanton exit. One person was hospitalized after a tanker tractor-trailer overturned about 1:50 p.m. Thursday during a collision with a flatbed tractor-trailer....
Brendon Slotterback: Making Forbes through Frick safe for all
In Pittsburgh, 2023 is on track to be the deadliest in recent memory for people walking in our city. In 2022, according to the City’s own data, 25 people died in car crashes within city boundaries. The transportation sector, including the cars and trucks we drive, is now the largest...
Through the years: Field goal foiled Freeport in front of big crowd in 1983
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. One of the largest crowds ever at Freeport Borough Field watched Jeannette defeat the Yellowjackets, 3-0, on Sept. 16, 1983, via...
Rep. Mike Kelly: Here is the budget Congress is — and is not — actually debating
Picture this: A family of four earns $50,000 a year but spends $69,000 a year. This seems unsustainable, right? That’s because it is. Yet, the federal government does that every day — in the trillions of dollars — all with your money. This year, President Biden presented Congress with a...
Route 28 lane restrictions set for the weekend in Harmar
Route 28 motorists will encounter lane restrictions in Harmar beginning Friday. The restrictions, expected to last until Monday afternoon, will occur on two bridges so crews can perform work on expansion dams and the approaches to the bridges, according to PennDOT. Beginning at 6 p.m. Friday and running continuously through...
State police offer car seat safety check
State police will be holding a child passenger seat safety check on Sept. 23 in Hempfield. The event will be held 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hempfield Township Athletic Complex at 220 Forbes Trail Road. The checks are free and will be conducted by a trooper from the...
Norwin grad Colleen Shogan sworn in as first woman to serve as U.S. archivist
WASHINGTON — Southwestern Pennsylvania native Colleen Shogan was sworn in as the 11th Archivist of the United States on Monday, marking the first time a woman has been appointed to oversee billions of the nation’s records and artifacts since the role was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Supreme Court...
Letter to the editor: The right to criticize police
To those who insist on criticizing the police at every turn (“Citizen overwatch of police needed,” Aug. 27, TribLIVE), I issue a challenge. Instead of playing armchair quarterback to situations you have no firsthand knowledge of, put your money, or in this case, your judgment, where your mouth is. Go...
Letter to the editor: Defund Planned Parenthood
Buried deep (section A, page 7) in the Labor Day weekend edition was a three-paragraph blip with the headline “Pa. to end state funding for anti-abortion counseling centers” (Sept. 1, TribLIVE). Apparently, the governor has the power and the desire to defund pro-life agencies despite the fact that half of...
Remember When: Sewickley Herald headlines from 1999
In the news this week 24 years ago: •D.T. Watson was in the process of divesting its hospital-based services, including the hospital building on its campus. The sale to HealthSouth Corp. was still under review by state lawmakers. Herald editor Dona S. Dreeland wrote that “the physical rehabilitation services, including...
Editorial: Does Hempfield need an owner’s rep for its $150 million building project?
The Hempfield Area School District’s building project just keeps adding layers of issues without ever breaking ground. The project is conceived as a “revitalization” of the senior high school. It would bring the outdated structure up to today’s needs and provide improvements to the sports facilities, including a swimming pool...
The Stroller, Sept. 14, 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. Avonmore to celebrate annual Harvest Jubilee The annual Avonmore Harvest Jubilee...
Letter to the editor: Andrew Mellon not quite a hero
In “Andrew Mellon, hero of the 1920s” (Aug. 9, TribLIVE), Lawrence Reed presents Mellon as the “best” secretary of the Treasury in history. Reed’s account is startling for its omissions; the stock market crash of 1929 was directly attributable to Mellon’s policies. Income inequality under Mellon was the greatest in...
Appeals court limits search of Rep. Scott Perry’s cellphone in Jan. 6 probe
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in Washington released an opinion Wednesday that found a constitutional protection for members of Congress should limit what information federal investigators can access on a phone seized last year from Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa. A unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the U.S....
