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Letter to the editor: We’re a republic, not a democracy
“The Justice Department will never stop working to defend the democracy to which all Americans are entitled,” Attorney General Merrick Garland recently told reporters after the Proud Boys conviction. The United States is not a democracy and was never intended to be a democracy. The United States is a republic!...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of May 21, 2023
Franklin Park Mahesh Desai sold property at 2548 Country Side Ln to Ethan Riffe and Mary Alycia Kramer for $410,000. Joseph Ruberto sold property at 1598 Oakleaf Ln to Ted and Laura Dixon for $7,500. Estate of Scott Larkin sold property at 2409 Traci Drive to Yijia Li and Ziheng...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of May 21, 2023
Fox Chapel Hammock Beach Partners LLC sold property at Old Mill Road to Karl Anthony Calandra trustee for $850,000. Harmar Joseph Ober sold property at 224 Acme Ave. to William Martin Maher for $219,900. Indiana Bradley Orr sold property at 201 Indian Drive to Ian Tomichek Zacharias and Mary Kathleen...
Letter to the editor: Sensible gun laws will help us back the blue
A recent feature article regarding law enforcement line-of-duty deaths was truly disheartening and speaks to our culture of gun violence. Eight local officers who lost their lives while serving our communities were highlighted. Five of those eight officers were fatally shot while responding to domestic disputes. At least some of...
Editorial: Could simple maintenance have prevented the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse?
The Fern Hollow Bridge collapse in January 2022 was not just a calamity for Pittsburgh. It was an alarm bell for every community with an uncoated, weathering, steel bridge like the one that fell into a Frick Park ravine. On Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board issued a report that...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of May 25, 2023
Bellevue Justin Steel sold property at 589 Forest Ave. to David Coleman and Shyneika Delice for $267,500. Cascade Funding Mtg Trust HB4 sold property at 77 Kendall Ave. to Alexey and Irina Tsybin for $54,900. John Prasko sold property at 638 Orchard Ave. to Michael Sulverblatt and Hallie Lauer for...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of May 21, 2023
Chalfant Matthew Ian Lehet sold property at 221 Greenfield Ave. to Jay William Henderson and Lauren Stern for $189,900. Estate of Arthur Ryden sold property at 139 Rossmore St. to Shela Englert for $92,500. Churchill Joseph Mazzotti sold property at 57 Locksley Drive to Virignia Norwood trustee for $365,000. Edgewood...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of May 21, 2023
Bridgeville Bradley Logel sold property at 347 Center St. to Logel Industries LLC for $108,487. Craig Vanzin sold property at 654 Bower Hill Road to Walburn Properties LLC for $90,000. Heather Banning sold property at 60 New York Cir to Roger Wayne and Sheryll Roles for $335,000. Kelly Banes sold...
Bethel Park real estate transactions, week of May 21, 2023
Bethel Park Cheryl McCracken sold property at 1311 Buckskin Trl to Matthew Michael Mandic and Patricia Lynn Murphy for $225,000. Estate of Mark Dubich Jr. sold property at 5475 Glen Hill Drive to Nathan and Jean Zarah Ward for $250,000. Edward Maziara sold property at 1072 Grandview Farms Drive to...
Letter to the editor: Join the Alzheimer’s fight
The Alzheimer’s Association is encouraging local volunteers to make a difference in the lives of individuals and families affected by Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. An estimated 6.7 million Americans 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s. Here in Pennsylvania, there are more than 280,000. As the size of...
The Stroller, May 21, 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. Lost Boys Band to open Tarentum concert series Tarentum Summer Concert...
Letter to the editor: Questions for Christians
I have a few questions to Americans who call themselves Christians and their clergy. How can Christians turn their backs on innocent people fleeing war-torn or gang- and drug cartel-ridden countries, who flee only because their lives are at stake, especially since our country has been one of the greatest...
Pa. opioid settlement money: What you need to know
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. Billions of dollars are expected to come to Pennsylvania to help the state respond to the opioid epidemic, but tracking how...
School news from the Fox Chapel area
Twenty-eight Fox Chapel Area High School rising seniors are among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants on the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and have met the requirements to enter the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. The students are: Jacob Anthikad, Annalese Bartolacci, Dylan Berman, Joshua Correnti, Amelia Costello,...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 21, 2023
Baldwin Borough Christine Lynne Brookline LLC sold property at 973 Agnew Road to Michael Hindman for $199,000. Estate of Reno Cerqua sold property at 1648 Beryl Drive to Joseph Crisanti and Xiaoling Gan for $189,700. Jeremy Gayla sold property at 100 Elma St. to Anne Levasseur and Morgan Linn for...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 20, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Monday’s schedule Pine-Richland (14-6) vs. Hempfield (11-9) at Plum, 6:30 p.m.; Seneca Valley (16-4) vs. Mt. Lebanon (10-10) at North Allegheny, 4 p.m.; North Allegheny (14-6) vs. Norwin (8-11) at Boyce Mayview Park, 7 p.m.; Canon-McMillan (15-5) vs. Butler (12-8) at...
Pirates farm report for May 20, 2023: Henry Davis belts 10th homer for Altoona
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 19-23) dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Iowa (Cubs), managing a total of one run. In the opener, a 2-1 loss, RHP Vince Velasquez (0.00), rehabbing an elbow injury, started and went 4.2 innings, allowing four hits and one walk, striking out two. LHP Daniel Zamora (3.78)...
Both WPIAL team tennis champs knocked out in PIAA semifinals
Both WPIAL team tennis champions bowed out in the state semifinals Saturday. Gateway (14-4) lost 3-0 to Conestoga (17-2), the second seed out of District 1, in Class 3A. Conestoga won both doubles matches without dropping a game and took No. 2 singles in straight sets to secure three victories...
Vendors kick off the weekly Ligonier Country Market despite the rain
The popular Ligonier Country Market opened for the season Saturday near Ligonier. Unfortunately, a steady rain fell throughout the morning. There were more than 130 vendors scheduled to attend. Offerings included all kinds of fresh produce; a wide variety of flowers from annuals to perennials to fresh cut arrangements; straight...
Yarone Zober: Innamorato needs big action for an Allegheny County that has been thinking small
In January 2024, after 12 years as Allegheny County chief executive, 64-year-old Rich “Fitz” Fitzgerald will be replaced. If voting patterns hold, his successor, in a county with a Democratic voter registration edge of 2-1 over Republicans, will be Tuesday’s newly minted Democratic nominee for the seat, 37-year-old Sara Innamorato,...
Shoshanah Inwood and Florence Becot: U.S. farm bill may finally aid young farmers
Kerissa and Charlie Payne are beginning farmers living their dream of raising two daughters on a farm in Central Ohio. By conventional measures, their livestock farm, Covey Rise, is a success. Yet below the surface, the challenge of finding quality affordable child care has kept their business from growing and...
Good things come to an end for North Hills softball team
While the ending may have been bitter, North Hills softball coach Libby Gasior sees the sweetness in the 2023 season. The Indians ran through the regular season with powerful bats in a high-scoring offense and showed flashes of remarkable resilience before their first-round loss to South Fayette May 15. As...
Senior Dylan Barnes, North Hills baseball team enjoy breakout season
The night before their playoff debut, North Hills’ baseball players decided to let loose a bit. Members of the team, which is spearheaded by 11 seniors, decided to enjoy an evening of miniature golf May 16, around 24 hours in advance of their first-round WPIAL playoff game against Upper St....
North Allegheny notebook: 9 Tigers named to all-section baseball team
The No. 2-seeded North Allegheny baseball team was well-represented on the Big 56 Conference all-section team last week. Senior shortstop Spencer Barnett, a West Virginia recruit, and senior designated hitter Andrew Hart were first-team selections. Picked to the second team were sophomore infielder Augie Maslo, junior infielder Owen Schall, senior...
Cheri Bustos and Reid Ribble: To protect our children and democracy, we need a commonsense approach to social media reform
Technology has transformed the way we live, the way we communicate with one another and the way we relate to the world around us. It also has deepened the political and cultural divisions so prevalent in society today, but Americans are united on at least one point: Most people agree...
