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Letter to the editor: Book-banning futility
The article, “Hempfield book policies up for future vote with further revision” (July 10, TribLIVE), states that the school district is banning pictures of female breasts. How perverse. I believe this book banning thing has gone too far. Are we going back to the Spanish Inquisition with banning books and...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from July 13-19, 2023
Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, the Tribune-Review’s “Scenes from the Valley” photo package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate,...
Baldwin’s Thomas Laurent earns call to Isshinryu Karate Hall of Fame
Thomas Laurent will be inducted into the Isshinryu Karate Hall of Fame in July at an event in Gatlinburg, Tenn. The Baldwin resident has been practicing and teaching Isshinryu karate for more than 40 years. He and his colleagues have operated a non-profit dojo, Isshinryu Karate Academy, in Pittsburgh for...
Letter to the editor: Biden won’t accept ‘no’ on student loans
President Biden’s plan to cancel an estimated $430 billion of student loan debt that is now held by more than 40 million borrowers was struck down by the Supreme Court. He has now proposed a “Plan B,” which, like his original scheme, is intended to minimize the cost of, or...
Editorial: Cyber charter reform needs to be about education, not politics
Education is a touchy subject in Pennsylvania. There is the question of funding for state-related universities. There are the concerns about tuition; Penn State just opted to increase the cost of attending its main campus yet again. There are school vouchers. The tug of war over them is behind the...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of July 23, 2023
Aleppo Foxlane Homes At Glen Minogue LLC sold property at 1222 Glenn Mitchell Road to James Michael and Allison Johnston for $954,152. Connie Nelson sold property at 322 Weber Road to Jose Arrillaga for $365,000. Franklin Park Maronda Homes LLC sold property at 1105 Deerfield Drive to Naveen Kumar Hanuman...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of July 23, 2023
Etna Gia Realty L.P. sold property at 1 Higgins St. to TNT Capital LLC for $90,000. Fox Chapel Hunter Huston sold property at 200 Guyasuta Road to Gabriel and Kwon Sica for $960,000. Edward Dipasquale sold property at 9 Meadowood Ln to Matthew and Margo Litwin for $1,627,475. Dustin Franklin...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of July 23, 2023
Bellevue James McGurgan sold property at 713-715 Clinton Pl to Stefania James for $239,700. Katherine Beattie sold property at 509 Highland Pl to Jonathan Hyslop and Kathryn Senko for $125,000. Kenneth Draim sold property at 149 N Sprague Ave. to Andrew and Patricia Folmer for $324,000. Bradford Woods Nancy Snyder...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of July 23, 2023
Churchill Janice Schano sold property at 3737 E. Rural Ct to Lamont Coleman for $150,000. Monroeville Allen Horton sold property at 522 California Ave. to Vince and Carol Scala for $50,000. Marcia Conklin sold property at 107 College Park Drive to Sangill Properties LLC for $50,000. Randy Rossi sold property...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of July 23, 2023
Bridgeville Jay Welsh sold property at 107 Eisner Ave. to Kathleen Corazza for $186,000. Catherine McElwee sold property at 1421 Union St. to JAAS Renovations LLC for $100,000. Robert Conner sold property at 117 Vesper St. to Triple It LLC for $93,000. Nicholas Pensyl sold property at 794 Bower Hill...
South Hills real estate transactions for the month of July 2023
Baldwin Borough Estate of Virginia Ruth Stirling sold property at 494 Balconade Drive to Brianne Lee Scott for $145,000. Nicholas Kerber sold property at 378 Carmen Drive to Harriet Anne Wallace for $261,000. Steven Anthony Dziadyk sold property at 3045 Custer Ave. to Douglas and Donna Fry for $185,000. David...
Bethel Park real estate transactions, week of July 23, 2023
Bethel Park Mark Kieler sold property at Bethel Church Road to Paul and Mari Ulicny for $12,000. Estate of John Moore sold property at 1301 Buckskin Trl to Deborah and Kaitlin Vavrek for $189,900. Estate of John Zaharsky sold property at 601 Clifton Road to Jeffrey Pawlosky and Kerrie King...
Letter to the editor: Pa. needs to hike minimum wage
I disagree with Colin McNickle’s op-ed “The lose-lose situation of a $15 Pa. minimum wage” (June 30, TribLIVE), which begins with “the Law of Unintended Consequences” — implying that unknown bad things will happen. But we know the consequences of raising the minimum wage from the myriad of recent examples....
The Stroller, July 23, 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. Honeybee festival planned at Burtner House Burtner House Restoration Society will...
Letter to the editor: Grateful for lifetime of Crabtree fireworks memories
My husband and I, and many others I’m sure, would like to thank St. Bartholomew Catholic Church and the businesses and patron saints of Crabtree for the spectacular display of fireworks July 15. Coming to Crabtree on this evening has been a 70-year tradition for my family. My dad would...
Pirates farm report for July 22, 2023: Indy, Cody Bolton lose on walk-off homer
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 44-50) lost 5-3 to Iowa (Cubs) on a two-out, three-run walk-off homer by Edwin Rios in the bottom of the ninth. RHP Cody Bolton (1-4, 3.62) gave up the decisive homer. RHP Jared Jones (5.08) started and went four innings, allowing two runs on three hits and two...
Charleston ends Riverhounds’ unbeaten streak at 13 games
The longest unbeaten streak in USL Championship play this season ended with a thud Saturday night. Juan Sebastian Palma scored in the 11th minute and the Charleston Battery didn’t look back, rolling to a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. It was the first loss for the Hounds since an...
Victim impact testimony, gunman’s troubled past highlight 6th week of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial
They were grandparents and siblings, children and spouses. They were doctors and dentists, nurses and accountants. They were 11 people who were supposed to be safe in a place that they loved. Last week marked the start of the final, sentence-selection phase in the trial of Robert G. Bowers, 50,...
North Hills lineman works to end program’s playoff drought
Jake Messina knows a thing or two about building. A senior offensive and defensive lineman at North Hills, Messina has been around house fabrication his entire life via his family’s construction company. As he enters his final season of high school football, he hopes that the bricks he has stacked...
Point: Colleges should solely consider merit in selecting students
On June 29, the Supreme Court delivered a 6-3 ruling that essentially prevents colleges from using affirmative action and race-based quotas in the college admissions acceptance process. As Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, “The race-based admissions systems … fail to comply with the twin commands of the Equal Protection Clause...
Counterpoint: Affirmative action has ended; the need for diversity hasn’t
When a conservative Supreme Court majority effectively ended the use of affirmative action in college admissions, it disregarded more than 40 years of precedent — and the realities of systemic racial discrimination. Meanwhile, the court left affirmative action for the wealthy in place. While colleges no longer can consider race...
Letter to the editor: Shearsburg Road not the Indy 500
Yes, there are roads closed and detours, but why must everyone come flying down Shearsburg Road instead of taking the Bonfire Shortcut to Route 56 to wherever they need to go? School will be back in session soon, and we have children on this road out to catch the bus...
Sounding off: Taxes, bigotry, student loans, Supreme Court, climate on readers’ minds
The government will always get you Regarding the article “Poll: Taxes, cost of living driving away young residents from Pennsylvania” (July 5, TribLIVE): I’ve developed a theory over the years that the government is going to get you somehow regardless of where you live. There will be exceptions, and one...
Letter to the editor: Insults on school choice won’t help kids
After Gov. Josh Shapiro’s sudden announcement that he would veto school choice vouchers in the state budget, the Trib prints an opinion piece, “The letter that sank school choice in Pa.” (July 15, TribLIVE) blaming it all on “noxious” Republican messengers. The author smears two previous Department of Education secretaries...
Alle-Kiski Valley High School Reunion news
• Ken Hi Class of 1958 will have a reunion at noon Sept. 21 at Hill Crest Country Club, Lower Burrell. Classmates who have not yet received information should contact Marie Thompson Capo at 724-448-0841 or 724-335-22997 by Aug. 23. • Ken Hi Class of 1959 will have a reunion...
