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Monroeville area happenings, week of April 24, 2023
Collection period ends For the victims of the Cambridge Square fire in Monroeville, items and gift cards are no longer being collected. Checks will be distributed to the families after the collection period, which ends April 30. Please make the checks payable to “Gateway School District” and note in the...
Concerts, history programs, other Chartiers Valley area happenings, week of April 24, 2023
Collier Concerts in the Park Concerts are scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sundays at Collier Community Park, 5 Pvt. Lobaugh Drive. Performing are: • June 4, Straight Up • June 11, Eddie and the Bruisers • June 25, Hoffman Road Band • July 9, Stray Dogs • July 16,...
The Stroller, April 24, 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. Open house and discussion planned in East Deer East Deer and...
Tree of Life trial: Key players for prosecution, defense in Robert Bowers case
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday for the trial of Robert Bowers, the man accused of killing 11 people Oct. 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life synagogue on Wilkins Avenue in Squirrel Hill. Two additional congregants were shot and wounded during worship services that day, and five police...
Letter to the editor: Founders’ thoughts on guns
Regarding the letter “Thoughts and prayers not enough to stop school shootings”: To think the Founding Fathers didn’t anticipate weapons of the future has no bearing on the Second Amendment. The Founding Fathers put in the Second Amendment to control a tyrannical government should it turn on the populace and...
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 24
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 24....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 24
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 24....
Pirates farm report for April 23, 2023: Henry Davis’ 2 homers help Curve top Bowie
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 8-13) beat Memphis (Cardinals), 6-4. C Grant Koch (.308) hit a two-run homer. DH Miguel Andujar (.286) was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and now has 13 RBIs for the season. SS Josh Bissonette (.265), who was 3 for 4, and 3B Ryan Vilade (.321) also each...
Dana Kellerman: It really is the guns
This week, the trial begins for the man accused of shooting and killing 11 people at my Pittsburgh synagogue 4½ years ago. Reports say he was motivated by antisemitism, white supremacist ideology and hatred for immigrants, but what made the attack deadly was the guns. On April 13 of this...
High school sports scores, schedules for April 23, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Sunday’s results Ligonier Valley 15, Johnstown 0 Richland 4, Ligonier Valley 1 Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Allderdice, 7 p.m. North Allegheny at Seneca Valley, 4 p.m. Section 2 Canon-McMillan at Baldwin, 4 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Hempfield, 4:15 p.m. Norwin at Central...
Kevin McCarthy says House will pass GOP debt limit bill this week
WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that the House will pass his $1.5 trillion debt ceiling increase plan this week, but he dodged when asked if he has already secured the 218 Republican votes he needs. “We will hold a vote this week and we will pass it,” McCarthy said...
How rich are the U.S. Supreme Court justices?
WASHINGTON — The nine Supreme Court justices in total are worth at least $24 million. Or it might be closer to $68 million. It’s impossible to get more specific than that. That’s because federal ethics laws require justices to disclose only those assets that might pose a conflict of interest....
Cat rescued from Jeannette house fire
A cat was rescued from a Jeannette house fire Saturday night that caused significant damage, according to Fire Chief Bill Frye. Residents of the Lafferty Street home were able to escape uninjured just before 8 p.m. after they were alerted to the blaze by neighbors. Flames were seen in the...
Ligonier Valley splits baseball doubleheader
Ligonier Valley’s baseball team split a pair of games Sunday. Duncan Foust tossed a one-hitter with seven strikeouts and also was 3 for 4 with two doubles and five RBIs as the Rams beat Johnstown, 15-0, in four innings. Broderick Schreyer was 2 for 2 with a double and three...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from April 13-19
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,...
Remember When: Car plunging from Tarentum Bridge frightened drivers for years
Stories of a car crash that occurred 55 years ago still haunt many drivers who use the Tarentum Bridge. For those who were not alive at the time, the story has become somewhat of an urban legend. The crash occurred on the morning of Nov. 20, 1968. The story dominated...
Michelle Lockette: We should not tolerate loss of identity in education
I teach in a district that supports culturally affirming practices, which made it all the more surprising when I was asked to remove the word “identity” from a unit title in a ninth grade course. Even though I was not asked to change the curriculum, I could no longer call...
Anne M. Litz: Celebrating National Library Week
April 23-29 is National Library Week! But maybe you haven’t been to the local library in a while. Quite a while. Your library card expired, say, a couple of decades ago. Maybe you remember having to pay for a card back then. Maybe you’re not “into” books that much. Maybe...
Letter to the editor: Don’t vote for incumbents for Westmoreland County commissioner
No incumbent Westmoreland County commissioners deserve your vote. They are the ones who sent millions of dollars back to the federal government because they could not find the time to figure out how to award the money — money that was needed by small businesses and the needy. No incumbent...
Letter to the editor: Censorship not the way to prioritize students’ well-being
My first Hempfield School Board meeting concerned the policy for challenging school library books. Points from both sides were presented, along with those of a sexual abuse survivor who identified being “triggered” by scenes described in a book. As a licensed counselor and survivor of sexual assault myself, I am...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of April 23, 2023
Aspinwall Estate of Ronald Chatham sold property at 315 Western Ave. to Adam and Allyson Caputo for $395,000. Harmar Samuel Dobson sold property at 243 Herron Ave. to Samuel Dobson and Lynda Cimino for $25,905. Charles Lightner sold property at 145 Shadow Ridge Drive to Caitlin Kelley for $470,000. Indiana...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 23, 2023
Baldwin Borough Thomas Wojtowicz sold property at 714 Baldwin Drive to Alex Nutter and Rachel Alexander for $220,000. Keilan Walls Jr. sold property at 38 Somerset St. to Keilan Walls Jr. and Chyna Walker for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $51,889). Jesse Wyland sold property at...
Letter to the editor: Reasons for Methodist disaffiliation
Regarding Natalie Frydryck’s op-ed “Young Methodists concerned about disaffiliation, too” (April 9, TribLIVE): I’m a member of a former United Methodist church that chose to disaffiliate. I’ve heard and read opinions about the disaffiliation and have not heard one that told the entire truth. Our church chose to join the...
Editorial: The solemn duty of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting jury
On Monday, the trial of Robert Bowers will begin with jury selection. The 12 people in the jury box — and the alternates who will back them up — will comprise the backbone of one of the most important trials Pittsburgh may ever see. It will decide whether Bowers is...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of April 23, 2023
Bellevue Carol Nabors sold property at 610 Forest Ave. to Kathleen Beatty for $55,000. New Homestead Development Co. sold property at 102 S Fremont Ave. to Rostyslav Hrystak for $13,000. McCandless Estate of Carol Beatty sold property at 1181 Bingay Drive to Lee Bennett and Katherine Marcinko for $290,000. Thomas...
