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Monroeville area happenings, week of March 20, 2023
Farm market moving The Monroeville Lions Farmer’s Market is moving to the Monroeville Mall parking lot between Dick’s Sporting Goods and Best Buy. It will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays from May 13 through Nov. 18. The previous location was Monroeville Community Park West, where traffic and...
Letter to the editor: UPMC shouldn’t wait to raise wages
Recently, UPMC announced it would increase its minimum wage to $18 by 2026. While I agree wages should be raised, we can’t wait three years for it to happen. We are in the middle of a critical hospital staffing shortage. Many of my co-workers who’ve left say they’re leaving because...
The Stroller, March 20, 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. St. Joseph HS to honor alumni St. Joseph High School, Natrona...
Letter to the editor: Government must do more on domestic terrorism
The Center for Strategic and International Studies has reported that the incidence of domestic terrorism attacks are on the rise. These attacks come from the far right and the far left. The center emphasized that the words right and left do not refer to the Republican or Democratic parties but...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 20
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 20....
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 20
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 20....
Police investigating after human remains found in wooded area of Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood
Pittsburgh police responded to an emergency call just before 2:15 p.m. Sunday for a possible human skull found by hunters in a wooded area of the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood. According to a post on the public safety blotter, detectives were dispatched to the 1200 block of Washington Boulevard for further investigation....
High school sports scores, schedules for March 19, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Sunday results Nonsection Belle Vernon 10, Regis 0 Montour 14, Lutheran South, Mo. 3 Monday’s schedule Nonsection Bishop Canevin at Fort Cherry, 4 p.m. Burrell at West Mifflin, 4 p.m. Carlynton at Freedom, 4 p.m. Central Valley at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m. Chartiers-Houston at Jefferson-Morgan, 4 p.m....
Elizabeth Warren says she favors increasing FDIC’s deposit insurance capVideo
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for more U.S. deposits to be covered by federal insurance and demanding government probes into whether lax regulation fueled this month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The comments this weekend from the Massachusetts Democrat, a frequent critic of the finance...
Michael Reagan: Banking up next for Biden destruction
Banking must have been next on the to-do list of the things the Biden administration is planning to destroy. In two years, President Biden and the wrecking crew of crazies, wokesters and career incompetents he has put into his government have screwed up every corner of America. Everything from the...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from March 9-15
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,...
Boy Scouts earn Eagle rank with projects in Bethel Park, Upper St. Clair
Thanks to the efforts of four Boy Scouts, institutions in Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair have received upgrades and new amenities. Projects organized by Troop 4 members Teddy Allison, Cavan Gable, David Lusk and Jack Miller helped them earn the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest achievement attainable in...
Remember When: St. Patrick’s Day Flood led to a battle to save Braeburn
Prior to March of 1936, there had been 63 inches of winter snowfall in the upper Allegheny River Valley. Warm weather, coupled with melting snow and two days of torrential rains, resulted in one of the region’s worst natural disasters — the great flood of 1936, commonly known as the...
Small but mighty: Gateway grad Corrie wins PSAC women’s indoor shot put title
Sarah Corrie likes to think of herself as small but mighty. At 5-foot-4 and with the ability to bench press more than 200 pounds, the senior isn’t likely to get many arguments over that assertion. Yet there were some coaches and a few fellow track and field athletes through the...
Letter to the editor: Americans need help affording medication
Millions of people in the United States have died due to not being able to afford needed medications. The “pill bill” passed last year by Congress does nothing to stop most of these deaths. Oh yes, it helps lower insulin prices, but only for people on government programs, Medicare and...
Person wounded in Aliquippa shooting
One person was wounded in a shooting in Aliquippa late Saturday, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. The shooting occurred about 10:30 p.m. on Irwin Street, Beaver County emergency dispatchers said. The victim was flown to the hospital. Additional details were not available early Sunday....
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of March 19, 2023
Aleppo Edward Aiken Jr. sold property at 146 McCoy Place Road to Jordan Case for $291,030. David O’Connell sold property at 305 Trailside Drive to Neil and Sherry Traurig for $239,500. Franklin Park Kathleen Hale sold property at 2573A Grouse Rdg to Gary Gaddy and Sandra Herring for $326,000. Allan...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of March 19, 2023
Blawnox Omolara Shodipo sold property at 24 Riverside Ct to Holdings Limited LLC for $45,000. Harmar David Black sold property at 132 Rivermont Ct to Keith Lantz for $120,000. Indiana Catherine Parham sold property at 2203 Middle Road to Sean and Bonnie Austin for $250,000. Syed Ali Akbar sold property...
Letter to the editor: Casino workers should be protected from smokers
I am writing on behalf of Pennsylvania casino workers who are working in secondhand smoke on a daily basis . I lost my mother in 2015 due to COPD. I am also pushing this cause in her honor to save others from this terrible lung condition. Casino workers love their...
Arnold councilman to propose tax credit for volunteer firefighters, hopes New Ken and Lower Burrell follow suit
Arnold Councilman George Hawdon aims to encourage and reward volunteer firefighters through a tax relief proposal that could include neighboring communities. Hawdon said he plans to put forth a proposal in April that would give people volunteering as Arnold firefighters a tax credit of either 100% of the city real...
Editorial: The educational insanity of March Madness
“It’s the best three weeks in basketball, Pennsylvania,” Gov. Josh Shapiro tweeted. It seems like just about everyone has caught the rabid athletic bug that sweeps across the country every year as winter turns to spring. Welcome to the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament. The brackets come out with people...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of March 19, 2023
Bellevue Denise Estep sold property at 33 Greenough Ave. to Isolution Space LLC for $65,000. Adam Charles Blind sold property at 49-51 S Balph Ave. to Roman Empire Holdings LLC for $335,000. Bradford Woods Tulika Ranjan sold property at 100 Burry Road to Claye and Nichol Greene for $1,170,000. Franklin...
Letter to the editor: ‘Woke’ lends itself to weaponization
One reads with interest the column “The problem with the word woke” (March 10, TribLIVE). Lori Falce decries how a word supposedly “meant to be about opening eyes turned into a club.” Such linguistic weaponization, however, might be implicit in the term “woke” itself. Merriam-Webster defines “woke” as “aware of...
The Stroller, March 19, 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. ‘Godspell’ to be performed by St. Joseph High School St. Joseph...
Letter to the editor: Time to move deer hunting opener back to Monday
State Rep. Brian Smith, R-Punxsutawney, and Sen. Lisa Boscola, D-Bethlehem, have both announced plans to introduce legislation to move the opening day of Pennsylvania’s rifle deer season back to its traditional Monday after Thanksgiving. These legislators and others have recognized through considerable constituent contacts from hunters and businesses that moving...

