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In brief: EMS grants, Lions fundraiser and more in the South Hills
EMS grants More than $192,000 has been awarded to support local emergency service agencies through the Fire Company and Emergency Medical Service Grant Program. Baldwin EMS received $10,000. Baldwin EMS (Fire) received $14,000. Baldwin Independent Fire Co. No. 1 received $15,000, and Whitehall Fire Co. received $15,000. Eligible projects include...
Letter to the editor: Reduce drugs, reduce gun violence
If you want to reduce gun violence in America, you have to first reduce the amount of drugs coming over our borders, especially fentanyl. The drugs fuel erratic behavior which leads to the gun violence. Regis Kruth Shaler...
Editorial: Is Pennsylvania a death penalty state or not?
Gov. Josh Shapiro is continuing the pattern Pennsylvania’s executives have perfected over the last 24 years. On Thursday, Shapiro said he will continue following in his predecessors’ footsteps by not permitting executions to move forward. Pennsylvania will continue being a death penalty state that does not put people to death....
Monroeville area happenings, week of Feb. 20, 2023
Library presents ‘How to Make Beer’ Monroeville Public Library will offer an evening of casual conversation discussing the basics of beer and homebrewing from 6 to 8:30 on March 10. Conversation will cover equipment and ingredients, keeping a clean space, temperature, time, fermentation and what to expect when you’re expecting...
Letter to the editor: Has China won already?
With the recent news that our administration allowed a known spy balloon to traverse the United States, allowing it to surveil and gather intelligence on our missile sites and our B-2 bomber airfields, I need to restate the obvious: If President Trump and his supporters lose, China wins. That is,...
The Stroller, Feb. 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. Children encouraged to enter bookmark design contest Vandergrift Public Library is...
Letter to the editor: ‘Sunsetting’ a frightening euphemism
Words can be a cheeky little monkey. During the war in Bosnia, taking place between 1992 and 1995, the term “ethnic cleansing” became a euphemism for racist genocide. At that time our president, politicians and newscasters spoke of it, glibly, using the term with the same normalcy as “cleaning house,”...
Bethel Park area happenings, week of Feb. 20, 2023
High school presents ‘Addams Family’ Bethel Park High School presents the musical “The Addams Family” at 7 p.m. March 15-18. Tickets are $10 per ticket, plus fees, and will be sold exclusively through the school district’s website, starting March 1, at www.bpsd.org/Musical.aspx. As has long been the case at Bethel...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 20
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 20....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 20
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 20....
Dean’s List students announced for the North Allegheny areaVideo
The following students of the North Allegheny area have been named to the Chatham University School of Arts, Science & Business Dean’s List for the fall 2022 term. Amy Marciniak; Bailey Burkarth; Brittany Wolfgang; Florence Lang; Jacob Yarosz; Jamie Hollo; Sofia Caloiero; Rachel Tighe; Alyssa Bruce; Morgan Maughan; Pratik Yarlagadda;...
In brief: News from Longvue Acres Garden Club and more
Garden club slates February program Longvue Acres Garden Club’s February program will be Lawn to Nature presented by Ken Knapp and Leah Fulton, assistant naturalists at Latodami Nature Center. Learn how to replace part of your lawn with a No Mow garden of native species. The Latodami Nature Center has...
Penn State Thon sets another fundraising record. Here’s how much money was raised
UNIVERSITY PARK — After hitting a record-breaking fundraising total in 2022, the 2023 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon smashed the record again, raising $15 million to combat pediatric cancer. Each year, the largest student-run philanthropy raises money for the Four Diamonds Fund, which goes toward cancer research and covers childhood...
High school sports scores, schedules for Feb. 19, 2023
High schools WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s schedule Norwin (14-8) at New Castle (20-2), 7 p.m.; Butler (14-7) at Mt. Lebanon (15-7), 7 p.m.; Seneca Valley (9-12) at Upper St. Clair (14-8), 7 p.m.; Baldwin (12-10) vs. Central Catholic (13-9) at Gateway, 7 p.m. Class 5A Quarterfinals Wednesday’s...
Party officials say Casey, Fetterman health issues ‘too early’ to raise concern
It is a rare moment in modern history when both of a state’s U.S. senators are sidelined with health issues. But if the Senate, where Democrats hold a 51-seat majority, were in session today Pennsylvania’s two Democratic senators would be absent. Pennsylvania’s senior senator, Bob Casey, is recovering from surgery...
Kristina Karamo to lead Michigan Republican Party, beating Trump-endorsed DePerno
LANSING, Mich. — Kristina Karamo, who lost her secretary of state race by 14 percentage points but refused to concede, will lead the Michigan Republican Party following an 11-hour convention and three rounds of voting at the Lansing Center. Karamo, considered a grassroots favorite, beat out former attorney general candidate...
Salewa Ogunmefun: It’s time to fix Pa.’s laws to make voting easier
In Pennsylvania’s first general election held using new legislative maps that are the most fair and inclusive in the history of the commonwealth, we saw historic gains in BIPOC communities statewide having the opportunity to elect the candidates of their choosing. Now this new crop of legislators has the opportunity...
Vehicle drives into Brentwood storefront, 1 injured
One person was taken to a hospital after a car drove into an H&R Block building on Towne Square Way in Brentwood on Sunday afternoon. Allegheny County 911 dispatchers said the initial call reporting the one-vehicle crash came in at 2:21 p.m. Brentwood first responders were sent to the scene,...
Remember When: Bridges changed the way people, merchandise crossed the river in New Kensington
Until the late 1800s, river crossings were accomplished primarily using ferries throughout much of the Alle-Kiski Valley. They were used to transport not only pedestrians but also animals, carriages and wagons filled with goods going to market. As the population increased in communities along the Allegheny River, the ferry system...
As chronic absenteeism rises in schools, officials search for ways to entice students to stay in the classroom
It’s not by the power of the pen or a symbolic sword that Highlands School District administrators are fighting chronic student absenteeism but rather a Golden Spatula. The trinket is awarded each month during the RAMS Roundup rewards party, where behavior expectations are reviewed and student successes are acknowledged. To...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to those revitalizing New Kensington
I would like to thank Michael Malcanas, director of Olde Towne Overhaul, for coming to New Kensington and revitalizing the town. I watched the PBS episode featuring Malcanas and was amazed by his generosity and how he has put his time, energy and money into the town. I have so...
Letter to the editor: Strangers, first responders save another life
Reading the story “Greensburg 1st responders lauded for saving victims of heart attack, house fire” (Feb. 16, TribLIVE), I feel compelled to add my story. I suffered cardiac arrest at Planet Fitness on Sept. 23. I, too, owe my life to the quick response of strangers — the gym’s personnel,...
Allegheny Township supervisors consider resident’s request for street lights in his neighborhood
The Allegheny Township supervisors will investigate the costs for installing street lights in the Pleasantville neighborhood. That’s in response to an inquiry by Michael Blakeny, a resident of Sunrise Drive. Blakeny said he is concerned about the safety of pedestrians, particularly children, walking the neighborhood after dark. He said it...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 19, 2023
Aleppo AMC Real Estate Services Inc. sold property at 414 Rockledge Drive to Joseph Zottola Jr. and Taylor Zottola for $529,497. Bell Acres Kimberly Ambrose sold property at 2435 Campmeeting Road to Michael and Amy Louise Minnock for $160,000. Edgeworth Dustin Mounts sold property at 213 Orchard Ln to John...
Letter to the editor: Saving Social Security
If President Biden is serious about preserving Social Security, as he demonstrated with great theatrics at his State of the Union address, he should work with Congress to eliminate the salary cap on the payroll tax. The Social Security payroll tax salary cap is set at $147,000, which means that...
