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After strong start, Chartiers Valley boys eye continued improvement
Prior to the start of the 2022-23 boys basketball season, fifth-year coach Brandon Sensor and his Chartiers Valley program set high expectations. The team, according to Sensor, was farther ahead on offense and defense than they were at the end of an 8-15 season in 2021-22 that saw them make...
Letter to the editor: Library book banners wasting their energy
These library book censor fanatics crack me up. Don’t they realize today’s students have access to anything on the internet and their cellphones and that they seldom frequent the library? What a misplaced waste of energy. Ralph Resnick Slickville...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 22, 2023
Bell Acres Robert Scott trustee sold property at Barley Road to John Elchin for $4,000. Gregory Pilewixz sold property at 6 Fairway Drive to Brian and Sarah Schultz for $864,073. Edgeworth Andrew Neil Sherman trustee sold property at 216-218 Orchard Ln to Robert and Nicole Hasak for $435,000. Fraser Claymore...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 22, 2023
Blawnox Jagan Nicholas Ranjan sold property at 1108 Carla Drive to Paul and Tracie Simer for $239,900. Jon Nicklas sold property at 459 Fountain St. to Anastasia and Nancy Landman for $66,000. Etna Marc Taiclet sold property at 40 Bridge St. to Leslie Wilson for $20,000. Daniel Guenther sold property...
Letter to the editor: $1.6 million fine is chump change for Trump
“Trump Organization fined $1.6 million for tax fraud” (Jan. 13, TribLIVE) … big deal. Chump change! The Trump Organization will spend more on the appeal than the cost of the fine. Maria Maliszewski Brackenridge...
Letter to the editor: We all have a right to pray
I watched in horror as Damar Hamlin fell back to the ground after a tackle. We knew something terrible happened. What happened next was no surprise to many of us. We all started praying for the well-being of this young man. Skilled athletes were seen kneeling on the field praying....
Editorial: Reading the crystal ball of layoffs and low unemployment numbers
Jobs numbers are never a constant. They shouldn’t be. They can’t be. The number of people who are employed is constantly rising and falling. If nothing else, the numbers will shift because the workers age. New people enter the workforce. Older people retire. Pennsylvania is a northern state, meaning seasonality...
East suburban area real estate transactions, week of Jan. 22, 2023
Chalfant Scott Cole sold property at 212 Wilkins Ave. to Romel Scott for $150,000. Churchill Brad Kluchurosky sold property at 2411 Collins Road to Freddie Delgado for $175,000. Kimberly Payne sold property at 2502 Collins Road to Eighteen North Holdings LLC for $75,000. Joseph Anthony Brescia Jr. sold property at...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of Jan. 22, 2023
Bellevue Peoples Properties LLC sold property at 188 Irwin Ave. to Green Quarters LLC for $285,000. Thomas Johnson sold property at 22 Keswick Ave. to Taylor Zarewicz for $160,000. Lois Shenck sold property at 668 Orchard Ave. to Calvin Dickinson and Madeline Sheerer for $275,000. Jeffrey Logeman sold property at...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of Jan. 22, 2023
Bridgeville Jeffrey Ghelarducci sold property at 1061 Laurel St. to Alexis Sheets and Kameron Truscott for $133,400. Orion Develop RA XXXII LLC sold property at 417 Chartiers St. to OFP Wagradol PA2 LLC for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $4,217,771). Mitchell Zgorliski sold property at 1317...
The Stroller, Jan. 22, 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. Food distribution scheduled at Lernerville Speedway Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank...
Letter to the editor: Jobs for immigrants
A tip of my cap to the letter-writer who suggested that those seeking to enter America could fill available jobs as employers are unable to find workers to satisfy their needs (“Immigrants can help fill jobs,” Jan. 16, TribLIVE). He believes in supply and demand. Unfortunately, he is a dreamer...
In brief: news from AARP, Cranberry Public Library, Providence Heights Alpha School
AARP AARP 595 welcomes new members and guests to its meeting on the first Tuesday of the month at 12:30 p.m. at Hampton Presbyterian Church, 2842 E. Hardies Road. Join us for great fellowship, luncheons, entertainment and trips. The next meeting is Feb. 7. Guest speaker will be Bob Cahalan...
Fox Chapel area students named to dean’s lists
Caleb Szramowski of Pittsburgh was named to Southern New Hampshire University’s fall 2022 President’s List. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above qualify for the list. Justin Donnick and Aniya Peterson, both of Aspinwall and Leia Ross, Jacob Stahl and Alexis Vivino, all...
Bethel Park real estate transactions, week of Jan. 22, 2023
Bethel Park Boris Tafkov sold property at 4471-4473 Fourth St. to Brandon Quarles Jr. and Alexandria Quarles for $244,000. Estate of Phillip Fink sold property at 1290 Bethel Green Drive to Almond and David Maleski for $247,000. Agnes Smith sold property at 5805 Glen Hill Drive to Daniel and Danielle...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 21, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Saturday’s results PBC Legends Classic At Moon Hampton 84, Bethel Park 71 Moon 62, Montour 39 Quaker Valley 65, Canon-McMillan 36 Northgate 65, Riverview 30 The Challenge At Allderdice Imani Christian 71, Central Catholic 66 Highlands 69, North Hills 52 Plum 78, Sto-Rox 69 Allderdice...
Cal (Pa.) lands 4 Western Pa. high school football stars
Cal (Pa.) had a big Saturday night on the recruiting trail, picking up commitments from a handful of the top high school football players in Western Pennsylvania. McKeesport’s Bobbie Boyd, the Westinghouse duo of Keyshawn Morsillo and Sincere Smith and Bethel Park’s Aidan Currie all committed to the Vulcans in...
High school roundup for Jan. 21, 2023: Highlands boys knock off North Hills
Bradyn Foster recorded a double-double with 25 points and 11 rebounds to lead Highlands to a 69-52 boys basketball victory over North Hills at The Challenge at Allderdice on Saturday. Jimmy Kunst added 18 points and Cam Reigard scored 17 for the Golden Rams (13-2), who have won six in...
Franklin Regional’s Brandon Smith, Penn-Trafford’s Alyssa Balest claim WCCA bowling titles
Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association held its second bowling championship at Hillview Lanes in Greensburg on Saturday. Franklin Regional’s captain, Brandon Smith, took home the boys individual title, and Penn-Trafford’s Alyssa Balest took home her second straight girls title. Both individuals’ high scores contributed to their teams’ overall scoring. Balest scored...
Sarah Webber: Santos allegations highlight how scams divert money from worthy causes
Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican whose 2022 election to the House of Representatives flipped a seat previously held by a Democrat, faces pressure to resign for having reportedly lied extensively about his education, employment history and religious heritage. He also faces allegations that he may have participated in...
Dean Baker: Think Big Tech’s thousands of layoffs indicate a coming recession? Think again.
Amazon is laying off more than 18,000 workers. Salesforce is shedding 8,000, and Twitter has let go thousands more. While we should never minimize the difficulties of people facing an unexpected layoff, these announcements by major tech companies are not a large-scale tragedy for the American economy. What would be...
North Hills swim team welcomes students from across globe
North Hills swimming coach Nicole Loutsenhizer leads student-athletes in the pool. But she also feels as if she could take charge of a Model UN class nowadays. Her team is nothing if not diverse. “We have six swimmers who were born in or are from a different country,” said Loutsenhizer,...
North Hills hockey looking to build toward Penguins Cup championship
North Hills began the 2022-23 PIHL hockey season with a trio of overtime games. The Indians won the first two, then suffered a disappointing setback in a 5-4 loss to Avonworth on Oct. 24. But since then, no one in Class A has been better than North Hills, which has...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers upset top-ranked Central Catholic
The Central Catholic boys basketball team had moved to the top spot in the Trib HSSN rankings following wins over New Castle, Butler and Lincoln Park. On Jan. 17, North Allegheny crashed the Vikings’ party, upsetting Central Catholic, 62-46, at UPMC Court. Joey Dopirak scored 15 points, Ty Iwanonkiw hit...
John M. Crisp: But what if Damar Hamlin had died?
Damar Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, almost died Jan. 2. His heart stopped after a blow to his chest during a “Monday Night Football” game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Thanks to prompt attention by team trainers and paramedics, Hamlin survived, and America enjoyed a collective sigh of relief...
