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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...
Two insiders buy shares at Devon Energy
The CEO of Devon Energy (DVN), Richard Muncrief, made two purchases of his own company’s stock in February. That’s intriguing, because the price of oil and natural gas have been falling lately. Shares of Devon, the 18th-largest U.S. energy company by market value, are down more than 18% in the...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of March 19, 2023
Churchill Chad Gales sold property at 2424 Greensburg Pike to Troy Hoster and Troy Prather for $230,000. Peter Cnossen sold property at 3709 Greensburg Pike to Kimberly Williams for $312,000. Edgewood Estate of Rolland Ritts sold property at 324 Dewey Ave. to Jacon Edward Johnson and Margo Helena Lynch for...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 18, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection Franklin Regional 17, Priory (Mo.) 7 Father Judge 6, Mars 1 Mercyhurst Prep 6, Serra Catholic 4 Moon 7, Deer Lakes 2 Serra Catholic 15, Beth-Center 0 Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Archbishop Wood 78, Coatesville 64 Roman Catholic...
High school roundup for March 18, 2023: North Catholic cruises into state semifinals
Alayna Rocco scored 19 points to lead North Catholic to a 60-27 victory over Wyomissing in the PIAA Class 4A girls basketball quarterfinals Saturday. as North Catholic (25-3) beat Wyomissing (28-3) in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals at Bald Eagle. Tori Drevna and Dacia Lewandowski added 16 points each for...
Nino Bonaccorsi wins Pitt’s 1st NCAA wrestling title in 15 years; Penn State wins team race
Nino Bonaccorsi, a 197-pound Bethel Park graduate, became Pitt’s first NCAA wrestling champion in 15 years Saturday night, and he didn’t have to wait long to receive congratulations from the last Panther to achieve that honor. Bonaccorsi defeated South Dakota State’s Tanner Sloan, 5-3, to become Pitt’s 17th national champion....
Albert Dikwa’s hat trick lifts Riverhounds past Memphis
Albert Dikwa took care of all the scoring Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC needed Saturday evening. The striker netted his first career hat trick in leading the Hounds to a 3-1 victory over Memphis 901 FC in Memphis, Tenn. Dikwa scored in the fifth, 39th and 71st minutes to tally the 12th...
South Fayette tops Cathedral Prep on Maddie Webber buzzer-beating 3
SHARON – Cathedral Prep shut down the play South Fayette drew up in a timeout with just a few seconds left in the game. Villanova recruit Maddie Webber knew exactly what to do. Webber popped out to the top of the key, took one dribble to set her feet and...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of March 26, 2023
Bridgeville Estate of David Bojanac sold property at 684 Elizabeth St. to Michael Kinslow for $168,000. Daniel Woodall sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 703 to Ann Lockhart for $115,000. John Heinrich sold property at 1392 Pennsylvania Ave. to Jeffrey Berry for $225,000. Art Image America LLC sold property...
Christopher Decker: Inflation is proving particularly stubborn
The Federal Reserve is facing a rather sticky problem. Despite its best efforts over the past year, inflation is stubbornly refusing to head south with any urgency to a target of 2%. Rather, the inflation report released on March 14, 2023, shows consumer prices rose 0.4% in February, meaning the...
North Allegheny notebook: Rumpler celebrates state championship
Thirteen champions were crowned March 12 at the Pennsylvania girls wrestling state championships at Central Dauphin High School. North Allegheny’s Leyna Rumpler and Canon-McMillan’s Valarie Solorio were among those standing at the top of the awards podium. Rumpler pinned Carlisle’s Katelyn Coldren in 4 minutes, 25 seconds to win the...
Heidi Zinzow: 54% of firearm deaths in the US are from suicide — and easy access to a gun is a key risk factor
More than half — 54% — of all firearm deaths in the United States in 2021 were attributable to suicide, according to February 2023 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicide deaths involving firearms — the most common means of suicide in the U.S. — have increased...
Letter to the editor: Ending daylight saving time
I agree with Tom Purcell (“Still time to save us from DST,” March 6, TribLIVE): This back and forth with the time is all wrong. Instead of moving back and forth one hour, just move a half-hour and leave it be. We’re all tired of moving back and forth. William...
Sounding off: On marijuana, Norfolk Southern, Bushy Run, covid origins, Doug Mastriano, student debt
‘What-ifs’ regarding legal marijuana and workers I have a few questions and thoughts for all those people who want to make marijuana legal. Has anyone mentioned anything about those who employ someone on marijuana? What happens to the employer if this employee injures himself or someone else? Do you want...
Editorial: Will Norfolk Southern CEO’s response leave a bad taste?
“I said at the very beginning, ‘I want to do this and do things right today, tomorrow, a year from now, five years from now and 10 years from now,’ ” said Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw. Apparently part of doing things right is chugging a glass of tap water...
In brief: news from Longvue Acres Garden Club, the Zelienople Rotary and more
Longvue Acres Garden Club’s March 28 program will be “Trees, Pests, and Diseases” presented by Penn State Master Gardener Dianne Machesney. From borers, scale, and beetles to cankers, wilts, scab, and rots, the program will be explore the most common tree pests and diseases. Participants will learn how to make...
The Stroller, March 18, 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. Community Library to host 1923 murder mystery event Community Library of...
Letter to the editor: Vote out legislators who won’t end property tax
Gov. Josh Shapiro recently outlined his first budget proposal. He mentioned raising the qualification income bracket to $45,000 from $35,000 for the homeowner/rent rebate program. For homeowners, that’s like putting a Band-Aid on something that requires surgery. Stop paying your property taxes and see who really owns your house and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 17, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Friday’s results Nonsection Avella 14, Washington 13 Franklin Regional 13, Priory (MO) 0 Franklin Regional 15, Bradford (ON) 0 Montour 8, St. Petersburg (FL) 5 Pine-Richland 10, Hempfield 1 Plum 14, Northside Christian 8 Ringgold 4, California 3 St. Petersburg 6, Plum 3 Upper St. Clair...
Letter to the editor: Politics has tainted science
I question the assertion in the letter “Vote out climate change deniers” (March 3, TribLIVE) claiming that “Every scientific organization in the world that conducts climate research has determined the planet is heating up and fossil fuels are the cause” and “every nation in the world … accepts that global...
