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Letter to the editor: Medicare profiteering robs us of care
As a former social worker and public interest lawyer, I worked on issues related to access to medical care by the disenfranchised. In the 1970s, I co-wrote a 100-page report about inhumane conditions at Kane Hospital. It resulted in two Senate Committee on Aging hearings. I helped form a citizens...
Editorial: Air and water testing is not just for disasters
When it comes to the environment, things can be a lot like the Reagan era saying about nuclear disarmament: trust but verify. Or sometimes distrust and verify. You cannot always see the particles in the air that make taking a breath a danger. You cannot always taste what makes the...
Fish fry, AAPR meeting and other happenings, week of March 6, 2023
Oakmont Elks fish fry The Oakmont Elks Lenten fish fry runs from 3 to 7 p.m. on Fridays through April 7. Only takeout is available. Featured are jumbo beer- battered cod with Mancini’s rolls, baked cod loins or breaded shrimp dinners, including french fries and coleslaw, for $15. Homemade haluski, macaroni...
The Stroller, March 6, 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. Ukrainian egg workshop offered in Harrison Faith Lutheran Church, 1500 Broadview...
Letter to the editor: Social Security mess
There are several misconceptions about Social Security. It was never meant to be the sole income of retired workers. It was intended as a supplement to workers’ savings. In most cases, Social Security benefits come not from what the worker paid into the system. Everything they paid in Social Security...
Letter to the editor: Under left-wing attack
What to believe … President Biden’s recent State of the Union speech, or Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders’ rebuttal speech? Is our country doing amazingly well, as Biden kept repeating, or is the economy hanging by a thread with raging inflation, record debt, an unprecedented crisis on the Mexican border, out-of-control...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 6
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 6....
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 6
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 6....
Kennesaw State makes history with first trip to NCAA Tournament
The Kennesaw State men’s basketball team is going to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. Terrell Burden hit a free throw with 0.7 seconds remaining to lift the Owls past Liberty 67-66 on Sunday in front of a school-record announced attendance of 3,805 to win the...
High school sports scores, schedules for March 5, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Chambersburg (15-11) at Plymouth-Whitemarch (24-4), 4 p.m.; CB East (22-4) vs. Archbishop Wood (16-8) at Archbishop Ryan, 6:30 p.m.; Cenral (16-11) vs. North Penn (18-8) at West Philadelphia, 3 p.m.; Coatesville (18-9) at Scranton (14-11), 5 p.m.; WC Henderson (16-11)...
Donald Trump Jr. calls John Fetterman ‘a vegetable’ at conservative conference
Donald Trump Jr. is taking flak for calling Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, D-Pa., “a vegetable” during an address at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday. Trump Jr., who often manages to out-brash his own father when it comes to taunting political opponents, made his latest slam during a rant about...
Immigration activists try to stop Allentown hospital from sending comatose woman out of the country
Immigration activists are trying to stop an Allentown hospital from forcibly repatriating a desperately ill woman to her Dominican Republic homeland, saying the undocumented mother of two could die if sent away. The 46-year-old woman, identified only as S.C. to protect her privacy, experienced complications from surgery after suffering a...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from Feb. 23-March 1
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” package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate, please...
Remember When: Starting in the 1800s, ink pens have gone through quite the evolution
Prior to the 19th century, there was a general state of illiteracy in society, with education confined to the upper classes. Things changed in 1802, when England enacted the Factory Act, which compelled the owners of new factories to provide schools for the children of their workers. In 1840, the...
3 takeaways: Forward Nick Bonino debuts with Penguins (again)
A day after being acquired in a three-team trade, forward Nick Bonino played the first game of his second stint with the Penguins on Saturday in a 4-1 road loss to the Florida Panthers at FLA Arena in Sunrise, Fla. Primarily deployed as the center of the fourth line between...
Letter to the editor: What exactly did Don Lemon mean by women in their ‘prime’?
Regarding the article “Don Lemon to return to ‘CNN This Morning’ after training” (Feb. 21, TribLIVE), about Lemon’s unfortunate comments about former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and women in general: As a woman in her 70s, I was particularly interested in his statement that “A woman is considered to...
Letter to the editor: Ending Pa.’s teacher shortage
The State System of Higher Education’s plan to provide up to $6,500 to students studying education at its 10 universities (“State System universities propose $56.5M in scholarships to ease Pa. teacher shortage,” Feb. 28, TribLIVE) is only a starting point to try to fill the teacher shortage in Pennsylvania. In...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of March 5, 2023
Aspinwall Blayre Britton sold property at 112 Second St. to John Michael and Susan Davidson Studeny for $400,000. Andrew Sherry sold property at 4 Second St. to Moher Properties LLC for $180,000. Fox Chapel Andrew Petnuch sold property at 21 Fairview Mnr to Robert and Christy Hoffmann for $1,180,000. Indiana...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of March 5, 2023
Aleppo Daniel Lee Berti sold property at 156 McCoy Place Road to Justin and Danialle Hannah Hawks for $168,750. Patrick Gallagher sold property at 1006 Sewickley Heights Drive to Sheri Lynn Williams for $250,000. Glenn Buchan sold property at 812 Sewickley Heights Drive to Peter Cady trustee for $250,000. Franklin...
Letter to the editor: UPMC doesn’t seem like a charity
I was excited to see Mayor Ed Gainey’s announcement that the city will be conducting a review of its tax-exempt properties (“Gainey orders review of Pittsburgh’s ‘purely public charities’ to see if they meet tax-exempt requirements” (Jan. 24, TribLIVE). As an employee of our region’s largest nonprofit, I hope the...
Editorial: New rules spell out obvious miss in House ethics
If Pennsylvania legislators ever wonder why they might not be seen as completely trustworthy, they need only to look to their track record of how they govern others versus how they govern themselves. The most infamous example is always the 2005 pay increase — passed at 2 a.m. without any...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of March 5, 2023
Churchill Lois Miller sold property at 38 Churchill Road to Kevin and Jamie Hamilton for $310,000. Agate Realty LLC sold property at 3839 Greensburg Pike to Kimberly Kaplan for $200,000. Edgewood Nathaniel Rosi sold property at 182 Gordon St. to Clinton and Lisa Marie Graham for $340,000. Donald Manner sold...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of March 5, 2023
Bellevue Joseph Stanley DeWitt sold property at 528 Division Ave. to Keith and Melissa Mihelcic for $210,000. Joseph Winghart sold property at 118 N Jackson Ave. to Kiran Markenday and Tarun Sonkhya for $155,000. Estate of John Czajkowski sold property at 119 S Harrison Ave. to Rosemary Rojas for $188,000....
Letter to the editor: Bring back the caboose
The Railway Safety Act of 2023 will be introduced in the Senate. It has a provision requiring two “well-trained, two-person crews aboard every train.” The “hot box technology” used every 20 miles on a railroad track is insufficient because it cannot distinguish whether the temperature of a wheel bearing is...
The Stroller, March 5, 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. Evening of chocolate to benefit Animal Protectors Animal Protectors of Allegheny...
