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Moderna, Cirrus Logic are Balance Sheet Powerhouses
On a hilltop in your town live two people. Joseph has an income of $400,000 a year but little savings. Francois has income of only $90,000 a year but $30 million in the bank. Who would you rather be? Any sane person would pick Francois. And yet, when they go...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 19, 2023
Baldwin Borough Adam Nelson sold property at 1695 Beryl Drive to Matthew Richert and Chandler Trainer for $224,900. Michael Stein sold property at 1146 Boni Drive to Sven Zepic for $55,000. Roy Davis sold property at 5180 Brownsville Road to Leos Tire & Auto Service LLC for $305,000. John Dawso...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of Feb. 19, 2023
Bridgeville Alia Properties LLC sold property at 1336 Missouri Ave. to Jeffrey and Macy Krek for $190,000. Miles Truitt Jr. sold property at 232 Crestvue Drive to Ronald Stephen Strang II for $300,000. James Robson sold property at 59 Garden St. to et al for $66,000. Estate of John Siak...
Saint Louis snaps Duquesne’s 4-game winning streak
Gibson Jimerson scored 28 points to lead Saint Louis to a 90-85 victory over Duquesne on Saturday night, ending the Dukes’ winning streak at four games. Dae Dae Grant led Duquesne (18-9, 8-6) with 22 points. Joe Reese added 15 and Tevin Brewer and Jimmy Clark III each added 12....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 18, 2023
High schools WPIAL championships 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...
Big day for Canon-McMillan at TSTCA indoor track championships
Rose Kuchera won a pair of events, the 60-meter hurdles and long jump, to headline a big day for Canon-McMillan at the TSTCA indoor track championships Saturday at Edinboro. On the girls side, Bennett Pidro won the 60-meter dash and the 4x200 relay team also finished first. In boys competition,...
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2023: Keystone Oaks holds off South Park in Class 3A first round
Eriona Neal scored 26 points as No. 7 Keystone Oaks held off No. 10 South Park, 61-57, in a WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball first-round playoff matchup Saturday at Peters Township. Laney Wagner added 18 points and Bailey Rieg had 11 for Keystone Oaks (16-7), which led 42-25 after three...
Volunteers prune apple trees at Murrysville reserve
Staff and volunteers with the Westmoreland Conservancy gave some apple trees a seasonal pruning on Saturday at the Morosini Reserve in Murrysville. Conservancy President Shelly Tichy said the trees at the reserve, off Morosini Farm Court near Delmont, are left over from an old orchard on the property. “Some of...
Austin Sarat: Prisoners donating organs to get time off raises thorny ethical questions
In January 2023 two Democratic representatives, Judith Garcia and Carlos Gonzalez, proposed a bill that would offer prisoners in Massachusetts a new way to win reduction in their sentences: by donating their bone marrow or vital organs. The bill stated that the commissioner of the Department of Corrections should establish...
3 takeaways: Penguins lose another Metropolitan Division game
Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 5-4 road loss to the New York Islanders on Friday night: Metropolitan mess The Penguins suffered a crucial loss to a Metroplitan Division rival as the Penguins and Islanders now each have 63 points, though the Penguins have only played 54 games to the Islanders’...
North Hills ‘workhorse’ to play college ball at Cal (Pa.)
Logan Greer’s hunger has paid off. Greer, a senior offensive and defensive lineman for the North Hills football team, recently committed to Cal (Pa.) to continue his academic and athletic career. “It felt like family,” said Greer, a three-year starter for the Indians. “I really liked the coaching staff and...
North Hills girls take significant step forward
The 2022-2023 North Hills girls basketball season was one built around learning. That includes the team’s players, as well as its new coach. But those lessons — even the tough ones — paid off late in the year and could have the Indians’ program bound for something much bigger in...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers runners shine at indoor meet
North Allegheny’s girls mile relay team re-set their school record Feb. 12, at a Tri-State Track Coaches Association indoor track and field meet at Edinboro. Members of the 1,600-meter relay — Isabella Costa, Chloe Reed, Ginger Tegtmeier and Mackenzie Winning — won the event in 4 minutes, 9.51 seconds. Maya...
Brian Lawrence: Blight is a wicked problem
Regarding the editorial “Addressing blight requires planning and action” (Feb. 7, TribLIVE): The roots of blight are nuanced, varied and complex. Systemic factors like abuse of the federal tax code and individual factors, like the death of a loved one, contribute to the problem. Compounding the issue, 40,000 fewer people...
Olympic oak: How Connellsville native John Woodruff’s 1936 gold-medal run dispelled white supremacy
Halfway home, “Long John” Woodruff made his move. It wouldn’t be his last. The young, novice runner raced before 110,000 people packed into the Olympiastadion, including those in a special box built for Adolf Hitler. The German chancellor and his Nazi brass believed the Berlin Games — the Hitler Games...
Letter to the editor: You still have the right to say what you want
When I was a child, I heard a popular saying: “I may not agree with what you’re saying, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.” Nowadays, with the prevalence of the woke mob in the Democratic Party, the saying seems to be, “I don’t...
Sounding off: On Trump and Biden, Bushy Run, Giant Eagle, Rozzi, gun violence, bridge safety
Trump, Biden make for poor presidential choices Both the Democratic and Republican parties are presently in a quandary regarding the 2024 president election. The Democrats are saddled with an 80-year-old President Biden, who I believe is mentally and physically feeble. In addition, Kamala Harris has bombed as vice president. No...
Letter to the editor: Great job, Youngwood
I know this letter is a little late, but I still want it to be said that Youngwood Borough’s workers did a great job decorating the borough building and playground for Christmas. It was great seeing the playground being put to good use, and all the lights and reindeer animations,...
Editorial: Was Westmoreland DA Ziccarelli’s crash really minor?
“Minor car accident” is one of those terms everyone has heard and yet is difficult to quantify. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department doesn’t have a measure for what makes a crash minor or major. An insurance company only deals in monetary amounts. There is no sliding scale. And so, when Westmoreland...
The Stroller, Feb. 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. Children’s bereavement workshop offered online Good Samaritan Hospice, a mission of...
Fox Chapel area students named to Deans’ lists
Mackenzie Borkovich of Indiana Township earned a 4.0 and was named to the dean’s list at Slippery Rock University’s College of Health Professions for the Fall 2022 semester. She is a 2022 graduate of Fox Chapel Area High School. • The following area students have been named to the Chatham...
Letter to the editor: Celebrating Black History Month
The Pennsylvania State Education Association proudly joins educators and support professionals across the nation in celebrating Black History Month. Throughout February, Pennsylvania educators will put a special focus on the sizable contributions and achievements of Black Americans in a variety of subjects, including history, literature, science, music and the arts....
Letter to the editor: Compromise is best for America
I watched President Biden’s State of the Union address and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ response. OK, majority House Republicans, where is the platform you’ll use to make great changes? We are coming back from a major issue that almost left our country undone. You complain and yell “We have...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 17, 2023
High schools WPIAL championships Boys Class 6A Quarterfinals Feb. 24 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 First...
No. 11 Fox Chapel knocks off Thomas Jefferson, sets up rematch with North Hills
Despite Thomas Jefferson earning the sixth seed in the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs and the right to host No. 11 Fox Chapel in first-round action Friday night, it was all Foxes as they dominated in a 62-45 upset victory. Fox Chapel (14-9) took full advantage of the cold-shooting Jaguars (15-8)...
