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The Stroller, Jan. 15, 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. Apollo Meals on Wheels seeking volunteer help Apollo Area Meals on...
Letter to the editor: These Steelers are heroes, too
I agree with the writer of the letter “Essential workers, not football players, are heroes” (Dec. 29, TribLIVE) that workers who bear the burden of bitter cold temperatures should be applauded. He also said that football players, (who also endure the cold) should be ashamed and embarrassed as football is...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 14, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Saturday’s results MLK Hoops for Harmony At Chambersburg New Town (MD) 59, Aliquippa 41 Imani Christian 91, Theodore Roosevelt (DC) 54 MLK Weekend Showcase At Woodland Hills Woodland Hills 58, Burrell 49 Kiski Area 58, Linsly (WV) 49 Northgate 105, Westinghouse 78 Ron Galbreath Classic...
High school roundup for Jan. 14, 2023: Red-hot Central Catholic stops Lincoln Park
Cole Sullivan scored 18 points and Central Catholic recorded its third straight signature win with a 54-49 victory over Lincoln Park at the Ron Galbreath Classic at Westminster College on Saturday night, Dante DePante added 14 points and Debaba Tshiebwe had 13 for the Vikings (7-5), who gave New Castle...
POINT: Racial shifts in voting — what’s in the future?
Through a phenomenon called “linked fate,” small or marginalized groups tend to vote more as a unit rather than as individuals, assuming that without doing so they may not have a loud enough voice in the political system. However, exhaustion from a series of broken promises is breaking up these...
COUNTERPOINT: Education, crime drive Black voters to GOP
As another Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday approaches, our nation has much to celebrate as we strive toward MLK’s dream of a colorblind society. Since King’s assassination in 1968, our nation has elected and reelected its first African American president. We’ve also recently sworn in our first African American...
Gary Bayne and Josh Fleitman: Brackenridge chief’s killing demands stronger Pa. gun laws
Amid an avalanche of horrific acts of violence across Allegheny County over the past year, the Jan. 2 killing of Brackenridge police Chief Justin McIntire is yet another traumatic and high-profile reminder of the toll of gun violence on our communities. The chief’s family, the broader Brackenridge and law enforcement...
North Allegheny notebook: Wrestler Nathan Monteparte gets 100th career win
North Allegheny senior wrestler Nathan Monteparte hit the 100-career victory milestone on Jan. 11. The 139-pound grappler scored a 12-3 major decision over Butler’s Kase Chopp. The Tigers, however, couldn’t capitalize on that momentum and dropped a 29-23 decision to the Golden Tornado. It was Butler’s first win over North...
Sounding off: McIntire’s death, Steelers, Biden/Trump, speaker battle, Ziccarelli’s crash on readers’ minds
Rest in peace, Chief McIntire The horrific death of our beloved Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire has devastated our community. It brought to mind a song by James Taylor, “Fire and Rain.” The words “Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone” echo the stunned feelings of everyone...
Letter to the editor: Why Trump won’t get votes
When the time comes to vote for the next U.S. president, it certainly won’t be for the last one. His name has been in about every newspaper since he left office, he took classified documents to his home in Florida, where he does not have to declare state income tax,...
Weicht elected to serve on Leech Tishman Management Committee
Leech Tishman partner and Sewickley resident David V. Weicht has been elected to to serve another two-year term on the firm’s Management Committee, where he will oversee firm governance, strategic planning and daily operational issues for the firm. Weicht joins existing Management Committee members Pete A. Fuscaldo (managing partner), John...
Letter to the editor: Red-light cameras should be banned
Regarding the article “Venkat announces traffic safety grants for Hampton, McCandless” (Jan. 5, TribLIVE): While ARLE grant projects can be worthwhile, no municipality should accept the money, since it comes from red-light cameras (which should be banned in Pennsylvania). If we had best-practice engineering and enforcement, then practically nobody would...
Editorial: What is the cost of UPMC’s minimum wage hike?
UPMC is raising its minimum wage to $18 per hour. That speaks to a lot happening in the Pennsylvania economy. The need to fill jobs that keep businesses functioning has been a major theme for three years. It is bad enough when restaurants and retailers struggle to keep the doors...
The Stroller, Jan. 14, 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. Leechburg Elks to host annual hoop shoot event The annual Leechburg...
Letter to the editor: Biden administration gets an F
The Biden/Harris administration has been in power for two years now with total Democratic control of Congress. How should they be graded? Foreign policy — F. The world is far more dangerous now than two years ago. Russia has invaded Ukraine. China is preparing to invade Taiwan, Iran is posturing...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 13, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic 55, Butler 33 New Castle 55, Pine-Richland 49 Seneca Valley 64, North Allegheny 42 Section 2 Upper St. Clair 65, Canon-McMillan 39 Baldwin 71, Hempfield 61 (2OT) Mt. Lebanon 69, Norwin 50 Class 5A Section 1 Ringgold...
High school roundup for Jan. 13, 2023: North Hills’ Royce Parham beats buzzer; Bryce Epps breaks South Allegheny record
Royce Parham dropped a game-high 34 points and sank the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to lead North Hills to a 62-61 overtime victory over South Fayette in Section 4-5A boys basketball Friday night. Jake Pollaro added 13 points for North Hills (10-2, 4-0). Michael Plasko put up 29 points,...
1 killed, 8 hospitalized in Shaler house fire; authorities identify 2-year-old victim
A 2-year-old girl died after being rescued from a house fire Friday night in Shaler, according to township police. Danika Deramo was found on the first floor of the home and was taken to UPMC Mercy hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 10:34 p.m. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s...
Mt. Pleasant Township family of 5 loses everything in house fire, clothing collection started
A home in the Mt. Pleasant Township village of Hecla was destroyed in a fire Friday evening, and a neighboring fire company is collecting donations for the family. The blaze was reported around 6:30 p.m. in an old, two-story former “company home” off Hecla Road on Academy Lane. Hecla Assistant...
Gary Franks: Republicans, be careful what you ask for
It’s newly elected Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. It ended like it should have begun. All the action witnessed, I believed, could have and should have been played out before Jan. 3. But maybe I was wrong. Maybe America needed to see this play out. For a while, I...
Special elections to fill Pa. House seats vacated by Democrats should be held Feb. 7, court rules
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Special elections to fill Pennsylvania House seats vacated by Democrats should be held on Feb. 7, Commonwealth Court has...
Fire & Ice assembly brings ‘Mad Science’ to life
On Jan. 13, students at Marzolf Elementary School in Shaler Area School District got a vivid illustration of the magic of science through an assembly with Mad Science that explores fire and ice. Experiments brought science concepts about states of matter to life for students. There was fire, ice and...
Afghan rulers urged to reverse ban on women aid workers
UNITED NATIONS — A strong majority of the U.N. Security Council urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Friday to immediately reverse all “oppressive” restrictions on girls and women. The council then went into a closed meeting to discuss the Taliban’s latest ban on woman working for humanitarian groups, a move that is...
Gucci recasts itself during Milan Fashion Week
MILAN — Gucci offered another January surprise to kick off Milan Fashion Week menswear previews on Friday, taking a new direction after Alessandro Michele’s exit as creative director. Very much like Michele’s low-key debut eight years ago heading an in-house team, the Gucci runway show heralding the new post-Michele era...
Apple CEO Tim Cook to take more than 40% pay cut
Apple CEO Tim Cook will take a more than 40% pay cut this year from a year earlier as the company adjusts how it calculates his compensation partly based on a recommendation from Cook himself. Apple Inc. said in a regulatory filing late Thursday that Cook’s target total compensation is...
