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When it comes to problem-solving, you can’t just look for the obvious answer and stop there. You can’t jack up the car without a spare tire to fix the flat. You can’t go to the moon without a way to get back. You can’t put a cast on a broken...

I want to applaud Lori Falce’s column “Why did I get the vaccine?”. I think it could be used by President Biden to head his “unity” mantra for all Americans. Well done, Lori! It reminded me of a recent conversation I had with my BFF. I was telling her that...

The 591-page American Rescue Plan is full of “pork.” Supposedly it is to fight and provide covid relief, but the bill instead is designed to cure social inequities. Keep in mind that these amounts are in addition to what is already budgeted for in these areas. Even programs directly addressing...

Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Let us know about your Easter events The Valley News Dispatch will be publishing a list of community Easter egg hunts and activities. To...

Carnegie Randolph Jedrzejewski sold property at 118 Fifth Ave. to Pittsburgh Property Mgmt LLC for $130,000. James Court sold property at 123 Cathedral Ct to Jessica Francis for $207,000. Eric Ogden sold property at 319 Thomas St. to Sean Orsini for $192,000. Ryan Gregg sold property at 113 Wabash Ave....

Baldwin Borough Regis Perich sold property at 614 Agnew Road to Daniel Best for $82,500. Estate of Aloysius Shore sold property at 509 Barbara Drive to Kim Stephen Haines Jr. for $154,500. Karyl Leonhardt sold property at 5444 Hacienda Drive to Michael and Tara Leonhardt for $180,000. Robert Burns sold...

Bellevue Susan Wray sold property at 200 Irwin Ave. to Kenneth Staudt and Caitlin Marie Thieroff Staudt for $170,000. Ralph Montgomery sold property at 50 S Balph Ave. to Jeffrey Allen Hesson for $87,000. Roy Eckert sold property at 259 Woods Ave. to Matthew Werner for $175,123. Bradford Woods Matthew...

Aleppo Diane Snow sold property at 312 Sewickley Ridge Drive to Paul and Hildy Heffernan for $563,000. Cordelia Glenn sold property at 201 Trailside Drive to Michael Hess et al. and David Macmillian for $190,000. Laurie Johns Woelfel sold property at 145 Veshio Drive to Edward and Melanie Turngren for...

Pine Riviera Land Partners LLC sold property at 102 Birch Drive to Chad Andrews and Michelle Hawley for $146,700. Villas Of English Farms L.P. sold property at 521 Cambridge Ct to NVR INC for $182,900. David Massucci sold property at 517 Colony Ct to Christopher and Meredith Newingham for $450,000....

High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL Nonsection Saturday’s result Laurel Highlands 63, Highlands 52 WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Preliminary round Saturday’s result Canon-McMillan 69, Greensburg Salem 46 First round Tuesday’s schedule Canon-McMillan (1-13) at Upper St. Clair (15-1), 6 p.m.; Seneca Valley (10-9) at Mt. Lebanon (9-8), 6 p.m.; North Hills...

Robert Robinson’s 22 points led No. 17 McKeesport to a 78-49 victory over No. 16 Hampton in a WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preliminary round game Saturday afternoon. Kahrake Andrews and Travarese Rowe added 15 and 14 points, while teammate Brison Kisan scored 11 points for the Tigers (7-8). Matt...

There are more than 700 nursing homes in Pennsylvania. More than 88,000 people, mostly older individuals, live there — whether for the long term or a short stay. For the last year, those facilities have been under nervous pressure as seniors and those with preexisting medical conditions like diabetes and...

In what is likely to be their final home game, Plum’s Connor Moss and his fellow seniors came up big in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s WPIAL Class 5A preliminary-round playoff game. Moss scored 11 of his 29 points in the final quarter, and Plum went 9 of 10 from...

For the second straight season, the A-K Valley Cager Classic has been canceled. Organizers were hoping to get some of the area’s top basketball players on the hardwood, but covid concerns halted any hopes of them competing in what has become a local, postseason highlight for more than 20 years....

Here we go again with Gov. Tom Wolf’s rhetoric on more funding for public schools. Test scores prove that throwing more money at schools does nothing to improve our children’s education. Teachers unions are the problem. They strike often and mostly for the same two reasons: more money and more...

Here are some of the photographs Tribune-Review photographers captured around Westmoreland County this week....

Central Valley’s gymnastics team made history Friday night by capturing the school’s first WPIAL gymnastics title. The Warriors scored 144.850 overall to edge host Moon (144.650) in the annual competition. Hopewell (142.675), two-time defending champion Thomas Jefferson (141.950), Baldwin (125.900) and Pine-Richland (122.175) rounded out the scoring. Central Valley finished...

I quite enjoyed the letter from Carol Deverse telling us, “hell no,” she was not taking down her Trump sign (“Trump signs are here to stay,” Feb. 13, TribLIVE). And I can understand her attitude. After all, the Democrats do have the presidency, the House of Representatives and the Senate....

We are living in precarious times. It appears that one political party, the Republicans, no longer believe in democracy. They are trying to restrict our voting rights (11 bills in Pennsylvania), plus expand gerrymandering to include judges. A select group of men suggested nullifying the last election. They support people...

Ohio University dean’s list Several students from the Lower Valley were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester 2020 at Ohio University. They include: Dom Davido in the College of Arts and Sciences, Justin Rowe in the College of Arts and Sciences, Alan Shtrahman in the College of...

Pittsburgh needs Mayor Bill Peduto for a third term as mayor like we need Mike Tomlin as head coach for the Steelers. It’s time for both to take a hike down Retirement Road. The best thing for Pittsburgh is to get a person who cares for the city and the...

With a smile I read the long essays in the Tribune-Review. Did someone forget to tell you that Donald Trump is no longer president? He can’t do anything, but you keep writing about him and how awful he is. What are you afraid of? The Republicans no longer control Congress,...

The past few years have been quite a roller coaster for all of us. We’ve had a pandemic, tumultuous elections, riots of all shapes and sizes, and in the cases of some of us, an assault on our very livelihoods. I’m sure you new gun owners have various views and...

Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, Easter events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual cleanup season begins Monday The annual Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful campaign will kick off its cleanup season on Monday. The annual community improvement...