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Quaker Valley girls tennis looking to foster competitive mindset
Christi Hays looks back at 2020 and can’t believe some of the hoops her team had to jump through just to play. Hays’ Quaker Valley girls tennis team was required to have its players carry their own, individual sleeves of tennis balls around, unable to share with teammates out of...
Letter to the editor: Biden clueless on weapons in Afghanistan
Say it ain’t so, Clueless Joe: The Taliban are now equipped with American M16 assault rifles! “I don’t know how that happened,” President Biden told George Stephanopolous in an ABC News interview Aug. 19, when asked if he didn’t think “this exit could’ve been handled better in any way.” Walt...
Letter to the editor: Valley community supports its police
I would like to thank the many volunteers who made ShawRide IV an unforgettable experience (“Hundreds of motorcyclists turn out for 4th annual Officer Brian Shaw benefit ride,” Aug. 21, TribLIVE). Organizing a ride of this scale required hundreds of caring, dedicated individuals. My wife and I joined the hundreds...
A letter to readers of the Tribune-Review
To the readers of the Tribune-Review: Our readers tell us that they want more: more stories, more news, more of everything that makes the Tribune-Review the best overall newspaper in Pennsylvania. Today, I am pleased to announce that soon, you will be getting more. Starting Wednesday, subscribers to the print...
Letter to the editor: As in Vietnam, soldiers still pay the price
As I compose this letter, I can’t help but think of all the U.S. veterans I have thanked for their service over the last 31 years. As a child and young man of the Vietnam era, and now a witness of the military actions of the last 30-plus years, I...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 29, 2021
Aleppo Glenfield Road LLC sold property at Glenfield Road to Charles and Elizabeth Burnette for $33,750. William Tranter Jr. sold property at 311 Sewickley Ridge Drive to Susan Reuter for $520,800. Edgeworth Bryan Motzel sold property at 423 Meadow Lane to Thomas Hay Jr. and Janice Hay for $990,000. Leet...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 29, 2021
Chad Revak sold property at 202 Berrington Ct to Gregory Domonkos and Michele Hershberger for $190,000. Housing & Urban Development sold property at 1415 Berryman Ave. to Anthony L Ameel Kovacs for $159,000. Robert Milliken Jr. sold property at 5570 Florida Ave. to Luann Munsky and Tori Giglio for $210,000....
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 29, 2021
Baldwin Borough Ronald Balash sold property at 1633 Carmella Drive to Brett Balash and Stephanie Zewe for $150,000. Estate of George Nasci sold property at 5224 Gerry Drive to Nathan Abt and Tara Miller for $220,000. Joshua Millslagle sold property at 127 Hollowhaven Drive to Corey Beard and Coriana Fitz...
Collier, Scott area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 29, 2021
Bridgeville Daniel Livingston sold property at 1431 Bower Hill Road to Susan Sams for $125,000. Victorian Finance LLC sold property at 347 Prestley Road to Revival Today Inc. for $350,000. Carnegie David Filipek sold property at 311 Fifth Ave. to Armando Ocando and Betsabe Siso for $155,000. Estate of Garry...
Letter to the editor: Our leaders are trying to protect us
Concerning health, safety and well-being, many people believe it’s their right to choose what’s best for them and their families, and do not want to be mandated regarding masks and vaccines. How would they have reacted at the time of World War II? When air raid warning signals sounded, would...
Editorial: Why population counts should include prisoners — they live there
To count or not to count. That’s not quite the question pondered and decided last week by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission — the panel of lawmakers working on the nuts and bolts of redrawing legislative districts in reaction to the new census numbers. It isn’t about whether to count. It’s...
Letter to the editor: Different perspective on Afghanistan
Recent commentaries and letters have tried to place blame on what’s happening in Afghanistan on the current or past presidents, or even the military. Perhaps a different perspective is in order. Afghanistan is not so much a nation as it is mostly tribal, tribes trying to rule their own regions....
The Stroller, Aug. 29, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Casino Theater looking for volunteers The Casino Theater in Vandergrift is seeking volunteers to check in ticketed guests for productions. Volunteers...
Letter to the editor: Racism, then and now
Recently I received an advertisement from a local church hosting a presentation denouncing critical race theory (CRT) and the hiring of an equity director for the Gateway School District. The speaker, Joseph L. Green, an African American Missionary Baptist minister, is an opponent of CRT. In my opinion, Green’s declamation...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 28, 2021
Football Saturday’s results Western PA vs. Everyone Showcase At Wolvarena Harrisburg 26, Pine-Richland 21 St. Vincent Pallotti (Md.) 33, Brashear 6 Woodland Hills 20, Wayne Valley, N.J. 0 Nonconference Bishop Canevin 21, Frazier 0 Steubenville (Ohio) Central Catholic 36, Carrick 6 New Brighton 26, Western Beaver 20 (OT) Serra Catholic...
High school roundup for Aug. 28, 2021: 99-yard TD pass helps Woodland Hills to opening win
Deontae Williams hit Louis Callaway for a 99-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, helping put away a 20-0 victory for Woodland Hills over Wayne Valley, N.J., in a nonconference game Saturday at the Western PA vs. Everyone showcase at the Wolvarena. Williams and Callaway each intercepted passes for the...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 28, 2021: Liover Peguero homers in Greensboro rout
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 47-53) outslugged Louisville (Reds), 13-10. LF Jared Oliva (.242) went 3 for 3 with a walk and five RBIs. SS Ethan Paul (.220) was 1 for 4 with a double and drove in four runs. 1B Phillip Evans (.257) went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles...
Fresh off hat trick, Russell Cicerone nets dramatic game-winner for Riverhounds
Russell Cicerone followed up his first career hat trick with a dramatic game-winning goal in stoppage time, leading the Pittsburgh Riverhounds to a 3-2 victory at Hartford Athletic on Saturday night. Cicerone’s winning goal came in the first minute of stoppage time. Hartford goalkeeper Jeff Caldwell punched a corner kick...
Harrisburg rallies past Pine-Richland in coach Steve Campos’ debut
For four quarters, on a suffocatingly humid night, the new era at Pine-Richland sure looked pretty similar to the old. But there was one major difference: finishing. The Rams (0-1) showed their characteristic speed and flash, but turned the ball over four times in enemy territory and stalled on two...
Geoffrey Pohanka: Clash of the titans, wind and coal
The headlines are clear: renewable energy is on the rise as a source of electricity for America and coal power is headed for the door. President Biden has set a goal 30,000MW of offshore wind by 2030, which is the equivalent of 2,500 12MW turbines, and this does not include...
George Guido: Knoch to induct 7 into Sports Hall of Fame
Knoch High School’s Sports Hall of Fame is getting set to enshrine its sixth induction class Friday night during the Knights’ home opener against Freeport. The school’s hall of fame committee, like most similar organizations, suspended its activities last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Four of the seven inductees...
Could saving Pa.’s state tree help fix trout fishing troubles?
Pennsylvania fishermen like Russ Collins are worried about trees. He lives in Palmyra, Lebanon County, and is the vice president of Trout Unlimited’s southcentral region. He wonders whether a struggling tree species could ultimately endanger one of the top fishing grounds in the country, if not the world. He sees,...
Dr. Rosanne Granieri: Sexual harassment is not funny
Recently, we’ve all likely heard them. They are, unfortunately, the type of stories we’ve heard before. Television networks, magazines, online news sources and newspapers carried the details and subsequent fallout. Let’s start with alleged alleged escapades of Andrew Cuomo as New York governor. These stories finally ended with Cuomo’s departure...
Sounding off: Plenty of blame for Afghanistan
What’s most astonishing about the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is how astonished everyone professes to be, while conceding delaying the inevitable would not have prevented it. Failure is often an orphan; this one lays claim to plenty of fathers. Bill Clinton regrets not assassinating Osama Bin Laden after the 1998...
Join in on upcoming programs and activities at the Hampton Community Library
T is for Toddler The T is for Toddler program will be at the Rotary Pavilion on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 to 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 8 through Oct. 27. Join for an autumn full of songs, rhymes and stories about letters and numbers. All ages welcome. In Your...
