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Jennifer Christman: Improving mental health of our military
Every May, mental health organizations share educational information and provide resources for Mental Health Awareness Month. During this same period, as we approach Memorial Day, we’re reminded to honor the men and women who died while serving our country. However, these two topics share more than space on the calendar...
Find covid origin or face another pandemic, U.S. experts warnVideo
WASHINGTON — The world needs the cooperation of the Chinese government to trace the origins of covid-19 and prevent future pandemic threats, two leading U.S. disease experts said Sunday. Information to support the theory that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, has increased, said...
Texas Senate passes elections bill after more than 7 hours of debate
AUSTIN — The Texas Senate advanced a massive elections bill Sunday morning, after an hourslong, overnight debate in which Democrats blasted the GOP majority for releasing just hours earlier a new version of the legislation that expanded its restrictions and penalties. Discussion on the sweeping voting legislation kicked off just...
Seton Hill baseball advances to NCAA Division II World Series
The Seton Hill baseball team is bound for Cary, N.C. The Griffins earned a trip to the NCAA Division II World Series in Cary after winning the Atlantic Regional championship Sunday afternoon. Seton Hill defeated Millersville (30-15) for the second consecutive day, this time with an 8-5 triumph, to seal...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Pine Harry Rattay sold property at 130 Brookfield Estates Drive to Joseph English III and Michelle English for $540,000. NVR Inc. sold property at 525 Cambridge Court to Benjamin and Monica Matta for $820,175. Cavalier Land Partn. L.P. sold property at 2010 Cherry Road to Robert and Gaillard Long for...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Delmont Estate of Evelyn Grubich sold property at 216 Freeport St. to Glenn and Linda Jobe for $19,500. Forest Hills James Conte sold property at 202 Glasgow Road to Michael Gasior for $100,000. Monroeville Frances Mitchell sold property at 1354 Foxboro Drive to Kyle Reese for $175,000. Stephanie Sapp sold...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Fox Chapel Janice Rosen sold property at 143 Old Mill Road to John Thomas Dick III and Tara Branstad for $850,000. Harmar Travis Edward Kilpatrick sold property at 19 Highbury Road to Nicholas Paolino for $185,000. Indiana Richmont Estates L.P. sold property at 1016 Danason Drive to NVR Inc. for...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Hampton DeCarlo Development LLC sold property at 4125 Lee Manor Drive to Tyler Fannie and Makbule Hazal Erkale for $399,900. James Blakley sold property at 4640 Route 8 to PA 15 RE Investments LLC for $12,000. Montgomery & Rust Inc. sold property at 2951 Woodland Court to Foxlane Homes At...
Letter to the editor: Killing baseball in Pittsburgh
I am 66 years old and grew up in Pittsburgh watching the Pirates at Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium and then PNC Park. Some of the best sporting events in Pittsburgh happened at those venues. The best one I experienced was the 2013 National League wild card game. Since...
Letter to the editor: Let’s judge our children by their character
Borrowing from the sentiments of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., I have a dream that one day our children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by their sexual identity, orientation or gender, but rather by the content of their character. Keith Kondrich Swisshelm Park...
Editorial: An unsatisfactory finding of state incompetence
Sometimes, an investigation can turn up answers. Sometimes, they turn up questions. It would have been nice if the Office of the State Inspector General discovered either in the dive into why a constitutional amendment never made it to the Pennsylvania primary ballot. On May 18, the voters were supposed...
South Fayette, Scott area real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Bridgeville Anne Fitzgibbon Wrightman sold property at 1495 Critchfield Drive to Aaron and David Graham for $226,000. Carnegie Sayed Abouabdalla sold property at 554 Boquet St. to Manal Shouman for $20,000. James Kuntz sold property at 245 Mountain Drive to Chelsea Rice for $209,900. Jason Tremblay sold property at 419...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Baldwin Borough Beech Charles Properties 100 LLC sold property at 1713 Elderslee Road to Kelaen Welch for $148,000. Estate of Bernard Seiler sold property at 207 Revo Road to Rino and Christine Delbianco for $120,000. Baldwin Township Joshua Oswald sold property at 636 Highview Road to William Putnam et al....
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Aleppo Ferndale Development Group LLC sold property at 103 Ferndale Ave. to David and Michael Ann Cerniglia for $375,000. Allen Uhrine sold property at 1306 Merriman Road to Masonic Villages Grand Lodge PA for $176,000. Edgeworth Thomas Schlosser sold property at 411 Woodland Road to James and Amy Dantonio for...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Bellevue SIH Projects LLC sold property at Unknown Address to Ciccarelli & Sons LLC for $175,000. TKJ Properties LLC sold property at 115 Cedar Ave. to Grand Old Properties LLC for $50,000. Garin Linell Lee sold property at 149 N Sprague Ave. to Kenneth and Sara Draim for $289,900. WJK...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of May 30, 2021
Jeffrey David Houghtelling sold property at 2710 Bethel Crest Drive to Gregg and Lois Kretchun for $415,000. David Fournier sold property at 5489 California Ave. to Mark Babic and Dena Mastromatteo for $260,000. CY Fortune Realty LLC sold property at 214 Cambridge Road to David Seymour and Jennie August for...
Letter to the editor: GOP’s election plans will take away voters’ rights
In his letter “How about we all make our own mask decisions?” (May 23, TribLIVE), George Silowash said he believed state mask mandates have taken our rights away. I wonder if he feels as strongly about these changes to state election laws being pushed by Republican state Rep. Seth Grove:...
The Stroller, May 30, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, 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. Summer day camp planned at NK Salvation Army The New Kensington Salvation Army will host a summer day camp June 15 to...
Letter to the editor: Enabling disabled to marry
I am disabled. And this past year, I watched my able-bodied friends struggle with postponing and downsizing weddings, while living with the reality that I can never ,marry without risking loss of life-sustaining health care. Marriage should be an equal option for all, including disabled people. As long as we...
Letter to the editor: A history lesson on slavery
Contrary to statements made by some of our current political leaders, white slavery predates Black slavery in America. The white slaves not indentured, who began to arrive here in 1618, included hundreds of children who had been rounded up from the streets of London. Other slaves came from the ranks...
Pirates farm report for May 29, 2021: Ke’Bryan Hayes hits 2nd homer for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 11-11) lost 6-2 to Omaha (Royals). 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes hit his second home run since starting a rehab assignment as he recovers from a wrist injury. He’s 6 for 20 (.300) with a 1.064 OPS. DH Bligh Madris went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles and...
George Guido: Riverview chasing WPIAL title but almost never existed
As Riverview prepares for its WPIAL Class A baseball title game Tuesday against Union, now might be a good time to recall that the high school almost never came into existence. Riverview is wrapping up 50 academic years, but the school’s creation wasn’t on the list of proposed school mergers...
A year after George Floyd’s death, protesters reflect on what’s changed in Western Pennsylvania
The year since George Floyd was killed by a former Minneapolis police officer has brought with it protests, anguish and, perhaps louder than anything, calls for change. The year also has been one of realization for some. “A lot of people are aware of something they weren’t aware of before,”...
Editorial: Masks, flu and listening to the doctor
There was a lot of pushback against masks during the coronavirus pandemic. While some people embraced even the simplest homemade fabric coverings for whatever layer of protection they might afford, others rejected them. They sometimes claimed the cloth was useless, stopping nothing and just acting as a prop in a...
Jessie Carmichael: Pediatric shift nurses crucial for fragile children
Every day, thousands of medically fragile children across Pennsylvania rely on the state’s pediatric shift nursing program to stay safe and healthy at home. Since 1993, this program has allowed these children to be cared for at home by skilled, professional nurses. It keeps families together, out of hospitals and...
