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Letter to the editor: What Doug Chew’s constituents want
The testimony submitted by Republican Westmoreland County Commissioner Doug Chew to a state senate committee seeking comments on election integrity and reform deserves further response. It is a bit more than many constituents can swallow let alone, errr, chew on, especially his statement that “… most of my constituents would...
Letter to the editor: Skewed views on guns
In response to Al Duerig’s letter “More guns means more shootings” (March 28, TribLIVE), in which he uses all of the words anti-gun organizations blurb, I would like to offer the following: His analogy of “I hear all the gun advocates’ arguments and scoff, like guns don’t kill, people do....
Letter to the editor: Biden and his magic pen
The following is a movie that needs to be canceled so our children don’t see it: It is titled “Pinocchio Joe and His Magic Pen.” It hasn’t been three months and this puppet has made America the joke of the world. If you don’t or didn’t like President Trump, that’s...
The Stroller, April 19, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club 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. Drug Takeback Day set Saturday in Plum In partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Plum Police Department will host a drug takeback day from...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 19
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 19....
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 19
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 19....
High school schedules for April 19, 2021
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Pine-Richland, 4 p.m. North Allegheny at Central Catholic, 3:30 p.m. Seneca Valley at Allderdice, 3:30 p.m. Section 2 Baldwin at Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m. Canon-McMillan at Norwin, 4 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Hempfield, 4 p.m. Class 5A...
U.S. warns Russia of ‘consequences’ if Putin critic Alexei Navalny diesVideo
The United States warned Russia of “consequences” if jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies, deepening the conflict over the dissident who has already survived an alleged assassination attempt and is now engaged in the third week of a hunger strike. Navalny’s supporters on Sunday called for demonstrations across Russia on...
There’s a new, extra-potent meth invading metro Detroit — and it’s more deadly
DETROIT — A new, extra-potent methamphetamine is growing increasingly popular in Michigan and — unlike past iterations of the highly addictive stimulant — more of it’s showing up in urban areas including metro Detroit, law enforcement officials said. Adding to the level of danger associated with the drug: evidence it’s...
Extended family of Cassandra Gross hope to draw attention to caseVideo
On the third anniversary of Cassandra Gross’ disappearance, Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck said his office “certainly hasn’t forgotten about the victim,” who was last seen meeting a friend for lunch in April 2018. Tammie Klingensmith of Jeannette, cousin to Gross’ father, wants to make sure it stays that...
Board member sues powerful Hershey School, claims he’s being denied financial records
This article was produced in partnership with Spotlight PA, of which the Tribune-Review/TribLIVE is a partner, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Sign up for Spotlight PA’s free newsletters here. For over a year, lawyer Bob Heist, then-chairman of the Milton Hershey...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Churchill Bryan Cole sold property at 91 Bowstone Road to Chrissy Robles for $340,000. Estate of Donald Kennedy sold property at 2312 Greensburg Pike to Charles Lee Jr. and Kimberlee Lee for $74,000. Andrea Carhuaslla sold property at 3300 Longbow Drive to Louis Maurice Maraj and Alexis McGee for $376,000....
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Pine Cavalier Land Partn. L.P. sold property at 6200-6206 Elm Road to Nvr INC for $294,372. BHI Land LLC sold property at 536 MacLeod Drive to Jason and Heather Smith for $169,900. Eddy Homes Inc. sold property at 110 Miller Drive to Roncin LLC for $662,537. Trinity Place LLC sold...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Hampton Matthew Feroce sold property at 2889 Harts Run Road to Maurice Spencer for $13,100. Paul Sweeney sold property at 5055 Harvest Lane to Renee Foy for $127,000. Cartus Corp. sold property at 4801 Stonebridge Drive to Roman and Svetlana Kharkovski for $829,000. McCandless Tara Kunkle sold property at 176...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Aspinwall Stephen Maxwell sold property at 116 Fifth St. to Runtian Wang and Xiong xin Dong for $300,000. Blawnox Estate of Richard Stoss sold property at 217 Walnut St. to Cassandra Kwiecinski for $166,500. Etna Alaina Invest Co. LLC sold property at 40 Oakland St. to Pluto Holdings LLC for...
Notes, observations, takeaways from Penn State football’s 12th spring practice
Penn State football held its 12th practice of the spring Saturday afternoon in Beaver Stadium, with 7,521 in attendance — a mixture of player, coach and staff guests and first-year students. The practice included warmups and a controlled scrimmage with no score-keeping, and gave reps to a vast majority of...
Letter to the editor: Combine vaccine passport, voter ID
As I read about the perpetual political wars over the concerns of having a vaccine passport, my solution (to please both Democrats and Republicans) is to just print the vaccine passport on one side and the voter ID on the other side. Simple, everyone is happy and the country is...
Editorial: Swatting back the scam artists that flock to a crisis
Never let a good crisis go to waste. It’s much more than a paraphrase of Rahm Emanuel as Obama White House chief of staff, or an oft-attributed aphorism of Sir Winston Churchill. It’s more like a political law of nature. Whole wedges of government have been created to address a...
Letter to the editor: Guns and mass shootings
Don Grasser in his letter “Our rights are for everyone” objected to the observation that “more guns mean more shootings.” He asked, “Guns were bought at a record pace last year, and how many mass shootings were there?” Well, this is something he could easily have looked up: Do gun...
Letter to the editor: Dangers of vaccination passports
Medical freedom and informed consent have always been fundamental principles in the American health care system. Requiring “vaccination passports” (documented evidence of vaccination) not only intrudes on the privacy of health information and frustrates the principles of medical freedom and informed consent, but its most nefarious infraction is that it...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Timothy Peckyno sold property at 836 Boulder Drive to Muzaffar and Azizakhon Tukhtasinov for $305,000. David Unglaub sold property at 5991 Boyer Ave. to Jorge Zarate for $161,200. Matthew Hammer sold property at 6444 Churchill Road to Jacqueline Marie Rodwick for $170,000. Colby Myers sold property at 988 Fairview Drive...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Bellevue Robert Recker Jr. sold property at Farragut Ave. to Crecker LLC for $5,000. Robert Recker Jr. sold property at 8 Farragut Ave. to Crecker LLC for $7,000. Young Mens Christian Assn. sold property at 629 Lincoln Ave. to Franklin Square L.P. for $900,000. Brian Wisniewski sold property at 638...
South Fayette, Upper St. Clair area real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Bridgeville John Baselj sold property at 742 Mill St. to Tru Sky Properties LLC for $55,000. Patrick McGinnis sold property at 1052 Sarah St. to John Albert and Nicole Helene Baselj for $219,000. Pittsburgh Sports Performance & Developm sold property at 331 Station St. to 331 Station St. Associates LLC...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 2021
Baldwin Borough John Coll sold property at 186 Cheston St. to Justin Hawkins and Marquita Quinones for $209,900. Abigail Rae Nath sold property at 3355 Churchview Ave. to Owen Parham and Abigail Valero for $163,000. Brandon Enos sold property at 5072 Dolores Drive to Tanka and Lila Subedi for $416,000....
Letter to the editor: Why Pa. turns out stellar wrestlers like Spencer Lee
I enjoyed Bill Beckner’s article “Iowa senior, Franklin Regional grad Spencer Lee named nation’s top wrestler” (March 30, TribLIVE). The article looked at Lee being named the Hodge Trophy winner for two years in a row, which is remarkable. Lee’s career at Iowa has been incredible as was his high...
