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In brief: Student news, local author publishes a book, cleanup day and more in Plum
Women’s Business Network meetings The Murrysville Chapter of the Women’s Business Network holds regular meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. April meetings will take place on April 8 and 22. For more information, contact Katrina Burkett at 412-856-5250. The All Virtual...
In brief: Yoga sessions in the park, plant sale and more in Shaler
Yoga sessions in the park Yoga sessions will be held from 8 to 9 a.m. every Saturday in Kiwanis Park starting May 1. Days and times are subject to change dependent on weather. Flowers and fun bloom at Shaler plant sale Shake off your quarantine blues by heading to Shaler...
In brief: Blawnox adopt-a-block program, food box distribution and more in Fox Chapel area
Adopt-a-block program The Best of Blawnox Organization is introducing a new volunteer opportunity for community members with an adopt-a-block program. Adopt-a-block is a volunteer program aimed at keeping the streets of Blawnox free from litter and debris. Volunteers will be assigned one (or more) designated neighborhood blocks to clean up...
Crack’d Egg asks court to allow maskless customers in restaurant
An attorney for the Crack’d Egg on Monday asked a Pennsylvania appellate court to allow the restaurant to disregard a mask mandate and other state-ordered covid-19 mitigation measures pending appeal. Citing testimony that his client will not be able to maintain her Brentwood business if she can’t operate at 100%,...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Ben Roethlisberger’s conditioning, NFL 17-game schedule, Penguins, moreVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for this week’s edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page to talk about Ben Roethlisberger’s conditioning, the Steelers’ spin game, the likely NFL 17-game schedule, the Penguins’ recent play and more. As the topic of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s commitment to conditioning was again...
Tom O’Brien: Raises linked to filibuster death
Joe Biden did something no other president has. He extolled the virtue of unions and told workers that corporations do not have the right to prevent them from joining a union, and he did it on video. After four decades of U.S. labor productivity rises that have gone unrewarded with...
Letter to the editor: Hypocrisy of Newsome signature review
Californians have gathered more than the 1½ million signatures needed to recall Gov. Gavin Newsome from office. Isn’t it interesting that the Democrats all of a sudden want to scrutinize these signatures for discrepancies of any kind? Similar handwriting, color of pens used, proper addresses and other details. What hypocrisy!...
In brief: farmers market applications open, free compost and more in North Hills
Applications are open for vendors for the Cranberry Township’s farmers market. Starting June 4, the farmers market will take place every Friday from 3-7 p.m. in the front parking lot of the Cranberry Twp. Municipal Building. To learn more or register, visit www.pghnorthchamber.com. Carnegie Science Center’s Lettuce Grow Together! program...
In brief: Whitehall-Baldwin kindergarten registration, garden club meeting and more in the South Hills
Bethel Park cleanup The Municipality of Bethel Park is once again sponsoring the Annual Spring Clean-Up Day on April 24. If you or a group you’re involved in would like to join, contact Janet Davin at 412-831-6800, x211 or email jdavin@bethelpark.net for more information. In the event of severe weather,...
In brief: Earth Day cleanup, Sewickley Music Club and more in the Sewickley area
Earth Day cleanup Aleppo Township’s annual Earth Day roadside cleanup event will be held on April 24. This will be an outdoor-only event. For updates or more information visit aleppotownship.com. ^ Sewickley Music Club The Sewickley Music Club will hold its first in-person, socially distanced event following a year-long Covid...
In brief: Carnegie Science Center program, spring leaf collection and more in Pine, Richland
Carnegie Science Center’s Lettuce Grow Together! program The Carnegie Science Center is teaming up with North Hills Community Outreach to broadcast three Facebook Live events that will explore the science behind gardening and healthy eating. The following virtual events will be hosted on Carnegie Science Center’s Facebook page and will...
Letter to the editor: Americans could use the jobs held by immigrants
Letter-writer Matt Smith (“Immigration reform will rebuild our economy,” March 26, TribLIVE), can you tell me if the 70,000 undocumented immigrants working in essential roles in the state pay taxes to the IRS/U.S. government/Pennsylvania? Can you tell any unemployed American citizen where he or she can obtain an essential-role job?...
Editorial: A death in county prison is public information, in real time
Government often seems to have the same attitude toward transparency that children do toward report cards. When a kid gets a good grade, it is turned over promptly and with lots of fanfare. Look how good this is! Look at my gold star! Can I have cookie? When a kid...
A $10 minimum wage in Pa.? Two GOP senators are calling for it
Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic lawmakers have been calling for an increase in the state’s $7.25 an hour minimum wage, and now they are finding support for this initiative in the Senate Republican Caucus. Sens. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie County, and Pat Browne, R-Lehigh County, are proposing to introduce legislation that...
In brief: Rose pruning demo, military banner program and more in South Fayette, Carnegie
Annual Rose Pruning Demonstration The Pittsburgh Rose Society will be holding its Annual Rose Pruning Demonstration on April 10 from 1-3 p.m. Bad weather date will be on April 17. The pruning event will be held at the rose gardens of Bill Dorn, president of the Pittsburgh Rose Society, located...
Letter to the editor: Racism isn’t automatically to blame
Kudos to the Tribune-Review for publishing Mona Charen’s column “Covid-19’s large non-surprise” (March 12, TribLIVE). In case you missed it, there is a well-known correlation between obesity and covid-19 mortality. It also is well documented that obesity is more prevalent among Blacks than whites. Charen presented the novel theory that...
Colorado ‘red flag’ gun law shows some success, but inconsistent use
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The 33-year-old Denver man liked to strap three handguns to his belt for his sessions with his psychiatrist and often made veiled threats, telling her once that she should take more care about letting people like him come back to her office. Police later found a...
Letter to the editor: E-Verify jobs process would help end border crisis
Regarding Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s support for the American Dream and Promise Act (“Peduto endorses bill to provide pathway to citizenship for ‘dreamers’,” March 15, TribLIVE): He’s conveniently confused on his facts. Peduto compares the deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACAs) to Pittsburgh’s immigrants who “settled here seeking to build...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland commissioners not to blame for lack of vaccines
I’ve read a lot of misleading letters recently trying to pin blame on Republicans for a lack of vaccines getting to Westmoreland County. It smells like an organized effort from Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s Harrisburg propaganda machine to deflect blame for his fumbling of the vaccine distribution in the commonwealth....
Downed tree closes Thompson Run Road in Ross
A portion of Thompson Run Road in Ross is expected to be closed until about noon Monday. Crews are working to remove a downed tree near the intersection of Thompson Run and Babcock Boulevard, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. There are also power lines that need to be cleared....
Letter to the editor: Solution for mail-in voting issues
Homebound, nursing home or military should be the only reason to vote by mail. If voting absentee, a request and reason should be necessary. If you can go to Walmart, Home Depot or the grocery store, or play the lottery, then you can vote in person. All absentee ballots are...
The Stroller, March 29, 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. Applications available for Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarships Applications are being accepted for the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship program. Students must have financial...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 29
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 29....
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 29
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 29....
In brief: Stream cleanup, student news and more in Penn Hills
Stream cleanup The Thompson Run Watershed Association is seeking volunteers to clean up the Chalfant Run Watershed at the Churchill Valley Greenway. The cleanup will be held April 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. For more information, email Renee Dolney at renee@chalfantrun.org. Student news Brynna Luedde,...
