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Letter to the editor: We’re citizens, not ‘subjects’
I think too many of us have forgotten we are citizens, not subjects. This year has emphasized that exponentially. Too many state governors have forgotten their role as leaders, not rulers. While leadership has a responsibility to give us guidance, resources and precautions in dangerous situations, leaders still have the...
News briefs: Traveling glass recycling event, charity blood drive, road paving bids and more in Hampton
Hampton sets weeklong event to collect glass for recycling Residents who no longer have glass picked up at the curb as part of their municipality’s recycling program can make sure it stays out of a landfill by dropping it off at a weeklong glass collection event in Hampton. Between Jan....
News briefs: School district registration open in Plum, meetings on tap, library pickup service available
Plum School District kindergarten and first grade registration opened Jan. 11. Kindergarten registration is for children who will be 5 years old by Sept. 1. Registration is available online at pbsd.net. Questions can be emailed to BauerR@pbsd.net. Oakmont meetings scheduled Oakmont council workshop meetings are scheduled for the first Tuesday...
News briefs: Trib journalism scholarships available, snow-removal reminder
Trib Total Media is now accepting applications for the Scholarship for Diversity in Media and the Jim Borden Memorial Scholarship. The Scholarship for Diversity in Media is open to high school seniors who are culturally, ethnically or racially diverse and are planning to study journalism, communication or English writing at...
News briefs: Trib Total Media scholarships available, Monroeville Public Library offers Browsing Bundles
Trib Total Media is now accepting applications for the Scholarship for Diversity in Media and the Jim Borden Memorial Scholarship. The Scholarship for Diversity in Media is open to high school seniors who are culturally, ethnically or racially diverse and are planning to study journalism, communication or English writing at...
Letter to the editor: Reschenthaler, why don’t you resign?
And so my question is for Guy Reschenthaler: What are you doing in Washington, D.C., masquerading as a U.S. congressman from the 14th District of Pennsylvania? Since you and 140 other congressmen and 12 U.S. senators claim the Pennsylvania election was a fraud, you and Joe Biden were on the...
1 injured when Mercedes flips in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood
One person was taken to the hospital after a Mercedes-Benz flipped onto its roof in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood early Monday morning, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported. The crash happened just after midnight. The car struck two other vehicles before flipping on South 24th Street, according to WPXI. Further details...
Letter to the editor: Pence reacting to a threat?
Vice President Mike Pence publicly announced his decision not to proceed with President Trump’s plan to recognize objections to the presidential election results by some senators and/or representatives of some states during the formal approval of the vote of the Electoral College by the combined houses of Congress prior to...
Police: Safe, tools and $5,500 in cash stolen in East Huntingdon
State police are looking for whoever who got away with a safe containing $5,500 in cash and a tool set worth about $300, which were stolen in East Huntingdon. The theft occurred on Leighty Hollow Lane. It was discovered Dec. 28, according to police. The unknown thief or thieves accessed...
Letter to the editor: Trump responsible for DC chaos
The shameful bedlam, anarchy, desecration of our sacred Capitol and rioting that took place in Washington on a modern day of infamy was precisely what one could have expected, and the responsibility for it is to be laid solely and squarely at the feet of Donald Trump: so much for...
The Stroller, Jan. 11, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s fundraiser or community event in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. HOPE Center seeking gas card donations The Alle-Kiski Area HOPE Center is seeking donations of gift cards in $10 increments from Sheetz or Get...
In brief: Valentine’s activity boxes, virtual networking and more in the Carnegie area
Valentine’s Day activity box South Fayette is offering a Valentine’s Day Activity Box that includes 8 to 10 Valentine’s Day and winter craft and outdoor activity items, snacks and activity sheets. It is geared toward children ages 5 to 12. Cost is $25, with $5 being donated to the nonprofit...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 11
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 11....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 11
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 11....
In brief: PA Master Naturalist training, virtual networking and more in Sewickley
Beth Samuel offers programs online Beth Samuel Jewish Center will host all programs through Zoom until further notice. Upcoming programs include: • Torah Yoga and Meditation Class, 8:45 a.m. Jan. 16 • A Virtual Visit by Cantor Sandy Horowitz with a Tu B’Shevat Seder, 10 a.m. Jan. 16 • BSJC...
In Brief: Glass recycling event, charity blood drive, and more in Richland, Pine
Upcoming blood drive benefits North Hills charity CHROME Federal Credit Union in Wexford is hosting a blood drive Jan. 27 to help replenish the region’s supply and raise money for North Hills Community Outreach. For every donor, Vitalant, which handles the blood collection, will make a donation to NHCO that...
In Brief: Radon detectors available for loan, kindergarten registration and more in the North Hills
Radon detectors available for loan Northland Public Library in McCandless is offering Airthings radon detectors for checkout thanks to a generous donation. Radon detectors can tell when harmful radon gas is in the air of a home or building. The new detectors available at the library are easy to use...
In brief: Virtual networking, career moves and more in the South Hills
Women’s Business Network Women’s Business Network is part networking group, part mastermind group and part educational resource. The McMurray Chapter meets the first and third Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m., and meetings are held virtually until further notice. The next meeting is Jan. 20. For more information, contact chapter representative Diane...
High school schedules for Jan. 11, 2021
Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Nonsection Aquinas Academy at Riverview, 7:30 p.m. Avonworth at Valley, 7:30 p.m. California at Beth-Center, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at West Shamokin, 7:30 p.m. Montour at South Fayette, 7:30 p.m. Thomas Jefferson at Uniontown, 7:30 p.m. Girls WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 North Hills at Penn-Trafford, 7:30...
Schwarzenegger compares attack on Capitol to Nazi violenceVideo
Arnold Schwarzenegger likened this week’s siege of the U.S. Capitol to Nazi attacks on Jews in Europe ahead of World War II in a scathing video in which the former California governor also called President Trump “the worst president ever.” Schwarzenegger wasn’t yet alive when Nazis rampaged through Germany and...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 10
Churchill LSF9 Master Participation Trust sold property at 43 Bowstone Road to Jonathan Miller and Kala Markel for $289,000. Anthony Amendola sold property at 3404 McCrady Road to Robert and Jamie Fritz for $262,500. Delmont Paul Lapcevic sold property at 37 Terrace Drive to Kevin and Gia Edwards for $48,000....
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 10
Aspinwall Patrick Frank sold property at 407 Emerson Ave. to Helena Knapp for $340,000. Etna Ross Morgan Jr. sold property at 288 Butler St. to Romero Development LLC for $127,500. Harmar Edward Zawadzki trustee sold property at 469 Dover Drive to Stephen Sean and Deirdre Ann Ohearn for $429,000. Susan...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 10
Hampton Lesley Cowles sold property at 3181 Beechwood Drive to Todd and Laura Gummerman for $295,000. Mark Harshman sold property at 2737 Brunton Court to Kevin and Jennifer Cox for $425,000. Estate of Barbara Ann White sold property at 4580 Bucktail Drive to Dawn Lindsay for $255,000. William Wheeler sold...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 10
Etna Ross Morgan Jr. sold property at 288 Butler St. to Romero Development LLC for $127,500. Millvale Jennie Lorkovic sold property at 222 Meade St. to Janet Burkhardt for $16,000. Shaler Alfred Pagan sold property at 1425 Burchfield Road to Wayne Butler and Katherine Pagan for $265,000. Estate of Dolores...
Letter to the editor: End chaos, accept results and come together
What has happened to our great country? Regardless of party, we are all Americans living in a democracy, not a dictatorship. We have the privilege to vote for a person we want to run our country. We have all the freedoms given to us by our forefathers. Yet we now...
