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‘Urgent’ request sent to states in push for coronavirus vaccine delivery by Nov. 1Video
WASHINGTON — Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sent a letter last week to the nation’s governors with an urgent request. The Trump administration wanted them to do everything in their power to eliminate hurdles for vaccine distribution sites to be fully operational by...
Plum students head back to classrooms for 1st day of school
Students arrived back to school in the Plum Borough School District for the official start of classes on Wednesday. The first day saw half of the district’s students report to school buildings while the other half stayed home for remote instruction....
Port Authority: 94-year-old woman hit by ACCESS van in North Oakland
A 94-year-old woman was hit by an ACCESS van Wednesday morning in Pittsburgh’s North Oakland neighborhood. Pittsburgh police and paramedics said they responded at about 9:30 a.m. the van struck the woman at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and North Dithdridge Street. The woman was taken to UPMC Presbyterian with...
Letter to the editor: Thank you to volunteers for clean-up day efforts in Monroeville
Dear Monroeville Residents and Clean Up Day Volunteers, Even though we had to postpone the 25th Annual Jack Sedlak Memorial Clean Up Day from its usual late-April date until Aug. 29 because of the pandemic, we would like to thank the 230 volunteers who donated their time to clean Monroeville’s...
Phyllis Chamberlain: We must protect renters, homeowners impacted by covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic has affected our daily lives in unanticipated ways, and our path to recovery won’t be short. Shortly after Gov. Tom Wolf announced he didn’t have the ability to extend eviction and foreclosure moratoriums, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order to halt the pending...
Michael Poliakoff: The challenge of anti-racism education
The shock of seeing so many Black people killed this summer in brutal police actions has seared the conscience of the nation. The memory of the 2015 murder of nine African Americans at a Bible study in Charleston, S.C., by an unrepentant white supremacist needs to weigh on America as...
First phase of Bridgeville’s McLaughlin Run Park improvements underway
Borough Council at its July meeting awarded a $418,082 contract to Sciarretti Site Development and Paving Co. for the McLaughlin Run Park Improvements Phase 2 Project. Half of this project, in the amount of $209,041, is funded by a grant from the Commonwealth. Construction on the park started in August....
Health officials worry nation not ready for covid-19 vaccine
Millions of Americans are counting on a covid-19 vaccine to curb the global pandemic and return life to normal. While one or more options could be available toward the end of this year or early next, the path to delivering vaccines to 330 million people remains unclear for the local...
Public libraries and patrons: A love story
There’s a heady, quiet exhilaration that hangs in the stacks of a public library — an accumulation of countless words, stories and ideas, pressed close together in the pages. You can feel it in grandiose, high-ceilinged reading rooms and in one-room community libraries operating on a shoestring budget. Libraries stir...
Letter to the editor: Destruction of our nation
Saul Alinsky — that’s a name the Democrats know well; after all, he wrote the playbook many of them use. Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate your target. Most of all, keep up the pressure and rhetoric. We have...
Letter to the editor: Op-ed writer is no longer a Republican
It is all about trust. The Tribune- Review printed a stunning opinion piece by Wayne Gilchrest (“Republican senators want to kill health care and now Social Security and Medicare?” Aug. 20, TribLIVE). He really let his fellow Republicans have it about cutting the payroll tax deduction, refusing to negotiate with Democrats...
‘Superman’s Not Coming’: Erin Brockovich’s new book is about saving our drinking water
Erin Brockovich would be the first to acknowledge that her new book, “Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It” (Pantheon, $28.95), isn’t light reading. And not just because the chemistry involved goes well beyond H2O. “You have to like read a...
Letter to the editor: Trump fills, not drains, swamp
“I’m getting rave reviews.” Those were the words of President Trump after he granted clemency to Roger Stone. Yes, Trump drained the swamp, all right. And filled it with his own creatures, turning it into what I see as a sea of hypocrisy. In my opinion, the Republican Party of...
Letter to the editor: Jeannette, a great little town
Regarding Roger Stock’s letter “Retire term West Jeannette?” (Aug. 11, TribLIVE): Taking the “West” out of West Jeannette means you are taking away my childhood and the childhoods of thousands of kids from Jeannette. I’m 70 years old, and I have never heard of a separate and autonomous neighborhood in...
The Stroller, Sept. 2, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on Twitter @VNDStroller for a daily link to The Stroller. Football pool to benefit Highlands Relay for Life Highlands...
Westmoreland happenings include classes, flea market and a hero walk
Classes • YMCA Westmoreland County, 424 N. Main St., Greensburg, will offer English as a Second Language Classes at the center. Beginners will meet from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Sept. 8 to Dec. 17, with no class Thanksgiving Day Nov. 26. Intermediate classes will be from 9:30...
High school roundup for Sept. 1, 2020: Pine-Richland golfers grab win
Mark Terchick was medalist with a 35 and Sam Perry carded a 39 to lead Pine-Richland to a 196-215 Section 3-AAA boys golf win at Butler CC on Tuesday. Colin Patterson and Ryan Porch shot 41 for Butler. Steel Valley 259, East Allegheny 290 – Jordan Fisher shot a 46...
Editorial: Evictions need answers, not hints
This is no time for hints. On Tuesday, the moratoriums on evictions in Pennsylvania expired. Gov. Tom Wolf pushed the pause button on the legal process that removes renters from their homes. Nonpayment of rent is the most common reason for eviction and both the state and the federal government...
Doug Ferguson: 11 states, 12 weeks and golf rolls on in a pandemicVideo
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has saved nearly a dozen ribbons, an unusual set of keepsakes that are as much about caution as celebration. At the end of every tournament he attends — all but one — Monahan clips off the vinyl cloth band on his left wrist that was...
Man blames lax security in lawsuit over 2018 shooting in Fayette County district judge’s office
A man who was wounded during a shooting two years ago at a Fayette County district judge’s office filed a federal lawsuit contending shoddy security led to his injury and subsequent trauma. Jared Szerensci of Masontown said he was shot in the leg when Patrick Dowdell, 62, entered the office...
New Kensington police seek public’s help investigating weekend shooting
New Kensington police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two people as they investigate a weekend shooting. Detective Sgt. Matt Saxman said the two people are in a photo taken before the incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1300 block of Leishman Avenue, near Catalpa Street...
After waffling, Gov. Tom Wolf says he can’t extend Pa.’s eviction ban, looks to lawmakers
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLIVE/The Patriot-News, TribLive/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter. HARRISBURG — First, he said he couldn’t. Then, he implied he wouldn’t. Then, he suggested he might. But on Tuesday,...
Kiski Area forced to postpone football opener after covid-19 exposure
Kiski Area has joined the list of WPIAL football programs postponing their first game of the season. The Cavaliers postponed their Sept. 11 game against Penn Hills on Tuesday afternoon after reporting they identified a coronavirus exposure and suspended football activities until Sept. 10. Kiski Area also canceled its preseason...
Raccoon tests positive for rabies in Bethel Park, 18th infected animal reported this year
A raccoon found in Bethel Park has tested positive for rabies, the Allegheny County Health Department reported. The county laboratory tested the raccoon after it was reported on Gleenrock Drive, officials said. The animal is the 18th so far this year to test positive for rabies, which is a viral...
The Sewickley Public Library is open — what you need to know before you go
Sewickley Public Library is back open as of Sept. 1, but there are some things that you should know. Hours are limited. The library is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. It is open from 10...
