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The Stroller, July 14, 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 or The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free food to be distributed at Highlands High School 412...
Editorial: Veterans should be counted in census
“The term ‘veteran’ means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.” That is the definition under Title 38 United States Code, according to the Social Security Administration. A veteran is someone who stepped...
Major Corley, championship coach of Monessen girls basketball team, dies of coronavirus
To many who didn’t know him, Major Corley was an imposing figure. He was 6-foot-8 and walked with a slow, mission-oriented pace. Not to mention his nickname was “Tuffy.” But to those who knew him, Tuffy was nothing like his gruff exterior suggested. He was a calm, compassionate and mellow...
Protesters in Pittsburgh march against reuse of East Liberty police stationVideo
More than 100 protesters marched in East Liberty on Monday to oppose the reuse of Pittsburgh’s police station there, according to WPXI-TV. Pittsburgh police officers are set to move into Zone 5 station at North Euclid Avenue and Broad Street after years of renovations there. But protesters, using the hashtag...
L.A. schools will not reopen campuses for start of school year
Los Angeles campuses will not reopen for classes on Aug. 18, and the nation’s second-largest school system will continue with online learning until further notice, because of the worsening coronavirus surge, Superintendent Austin Beutner announced Monday. The difficult decision became unavoidable in recent weeks, Beutner said, as coronavirus cases have...
Sewickley Harvest fest canceled due to pandemic
The 2020 Sewickley Harvest Festival has been canceled. According to an email from the borough, the event, scheduled for Sept. 12, will not be held due to the covid-19 outbreak. The annual festival is an autumn tradition that’s presented by the Rotary Club of Quaker Valley and Kiwanis of Sewickley....
Covid concerns spread through Vandergrift
A Vandergrift borough employee who became ill and was directed by his doctor to get tested for covid-19 was awaiting test results Monday. “We do not know anything, whether he’s tested positive or negative at this point,” Borough Secretary Stephen J. DelleDonne said early Monday afternoon. DelleDonne did not identify...
John Sparks: Espinoza v. Montana an important win for religious liberty
Sometimes, the facts of a case have an emotional appeal in addition to a strong constitutional basis. Espinoza v. Montana certainly qualifies. Kendra Espinoza, a hard-working (three jobs) and determined single mom, decided to take her two daughters out of the local public schools and enroll them in Stillwater Christian...
Review: Kooky ‘Palm Springs’ finds connection in ‘Groundhog Day’-esque wedding time loop
We’ve probably all been to a wedding that felt like it would never end. For Sarah (Cristin Milioti), that wedding is her younger sister’s, where she’s drowning herself in red wine and extremely unprepared to give a speech. Now imagine living that nightmarish day again, and again, and again. This...
Sewickley library adds hours to computer availability
Evening and weekend computer appointments have been added at Sewickley Public Library. According to their Facebook page, the library has appointments available for computer use from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays; from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays;...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss sports bubbles, Matt Murray’s time with Penguins, Pirates’ lookoutVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for another edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page. The guys start off with whether the bubble, the sports bubbles, will hold. Will the NHL and NBA players be able to entertain themselves enough that they don’t stray from the closed environment? Madden also...
Record number of women running for Congress this year
A record number of women are running for Congress this year, boosted in part by a surge of Republican women seeking office in a party struggling to regain lost ground with female voters. The influx adds to the advances female candidates — mostly Democrats — made in the 2018 midterm...
Sally Pipes: We know how to safely reopen the country
More than eight in 10 Americans fear a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, according to recent polling from Ipsos. Some cities and states have halted efforts to reopen their economies, in response to rising case counts. But there’s no reason to be fearful. We now have enough information about...
Letter to the editor: Vote and prove Trump wrong
President Trump was a nasty naysayer Who said “Only I can do it, you haven’t a prayer.” His bullying words hurt me to the quick And made the country sick, sick, sick. But we went to work hard and long And when it’s over we’ll prove him wrong. Remember to...
Letter to the editor: Social distancing from the left
I am now on board with social distancing. I see the short- and longrange benefit. So to do my part I will distance myself for the rest of my life from the left. To be more specific, the Democrats, the left media and all career politicians. Wow, I feel so...
Letter to the editor: A Biden win would benefit Republicans
A Joe Biden victory is the best hope Republicans have. Because if Biden loses, President Trump will continue to drag down the party for four more years. Republicans are already in serious danger of losing more seats than anyone ever imagined because they have protected and enabled Trump. If the...
Letter to the editor: We didn’t ‘deploy’ Reschenthaler
I recently received correspondence soliciting financial support from our 14th District representative, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler. I don’t know whether to be angry or frightened or both by his campaign stationery. Both the return address on the envelope and masthead on his stationery show his military service, not an address as...
Letter to the editor: Political incivility and our Judeo-Christian heritage
Much of the loss of civility in our current politics can be attributed to the devaluation of our Judeo- Christian heritage. Admittedly, we have failed to live up to its ideals in many ways but at its heart, it asserts the God-given value of every human life. Beginning in the Old...
Letter to the editor: Republicans must reclaim America
Following the tragic death of George Floyd, we immediately saw legitimate protests against excessive police force. Very quickly, rioters captured the movement and we witnessed the destruction of public and personal property, looting, personal injury and even killing, the intimidation of innocent citizens, and the destruction of historical statues and...
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 13
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 13....
The Stroller, July 13, 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 or The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Online couponing and budgeting seminar offered Allegheny Family Network will...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 13
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 13...
Editorial: High school sports deserve every effort to return for safe play
If pro sports are finding it hard to get back to the business of playing games amid the coronavirus pandemic, how are schools supposed to do it? School districts are dealing with a lot right now as the calendar ticks like a time bomb edging closer and closer to the...
Texas patient in 30s dies after reportedly citing ‘mistake’ of attending ‘covid party’
DALLAS — A 30-something patient has died from the coronavirus after reportedly attending a “covid party” and ultimately telling their nurse they had acted in error, San Antonio’s WOAI-TV reported. “Just before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and said, ‘I think I made a mistake, I thought...
Video shows Allentown police officer kneeling on man’s neck during arrestVideo
ALLENTOWN — The woman who shot a video outside Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown that shows a police officer putting his knee on a man’s head and neck during an arrest said the man was screaming “Mira, mira!” — Spanish for ‘Look, look!’” “That means he knew what was going...
