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Real estate transactions in the Signal Item area, June 21
Bridgeville Estate of Martin Stenzel sold property at 155 Pennsylvania Ave. to Robin Dugas for $152,000. Carnegie Jessica Turnbull sold property at 821 Logan St. to Sarah Huehn for $120,850. Kenneth Badger sold property at 106 Scenic Hill Road to Marlana Senge for $175,000. Collier Kim Nibarger sold property at...
Plum, Oakmont real estate transactions, June 21
Oakmont Anthony Lapiana sold property at 604 12th St. to Matthew and Kelly Genok for $300,000. Anthony Lapiana sold property at 604 12th St. to Matthew Genok and Kelly Harbadin for $300,000. Plum David Byers sold property at 5049 Bahama Drive to Matthew Firda and Jennifer Guggie for $175,000. Matthew...
Sewickley-area real estate for the week of June 21
Bell Acres Judith Van Schoyck Scheel trustee sold property at 214 Dilworth Road to Bruce and Elizabeth Wright for $790,000. Edgeworth Molly Amsler trustee sold property at 312 Highland Ln to Benjamin Herring and Kara Vezza for $312,500. Leetsdale Kara Vezza sold property at 449 Washington St. to Justin and...
Pine-area real estate transactions, June 21
Pine Riviera Land Partners L.P. sold property at 122 Birch Drive to Nicholas and Meredith Torre for $156,700. 6200 Brooktree Partnership sold property at 6200 Brooktree Road to 6200 Brooktree LLC for $2,425,000. Ralph Decosmo sold property at 522 Cloverdale Ct to Brian and Melissa Catherine McMahon for $395,000. Michael...
Giuliani suggests Trump may have fired Manhattan U.S. Attorney over investigations
NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani isn’t shedding any tears over Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman’s firing. Giuliani — who remains under investigation by Berman’s office — suggested Saturday President Trump may have axed the Manhattan fed because he didn’t manage his staff properly and pursued some “(expletive)” criminal inquiries. In...
Column: Baseball fights to return, but why even try?Video
There’s a chance baseball will still be played this summer, though pettiness, intransigence and the sneakiness of the coronavirus may dictate otherwise. Just as well. Because it’s not baseball I want to see. A schedule with so few games that the regular season is meaningless. A postseason with so many...
Colleen Cook: In these uncertain times, parents need online education options
Amid the rapidly evolving coronavirus pandemic, parents continue to face new challenges when it comes to their children’s education. In a time where stay-at-home orders, social distancing and travel restrictions have become the new norm, parents have to make important — and potentially tough — decisions about their child’s education...
Florida hospitals filling up, encountering new kind of coronavirus patient
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With new cases skyrocketing and hospitalizations increasing, Florida hospitals are confronting a scary new trend: people entering hospitals without the symptoms of coronavirus they were showing a few months ago. The fever check, a basic tool for screening for coronavirus, likely is not much value anymore,...
Editorial: Modern fatherhood may have a new look, but the bond endures
Fatherhood isn’t what it once was, people say. In days gone by, a father was the man of the family who went away to war or spent the day working the fields or left in the morning for some other job. At home he was the decision-maker and the disciplinarian....
Sounding off: Stop being selfish and wear your mask
This is a reminder to those of you who seem to have forgotten your masks since “going green” to continue wearing your face covering into the store and not below your nose — or even worse, not at all. The Centers for Disease Control recommends wearing a cloth face covering...
Pa. lawmakers review legislation to allow counting of mail-in ballots before Election Day
Lawmakers in the General Assembly are reviewing potential legislation that would allow election officials to begin counting mail-in ballots before 7 a.m. on Election Day, a provision that advocates say will be crucial in getting timely election results in November. While voting-by-mail election reforms have faced political pushback from Republicans...
Letter to the editor: Mask-wearers listen to experts, not politicians
Letter-writer Kathleen Bollinger (“Health care and mask mandates,” June 11, TribLIVE) referred to those of us who wear masks as “sheep.” Ms. Bollinger, the only real sheep in this country are those who blindly follow President Trump to the edge of the cliff, no matter what he says or does....
Letter to the editor: Politics, not racism, is to blame
I don’t blame innercity communities for their anger, outrage and hopelessness. I’d be angry, too, if my children were forced into failing public schools. I’d be outraged, too, if my community had rampant crime and criminal cops. I’d be hopeless, too, if I were stuck on welfare because of the...
Letter to the editor: Let’s reform our citizens, too
Regarding the article “Community activists outline demands for police reform in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County” (June 15, TribLIVE): This talk about defunding police and reform makes me wonder why isn’t there a call for citizens reform as well. Maybe it’s time to examine how citizens commit crimes, assault officers, swear at...
The Stroller, June 20, 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. Christopher’s Light children’s charity accepting donations Due to the...
Editorial: Summer fun is up to us
Ah, summer. The start of the season is officially here, although that might seem hard to believe. When Pennsylvania went into coronavirus lockdowns back in March, it was still winter. Spring hadn’t yet sprung and that whole season passed while we sat behind closed doors, hoarding toilet paper and baking...
Bond hearing set for ex-Atlanta cop charged in Rayshard Brooks’ death
ATLANTA — A bond hearing will be held Tuesday for the former Atlanta police officer charged with felony murder and other charges in Rayshard Brooks’ shooting death. Garrett David Rolfe, 27, surrendered Thursday, a day after Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced criminal charges in the case. After turning...
Men who stole rare books from Carnegie Library sentenced to home confinement
An Allegheny County judge on Friday ordered home confinement and significant periods of probation for two men accused of stealing more than $8.1 million worth of rare books and artifacts from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Common Pleas Judge Alexander P. Bicket said he would have sentenced former librarian Gregory...
North Hills churches plan summer camps, VBS
Salem United Methodist Church, 350 Manor Road, Wexford, plans to hold Vacation Bible School Aug. 9-13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Visit www.Salem-UMC.org to register. A $25 registration donation is suggested to cover costs of activities. For questions, call 724-935-1627 or email CommunityLife@Salem-UMC.org. The Metropolis of Pittsburgh Summer Camp 2020...
Fern Hollow invites families to take a Sewickley Storywalk
Fern Hollow Nature Center, 1901 Glen Mitchell Road, invites area families to Sewickley Storywalk. Take a walk through Fern Hollow while enjoying one of three nature picture books. Pages from a children’s book are placed along walking paths for children and their caregivers to read together while outside. Two Storywalks...
Letter to the editor: Gov. Wolf should open all of Pa.
There she stood as beautiful as the day she was born. Her long brown hair flowing down her back. Her eyes glistening in the fluorescent light. A smile lighting up her face as the long, shiny, coral gown touched the floor and accentuated her lovely figure. That was March 3,...
Letter to the editor: Joe Biden will unite us
Joe Biden knows that Americans want the truth. Abraham Lincoln and FDR led our country through our darkest days by telling the truth and explaining their plans to see us through. Leaders tell the truth. As the covid-19 global pandemic continues without treatments or vaccines on the horizon, President Trump...
Do-overs: Conor Sheary and the best and worst returns in Penguins history
Conor Sheary played the last game of his first stint with the Pittsburgh Penguins on May 7, 2018. Evgeny Kuznetsov scored about five minutes into overtime of Game 6 of a second-round series, and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions were defending no more. Sheary’s first game of his second...
Letter to the editor: Trump gets things done
Talk, talk, talk. That is all we have heard from politicians for decades. They mimic whatever is being said by the loudest citizens. The louder the shouting, right or wrong, the louder the political talk becomes. Of course, when all is said and done, the politicians don’t really believe what...
The Stroller, June 19, 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. Apollo-Ridge reschedules kindergarten registration Registration for children in the...
