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Dr. Rachel Levine: Working for health of long-term care residents
The vision of the Pennsylvania Department of Health is a healthy Pennsylvania for all. This includes vulnerable populations like residents in rural communities and minority communities, as well as seniors and those living in skilled nursing homes. Since the start of the Wolf administration, we have made it a priority...
South Fayette park facilities to reopen with safety guidelines
South Fayette Township park facilities will open Monday with new safety guidelines in place. According to the township website, playgrounds, courts, fields, indoor restrooms and rental pavilions in Fairview, Morgan, Boys Home, Preservation and Sturgeon parks will reopen. The township’s portion of the Panhandle Trail will also open. Following Allegheny...
Allegheny County reports 10 new coronavirus cases, expands race data
Allegheny County health officials on Friday reported 10 new covid-19 cases and no new deaths. County data show that of the 2,065 cases, 1,933 are confirmed and 132 are probable. Of the country’s 173 deaths, 161 are confirmed and 12 are probable. All deaths occurred in people between the ages...
David Kennedy: State Police holds troopers to highest standards
Pennsylvania state troopers don’t enlist for medals or to win popularity contests. Many of us grew up wanting to be troopers, proud to serve our communities and willing to lay down our lives if necessary. Since the formation of our department in 1905, our ranks have suffered 98 line-of-duty deaths....
Letter to the editor: Police should take vacation
One sure way to highlight the need to control supposedly peaceful protests that morph into violent confrontation, looting and destruction of property is for police to withdraw from the troubled areas. Law enforcement officers en masse should take a one-week vacation and let mayors, city officials, and their political allies...
Letter to the editor: Ending injustice
The backlash of unrest on our city streets exposes two unresolved problems. The first is the immediate issue, which is an egregious absence, or at the very least, a massive delay of legal justice when it comes to felonies committed by white law enforcement against black people. The second, deeper...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to front-line workers
I read Monica Bensko’s letter “Thoughts from a front-line cashier” (May 21, TribLIVE) at least eight times. It was one of the most well written and clear pronouncements of what really should be important today. She didn’t scream or make half-true comments. She very kindly explained something most people seem...
The Stroller, June 12, 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. South Butler Community Library opens Library Express Window South...
Holland Taylor portrays larger-than-life ex-Texas governor in ‘Ann’
Although actress Holland Taylor has played everyone from Nancy Reagan to a tabloid queen, she says she never thought she’d aced it. “I never felt that I was a master,” she says. “I have felt that I was a member of the wedding, pretty much.” While most people know her...
Fundraisers benefit Animal Friends
As Animal Friends works toward restoring all services, several events to benefit the Ohio Township nonprofit are planned. From Friday through Sunday, every Pittsburgh-area Primanti Bros. location is participating in an online fundraiser for Animal Friends according to an email from the nonprofit. Enter the promo code ANIMALFRIENDS in the...
Pine-Richland seniors graduate during virtual ceremony
Pine-Richland High School honored graduating seniors during a virtual ceremony June 5. Those seniors are: Erin Elizabeth Ahearn Enyonam Yawa Akwayena Elliot John Paul Alexander Ian Andrew Ammer Christopher Jon Anderson Thomas McVay Andrews Jonah Thomas Ansell Emma Kathryn Argiro Adrianna Angel Avolio William James Baker Nathaniel Sholosh Balkaran Ervin...
Trib’s new eCommerce program helps generate sales while supporting local nonprofits
Trib Total Media has launched a new eCommerce marketplace for businesses and nonprofits looking to increase sales while also supporting the community. The Trib introduced the EverybodyShops.com platform this week in connection with its growing list of Neighborhood News Network sites, which provide hyper-local news to 31 Pittsburgh-area neighborhoods, according...
Laurels & lances: Support, disappointment, growth
Laurel: To quiet support. When the world is turned upside down, it seems sometimes like the only way to be heard is to shout at the top of your longs, to bang a gong and light a fire. But there is another way to stand up for what one believes,...
Review: ‘Artemis Fowl’ is a regrettable fairy taleVideo
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Disney quickly scrambled to cancel or postpone the theatrical releases of their highest profile titles. But with Kenneth Branagh’s “Artemis Fowl,” an adaptation of Irish author Eoin Colfer’s fantasy novels, the mouse house decided to dump it onto Disney+ two weeks after it was slated...
Size isn’t everything for these all-time great Penguins
On the list of activities Pittsburgh Penguins fans have lamented going without while adhering to coronavirus restrictions, it admittedly ranks below getting a haircut or visiting a movie theater. Still, arguing about which wingers should flank captain Sidney Crosby is a pastime that has been missed sorely over the last...
Tull virtual film, Q&A focuses on diversity in science field
The Tull Family Theater’s Science on Screen film and speaker series finale will be available online and include a Q&A. According to a theater news release, “Picture a Scientist,” a documentary accepted for this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, follows scientific and social researchers who are creating a new chapter of...
Allegheny County reports 21 new coronavirus cases, 1 more death
Allegheny County health officials Thursday reported 21 new covid-19 cases and one new death. County data show that of the 2,055 cases, 1,923 are confirmed and 132 are probable. Of the country’s 173 deaths, 161 are confirmed and 12 are probable. All deaths occurred in people between the ages of...
Police investigate fire at property where group reenacted George Floyd killing, mocked protestVideo
Police are conducting a criminal investigation into a small fire at a Gloucester County, N.J., property where a group of men, including a prison guard and a former FedEx worker, reenacted the killing of George Floyd on Monday, taunting peaceful protesters as they marched by them. On Wednesday, police were...
Letter to the editor: Lesson in ‘forced choice’
Lori Falce’s column “Trolleys, Star Trek and a pandemic” (May 21, TribLIVE) was not only timely with respect to the current virus situation, it really is a constant in much of our every day lives. I first became familiar with the concept in graduate psychology at West Virginia University in...
Briefly Speaking – Jun. 11, 2020
Fundraiser Find some treasures as Fairview Church of God holds a sale in its “rummage buildings.” Clothes will be sold in one building and assorted goods in the other. The sale is set for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 20 on the church grounds located on Route 982, between...
Letter to the editor: Enough with property tax hikes
Enough is enough. When are citizens going to band together and say enough when these school boards decide to raise your property taxes 2 or 3 mills every year? Especially during this black period in our country. More than 40 million people in our country have filed for unemployment, and...
Gillis Harp and P.C. Kemeny: That Confederate flag would have offended your great-great-grandfather
The U.S. Marine Corps decided recently to ban public displays of the Confederate battle flag. The generals explained that they took this strong action because the flag has “all too often been co-opted by violent extremist and practice groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our Corps.” The same...
Letter to the editor: We carry our sanctuary with us
I just read yet another letter in the debate about the spiritual perils of churches closed because of covid-19 concerns. I sympathize with those who have lost what for them seems essential to their worship, but I recently came across a perspective from Christian pastor and author A.W. Tozer that,...
Letter to the editor: Health care and mask mandates
When government decides to do something, constitutional limitations mean nothing. It assumes its citizens will go along with the power grab without questioning the legality of it. President Obama wanted the Affordable Care Act passed. To help pay for this first cousin of national health care, the government mandated everyone...
Letter to the editor: Trump shirks, deflects, takes credit
Trump sought to take credit for the coronavirus relief package passed by Congress by, in an unprecedented move, having his name put on IRS checks issued to the public as part of that bill. Here’s a modest proposal that makes more sense: Trump’s name should appear on death certificates of...
