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Letter to the editor: Why can’t we meet in the middle?
The view from the middle is bleak! Political extremes are ruling the day. They’ve convinced people there are only two sides to every issue. America is now a place where we can no longer give credit to anyone, or anything, that is remotely associated with the “other side.” We can...
Letter to the editor: Regulations not infringing on religion
Regarding the Rev. Tony Joseph’s letter "Government shouldn’t keep us from church": These are extraordinary times. For those of you who compare this virus with the flu, there is no comparison. This virus is new and more contagious than any other virus. It has killed more people in two months...
Letter to the editor: We must be bold to beat covid-19
I have my doubts that having all the requested tests would be enough to do effective contact tracing. I don’t accept that covid-19 is “like the flu.” We have exceeded the 58,200 death toll of the Vietnam War. The death total of British civilians in the “Blitz” in World War...
Letter to the editor: Coronavirus common ground for Dems, GOP
I get it, don’t trust the socialist Dems. I get it, don’t trust the racist Republicans. Thing is, we all have some common ground. Is no one confused yet? This virus has evened us all out, and if the Republicans want to ignore science and open up too soon, we...
The Stroller, May 10, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Sitting at home all day, many of us are asking ourselves how we can help others during this pandemic. Read The Stroller daily for announcements of how everyone can ease the pressure and stress of others, even while maintaining social distancing. Information for The Stroller should be emailed to vndnews@tribweb.com....
Jeannette man jailed in high-speed pursuit through 2 counties
A Jeannette man was jailed in Armstrong County Saturday after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase through two counties that ended when the car he was driving crashed into a vehicle that was occupied by a family. Rasheed Gordon, 28, was arraigned early Sunday on charges of possession with...
Signal Item area real estate for the week of May 10
Bridgeville Housing & Urban Development sold property at 811 Bower Hill Road to MPNDP Investments LLC for $82,000. Thomas Leadbitter sold property at 676 Elizabeth St. to Alexandra Long for $167,500. Daniel McIlvaine sold property at 625 Elm St. to Clay William and Allison Elizabeth Owings for $270,000. Estate of...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 10
Baldwin Borough Kalyani Pentyala sold property at 1605 Beryl Drive to Anvar Gafurov and Gulasari Mamedova for $35,000. Kristy Slavicek sold property at 607 Charlotte Drive to Charles and Jacqueline Halt for $157,500. Marlex Properties LLC sold property at 1129 Michael Drive to Lisa Fredette for $168,000. Estate of Donald...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 10
Bradford Woods Janet Foreman sold property at 17 Seldom Seen Road to Phillip Glenn Foreman for $376,500. Etna James DiVittorio sold property at 228 Butler St. to JXA Properties LLC for $47,000. Franklin Park Louis Pessolano sold property at 2322 Clearvue Road to Ian Volkwein for $400,000. David Ulrich sold...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of May 10
Pine Showcase Properties LLC sold property at 222 Abbacy Drive to Matthew Scott and Kristen Marie Wickline for $523,658. Eddy Homes Inc. sold property at 100 Miller Drive to Robert Mullen III and Christina Mullen for $725,000. Richard Greene sold property at 135 Mohawk Ln to Anthony and Pazia Colella...
Oakmont, Plum real estate for the week of May 10
Oakmont Erin Trease sold property at 380 College Ave. to Brian and Rachel Crooks for $225,000. William Beard sold property at 390 Hulton Ln to Justin Clawson and Nina Hockenberry for $132,475. James Moore sold property at 25 Riverfront St. to Brian and Carolyn J Merl Hoyt for $725,000. Estate...
Sewickley-area real estate transactions for the week of May 10
Leetsdale Thomas Calhoun sold property at Oak Drive to Vacant Land Now LLC for $12,000. Sewickley Robert Kocis sold property at 544 Academy Ave. to Lisa Sue Wren for $1,195,000. Los Payasos LLC sold property at 541-545 Beaver St. to Slipp North LLC for $1,300,000. David Brooks sold property at...
Monroeville-area real estate transactions for the week of May 10
Monroeville Estate of John Connelley Jr. sold property at 4412 Burma Road to PNC Bank NA for $60,000. Brandon Cunningham sold property at 418 College Park Drive to Bertram Burrell for $130,000. Mark Cartieri sold property at 3752 Evergreen Drive to Killians LLC for $5,000. Michael Blake sold property at...
‘Monday Night Football’ sacking Booger McFarland, Joe TessitoreVideo
The cringeworthy Booger McFarland-Joe Tessitore “Monday Night Football” booth is no more, according to Richard Deitsch and several other published reports. They somehow managed to lose their jobs even though the NFL season is far from a certainty. The pair was, at best, uneven in two years doing Monday nights....
As pandemic threatens to scramble Triple Crown schedule, trainers and historians say they’ll welcome races wheneverVideo
BALTIMORE — From the first year the Preakness Stakes was run in 1873 until the race settled into its current place on the calendar in 1932, it preceded the Kentucky Derby 11 times and was contested on the same day twice. In 1945, as thoroughbred racing emerged from a blackout...
Dave Hyde: Shula and ‘Beli-cheat’ — it would have become increasingly uncomfortableVideo
A group of old-time South Florida sports writers and TV types now spread across the country had a Zoom talk Friday about Dolphins Hall of Fame coach Don Shula. Thoughts. Memories. Laughs. A virtual goodbye, of sorts, after his death on Monday. Amid the storytelling Chuck Dowdle, the former host...
Editorial: More access is a welcome U.S. Supreme Court precedent
Pennsylvania will have a another place in legal history after this week. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the legal suit Trump v. Pennsylvania. It pits the president’s administration and the Little Sisters of the Poor against the legal minds in the office of state Attorney General...
Sounding off: Masks as campaign gimmick is insulting
During this viral catastrophe, our recognized heroes have been nurses, doctors, first responders, delivery people and many, many others who brave the danger of infection to help and protect us all. Also included on that list are the millions of Americans who are practicing social distancing and wearing masks when...
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler: Pennsylvania deserves better
Pennsylvania’s fight against the covid-19 pandemic has upended its economy and rendered one in four workers jobless, all while putting our seniors in care homes at greater risk because of a serious policy flaw by Gov. Tom Wolf. In mid-March, the governor issued an executive order — he has run...
Letter to the editor: Trump protecting our country?
I think Bob Serena’s letter “Trump is protecting our country” (April 9, TribLIVE) is bunk. Truth is not an exercise in myopic partisanship. If Serena had followed his own advice to “do your research before you write,” he might have read The Wall Street Journal or Christian Science Monitor, or...
Letter to the editor: China’s covid-19 response shouldn’t be praised
In early February, the World Health Organization praised China’s government for its response to the covid-19 virus. While China was able to decrease the number of new cases rather quickly, the protocols the country put in place may have lasting effects on its citizens’ basic human rights. The government was...
Letter to the editor: Advice for Gov. Tom Wolf
Gov. Wolf: It appears you refuse to deliberate with the General Assembly, or hear constituents, concerning covid-19 and instead make decisions alone. You decide what we do — if we go to church, school or work; if we go bankrupt, stay in business, feed our family, or survive things more...
Letter to the editor: Gov. Andrew Cuomo a responsible leader
On April 26, CNN aired New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus press briefing from noon to 1 p.m. In that one hour the governor, very clearly and in detail, described where the city of New York and the state stood in fighting the pandemic and the recent progress that’s been...
The Stroller, May 9, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Sitting at home all day, many of us are asking ourselves how we can help others during this pandemic. Read The Stroller daily for announcements of how everyone can ease the pressure and stress of others, even while maintaining social distancing. Information for The Stroller should be emailed to vndnews@tribweb.com....
Vanessa Bryant files claim against LA County sheriff over Kobe Bryant crash site photos
LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant has filed a claim against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department over deputies sharing “unauthorized” photos of the scene of the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe Bryant, their daughter and seven others. According to the claim filed Friday, Sheriff Alex Villanueva “personally assured...
