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Sewickley’s St. Matthews renovating church built in 1911
St. Matthews A.M.E. Zion Church is taking on a renovation project for its historic building, which has been a fixture in the Sewickley community since 1911. Located at the corner of Walnut and Thorn streets, the oldest African-American church in the Sewickley area is recognized as a historic landmark by...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Dec. 2
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Dec. 2....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Dec. 2
Editorial cartoons for the week of Dec. 2....
The Stroller, Dec. 2, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Training for tax counseling offered AARP Tax Aide is recruiting volunteers for the upcoming tax preparation season. Tax Aide volunteers assist taxpayers with filing their federal, state and local taxes at no charge. Sites are located at senior centers, libraries, churches and the officers of state representatives in the Alle-Kiski...
Nancy Grace joins Fox Nation streaming service for crime show
Former CNN mainstay Nancy Grace is signing up for a crime show on Fox Nation, an illustration of how Fox News’ streaming service has evolved counter to expectations one year into operation. Cameras will show her delivering her podcast and SiriusXM radio show, “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace,” five days...
‘Misfits’ are anything but in this New Kensington kitchenVideo
A free class for teens is what’s cookin’ at The United Presbyterian Church of New Kensington. A new program dubbed “Misfits Cooking Class for Teens” launched in June, offering hands-on culinary experiences for teens age 13-17 in the church kitchen. “I believe one can make something good to eat out...
Pine-Richland grad, Naval Academy cadet earned 138 Boy Scout merit badges
Ryan Farbacher was barely into his teenage years when he set the lofty goal of earning every merit badge offered by the Boy Scouts before his 18th birthday. According to the Boy Scout website there are currently more than 135 merit badges offered, and one week before Farbacher reported to...
Resolution passed to support effort against gerrymandering in Hampton Township
A resolution was passed to support an independent legislative and congressional redistricting commission in Pennsylvania at the most recent Hampton Township council meeting. Fair Districts PA, a nonpartisan coalition of citizens and volunteers campaigning against the practice of gerrymandering, approached Hampton Council in October to support a resolution to stop...
Remember When: Dec. 2
100 years ago Wage increase rejected by Valley miners Although a 14% wage increase has been posted at the pitmouths of local mines, no men have reported to work. Mines in Creighton, Russellton and Valley Camp are said to be closed, despite the pay hike offer. 75 years ago Springdale...
PIHL high school hockey standings through Dec. 1, 2019
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Dec. 1. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top 8 teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class AA, the...
PIHL Player of the Week for week ending Dec. 1, 2019
North Catholic is playing varsity hockey for the first time in nearly two decades. The program, because of enrollment at the school and other obstacles, folded in the early 2000’s before returning in 2016 as a JV developmental program, where they played the last three seasons. Entering this season, not...
PIHL Team of the Week: Dec. 1, 2019
Mt. Lebanon played four games in two weeks to start the season, and six in October, which is more than most Class AAA teams. Quite the adversity to start the year, though the schedule has relaxed, especially for a team that is almost completely new after a semifinal appearance last...
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 14
Since expansion to six classes in 2016, WPIAL 3A champs, which all came from the Tri-County West Conference, are 4-0 in the PIAA semifinals. Beaver Falls in 2016. Quaker Valley in ‘17. Aliquippa last season and Central Valley this year picked up state semifinal wins and advanced to Hershey. Central...
PIAA football championships and the start of winter sports this week on HSSN
The high school football season comes to an end with the state championship games, and there is the start of the winter high school sports season this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We conclude our coverage of another high school football season from Hershey with action from...
WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preseason breakdown
A new decade of WPIAL boys basketball tips off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championships from a year ago are Mt. Lebanon (6A), Mars (5A), New Castle (4A), Lincoln Park (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Nazareth Prep (A). New Castle is looking for a...
Fans go crazy — peaceably — during Steelers-Browns rematch
There was an intensity on the field and in the crowd for the grudge match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns on Sunday at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. But just as the players kept the action clean on the field, there were no reports of serious trouble among the...
Nowhere to go but up for St. Joseph girls after 1-21 season
Last season was one to forget for the St. Joseph girls’ basketball team. The Spartans won just once in 22 games, for several reasons. For starters, the team was a year removed from losing one of the best senior classes in school history, a class filled with three-sport stars, as...
Jennifer Rafanan Kennedy & Corey O’Connor: Pa. needs higher wages, self-governance
It has been nearly 11 years since Pennsylvania’s Legislature took any action to raise the state’s depressed minimum wage. While states all around us passed laws raising wages, Pennsylvanians have been stuck at the lowest level allowed by federal law, $7.25 per hour. After years of workers standing up, rallying...
Stalwart Sullivan leads new-look St. Joseph boys basketball
Last season was a good time to be part of the St. Joseph boys basketball team. The Spartans won 18 games, including a 78-45 victory over West Greene in the WPIAL Class A playoffs. It was St. Joseph’s first postseason win since 2011. It will be difficult to replicate that...
Editorial: Put down cellphone while driving
There’s just no reason for it. People have been driving for more than 100 years. When the Model T first rolled off Henry Ford’s assembly line in 1908, it put Americans on the road and gave them a freedom they never had before. The cellphone has snatched that away. Ironically,...
Letter to the editor: Proud of West Newton’s GAP efforts
The Trib’s “Staycations” feature about the Great Allegheny Passage hike and bike trail that stretches 148 miles from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C. (“West Newton to Ohiopyle on the Great Allegheny Passage,” Oct. 27, TribLIVE) used West Newton as a starting place. And for good reason. While two hiking trail sections...
Letter to the editor: Let’s judge by character
I’ve been reading this paper for 44 years, and perhaps the greatest letter to the editor I’ve ever read was Steven Crichley’s “Apologies for being old, white, straight, conservative, Christian male” (Nov. 12, TribLIVE). Crichley apologizes for working hard over the past 40 years, obeying the law, paying his taxes,...
Letter to the editor: We must stop gerrymandering
We, as in you and I, must stop gerrymandering. Five justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have failed us, and so we must rely on the state to eliminate gerrymandering. Let me be clear about this: Those who gerrymander admit their ideas do not represent the people. They fail the...
Chimney fire causes $45,000 in damage at New Kensington home
No one was injured when a chimney at a New Kensington home caught fire early Sunday morning, but the blaze caused an estimated $45,000 worth of damages, fire Chief Ed Saliba Jr. said. The fire was reported just before 1 a.m. at 1931 Meade Ave. All the occupants were able...
How to tame that intimidating winter squash
Hard winter squash is a delicious and versatile vegetable that can be used as a side dish, in fillings for ravioli or lasagna, as a noodle alternative, in soups, salads, stuffed and so on. This time of year, I crave a hot, buttery butternut or acorn “squash mash” — think...
