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Walk Bike Shaler seeks grant for feasibility study
Nearly two years ago, Chris Chirdon of Walk Bike Shaler presented his plans during a commissioners committee meeting for partnering with the township to improve Mt. Royal Boulevard’s pedestrian and bike infrastructure. Since then, Township Manager Tim Rogers has written a letter supporting Walk Bike Shaler discussing the potential improvements...
Living with Children: Affirming and validating a child’s feelings, makes matters worse
As my regular readers know, I am a certified heretic in my field: child and family psychology. To the point, I am convinced that psychological parenting theory, which began to inform American child rearing in the late 1960s, has caused more problems than psychologists know how to solve. I came...
6 WPIAL football teams clinch early playoff berths at the midway point
The regular season is only half over, and there are already six WPIAL football teams that have clinched a playoff spot. With four weeks left in the regular season, here are the teams that have punched their early postseason ticket. Class 6A, top six team make the playoffs North Allegheny...
Musk unveils SpaceX rocket designed to get to Mars and back
BOCA CHICA VILLAGE, Texas — Elon Musk has unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to carry a crew and cargo to the moon, Mars or anywhere else in the solar system and land back on Earth perpendicularly. In a livestreamed speech from SpaceX’s launch facility near the southern tip of Texas,...
High school scores, summaries for Sept. 28, 2019
High schools Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class AA Three Rivers Burgettstown 34, Serra Catholic 14 Class A Eastern Riverview 21, Imani Christian 20 Saturday’s summaries WPIAL Class 2A Three Rivers Burgettstown 34, Serra Catholic 14 Serra Catholic 0 0 7 7 —14 Burgettstown 10 3 14 7 —34 B: Jake...
High school roundup: Indiana’s Branan wins Carlisle cross country meet
Indiana’s Kendall Branan won the boys race at the at the Carlisle Invitational, and Peyton Ellis of Boiling Springs won the girls race. Wissahickon claimed the boys team title with 156 points, followed by Central Cambria’s 161 points. Indiana finished tops among WPIAL schools in eighth place with 340 points....
Pirates announce team hall of fame; Steve Blass to be inaugural member
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Saturday as part of their Steve Blass celebration they will create a team hall of fame, and Blass will be part of the inaugural class in 2020. Blass went 103-76 with a 3.63 ERA in his 10 seasons with the Pirates and won a championship in...
Phillis’ big day keeps Burgettstown perfect in win over Serra CatholicVideo
Burgettstown wasn’t perfect Saturday, but it remains undefeated. The Blue Devils overcame mistakes, penalties and missed opportunities to beat Serra Catholic, 34-14, in a Class 2A Three Rivers Conference afternoon contest. “We made several mistakes that we have to fix,” Burgettstown coach Mark Druga said. “We started a little faster,...
Son charged in slaying of 67-year-old South Fayette mother
The son of a 67-year-old South Fayette homicide victim was arrested Saturday by Allegheny County Police. David Sumney, 30, was charged with criminal homicide, robbery, theft and abuse of a corpse in the death of his mother. The victim’s body was discovered Sept. 2 when South Fayette police responded to...
Snowstorm slams northern Rocky Mountains; Montana gets brunt
HELENA, Mont. — Areas of the northern Rocky Mountains looked more like mid-winter rather than early fall on Sunday as a snowstorm dumped record amounts of wind-driven snow that caused hazardous travel conditions and scattered power outages. Winter storm warnings were posted for parts of western Montana, northern Idaho and...
Penn State QB Sean Clifford thinks he can do even better
Sean Clifford barely mustered a smile after Friday night’s historic performance against Maryland. Sure, the Penn State quarterback finished with the third-most single-game passing yards in school history (398). And, yes, he even led the team in rushing with 54 yards — and boasted four total touchdowns, three through the...
Late gamble pays off as Riverview edges Imani Christian for 1st win
Riverview, on the doorstep of its first victory this season, crossed the threshold Saturday. After Zach Hanlon’s 9-yard touchdown run with 4 minutes, 5 seconds left brought the Raiders within one point, Riverview coach Todd Massack decided to go for the win against Imani Christian. The gamble paid off, as...
Wayne Jones: Entrepreneurial education essential for Pittsburgh youth
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s Gender Equity Commission recently presented findings on the city’s inequity across gender and race. Those findings revealed that although Pittsburgh’s white residents are on par with white residents in other cities, the same does not apply to black residents. Black people living in Pittsburgh face higher...
Robert Torres & Randy Padfield: In emergencies, be prepared, not scared
In the past year, Pennsylvanians have experienced an unprecedented amount of rain and flooding in areas that have never flooded before, causing increased concern over the preparedness of Pennsylvanians. A study conducted by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Association revealed that only 26% of Pennsylvanians age 65 and older have a...
Dog the Bounty Hunter reveals pulmonary embolism diagnosis
Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman has been diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism, he has revealed. The 66-year-old star of “Dog’s Most Wanted” finds himself battling his own potentially fatal health problems just three months after his wife, Beth Chapman, died of cancer. A pulmonary embolism occurs when a clot...
Outdoors notices for Sept. 29, 2019
Outdoors Notices HUNTER SAFETY COURSES Note: All hunter safety courses require preregistration at www.pgc.state.pa.us. • Keystone Shooting Center, Allegheny County, 5-8:30 p.m. Sept. 30-Oct. 1. Class limit 20. • East Huntingdon Sportsmen’s Association, Westmoreland County, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 5. Class limit 60. • Paris Sportsmen’s Club, Washington County, 9...
Mt. Pleasant Glass & Ethnic Festival offers exhibits, food, music this weekendVideo
There are plenty of demonstrations by professional glass cutters at the annual Mt. Pleasant Glass & Ethnic Festival, but there are plenty other activities, too. And that’s not to mention the food — 25 ethnic food booths plus dessert booths — and music on three stages, too. Among the acts:...
Editorial: Law shouldn’t bend to outrage
Outrage is a good catalyst but a poor navigator. A physical assault on two women at an Exxon station in Pittsburgh’s Marshall- Shadeland neighborhood has prompted huge response. Viral video of the incident shows the black women leave their car to go into the gas station, ostensibly to ask for a...
Sounding off: Property tax thwarts homeowners’ plans
My wife and I have reached the point in our lives where the kids are gone and our older home and land require more work than we’re able/willing to do, so we are attempting to downsize to a smaller property. Unfortunately, a prohibiting factor is the high property tax on...
Letter to the editor: Think about morals, ethics when you vote
We are desperately in need of action in a moral and ethical way. Vote! Always be aware of who you vote for, and then act in a moral and ethical way. Joyce C. Morgan Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Our environmental debt
We are leaving coming generations a very heavy burden of debt. At some point in the near future this debt will come due and they will be forced to pay. I am not talking about dollar debt. I am talking about carbon debt. I am talking about the way we...
Letter to the editor: Who wants self-driving cars?
Some folks, somewhere within our consumer-driven economy, have decided to spend a major effort to develop self-driving vehicles. The idea of being able to sit back in your own automobile and head out onto the open road and have the driving taken care of by some automated system and not...
Letter to the editor: America needs God’s grace
The anger and rage are palpable. The divisiveness is nearing civil unrest. Our moral depravity is of biblical proportions. America the beautiful is turning very ugly. Vitriol spews from television, radio, newsprint and social media as if from the mouth of a serpent. We vainly attempt to change the meaning...
This weekend in Sewickley: Travel around the world with a flute
Happening this weekend around Sewickley: Saturday, Sept. 28 • Visit the Sewickley Public Library for Sahaja meditation from 11 a.m. to noon. Enjoy the silence, peace and stress release during this free event. Newcomers are always welcome. For information, call 412-741-6920. Sunday, Sept. 29 • From 3 to 4 p.m.,...
Week 5 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 5 high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 410 - Jack Salopek, Norwin (19 of 23) 340 - Naman Alemada, South Fayette (25 of 39) 337 - Bryson Venanzio, Gateway (21 of 30) 300 - J.D. DiNampoli, East Allegheny (14 of 19) 268 - Darin Mizgorski,...
