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St. Matthews Soul Food Celebration returns
Beth Samuel Jewish Center The center is at 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. For information, visit beth samuel.org or contact the center at beth samueloffice@comcast.net or 724-266-5238. • 10 a.m. Sept 3 - Toddler Tuesday, RSVP required Blackburn United Methodist The church is at 910 Blackburn Road, Sewickley Heights. Christ Church...
Kevin Newman guides Pirates to victory over RockiesVideo
DENVER — The Pirates scored seven runs in the first inning, Trevor Williams threw seven innings of three-run ball and Kevin Newman and Adam Frazier combined for eight hits and six RBIs to lift the visiting team to an 11-8 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night. It didn’t...
Netflix prequel ‘The Dark Crystal’ pays homage to original film
Louis Leterrier knew he’d immediately face scrutiny from superfans of “The Dark Crystal” when he became director of its prequel. After all, he’s a superfan, too. The French director calls Jim Henson’s groundbreaking 1982 fantasy puppet feature “a jewel of creation” and says it’s the main reason he became a...
Team Tessa family offers heartfelt thank you to Pine-Richland community
If kindness and generosity could have cured Tessa Tarasovich, her mother said, the little girl would be alive and healthy today. That, sadly, is not the case, but Melissa Tarasovich and her family now want to thank the Pine-Richland community and all those who gave them support and strength over...
Brentwood manager Zboyovsky earns accreditation
In his role as a municipal manager, George Zboyovsky always tries to help people. There have been days when that meant going beyond the job’s usual responsibilities. He tells stories of his time in local government — whether as a manager in Brentwood or serving on Monessen City Council —...
Food Truck Festival to be hosted by St. Catherine of Sweden Parish
On Saturday, Aug. 31, St. Catherine of Sweden Parish, located at 2554 Wildwood Road, Allison Park, will be hosting a Food Truck Festival from 5 to 8 p.m. Enjoy live music from Second Breakfast, craft beer from Hop Farm Brewing, small batch wine from Mazzotta Winery and food from five...
Gross-looking corn smut a traditional Mexican culinary treat
We always grow a nice big patch of sweet corn in our backyard, but this year some of the ears have some kind of growth on them. Our neighbor said it was smut, which is a type of fungus apparently. The growths are gray and deformed. They look really gross....
He walked into a Virginia Beach 7-Eleven for a Big Gulp. He ended up shooting 2 robbers, killing 1
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — It had already been a long and emotional day for the Virginia Beach man when he walked into a 7-Eleven store to buy a Big Gulp. He’d just been involved in a heated argument with his stepfather, and police had been called to the house. After...
Pirates minor league report for Aug. 29, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 65-71) lost 7-2 to Toledo (Tigers). The Indians trailed 7-1 after four innings. LHP Brandon Waddell (3-7, 9.00 ERA) gave up five earned runs, six total, including three home runs in 2 1/3 innings with three strikeouts, a walk and nine hits allowed. 2B Jake Elmore (.336) and...
High school sports scores, schedules for Aug. 29, 2019
High schools Football Thursday’s results District 8 City League Perry 26, Brashear 6 Nonconference Steubenville 42, Allderdice 7 Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m.; Norwin at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m.; Pine-Richland at Hempfield, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny...
Trib HSSN high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 1
Here’s a look at don’t-miss high school football matchups for Week 1: Class 6A Conference Mt. Lebanon (0-1) at Canon-McMillan (0-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Big Mac Stadium, Canonsburg Coaches: Bob Palko, Mt. Lebanon; Mike Evans, Canon-McMillan Players to watch: Joey Daniels, Mt. Lebanon (So., 5-9, 175, QB); Blake Joseph, Canon-McMillan...
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle: Quality-start standards don’t apply at Coors Field
DENVER — Five days after Trevor Williams pitched six solid innings and earned a win against the Reds, he aimed to build off that foundation Thursday night against the Colorado Rockies. Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said he believed Williams could put together something similar against the Rockies, albeit a...
Judy Butler & Adriane Fugh-Berman: Opioids are still overprescribed
A new government report found that although naloxone prescriptions have increased substantially in recent years, prescription rates are still too low. Naloxone, a drug that temporarily reverses the effects of opioids, can help prevent overdose deaths and should be prescribed with all high-dose opioid prescriptions. According to the Centers for...
Through the Years: A-K Valley brothers squared off 75 years ago
Each Friday throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that are part of local scholastic history. 75 years ago • It was brother vs. brother as Springdale coach Ossie Rometo’s team took the measure of Al...
Big Kmart in Allegheny Township will close before Christmas
The only remaining Kmart in the Alle-Kiski Valley is closing. The Big Kmart located in Hyde Park Shopping Center in Allegheny Township will close before Christmas, according to a statement provided by Larry Costello, public relations director for Chicago- based Transformco, which is representing Kmart. “After careful review, we have...
Signal Item cross country preview: Young runners get chance to shine
Cross country season opens with many of the Carnegie-area teams looking to replace their top runners. The good news? Most of the teams were young last season and have plenty of experience coming back. A look at the teams: Bishop Canevin Coach Eric Shafer’s girls return most of their top...
Shaler-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 26, 2019
Etna Estate of Mary Sue Pasqua sold property at 172 High St. to Vincent Pasqua Jr. and Diane Pasqua for $30,000. Micah Tozer sold property at 15 Spring St. to Michael Gent and Natalie Onorato for $127,500. Shaler Justin Middleton sold property at 1035 Anderson Road to Graebel Relocation Services...
Baldwin community invited to library volunteer day
The Baldwin Borough Public Library is inviting people to leave their mark outside the community hub. Through a partnership with The Mission Continues, roughly 100 volunteers will gather on Sept. 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to transform the library’s outdoor space into a gathering place for the community....
Eating poultry instead of red meat may lower breast cancer risk
Good news for women who can’t quite bring themselves to go vegetarian, but don’t mind giving up burgers and steaks: A new study finds red meat may increase breast cancer risk, while substituting poultry may lower it. The study, published in the International Journal of Cancer, looked for links between...
Archaeologists probe oldest, deepest part of Meadowcroft Rockshelter
Archaeologists are looking for new clues at one of the oldest known sites of human habitation in North America. Devlin Gandy, an archaeologist from St. John’s College at the University of Cambridge, and James M. Adovasio, the director of archaeology at Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, are conducting research at...
New species of bloodsucking leech with 3 jaws discovered
BALTIMORE — What has three jaws, 56 to 59 teeth in each, no thumbs and was first discovered in Charles County, Md.? No, this is not a story about Chessie, the monster who definitely lives at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay along with the unedited footage of Stanley Kubrick’s...
Neville bridge reopens a day early
The Fleming Park Bridge (Neville Road) in Neville and Stowe townships has reopened to traffic. It was expected to reopen Friday, but crews completed their work a day early. The closure, which began Aug. 13, was required for steel repairs, expansion dam replacement, overlay on the concrete deck, sidewalk replacement,...
Fern Hollow event featured farm-to-table feast
The Farm to Table Lawn Party, sponsored by Fern Hollow Nature Center and the Sewickley Heights History Center, was a sold-out event held Aug. 24 on the center’s grounds. Guests dressed in their summer whites and enjoyed a delicious dinner by the Four Twelve Project; cocktails from Four Twelve Winery...
Laurels & lances: Scholarship, soil, support and snow
Laurel: To sharing a life and a loss. The family of Terry Ranieri lost him to cancer last week, and that was a hard blow for them. We previously applauded the band for supporting Ranieri in his final days. Now we acknowledge the Ranieri family’s reciprocation. Knowing that Ranieri, a...
Chick’s Picks worked out the kinks during Week Zero ‘preseason’
Welcome to Week 1 of the high school football season. Week Zero was a rough one for Chick’s Picks, to say the very least. A less than stellar prognosticating performance left Chick’s Picks questioning her abilities. After a bit of soul searching with her trusty crystal ball, though, Chick’s Picks...
