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Mercurio’s offers a little taste of Italy by the slice or in a coneVideo
Authentic Neapolitan pizza and award-winning gelato has landed in O’Hara. Mercurio’s, a family owned and operated Italian eatery in Shadyside since 2012, opened a second location in June at 1335 Freeport Road. Three sibling co-owners, Anna Crucitt and Michael and Joe Mercurio, were raised around the original family gelato business...
Trump portrays G-7 as a lovefest, papering over differences
BIARRITZ, France — Never mind his differences with world leaders on China, trade, Russia, Iran and more. President Donald Trump’s takeaway message from the Group of Seven summit in France was “unity.” In fact, “flawless” unity. During this year’s gathering of leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies, Trump went to...
Letter to the editor: Voting for Trump with smiles
Al Duerig’s letter “Wild claims about climate change, Trump, reparations” (Aug. 19, TribLIVE) is both laughable and insulting to letter-writer Rudy Gagliardi. I think Duerig is another hate-filled Democrat who can’t accept the obvious. I have been on this earth more years that I care to admit, and the climate...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s words vs. his actions
Rudy Gagliardi’s “Trump will get my vote” (Aug. 15, TribLIVE) was the most delusional, untrue letter I’ve read. Don’t insult us by calling yourself a Democrat. President Trump has not done what he promised, like fixing health care and infrastructure, ending wasteful wars, building a wall that Mexico will pay...
Letter to the editor: Chronic wasting disease
Chronic wasting disease can easily be transmitted by saliva dropped when deer feed next to each other, but aerosol transmission is many times more effective. A snort (as many bowhunters can tell you) is common, a sneeze into the crowd, maybe more often as an infected animal weakens, or just...
John Oyler: Bridgeville – What’s in a name?
Most of us are familiar with the accepted story of how Bridgeville got its name. In the early days, James Ramsey owned the western half of what is now Bridgeville. He assumed his property extended to the center of Chartiers Creek. At the point where the Black Horse Trail, the...
Two regional green spaces under contract for Allegheny Land Trust
The Mollenauer Mine and Churchill Valley Country Club once played important roles in their communities. Nature has since reclaimed both sites. Sewickley-based Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) is raising money to preserve them and facilitate the development of their recreational assets. Through the Bethel Greenway Project, the nonprofit seeks to conserve...
Shaler Township Community Yard Sale slated for Sept. 7
Shaler Community Yard Sale The Shaler Township Community Yard Sale is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 7 in Kiwanis Park. Register for a space to sell items or stop by to purchase some treasures. The cost to set up a table is $15 per parking space, and...
Steady Stephanie Williams plays key role in rise of Pitt volleyball program
After taking a look at the video sent by assistant Craig Dyer, Pitt women’s volleyball coach Dan Fisher nodded knowingly. He immediately was convinced he needed to make Stephanie Williams part of his burgeoning program. At a smidge under 6-foot, she wasn’t the tallest outside hitter. She wasn’t the flashiest...
Health costs rising for Americans with employer-based insurance
Health costs for people with employee-sponsored health plans rose 18% over the past five years, outpacing inflation and wage increases, according to a new report by Kaiser Family Foundation. The findings reinforce a decade- long trend of rising employee health costs that is partly driven by rising deductibles. Over the past...
Vitamin takers better served by lifestyle changes, experts say
Vitamin supplements, a multibillion-dollar industry, are a layperson’s favorite prescription. Tired? Take an iron supplement. Sad? Classic vitamin D deficiency. But a recent paper related to cardiovascular health, published July 9 in Annals of Internal Medicine, put this loyalty to the test. Surprise, surprise: vitamin supplements had little impact on...
Photos: Penn Hills Charter School Opens
The first day of classes for the Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship was Aug. 26. Faculty and administrators spent the week prior to that attending professional development workshops and getting classrooms ready to welcome their students back for a new school year....
Are beans considered complete proteins?
Question: Thanks for your very informative column on the nutritional value of beans. One of the things you said was that beans are high in protein. Many years ago I read that beans were an incomplete protein, so you should eat them with corn, and then the two together made...
High school scores for Aug. 26, 2019
High schools Football Monday’s result WPIAL Nonconference West Greene 61, Cameron (W. Va.) 20 Golf Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Class AAA Section 1 Latrobe 207, Greensburg Salem 208 Medalists: Jeff Mankins (GS), 37; Ben Thomas (GS), 38; Jared Stein (L), 38 Norwin 204, Indiana 207 Medalists: Sal Cerilli (N), 36;...
Pirates minor league report for Aug. 26, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 64-69) lost 4-1 to Toledo (Tigers). The Indians were held to five hits and committed four errors. SS Cole Tucker (.264) went 1 for 4 with a triple and a run, scoring on a double play in the sixth inning. RHP Cody Ponce (1-1, 4.00 ERA) took the...
How Antonio Brown is turning helmet saga into another payday
Oh to be Antonio Brown. Even when he loses, he wins. Sure, the Oakland Raiders wide receiver and former Pittsburgh Steelers star lost his second and final appeal to the NFL and the players’ union to wear his now-banned favorite helmet, but he’s going to profit handsomely because of it....
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Week Zero
Every team that played a Week Zero game wanted to begin the new high school football season with a bang. New Castle did just that, making big plays on both sides of the ball before scoring late to win at Shaler, 34-27. “It was definitely a pleased group on the...
In pass-happy era of football, PAC teams still value running game
Longtime Geneva coach Geno DeMarco tried the newfangled system. He spread out his offense and ran as many plays as quickly as possible, often throwing. Not to his liking. When Andrew DiDonato was hired to resurrect Grove City’s program three years ago, he easily could have used a passing system....
District college football preview: 5 Division III players to watch
A look at five players to watch in NCAA Division III football this season: Chas Blango, Sr., DL, Bethany (Mt. Lebanon): Tied for second in PAC with eight sacks, forced two fumbles and had 54 total tackles. … Helped Bison yield fewest points per game (17.3) and give up fewest...
John Dorfman: Micron, Allstate have value plus momentum
Newton’s first law says that a body in motion will maintain a constant speed and direction, unless acted on by an outside force. Momentum investors think a similar law applies in the stock market. If a stock has advanced strongly in the past month, or the past 52 weeks, they...
Trump says he wouldn’t profit from a G-7 summit at Doral, claims presidency has cost him billionsVideo
President Donald Trump said Monday that the Group of 7 summit — an annual gathering of world leaders representing powerful democracies — could take place next year at his own golf resort in Florida. If the summit were to take place at one of Trump’s private hotels, that means the...
NCAA Division III football preview: Top PAC teams remain grounded
Longtime Geneva coach Geno DeMarco tried spreading out his offense and running as many plays as quickly as possible, often throwing. Not to his liking. When Andrew DiDonato was hired to resurrect Grove City’s program three years ago, he easily could have used a passing system. Wide-open offenses had become...
Riverview girls soccer confident of improving this season
The Riverview girls soccer team is hoping to put last year’s one-win season in the rearview mirror. With an abundance of seniors, it might happen. Coach Sean Abraham has 12 seniors — seven of whom are starters — on his roster of 16 players. “We have a lot of seniors...
Editorial: Just put out the fires
Nothing makes priorities more obvious than a fire. You don’t call the insurance company and file a claim before you call 911. You do the most important thing until it’s taken care of and then move to the next one. That is why everyone needs to take the Amazon rainforest...
‘Ironman mentality’ for small-roster Riverview boys soccer team
Like many small schools, Riverview doesn’t have the preferred turnout numbers for various sports and other activities. But for Riverview boys soccer, it doesn’t stop a belief that the Raiders can return to playoff contention. “On a good day, we’ll have 14 players. For a (recent) scrimmage, we took 12,”...
