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Newly-led Summit Academy to play 5 of 6 top seeds from last year
Joe Marak might only be in his first year as head coach at Summit Academy, but it’s just like home to him. “My father taught here and my uncle worked here,” Marak said. “I feel like I’ve been around here my whole life. It’s like a family tradition.” Marek will...
East Allegheny hopeful for playoff 3-peat
East Allegheny was a spectator of the WPIAL football playoffs from 2012 to ‘15. The Wildcats turned the tide and have enjoyed postseason trips the past three years, including a trip to the Class 2A quarterfinals in 2017. It might not sound like much, but EA finishing fourth in the...
St. Alphonsus Harvest Home 5K, Steeler raffle tickets, and more
St. Alphonsus Harvest Home — a St. Alphonsus Church tradition for more than a century — will kick off Sept. 6 with a 5K in North Park, followed by a dinner and festival Sept. 8 at the Wexford church’s campus. The Harvest Home Twilight 5K Fun Run/Walk begins at 6...
Letter to the editor: Mental health laws must change
How sanctimoniously disingenuous are those politically correct gun-control dogmatists who believe this one issue is the end-all and be-all to mass casualty shootings, failing to recognize the primordial cause. Most sensible individuals can see through their puerile thought. Foremost, the mental heath laws demand change. Several years ago the New...
Letter to the editor: Wild claims about climate change, Trump, reparations
Rudy Gagliardi makes some pretty preposterous statements in his letter “Trump will get my vote.” He says “I think global warming is something Al Gore came up with to become a millionaire.” Seems pretty arrogant to think that nature gives a damn what you think. Are you a climatologist? Obviously...
Bishop Canevin marks 60 years
This fall marks the 60th anniversary of Bishop Canevin, a high school intended to serve the 21 parishes of the Chartiers Valley. Originally designated as Chartiers Valley Catholic High School when its doors opened in September 1959, and then renamed Canevin High School, it was planned as the Diocese of...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Aug. 19
Editorial cartoons for the week of Aug. 19....
Tech help, crochet classes and more at Northern Tier Regional Library
Northern Tier Regional Library has a variety of upcoming activities and events. The library is at 4015 Dickey Road, Gibsonia. • On Aug. 22, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., get help with technology. In a one-on-one 30 minute session, experts can focus on the skills you need. Topics include...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Aug. 19
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Aug. 19....
At the pickle farm in Gilpin, corn is kingVideo
Doris Myers of Gilpin had opinions as a young lady about who she would marry. “I always said I’d never marry a farmer,” she said. But, after 58 years of marriage to farmer Ralph Myers, Doris, 80, has embraced the rural lifestyle her husband always knew. Together, they own and...
High school sports broadcasts on tap this week
Let the games begin! It’s the start of the 2019-20 high school sports year this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week Zero of the new scholastic gridiron season with 37 WPIAL and District 6 high school football broadcasts on...
Keystone Oaks will turn to young players to try to make run at playoffs
Late last summer, Keystone Oaks was the talk of the town. When autumn came in Week 5, the Golden Eagles’ season turned upside down. Keystone Oaks won its first four games and was 2-0 in the Class 3A Tri-County West Conference before back-to-back overtime losses to Central Valley and Quaker...
Central Valley expects to be in contention again
In less than a decade on the scene, Central Valley has established itself among the WPIAL’s elite football programs. In 2010, the Center-Monaca merger became the first school in 44 years to win a WPIAL title in its inaugural season. The Warriors made at least the semifinals the first six...
Pitt volleyball not changing goals despite loss of starting setter Kylee Levers
As players switched benches during the Pitt volleyball team’s annual blue-gold scrimmage Saturday, junior Kylee Levers lagged behind her blue teammates. She carried crutches and dragged her left leg, which was wrapped heavily and covered in a brace that stretched from her ankle to mid-thigh. Two days earlier, Levers, a...
Editorial: Cheaper solutions work better sometimes
Sometimes you’ve got to decide between what’s better for the job and what you can afford. Maybe you could really use a brand-new custom-built house with four bathrooms and a kitchen that is all granite and stainless steel. But what you can afford is a fixer-upper where your kids will...
French waiter fatally shot for making customer wait too long for sandwich
A waiter was shot and killed Friday night by a customer at a restaurant in the suburbs of Paris because he was too slow with an order. The alleged gunman, who a witness said lost his temper “as his sandwich wasn’t prepared quickly enough,” fled the scene and is still...
Demo derby part of the fabric of Westmoreland CountyVideo
Before they even knew how to drive, brothers Nick and Owen Patrick of Unity had attended the demolition derby series held every summer across Westmoreland County. “Mom would take us almost every weekend to the derbies,” said Owen Patrick. “Since we were probably five or six.” The pair have been...
Uniontown football team on quest to rebound from winless season
After a nightmarish winless season, Uniontown’s Cedric Lloyd is determined to get the Red Raiders program back on track. Uniontown was 0-10 last season, 0-8 in the Class 3A Big East Conference. The Red Raiders yielded an average of 56.5 points. “We were very young last year, and we’re young...
Letter to the editor: What is ‘supremacy’?
I offer this opinion at the risk of being labeled, but I believe that it’s important that the term “supremacy” deserves greater scrutiny. I first heard the term years ago. It gradually and ultimately disappeared as a result of the civil rights movement begun in the ’60s. The left has...
Letter to the editor: Hempfield reassessments a cash grab
The Hempfield Area School Board voted last month to reinstate residential tax reassessments (“Hempfield school officials move forward with tax assessment appeals,” July 23, TribLIVE). This is not the “Welcome to Hempfield” message current residents and possible future investors in our communities would think the sign in front of Hempfield...
Sounding off: How about a new amendment to protect all life?
I begin by pointing out what common sense tells us — that even after the tragedies of this month, a constitutional repeal of the Second Amendment would never pass. Too many conservatives would oppose it. It would have the same chance of passing as a constitutional amendment to reverse Roe...
Town Talk: Carnegie couple marries in Colorado
Ashley Shiwarski and Andrew Rafalski were united in married Aug. 2 at Sapphire Pointe in Dillon, Colo. Ashley is the daughter of Debbie and Ron Shiwarski of Robinson Township and Andrew is the son of Linda and Ron Rafalski of Carnegie. The wedding was witnessed by an intimate gathering of...
How to marinate just about anything
Marinating is a terrific basic kitchen technique. Essentially, you can take any kind of meat, fish or seafood, or even vegetables or soy products, submerge them in a marinade, and you’ve turned a plain something into a great dinner. Marinades add flavor — what kind obviously depends on the ingredients...
Freeport Area gearing up for start of school year, enrollment up slightly
The Freeport Area School District is expected to welcome back just under 1,900 students for the school year that begins next Thursday. That’s an increase of 35 students over last school year. The number could increase if Freeport Area picks up students from the recently closed Evangel Heights School in...
Living with Children: Teach your preschool kids manners
Short questions I’ve been asked of late (mostly by journalists) and proportionately short answers: Question: Is there a single most important thing parents should be teaching during their children’s preschool years? Answer: The most important thing parents should teach is proper manners. The second and third most important things are...
