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A new crew preps for Pleasant Hills Community Day
Pleasant Hills Community Day will feature old staples — like the morning parade and day-ending fireworks — mixed with a splash of new ideas, like more live music to enjoy into the evening. Set for Aug. 10 in Mowry Park, the day will kick off at 11 a.m. with the...
Faye Dunaway fired from Broadway-bound play ‘Tea at Five’ after crew conflict
Faye Dunaway has been fired from a Broadway-bound play after an alleged altercation with crew members. The Oscar-winning actress was dropped after the Boston run of “Tea at Five,” a one-woman show in which she portrayed Katharine Hepburn. The project was set to mark Dunaway’s return to Broadway for the...
Baldwin-Whitehall’s ESL students learn valuable language and life skills
When Bawi Sung moved to the United States in 2016, she didn’t know a word of English. Today, on a muggy summer day, the 16-year-old sits inside a classroom in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District learning about math and science, all while perfecting her English by conversing with her peers. She...
Mueller hearing watched by 13 million TV viewers
The nearly seven hours of testimony by former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III was watched by 13 million viewers on Wednesday, falling short of the audience levels for recent high-profile Washington hearings. The total was below the 20.4 million viewers who watched the Sept. 27 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings...
O’Hara, Etna residents can expand property, fight blight
O’Hara and Etna residents can expand their property and fight blight at the same time, with help from an Allegheny County program. The 2019 Side Yard and Blighted Structure Program runs through Sept. 30. It assists residents in purchasing and transforming vacant or dilapidated properties into usable space. O’Hara and...
Manor Road project in Pine begins, detour posted
Travelers in Pine Township will find a detour around a section of Manor Road for the next two months as a construction project to replace a storm sewer culvert under the road began July 25. The road will remain closed between Brookside Drive and Ardmore Street until about the end...
Sharpsburg and Cooper-Siegel libraries offer programs
Sharpsburg Activities at Sharpsburg Community Library can be registered for by calling 412-781-0783. • Stories at lunch, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 5. Meet at Family Worship Center along 8th Street. Get a free book to keep. • Green Grocer, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 5. Buy fruits, vegetables and...
NYT video spotlights U.S.-Mexico border history as immigration debate continues
Immigration continues to be a hot-button topic, with Washington politicians — including ones who represent Western Pennsylvania — trekking to the U.S.-Mexico border on frequent visits to weigh in on the subject. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, last week visited detention centers along the Texas border that house migrants and...
Steelers players arrive at Saint Vincent for training camp
Steelers players have begun arriving at Saint Vincent College for the 54th annual training camp at the campus. Center Maurkice Pouncey and guard Ramon Foster were among the first to arrive. The team will spend the next three weeks at the college dorms getting into shape and practicing before the...
Laurels & lances: A bridge, water and respect
Laurel: To free-flowing traffic. If you’ve been avoiding Freeport Road in East Deer for a year, you can stop taking detours to avoid delays. On Monday, the road was reopened to traffic with a new longer, wider bridge built to stand 100 years. The bridge is the last one in...
Letter to the editor: Motivation of Wolf’s election system veto
In the wake of the 2016 elections, Republican voters have repeatedly been referred to as uneducated, unsophisticated hayseeds who marched hypnotically into the voting booth having been immersed in the MAGA gospel and blindly pulled the Trump lever. Now comes Gov. Tom Wolf vetoing the funding for a new updated...
Letter to the editor: Hoping for a winning Steelers season
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ drama players have finally gone to other teams. Can head coach Mike Tomlin get the team back together again, both on and off the field? Will Tomlin have control inside the locker room? I hope he does, because this is his job. If his reputation is of...
Letter to the editor: Greensburg residents didn’t ‘abuse’ brush pickup
I was shocked to see my neighbors’ home featured in your July 10 article, “People ‘abusing’ Greensburg brush pickup program.” The picture implies my neighbors “abuse” this program. I can tell you, driving past it daily for weeks, that their “large pile of brush” is no bigger than leaf piles...
ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ broadcasts live from PittsburghVideo
The first fans lined up on Pittsburgh’s North Shore at 4:45 a.m. Thursday for an opportunity to board the Gateway Clipper’s Empress boat and join the “Good Morning America” live broadcast with Ginger Zee, T.J. Holmes and Tory Johnson. Friends Patty Kolesar of West Mifflin and Marlene Ordonez of McKeesport...
Around town: Sewickley summer music series continues
Hello, Sewickley, Sweetwater Center for the Arts Summer Acoustic Music Series continues from 7 to 9 p.m. today with musical act Simple Gifts. Tickets are $25 for members, $30 for non-members and $35 at the door, and include complimentary wine, beer and light hors d’oeuvres. To purchase tickets or for...
Remember When: 1909
In the news this week 110 years ago: • Attendees of the YMCA’s seventh annual summer camp returned home last week. Campers participated in a mock trial, a “very enthusiastic” hayride to North Girard and a baseball league trip to Erie. “Everything considered, it would be hard to select a...
Dierks Bentley’s ‘Burning Man’ tour makes stop at KeyBank PavilionVideo
For Dierks Bentley, every album he makes is like a new quest and a discovery. Where some artists go into projects with an idea of the sound or style they want to pursue or even the lyrical direction they’ll explore, Bentley is Mr. Clean Slate. “I go into every album...
Northern Tier Library summer programs in full swing
Northern Tier Library has much more going on than offering books. With a multitude of activities every day of the week, there is something for everybody. For instance, young, aspiring chefs had the opportunity to get hands-on experience in the kitchen. To see all of the activities available, call the...
Farmers Market in Hampton ripe with farm fresh items
Hampton Township’s Farmers Market is held every Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. through Oct. 16 in the Hampton Community Center parking lot. In addition to getting farm fresh produce, jarred goods and meats, there is a wide range of other items available weekly, such as soups, sandwiches, wine, juice...
Piatt Sotheby’s Realtor, Sewickley native now owner of pre-Civil War home
The Jones family’s new home is not new. In fact, it’s one of the oldest in Sewickley. “We saw an opportunity,” said Robyn Carson Jones, “and we’re crazy enough to do it.” The home, at 335 Chestnut St., is pre-Civil War, having been constructed in 1847. It has been a...
Pirates farm report for July 24, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 52-49) shut out Syracuse (Mets), 1-0. RHP James Marvel (3-0, 1.90 ERA) threw six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts, four walks and a hit allowed to earn the victory. 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes (.258) scored on a balk in the seventh inning with 2B Kevin Kramer (.257) batting. Hayes...
Fire close to nuke facilities in Idaho shifts away in wind
BOISE, Idaho — The largest wildfire at the nation’s primary nuclear research facility in recent history had been burning close to buildings containing nuclear fuel and other radioactive material but a change in wind direction Wednesday was pushing the flames into open range at the sprawling site in Idaho, officials...
Ryan Blaney hoping to right inconsistent season at Pocono
It has been a season of inconsistency for Ryan Blaney. On one hand, the driver of the No. 12 Team Penske Ford has run well enough to win. Through 20 races, he has led 362 laps and posted six top-five and eight top-10 finishes. Ranked 11th in the standings, he...
Column: Bengals ready for fresh start under new coach Zac Taylor
CINCINNATI — Zac Taylor looks young because he is young. The new coach of the Cincinnati Bengals turned 36 in May. “New ideas,” Duke Tobin, the team’s director of player personnel, said Tuesday at the Bengals’ annual pre-training camp luncheon. “New way of doing things.” “Fresh energy,” said Mike Brown,...
Kevin Hancock: Medicaid waiver program aims to solve nationwide problem
A recent Tribune-Review story (“Lower Burrell woman’s story personifies failures in Medicaid waiver program,” July 13, TribLIVE) and editorial (“Medicaid waivers real roller coaster,” July 16, TribLIVE) detailed a family’s difficulty securing home care for an aging loved one. The story equates the staffing struggles as a personification of “failures...
