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Letter to the editor: On abortion, let’s build bridges
Believe it or not, most individuals who identify as pro-choice are not cold blooded baby-killers seeking to advance a culture of death. And guess what? Most individuals who identify as pro-life are not religious bigots and misogynists hell-bent on oppressing women. After over 40 years of emotional rhetoric and demeaning...
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 24
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 24....
Sewickley official: 16% of businesses with delinquent tax paid
Sewickley officials, disappointed by the response to recent business privilege tax collection efforts, have said tax dollars from residents are being used to pay for services the privilege tax should cover. Council started working with collection firm turnKey Taxes last year in response to decreases in business privilege tax revenue....
‘Huddle Up:’ Ex-NFL great Chris Long retires to parents’ home – for now
It’s not often that an 11-year NFL veteran and two-time Super Bowl winner retires and lives in his parents’ house, but that’s just what has happened to Chris Long. “They’re working on my house, so we’re a family of four living with my folks,” he said with laugh during this...
Head of the Class: Softball Player and Coach of the Year for each classification
Back in the day, when a student did well in the classroom they were sometimes moved to the front of the class. Well this is the TribLive HSSN version of that. These players and coaches stood out for their performance on the softball diamonds around the WPIAL in 2019, and...
Class 6A Trib HSSN Sports Cup champion won 6 WPIAL, PIAA titles in ’18-’19
Fifteen years ago, the then-MSA Sports Network began a competition to measure the athletic success of each school’s various sports teams. It then became the battle for the Trib Sports Cup with four champions crowned and then six cup winners were honored three years ago. Whatever the name, the one...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 24
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 24....
Float your cares away with a trip down the Kiski RiverVideo
River recreation is easy to find in the Alle-Kiski Valley. The River’s Edge Canoe & Kayak, located in Gilpin along the Kiski River, offers canoe and kayak sales and a variety of rental water pursuits for all skill levels. Married couple Neill and Evelyn Andritz of Avonmore opened River’s Edge...
New stores, relocations a sign of a hot summer
Super Beer World, 2121 Noblestown Road, Green Tree, is under new ownership. Its growing selection of products include wine coolers and non-alcoholic beverages, craft, domestic and imported beers, chips, candy and party supplies, and cigarettes, snuff and “roll your own” tobacco. Hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to...
Shaler plans full day of Fourth of July festivities
Shaler is inviting the community to Kiwanis Park to celebrate Independence Day. Community Day will kick off at 8:30 a.m. July 4 with the 15th annual Jane Neely 5K Run/Walk benefiting the Shaler Area Backpack Initiative, which provides families with child-friendly snacks and easy weekend meals. The 5K race will...
Dealing with the top clutter culprits in each room
Every organizational challenge is different, but the causes of clutter in each room of a house are often similar: People have either too much stuff or inadequate storage spaces — or both. Here’s a room-by-room rundown of the biggest clutter culprits and what to do about them. Master bedroom A...
Pirates minor league report for June 23, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 39-34): Defeated Pawtucket (Red Sox), 4-3. 2B Nick Franklin (.191) hit a two-run single in the top of the seventh to put the Indians ahead 3-2. After Pawtucket tied it in the bottom of the eighth, C Christian Kelley (.207) singled in the winning run in the top...
Mickey Callaway, Jason Vargas confronts Mets reporter in clubhouse scuffle
CHICAGO — The TV cameras were gone and the recorders were off when a simple goodbye turned into a near altercation in the Mets clubhouse following a 5-3 loss Sunday to the Cubs. Manager Mickey Callaway, out of uniform and in street clothes, exited his office and began walking toward...
Trump sets deadline for asylum changes, vows deportation raidsVideo
WASHINGTON — President Trump gave Democrats two weeks to work on immigration reform and stem the flow of migrants at the southern border, but cast doubt on getting action from Congress and vowed to go ahead with a roundup of people facing deportation. “I want to give the Democrats every...
Robert Ciervo: We must protect integrity of female athletics
In the ongoing debate about protecting the integrity of female athletics, I firmly believe female track athletes should only have to compete against their peers — not biological males, regardless of how those male athletes identify in terms of gender, which is a man-made construct. As a former Division I...
Tuskegee Airman Robert Friend, who flew 142 WWII combat missions, dies at 99
LONG BEACH, Calif. — World War II pilot Robert Friend, one of the last original members of the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen, has died at the age of 99. Friend’s daughter, Karen Friend Crumlich, told The Desert Sun her father died Friday at a Southern California hospital. Born in South...
Steelmakers are next in the crosshairs as climate pressure grows
Flames leap from cauldrons brimming with molten iron as they’re tipped into giant vats at one of Europe’s largest steel mills. Heated to over 1,800 degrees in furnaces fired by coal, the liquid metal sloshing at Thyssenkrupp’s facility in Duisburg, Germany, will eventually wind up in automobiles, wind turbines and...
Editorial: Pennsylvania gave women voice with vote
Women get to have a say. That shouldn’t surprise anyone. It should seem obvious. Of course a woman gets a seat at the table, a voice in a discussion. Of course all women should have that opportunity. But it was just 100 years ago that Pennsylvania said that, yes, every...
Letter to the editor: Fight to end Alzheimer’s
During June, Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, the Alzheimer’s Association needs you to get involved to help raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Everyone is at risk to develop Alzheimer’s, a disease that is often misunderstood. Alzheimer’s is not normal aging; it’s a progressive brain disease without any...
Letter to the editor: Vaccination wards off disaster
This country was once full of plagues and short life expectancies, but when immunizations changed everything. Unfortunately, now some people view immunizations as a right rather than a requirement. When we stop vaccinating, epidemics ensue. Take Japan in 1974. When pertussis was at all-time lows, the country stopped requiring vaccination...
Letter to the editor: Stop Iranian oil tanker attacks
After two more oil tankers were attacked in the Middle East, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Trump stated Iran was responsible for the attacks. This brings to six the number of oil tankers attacked by Iran. Iran is attempting to get the United States to lift its crippling...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Sunday, June 23
Hello, Sewickley, Authors Stephen and Jessica Rose of The Peach Truck will bring their famous peaches to the Penguin Bookshop from 1 to 2 p.m. June 30. Get more information and check out their cookbook, “The Peach Truck, 100 Delicious Recipes for All Things Peach,” at www.penguinbookshop.com. — What’s the...
Dinner to benefit artists who lost livelihood in Etna fire
Joe Martin, an industrial designer and roboticist, and Oreen Cohen, an interdisciplinary artist, surveyed the damage June 15 to their 1,500-square-foot space in the Etna STORExpress location. Martin, 43, said he was present during the massive May 8 warehouse fire that has left Cohen and him with “probably a few...
Stay out of son’s conflicts
Question: Our son is 13 and in the seventh grade. Last week he came home from school complaining about how a few of his friends have been bullying him. The same boys were at his birthday party just the weekend before and they seemed to get along fine. Sometimes they...
Send that checked bag packing for a better travel experience
For me, packing for a one- or two-week vacation is often a tug of war. The desire to pack light competes with the temptation to fill a jumbo suitcase with a variety of outfits and accessories, plus some “maybe” ensembles (those that may or may not be worn to that...
