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Monroeville offers special needs camp
Children and adults with mental and physical disabilities participated in Monroeville’s second week of Camp Chipawee from June 17-21. There are six week-long sessions through Aug. 2. Each day is held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Monroeville United Methodist Church on Center Road. Activities include field trips...
Letter to the editor: Love, hate for Donald Trump
If you honestly love truth, humility, grace, dignity and gentleness, then it stands to reason that you must hate the obverse. That is why, I maintain, that hatred has a legitimate place in the panoply of human emotions. I never thought that anyone could “unlove” Donald Trump more than myself....
Letter to the editor: Learn truth about global warming
Rudolph Puchan’s letter “Climate-change hogwash” (June 4, TribLIVE) is on the right track, although he seems to conclude that the issue of climate change is not all that important. In fact, it is very important because many who promote this myth have vested interests. Some want to garner research money,...
Letter to the editor: Video games & violence
It seems every day somewhere in this country there is some sort of incident in a school, be it a shooting, a threat or a weapon of some sort found on a student. Then we hear from experts and highly educated people that they cannot figure out the why. My...
Historic Hartwood Acres Mansion draws visitors for tours, special eventsVideo
One of the most recognizable mansions in Pittsburgh offers visitors a glimpse of life in the early 20th century. Hartwood Mansion, an English Tudor home designed by Alfred Hopkins for John and Mary Flinn Lawrence, welcomes thousands of visitors annually and is one of the most frequented attractions in Pittsburgh....
Watoto Children’s Choir to perform at Christ Church
Beth Samuel Jewish Center The center is at 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. For information, visit bethsamuel.org or contact the center at bethsamuel office@comcast.net or 724-266-5238. • 10 a.m. July 11 – Knitting 101 • 9 a.m. July 14 – Volunteer Day • 6:30 p.m. July 19 – Shabbat in the Park;...
‘Huddle Up’: Going one-on-one with Eric Kasperowicz
You might be surprised by the contact list in Pine-Richland football coach Eric Kasperowicz’s cell phone. “Ben Roethlisberger. … Mike Tomlin. … Sidney Crosby,” Kasperowicz said in the final segment of this week’s “Huddle Up with Gus” podcast. Kasperowicz goes one-on-one with Gus Frerotte and Dave Hager, discussing his favorite...
Brentwood hoping for Memorial Day 2020 opening of new pool
The Brentwood Borough pool is closed for the summer as it undergoes a roughly $3 million facelift to make way for many more years of fun in the sun. The pool renovations will include adding a zero depth entry, large slide, new bathhouse with restrooms and changing areas and more...
Gibsonia native, Naval engineer in NATO exercise
Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Claypool, a native of Gibsonia, participated in the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise with 18 other nations from June 9 to 21. “This is my first NATO exercise,” Claypool said before the operation. “I’m looking forward to gaining more global awareness of what we do with...
Shaler Area schools dip into reserves to hold line on taxes
Shaler Area School District residents’ property taxes will remain consistent for the 2019-20 school year. Shaler Area School Board voted at its June 19 meeting to adopt the nearly $88.57 million budget, which keeps the real estate rate at 23.5 mills. Shaler Area will close the budgetary gap using $3.8 million...
Plant those pollinators: Gardeners urged to think big, start with trees
Peggy Anne Montgomery has spent a lifetime in the garden, and for the last 15 years she’s tried hard to create a pollinator-friendly landscape. The horticulturist and account executive for the Garden Media Group is championing the cause by informing gardeners about the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge and Pollinator Week,...
Pirates minor league report for June 20, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 37-33) lost 11-8 to Buffalo (Blue Jays). The Bison scored eight runs in the fifth inning to pull ahead, 10-3. They added another run in the seventh before Indianapolis rallied, scoring five runs in the last two innings to cut the deficit to three. SS Cole Tucker (.305)...
Sunset on hold: Longest day of the year arrives with the summer solstice
Today marks the first day of summer — and the forecast finally includes sunshine and highs in the 70s, as if on cue. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, as the Northern Hemisphere leans most toward the sun during Earth’s tilted axis of rotation. The equator...
Year at junior college helps CV grad Gulakowski get back on track to Division I baseball
In order to move his baseball pursuits forward, Brady Gulakowski took a step backward. Gulakowski, a catcher, went to play at N.C. State after helping Chartiers Valley win its first WPIAL title as a senior. But playing time at an ACC school can be hard to come by, and Gulakowski...
Ex-Penn State QB Trace McSorley returning punts in Baltimore
Trace McSorley, punt-returner? It could happen in Baltimore this season. Penn State’s winningest quarterback has spent time at the Ravens’ offseason workouts catching punts with the special teams. In an interview on the Ravens’ website, McSorley said he has had some “ups and downs” but wants to make an impact...
Allegheny Township Save-A-Lot nearly empty, apparently ready to close
A discount grocery store in Allegheny Township apparently is closing soon. Save-A-Lot, located at 500 Hyde Park Road in Allegheny Plaza, is advertising 20% off all items in the store via handwritten signs displayed in store windows. There is no visible signage informing customers that a closing in imminent, but...
Pittsburgh church bomb plot suspect had several targets, authorities say
In the days before and after his June 8 graduation from Pittsburgh’s Brashear High School, 21-year-old Mustafa Mousab Alowemer was planning something catastrophic, federal authorities contend. He received his diploma on Saturday during a ceremony at the Petersen Events Center. On Tuesday, authorities said, he met with two men he...
PBS provides major findings of the Mueller report in video formVideo
Want to read the findings of the Mueller report but you don’t have the time to read 440-plus pages? Public Broadcasting Service has provided a, well, service. PBS posted the major findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s conclusions from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election on...
Splash pad opens in Richland Community Park
Sunny, warm days have been few and far between the past few weeks in Pittsburgh, but on Wednesday, June 19 the weather cleared just long enough for Richland Township administrators to officially open the new splash pad at the community park. “We were fortunate, the sun came out, we had...
Laurels & lances: Helping, parking and paying
Laurel: To stopping to help. Good Samaritans Kim and Alex Kelley, who work at Kelley’s Pizza at the corner of routes 22 at 819 in Salem, dropped everything to rush out of their business to lend a hand to three injured passengers and a bus driver on a Westmoreland Transit...
Tiebreaker puts Colombo on ticket for Pine supervisors race
Nearly four weeks after the Pennsylvania primary, Ryan Colombo learned that he will be on the Republican ticket in the race for a seat on the Pine Township board of supervisors this November. Colombo and fellow candidate Jeff Romano ended up in a tie for the third and final ballot...
Brentwood’s Fourth of July celebration turns 100
It’s a day unlike any other in Brentwood Borough. The American flag is flying high on the telephone poles and more than 40,000 people line Brownsville Road — more than four times the borough’s population — to celebrate the Fourth of July. They’re decked out in their best red, white...
Raccoon in Etna tests positive for rabies
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has confirmed that a raccoon discovered on Ganster Street in the Borough of Etna has tested positive for rabies. Rabies is a virus transmitted by an animal bite or scratch, and exposures due to a bite or scratch are almost always fatal when left...
Review: ‘Child’s Play’ a winking, self-aware addition to the brandVideo
There are two movies opening this weekend that feature iconic anthropomorphic dolls. Be very careful which one you choose. “Toy Story 4” has the usual gang of lovable toys led by Woody and Buzz. (Bring tissues.) Then there’s the remake of “Child’s Play,” which has Chucky, the freckle-faced homicidal doll...
Beyond the Ceiling murals unveiled in Sharpsburg
For longtime Sharpsburg resident and business owner Evelyn Shoop, it wasn’t always easy being a lady in the Pittsburgh business scene. Shoop, now 83, found it quite the task in the 1970s to open a credit card or get a loan in her own name without the signature or backing...
