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Editorial: Facing facts about facial recognition
You may have gotten accustomed to using your face as your password with your iPhone. Then maybe you got used to using it via your phone to buy your lunch, pay for an online purchase or just pick up a soda at the vending machine in your office breakroom. But...
John Dorfman: Here are the stocks I own
I recommend about 250 stocks a year in this column, but usually hold only about 25 stocks in a typical client portfolio. Naturally, readers ask from time to time, “Well, what do you actually hold?” So, once a year in this column I report on the holdings in my firm’s...
Mark Madden: 35 years later, Penguins’ drafting Mario Lemieux No. 1 was both easy, complicated
Sunday was the 35th anniversary of the Penguins drafting Mario Lemieux. That might sound like an easy decision to make. Ultimately, it was. But there were a few complications. General manager Eddie Johnston had to quietly maneuver the Penguins into finishing last overall in 1983-84. OK, so maybe he didn’t...
Analysis: Nadal, and everyone else, should stop doubting him
PARIS — This time, about a month out, even Rafael Nadal had his doubts about what his chances were going to be for yet another French Open title. He wasn’t alone. But that part was nothing new: Folks have been questioning him for years, wondering when his body would break...
Vandergrift stuck with sunken sewer line repair
A large section of relatively new sewer line in Vandergrift sank, leaving the borough to pay for an unexpected and costly repair. Borough Engineer Lucien Bove told council last week the sewer line along Whittier Street in the Heights section of the borough apparently sank. Borough Manager Steve DelleDonne said...
Swin Cash reportedly set to join front office of New Orleans Pelicans
Former McKeesport basketball star Swin Cash is reportedly set to join the front office of the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans. ESPN is reporting Cash, who played at UConn and in the WNBA, will become vice president of basketball operations and team development. Her duties will include scouting, developing players and...
Podcast part 4: Kevin Rabbitt discusses life after basketball
Kevin Rabbitt’s company, Harmar-based NEP Group, is behind the scenes of many sporting events you watch. But his post-athletic career started much differently. Rabbitt, an Overland Park, Kan., native, is chairman and CEO of NEP Group, a worldwide outsourced technical production partner that supports producers for live sports and entertainment....
Security tightened after thefts at Three Rivers Arts Festival
Theft sometimes happens at art shows. And when it does, it always hurts, because it feels like the thief stole a piece of the artist along with the work, said Robert Walker, who was selling original oil and acrylic paintings Monday from a booth in Gateway Center at the Three...
Oprah Winfrey to interview Central Park Five
The Queen of All Media will sit down with the Central Park Five for the first time ever for a special in-depth conversation scheduled to air on Netflix and OWN on Wednesday. The streaming giant and the basic cable channel announced Oprah Winfrey will interview Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef...
Letter to the editor: Justice for Democrats
Now that the Mueller investigation is over, the Democrats are acting like cornered snakes. They are striking out, but their desperate screams are nothing more than proof that they are scared to death that the truth about this scandal is about to explode in their faces. It has been proven...
Letter to the editor: Honor, integrity & Trump
In response to Terry E. Swindell’s letter — “America’s self- destruction”: This is one of the best summations I have read concerning our current leadership. His supporters say his bankruptcies don’t matter, cheating on his wives isn’t significant, comments about grabbing genitals (sexual assault) has no relevance, sex with prostitutes...
Letter to the editor: Trump will win in 2020
You’ve probably seen it before, that miserable sad sack sitting at a casino slot machine after work shelling out every last penny he’s got— only to get the same results over and over again. We’ve seen similar behavior in Washington recently, and not from the big orange bogeyman who has...
Keepin’ it ‘Real’: New Mac Miller song surfaces online
There’s a line in Mac Miller’s song “So It Goes” that says, “Well, this is a special delivery, comin’ to you live.” Over the weekend, fans got another type of special delivery from the late rapper and Point Breeze native with the previously unreleased song “Real” surfacing online. Opening lines...
Sewickley Academy holds graduation ceremony
Sewickley Academy held graduation ceremonies for 77 graduates at the Events Center on campus June 6....
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 10
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 10....
New board broadens mission of Explore Sewickley
Explore Sewickley has a new board of directors and a new vision for the organization. The nine-member board has been in place since late April. Jennifer Markus, executive director of Explore Sewickley, is the only current board member who sat on the previous six-member board. By end of summer, members...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Monday, June 10
Hello, Sewickley, Registration is open for Sweetwater Center for the Arts’ Studio 419 summer classes. Courses include Teen Film-making and Exploring Ink, Mommy and Me and a Paint and Sip. Classes also will be offered at Sweetwater. Visit for more information. — What’s the Neighborhood News Network all about?...
‘Huddle Up’: Gus Frerotte talks with Harmar-based NEP Group CEO Kevin Rabbitt
Kevin Rabbitt’s company, Harmar-based NEP Group, is behind the scenes of many sporting events you watch. Rabbitt, an Overland Park, Kan., native, is chairman and CEO of NEP Group, a worldwide outsourced technical production partner that supports producers for live sports and entertainment. He joined Gus Frerotte and Dave Hager...
Northern Tier Library hosting STEM events throughout summer
Northern Tier Regional Library has a variety of upcoming activities and events. The library is at 4015 Dickey Road, Gibsonia. • From 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., families will be able to enjoy guests from several organizations in our community. Along with these visits, there will be STEM activities and informal...
New local stores all set for summer shoppers
The Bridge Gastropub has opened in the former Rumfish Grille location in the Great Southern Shopping Center, Bridgeville. The pub is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. and until 1:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sundays. The restaurant offers a private event space, indoor and outdoor dining, craft drinks...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 10
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 10....
Millvale Library providing free summer lunches for children
Children who receive free or reduced-price cafeteria meals throughout the year are at risk for food insecurity during the summer break, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Millvale Community Library aims to address the issue through its federally funded Summer Food Service Program from June 11 through Aug....
Pine-Richland’s Class of 2019 celebrate graduation
On June 7, the Pine-Richland Class of 2019 celebrated commencement. While turbulent weather was in the forecast, friends and family piled into the stadium and were rewarded with perfect conditions....
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Year
The Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week is West Greene junior Jade Renner, who was the winning pitcher and contributed offensively as well for the two-time defending PIAA Class A champions. On Monday, the Pioneers will battle DuBois Central Catholic in the team’s fourth straight state semifinals appearance. West...
John Steigerwald: Pirates not signing Dallas Keuchel actually makes sense
Dallas Keuchel to the Pirates? Are you serious? When Keuchel, who won the Cy Young award in 2015, signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves last week, there was the usual and expected outcry from fans and some in the media. He only cost the Braves $13 million....
