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G. Terry Madonna & Michael Young: Hamlet on the Potomac
The angst in Washington over impeaching President Trump is producing a “Hamlet on the Potomac” moment that even Shakespeare might appreciate. Democrats want to do it, but most Republicans don’t, and voters overall, while divided along party lines, are mostly opposed. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, while fully occupied by her daily...
Editorial: Pennsylvania health exchange mousetrap
Everyone wants to build a better health care mousetrap. It’s a hot topic on the campaign trail. It’s a top concern for voters. In Pittsburgh, all eyes are on the UPMC-Highmark battle royale. People want to know how to stay healthy, how to get healthy and who is going to...
Outdoors notices for June 9, 2019
Notices Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • There were 174 shooters who competed in the Twi-Night Trap League on May 30, and 10 shooters with 25 straights, including four members of the Connellsville High School trap team. Connellsville finished in first place with a score of 199 targets. Hecla (194), Ruffsdale (190),...
Riverview Class of 2019 members earn their diplomas
Here is the Riverview High School Class of 2019: Rachel A. Aber, Yasmeen M.G. Al-Khawaja; Mirjana M. Balkovec, Devon C. Binz, Noah D. Black, Benjamin P. Blacksmith, Carter C. Alexander Cameron, Michael J. Condron II, Devlin S. Costello, Angeleque S. Y’vonne Craighead, Katelyn N. Davis, Nathan M. Davis, Cassandra G....
Sounding off: Risk of not vaccinating
Regarding Susan Gero’s letter “Vaccine curiosity”: Common sense is that you can Google the reasons vaccinated people are at risk and how dangerous this disease is. It’s not big pharma! In 2017 worldwide, 110,000 people died of measles. It is deadly. People with compromised immune systems — people with HIV,...
Letter to the editor: Count all people in census
Was not the Founding Fathers’ intent evidenced, concerning census counts to determine state populations and therefore legislative representation, by, of all things, the three-fifths rule? That rule stated that “all other persons”/slaves, other than free inhabitants, were to be counted in population counts as three-fifths of a person to determine...
Letter to the Editor: Supreme Court overstepped on abortion
We are seeing some turmoil in regard to the abortion ban in a couple of southern states in which a federal judge has granted an injunction to stop the law from taking effect. I am not offering an opinion on abortion. As a man, I know that many females believe...
Letter to the editor: Safety on Route 30
Regarding the editorial “Route 30 study needs to be realistic” (May 12, TribLIVE): I can give a recommendation that will help with a major safety problem on Route 30. And the only cost will be some signs and motorist education. Do not allow any left turns going on to or...
Franklin Regional grad Jon Stickel leaves Hamilton hockey at head of the class
Jon Stickel stuck with a steadfast in-season rule: no “heavy-lifting study sessions” after practice. If that meant the Franklin Regional graduate and hockey player at Division III Hamilton — a prestigious liberal arts college located in Clinton, N.Y. — hit the books at 7 a.m., Stickel knew what worked best...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Saturday, June 8
Hello, Sewickley, Head to Fern Hollow Nature Center today for a Summer Celebration. Nature center members and residents of Aleppo, Sewickley, Leetsdale, Bell Acres and Sewickley Heights are admitted free. Others can purchase tickets for $7 per person or $20 per family. Bring a picnic. There will be music, games,...
Remember When: 1924
In the news this week 95 years ago: • Local law enforcement officials confiscated a 150-gallon still from the O’Neil farm in Emsworth, along with “a small quantity of moonshine and 18 barrels of mash.” The still was constructed out of a garbage can with a condensing coil inside. •...
Former Carlynton student graduates from West Point
Cadet Jacob Edward Bickus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bickus of Crafton , graduated from the U.S. Military Academy on May 25. Bickus graduated from Carlynton Junior-senior High School in 2015. While at West Point, he concentrated his studies in nuclear engineering. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant...
‘Big Little Lies’ returns with more exquisite, high-end suffering
Meryl Streep, who has done everything, once played a woman dying stoically of cancer who objected to the aesthetic notion that less is more. “Less is not more,” her character declared. “More is more.” It’s one of my favorite quotes, even if I don’t live by it, believing that less...
Pirates minor league report: June 7, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 34-24) lost 3-1 to Toledo (Tigers) despite outhitting the Mud Hens, 9-4. RHP Dovydas Neveruaskas (1-1, 2.37) recorded the loss after allowing the tying and winning runs in the eighth inning — the lone inning he pitched — with a strikeout, a walk and two hits. RHP...
Springdale High School Class of 2019 is one for the ages
Here is the Springdale High School Class of 2019: Andrew Alese, Logan Baur, Timothy Bellin, Madison Beyer, Laurel Black, Morgan Blanchflower, Leann Brannock, Alexis Byrd, Erica Crail, Gavin Densmore Jaden Domaratz, Deserai Duncan, Gianna Foglia, Jocelyn Folmer, Jacob Garmong, Julia Garmong, Christina Gaschler, Kaitlyn Hails, Rachel Halapchuk, Rachel Hayes Autumn...
Highlands High School Class of 2019 set for the future
Here is the Highlands High School Class of 2019: Alyssa Nicole Adamovits, Guillermo Jose Alcantar, Jake Michael Arvay, Bailey Renee Ayers, Cameron Jeffrey Babinsack, Isabella Baker, Ryan Michael Baker, Anthony Joseph Balog, Bailey G. Beacom, Cole Nickolas Bergquist Daneasha Berry, Nicholas D. Bigenho, Karick Matthew Bigley, Richard Marcel Blake, Julia...
High school scores, schedule for June 7, 2019
High Schools Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Neshaminy vs. Souderton at Bears Stadium in Boyertown, 1 p.m.; Central Bucks South vs. North Allegheny at Greene Township Park in Scotland, 4 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Red Land vs. Blue Mountain at Wenger Field in Fredericksburg, 4:30...
Elizabeth Forward softball tops Grove City in PIAA quarterfinals
Elizabeth Forward’s Kailey Larcinese threw one of her best games of the season Friday, shutting down Grove City for a 1-0 win in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals. Larcinese allowed just two hits over her seven innings in a performance coach Harry Rutherford called nearly perfect. “Larcinese was outstanding today,”...
West Greene holds off Clarion in state quarterfinals
Junior Jade Renner was 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs and tossed a complete game as West Greene (21-4) held off Clarion’s seventh-inning rally for a 5-4 PIAA quarterfinal win at Slippery Rock on Friday. The Pioneers scored five runs in the fifth inning before Clarion (10-5)...
Laurel falls short in PIAA quarterfinals
Senior Mackenzie Latess went 4 for 4 with a double, home run and three RBIs, along with two runs scored for Laurel (21-3), but it was Cranberry (15-5) that triumphed 7-6 in a PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal softball contest at Slippery Rock. Both sophomore Frankilyn Duddy and senior Kayla Ruperto...
Apollo-Ridge seniors share their final high school moments
Here is the Apollo-Ridge High School Class of 2019: Marley Renae Altman, Trent Michael Arduino, Curtis Michael Arner, Carlos Daniel Baines, Emilee Lynn Barber, Audrey Lana Barnes, Travis Ray Baylor, Cheyenne Mycal Benemann, Owen T. Bernard, Parker J. Berry Jeremy Alexander Birch, Angelo Benjamin Bonnoni, Michael Elijah Booker, Jessica Dawn...
Trump does aboutface on going to the moon
ORLANDO, Fla. — President Trump executed a cosmic flip flop in priorities Friday when he tweeted that the United States should not keep talking about going back to the moon, despite his administration’s insistence that the United States should, in fact, go back to the moon. “For all of the...
Trump team weighs palette for red, white and blue Air Force One
The White House is pressing ahead with President Trump’s demand that Boeing paint new Air Force One jets red, white and blue, replacing the blue-and-white pattern used since the early 1960s. The Air Force, which manages the $5.3 billion program to build two new presidential planes, hasn’t been given a...
Tim Dahlberg: Equal treatment in NBA means more than just suspensionVideo
Mark Stevens will have to watch on TV when the arena he and his fellow investors are building in San Francisco opens next season with what they hope will be another championship-ring ceremony for the Golden State Warriors. The billionaire venture capitalist’s yearlong punishment for shoving Toronto’s Kyle Lowry courtside...
Mark Madden: Blaming refs is bad look for Bruins
Can one poor officiating decision decide a game? Sure, if the losing team lets it. The New Orleans Saints couldn’t overcome a pass interference no-call in the NFC championship game. But the St. Louis Blues lost Game 3 of the NHL’s Western Conference Final to San Jose when the Sharks...
