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Laurels & lances: Music, mistakes, reeling and ruling
Laurel: To a real disc jockey. The kind who remembers not just pushing buttons, but spinning vinyl. There will be one fewer of those on the air waves after July 31. That’s when WDVE’s Sean McDowell will retire. Good for him and his 40-plus years behind the microphone. Sad for...
Letter to the editor: Jon Wian will be an advocate
As a licensed title agent and the Westmoreland County treasurer, I am casting my vote for Jon Wian for Westmoreland County recorder of deeds. Wian’s long list of credentials gives voters the opportunity to have someone with industry knowledge leading one of the most used offices in the county. Wian...
Letter to the editor: Vaccine curiosity
I find it curious that every time there is an outbreak of flu, chicken pox or the latest — measles — there is an accompanying alarm and outcry for vaccination — not, interestingly enough, from the people who have not been vaccinated and are supposedly at great risk, but instead...
Review: ‘John Wick 3’ is like Sichuan cooking: numbing yet spicyVideo
“Do what you do best, John.” That tidbit of wisdom — delivered late in the film “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum” to the title character — is good advice for anyone, really, if also not terribly deep. But then again, neither is the film. This third installment in the...
Review: ‘The Sun Is Also a Star’ is beautiful, but implausibleVideo
“The Sun Is Also a Star ” is a beautiful looking film. The TV stars Yara Shahidi of “grown-ish” and Charles Melton of “Riverdale” are beautiful. New York City is beautiful. Even the MTA is (kind of) beautiful. Director Ry Russo-Young’s film is shot by cinematographer Autumn Durald with such...
Review: ‘A Dog’s Journey’ offers up an interesting, complex storyVideo
Engaging critically with Dog Movies can be a challenge for a critic. Who wants to be the crank who scoffs that the heartwarming animal movie is just too contrived and sentimental? But it can be hard to avoid, with the sickly sweet pandering pabulum of recent films like “A Dog’s...
Gateway goes to prom
Gateway High School’s prom was held May 10 at Edgewood Country Club. A promenade at the high school preceded the dance....
Main break fixed, second water shutoff needed in Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville’s Row House Cinema was able to reopen Thursday for its 7:15 p.m. showing of “Singin’ in the Rain” following a water main break that flooded parts of the theater and closed a section of busy Butler Street for a good part of the week. The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer...
Remember When: 1989
In the news this week 30 years ago: • Quaker Valley High School’s Prom theme was “Shades of Another Time.” Meghan O’Donnell was chosen as Prom Queen. • Sewickley Valley Hospital broke ground on its South Wing project after an eight-month delay due to neighborhood opposition. The new building was...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Thursday, May 16
Hello, Sewickley, Sewickley Valley YMCA’s Senior Olympic Games will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 23. There will be friendly competitions in many categories, including basketball toss, bingo, football toss and Wii bowling. An awards ceremony will be held. Visit the Y’s registration desk to sign up....
Chartiers Valley students earn Global Scholar status
Chartiers Valley School District students successfully completed the requirements set forth by the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association and have earned their honor designation as Global Scholars. Their commitment to learning another language was combined with taking courses with an international or global focus. In addition, they completed extracurricular activities...
Suspect arrested in fatal Penn Hills hit-and-run; car owner turns herself in
The man authorities say was driving the car in a fatal Penn Hills hit-and-run crash last month was arrested Wednesday night. Surron Burch, 21, no address released, is charged with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter and related counts. His arrest at a Penn Hills home by the Allegheny County Sheriff’s...
Blackhawk shuts out Knoch in WPIAL playoff opener
A play in the top of the first inning proved pivotal in Wednesday night’s WPIAL Class 4A playoff baseball game between Blackhawk and Knoch. Knights runner Sean McGill was thrown out at the plate trying to score on Braden Tristiani’s double. Knoch only got one player to third base after...
Pirates minor league report: May 16, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 20-16) won 6-5 over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees). LF Trayvon Robinson (.355) was 2 for 3 with a two-run homer in the third as part of a three-run inning to give the Indians a 5-2 lead. RF Jose Osuna (.350) had two singles with two RBIs. RHP Alex McRae (4-2,...
High school scores, schedules for May 15, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A First round Thursday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (12-6) vs. Hempfield (11-9) at West Mifflin, 4 p.m.; Peters Township (13-6) vs. Butler (6-13) at Boyce Mayview Park in Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m.; Norwin (13-6) vs. Mt. Lebanon (10-10) at West Mifflin, 2 p.m.;...
WPIAL softball playoffs roundup for May 15, 2019: Hempfield beats Baldwin on walk-off
Kelsi Terzolino ripped a one-out single to right in the bottom of the seventh inning to give four-time WPIAL champion Hempfield a 2-1 walk-off win over Baldwin in a WPIAL Class 6A first-round playoff game at Gateway. Terzolino’s hit scored courtesy runner Erica Orner. The third-seeded Spartans (14-6) took a...
WPIAL baseball playoffs roundup for May 15, 2019: Highlands upsets No. 3 Thomas Jefferson
Highlands’ first WPIAL playoff game in 16 years turned out pretty sweet. Zac Kuniak’s bases-clearing triple spurred a five-run fifth inning, and No. 14 Highlands upset No. 3 Thomas Jefferson, 6-4, in a Class 4A first-round baseball game Wednesday afternoon at West Mifflin. “Unbelievable,” Highlands coach Jeff Cambell said. “These...
Pa. Catholic Conference to abuse survivor: ‘Why do you have to troll here?’
HARRISBURG — The lobbying arm of the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania on Wednesday accused a clergy sex abuse survivor of trolling it on social media — then apologized as a result of a swift backlash. The unusual exchange, since deleted, unfolded on the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference’s Facebook page. It began...
Co-working spaces: Not just for start-up bros anymore
LOS ANGELES — Co-working is often more pleasant these days than putting in eight hours at a traditional office. If you’d prefer a workspace that looks like a chic hotel lobby with waiters at your service, that can be arranged. Want to be around other women in a cabana on...
Diehard Fan: Actor Bruce Willis hits BP, throws 1st pitch in PhiladelphiaVideo
Baseball has been called a humbling game. But on Wednesday after some feeble swings during batting practice and a less-than-average first pitch for the Phillies, baseball taught actor Bruce Willis not to quit his day job. Bruce Willis takes batting practice pic.twitter.com/mZJ1o5bDbI— Michael McGarry (@ACPressMcGarry) May 15, 2019 Willis, who...
Ellwood City baseball strikes late to oust Deer Lakes
It’s not often a strikeout results in the winning run scoring. But that is what happened Wednesday afternoon as Ellwood City defeated Deer Lakes, 2-1, in an opening-round Class 3A baseball playoff game at Neshannock’s Mike Kirkwood Field. With the scored tied 1-1, Douglas Balin opened the seventh with a...
No. 6 Beaver ousts Belle Vernon in Class 4A 1st round
For the fifth consecutive season, Belle Vernon’s WPIAL playoff run ended quicker than anticipated. The No. 11 Leopards were dealt a 5-0 defeat at the hands of No. 6 Beaver in a Class 4A first-round game Wednesday at Fox Chapel. Belle Vernon (11-8) was hindered by three errors in a...
St. Joseph tops Monessen for 1st playoff win in 18 seasons
For the first time in 18 seasons, St. Joseph has advanced in the WPIAL baseball playoffs. The 11th-seeded Spartans scored three runs in each of the first two innings en route to a 10-1 win over No. 6 Monessen on Wednesday at Seton Hill. Dominic Fellowes led the way for...
Trump administration wants to reimburse Taliban’s travel expenses
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked Congress earlier this year for funds to reimburse Afghanistan’s Taliban for expenses the insurgent group incurs attending peace talks, according to a spokesman for the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. The money would cover the Taliban’s costs for expenses such as...
Judge rejects Bill Cosby’s arguments for appeal
A Pennsylvania judge systematically snubbed all of Bill Cosby’s arguments for appeal in a lengthy new opinion that the comedian and his wife blasted as racist Wednesday. Judge Steven O’Neill, who presided over the sex assault trial that led to Cosby’s conviction last year, said in his 143-page response that...
