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Letter to the editor: Matt Schimizzi cares about Westmoreland
Being a teenage high school student with an interest in politics and law has its ups and downs. You have a lot of people discouraging you, or making it seem as though your opinion doesn’t matter. I will be voting for the second time in May, so I pay close...
Allegheny Land Trust holds Watershed Fest
Allegheny Land Trust’s Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Festival was held May 5. Hosted at the Bell Acres Fire Hall, the festival celebrates the health and vitality of community watersheds and launches the land trusts’ larger effort to create a Rivers Conservation and Stewardship Plan and ultimately launch a watershed organization....
Here’s what’s happening around town: Wednesday, May 8
Hello, Sewickley, Animal Friends will hold a Kindness Event and Art Show from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday. Families, kids, teens, scouts and community groups are invited to make gifts that will be enjoyed by Animal Friends’ residents. See the center’s animals on a guided tour and learn some ways...
Char Valley students partake in Kids of Steel program
For students at Chartiers Valley, running roughly 26 miles since the start of 2019 through the Kids of Steel program was one word: Amazing. Roughly 220 students from the district’s primary, intermediate and middle schools partook in the P3R Kids of Steel program, where students participate in trainings that gets...
Leechburg career breakfast gives students a taste of job optionsVideo
“What are you going to do with your life?” More than 45 Leechburg Area High School 10th-graders pondered that question Wednesday during the 12th annual Career Exploration Breakfast. Professionals on hand included those from the arts, media, the biomedical field, Douglas Education Center, Eichenlaub Landscaping and Penn State University. They...
Pirates minor league report: May 7, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 15-14) was delayed because of rain and eventually lost 3-1 against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ke’Bryan Hayes went 0 for 3, Jacob Stallings went 2 for 3 with a run scored and Kevin Kramer had one RBI while going 1 for 3. Rookie Davis fell to 0-3 after giving up...
Chartiers-Houston routs Bentworth to claim Section 3-2A title
Chartiers-Houston set out to accomplish several small goals this season. The first goal on that list was crossed off Tuesday as the Bucs defeated Bentworth, 12-2, in five innings to clinch the Section 3-2A title outright for the first time since 2015. “We’ve been working really hard in the offseason,”...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 7, 2019
On Friday, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district baseball playoffs. Seventy-one teams have punched their ticket for the Way to Washington, but there are still a few spots to be had as 16 district teams still have hope heading into the final day of section play....
High school scores, schedules for May 7, 2019
High Schools Baseball Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 11, Allderdice 0 (5 inn.) Class 5A Section 2 Shaler 9, Moon 4 South Fayette 9, North Hills 4 Section 3 Albert Gallatin 6, Carrick 5 Trinity 6, Carrick 0 Class 4A Section 3 Ringgold 6, Elizabeth Forward...
Shaler uses small ball to eliminate Moon from playoff contentionVideo
Small ball is alive and well at Shaler. In an era where the bunt has become a lost art and is frowned upon by baseball sabermetrics, Shaler bunted five times, including four times in a span of five batters in a four-run fifth inning during a 9-4 win over Moon....
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through May 7, 2019
On Thursday, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district softball playoffs. Seventy-three teams have punched their ticket for the Path to Peterswood with only one more spot, possibly two, up for grabs in Class A. Five classification’s fields are now set with the only question mark being...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through May 7, 2019
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2019 season through May 7. The playoff field is set in Class AA and has one opening left in Class AAA. The winner of Wednesday’s Penn-Trafford vs. Norwin match will clinch the final playoff spot. The top six teams in...
High school roundup for May 7, 2019: South Fayette locks up playoff berth
Richie Dell hit a three-run home run, and Ryan McGuire knocked in two runs to help South Fayette earn a WPIAL playoff berth with an 8-4 victory over North Hills (3-14, 2-8) in a Section 2-5A baseball game Tuesday afternoon. Ryan Kokoski struck out seven batters in four innings to...
Trump may redefine poverty, cutting Americans from welfare rollsVideo
The Trump administration may alter the way it determines the national poverty threshold, putting Americans living on the margins at risk of losing access to welfare programs. The possible move would involve changing how inflation is calculated in the “official poverty measure,” the White House Office of Management and Budget...
Editorial: Are Wolf’s commutations part of reform movement?
Three more life-without-parole prisoners will be released after Gov. Tom Wolf commuted the sentences of a convicted murderer and two men who participated in crimes where someone was killed. The moves were approved by the Board of Pardons before being sent to the governor. Wolf has now commuted eight life...
Central Elementary students unveil mosaic in school courtyard
Central Elementary School fourth graders unveiled the mosaic in its new permanent home in the Central courtyard on Tuesday, May 7. The mosaic was created in February by fourth graders, with some additional help from students in all grades. Local mosaic artist Laura Jean McLaughlin worked with the students to...
George Guido: Unfamiliar teams in baseball, softball playoffs
When the WPIAL baseball and softball pairings are released later this week, some unfamiliar schools will be bracketed. St. Joseph baseball and Springdale softball will be in the postseason for the first time this millennium, and the players from those teams are cascading toward age 40. It has been so...
Nestle to cut 4,000 jobs in delivery changes
Nestle SA’s U.S. unit will lay off about 4,000 workers as it stops delivering frozen pizza and ice cream directly to stores and instead transitions to a warehouse model that’s becoming an industry standard for Big Food companies looking to trim costs. The company said Tuesday that it’s shutting down...
Depreciation Lands Museum Heritage Day offers glimpse of past
The community was introduced to how life was in Western Pennsylvania in the 1800s on May 5 during Depreciation Lands Museum’s Heritage Day on South Pioneer Road in Hampton....
Letter to the editor: U.S.A., greatest country ever
Cuba, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, North Africa, Japan, South Korea and Iraq, to name a few. Blood was spilled to liberate these countries, all back in the original people’s hands. If you read history, this is an exceptional and very rare thing to do by a country, and that country...
Letter to the editor: Trump as Supreme Ruler
I give up. It doesn’t matter what stupid thing President Trump does or says or how many times he lies. His supporters don’t care. They love this inventor of fake news. So, I have an idea. Let’s get rid of Congress. Why? When the Republicans are in charge of the...
Letter to the editor: New leadership needed for Penn Hills schools
I am concerned about the lack of candidates running for Penn Hills School Board. Only two candidates — both current board members, including the president — have filed petitions to run. Sadly, five seats are up for election. That means both incumbents will have a free ticket to continue their...
I-79 crash caused morning delays in Sewickley area
A multi-vehicle crash on I-79 south Tuesday morning caused traffic delays on the Neville Island Bridge. The crash occurred just north of Exit 65, according to 511pa.com. The Neville Island Bridge was down to a single lane but has since reopened, PennDOT spokeswoman Yasmeen Manyisha said. Motorists were advised to...
Quaker Valley board candidates name new high school as big issue
Sewickley Borough residents will have a choice May 21 of who they want to see represent them on the Quaker Valley School Board. Three candidates are vying for a party nomination to fill two open four-year seats in the district’s Region II, which encompasses Sewickley. Elections for Region I and...
Here’s what’s going on around town: Tuesday, May 7
Hello, Sewickley, Do you love the Sewickley Public Library? Wanna share why? The Allegheny County Library Association’s newest campaign, “Faces of the Library” allows library users to share why libraries are important to them and the community. To participate, visit — What’s the Neighborhood News Network all about? With...
