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Trinity Lutheran Church Trinity Lutheran Church, 2500 Brandt School Road in Franklin Park, is conducting its annual Live Nativity on Dec. 18. Performances are at 4:30 p.m., 5:15 p.m. and 6 p.m., including singing Christmas carols. This is an annual tradition for all the community to attend. Performances are followed...

Rotary scholarships The Bob Williams Rotary Memorial Scholarship Program has scholarships available for the 2022-2023 academic year. In recent years, at least eight scholarships at $5,000 each have been awarded. High school seniors in Allegheny and Beaver Counties are eligible to apply. Vocational students, G.E.D students and those attending parochial,...

Yes Virginia, defense does win championships. And if anyone says otherwise, just roll the tape of Belle Vernon’s PIAA 3A championship win over Neumann-Goretti. The Saints feature a number of Division I recruits. It didn’t matter. The Saints won eight straight games entering the championship matchup. It didn’t matter. No...

Klaus Schwab, German engineer and economist, founded the World Economic Forum on Jan. 24, 1971. The WEF is an unaccountable, non-governmental organization with a view of impacting policy decisions on behalf of its members: predominantly multinational corporations and politicians. The WEF is the driving force for what is known as...

Millions of Americans now turn to social media for news, at least sometimes, and it’s clear that much of the “news” they consume is not journalism. Misinformation is endemic to social media platforms, and, in some cases, so is deliberate disinformation and propaganda masquerading as news. The results are profound...

Church’s youth host cookie walk The youth of Monroeville United Methodist Church, 219 Center Road, are hosting a cookie walk on Dec. 17. Choose from an assortment of homemade cookies. The cost is $8 a pound. The walk begins at 10 a.m. and will last until 2 p.m. or when...

Sustainable Sewickley wrapping This holiday season, let Sustainable Sewickley help you save time and reduce landfill waste. Sustainable Sewickley board members will be at 422 Broad St., rear (behind Genisys Body Arts) on Dec. 17 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. to wrap all of your holiday gifts. Sustainable options will include...

Caroling at Boyce Park Christmas caroling with the Masterworks Concert Chorale is scheduled for 2 to 3 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Carpenter Log House at Boyce Park, 721 Pierson Run Road in Plum. There is no cost to attend, and visitors can tour the log house and visit with...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Leechburg Rotary to collect pajamas, children’s books The Rotary Club of...

Ed Davis’ letter “Biden will take blame for destruction” (Nov. 10, TribLIVE) is pathetic. He writes, “I have never witnessed this country more divided. … This division was planned, and implementation began during the Obama/Biden administration.” He must be joking. Obama guided our nation through the trillion-dollar real estate meltdown,...

Editorial cartoons for the week of Dec. 12....

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Dec. 12....

High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Sunday’s result Clash at New Castle Union 52, Fairview 43 Monday’s schedule Nonsection Apollo-Ridge at Homer-Center, 7:30 p.m. Freedom at Rochester, 7:30 p.m. Hopewell at Riverside, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at DuBois, 7:30 p.m. McGuffey at West Greene, 7 p.m. Mohawk at Wilmington, 7:30 p.m. New...

Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday: Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class 3A Seneca Valley, 8-1-1 = 17 North Allegheny, 8-2-1 = 17 Peters Township, 7-1-0 = 14 Central Catholic, 6-3-1 = 13 Cathedral Prep, 6-5-0 = 12 Baldwin,...

Donald Trump’s family business was found guilty of 17 counts of tax fraud and other financial crimes on Dec. 6 in a case prosecutors said displayed a “culture of fraud and deception” at the Trump Organization. Allen H. Weisselberg, the company’s former chief financial officer, had previously pleaded guilty to...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission changed the most popular deer hunting weekend in 2019, moving the 60-plus-year Monday after Thanksgiving opening day to the Saturday prior. As Thanksgiving is the most traveled family holiday of the year, that created problems for hunters with family conflicts. Additionally, hundreds of thousands of hunters...

For nearly 90 years, Citizens General Hospital served thousands in the New Kensington area. The facility — known simply as CGH to many — existed from 1912 until 2000. The hospital had a humble beginning, chartered on Dec. 12, 1912, when it was known as “Trinity Hospital.” It was located...

To offer an alternative to Matt Pergar’s letter “How about some tax credits for those without student loans?” (Nov. 1, TribLIVE: Why not offer a G.I. Bill to people with student debt who join the military? For every year served on active duty, forgive one year of student debt — but...

Franklin Park Richard Marcus sold property at 2404 Bellwood Ct to Lina Albander for $640,000. Estate of Susan Boucheck Webb sold property at 2527 Country Side Ln to Daniel and Kimberly Regan for $390,000. Estate of Kimberly Sue Beining sold property at 1564 Duncan Drive to HM Reno LLC for...

Blawnox Michael Louis Meskel sold property at 518 Freeport Road to James Joyce for $87,500. Etna Gloria Mehalich sold property at 42 Bridge St. to Kevin Burke for $17,000. Justin McGhee sold property at 27 Christler St. to Holly Fromlak and Alison Parent for $189,900. Louise Bosilovich sold property at...

What do Gene Autry and Bing Crosby have in common? Well, you would be correct if you said iconic Christmas songs. Gene Autry made “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” a holiday standard, and what would Christmas be without hearing Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas”? Well, they also both were owners or...

On Friday, U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona woke up the political world with an announcement. She changed her party affiliation, dropping the Democratic ties that swept her into office in 2018’s wave of newly elected women and opting to become an independent instead, saying it was more in keeping...

Chalfant Ronald Harmon sold property at 212 Highland Ave. to Jeffrey Harmon for $138,000. Edgewood Estate of Luther Shay sold property at 331 Dewey Ave. to Shane and Sara McCombs for $330,000. Courtney Kern sold property at 228 Elm St. to Luis Alberto and Linda Chow Chu for $250,000. Renee...

Bellevue Brian Clause sold property at 550-552 Forest Ave. to Derek and Kayla Higham for $225,555. Anna Catherine Properties LLC sold property at 563 Lincoln Ave. to Blue Owl Properties for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $184,746). Kenneth Kitchen sold property at 70 N Sprague Ave....

Trinity Lutheran Church, 2500 Brandt School Road in Franklin Park, is conducting its annual Live Nativity on Dec. 18. Performances are at 4:30 p.m., 5:15 p.m. and 6 p.m., including singing Christmas carols. This is an annual tradition for all the community to attend. Performances are followed by hot cocoa,...