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The Lauri Ann West Community Center is offering discounts on memberships for those joining in December and January. Members have access to the indoor track, open gym, group exercise classes, and shower facilities. Memberships also include the fitness center which offers Peloton Bikes, cardio and strength training equipment, free weights,...

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. Original one-act play to premier at Freeport Theatre Festival Freeport Theatre...

Regarding the article “Non-religious voters wield clout, tilt heavily Democratic” (Dec. 4, TribLIVE): I am a retired nurse who once had the unfortunate privilege of carrying a much too large aborted, macerated baby to the morgue of my hospital. It was really awful. But even having been raised Catholic, I...

High Schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Central Catholic Tournament Moon 39, Gateway 37 Central Catholic 66, Penn Hills 60 Mike Rettger Memorial Tournament At Franklin Regional Baldwin 73, Carlynton 65 Franklin Regional 61, West Mifflin 43 St. Joseph Tournament Springdale 57, Propel Andrew Street 17 St. Joseph 55, Winchester...

Pitt’s women’s volleyball team earned a trip to the NCAA Final Four for the second straight season with a dramatic, five-set victory over defending national champion Wisconsin on Saturday night. Pitt will face ACC foe Louisville in the national semifinals Thursday in Omaha, Neb. Pitt jumped out to a 11-6...

Payton Wehner scored 13 points to lead the host Vikings to a 66-60 boys basketball victory over Penn Hills at the Central Catholic Tournament on Saturday. Cole Sullivan and Dante DePante added 12 points each for Central Catholic (1-1). Daemar Kelly led Penn Hills (1-1) with 24 points. Baldwin 73,...

Saturday’s inaugural We Serve First girls volleyball classic was a success in a number of ways, and the event could become a staple of the local sports scene. A total of 36 seniors from area high schools filled four rosters for Saturday’s festivities before a large crowd at Kiski Area...

One of the area’s most successful basketball coaches has passed away, soon after hitting age 100. Chuck Gugino, who guided Har-Brack and Highlands to seven section titles in 15 seasons, died in Bartow, Fla., on Monday. Gugino served during World War II in the Army Air Force as a flight...

Our Appalachian riverfronts should be thriving centers of commerce, trade and recreation. But, instead, the region is scattered with facilities that were abandoned by industry. The sites lie on contaminated land, seeping waste into our waterways. Meanwhile, the population continues to decline in the Mon Valley. The families that stay...

Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 4-3 overtime win at Buffalo on Friday: No. 4 with a bullet Making 28 saves on 31 shots, Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry past the Buffalo Sabres at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. on Friday. In the process, he earned his 105th career win with...

The Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association recognized the top players from each of the four girls volleyball classifications last week with the release of the all-state selections. Five members of the team from North Allegheny, which captured its sixth straight Class 4A state title with a 3-1 win over Garnet Valley...

There’s one thing that becomes evident when visiting the Fox Chapel wrestling room at the school’s field house — plenty of wrestlers. There are 51 wrestlers out for the team this year — eight of them girls. That might belie the fact that the Foxes struggled to a 5-5 dual...

President Joe Biden vowed to end the federal government’s use of private prisons on the campaign trail. His campaign platform further stated that “the federal government should not use private facilities for any detention, including detention of undocumented immigrants.” And in 2021, Biden stepped into office continuing to promise that...

On his campaign website, then-candidate Joe Biden vowed to “end for-profit detention centers,” asserting tendentiously that “no business should profit from the suffering of desperate people fleeing violence.” “For-profit” in this context is a pejorative used to describe privately run detention facilities, and such assertions elide many key facts —...

With Russian troops digging trenches to prepare for an expected winter standoff, it would be easy to conclude that fighting will slow in Ukraine until after the ground thaws in the spring. But evidence from the Ukrainian battlefields point to a different trajectory. This war has demonstrated that only one...

Freeport Area’s three remedial high school renovation projects are underway. The building, opened in 1961, is getting a new boiler and electrical system with new generator panels. A third facet of the overall project is updating the three-classroom science wing. Brick replacement, to match the original brick color, is being...

As you meal prep this holiday season, please consider incorporating plant-based foods into your holiday menus. Embracing a healthy, plant-based lifestyle promotes health, wellness and environmental awareness while also stimulating discussion around ethics, nutrition and food security. It’s also easy, fun and packed with countless delicious options. This is a...

Dumping negative political ads a smart move I wholeheartedly approve of the Tribune-Review’s recent decision to restrict negative political ads (“Why Trib Total Media is nixing negative political ads,” Nov. 27, TribLIVE). The adjective-laden, hyperbolic diatribes really served no good purpose other than to reduce political discourse to a series...

A New Kensington man was shot and killed Friday night on 11th Street in the city. Police were called to a shooting scene in the 400 block in a parking lot near the Kensington Arms Apartments shortly after 10:30 p.m., according to Westmoreland County 911. Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole...

I would love to see Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, rather than Palmer Airport, on the sign along Route 30. Jon Brady Ligonier...

Whether I agree or not, I appreciate anyone’s right to submit a letter or a rebuttal to a letter in this forum. But the rebuttal from Robert Anderson, “Real reason for hating Trump” (Nov. 1, TribLIVE) to my letter “Past time to dump Trump” (Oct. 4, TribLIVE) missed the mark....

What about Marc Fogel? The return of WNBA star Brittney Griner to the United States after being freed from a Russian penal colony is gathering much attention, just like her arrest for possession of a cannabis oil vape cartridge and the 10 months of State Department haggling over her release....

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. Christmas sing-along set in Saxonburg The Musical Theater Guild of Butler...

On Nov. 17, Nancy Pelosi, age 82, appeared on TV to officially announce the end of her speakership and her plans for the future. She said she will not seek any future Democratic leadership role but will remain in Congress. She was speaker of the House for 15 years, the...

High Schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Friday’s results Central Catholic Tournament Penn Hills 62, Moon 42 Gateway 62, Central Catholic 59 Delaware County Christian Tournament Eden Christian Academy 63, The Christian Academy 54 Mike Rettger Memorial Tournament At Franklin Regional West Mifflin 82, Baldwin 73 Franklin Regional 59, Carlynton 41 St....