Here are some of the Tribune-Review news and feature stories from around the region for the week of Oct. 11-16.
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‘Hold your nose’ voters could tip 2020 election as Biden struggles with enthusiasm
Sam DeMarco rejects the notion that Joe Biden has a lock on Pennsylvania’s electorate.
DeMarco, who chairs the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, says based on his observations and conversations with politicos and constituents in recent weeks, excitement for President Trump in Western Pennsylvania seems to be outpacing the level of support on display in 2016.
After missing for more than 100 years, 8 species of freshwater mussels found in the Kiski
A recent scuba survey of the Kiski River, the first in more than 110 years in what was once a dead river, turned up eight species of freshwater mussels, surprising researchers.
For more than a century, the river was sullied by large amounts of noxious drainage from coal mining and other industrial pollution. The curator of invertebrate zoology at the Carnegie Museum, A. E. Ortmann, in 1909 declared freshwater life in the Kiski River was extinct.
Gisele Fetterman won’t press charges against woman in verbal assault
The woman who berated Pennsylvania second lady Gisele Fetterman outside a Forest Hills grocery store will not be prosecuted at the request of the Fetterman family, which includes Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.
The incident happened Sunday at the Aldi on Route 30. Fetterman said she was waiting in line when a woman recognized her and referred to her as “that (n-word) that (John) Fetterman married.”
Game 7 Gang moves 60th anniversary of Pirates’ World Series celebration to PNC Park
They came to PNC Park on Tuesday with their memories, their stories and their folding chairs.
The Game 7 Gang’s 60th anniversary celebration of Bill Mazeroski’s World Series-winning home run was pushed to the current home of the Pittsburgh Pirates by the pandemic.
So, the die hard fans who annually celebrate one of the most thrilling games in Pittsburgh sports history made it a movable feast, taking the Pirates up on their offer to host an event that has taken place every year since 1985.
In previous years, the event was held at the still-standing Forbes Field wall in Schenley Park, near the spot where Mazeroski’s home run sailed into baseball heaven.
