Shortly after a performance group from Chengdu, China, returned home from the Pittsburgh area in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic went full throttle.Then during the summer, an earthquake struck Sichuan Province, of which Chengdu is the capital, causing three deaths and damaging thousands of ...
Traditionally, Americans have tended to lead toward the carnivorous side of the dietary spectrum.And Mt. Lebanon resident Sandy Newman was no exception.“I grew up loving steak,” the Mt. Lebanon resident recalled.“I think my diet was steak and cheese. That was pretty much what I ate.”She ...
For those who have wondered about why people grow miniature trees, Ian Evans can set them straight.The Peters Township resident has established Bebop Bonsai Garden as a resource for anyone who is interested in pursuing an art form that dates back thousands of years.His offerings include ...
An Upper St. Clair fifth-grader recently placed second in the nation in the 2021 National Chemistry Week Illustrated Poem Contest, sponsored by the American Chemical Society.Mira Murthy, a Boyce Middle School student, qualified for the national competition by earning first place at the regional ...
What many remember about history class probably has something to do with memorizing a whole bunch of names and dates for the next day’s quiz.It doesn’t have to be that way.When aspiring teacher Lily Fields provided information about a long-ago strike against a coal company in Bethel Park, ...
In 2004, Pamela Tiano lost a grandmother to metastatic breast cancer.“She did every trial,” the Bethel Park resident recalled, “and she basically told her doctors, ‘I’m going to die, but I’m going to go through this. If you can save one person from feeling this pain, then everything ...
