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by Rob Taylor Jr.

Courier Staff Writer

Even during a windy snow squall in the middle of a Sunday afternoon in the Hill District, where it could have been just as easy to stay at home, there they were, African American men, women and children braving the frigid cold to shop at the only grocery store in the neighborhood, Salem's Market.

Even when the entire neighborhood knew that Salem's Market in the Hill District, 1850 Centre Ave., was closing at 7 p.m. that Sunday evening, Feb. 16, possibly never to open again, for some reason, it didn't deter people like Neal Sims, Roydi Suazo, Kamryn Delouvpre and her son, Dion (and his toy truck), or Carolyn Moye.

Fanfare was out of this world on Nov. 17, 2021, when Salem's Market hosted a meet-and-greet of sorts inside the Centre Avenue location, as a month earlier, Salem's

was selected over three other applicants to open a new store there, previously occupied by Shop 'n Save but had been closed for a few years. The big stars were out that night; the owner, Abdullah Salem; Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle, Hill District Community Development Corporation President and CEO Marimba Milliones; WAMO radio host Kiki; and plenty more. Fanfare was out of this world when Salem's held its grand opening in February 2024, and the store was also celebrated for hiring people from the Hill District. Even Congresswoman Summer Lee and other federal officials visited the store in July 2024, applauding Salem's for moving into the Hill District and providing a grocery store for the community. Little did anyone in the Hill District Black com-

by Rob Taylor Jr.

Courier Staff Writer

With every passing week, it seems like there's another meeting, or a forum, or a seminar, meant to unite Black men and allow them to just...be vulnerable.

The African American Male Wellness Agency, which was started in Columbus, Ohio, has made its way to Pittsburgh. Some know the group from its inaugural wellness walk that was held last summer at Westinghouse Park in Point Breeze, where 300 people in attendance came out, and roughly 140 men were signed up for free doctor's appointments.

On Jan. 14, 2025, the organization held a "Real Men, Real Talk" session at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center. A few dozen Black men coming together on

an otherwise ordinary Tuesday evening, but for a formidable cause.

"If we don't come together and start dealing with these internal battles as a whole, especially as Black men, then we won't be able to help our Black women, our Black kids and our Black communities," voiced Meleak Potter, one of the Black men in attendance. Potter, a real estate professional, grew up on the East Side of Pittsburgh. He said at the outset of the session, the men took their "masks off." In other words, come to this meeting not as your representative, or as the person the outside world wants you to be, but as authentically, unapologetically you. "The initial start off of vulnerability, looking each

it’s

temporary. (Photo by Rob Taylor Jr.)

Corporate America abandons DE&I,

by Stacy M. Brown

NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

While corporations retreat, Black entrepreneurs continue to build, innovate, and thrive. According to NBC Select, over three million Black-owned brands are in the U.S., spanning every industry imaginable. As corporate America abandons its DE&I commitments, the power shifts to conscious consumers who invest in businesses that uplift and sustain marginalized communities.

Here are just a few standout Black-owned brands leading the charge: Clothing & Accessories

Telfar—The brand that revolutionized luxury fashion with its motto: “Not for you—for everyone.”

Hanifa—A trailblazing womenswear brand founded by Anifa Mvuemba, known for its stunning digital fashion shows.

Pyer Moss—Founded by Kerby Jean-Raymond, this label merges activism and high fashion.

Grayscale—A streetwear brand bringing bold aesthetics and social commentary to the forefront.

Sassy Jones—A standout accessories brand built on bold, unapologetic self-expression.

Beauty & Skincare

Fenty Beauty—Rihanna’s globally inclusive beauty empire that set a new standard for shade diversity.

Mented Cosmetics— Beauty products created specifically for deeper skin tones.

The Lip Bar—A Blackwoman-owned brand disrupting the beauty industry with bold, non-toxic lipstick shades.

Pattern Beauty—Founded by Tracee Ellis Ross, specializing in products for textured hair.

Alikay Naturals—Natural haircare products with a devoted following.

Home & Lifestyle

Estelle Colored Glass—

Hand-blown glassware that brings Black excellence to fine dining.

Jungalow—A home décor brand from designer Justina Blakeney, blending culture and bohemian flair.

Linoto—Luxury linen bedding made with sustainability in mind.

Yowie—A modern design studio curating unique home goods from independent artists.

Food & Beverage

Partake Foods—A Blackowned snack company offering allergen-friendly cookies and treats.

McBride Sisters Wine Collection—The largest Black-owned wine company in the U.S., run by two sisters redefining the industry.

Uncle Nearest Whiskey —Honoring Nathan “Nearest” Green, the Black distiller behind Jack Daniel’s original recipe.

Capital City Mambo Sauce—The D.C. favorite taking over the condiment industry.

Meanwhile, corporate America’s performative commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) is unraveling at an alarming rate. In the years following the murder of George Floyd, corporations made bold promises to support marginalized communities, pledging billions in investments to level the playing field. But as the political landscape shifts and accountability wanes, those commitments are being discarded.

A staggering number of major corporations have scaled back or eliminated DE&I programs: Amazon, Target, Amtrak, Goldman Sachs, Disney, Deloitte, PBS, Google, Pepsi, General Motors (GM), GE, Intel, PayPal, Chipotle, Comcast, Accenture, The Smithsonian Institution, the FBI, Meta, Walmart, Boeing, Molson Coors, Ford Motor Co., Harley-Davidson, and John Deere have all abandoned or severely reduced their diversity efforts. The very companies that once paraded their commitment to racial equity in multimillion-dollar ad campaigns are now quietly erasing those initiatives from their bottom lines. Not everyone is staying silent. Dr. Jamal Bryant, the influential pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in metro Atlanta, is leading a 40-day economic fast—or boycott—of Target in direct response to the retailer’s decision to phase out its DE&I initiatives. Target, headquartered in Minneapolis—the city where George Floyd was murdered in 2020—originally pledged $2 billion in investments toward Black-owned businesses. That commitment was due in December 2025, but on January 24, Target announced it would end its DE&I efforts, effectively abandoning that financial commitment. Bryant, appearing on the Black Press’ Let It Be Known news program, condemned the move. “After the murder of George Floyd, they made a $2 billion commitment to invest in Black businesses,” he said. “When they pulled out of the DE&I agreement in January, they also canceled that $2 billion commitment.” Target is just the be-

This Week In Black History A Courier Staple

• FEBRUARY 19

1919— The “first” Pan African Congress is held bringing together prominent Blacks from throughout the world to chart a program for Black unity and betterment. African American scholar and activist W.E.B. DuBois was the chief organizer. The gathering was held in Paris, France, and drew 57 distinguished delegates including 16 from the United States, 14 from Africa and others from the Caribbean, South America and Europe. (The 1919 Congress is considered by many the “first” but another such Congress had been organized in 1900.)

ginning. Bryant calls for 100,000 people to halt their spending at the retail giant as a direct challenge to corporate America’s retreat from racial equity. “Black people spend $12 million a day at Target,” he said. “Because of how many dollars are spent there and the absence of commitment to our community, we are focusing on Target first.” The boycott, designed to coincide with Lent, aims to leverage Black economic power to hold corporations accountable. Within just one week, 50,000 people had already signed the petition at targetfast.org, signaling the growing momentum behind the movement. Bryant’s demands go beyond reinstating DE&I. “White women are the number one beneficiary of DE&I,” he noted. “What I am asking for is a quarter of a billion dollars to be invested in Black banks so that our Black businesses can scale.” He also called for Target to partner with HBCUs by integrating their business departments into its supply chain infrastructure. Meanwhile, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA)—the nation’s largest Black-owned media organization—has announced its own national public education and selective buying campaign in response to corporate America’s retreat from DE&I. “We are the trusted voice of Black America, and we will not be silent or nonresponsive to the rapid rise of renewed Jim Crow racist policies in corporate America,” said NNPA Chairman Bobby R. Henry Sr. NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. reinforced the need for financial realignment. “Black Americans spend $2 trillion annually. We must evaluate and realign to question why we continue to spend our money with companies that do not respect us. These contradictions will not go unchallenged.” In response, Bryant has partnered with Ron Busby, president and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers, to provide consumers with a directory of 300,000 Black-owned businesses. “You can’t tell people what not to do without showing them what to do,” Bryant said. “If you’re not going to Target or Walmart but need essentials like toilet paper, soap, or detergent, we’ll show you where to get them and reinvest in Black businesses.” And the impact of the boycott is already felt. Since Black consumers began boycotting Target, the company’s stock has dropped by $11, Bryant noted. Stockholders are now suing Target due to the adverse effects of the boycott on its stock value. Bryant said the question is no longer whether corporate America will keep its promises—it’s clear that it won’t. He said the same companies that plastered Black squares on social media and made grand statements about inclusion are now proving where their true priorities lie. “America has shown us time and time again: if it doesn’t make dollars, it doesn’t make sense,” Bryant stated.

1940—Smokey Robinson is born William Robinson in Detroit, Mich. He formed “The Miracles” in 1955 while still in high school. With his voice and poetry of song, Robinson led The Miracles as the group became one of the all-time best record-sellers for Barry Gordy’s Motown music empire.

1942—The Tuskegee Airmen are activated for service in World War II. The all-Black pursuit squadron, later designated 99th Fighter Squadron, was organized and trained at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The squadron served with honors in Europe. During the war, the nearly 1,000 pilots who had been trained flew 15,000 sorties, destroyed 1,000 German aircraft and earned more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses.

• FEBRUARY 20

1895— The great Black leader Frederick Douglass dies at 78 in Washington, D.C. Douglass was the foremost Black abolitionist struggling to end slavery in the mid-1800s. He used his great oratory skills and his abilities as a newspaper publisher on behalf of freedom and justice for Blacks. Most of his early work emanated from the Rochester, N.Y., area. But after the Civil War he moved to Washington, D.C. Douglass was the nation’s foremost Black leader for nearly 40 years.

1927— Actor Sidney Poitier is born in Miami, Fla., and grows up on Cat Island in the Bahamas. However, by the early 1950s, he was establishing a career in movies. Indeed, it can be said that Poitier was the first Black actor to make it in mainstream movie roles without having to play stereotypical and often demeaning “Black roles.”

1963— Basketball great Charles Barkley is born on this day in Leeds, Ala.

• FEBRUARY 21

1933— Song stylist and activist Nina Simone is born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, N.C. She was a child prodigy who was playing the piano by age 4. She had numerous songs to her credit, but one of the most memorable was “Mississippi Goddam” which was composed as a protest against the terrorist bombing of a Black church in Birmingham, Ala., which resulted in the deaths of four little Black girls. Simone, often referred to as the High Priestess of Soul, died in France on April 21, 2003.

1965— The most prominent Black nationalist of the 20th century, Malcolm X , is assassinated on this day in Harlem, N.Y.’s Audubon Ballroom while giving a speech which was to issue a call for Black unity. Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb., on May 19, 1925, he graduated at the top of his high school class but had his dream of becoming a lawyer crushed when a teacher told him that was “not realistic for a Nigger.” He gradually drifted into the underworlds of first Boston and then New York where he became a drug dealer and gangster known as “Detroit Red.” He was friends with comedian and upcoming star Redd Foxx who at the time was known as “Chicago Red.” Malcolm was arrested and jailed for robbery at age 20. While in prison he converted to the Nation of Islam and after his release in 1952, he became the leading force building the group into a major national organization. He was a brilliant orator and organizer as well as a fierce opponent of racism, imperialism and the non-violent approach to combating the nation’s evils. But disagreements with Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad led to a split. He then formed the Organization for Afro-American Unity. However, 11 months after his split with the Nation of Islam he was assassinated. Many in the Black community felt the New York City police and the FBI played a role in his death. But three man associated with the Nation of Islam were tried and convicted of his murder.

• FEBRUARY 22

1950— Basketball legend Julius “Dr.

J” Erving is born in Roosevelt, N.Y. He was the most dominant NBA player of his era. The former Philadelphia 76’er was 6’7”, 210 pounds.

• FEBRUARY 23

1868—Dr. W.E.B. DuBois is born William Edward Burghardt DuBois in Great Barrington, Mass. DuBois can easily qualify as Black America’s leading scholar and intellectual of the late 1800s and early 1900s. He was also an educator and social activist fighting tirelessly against racial injustice and U.S. imperialism. He started the NAACP’s influential “Crisis” magazine. He organized what many consider the First Pan African Congress. (Actually, it was the second. The first took place in 1900.) However, in his later years DuBois became increasingly frustrated with American racism, injustice and hypocritical brand of democracy. He turned to socialism around 1927 and despaired of the NAACP’s legalistic approach to obtaining rights for Blacks. He nevertheless authored several influential books including “The Souls of Black Folks.” He coined the phrase ‘talented tenth” to describe what he believed would have to be a class of educated and skilled Blacks who would have to lead the race out of its oppression. DuBois finally went into self-imposed exile in the West African nation of Ghana saying, “In my own country for nearly a century I have been nothing but a Nigger.” He died in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on Aug. 27, 1963. He was 95.

• FEBRUARY 24

1864—Rebecca Lee Crumbler becomes the first African American woman to receive a medical degree. Born in 1833, she graduated from the New England Female Medical College. Prior to becoming a doctor, she had worked as a nurse in Massachusetts for more than six years.

1868—The U.S. House of Representatives voted 126 to 47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson. Johnson had run afoul of a group of pro-Black legislators known as the Radical Republicans because of his opposition to full citizenship rights for former slaves. He survived being ousted as president by one vote in the U.S. Senate. As far as historical speculation goes, it would have been much better for Black rights and the course of Black history if Johnson had been ousted. His opposition to full rights, including voting rights, for Blacks helped lay the foundation for the un-doing of Reconstruction and the many gains Blacks had made during that period.

1966—Kwame Nkrumah is ousted in a military coup as president of the West African nation of Ghana. This was another event which changed the course of Black history for the worse. Nkrumah, educated at the predominantly Black Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, had been a major intellectual and pragmatic force for Pan-Africanism and worldwide Black unity. From the time he became the first president of Ghana in March 1957, he had worked tirelessly for international Black advance and world peace. His ouster left a void which after 40 years has not been filled by any other African leader. Nkrumah died in 1972.

• FEBRUARY 25

1851—The first Black Women’s Rights Convention is held in Akron, Ohio. The keynote speaker was anti-slavery activist Sojourner Truth.

1966—Constance Baker Motley becomes the first African American woman appointed to a federal judgeship . She takes the bench in the Southern District of New York. Motley was a major civil rights hero helping win several important cases during the 1950s and ‘60s. Among the cases was the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which desegregated the nation’s schools. She worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and helped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in several of his legal battles. Born in 1921 in New Haven, Conn., Motley died in 2006.

1980—Black Entertainment Television, the first Black owned company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, begins broadcasting from its headquarters in Washington, D.C. While still Black programmed, BET is now owned by media conglomerate Viacom.

Black men continue to show their ‘vulnerable’ side

Mental and physical health is top of mind

other in the eyes, touching hands, really breaking down the barriers," Potter told the Courier. "You gotta get uncomfortable to get comfortable with each other."

In recent years, there's been a push across the country to get more Black males to care more about their mental health and wellness. For so many years, Black men were taught to hold things in, be strong, not show weakness. Not anymore.

"We're always fathers, cousins, dads, uncles...we are scared to be vulnerable," said Terence Starr, who organized the event. "We just wanted to create a platform to just come and be you. Let's all be men and find some fellowship and friendship among each other."

Over the two-hour event at the AWAACC, various physical exercises were done to promote unity and fellowship, along with just those tough conversations that must be had to put Black men in a better position to win.

"They judge us off the one percent that they see, and I want to show that there's a lot of educated African American males in this world," Starr, who was born and raised in Pittsburgh, told the Courier. "And we mean well, if someone comes in, digs deep and talks to us."

Among those at the Pittsburgh event was the founder of the African American Male Wellness Agency, John Gregory. He said back in 2004 in Columbus, Ohio, when he started the organization, there were no large-scale events or entities that were strictly focused on Black men's mental health and wellness. In today's times, when his organization has a large event in Columbus, the event draws 40,000 people. In other cities where the or-

ganization goes, 10,000 people show up. He's hoping it can get to that point attendance-wise in Pittsburgh.

"What we attempt to do is create an environment where we can trust each other," Gregory told the Courier. "They know it's not a scam. They know nobody's trying to hurt them. And so we see a change in Black men's attitudes towards trying to better themselves from a health perspective, from an educational perspective and from a mental wellness perspective." Gregory said Black men die from things like heart disease, cancer and stroke, oftentimes because Black men aren't on top of their health as much as they should. "The life expectancy of a Black man in this country is about 12 years difference, and depending on some areas, 18 and 20 years difference."

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, Black men have a life expectancy of 71.9 years, compared to 76.4 for White men. Black women have a life expectancy of 78.5, while White women have the longest life expectancy at 81.2. Potter told the Courier when it comes to dealing with "the hard things in life, the challenges," speaking openly about them to other Black men is important. "It's not always given to us to have a space that's safe to be able to talk about these things and come together."

THE “REAL MEN, REAL TALK” SESSION, JAN. 14, AT THE AUGUST WILSON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)

Salem’s Market in the Hill District closes...but for how long?

limbo

Exactly what that restructuring looks like, no one knows for now. But some African Americans in the Hill District told the Courier they wouldn't be surprised if the store doesn't open again. And if it opens as a much smaller store, will it have the items that will attract African Americans to come and purchase?

The Courier caught up with Neal Sims and Roydi Suazo as they left the store with multiple bags worth of items around 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 16, just a few hours before closing. Sims told the Courier he was disappointed that Salem's was closing, but he felt that the Black community in the Hill wasn't into supporting a "multi-diverse business as such. I don't think the community has advanced to the point that they're accepting of something as such."

Pressed on his comment, Sims said that he felt many Black people "didn't know the brands" in the store, thus weren't going to purchase them. "They've (the store management) hand-selected each one of these items to be available in this store for people to have proper nourishment," Sims told the Courier. Carolyn Moye, of the Hill District, her husband waiting outside in the parking lot, had an entirely different view. "You should look at the demographic that you're in," Moye said firmly. "I think there's too many ethnic foods...and so (since the store is in) our Black community, I think they should have had more familiar brand foods."

Moye, who went into Salem's in the store's final hours, picked up some ground meat. "You gotta know what community

you're serving, so you have to have what the community needs in a grocery store," Moye told the Courier.

Salem's has other locations, in the Strip District and Oakland. They're known for their halal meats and food that's welcomed by various ethnicities who reside in the city. Some Hill District residents, like Teaira Collins, told the Courier the lack of pork-based products in Salem's Market's Hill District location has caused African Americans to head across the Birmingham Bridge to Giant Eagle on the South Side instead of Salem's. Saxon Hampton, of the Hill District, told the Courier on Feb. 16 at the store that she felt the prices were higher for items inside Salem's than, say, a Giant Eagle. She bought some spaghetti sauce, noo-

SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND PUBLIC MEETINGS

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is seeking input from the public on the following draft documents during the public comment period which begins Monday, March 3 and lasts until Wednesday, April 16, 2025:

• 2025-2030 Public Participation Plan

Beginning March 3 2025, the draft document will be available for the public’s review at www.spcregion.org.

The Public Participation Plan provides an outline of the tools and techniques the SPC uses to inform and engage the public throughout the transportation planning and programming processes. The plan must comply with federal participation plan regulations and guidelines for metropolitan transportation planning and programs.

This guidance helps to ensure that our Public Participation Plan provides opportunities and access for all individuals to provide input on key transportation planning, policy and investment decisions.

The document can be referenced at any time by the public and other planning agencies. The Public Participation Plan explains SPC’s methods for sharing information, and identifying opportunities to provide input.

Activities outlined in this Public Participation Plan are also coordinated with statewide transportation planning and participation efforts (Statewide Public Participation Plan). The effectiveness of the Public Participation Plan is regularly evaluated. When necessary, the plan is updated, made available for public comment, and adopted.

To obtain a draft copy of the 2025-2030 Public Participation Plan, please contact Ronda Craig, Public Involvement Coordinator, (412) 391-5590 ext. 0372 or rcraig@spcregion.org. Written comments can also be submitted several ways: email at comments@spcregion.org, or an intake form at: https://www.spcregion.org/PPP2025 or mailed to Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, 42 21st Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY WEDNESDAY APRIL 16, 2025 AT 5 P.M..

dles and ground meat on the store's final day.

"It's really sad because this is the only grocery store around here, for real," Hampton said. Just before closing time on Sunday, Feb. 16, the mother-son duo of Kamryn Delouvpre and 4-year-old Dion walked into Salem's Market. They live up the street, and Delouvpre told the Courier for a while, she used to come to the store every few days. While Dion was busy lighting up the store with his smile, Delouvpre picked up some items at Salem's for what could be the last time, even though the URA's communications manager Dana Bohince is hopeful the store can reopen in some different iteration. "I live up the street and it's real convenient for me," Delouvpre told the Courier. "Sad to see it go."

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is committed to compliance with nondiscrimination requirements of civil rights statutes, executive orders, regulations and policies applicable to the programs and activities it administers. Accordingly, SPC is committed to ensuring that program beneficiaries receive public participation opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability or economic status. Meeting facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities and the locations are reachable by public transit whenever possible.

SPC will provide auxiliary services for individuals with language, speech, sight or hearing needs, and translation and interpretation provided the request for assistance is made 3 days prior to the meeting at no charge. SPC will attempt to satisfy requests made with less than 3 days’ notice as resources allow. Please make your request for auxiliary, translation and interpretation services to Ronda Craig at (412) 391-5590, Ext. 0372, or rcraig@ spcregion.org. Presentation can be available in alternate formats with advance notice.

If you believe you have been denied participation opportunities, or otherwise discriminated against in relation to the programs or activities administered by SPC, you may file a complaint using the procedures provided in our complaint process document or by contacting SPC’s Title VI Coordinator by calling (412) 391-5590 or emailing TitleVICoordinator@ spcregion.org. For more information, or to obtain a Discrimination Complaint Form, please see our website at https://www.spcregion.org/ or call 412-391-5590.

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ROYDI SUAZO AND NEAL SIMS picked up

Market

District,

store closed on Feb. 16. Who knows

— it will reopen. (Photo by Rob Taylor Jr.)

City of Pittsburgh’s Black History Month Program 2025

OPERA’S

DAVIS, AND THE NATIONAL OPERA HOUSE’S JONNET SOLOMON AND KHALIF ALI. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)

JONNET SOLOMON AND KHALIF ALI HOLD A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH.

CYDNEY COOPER, ACTING HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE MAYOR’S OFFICE.

KHALIF ALI

PITTSBURGH OPERA SINGER LAURYN DAVIS

COURIER CHURCH DIRECTORY

ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH

“The Love Church” Sunday School: 10 a.m. Worship Service: 11 a.m.

209 Bridge St. Wilmerding, Pa., 15148 412-829-8925

The Courier would like to feature your photo, any other photos and church information in our Church Directory. Call the Courier’s Allison Palm for 6-month, 12-month and introductory rate information.

Collection of short plays entitled 'Love Is...' debuts Feb. 28

On Friday, Feb. 28, Alumni Theater Company, 6601 Hamilton Avenue, will debut “Love Is....,” a collection of short plays directed by Mark Clayton Southers, Dominique Briggs, and Shaunda McDill of the noteworthy Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, DEMASKUS Theater Collective, and Pittsburgh Public Theater. The production spotlights the exceptional talents and artistry of ATC and features works by celebrated Black

playwrights of Pittsburgh Monteze Freeland (City Theatre), a. k. Payne, and Michael A. Curry. “Love Is…” is a collection of stories that explore themes of love, belonging, and community through the lens of Black and queer Pittsburgh artists. In effect, this collection challenges one to freely love and express love, as well as examine how love is embodied in friendship, family, romance, and not least of all, one’s self. The production provides

an invaluable opportunity for ATC’s young artists to work alongside esteemed professionals in the field. This special collaboration allows them to hone their craft and gain meaningful insight into the theater industry while contributing to Pittsburgh’s vibrant artistic landscape. Bridgette Perdue, ATC’s Executive Director, remarks, “It’s been a game changer having the leaders of theater today work so closely with our next generation of artists. The

ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Dear Christian Friends, Antioch Baptist Church in Sewickley invites all to their third annual 3 vs. 3 Basketball Tournament on Saturday, May 31 at noon, at Quaker Valley High School, in Leetsdale, Pa. Ages are 8-11, 12-15

and 16+. Team fee is $5, player fee is $10, spectator fee is $5. Registration forms can be found at antiochfwbaptistsewickley. org. For more information, call 412-741-7688. Send all payments to Antioch Baptist Church, Basket-

ball Tournament, 332 Elizabeth Street, Sewickley, Pa., 15143.

mutual respect everyone has for the craft and each other’s talent just underscores the importance of celebrating Black voices and building bridges across Pittsburgh’s community.”

In the spirit of community, ATC will be hosting an Opening Night Reception and invites community partners, artists, and supporters to celebrate with the cast, directors, and playwrights after the show. Through partnership

with UPMC and its ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, “Love Is…” serves as a testament to the power of representation and community. By uplifting Black youth and fostering creative collaborations, ATC continues to demonstrate the transformative potential of the arts in Pittsburgh.

Other performances of “Love Is...” will occur on March 1 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and March 2 at 7 p.m. Tickets to all shows

are $25 general admission, $15 for students, seniors and artists.

MOUNT CARMEL BAPTIST

CHURCH PASTORAL ANNIV.

Dear Friends, on Sunday, April 6, Mount Carmel Baptist Church will celebrate Pastor Barbara A. Gunn’s 25th Pastoral Anniversary by hosting a banquet in her honor.

In April will mark Pastor Gunn’s 40 years of preaching, 35 years of pastoring and 25 years leading

Mount Carmel Baptist Church. On April 4, an anniversary revival takes place at 7 p.m. at the church, 90 Port Perry Road, North Versailles, featuring Dr. Alyn E. Walker of Philadelphia. On Sunday, April 6, the morning worship service at 11 a.m. features

Dr. Michael A. Owens of California, and Pastor Gunn’s official banquet is 4 p.m., April 6, featuring Dr. Charles Mock of Erie. To purchase tickets or for more information, call 412-609-6760. Tickets are $45.

Thanks to your emails and letters in the mail, we are making sure we are including your church events, anniversaries and other news in the Courier. Please email us at religion@newpittsburghcourier.com ...or do what Mount Carmel Baptist Church did, and send us a letter to: 315 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh PA 15219.

Inspiration

and

a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from Him, that he who loveth God loveth his brother also.” – 1John 4:20-21

REV. WALKER

Servant Pastor A. Marie Walker

Report: Pittsburgh tied for worst city for Black professionals

Young Black professionals in Pittsburgh give the city mixed reviews, but apartmentlist.com ranks Pittsburgh at the bottom

by Naomi C. Ilochi

For New Pittsburgh Courier

In recent years, conversations have been brewing about the best U.S. cities for Black professionals. Black professionals, either as college graduates and/or those with an entrepreneurial spirit, are on the prowl for their “perfect fit” to build a life and community. Many immediately think of cities like Houston, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta when Black professionals are brought into question. Each February, Apartmentlist.com issues a ranking of the best cities in the U.S. for Black professionals. On Feb. 11, 2025, the website came out with its list for 2025, and, as in 2024, Washington, D.C. was ranked No. 1 out of 76 cities. Pittsburgh was ranked 69th out of 76 cities in the 2024 list. But in the 2025 list, the New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that Pittsburgh dropped to 76th, the worst city for Black professionals. To be fair, Pittsburgh tied for the last spot with Albany, N.Y.

Prior to the 2025 ranking being released, Bradley Hill, 30, a Pittsburgh native, Edinboro University alum and program coordinator at The Greenwood Plan (Down -

town Pittsburgh), told the Courier he strongly disagreed with Pittsburgh’s 69th ranking in 2024. However, Hill said: “I think that while my career is flourishing, my social life isn’t. It’s a myriad of things, I’m unfortunately fat, Black, and queer and those things work against me. I feel like there is a social hierarchy—if you’re not thin or light—and that’s in almost all spaces. I just don’t see myself represented in any major way, by any major representative. I feel like in romance, in the arts, we just prioritize Whiteness or racially ambiguous, thin, what has always been. I think a lot of people think about inclusivity in work and their personal lives, and it’s just hard for me to flourish beyond the career space. I think that goes for most Black people; you’ll let us work for you, but we’re not the first you’ll choose to date or give money or make your dreams come true. I think I’m so marginalized and it does get overwhelming, and I know that’s not the case in other places throughout the country.”

Apartmentlist.com, a website known for connecting people with apartments across the country, partnered with

its Black Employee Resource Group for the list. The ERG, named “Black@A-List,” created metrics that spoke to the “lived experiences of members of the African Diaspora who graduated from college and are part of the workforce,” according to Apartmentlist.com. There were four categories that cities were judged on; Community & Representation, Economic Opportunity, Housing Opportunity, and Business Environment.

Before Apartmentlist. com started coming out with its “Best Cities for Black Professionals” listings, organizations have long tried to figure out how to make things better for Black professionals in Pittsburgh. As recently as December 2024, the “Black Pittsburgh Satisfaction and Retention Survey” was released via a partnership with the Black Political Empowerment Project’s Corporate Equity and Inclusion Roundtable and the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work’s Center for Race and Social Problems. The goal was to have at least 1,000 people complete the online survey, to help Pitt and B-PEP better understand the exact improvements necessary to improve the quality of

life for Black professionals in Pittsburgh.

Richard Jones, 26, is a photographer, Pittsburgh native and Morehouse College alum currently living on the South Side. He told the Courier he understands why Pittsburgh is ranked so low.

“I’m just waiting for another opportunity to leave the city,” Jones said. “Through my personal experience, not only having my degree and the namesake of your school, you would think that I would have many opportunities, with certain interviews I’ve had, that it would’ve gone further. But, even with my degree and with my work experience, there are so many jobs that I’ve interviewed and almost been recruited for specifically in the City of Pittsburgh that haven’t led anywhere. Even the positions I have had, seeing the space and who has been given the position, many times, I didn’t believe they were more qualified than I am. They were selected on the grounds of racial discrimination.”

Pittsburgh’s Black population continues to decline. According to the U.S. Census, Pittsburgh’s Black population decreased by 13.4 percent between 2010 and 2020, leaving the city’s Black population at just under 70,000. Pittsburgh is about 23 percent Black these days.

Data analysis by PublicSource.org found that 17 percent of the Black population in Pittsburgh had at least a four-year college degree in 2016. Current numbers were unavailable, though the 17 percent from 2016 more than likely has not veered too much in either direction. That number of “17 percent” is generally seen as a “low” number of Black professionals in a city, compared with places like Charlotte, Atlanta, etc.

After Washington, D.C., the cities that were ranked the next highest for Black professionals for 2025 according to Apartmentlist.com were Atlanta, San Antonio,

Houston and Dallas. Apartmentlist.com reported that D.C. has a 51 percent homeownership rate for African Americans, 22 percent of its teachers are Black, and 30 percent of its doctors are Black. In San Antonio, just nine percent of the population is Black, but 44 percent of the Blacks in the city are homeowners. Baltimore was ranked as the eighth best city for Black professionals in 2025, according to Apartmentlist.com.

Break it down further, and Baltimore was ranked 16th best for “Community & Representation,” 12th best for “Economic Opportunity,” 22nd best for “Housing Opportunity” and 25th best for “Business Environment.”

Meanwhile, Pittsburgh was ranked 70th best for “Community & Representation,” 68th best for “Economic Opportunity,” 73rd best for “Economic Opportunity,” and 70th best for “Business Environment.”

Looking across the entire 76 city list, while cities like Columbus (41), Charlotte (10) and Raleigh (21) were understandably ranked higher than Pittsburgh, even cities like Dayton, Ohio (60), Knoxville, Tenn. (39), Jackson, Miss. (42) and Akron, Ohio (71), were ranked higher than Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh’s Black population may have experienced a drastic decline, but its professional and entrepreneurial pool still exists. It’s evident in the Courier’s “Men of Excellence,” “Women of Excellence” and “Fab 40 under 40” events that are held in Pittsburgh, celebrating Black professionals in the region.

But some of the younger Black professionals are beginning to wonder if being educated and accomplished is enough to participate in a well-balanced life in Pittsburgh.

“Pittsburgh needs a strategic plan on how they will keep, restore and invest into Black communities and experiences,” said Ajani Zanaya, 24, a York, Pa., native and University of Pittsburgh graduate.

She currently lives on the North Side. “They can do that by raising wages and allowing Black businesses and people to own their businesses and properties.” Also, “increasing the economic ownership in the city for Black people, and making space for our cultural contributions, not just digesting them, but allowing us to cultivate and retain those spaces for us, by us. We deserve to own our culture, and our spaces, and we deserve to be considered beyond our immediate return on investment because we experience ‘pet to threat,’ where they want us to execute specific deliverables, but once it surpasses their need for control, they put that ceiling, start gatekeeping, and denying us opportunities. I want to see them develop a course of action that will go beyond a performative initiative. I want sustainability for our communities. I want sustainable communities to be nourished for Black people in this city.” Obviously, there is much to be done for Pittsburgh to be seen as a hub for Black professionals and entrepreneurs, from the housing crisis to the racial disparities in education and employment. While most Black professionals in Pittsburgh would like to see drastic changes in the city, Rian-Louis, 35, who works as an outreach coordinator for Amachi Pittsburgh and is also a podcaster, sees hope for Pittsburgh.

“I live here,” Rian-Louis expressed, “because there is a different type of culture, creative, artistic community that keeps me here.”

PITTSBURGH’S YOUNG BLACK PROFESSIONALS INCLUDE RIAN-LOUIS, 35, AND AJANI ZANAYA, 24.

BRADLEY HILL

Closing the Gap:

Why 50 percent Black homeownership must be our mission

The Urgency of Black Homeownership Homeownership is a cornerstone of wealth creation in America. Yet, for Black Americans, homeownership remains out of reach for too many, stagnating at around 42 percent nearly the same rate as in 1970. Meanwhile, White homeownership has soared to 75 percent, widening the racial wealth gap. To break this cycle of inequality, achieving a 50 percent Black homeownership rate is not just an aspirational goal; it is an economic and social imperative.

Historical Disparity

For over a century, the Black-White homeownership gap has persisted at 20 – 30 percent. Even during periods of progress, Black homeowners have faced structural barriers that have limited their return on investment. Today, Black homebuyers carry more debt for lower valued homes, diminishing the wealth building benefits of homeownership.

From 1940 to 1960, Black homeownership rose from 22.8 percent to 38 percent, but discriminatory policies like redlining and predatory lending kept home values and equity growth lower than in White communities. The 2008 housing crash further devastated Black homeownership, with a decline nearly twice that of White households. These systemic issues demand bold solutions to create real, lasting change.

Breaking the Cycle: Strategies for Growth

To achieve 50 percent Black homeownership, the U.S. must implement policies and programs that support Black homebuyers and protect existing homeowners. Key strategies include:

• Targeted Homeownership Assistance: Down payment assistance, low-interest mortgage programs, and credit repair initiatives can help Black families qualify for homeownership.

• Community Investment: Federal and private sector investment in Black neighborhoods must address housing devaluation and increase access to affordable properties.

• Innovative Housing Solutions: Expanding multi-family housing options, developing rent-toown programs, and revitalizing vacant properties can provide accessible pathways to ownership. Where Change Can Happen

A focus on increasing Black homeownership should target metropolitan areas with a high Black population, moderate incomes, and affordable housing markets. States like Georgia, Michigan, and Minnesota

by JPMorganChase

For New Pittsburgh Courier

For many Black, Hispanic and Latino families, as well as other cultures, multigenerational living is a cherished aspect of home life. It can also be good for your family’s overall well-being.

Research indicates there can be financial benefits to multigenerational living, and when executed intentionally, having multiple family members under the same roof can potentially help improve health outcomes, reduce loneliness for older adults and bolster educational outcomes for children.[1]

While multigenerational living has many positives, it also comes with a unique set of financial matters and planning needs. From saving and budgeting to dividing costs and estate planning, navigating the financial landscape of a multigenerational home calls for foresight and strategy.

Below are some financial considerations for people living in multigenerational households and those considering moving in with family members.

Helping to build family wealth

In a 2022 study, the Pew Research Center found people in multigenerational households were less likely to live in poverty,[2] and some multigenerational households had more earners than the non-multigenerational households, which can help provide a safety net in case someone loses a job. It can also encourage homeownership—14 percent of all home buyers in the study said their purchase was motivated by a desire to accom-

modate multiple generations in their family.

Having diverse financial needs

Savings and budgeting plans can be more complicated because of the wide range of ages among family members. Seniors might require more for health care and retirement, for example, while children can bring daycare and tuition costs. Be flexible with your planning to accommodate different saving and budgeting needs and set short- and long-term goals for your savings with all generations in mind.

Expenses should be handled with fairness and equity Multigenerational households have to ensure fairness by dividing costs such as mortgage or rent, utilities, groceries and household expenses based on each member’s financial capacity and usage. A sense of transparency can be maintained among family members by openly discussing financial contributions and expenses.

Find balance between cultural values and financial health

Cultural traditions and familial structures can also play a significant role in money management, and it’s important to consider how multigenerational living can impact family wealth. Cultural heritage can shape financial attitudes and practices within multigenerational households, including saving habits, investment strategies and perceptions of wealth. Understanding how your cultural values connect to your beliefs and practices related to money can be essential for effective financial management within diverse family structures.

Communication is key to managing conflict and disagreement

The more people living in a home, the more likely they’ll face conflicting financial priorities. Navigating disagreements over spending habits and adapting to changing income levels or unexpected expenses are necessary to maintain financial stability in multigenerational households. Future planning is vital Estate plans should be tailored to accommodate the financial needs and goals of each generation within the household and strategies should be developed for transferring ownership of businesses or properties to ensure continuity and preserve the family’s legacy. Make sure to compile essential legal documents—including wills, trusts, powers of attorney and health care directives—to outline the distribution of assets and clarify endof-life wishes. The bottom line

Multigenerational households can foster financial harmony and well-being by accounting for their individual financial goals and their shared responsibilities. Family members should be clear about plans, needs and expectations to promote financial stability and satisfaction for all. Communicating about these issues early can help avoid tension later on. By addressing these considerations holistically and prioritizing open discussion and collaboration, multigenerational households can build a solid financial foundation, helping them achieve prosperity and security for their family members now and in the

The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leading the charge, has put 70,000+ federal workers out of a job—and the cuts aren’t stopping anytime soon. Whether you’re caught in the layoff wave or bracing for impact, the reality is clear: Jobs are being cut! News flash! It’s not just happening in the public job sector. The private sector is slashing jobs, too.

Let’s cut the fluff and get to it—if you’re facing a layoff, you need a plan. Here’s how to navigate this chaotic job market, stand out in an AI-driven hiring process, and land on your feet instead of falling flat.

What’s Happening?

• The federal government is slashing jobs left and right. Here’s how bad it is:

• 75,000 employees took buyouts through the administration’s “Fork in the Road” program, which basically paid people to walk away.

• 9,500 more employees—mostly those still in probationary periods—were laid off without much of a fight.

• The original goal was to cut $2 trillion in government spending. Now, they’ve revised that number to $1 tril-

lion, but that’s still a whole lot of lost jobs. Who’s Getting Hit the Hardest?

• Veterans Affairs (VA): Over 1,000 employees gone— bad news for veterans relying on their services.

• Energy Department: Funding for clean-energy project was slashed and staff was let go.

• USDA’s Animal Health Labs: 25 percent fewer workers to handle disease outbreaks—so let’s just hope we don’t have another avian flu situation. If your job hasn’t been cut yet, don’t get comfortable. The government is still trimming the fat, and more layoffs are coming. With more federal workforce reductions expected in the coming months, employees must prepare for potential job losses and career transitions. What You Need to Know And Do!

It’s important that you understand your benefits (because that’s your money) Laid off? Here’s what you need to do right now:

• Check your severance package. Read the fine print—some agencies offer transitional assistance, while others leave you high and dry.

• Apply for unemployment benefits. Don’t wait! The sooner you file, the faster you get paid.

• Sort out your health insurance. COBRA is an option, but it’s expensive. Look into private plans or check if your spouse’s insurance can cover you.

• Still employed but on edge? Now’s the time to stack cash. Cut unnecessary expenses and build up an emergency fund. The last thing you want is to be jobless and broke. Make Yourself Marketable

• Reality check: Employers aren’t lin-

ing up to hire laid-off government workers. You’ve got to stand out.

• Update your resume and LinkedIn profile—If your last update was during the Obama administration, fix that now.

• Customize Your Resume for AI Screening—Today, robots decide who gets interviewed. Use job description keywords or your resume won’t even be seen by a human.

• Use AI Tools to Your Advantage— Websites like Jobscan analyze job descriptions and tell you what to tweak in your resume.

• If you’re not optimizing your resume, you’re already behind.

• Network Like Your Next Paycheck Depends on It (Because It Does) You’ve heard the saying: It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Well, it’s both. Here’s how to use your network to find new opportunities:

• Reconnect with former colleagues. They already know your work ethic and might have leads on open positions.

• Join professional groups. Whether it’s LinkedIn groups or in-person net-

ANTHONY O. KELLUM

Companies continuing DEI initiatives

by Aria Brent

For New Pittsburgh Courier

(The Afro)—As the president resumes his position in office, many companies such as Wal-Mart, Meta and McDonald’s have begun the downsizing or dissolution of their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. These companies announced their plans before President Trump officially took office on Jan. 20. However, on his first day he signed an executive order that ended all DEI initiatives within federal agencies while also implying threats of punishment to private entities, like public companies, non-profits and universities that use them.

Following this executive order, he also directed that all federal DEI hires be placed on paid leave and ultimately fired as these departments begin to become a thing of the past.

But as the president wages war on DEI, companies across multiple industries are doubling down on their commitments to the cause, despite a shifting social and economic landscape. Organizations such as Johnson and Johnson, JPMorgan Chase and Co., Goldman Sachs and Costco have been clear in their plans to continue their DEI initiatives.

Goldman Sachs on its website discusses the value that DEI brings to their organization and why they continue to uphold the program and all it stands for.

“At the crux of our efforts is a focus on cultivating and sustaining a diverse work environment and workforce, which is critical to meeting the unique needs of our diverse client base and the communities in which we operate,” the statement read. “We are committed to making progress toward racial equity, advancing gender equality, and increasing representation at every level of our firm.”

COMPANIES ACROSS MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES are doubling down on their commitments to the cause despite a shifting social and economic landscape. Credit: Omar

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As leadership continues to play a pivotal role in advancing DEI, CEOs and executives are increasingly being held accountable for their organizations’ inclusion goals. Some companies are well aware of the challenges that come with having DEI programs in today’s political climate, however, they consider the benefits to be greater than the risks.

“We are often asked in particular about ‘equity’ and what that word means. To us, it means equal treatment, equal opportunity and equal access … not equal outcomes. There is nothing wrong with acknowledging and trying to bridge social and economic gaps, whether they be around wealth or health,” said JPMorgan Chase and Co. CEO Jamie Dimon in an April 2024 shareholders letter. “We would like to provide a fair chance for everyone to succeed—regardless of their background. And we want to make sure everyone who works at our company feels welcome.”

Companies like Costco have also stood

firmly in their decision to continue embracing DEI.

“Our efforts at diversity, equity and inclusion remind and reinforce with everyone at our Company the importance of creating opportunities for all. We believe that these efforts enhance our capacity to attract and retain employees who will help our business succeed,” said Costco in a letter to its shareholders. “We welcome members from all walks of life and backgrounds. As our membership diversifies, we believe that serving it with a diverse group of employees enhances satisfaction. Among other things, a diverse group of employees helps bring originality and creativity to our merchandise offerings, promoting the ‘treasure hunt’ that our customers value.”

Costco’s commitment to creating a work environment and having a staff that reflects their diverse customer base is an effort felt by members of the wholesale store. Several customers shared how much they appre-

ciate the company’s intentionality when it came to participating in DEI initiatives.

“As a consumer, I deeply value Costco’s commitment to DEI. I feel safe and secure knowing that the organization prioritizes creating an environment that aligns with my values and caters to my needs,” said Cameron McQueen of Orlando, Fla. “Sharing the same principles with Costco assures me that I’m being heard and respected as a customer. The actions of the organization shows me that they prioritize not just what’s best for them, but what’s best for me and other consumers. This strengthens a relationship that feels more personal than transactional, which is why I will continue to support and return to Costco.”

Other Costco members shared similar sentiments, noting that the company’s decision to oppose the pressure of conservative organizations is beginning to make a name for them that has some customers rushing back to their stores.

“Costco has continued to put effort and support towards Black and Brown communities, as well as other groups that need a space to feel comfortable while they get their daily necessities. They have shown time and time again that they will stand against policies that are implemented by the government that wants to tear down said communities,” said Sydnee Smith of Columbus, Ohio. “They’ve demonstrated that they are for the people and that they will continue to be for the people despite the actions of this current presidential cabinet and for that reason alone I will remain a Costco member.”

(The post Companies continuing DEI amid conservative attacks appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers.)

offer strong opportunities due to their sizable Black middle-class communities and relatively affordable housing stock.

The Numbers: How to Get to 50 percent

To reach 50 percent Black homeownership by 2030, approximately 3.3 million new Black homeowners are needed about 330,000 per year. Extending this goal to 2040 would require 165,000 new Black homeowners annually. Achieving 50 percent homeownership, a truly transformative milestone, would require even greater policy commitment and financial investments.

A Call to Action

Reaching 50 percent Black homeowner-

ship demands bold action from policymakers, financial institutions, and community leaders. Private corporations and banks must go beyond performative commitments and invest in real, scalable solutions. Government programs must prioritize Black homeownership in housing policies and financial regulations.

Transformative proposals, such as the 21st Century Homestead Act, could unlock abandoned properties in cities with high vacancy rates and turn them into affordable housing opportunities. Additionally, comprehensive federal programs that ensure home values in Black neighborhoods appreciate at equitable rates are essential to sustainable wealth-building.

Beyond Homeownership: Homeownership is a critical step toward

closing the racial wealth gap, but it cannot be the only focus. Policies must also address asset growth and financial stability, ensuring Black families can fully leverage homeownership as a wealth-building tool. This includes:

• Ensuring Home Value Appreciation: Policies that combat property devaluation in Black neighborhoods are essential.

• Increasing Access to Financial Services: Greater investment in Black-owned banks and credit unions can provide more tailored mortgage products.

• Wealth Diversification: Encouraging investment in diverse assets beyond homeownership ensures long-term financial security.

Conclusion: A Future Where Property Is Power

The journey to 50 percent Black homeownership is not just about buying homes, it’s about economic empowerment, generational wealth, and the dismantling of structural barriers. Achieving this milestone requires collective action, bold policy shifts, and intentional investment in Black communities. The time for incremental change is over now the time for transformative action to ensure that Property is Power for Black Americans, just as it has been for others for generations.

(Dr. Anthony O. Kellum—CEO of Kellum Mortgage, LLC. NMLS # 1267030, NMLS #1567030 Office: 313-263-6388. W: kelluMortgage.com | Speaker | Author | Homeownership Advocate.)

(Property is Power! is a movement to promote home and community ownership. Studies indicate homeownership leads to higher graduation rates, family wealth, and stronger communities.)

working events, get active in your industry.

• Tap into federal employee support groups. You’re not the only one going through this—lean on these resources.

• In a tough job market, networking isn’t optional—it’s survival.

Be Realistic About the Job Market

• Listen, finding a job isn’t instant coffee—it takes time. The job market is flooded with thousands of unemployed federal workers, which means more competition for fewer opportunities.

• Average job search time: 3-6 months (or longer if you’re not strategic).

• Remote work? Yes, but it’s competitive. If you want a work-fromhome job, you’ll need an edge.

• Employers are downsizing, too. Many companies are freezing hiring, so flexibility is key.

• Your best bet? Diversify your job search. Don’t just look at federal jobs—explore the private sector, state/local government roles, and even contract work. Navigate the AI-Powered Hiring Process

• You’re not just competing against people

anymore—you’re competing against AI. Here’s how to beat the bots:

• Optimize for ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems). Use simple formatting, no fancy fonts, and job description keywords so AI doesn’t auto-reject your resume.

• Use AI to your advantage. Sites like Jobscan compare your resume to job descriptions and tell you what to improve.

• Make connections, not just applications. AI might scan your resume, but a human still makes the final decision. A referral from someone inside the company? Priceless.

• AI might be the gatekeeper, but your hustle is what gets you hired. The Trump administration’s job cuts are out of your control. But how

you respond to this layoff? That’s 100 percent on you. If you still have your job, prepare now. Start saving, update your resume, and network before you get laid off. If you’re unemployed, treat job hunting like a full-time job. Update your skills, network daily, and use every tool available. Don’t rely on just sending out applications. Follow up, connect with decision-makers, and stand out from the crowd. Layoffs happen. Take action today, stay persistent, and position yourself for your next big opportunity.

(Damon Carr, Money Coach and Tax Pro can be reached at 412-216-1013 or visit his website at www.damonmoneycoach.com)

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PROPERTY IS POWER FROM B1

Guest Editorial

Preserving future Black History

The celebration of Black History has reached a new milestone in 2025. The initial observance of Black history had its origins in the year 1926 when the venerable historian Carter G. Woodson proposed the observance of Black History Week. In 1976, it was re-named Black History Month when former President Gerald Ford officially recognized its observance.

Why is the observance of Black History important? It is needed to remind Black people of how far the community has progressed in America and elsewhere. It is an unfortunate law of nature that once something is not documented, it can be forgotten. This is especially true in a governing regime that is trying to erase whatever progress Black people have made.

Not honoring Black History can result in the disappearance of the contributions to the world of a very significant group of people. Basically, if we read between the lines, we will be able to decode what is really happening —White men are attempting to re-configure American society in their own image—they want to return to a time when there was no competition from the likes of Black and brown people, women, and others not firmly imbedded in whiteness.

The excuse that is given by those who want to disenfranchise Black people is thinly disguised as opposition to DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). The assumption is that DEI hires are somehow incompetent. The truth, though, is that DEI exists in order to allow QUALIFIED people to access employment that they would not be able to acquire due to discrimination. With this said, it is ironic that it would be difficult to find anyone in our federal government that is more incompetent than the new cabinet nominated by the 47th president, who is in the process of deconstructing American government. Basically, the current strategy of our current government is that of attempting to make the accomplishments of others disappear. This is partially why the government has taken Black History Month off of the calendar of federal holidays. This is not unique to the U.S., however. It is becoming evident that Black people have been at the very foundation of world development since the beginning of civilization on Earth but have not had their history accurately recorded. For example, the attempt to depict ancient Egyptians as European-looking people is the most obvious travesty in this regard. White people of a certain ilk, to which our president belongs, allegedly refuse to believe that Black people have contributed anything of real value to the world. If we look beyond appearances, however, we may discover that deep down inside, bigoted Whites do not really think Black people are inferior and have not made significant contributions to America and to the world in general. We may discover that they are actually afraid of Black competence. The fact of the matter is that we don’t have to go to the ancient past to understand the mastery that Black people have demonstrated in the past and the present. It is obvious today that Black people have excelled IN EVERY ENDEAVOR that has been attempted, including in those areas that have erected barriers to Black participation. This is why they try to rewrite history to occlude Black accomplishments.

Because of the foregoing, we must do the following: 1. Research Black history to accurately depict past accomplishments; 2. Record current accomplishments to ensure that future Black History is accurately captured. The new restrictions against the federal observance of Black history need not keep us from preserving our past, present, and future. Also, we must realize that the oppression that Black people experience from authoritarian white people has partial origins in their fear of Black competence and success.

Chiefly, we must understand that Black history is the Black community’s responsibility to preserve and doesn’t need the approval or consent of others to do this. Moreover, we must know that Black competence is a reality. The late great Maya Angelou penned an appropriate quote that should guide us as we face the future: “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” Aluta continua.

(Reprinted from the Chicago Crusader)

Rod Doss

Stephan A. Broadus

Racists want love, but not an end to racism!

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—As I write this article, I would prefer to be writing about the love sign at the Super Bowl in New Orleans a few days ago. That message was preceded by something even more important: END RACISM. No matter how necessary those words about love are, END RACISM are words yelling louder. Ending racism doesn’t depend upon loving anybody. It would be impossible to show love to racists—when non-racists have done nothing to harm an entire system. They just want to live their lives with the right to enjoy their lives and have a fair chance to do so. Too often those choosing to be racist are people running all systems, holding the purse strings, running the country with an iron fist determined to take away the rights of those who choose to fight for democracy and the freedoms we thought were settled.

Who would have thought the sacrifices of Fannie Lou Hamer, Harriet Tubman, Diane Nash, Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, and many more, would be crushed to know that so many are working to crush the freedom they fought for but is being cast aside to please one of the richest men in the world and the other one with 34 criminal convictions! The U. S. Republican side of the House and the Senate are perfectly happy eliminating any progress we’ve made for humanity.

I’m still trying to understand what Sen. Tim Scott from South

Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq.

Carolina; Rep. Byron Donalds from Florida and Rep. Burgess Owens from Utah—are thinking when Social Security for their grandparents and other relatives who already are not fortunate enough to experience the “good life” so many others know because many of them have known nothing but racism and discrimination all their lives. What are they thinking about when their friends could not live without many government programs designed to help them are being slashed and some totally taken away. How do they feel about slashing the already insufficient budgets from Historically Black Colleges and Universities? How do they feel when the team they’re on says their own Black History cannot be taught in public schools—and those who try to teach it will be punished?

I’ve never met Sen. Scott or Rep. Donalds, but I have met Rep. Owens, and I’ve found him to be a very nice brother, but every time there’s a vote in the House, I can’t help but wonder how his name is right there on the same list with Marjorie Taylor Greene! We, Black women, have always

had to be resilient and bounce back quickly from racism, and mistreated from many corners. While I’m sorry about it, I wasn’t surprised to hear about the massive crisis liberal women (They would have described them as Black had they been Black.) are having under Trump. I can’t help but wonder when any women were voting for these MAGA people under the control of Trump and Elon Musk, what did they think they were getting? Did they think they would be exempt from what’s going on? Why are the women depressed? A doctor revealed this massive crisis with liberal women (didn’t add Black) are having under Donald Trump. We didn’t vote for him—so we can’t be blamed for what they’re going through! The writer said, “They’re still coming to grips with Donald Trump being President.”

According to a report from Gage Skidmore, another report says “This is a massive crisis liberal women are having under Donald Trump. They were absolutely devastated.”

We, Black women, are sorry about that, but can’t be blamed.

One doctor said, since Trump took office, his business is booming with his left-wing patients! That’s not us. We have no guilt about our vote! We voted right—as we always do!

(Dr. E. Faye Williams, President of The Dick Gregory Society.)

Trump is waging war on America

Donald Trump, the first convicted felon to serve as U.S. president, is ignoring laws and the Constitution as he wages a disruptive and destructive war against our government and the American people it serves. We should all hope for the success of the 37 lawsuits filed so far to stop Trump’s effort to give himself dictatorial powers.

Americans should contact our lawmakers in the House and Senate (especially Republicans) to demand they do their jobs and stop Trump and Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, from destroying our constitutional system of checks and balances. Our nation’s founders didn’t wage the Revolutionary War to replace King George III with King Donald.

Trump, Musk and other billionaires working with them are depriving federal employees and other Americans of their legal rights and denying vital assistance to people in our country and around the world. This amounts to a hostile takeover of the U.S. government staged by some of the richest Americans.

Trump is proving to be the best friend America’s foreign adversaries, terrorists and other criminals have ever had in the White House. He and Musk are a clear and present danger to our national security, safety, economy and health.

Trump has granted Musk—whose companies have received over $15 billion in federal contracts—clearly illegal power. Musk is eliminating spending approved by Congress, working to close federal agencies and seeking to cut hundreds of thousands of federal jobs.

You can bet that Musk—who donated at least $260 million to help Trump get elected—won’t recommend cuts in federal contracts going to his own companies. In fact, Musk’s SpaceX could collect billions of dollars more because Trump has endorsed Musk’s goal of sending astronauts to Mars.

But while Trump wants to spend billions on Mars exploration and cut government revenue by trillions of dollars in the next 10 years with tax cuts largely benefitting the rich and corporations, he and Musk want to slash vital federal spending here on Earth. Efforts by Trump and Musk to cut the federal payroll by as many as several hundred thousand employees through firings and buyouts would cripple the government’s ability to administer programs that benefit Americans and make us far more vulnerable to foreign threats and crime.

A federal judge temporarily delayed the buyouts Thursday in response to a lawsuit by federal employee unions. Over 60,000 employees have accepted the buyouts so far. Employees at the FBI, CIA and

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Justice Department are among those offered buyouts. In addition, many high-ranking FBI and Justice Department officials have already been fired, including those involved in the prosecutions of rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in an attempt to overturn Trump’s 2020 election defeat. Many thousands more career employees—including many FBI agents investigating the Jan. 6 riot and investigating Trump for his alleged crimes—could be fired under plans by Trump and Musk to shrink the federal workforce and replace some career employees with political appointees whose main qualification is loyalty to Trump. Unions and others are challenging these firings as violations of longstanding laws protecting civil servants from political purges. Anyone who seriously believes terrorists and other criminals won’t take advantage of fewer and less experienced CIA officers and FBI agents on the job is incredibly naive. Trump is inviting another Sept. 11 terrorist attack or worse, and putting out the welcome mat for criminals.

Trump’s freeze on most foreign aid and his closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), eliminating thousands of jobs at the behest of Musk, makes America less influential around the world and strengthens Russia and China. Responding to a lawsuit, a federal judge said Friday he would issue an order temporarily blocking the government from placing thousands of USAID employees on administrative leave.

The cutoff of funding for USAID’s lifesaving global health programs endangers over 20 million people. Many impoverished nations hit by these aid cuts are in Africa, a continent Trump once reportedly described as filled with “shithole countries.” American farmers and businesses sell more than $2 billion annually in food, goods and services to USAID.

Leaders of Russia and China would love to see Trump make good on his past threats to withdraw the U.S. from NATO and end military aid to Ukraine. This could lead to a Russian conquest of Ukraine and other nations, and lead

takeovers of the Gaza Strip, Greenland (a territory of NATO member Denmark), the Panama Canal and even Canada is alarming nations around the world.

Trump’s new 10 percent tariff on imports from China—and his threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico in March if new agreements on unauthorized immigration and illegal drug trafficking are not reached—have rattled the world economy and stock markets. He is threatening new tariffs on European Union nations.

Tariffs are paid by U.S. companies that import foreign products. These companies inevitably pass all or most of their increased costs on to American consumers by raising prices, thereby worsening inflation.

China has already imposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports. Mexico and Canada say they will do the same if Trump imposes tariffs on them. Such retaliatory tariffs will reduce American exports and cause some American workers to lose their jobs.

Our economy would also be weakened by Trump’s promised deportations of millions of unauthorized immigrants. An estimated 45 percent of U.S. farmworkers are unauthorized immigrants, along with significant numbers of construction, service and factory workers. Deporting many of these workers would cause labor shortages and drive up consumer prices.

There are many more examples of harm the Trump-Musk cuts would cause. For example, their effort to eliminate the Education Department would deprive schools and students of needed aid, making America less competitive with other nations. Budget cuts to the Internal Revenue Service will result in government collecting billions of dollars less. Planned cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization will inevitably bring about increased disease and deaths in our country and abroad.

Rather than making American great again, as he has promised repeatedly, Trump is focused on making himself the most powerful and dangerous president in American history. While congressional Republicans seem too frightened to stop him, I hope our courts will halt his attempted coup against the Constitution that made America great in the first place.

(A. Scott Bolden is an attorney, NewsNation contributor and former chair of the Washington, D.C. Democratic Party. He served on the finance committee for the 2024 Kamala Harris presidential

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MAGA World is being played

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—It was not very long ago that White parents would storm local public school board meetings demanding that schools ban Critical Race Theory (CRT), a graduate-level academic concept developed more than 40 years ago. By changing the narrative surrounding CRT, the topic became another means of tapping into underlying racism while promoting specific political goals. Although CRT was never previously taught in K-12 education, parents still promoted the idea that CRT was a threat to their children because it challenges racism by tracing America’s modern-day systemic discrimination and oppression back to the enslavement of Black people. The ensuing White rage was simply an effective tactic to push emotions and uphold White supremacy.

State legislatures went as far as to introduce bills to prohibit the teaching of CRT and anti-racism training in public schools. This rage centered around concern that White children would be shamed for their racial identity and made to feel guilty for the legacy of White supremacy. Truthfully, the driving motivation was to protect the shame and guilt experienced by the parents. Every home is a child’s training ground in positive and negative ways. Children often learn racism and intolerance at home. The opposition to CRT as a perceived threat further deepens racial division because it ignores the Black child and the Black parent. On the one hand, they want to hide racism from the past, but each day, their efforts to end diversity, equity, and inclusion only intensify racial tensions. The current events we are seeing are a continuation of the history they are trying hard to bury.

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and the Trump administration is not new, nor is the political betrayal. Therefore, understanding the plight of Native Americans and the symbolism of what it means to us today should be another wakeup call to all of us. Including those MAGA parents living in the Appalachian regions of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, West Virginia, New York, and Mississippi who are clueless about how the dismantling of our current government will negatively impact their lives as well.

There is no getting around that America’s history is not a pretty story, but it is a true story. There are those who would like to see the displaced and forgotten fate of Native Americans also become the fate of people of color, women, the poor, the middle class, and the disabled. Before the existence of European immigrants, before the slave trade brought Africans to the Southern colonies, before Chinese and Japanese immigrants populated the West Coast, and before Hispanic immigrants migrated from Central America to North America, the Native Americans were already here. This was their land. Throughout generations, the Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, Chickasaw, and Cherokee nations occupied hundreds of thousands of acres throughout North America long before the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants arrived.

Recognizing that the Indian nations were here first, the U.S. policy was to respect the rights of Native Americans. That respect did not last very long due to the growing resentment toward the Native Americans along with the European settlers’ pursuit to take over their valuable land. This became especially true after the discovery of gold in Indian territory in parts of northern Georgia.

In short, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830, authorizing the removal of the Native American nations from their homelands throughout the Deep South. Federal soldiers forcibly removed the tribes from their homes, incarcerated them in stockades, and then made them walk more than one thousand miles under brutal conditions to an Indian reservation set aside for them in the area now known as Oklahoma. The U.S. government’s decision to relocate over 60,000 Native Americans resulted in thousands of deaths from starvation, exposure, and disease. The brutal journey, known as the Trail of Tears,” was particularly hard on infants, children, and the elderly. When referencing the harshness of this Native American removal policy, one soldier once wrote in his journal, “I fought in many wars between the states and have seen many men killed, some by my own hands, but the Cherokee Removal was the cruelest work I ever knew.” In the end, the Native American culture was devastated.

The “Trail of Tears” is an example of how policies and treaties were rightfully acknowledged and set in place but later taken away in a resentful and cruel power grab driven by control, greed, and hate. The diversity, equity, and inclusion under attack today is not just racial. It is class diversity, age diversity, gender diversity, and religious diversity that is under assault.

Any policy safeguards and protection extending from the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Disabilities Education Act, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Medicare, the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), and Obamacare were rightfully extended to the American people, but are now systemically being taken away, including life-saving research programs. The long-standing resentment held against Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and Lyndon Johnson’s anti-poverty and anti-discrimination policies were motivating factors in dismantling the federal government. Yet, many Trump supporters and White parents who opposed CRT are unaware that they, too, will be hurt, and the betrayal is unfolding. The history those parents are trying to erase will remind them that there was a time when the only people who could vote were wealthy White men. Historically, Whites who are poor and politically conservative have always benefited from the anti-poverty advocacy and safety net set up by liberal presidents. Their day of awakening is soon coming. (David W. Marshall is the founder of the faith-based organization, TRB: The Reconciled Body, and author of the book God Bless Our Divided America.)

Is Trump similar to Bill Clinton on foreign aid?

When Donald Trump unexpectedly won the presidency in 2016, his political opponents included far-left progressives and “Never Trump” conservatives. Both saw Trump as a demagogue who would disregard the constitution, mismanage the federal government, and further harm America’s reputation abroad. By the midterms, fair-minded observers realized Trump wasn’t as reckless as his opponents had predicted. Reason Magazine’s editor-at-large suggested that Trump was more similar to former presidents than his opponents were willing to admit. On trade, foreign policy, and other issues, the editor-at-large described Trump as Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama without the charm and respect, which was a good thing.

Working-class Democrats who backed Trump recoiled from the Clinton comparison. They disparaged Clinton for signing the North American Free Trade Agreement, which made it easier for US firms to relocate operations to Mexico. These former Democrats backed Trump because he promoted their opinion that NAFTA was the “worst trade deal in history” and that Clinton was to blame for the loss of manufacturing jobs in the United States. Single-issue voters find it difficult to accept that the presidential candidates they support will always resemble some part of predecessors they dislike. As Trump begins his second term in the White House, his intentions to substantially reduce foreign aid are reminiscent of Clinton.

Clinton became the first post-Cold War president of the United States when he was elected in 1992, a year after the Soviet Union collapsed. Without a rival superpower to compete with globally, J. Brain Atwood, administrator of the organization for International Development—

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which administers US foreign aid— stated that his organization will have to reduce half of its activities.

Another USAID official added that in order to complete this objective, the US must distinguish between countries where the US gets the most value for its aid investments and those where the US keeps programs for political reasons. In other words, countries that used to receive a lot of US aid because they were strategically vital during the Cold War saw significant decreases, while the rest of the foreign aid budget was redirected to current geopolitical issues.

Clinton’s opponents and foreign-aid advocates condemned Clinton’s decision to reduce foreign aid as shortsighted. They argued that it was in America’s best interests to maintain present levels of aid in order to safeguard fragile democracies, promote more respect for human rights in authoritarian regimes, and help alleviate starvation and poverty in Africa.

According to the Washington Post, the Clinton administration stated that their opponents’ arguments were insufficient to overcome the perception in Congress that foreign aid was an onerous expense and the public demand to prioritize cutting deficits, creating jobs, and solving America’s own problems.

Trump’s election in 2016 made him the fourth post-Cold War president, but he was the first president in the twenty-first century to seriously commit to the idea that the

United States cannot afford to be embroiled in “endless wars” like Iraq and Afghanistan. Trump, on the other hand, initiated a trade war with China as part of a plan to bolster the US economy. Foreign policy analysts believe the tension between the United States and China marked the beginning of a new cold war. The experts believe China is attempting to erode America’s global influence in order to “shape a world antithetical to US values and interests.”

Trump didn’t conflate the “trade war” and the “new cold war.” Trump remained suspicious of the foreign policy expert’s geopolitical assessments, prompting the experts to declare him uninformed about world politics and the global order.

Joe Biden defeated Trump for reelection in 2020. Biden resumed the trade war with China but emphasized that competition with China does not imply confrontation, and then Biden declared that there will be no new cold war. Trump was re-elected president in 2024, and one of his first official acts was to freeze funds for foreign assistance in order to reassess and reduce USAID operations.

It’s worth noting that in the early 1960s, President Kennedy was dissatisfied with the State Department’s bureaucratic efforts to provide overseas assistance to offset the Soviet Union’s global influence during the Cold War. Kennedy established USAID as a separate body to more effectively prevent other countries from forming relationships with the Soviet Union.

After the Cold War ended, Clinton reevaluated and cut foreign assistance. Biden said that there will be no new Cold War, and Trump’s proposals to slash USAID are no different than Clinton’s.

The plot to assassinate Black America

Trump has launched the most dangerous attack on Black people since the 1960s. Not since the 1960s have Black Americans been the target of a greater political assault than the one we’re witnessing right now.

Donald Trump just installed a White supremacist at the State Department who openly acknowledged his belief that “White men must be in charge” of everything. He put in another at the Treasury Department, who called to repeal the Civil Rights Act, “normalize Indian hate,” and eliminate Gaza, while bragging, “I was racist before it was cool.”

He put an unqualified Fox News host in charge of the entire Defense Department, even after the man was flagged by a service member as an “insider threat” and a possible White supremacist.

He’s installing a man to run the Department of Health and Human Services who believes that Black people should not be given the same vaccines as White people.

And he gave unprecedented government access to an unelected white South African billionaire who performs Nazi salutes, tells far-right Germans to let go of their Hitler guilt, and is coercing Black leaders in South Africa because he thinks White people are being persecuted.

Racism is not a bug in Trump’s vision of America, it is a feature, and the racists are not trying to hide it. Just since Inauguration Day, we’ve seen White supremacists on the subway in Washington, DC., Patriot Front members at the Jefferson Memorial, and “Proud Boys” marching through the streets of the capital. And now a right-wing group has published the names and photos of mostly Black federal workers in an alarming new “DEI watchlist” that effectively puts a target on their backs. These are the people Donald Trump is empowering.

Trump’s mission is to dismantle decades, if not centuries, of civil rights progress in government, business, academia, and culture.

In government, he’s rescinding executive orders that have protected Black people since the 1960s and trying to eliminate the constitutional protection of birthright citizenship from the 1860s.

In business, he’s pressuring companies to end their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and far too many are willingly responding with “anticipatory obedience.”

In academia, he’s threatening to investigate colleges and universities with DEI programs and withhold federal funding for schools that promote racial justice, and now Rutgers University has canceled an HBCU conference and Harvard has laid off the staff of its Slavery Remembrance Program. And in the culture, even the NFL removed its “End Racism” sign at the Super Bowl, the first time since 2021 without the message in the end zone, although the league unconvincingly denied that it was connected to Trump’s attendance at the game.

It’s hard not to reach the conclusion that White America would rather enable a destructive fascist to ruin the country than relinquish its unearned White privilege.

One year ago, I wrote a book called “Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?” that warned about 5 features of modern racism: (1) erasing Black history, (2) centering White victimhood, (3) denying Black oppression, (4) promoting myths of Black inferiority, and (5) rebranding racism. Trump is doing all five in his first month in office.

His Defense Department banned Black History Month events and removed a video about the Tuskegee Airmen, while the Veterans Affairs office told a Black official not to mention DEI during an MLK event, all of which erase Black history.

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His sweeping pardons for hundreds of January 6 insurrectionists, lesser known pardons for two White police officers who murdered a Black man, and his campaign to bring back Confederate names on military bases all center a racist misperception of white victimhood. His rescission of decades-old civil rights executive orders fuels rightwing denial of Black oppression.

His reckless attack on DEI immediately after the DC plane crash promotes discriminatory myths of Black inferiority.

And his coded language gaslighting us about “meritocracy,” from a man who was the first president elected with no experience in government or military and then became the first criminal to be elected, represents a stunning example of rebranding racism.

So why isn’t anybody stopping him? How is he getting away with this?

Because Trump’s Republican Party now controls all three branches of government. The executive branch is run by Trump and his minions. Both houses of Congress, the legislative branch, are controlled by Republicans. And six of the nine members of the Supreme Court, the leaders of the judicial branch, were appointed by Republican presidents.

This is why many of us have been screaming for years that elections have consequences, and when we don’t vote in all federal, state, and local elections, we lose.

But as a Black American, it’s hard not to reach the conclusion that White America would rather enable a destructive fascist to ruin the country than relinquish its unearned White privilege. The majority of White voters supported Donald Trump in all three of his presidential campaigns. Black people did not. We and the Indigenous have been the conscience of the country since the founding of the republic, but we are not the majority. We’ve done our job and will continue to fight for justice, but now it’s time—in fact, it’s well past time—for White people to put up or shut up about democracy.

Did Trump’s immigration dragnets close Salem’s Market in the Hill?

Dear Editor: We see daily where Donald Trump’s draconian immigration dragnets and roundups are inflicting terror on non-European, that means nonwhite, immigrant communities across the United States.

Was this one of the reasons Salem’s Market in Pittsburgh’s Hill District recently announced it is closing? The Salem’s store management said the store is too large for the Hill District. And neighborhood (read African

American) theft was cited as another major problem. Also high food prices were said to be another major reason for the closure which, at this writing, is said to be temporary. But consider this. Salem’s catered to an international market with products for West Indians, Muslims, Africans, and Latin Americans. They are some key target groups for Trump. Did this affect Salem’s clientele in various ways?? It may well have been, and Salem’s may well be very

reluctant to admit it for ongoing business-related reasons.

Trump’s immigration rampage is a cornerstone of his administration. It will continue. And we must watch it closely for a whole bunch of very, very important reasons. Here is one example, its impact on majority-African American communities like the Hill District neighborhood in Pittsburgh. Fred Logan Homewood

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CASHIERS CHECK at time of sale, otherwise the property will be resold at the next regular Sheriffs Sale; provided, that if the sale is made on MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2025 the bidder may pay ten percent of purchasing price but not less than 75.00 in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK THE DAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SALE, e.g. TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2025, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30AM AND 2:30PM IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. Failure to pay the 10% deposit will have you banned from future Sheriff Sales. And the balance in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK, on or before MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2025, at 10:00 O’CLOCK A.M. The property will be resold at the next regular Sheriff’s Sale if the balance is not paid, and in such case all money’s paid in at the original sale shall be applied to any deficiency in the price of which property is resold, and provided further that if the successful bidder is the plaintiff in the execution the bidder shall pay full amount of bid ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH, OTHERWISE WRIT WILL BE RETURNED AND MARKED “REAL ESTATE UNSOLD” and all monies advanced by plaintiff will be applied as required by COMMON PLEAS COURT RULE 3129.2 (1) (a).

FORFEITED SALES WILL BE POSTED IN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND LISTED ON THE SHERIFF OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY WEB SITE.

AMENDMENT OF THE CODE SECOND CLASS COUNTY NEW CHAPTER 475 THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 475, ENTITLED TAXATION IS HEREBY AMENDED THROUGH THE CREATION ARTICLE XII, ENTITLED, “SHERIFF SALES”, AND COMPRISED AS FOLLOWS: SUBSECTION 475-60: RECORDING OF DEEDS AND NOTIFICATION OF SHERIFFS SALES TO TAXING BODIES.

A. FOR ANY REAL PROPERTY OFFERED AT SHERIFFS SALE DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES AND PURCHASED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH SUCH SALE, THE SHERIFF SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING THE DEED AND, WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF FILING OF THE SHERIFFS DEED, PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE CONVEYANCE TO THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS. THE WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE DATE OF THE SALE, IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY SOLD BY BOTH ADDRESS AND LOT AND BLOCK NUMBER, AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE INDIVIDUALS OR OTHER ENTITY THAT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.

B. AT THE TIME OF THE SALE THE SHERIFF SHALL COLLECT ALL REQUISITE FILING COSTS, REALTY TRANSFER TAXES AND FEES, NECESSARY TO PROPERLY RECORD THE DEED.

C. WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF RECEIPT OF WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE SHERIFF, THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS SHALL FORWARD COPIES OF SUCH NOTICE TO ALL TAXING BODIES LEVYING REAL ESTATE TAXES ON THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 14 OF ACT NO. 77 OF 1986, THE COST OF ALL DOCUMENTARY STAMPS FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAXES (STATE, LOCAL, AND SCHOOL) WILL BE DEDUCTED BY THE SHERIFF FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE. Purchasers must pay the necessary recording fees. Pursuant to Rule 3136 P.R.C.P. NOTICE is hereby given that a schedule of distribution will be filed by the Sheriff not later than 30 days from date of sale and that distribution will be made in accordance with the schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within 10 days thereafter. No further notice of the filing of the schedule of distribution will be given.

A Land Bank formed under 68 Pa. C.S.A. 2101 et seq. may exercise its right to bid pursuant to 68 Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d) (2) through Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d) (4) on certain properties listed for sale under the municipal claims and Tax Lien Law, 53 P.S. 7101 et seq. The Sheriff of Allegheny County will honor the terms of payment which the Land Bank has entered with any municipalities having a claim against the property. If the Land Bank tenders a bid under Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d)(3) or 2117(d)(4) the property will not be offered for sale to others and the Property will be considered sold to the Land Bank for the Upset Price as defined in P.S.7279 and no other bids will be accepted.

NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT ALL SHERIFFS DEEDS TENDERED TO PURCHASERS WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING:

NOTICE: The undersigned, as evidenced by the signature(s) to this notice and the acceptance and recording of this deed, (is/are) fully cognizant of the fact that the undersigned may not be obtaining the right of protection against subsidence, as to the property herein conveyed, resulting from coal mining operations and that the purchased property, herein conveyed, may be protected from damage due to mine subsidence by a private contract with the owners of the economic interest in the coal. This notice is inserted herein to comply with the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act of 1966. as amended 1980. Oct. 10, P.L 874, No.

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may not

convey, transfer, include, or insure the title to the coal and right of

described or referred to herein and the owner or owners of

4MAR25 Defendant: 109 GATEHOUSE DRIVE, LLC Case No.: AR-23-004940

Debt: $4,099.72 Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Fred C. Jug, Jr. *********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 310 Grant Street, Suite 1109, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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Attorney Telephone Number: 412-255-6500

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Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Moon: HAVING ERECTED THEREON AN CHERRINGTON HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 109 GATEHOUSE DRIVE, CORAOPOLIS, PA 15108. DEED BOOK VOLUME 17974, PAGE 429. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0337-A-000140000-00.

5MAR25

*********************** Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, South Fayette Township: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A HUNTING RIDGE NO. 4 CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2461 BROOK LEDGE RD, UNIT 33A, BRIDGEVILLE, PA 15017. DEED BOOK VOLUME 11242, PAGE 634. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0481-S-00472-033A-00.

6MAR25 PLAINTIFF(S) : BETHEL PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT vs Defendant: JOSEPH A. SPINNENWEBER, JR. & JUDITH A. WEISSER Case No.: GD-23-013773

Debt: $47,052.64

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Megan M. Turnbull, Esquire

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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Attorney Telephone Number: 412-391-0160

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Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF BETHEL PARK: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 5633 WILLOW TERRACE DRIVE, BETHEL PARK, PA 15102. DEED BOOK 5393, PAGE 271. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 665-B-6.

7MAR25

PLAINTIFF(S) : GATEWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT vs Defendant: DUANE E. MORROW & TERRI LEE MORROW Case No.: GD-24-001220

Debt: $25,463.61 ******** Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Megan M. Turnbull, Esquire

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Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF MONROEVILLE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 605 DAHLIA DRIVE, MONROEVILLE, PA 15146. DEED BOOK 7106, PAGE 215. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 742-L-270.

8MAR25

PLAINTIFF(S) : BETHEL PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT vs Defendant: ADAM BRENT KAUER & JULIE PAIGE CALDWELL

Case No.: GD-23-010165

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Debt:

$5,326.88 ********

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Megan M. Turnbull, Esquire

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Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

*********************** Attorney Telephone Number: 412-391-0160

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Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF BETHEL PARK: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 3129 SOUTH PARK ROAD, BETHEL PARK, PA 15102. DEED BOOK 17008, PAGE 260. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 476-N-60.

9MAR25

PLAINTIFF(S) : UPPER ST. CLAIR SCHOOL DISTRICT vs Defendant: PAUL S. TENCER

Case No.: GD-21-013644

Debt: $4,656.98

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Megan M. Turnbull, Esquire *********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 *********************** Attorney Telephone Number: 412-391-0160 ***********************

Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF UPPER ST. CLAIR: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 452 LORLITA LANE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15241. DEED BOOK 17151, PAGE 471. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 775-C-50.

10MAR25

PLAINTIFF(S) : WEST JEFFERSON HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT vs Defendant: CALFO PROPERTIES LLC

Case No.: GD-24-001234

Debt: $11,772.24

******** Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Megan M. Turnbull, Esquire

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

*********************** Attorney Telephone Number: 412-391-0160

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Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF PLEASANT HILLS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, KNOWN AS 91 TERENCE DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15236. DEED BOOK 16764, PAGE 401. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 472-G126.

11MAR25

PLAINTIFF(S) : BETHEL PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT vs Defendant: ROSE KRISTIN SENAY, Trustee of the Nancy T. Senay Asset Protection Trust Case No.: GD-23-013771

Debt: $11,439.29

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Megan M. Turnbull, Esquire

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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Attorney Telephone Number: 412-391-0160

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Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF BETHEL PARK: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 1160 GRANDVIEW DRIVE, BETHEL PARK, PA 15102. DEED BOOK 16406, PAGE 197. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 666-M-270.

12MAR25 Defendant: Donald R. Fogle, United States of America Case No.: MG-23-001109

Debt: $32,333.81

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: The Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC *********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 1310 Industrial Boulevard, l ‘1 Floor, Suite 10I, Southampton, PA 18966 *********************** Attorney Telephone Number: 215-942-9690 ***********************

PITTSBURGH, PA 15239 DEED BOOK VOLUME 16957, PAGE 544. BLOCK & LOT NO. 852-P-206.

Defendant: ROBERT E. JOHNSTON AKA ROBERT E. JOHNSTON, III, PATRICIA M. ZIGAROVICH

Description: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, MUNICIPALITY OF PENN HlLLS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 6335 WOODLAWN ROAD, VERONA, PA 15147. DEED BOOK 15906, PAGE 523. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 365-R-205.

15MAR25 Defendant: LEANDRA JONES, TIMOTHY P. JONES ******** Case No.: MG-18-000523 ******** Debt: $439,004.80 Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

*********************** Attorney Telephone Number: (215) 627-1322

*********************** Short Description: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, MUNICIPALITY OF MT. LEBANON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 11 MOUNT LEBANON BOULEYARD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15228. DEED BOOK 16643, PAGE 159. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER251-A-242.

17MAR25

Defendant: BERTHA M. TURNER Case No.: MG-24-000764 ******** Debt: $85,222.58 ******** Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: KML LAW GROUP, P.C. *********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

*********************** Attorney Telephone Number: (215) 627-1322

*********************** Short Description: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANlA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 20TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1129 OSWIN STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15220. DEED BOOK 13287, PAGE 119. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 20-P-22.

18MAR25 Defendant: MY HOUSE MY HOME, LLC,

KNOWN SURVIVING HEIR

BERNARD M. PARRISH, NORA LERSCH,

HEIR

M. PARRISH, SALLY MORBECK, KNOWN

VIVING HEIR

BERNARD M. PARRISH, AND UNKNOWN SURVIVING HEIRS OF BERNARD M. PARRISH Case No.: GD-23-014416

DEBT: $120,491.13

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: CHELSEA A. NIXON, ESQUIRE *********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 216 HADDON AVENUE, SUITE 201 WESTMONT, NJ 08108 *********************** Attorney Telephone Number:(856) 858-7080 *********************** Short Description: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF FOREST HILLS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 114 BRADDOCK ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15221. DEED BOOK VOLUME 6992, PAGE 596. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0300-A-00222-0000-00.

34MAR25

DEFENDANTS: YUSEF S. THOMPSON, SR. and TERRIKA M. THOMPSON Case No.: MG 24-000567

DEBT: $126,560.40

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Jeffrey R. Lalarna, Esquire

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, LLP 535 Smithfield Street, Suite 1300 Pittsburgh, PA 15222

*********************** Attorney Telephone Number:412-456-2876

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Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 265 CYPRESS HILL DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15235, DEED BOOK VOLUME 17454, PAGE 287. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0633-S-00016-000000

35MAR25

DEFENDANTS: Dominic J. Mussomele Case No.: MG-24-000801 DEBT: $117,458.53

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: MDK Legal

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 *********************** Attorney Telephone Number:614-220-5611 ***********************

Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Baldwin: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 3004 Ruthwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15227. Document Number 201714355, Deed Book Volume 16801, Page 440. Block and Lot Number 0094-S-00108-0000-00.

36MAR25 DEFENDANTS: Faydra Heidkamp ************ Case No.: MG-24-000769 ******** DEBT: $130,038.61 ******** Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: MDK Legal *********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 ***********************

Telephone Number:614-220-5611

Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh, Ward 19: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 321 Belonda Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15211. Document Number 2009-11011, Deed Book Volume 13928, Page 320. Block and Lot Number 0004-F-00039-0000-00.

37MAR25 DEFENDANTS: Christy L. Carlin

Case No.: MG-24-000766

DEBT: $84,693.53

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: MDK Legal

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028

*********************** Attorney Telephone Number:614-220-5611

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Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh, Ward 28: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1456 Harris Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Document Number 2019-2877, Deed Book Volume 17507, Page 296. Block and Lot Number 0040-R-00093-0000-00.

38MAR25

DEFENDANTS: KURT E. STEIGERWALD AND KATHY STEIGERWALD

Case No.: MG-23-000043 DEBT: $470,216.94

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Jill M. Fein, Esquire/ Hill Wallack LLP

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 1000 Floral Vale Boulevard, Suite 300, Yardley, PA 19067

*********************** Attorney Telephone Number: (215) 579-7700

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Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh-26th Ward HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO STORY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3875 HARPEN RD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15214 DEED BOOK VOLUME 8626, PAGE 336. BLOCK & LOT NO. 163-R-40.

39MAR25 DEFENDANTS: JERRY SUNDAY, MARCY L. SUNDAY Case No.: MG--23-000901 DEBT: $124,852.19

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: KML LAW GROUP, P.C. *********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 *********************** Attorney Telephone Number: (215) 627-1322

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Short Description: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, MUNICIPALITY OF PENN HILLS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1131 HAMIL ROAD, VERONA, PA 15147. DEED BOOK 12773, PAGE 39. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 534-P-123.

40MAR25 DEFENDANTS: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JULIE A. HAGMAIER

41MAR25 DEFENDANTS:

DEFENDANTS: JANE S. BREZNAY Case No.: MG-24-000686

42MAR25

DEBT: $44,860.23

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

*********************** Attorney Telephone Number: (215) 627-1322 *********************** Short Description: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 1ST WARD CITY OF DUQUESNE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 30 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, DUQUESNE, PA 15110. DEED BOOK 10358, PAGE 619. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 304-F-94.

43MAR25 DEFENDANTS: JERROLD HOWARD ************ Case No.: MG-24-000751 ******** DEBT: $87,452.43 ******** Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: KML LAW GROUP, P.C. *********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

*********************** Attorney Telephone Number: (215) 627-1322

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Short Description: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF VERONA: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 513-515 VOGELS LANE, VERONA, PA 15147. DEED BOOK 10187, PAGE 394. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER364-R-361.

44MAR25

PLAINTIFF(S): County OF Allegheny VS. DEFENDANTS: Thomas Gary Minarik, Jr. & Jennifer Ashley Yeager

************ Case No.: GD 23-005775

DEBT: $2,242.82

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

*********************** Attorney Telephone Number: (412) 281-0587

*********************** Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Crescent: Having erected thereon a two-story frame house known as 717 Elm Street, Crescent, PA 15046. Deed Book Volume i4580, Page 588. Block & Lot No. 702-G-185.

46MAR25

PLAINTIFF(S): County OF Allegheny VS. DEFENDANTS: Susan L. Davis ************ Case No.: GD 23-013985 ******** DEBT: $3,020.49 ******** Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

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Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

Address of Plaintiffs Attorney:

William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Attorney Telephone Number: (412) 281-0587 *********************** Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Millvale: Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 938 Cross Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15209. Deed Book Volume 11855, Page 593. Block & Lot No. 118-C-38.

51MAR25

PLAINTIFF(S): County OF Allegheny VS. DEFENDANTS: Lyndis M. Callen

Case No.: GD 19-007440

DEBT: $4,654.71

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

*********************** Attorney Telephone Number: (412) 281-0587

*********************** Short Description: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Tarentum: Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 500 2nd Avenue, Tarentum, PA 15084. Deed Book Volume 12948, Page 111. Block & Lot No. 1223-M-17.

53MAR25 PLAINTIFF(S): County OF Allegheny VS. DEFENDANTS: John P. Zurick ************ Case No.: GD 23-000973

DEBT: $3,762.72

Name of Plaintiffs Attorney: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

*********************** Address of Plaintiffs Attorney: 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110

REPLACE BEAM RUN BRIDGE NO. 1 OVER BEAM RUN LOCATED ON COAL VALLEY ROAD (CHAMBERLAIN ROAD) (COUNTY ROAD NO. 5081-04)

CONDEMNEES: ROBERT F. GIBSON; CAROL RUTH GIBSON PRZYBORSKI; NORMA GIBSON; NANCY J. FRAME; CATHERINE L. NAUGLE; JENNIFER

A. FERRIS; JAMES A. GIBSON; DAVID C. GIBSON

No. GD 24-000423

Estimated Just Compensation: $2,000.00

TO: ROBERT F. GIBSON, 915 Gibson Lane, Pittsburgh, PA 15236

CAROL RUTH GIBSON PRZYBORSKI, 3060 Marshall Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15214

NORMA GIBSON, 3760 Springetts Drive, York PA 17402

NANCY J. FRAME, 55 Ponds Edge Drive, Downingtown, PA 19335

CATHERINE L. NAUGLE, 10304 Tammerlane Drive, Huntingdon, PA 16652

JENNIFER A. FERRIS, 1162 Betsy Ross Place, Bollingbrook, IL 60490

JAMES A. GIBSON, 5609 Twilight Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17111

DAVID C. GIBSON, 2567 Plow Road, Birdsboro, PA 19508

TAKE NOTICE that a Declaration of Taking was filed on January 15, 2025 at the above referenced docket number. A copy of the Declaration of Taking is attached and marked Ex. 1.

Names of Condemnees: ROBERT F. GIBSON; CAROL RUTH GIBSON

PRZYBORSKI; NORMA GIBSON; NANCY J. FRAME; CATHERINE L. NAUGLE; JENNIFER A. FERRIS; JAMES A. GIBSON; DAVID C. GIBSON

Name & Address of Condemnor: Allegheny County, (“County”) 101 Courthouse, 436 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Authorizing Statute(s). Article IV, §§2 and 6 of the Allegheny County Home Rule Charter, Article VII, §§701.02 and 703.07 of the Allegheny County Administrative Code and the Act of 1953 July 28, P.L. 723, Art. XXVI, §5601, et seq.

Authorizing Ordinance. Ordinance No. 16-24-OR, enacted October 8, 2024 by the Allegheny County Council and approved on October 10, 2024 by the Chief Executive of Allegheny County. The ordinance may be examined at the offices of Condemnor, noted above.

Condemnation Description. The purpose of this condemnation is to acquire certain property, designated in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate as Block & Lot 0768-C-00230-0000-00, needed for the replacing Beam Run Bridge No. 1 over Beam Run located on Coal Valley Road (Chamberlain Road) (County Road No.5081-04 in Jefferson Hills Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Statement of Condemnation. Condemnee’s property identified on the Right-of-Way Plan marked as Exhibit B to the Declaration of Taking, attached hereof, has been condemned as of January 15, 2025. The title acquired by the County is a fee simple interest in the area labeled “Required Right-of-Way”, a permanent drainage easement in the area labeled “Drainage Easement”; and a temporary construction easement in the area labeled “Temporary Construction Easement all as shown in detail on Exhibit B. Plans showing the property condemned may be inspected in Condemnor’s offices noted above and are also lodged of record in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate, at Plans-Misc., Book 194, Page 54. Just compensation for the condemnation is secured by the County’s power of taxation, which is deemed pledged as security for the payment of damages as, shall be determined by law. Challenging the Condemnation. If Condemnee wishes to challenge the power or the right of County to appropriate the condemned property, the sufficiency of the security, the procedures followed by County or the Declaration of Taking, the Condemnee must file preliminary objections within 30 days after being served with Notice of Condemnation.

Howard M. Louik, Attorney for Condemnor

NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

IN RE: THE CONDEMNATION BY THE COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY OF A CERTAINPARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN FORWARD TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY REQUIRED TO REPLACE FALEN TIMBER RUN BRIDGE NO. 6 LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROBERTS HOLLOW ROAD (COUNTY ROAD NO. 4112-00) AND WARREN HILL ROAD (COUNTY ROAD NO. 4215-00)

CONDEMNEE: KARL W. BOSCIA, II

Estimated Just Compensation: $400

No. GD 25-000430

To: KARL W. BOSCIA, II, Address Unknown

TAKE NOTICE that a Declaration of Taking was filed on January 15, 2025 at the above referenced docket number. A copy of the Declaration of Taking is attached and marked Ex. 1.

Names of Condemnee: Karl W. Boscia, II

Name & Address of Condemnor: Allegheny County, (“County”) 101 Courthouse, 436 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Authorizing Ordinance. Ordinance No. 17-24-OR, enacted October 8, 2024 by the Allegheny County Council and approved on October 10, 2024 by the Chief Executive of Allegheny County. The ordinance may be examined at the offices of Condemnor, noted above.

Condemnation Description. The purpose of this condemnation is to acquire certain property, designated in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate as Block & Lot #1573-J-00284-0000-00, needed for the purpose of replacing Fallen Timber Run Bridge No. 6 over Fallen Timer Run located at the intersection of Roberts Hollow Road (County Road No. 4112-00) and Warren Hill Road (County Road No. 4215-00) in Forward Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Statement of Condemnation. Condemnee’s property identified on the Right-of-Way Plan marked as Exhibit B to the Declaration of Taking, attached hereof, has been condemned as January 15, 2025. The title acquired by the County is a fee simple interest in the area labeled “Required Right-of Way” and a temporary construction easement in the area labeled “Temporary Construction Easement all as shown in detail on Exhibit B. Plans showing the property condemned may be inspected in Condemnor’s offices noted above and are also lodged of record in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate, at Plans-Misc., Book 195 Page 56. Just compensation for the condemnation is secured by the County’s power of taxation, which is deemed pledged as security for the payment of damages as, shall be determined by law. Challenging the Condemnation. If Condemnee wishes to challenge the power or the right of County to appropriate the condemned property, the sufficiency of the security, the procedures followed by County or the Declaration of Taking, the Condemnee must file preliminary objections within 30 days after being served with Notice of Condemnation.

Howard M. Louik, Attorney for Condemnor

NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

IN RE: THE CONDEMNATION BY THE COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN FORWARD TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY REQUIRED TO REPLACE FALEN TIMBER RUN BRIDGE NO. 6 LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROBERTS HOLLOW ROAD (COUNTY ROAD NO. 4112-00) AND WARREN HILL ROAD (COUNTY ROAD NO. 4215-00)

CONDEMNEE: ABRAM J. COHENEUR

No. GD 25-000428 Estimated Just Compensation: $700

To: ABRAM J. COHENEUR, Address Unknown

TAKE NOTICE that a Declaration of Taking was filed on January 15, 2025 at the above referenced docket number. A copy of the Declaration of Taking is attached and marked Ex. 1.

Names of Condemnee: ABRAM J. COHENEUR

Name & Address of Condemnor: Allegheny County, (“County”) 101 Courthouse, 436 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Authorizing Ordinance. Ordinance No. 14-24-OR, enacted October 8, 2024 by the Allegheny County Council and approved on October 10, 2024 by the Chief Executive of Allegheny County. The ordinance may be examined at the offices of Condemnor, noted above.

Condemnation Description. The purpose of this condemnation is to acquire certain property, designated in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate as Block & Lot #9911-X-00957-0000-00, needed for the purpose of replacing Fallen Timber Run Bridge No. 6 over Fallen Timer Run located at the intersection of Roberts Hollow Road (County Road No. 4112-00) and Warren Hill Road (County Road No. 4215-00) in Forward Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Challenging the Condemnation. If Condemnee wishes to challenge the power or the right of County to appropriate the condemned property, the sufficiency of the security, the procedures followed by County or the Declaration of Taking, the Condemnee must file preliminary objections within 30 days after being served with Notice of Condemnation.

Howard M. Louik, Attorney for Condemnor

NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

IN RE: THE CONDEMNATION BY THE COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN TURTLE CREEK BOROUGH, ALLEGHENY COUNTY REQUIRED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE LATERAL SUPPORT OF GREENSBURG PIKE (PENN AVENUE EXTENSION) (COUNTY ROAD NO. 3139-01)

CONDEMNEE: THOMAS C. ROBINSON, AS HIS INTEREST MAY APPEAR No. GD 25-000427 Estimated Just Compensation: $10.00 To: THOMAS C. ROBINSON, Address Unknown

TAKE NOTICE that a Declaration of Taking was filed on January 15, 2025 at the above referenced docket number. A copy of the Declaration of Taking is attached and marked Ex. 1.

Names of Condemnee: Andrew Griffin, Address Unknown Name & Address of Condemnor: Allegheny County, (“County”) 101 Courthouse, 436 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Condemnation Description. The purpose of this condemnation is to acquire certain property, not designated in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate as any Block & Lot number, needed for the purpose of improving the lateral support of Greenburg Pike (Penn Avenue Extension) in Turtle Creek Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Statement of Condemnation. Condemnee’s property identified on the Right-of-Way Plan marked as Exhibit B to the Declaration of Taking, attached hereof, has been condemned as of January 15, 2025. The title acquired by the County is a temporary construction easement in the area labeled “Temporary Construction Easement all as shown in detail on Exhibit B. Plans showing the property condemned may be inspected in Condemnor’s offices noted above and are also lodged of record in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate, at Plans-HWY., Book 195 Page 51. Just compensation for the condemnation is secured by the County’s power of taxation, which is deemed pledged as security for the payment of damages as, shall be determined by law.

Howard M. Louik, Attorney for Condemnor

NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

CONDEMNEE: ANDREW GRIFFIN, AS HIS INTEREST MAY APPEAR No. GD 25-000429 Estimated Just Compensation: $150.00 To: ANDREW GRIFFIN, Address Unknown TAKE NOTICE that a Declaration of Taking was filed on January 15, 2025 at the above referenced docket number. A copy of the Declaration of Taking is attached and marked Ex. 1.

Names of Condemnee: Andrew Griffin, Address Unknown Name & Address of Condemnor: Allegheny County, (“County”) 101 Courthouse, 436 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Authorizing Ordinance. Ordinance No. 15-24-OR, enacted October 8, 2024 by the Allegheny County Council and approved on October 10, 2024 by the Chief Executive of Allegheny County. The ordinance may be examined at the offices of Condemnor, noted above. Condemnation Description. The purpose of this condemnation is to acquire certain property, designated in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate as Block & Lot #0374-M-002922-0000-00, needed for the purpose of improving the lateral support of Greenburg Pike (Penn Avenue Extension) in Turtle Creek Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Statement of Condemnation. Condemnee’s property identified on the Right-of-Way Plan marked as Exhibit B to the Declaration of Taking, attached hereof, has been condemned as January 15, 2025. The title acquired by the County is a fee simple interest in the area labeled “Required Right-of Way” and a temporary construction easement in the area labeled “Temporary Construction Easement all as shown in detail on Exhibit B. Plans showing the property condemned may be inspected in Condemnor’s offices noted above and are also lodged of record in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate, at Plans-HWY., Book 195 Page 51. Just compensation for the condemnation is secured by the County’s power of taxation, which is deemed pledged as security for the payment of damages as, shall be determined by law.

Howard M. Louik, Attorney for Condemnor

and the Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Edward D. Scott and Patricia K. Scott; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: N. Fairmount Street. Block & Lot 83-J-146. 11th Ward, Pittsburgh. Orange 3. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-010084 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Abraham C. Humphries, Charlene Humphries, Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Abraham C. Humphries and of Charlene Humphries; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 6506 Meadow Street. Block & Lot 125-B-150. 12th Ward, Pittsburgh. Green 14. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-010093 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Richard C. Cook and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Richard C. Cook; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 5008 Glenwood Avenue. Block & Lot 56-G-81. 15th Ward, Pittsburgh. Gold 8. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-009478CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, and Peter Pido, Mary B. Pido, Micheal Pido, Helen Pido and the Unknown Heirs of Peter Pido and of Mary B. Pido and of Micheal Pido and of Helen Pido; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 1606 Dagmar Avenue. Block & Lot 35-G-121. 19th Ward, Pittsburgh. Brown 5. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-008467 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs James Hall; GLS Capital, Inc.; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Inheritance Tax Division; Discover Bank, its successors and assigns; Allegheny Court Record Criminal Division; CVI SGP Acquisition Trust, its successors and assigns; Midland Funding, its successors and assigns; Penn Hills School District, its successors and assigns; United States Justice Department; and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of James Hall; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: Cherokee Street. Block & Lot 27-B-281. 5th Ward, Pittsburgh. Pink 5. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-008468 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Heirs of Josephus Davis, Will Davis, Jerome Davis, Joseph Davis, Trudy Davis, Kenneth G. Dawson, Bertha Harris, Commonwealth of PA Department of Revenue: Inheritance Tax Division, Commonwealth of PA Department of Labor & Industry, Allegheny County Criminal Division, and the Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Will Davis, the Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Jerome Davis, the Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Joseph Davis, the Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Trudy Davis, the Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Kenneth G. Dawson, the Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Bertha Harris; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents.

Concerning the Following Property: 2022 5th Avenue. Block & Lot 11-K-28. 1st Ward, Pittsburgh. Pink 1. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD 24-012943 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs William H. Davis, William H. Davis III, Central Money Mortgage Co., Inc., its successors and assigns, PWSA, Allegheny County Court Records - Criminal Division, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of William H. Davis and of William H. Davis III; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 746 Clarissa Street. Block & Lot 26-P-76. 5th Ward, Pittsburgh. Gold 6. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014310 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, Rev. BJ Twigg aka Rev. John Deardon, Trustee for R.C. Church of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Rev. BJ Twigg aka Rev. John Deardon, Trustee for R.C. Church of the Diocese of Pittsburgh; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 24 Regina Street. Block & Lot 14-D-26. 17th Ward, Pittsburgh. Aqua 1. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014316 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Laura Bilby, Alice Sakerak, PWSA, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Laura Bilby and of Alice Sakerak; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 106 Giddings Street. Block & Lot 56-C-134. 15th Ward, Pittsburgh. Aqua 13. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014376 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Ann B. Eichhorst, Anna Eichhorst, Herman A. Eichhorst, Robert Seng, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Ann B. Eichhorst, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Anna Eichhorst, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Herman A. Eichhorst, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Robert Seng; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 233 Augusta Street. Block & Lot 6-G-185. 19th Ward, Pittsburgh. Aqua 14. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014385 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Charles E. Drew, Estate of Charles E. Drew, Lucille Drew, Theamone Jones, Katherine K. Jones, Theomone Anderson, Commonwealth of PA: Dept. of Labor and Industry, Newell, Inc., its successors and assigns, National Tax Funding L.P., its successors and assigns, GLS Capital, Inc., its successors and assigns, Commonwealth of PA - Dept. of Revenue, Allegheny County - Criminal Division, United Sates Dept. of Justice, Western District of PA, IRS, Rhonda J. Winnecour, trustee, HJM Enterprises Inc., its successors and assigns, Spriggs - Watson Funeral Home, Inc, its successors and assigns, James Williams, Jr., Don E. Jones, Donald Jones, Jay Davis, Jayne Davis, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Charles E. Drew, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Lucille Drew, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Theamone Jones, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Katherine K. Jones, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Theamone Anderson, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Rhonda J. Winnecour, trustee, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of James Williams, Jr., Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Don E. Jones, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Donald Jones, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Jay Davis, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Jayne Davis; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 7715 Kelly Street, 7700 Kelly Street, 704 Brushton Avenue. Block & Lot 174-R-326, 174-R-218, 174-R-222. 13th Ward, Pittsburgh. Aqua 15 / Forest 14 / Sun 3. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014311 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Sadeah Peppers and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Sadeah Peppers; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 5316 Hillcrest Street. Block & Lot 50-G-144. 10th Ward, Pittsburgh. Aqua 2. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014314 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Larry Noble Wilson a/k/a Larry Wilson, PWSA, ALCOSAN, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Larry Noble Wilson a/k/a Larry Wilson; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 7925 Susquehanna Street. Block & Lot 175-H59. 13th Ward, Pittsburgh. Aqua 5. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014416 CITY OF PITTSBURGH

Concerning the Following Property: 523 W. Jefferson Street. Block & Lot 23-E-140. 25th Ward, Pittsburgh. Aqua 7. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014315 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Thomas F. Johnson, PWSA, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Thomas F. Johnson; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 1217 Voskamp Street. Block & Lot 24-G-80. 24th Ward, Pittsburgh. Aqua 8. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014313 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs William H. Evans, Richard Fees, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of William H. Evans and of Richard Fees; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 417 Michigan Avenue. Block & Lot 15-S-52. 18th Ward, Pittsburgh. Aqua 9. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014418 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Richard L. Fitts, PWSA, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Richard L. Fitts; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 2518 Wyandotte St.. Block & Lot 11-D-129. 5th Ward, Pittsburgh. Carrot 11. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014331 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Vaughn Street LLC, its successors and assigns, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Inheritance Tax Division, Estate of Ruby Huff, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Bureau of Corporation Taxes, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Ruby Huff; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 5163 Hillcrest Street. Block & Lot 50-G-231. 10th Ward, Pittsburgh. Forest 1. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014410

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs John Cobb, Cora Bradford, Allegheny County Court Records - Criminal Division, National Tax Funding L.P., Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, PWSA and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of John Cobb and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Cora Bradford; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 16 Shetland Avenue. Block & Lot 124-J-187. 12th Ward, Pittsburgh. Forest 10. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014322

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs John A. Rivers, Shelia Rivers, Percy Farrar, Percy Farrar, Jr., Flora M. Benton, Karen M. Harris, Arlene Harris, PWSA, PNC Bank, N.A., its successors and assigns, PHFA, its successors and assigns, Commonwealth of PA, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of John A. Rivers, and of Sheila Rivers, and of Percy Farrar, and of Percy Farrar, Jr., and of Flora M. Benton and of Karen M. Harris and of Arlene Harris; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 7819 Kelly Street, 7831 Kelly Street. Block & Lot 174-S-35, 174-S-42. 13th Ward, Pittsburgh. Forest 11 / 12. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014324

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Marie H. Tackett a/k/a Marie Horback Tackett, Paul Horback, John Horback, Jr., Francis Melilli, PWSA, ALCOSAN, PA Dept. of Revenue, Inheritance Tax Office, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Marie H. Tackett a/k/a Marie Horback Tackett, and of Paul Horback, and of John Horback, Jr. and of Francis Melilli; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents.

Concerning the Following Property: 0 Proctor Way. Block & Lot 14-F-200. 18th Ward, Pittsburgh. Forest 13. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014413 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Dorothy Rogers, John Rogers, Patricia Riemann, Kenneth Rogers, Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, Commonwealth of PA. Dept. of Revenue Inheritance Tax Division, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of John Rogers, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Dorothy Rogers, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Patricia Riemann, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Kenneth Rogers; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 0 Hazelwood Avenue. Block & Lot 88-E-155. 15th Ward, Pittsburgh. Forest 15. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014319 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Maureen A. Kennedy, Commonwealth of PA Dept. of Revenue, GLS Capital Inc., PWSA, ALCOSAN, Commonwealth of PA - Inheritance Tax Division, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Maureen A. Kennedy; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 701 Weston Way. Block & Lot 19-F-31. 20th Ward, Pittsburgh. Forest 2. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014374 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Heirs of Mack Winfield c/o Donald N. Turner, Estate of Lillian S. Winfield c/o Donald N. Turner, Heirs of James Cowart, LaVerdia Mitchell, Lucille E. Heard, GLS Capital Inc., PWSA, Caulis Negris LLC, its successors and assigns, Jordan Tax Service, Inc., Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Mack Winfield, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Lillian Winfield, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of James Cowart, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of LaVerdia Mitchell, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Lucille E. Heard; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 7205 Race Street. Block & Lot 174-E-107. 13th Ward, Pittsburgh. Gold 9. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014427 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Morequity, Inc., its successors and assigns; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 4042 Vinceton Street. Block & Lot 115-C-189. 26th Ward, Pittsburgh. Sun 1. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014445 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Virginia P. Bowman, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Virginal P. Bowman; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 215 Suncrest Street. Block & Lot 33-F-92. 30th Ward, Pittsburgh. Sun 12. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014446 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Heirs of Columbo Cozzoli, PWSA, ALCOSAN, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax Dept., and the Unknown Successors and Assigns of Columbo Cozzoli; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 225 Wick Street. Block & Lot 11-E-22. 3rd Ward, Pittsburgh. Sun 14. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014440 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Olivia McClellan and the Unknown heirs, successors, and assigns of Olivia McClellan; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: Kelly Street. Block & Lot 174-S-34. 13th Ward, Pittsburgh. Sun 2. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014450 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Western Pennsylvania Natl. Bank, its successors and assigns, Allegheny County Health Dept., ALCOSAN, PWSA, Caulis Negris LLC, its successors and assigns, National Tax Funding, L.P., its successors and assigns, Commonwealth of PA Dept. of Revenue, IRS, United States of America, Jordan Tax Service, Inc., Dawi Inc., its successors and assigns, Torres Rafael, Diaz Daniel, Allegheny County Court Records - Criminal Division, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Torres Rafael, and of Daniel Diaz; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 119 Millbridge Street, 121 Millbridge Street. Block & Lot 14-A-397, 14-E-325. 18th Ward, Pittsburgh. Sun 5 /6. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014442 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Karen S. Mull a/k/a Karen S. Himes, People’s Choice Home Loan, Inc., its successors and assigns, the Bank of New York, as successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Ace Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2003-HE1, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, its successors and assigns, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Karen S. Mull a/k/a Karen S. Himes; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 0 Freeland St. Block & Lot 14-F-307. 18th Ward, Pittsburgh. Sun 7. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014451

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Associates Consumer Discount Company, its successors and assigns, PWSA, Jordan Tax Service, Allegheny County Court Records - Criminal Division, Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, James C. Key, Jr., Virginia M. Key, Carolyn Russell, and the Unknown, Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of James C. Key, Jr. and of Virginia M. Key and of Carolyn Russell; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 7000 Lemington Avenue, 7004 Lemington Avenue, 7002 Lemington Avenue, 6986 Lemington Avenue. Block & Lot 173-A-297, 173-A-292, 173-A-295, 173-A-302. 12th Ward, Pittsburgh. Sun 9, Sun 10, Sun 11, Forest 4. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

–GD-24-014424 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs William L. Wunderly, aka William L. Wunderly Sr., Shirley Biggar, PWSA, ALCOSAN, Community Savings Association, its successors and assigns, Commonwealth of PA Dept. of Inheritance Tax, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of William L. Wunderly, aka William L. Wunderly, Sr. and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Shirley Biggar; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 2652 Ellie St. Block & Lot 77-P-315. 26th Ward, Pittsburgh. Carrot 12. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

WHEREUPON the Court granted a rule on the aforesaid persons, and all persons, whatsoever, to appear and show cause within thirty days from this notice why the title of the CITY OF PITTSBURGH to the aforesaid real estate should not be adjudicated and decreed valid and indefeasible as against all mortgages, ground-rents, rights, title, interest in or claims against the aforesaid real estate, and to further show cause why the sale of the said real estate should not be made free and clear of all the aforesaid claims whatsoever. JOHN MILLER ASSISTANT CITY SOLICITOR CITY OF PITTSBURGH Subscribe to the Courier today by calling 412-481-8302, ext. 136. Support the

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

WHEREAS, on January 18, 2008, a certain mortgage was executed by HELEN VIRGINIA LOGAN SMITH, as mortgagor in favor of FINANCIAL FREEDOM SENIOR FUNDING CORPORATION, A SUBSIBARY OF INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B. as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County in Mortgage Book M VL 34970 Page 518 Instrument # 2008-8984 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 705 Taylor Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15202, parcel number D-00093-0000-00(“Property”); and WHEREAS, Mortgagor/Record Owner HELEN VIRGINIA LOGAN SMITH died on 05/10/23. By operation of law title vests solely in KATHLEEN LOUISE LOGAN GLAYDA and HELEN VIRGINIA LOGAN SMITH is hereby released of liability pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1144. ;and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by HELEN VIRGINIA LOGAN SMITH & HELEN VIRGINIA LOGAN SMITH by virtue of deed dated 6/10/1959 and recorded 6/16/1959 in Book 3796 Page 211 ;and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on 2/3/2021 in Book M VL 53628 Page 228 Instrument # 2021-12263, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (a)(i)), as HELEN VIRGINIA LOGAN SMITH died on 05/10/2023 and that upon the death the entire principal balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of 11/25/2024 is $122,978.68 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on 06/28/2012 in Misc. Bk-DE, Vl-14933, Pg 17, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that on 03/04/2025; at 10:00 AM at at the Main Entrance of the Allegheny County Courthouse located at 436 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 all real property and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises will be sold at public action to the highest bidder:

ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PIECE OF GROUND SITUATE IN THE BOROUGH OF AVALON, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY AND COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS LOT NO. 13 IN THE JOHN W. COOK PLAN OF LOTS CALLED “WOODLAWN”, AS RECORDED IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PLAN BOOK, VOL. 17, PAGE 192, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF TAYLOR AVENUE, AT A POINT DISTANT EIGHTY (80) FEET FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SCHOOL STREET AND TAYLOR AVENUE; THENCE IN A NORTHEASTWARDLY DIRECTION ALONG THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN LOTS NOS. 12 AND 13 IN SAID PLAN, A DISTANCE OF ONE HUNDRED FIVE (105) FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF DUFF ALLEY; THENCE NORTHEASTWARDLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF DUFF ALLEY, A DISTANCE OF FORTY (40) FEET TO THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN LOTS NOS. 13 AND 14 IN SAID PLAN; THENCE IN A SOUTHWESTWARDLY DIRECTION ALONG THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN LOTS NOS. 13 AND 14 IN SAID PLAN A DISTANCE OF ONE HUNDRED FIVE (105) FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF TAYLOR AVENUE; AND THENCE IN A NORTHWESTWARDLY DIRECTION ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF TAYLOR AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF FORTY (40) FEET TO THE PLACE OF THE BEGINNING. HAVING ERECTED THEREON A 2-1/2 STORY BRICK MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING KNOWN AS NO. 705 TAYLOR AVENUE, AVALON, PITTSBURGH 2, PENNSYLVANIA.

BEING BLOCK NO. 159 D, LOT NO. 93, IN THE DEED REGISTRY OFFICE. FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: THE APN IS SHOWN BY THE COUNTY ASSESSOR AS 0159-D-00093-0000-00; SOURCE OF TITLE IS BOOK 3796, PAGE 211 (RECORDED 06/16/59)

The sale will be held 03/04/2025; at 10:00 AM at the Main Entrance of the Allegheny County Courthouse located at 436 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $122,978.68 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale. The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $122,978.68 as of 11/25/2024, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. I f the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the KML LAW GROUP, P.C. Foreclosure Commissioners (215-825-6305)

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

WHEREAS, on November 04, 2010, a certain mortgage was executed by ANNA M. TRIGLIA, as mortgagor in favor of FIRST COMMONWEALTH HOME MORTGAGE, LLC as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County in Mortgage Book M VL-38756, Page 435 or Document# 2010-94967 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 630 Farnsworth Avenue Clairton, PA 15025, parcel number 1002-G-83(“Property”); and WHEREAS, Mortgagor/Record Owner ANNA M TRIGLIA died on 09/05/20 intestate and is survived by no known heirs. ;and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by ANNA M. TRIGLIA by virtue of deed dated 2/3/1999 and recorded 3/16/1999 in Book:10418 Page:485 ;and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on 4/18/2016 in Book M VL-46337, Page 513 or Document# 2016-25197, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (a)(i)), as ANNA M TRIGLIA died on 09/05/2020 and that upon the death the entire principal balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of 1/15/2025 is $39,125.12 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on 06/28/2012 in Misc. Bk-DE, Vl-14933, Pg-17, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that on 03/05/2025; at 10:00 AM at at the Main Entrance of the Allegheny County Courthouse located at 436 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 all real property and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises will be sold at public action to the highest bidder: All that certain lot or tract of ground situate in the Second Ward, City of Clairton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, being part of Lot designated “I” in Clairton Heights Plan of Lots laid out by Clairton Land Company, said plan being of record in the Recorder’s Office of said County in Plan Book 31 pages 192-193, and being bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the southerly line of Farnsworth Avenue distant South 88 degrees 01 minutes East 47.85 feet from the Southeasterly corner of Farnsworth Avenue and Bessemer Street in said plan; thence along the southerly line of Farnsworth Avenue South 88 degrees 01 minutes East 24.25 feet to a point on the prolongation of center line of a party wall; thence along the center line of said party wall and the prolongation’s thereof South 1 degree 59 minutes West 100 feet to the northerly line of Farnsworth Way in said plan; thence along the northerly line of said Farnsworth Way North 88 degrees 01 minutes West 24.25 feet to a point; thence North 1 degrees 59 Minutes East 100 feet to the southerly line of Farnsworth Avenue, the place of beginning.

Having erected thereon a dwelling, No. 630 Farnsworth Avenue.

Subject to any outstanding oil and gas rights of record.

Also subject to the rights of other in the party wall mentioned in the foregoing description and in the drain pipes, sewer lines, gas lines and water lines, if any, extending over and across said property, together with the right to use such party wall, drain pipes, sewer lines and water lines, if any, with others having rights therein.

Subject to the buildings and use restrictions appearing in prior deeds of record.

1002-G-83

The sale will be held 03/05/2025; at 10:00 AM at outside the Main Entrance of the Allegheny County Courthouse located at 436 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $39,125.12 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale.

The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $39,125.12 as of 01/15/2025, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.

KML LAW GROUP, P.C. Foreclosure Commissioners (215-825-6305)

CITY OF PITTSBURGH

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Separate and sealed Bid Proposals will be received electronically starting on Monday, February 17, 2025 for:

2025-IFB-030– Concrete, Brick, Blocktone Repair/Replace/Renovate CD

Information on solicitations is available on the City of Pittsburgh website: http://purchasing.pittsburghpa.gov

Bid proposals are requested on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh. All bids must be submitted via the above website and all required documents must be provided or the bid proposal may be considered non-responsive.

The contractor will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity requirements for Federally Assisted construction contracts. The contractor must assure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Attention is called to Executive Order 11246, to Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. 1701U, and to the Section 3 Clause and Regulations set forth in 24 CFR, Part 135.

The Contractor will be required to comply with the following laws, rules and regulations:

All provisions of US Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, as amended by US Executive Order 11375 and as supplemented in US Department of Labor Regulations (41 CFR, Part 60), and of the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the US Secretary of Labor.

Contractor shall comply with all applicable standards, orders, or requirements issued of the Clean Air Act (42 USC 1857 et. seq.), Section 508 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1368), Executive Order 11738, and Environmental Protection Agency regulations (40 CFR, Part 15).

Contractor shall comply with the Davis-Bacon Act the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a to 276a-7) as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR part 5).

Procedures for compliance to these acts shall be as follows:

All specifications for construction contracts and subcontracts will contain the prevailing wage rates (as enclosed in this bid package) as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276-a to 276-C-5) and provision that overtime compensation will be paid in accordance with the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act Regulations (29 CFR, Parts 5 and 1926). The contract provisions shall require that these standards be met.

Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity (Executive Order 11246):

Bidder’s attention is called to the “Equal Opportunity Clause” and the “Standard Federal Equal Employment Specifications” set forth in 41 CFR Public Contracts and Property Management Part 60-4.3 Equal Opportunity Clauses.

Goals for minority participation: 18%

Goals for female participation: 7%

These goals are applicable to all construction work (whether or not Federal or Federally-Assisted) performed in the “covered area.”

As used in this notice, and in the contract resulting from this solicitation, the “covered area” is Pittsburgh SMSA (Allegheny, Washington, Beaver and Westmoreland counties).

The contractor shall comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1988, as amended, Section 109 of the Community Development Act of 1974, with Executive Order 11625 (Minority Business Enterprise) and Executive Order 12138 (Women’s Business Enterprise).

The Proposers will be required to submit the package of certifications included with the contract documents relating to Equal Employment Opportunity. Vendors submitting responses on federally funded projects must register on SAM.gov and provide proof of registration.

The City of Pittsburgh reserves the right to withhold the award of contract for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the opening of bids.

The City of Pittsburgh reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS EMSWORTH BOROUGH ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

Sealed Proposals will be received by Emsworth Borough at the Municipal Building, 171 Center Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15202 until 2:00 P.M. on March 10th, 2025, to be publicly opened and read aloud at that time for the following project:

Base Bid

2025 EMSWORTH BOROUGH ROAD PROGRAM

This project involves pavement maintenance of various streets in Emsworth Borough, including the following approximate quantities: 4,000 SY of 3.5” +/- Profile Milling; 4,000 SY of 1.5” 9.5mm Superpave Wearing Course; Base Repair; 2” 19 mm Superpave Binder Course; Bituminous Wedge Curb Replacement; Concrete Curb Replacement; Concrete Sidewalk Replacement; Manhole and Inlet Frame Adjustments and Replacement; Inlet Repair; Installation of ADA Handicap Ramps; Restoration of All Disturbed Areas; Traffic Control and Resident Notification for the street segments as specified in the included mapping.

Add Alternate Bid No. 1 Approximately 700 SY of additional 3.5” +/- Profile Milling; 700 SY of 1.5” 9.5mm Superpave Wearing Course; Base Repair; 2” 19 mm Superpave Binder Course; Traffic Control; Including Items in Base Bid; Resident Notification; and Restoration for the Emsworth DPW Garage and New Salt Shed Parking Lot.

Proposals shall be delivered in a sealed envelope and clearly marked on the outside with the words “2025 EMSWORTH BOROUGH ROAD PROGRAM”. All bidders shall be PennDOT pre-qualified and attach their PennDOT Pre-Qualification Certificates to the outside of the proposal envelope in order for it to be opened and read publicly. Anti-Collusion Affidavit is also to be submitted with the Proposal in order for the Proposal to be considered responsive.

Copies of Drawings, Specifications, Instructions to Bidders, General Conditions, Forms of Proposals and Agreement are on file and open to public inspection at the office of The Gateway Engineers, Inc., 100 McMorris Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9401 where sets of said documents may be obtained upon payment of $75.00 per set. No refund will be made for the return of any documents. An additional $20.00 will be required for each set of plans if they are to be mailed.

Pennsylvania Prevailing Wages must be paid on this contract. Proposals must be submitted on the forms provided by the Municipality. Proposals to receive consideration must be accompanied by a Certified Check or Bidder’s Bond from a Surety Company authorized to do business in Pennsylvania, made to the order of Emsworth Borough in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the Proposal as a guarantee that, if the Proposal is accepted, the successful Bidder will enter into an Agreement within 15 days after Notice of the Award of the Contract. All Proposals must be in the hands of Emsworth Borough, 171 Center Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15202, by 2:00 P.M. prevailing time March 10th, and will be opened and read publicly aloud immediately following. The Proposals must be made to Emsworth Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and shall remain firm for a period of sixty (60) days. No Bidder may withdraw his Proposal during the sixty (60) day period without forfeiting his Bid guarantee. Performance, Maintenance, and Labor and Material Payment Bonds, along with Public Liability and Property Damage Certificates of Insurance in the amounts specified, as well as Certificates of Workman’s Compensation must be filed with the executed Agreement upon acceptance of the Proposal from the successful Bidder.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, or any part thereof, for any reason, and also reserves the right to waive any informality therein. Bidders are advised that the Borough will award the contract to the lowest responsible, responsive, and Qualified Bidder based on the total bid submitted. However, Bidders are advised that the Borough expressly reserves the right to reject all bids, and specifically reserves the right to award to the lowest responsible, responsive and Qualified Bidder a contract for all or any portions of the work listed in the Proposal, and in awarding a contract for less than the total work listed, or less than all portions of the work listed, the contract price will be determined from the total quantities for each item listed and the unit price bid for each item listed.

Cathy Jones Borough Secretary

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR AUTO DETAILING OF HOUSING AUTHORITY CITY OF PITTSBURGH VEHICLES

IFB #850-08-25

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby requests bids from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s):

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The documents will be available no later than February 10, 2025, and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m. on March 13, 2025. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only accept physical bids dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 11:00 a.m. on March 13, 2025, in the lobby of One Stop Shop at 412 Boulevard of the Allies. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Bids may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the IFB. Sealed bids may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor Procurement, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.hacp.org.

Questions or inquiries should be directed to:

Mr. Brandon Havranek, Associate Director of Procurement/ Contracting Officer

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor - Procurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2890

A pre-bid meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on February 26, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Please see the meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting https://hacp-org.zoom.us/ j/83508391943?pwd=Tr9bJjEc 9qH4b9WKfbV0dXzWgurqoT.1

Meeting ID: 835 0839 1943 Passcode: 271764 +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages certified minority business enterprises and women business enterprises to respond to this solicitation.

Caster D. Binion, Executive Director Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh

HACP conducts business in accordance with all federal, state, and local civil rights laws, including but not limited to Title VII, the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The PA Human Relations Act, etc. and does not discriminate against any individuals protected by these statutes

OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION of the SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH

Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on March 11, 2025, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for:

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Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on February 17, 2025, at Modern Reproductions (412-488-7700), 127 McKean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable. Project details and dates are described in each project manual.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR FIRE AND SECURITY ALARM

MONITORING AUTHORITY WIDE

IFB # 300-06-25

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby requests bids from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s): Fire and Security Alarm Monitoring Authority Wide

The documents will be available no later than February 10, 2025, and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on March 13, 2025. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only accept physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 10:00 a.m. on March 13, 2025, in the lobby of One Stop Shop at 412 Boulevard of the Allies. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Proposals may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the RFP. Sealed proposals may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor - Procurement, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.HACP.org.

Questions or inquiries should be directed to:

Mr. Brandon Havranek, Associate Director of Procurement/Contracting Officer

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th FloorProcurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2890

A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on February 26, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Please see the meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting https://hacp-org.zoom.us/ j/84079096882?pwd=PIkFxB 7JWSabjv7twu5xtBe5Ut5bTi.1

Meeting ID: 840 7909 6882 Passcode: 625446 +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages certified minority business enterprises and women business enterprises to respond to this solicitation.

Caster D. Binion, Executive Director Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh

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NORTH HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT SERVICES:

North Hills School District is requesting proposals for Technology Management Services. The District will receive proposals at the North Hills Administration Building at 135 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15229 for this request until Monday, March 10, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. e.s.t. Proposals shall be submitted in a sealed envelope labeled “Attn: RFP”. The Request for Proposals document appears on the North Hills School District website.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID NORTH HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: North Hills School District is requesting bids for Musical Instruments. The District will receive bids at the North Hills Administration Building at 135 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15229 for the above instrument until Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. e.s.t. Bids shall be submitted to “Attn. Bids” in a sealed envelope labeled “Musical Instruments”. The Bid document appears on the North Hills School District website.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR LEASED PARKING FOR HACP HEADQUARTERS VEHICLES

RFP #650-07-25

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby requests bids from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s): Leased Parking for HACP Headquarters Vehicles

The documents will be available no later than February 10, 2025, and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on March 4, 2025. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only accept physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 10:00 a.m. on March 4, 2025, in the lobby of One Stop Shop at 412 Boulevard of the Allies. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Proposals may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the RFP. Sealed proposals may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor - Procurement, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.HACP.org. Questions or inquiries should be directed to:

Mr. Brandon Havranek, Associate Director of Procurement/Contracting Officer Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th FloorProcurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2890

A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on February 20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Please see the meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting: https://hacp-org.zoom.us/ j/89160992130?pwd=sUQaad boTjxRPmLa69yJxVxDSjkLss.1 Meeting ID: 891 6099 2130 Passcode: 989636 +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C) The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages certified minority business enterprises and women business enterprises to respond to this solicitation.

Caster D. Binion, Executive Director Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh HACP conducts business in accordance with all federal, state, and local civil rights laws, including but not limited to Title VII, the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The PA Human Relations Act, etc. and does not discriminate against any indi-

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

The Allegheny County Airport Authority will be receiving scanned PDF proposals through Submittable, and a submission link will be sent to each registered plan holder. Submissions are to be submitted via Submittable by 1:00 p.m. prevailing local time on March 19, 2025, and bids will be opened by the Airport Authority and results will be emailed by end of business day of bid opening for the following project:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY

PROJECT NUMBER 25MG01 (GENERAL) PARKING LOT MODIFICATIONS

PROJECT NUMBER 22MG02-REBID (GENERAL) BID PACKAGE R – REMOTE LOTS AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

A pre-bid conference will be held at 9:00 a.m., on February 25, 2025, in Conference Room A at Pittsburgh International Airport Landside Terminal, 4th Floor Mezz, Pittsburgh, PA 15231.

Attention is called to the fact that not less than the minimum salaries and wages, as determined by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, must be paid on these projects.

Proposals must be made on the Authority’s form and in accordance with the Plans and Specifications and the “Instructions to Bidders”’. The non-refundable charge of $150.00 for the Bid Documents and the Plans, and Specifications through the bidding platform Submittable at https://acaacapitalprograms.submittable.com.

Please note that Submittable does not support Internet Explorer 11.

Submittable recommends the following browsers: Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Apple Safari.

This project has DBE participation goals; DBE firms must be certified with the Pennsylvania Unified Certification Program) (PA UCP). Firms must be certified prior to award of contract. A searchable database of DBE firms can be found on the PA UCP web site: https://paucp.dbesystem.com/

The Airport Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids or waive any informalities in the bidding.

No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty [60] days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids.

To view a complete advertisement, which is also included in the bidding documents visit www.flypittsburgh.com – ACAA Corporate – Business Opportunities or call 412-472-3677 or 412-472-5647.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY

THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH

Sealed bids will be received in the Bellefield Avenue Lobby, Administration Building, 341 South Bellefield Avenue until 11:00 A.M. prevailing time February 27, 2025 and will be opened at the same hour in the administration building cafeteria:

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General Information regarding bids may be obtained at the Purchasing Office, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, RM 349 Pittsburgh, PA 15213. The bid documents are available on the School District’s Purchasing web site at: www.pghschools.org

Click on Our Community; Bid Opportunities; Purchasing - under Quick Links.

The Board of Public Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or select a single item from any bid.

We are an equal rights and opportunity school district

THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH

Sealed bids will be received in the Bellefield Avenue Lobby, Administration Building, 341 South Bellefield Avenue until 11:00 A.M. prevailing time February 26, 2025 and will be opened at the same hour in the administration building cafeteria:

School District Wide Supplies

The Board of Public Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or select a single item from any bid.

We are an equal rights and opportunity school district

PITTSBURGH COMPREHENSIVE MUNICIPAL PENSION TRUST FUND

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF PROPOSAL FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The Pittsburgh Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund (the “CMPTF”) has issued a Request for Proposal (“RFP”) for a Core Plus Fixed Income Manager to advise the CMPTF on fixed income investments. The specifications related to the services requested are set forth further in the RFP which is available at the City of Pittsburgh’s website at https://www.pittsburghpa.gov/ City-Government/Finances-Budget /Announcements . In order to successfully compete for the professional services, a proposer must complete all required attachments and disclosures set forth in the RFP.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR EMERGENCY GENERATOR FIRE PUMP MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AUTHORITY WIDE IFB #300-12-25

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby requests bids from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s):

EMERGENCY GENERATOR FIRE PUMP MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AUTHORITY WIDE

The documents will be available no later than February 17, 2025, and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on March 20, 2025. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only accept physical bids dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 10:00 a.m. on March 20, 2025, in the lobby of One Stop Shop at 412 Boulevard of the Allies. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Bids may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the IFB. Sealed bids may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor Procurement, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.hacp.org.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR 17 GEOTHERMAL UNITS AT NORTHVIEW HEIGHTS 16 UNIT REHABILITATION REBID IFB #600-39-24 REBID

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby requests bids from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s):

17 GEOTHERMAL UNITS AT NORTHVIEW HEIGHTS 16 UNIT

REHABILITATION REBID

The documents will be available no later than February 17, 2025, and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on March 18, 2025. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only accept physical bids dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 10:00 a.m. on March 18, 2025, in the lobby of One Stop Shop at 412 Boulevard of the Allies. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Bids may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the IFB. Sealed bids may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor Procurement, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.hacp.org.

Questions or inquiries should be directed to:

Mr. Brandon Havranek, Associate Director of Procurement/ Contracting Officer Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor - Procurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-456-2890

A pre-bid meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on March 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Please see the meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting https://hacp-org.zoom.us/ j/81656906530?pwd=4EmsYy GLFmlBECO6H664eP9xEF6FLa.1 Meeting ID: 816 5690 6530 Passcode: 537956 +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages certified minority business enterprises and women business enterprises to respond to this solicitation.

Caster D. Binion, Executive Director Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh

ALSTOM Transport USA Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, has a Wireless Communications Systems Hardware Engineer position responsible for designing, testing, and commissioning wireless communication for the APM based on the infrastructure (a tunnel or open air). This is a Pittsburgh-based and hybrid position offering the ability to work from home on Monday and Friday each week with in-office work required on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week in the Pittsburgh, PA office. Apply at: jobsearch.alstom.com, #475736.

INSTITUTIONAL PHARMACY TECHNICIAN PROGRAM INSTRUCTOR

BIDWELL TRAINING CENTER

Instructs adult students in topics such as sterile and non-sterile compounding, pharmacology of medications, and prescription processing and distribution in accordance with Dept of Education licensing regulations and job market demands. 3 yrs experience within institutional pharmacy industry required. Must have demonstrated ability to communicate with a diverse population, possess strong working knowledge of MS Office applications, have a valid U.S. driver’s license and an insurable driving record.

Send Resume with cover letter and salary requirements to resumes@manchesterbidwell.org EOE

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Questions or inquiries should be directed to:

Mr. Brandon Havranek, Associate Director of Procurement/Contracting Officer

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor - Procurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-456-2890

A pre-bid meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on March 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Please see the meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: https://hacp-org.zoom.us/ j/81708298768?pwd=qMJ4JTgR wx33VC5Dbf0Ya4Nj4ablL1.1 Passcode: 817 0829 8768 +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages certified minority business enterprises and women business enterprises to respond to this solicitation.

Caster D. Binion, Executive Director Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh

JOB OPPORTUNITIES Help Wanted

MT. LEBANON, PA POLICE OFFICER TESTING MT. LEBANON POLICE DEPARTMENT will be conducting a physical agility and written exam for POLICE OFFICER on Saturday, March 22, 2025. Starting salary of $77,974 annually ($61,308 for police academy cadet) Must be a U.S. citizen; 21 years of age at hire; bachelor’s degree from accredited college/university at hire; pass physical, written, oral exams plus a comprehensive background investigation. Full test requirements, description and application may be obtained at www.mtlebanon.org/employment. Deadline to apply is 4:00 pm, March 7, 2025. Mt. Lebanon is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. Mt. Lebanon makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. Reasonable accommodations for the needs of applicants with disabilities will be made upon request to the Human Resource Office at jaquino@mtlebanon.org or 412343-3625.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES Help Wanted

MARKETING & OUTREACH

AMBASSADOR (EXTERNAL)

Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking a Marketing & Outreach Ambassador (External) to support the Marketing and Community Outreach Department in developing relationships in the community that can be used to promote PRTs goals and initiatives

Essential Functions:

· Assists in developing outreach strategies and event planning for large community events. Tasks include researching new events, organizing logistics with event organizers, determining the most appropriate materials to distribute at each event based on the audience, type of event, etc., and providing marketing /social media support before, during and after events.

· Collaborates with area stakeholders to develop joint marketing/outreach opportunities by participating in community meetings and events throughout Allegheny County to deliver PRT’s marketing and brand messages. Responsibilities include evaluating the effectiveness of each event and providing a detailed recap to be used in determining participation in future events.

· Assists in scheduling and maintaining the annual marketing events calendar for the purpose of internal and external promotion

Job requirements include: · High school diploma or GED.

· Minimum of two (2) years of marketing, community outreach, brand ambassador, or customer service experience.

Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking a Assistant Manager of Way to Plan, schedule, and supervise Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) Way department work and provide technical assistance to support repair and maintenance of PRT’s Right of Ways including, track, bridges, parking lots, tunnels, and busways and other PRT properties. Provides direction and oversight to the activities of the maintenance supervisors and their crews. Develops and implements new maintenance procedures and oversees the scheduling and implementation of corrective and preventative maintenance tasks for the department. Oversees the maintenance of PRT’s landscaping, including grass cutting and weed spraying activities.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for maintenance of PRT’s busways, tracks, retaining walls, bridges, parking lots, and driveways including signage. Maintains PRT’s landscaping, including grass cutting and weed spraying activities. Oversees the Way department in the absence of the Manager of Way.

• Maintains all operational structures at a high status of readiness and supplies immediate repair support under any emergency conditions.

• Manages the activities of the maintenance supervisors, Way maintenance supervisors and related crews.

• Develops and implements new maintenance procedures, oversees the assignment, scheduling, and implementation of corrective and preventive maintenance tasks for Way Department.

Job requirements include:

• High school diploma or GED.

• Associate’s degree or two (2) years of college in technical, engineering or related field from an accredited college or university. Related experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in rail/track and/or roadway maintenance.

• Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory experience.

• Demonstrated ability in the use of Windows and Microsoft Word.

Preferred attributes:

• Bachelor ’s degree degrees in a technical field from an accredited college or university.

• Supervisory experience in track repair/replacement or heavy highway construction.

• Project Management Experience.

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to:

Taylor McBride Employment Department

345 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 TMcBride@RidePRT.org EOE

· Effective written and professional communication skills.

· Ability to work weekdays, evenings, and weekends at various community events throughout the county.

· Valid PA driver’s license.

· Ability to obtain/maintain child clearances.

· Demonstrated ability in the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, & Excel

· Enthusiasm, teamwork focused, strong interpersonal and customer service orientated.

Preferred attributes: · Bilingual (Spanish)

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to:

Deborah L. Slocum Employment Department

345 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 DSlocum@RidePRT.org EOE

MARKETING & OUTREACH

AMBASSADOR ( INTERNAL)

Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking a Marketing & Outreach Ambassador to support the Marketing and Community Outreach Department in developing relationships within the organization that can be used to promote PRT’s goals and initiatives.

Essential Functions:

· Coordinates with Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to internally promote events and campaigns. Tasks include communicating the group’s requests to creative services for the development/ production of promotional materials, assisting with the purchase of branded promotional materials, and distributing information on behalf of the ERGs as required.

· Assists other PRT departments in in purchasing promotional materials for distribution at events. Tasks include submitting timely requests, researching options and securing/ documenting vendor quotes for purchase of all branded items.

Job requirements include:

· High school diploma or GED.

· Minimum of two (2) years of marketing, community outreach, brand ambassador or customer service experience.

· Effective written and professional communication skills.

· Ability to work weekdays, evenings, and weekends at various community events throughout the county.

· Valid PA driver’s license.

· Demonstrated ability in the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel

· Enthusiasm, teamwork focused, strong interpersonal and customer service orientated.

Preferred attributes:

· Bilingual (Spanish)

· Previous experience with online registration platforms (ex: Survey Monkey, Monday, etc.)

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to: Deborah L. Slocum

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Salem’s Market in the Hill District closes...but for how long?

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City of Pittsburgh’s Black History Month Program 2025

COURIER CHURCH DIRECTORY

Collection of short plays entitled 'Love Is...' debuts Feb. 28

ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

MOUNT CARMEL BAPTIST

CHURCH PASTORAL ANNIV.

Inspiration

Report: Pittsburgh tied for worst city for Black professionals

Companies continuing DEI initiatives

Guest Editorial

Preserving future Black History

Racists want love, but not an end to racism!

Trump is waging war on America

MAGA World is being played

Is Trump similar to Bill Clinton on foreign aid?

J. Pharoah Doss Check It Out

The plot to assassinate Black America

Letter to the Editor

NOTICE TO BIDDERS EMSWORTH BOROUGH ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA