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by Rob Taylor Jr.

Courier Staff Writer

The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that 15 companies and organizations were named "2024 Vibrant Champions" by the organization Vibrant Pittsburgh for their commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. It comes at a time when DEI is under attack across the nation, as some companies try to ease out of supporting DEI in its hiring practices and employee-bonding activities.

The "2024 Vibrant Champions" are: Aires, Ansys, BNY, Community College of Allegheny County, DICK’s Sporting Goods, Giant Eagle, Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation, People's Gas/Essential Utilities, PNC Financial Services, Pittsburgh Promise, Schell Games, U.S. Steel, UPMC, Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, and YWCA Greater Pittsburgh.

To become a Vibrant Champion, participating organizations had to score a 95 percent or better in the "Vibrant Index 5.0" assessment, a joint effort from Vibrant Pittsburgh and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. Roughly 100 organizations participated, and those organizations represent 185,000 people, or 16 percent of the Pittsburgh region's workforce. According to a statement from Vibrant Pittsburgh, this year's Vibrant Index 5.0 evaluated organizations on various criteria, including leadership commitment, workplace culture, recruitment and retention, and supplier diversity. This year's Vibrant Index featured enhanced metrics and deeper insights, reflecting the evolving landscape of DEI best practices. Diversity, Equity and

by Rob Taylor Jr.

Courier Staff Writer

Over money, over status, over the type of car you drive, your health is what's most important. Without your health, nothing else matters. Those who don't have health insurance, are on a fixed income or may qualify as low-income are often the people who visit FQHCs, or Federally Qualified Health Centers. But it takes elect-

ed officials to continue to fight in Washington, D.C., for money allocated to FQHCs across the nation. Congresswoman Summer Lee has fought the fight, and on Monday, Aug. 5, she was awarded the Distinguished Community Health Center Advocate Award by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). The presentation was made to Congresswoman Lee at the North Side Christian

Health Center, on Middle Street. The North Side Christian Health Center is one of nine FQHCs in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and one of six that are exclusively in Allegheny County.

"It's an honor to be able to work on you all's behalf," Congresswoman Lee said as she was presented with the all-glass award. "I don't take for granted how important the work it is that you all do at every one of these facilities, the many people who are relying on this service who would otherwise not be taken care of. It's my job to go and stand in the gap and to fight as hard as we

Hayes’ estate demands $3 million from Trump campaign for unauthorized use of songs

by A.R. Shaw

Atlanta Daily World

Music often plays a major role at political rallies. Politicians use music to create more exuberant atmosphere before or after speeches. However, political campaigns must ask for permission before using music that’s licensed. The Trump campaign has allegedly used music from R&B legend Isaac Hayes without authorization and his estate is demanding that the former president pay up.

In a letter issued by the Hayes estate over the weekend, the family wants Trump to pay $3 million and cease playing the songs at his rallies. From 2022 to 2024, the

estate says Trump infringed on the copyrights of Hayes’ catalogue 134 times. Trump often uses “Hold On, I’m Coming” when at his rallies. The song was performed by Sam & Dave and written by Hayes. If demands are not met, the will “take all legal action required to enforce the infringed upon intellectual property rights, including but not limited to sending third party take down requests and/or federal litigation.”

Hayes’ son, Atlanta native Isaac Hayes III, took aim at Trump on social media. “Donald Trump epitomizes a lack of integrity and class,” Hayes wrote. “Not only through his continuous use of

my father’s music without permission but also through his history of sexual abuse against women and his racist rhetoric,” Hayes III wrote. “This behavior will no longer be tolerated, and we will take swift action to put an end to it.”

The Hayes estate is not the only one upset with the Trump campaign for unauthorized use of songs. Over the weekend, Celine Dion blasted Trump for using her song, “My Heart Will Go On.”

“In no way is this use authorized and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,” Dion wrote. “And really, that song?”

Trump’s near-death helicopter experience didn’t happen, ex-mayor Brown says

by Black Information Network

Former President Donald Trump recently claimed that he nearly died in a helicopter landing with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, but Brown says the incident never happened, per CNN.

On Thursday, August 8, Trump appeared at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where a reporter asked him about Vice President Kamala Harris’ previous relationship with Brown. Harris has been attacked by right-wing figures as a “mistress” for her previous relationship with Brown, despite it being public and occurring after he was separated

from his wife. Trump claimed he knew Brown “very well” and recounted how he allegedly had a neardeath experience with the former mayor.

“I know Willie Brown very well. In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing,” Trump said Thursday. “This was not a pleasant landing, and Willie was, he was a little concerned. So I know him, I know him pretty well. I mean, I haven’t seen him in years.”

Later that day, Brown shut down Trump’s claims, as “obviously wrong.”

This Week In Black History A Courier Staple

• AUGUST 14

1862—President Abraham Lincoln (for the first time) meets with a group of prominent Blacks to discuss the Civil War and public policy. But before the meeting was over, he would anger those gathered. Although an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery, Lincoln suggested that it would be best for America and Blacks if African Americans were to emigrate to Africa or Central America. Nevertheless, a Littlemore than a month later on Sept. 22 he would issue the Emancipation Proclamation technically freeing all slaves in the rebellious Southern states.

1883—Ernest E. Just is born in Charleston, S.C. Just would become one of the nation’s most prominent biologists conducting pioneering research in cell division. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Dartmouth University in 1907 and would go on to establish the Zoology Department at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Just would die in 1941.

1959— Modern basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson is born on this day in Lansing, Mich.

• AUGUST 15

“I’ve never been in a helicopter with him in my life,” Brown told CNN.

“He is trying his best to get some way to degrade Kamala,” the former mayor added of Trump. “There is no reason why her name ought to be mentioned anywhere near his lies, period.”

According to the New York Times, Trump confused Willie Brown with former California Governor Jerry Brown, who toured wildfire damage with Trump in a helicopter in November 2018.

A spokesperson for Jerry Brown said, “There was no emergency landing and no discussion of Kamala Harris.”

Trump also claimed that Willie Brown was “not a fan” of Harris, citing that he had told him “terrible things” about the Democratic presidential nominee.

Brown said of Trump’s allegation: “No. Why would I? Give me a break, please.”

1975— In another of those highly publicized “trials of the century,” which frequently grip national attention, 20-year-old Joan Little is found not guilty of murder after she stabbed a White jailer who had entered her cell in Beaufort County, N.C., to sexually assault her. The trial had been moved to Raleigh because of widespread racial prejudice in the Eastern North Carolina area where the incident actually took place.

1979— President Jimmy Carter forces the resignation of United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young after he angered Jewish groups by meeting with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The resignation created stormy relations between Blacks and the generally uncompromising pro-Israel lobby in the United States.

• AUGUST 16

1922— Author and investigative reporter Louis E. Lomax is born in Valdosta, Ga. Little is known today, but in the 1960s Lomax was one of the most prominent Black journalists in America. He was renowned for his coverage of the Civil Rights Movement and his investigative reporting. He died mysteriously in an automobile accident near Santa Rosa, N.M., on July 30, 1970. One urban legend is that his car was forced off the road by persons working for the FBI because he was completing a book which would show that the assassination of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was part of a government plot. This urban legend is often repeated, but there has been little concrete evidence offered to support it. Lomax’ best known books are “Negro Revolt” and “To Kill a Black Man.”

1887— Black separatist and Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey is born on this day in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. Garvey advocated Black pride and the building of Black institutions. He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in 1914 and with amazingly rapid speed built it into the largest independent Black organization in history with 1,100 branches in more than 40 countries. He came to the U.S. in 1916 and the FBI began keeping a file on him in 1919. By 1923 he was indicted on what many considered trumped up mail fraud charges and eventually deported from his U.S. base in 1927. Garvey would die in England on June 10, 1940. But years before his death, he predicted his re -

turn, writing, “Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm, look for me all around you, with God’s grace, I shall come and bring with me countless millions…to aid you in the fight for liberty, freedom and life.”

• AUGUST 18

1963— The first Black person admitted to the University of Mississippi, James Meredith , graduates on this day in 1963. His graduation was unmarred by the protests and violence which marked his federally forced entry into the once segregated institution.

1964— White-ruled South Africa is officially banned from competing in the Olympics because of its system of racial oppression known as Apartheid. The country’s Black majority would not achieve democratic rule, however, until May 1994 when the Nelson Mandela-led African National Congress won more than two-thirds of the vote in the country’s first free elections.

• AUGUST 19

1791—Benjamin Banneker writes a letter to Secretary of State (later president) Thomas Jefferson denouncing slavery. In his letter, Banneker declared, “I freely and cheerfully acknowledge that I am of the African race” and then precedes to label America’s recently achieved freedom from England a “hypocrisy” as long as Blacks continued to suffer under “groaning captivity and cruel oppression.” Banneker was a Black activist against slavery even though he is generally recognized for his mathematical achievements, designing one of the first clocks made in America and laying out the nation’s capital after Pierre L’Enfant abandoned the job.

1954— African American diplomat Ralph Bunch is named Undersecretary of the United Nations. Bunch had already received the Nobel Peace Prize (1950) for his work as a U.N. negotiator during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948-1949. Bunch would later become U.N. Secretary General. He was born in Detroit but raised in Los Angeles.

• AUGUST 20

1619— This is the most probable date that Black History in America begins . Approximately 20 Africans (the records of the day referred to them as “20 and odd Negras”) arrived in Jamestown, Va., aboard a Dutch ship. It appears the Africans were sold as indentured servants who could work and earn their freedom. Little is known about the group except that the Dutch had stolen them from a Spanish slave ship which was probably headed for the Caribbean or South America. Few names survive. But one of the men was called Anthony (or Antonio) and one of the women was called Isabella. The available records indicate the ship arrived in Jamestown in the latter part of August. Other records and some speculation have led most historians to believe the actual arrival date was Aug. 20, 1619—the beginning of Black history in America.

1830— The first National Negro Convention is held. It takes place in Philadelphia and is chaired by Richard Allen , founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Top on the agenda of the gathering was what could free Blacks do to help bring an end to slavery.

1942— Musician, composer, singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes is born on this day in Covington, Tenn.

114th FROGS Formal an epic event in Green Tree

The 114th FROGS Formal was held on July 13, 2024, at the Doubletree Hotel in Green Tree. Antoine Smalls is the president of the FROGS and Charles Franklin Sr. and Charles “Chuck” Franklin are part of the formal committee. The new FROGS members, Rev. Alec K. Piper, Anthony D. Williams, Rev. Samuel Ware and W. Terrance McDaniel, were the inductees of 2024. Everyone danced the night away and seemed to enjoy the food and drinks.

The FROGS (Friendly Rivalry Often Generates Success) Club was formed as a social club on May 5, 1910.  A group of African American men from Pittsburgh, McKeesport, Beaver Falls, Homestead, Wilkinsburg, Clairton and other areas came together and formed the initial membership of the FROGS.  Wilbur C. Douglas named the club, which was registered in Harrisburg.

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THE NEW FROGS MEMBERS—REV. ALEC K. PIPER, ANTHONY D. WILLIAMS, REV. SAMUEL WARE, W. TERRANCE MCDANIEL

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Some 4,500 people— from attendees, to vendors, to performers, to staff and volunteers—on Saturday, Aug. 10, converged on The Stacks at 3 Crossings in the Strip District for the now-annual “Barrel and Flow Fest,” which was voted twice as the No. 1 beer festival in the U.S. by USA Today readers.

Touted as America’s first Black arts and craft beer festival, the festival actually began as “Fresh Fest” in 2018 with co-founders Day Bracey, Mike Potter and Ed Bailey. It was later rebranded as “Barrel and Flow Fest” with Bracey taking the sole reigns of the festival and Bailey as chief financial officer.

The festival draws Black people from everywhere—Atlanta, Cleveland and Indianapolis were just some of the spots attendees told the

New Pittsburgh Courier that they resided. But Bracey has said that over the years, people have come from as far away as Guam, South Africa and Australia. They were able to be around 45 or so Black brewery companies from across the nation, such as Funkytown Beer, based in Chicago, or D.O.P.E. (Dwelling on Positive Energy) Cider House and Winery, based in Youngstown, Ohio. New this year, the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and the state of Pennsylvania proclaimed Aug. 4-11, 2024, to be Barrel and Flow Week, which was celebrated on Tuesday, Aug. 6, at Burghers Brewing on East Carson Street, South Side.

- Rob Taylor Jr.

THE CLEVELAND CREW—CHRIS, ROBERT, TAYLOR, SABLE AND BRELEN, WITH BARREL AND FLOW FEST FOUNDER DAY BRACEY, FAR RIGHT.

ANGELA DRUMMOND, NIKEA WILLIAMS, MONTI WILLIAMS. (SEE MORE PHOTOS AT NEWPITTSBURGHCOURIER.COM, SEARCH “TOP STORIES”)

SHAYLA PENN, TIFFANY BUCHANAN, TIFFANY JOHNSON, AT BARREL AND FLOW FEST 2024!

PITTSBURGH MAYOR ED GAINEY, WITH TEDDY TEDD, TRACEY FETHERSON AND ANNA TUCKER. (PHOTOS BY ROB TAYLOR JR.)

Take Charge Of Your Health Today. Be Informed. Be Involved.

Children and literacy 3Rs program empowers Black children through gift of reading

This month’s Take Charge of Your Health Today spotlight is on children and literacy. That includes how important it is for Black children to reach a reading milestone at the end of 3 rd grade when students shift from learning to read to reading to learn. Early literacy is tied to long-term school success, graduation rates, and future job opportunities. We asked Carlos Carter , head of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, about how literacy skills help to empower Black children and families and promote education equity.

Q: In this month’s series, University of Pittsburgh’s Dr. Moye talks about a divide in the reading levels between White students and Black students and how social determinants of health— such as access to housing, food, and educational resources—play a part in this performance gap. Can you expand on this?

Carlos: Social determinants of health shape the overall environment in which children grow and learn. For example, frequent moves and housing instability can disrupt a child’s education. Access to nutritious food is vital for cognitive development and concentration in school. Lack of educational resources, such as quality learning materials, widens the divide between White children and Black children.

The Urban League is addressing these barriers in our daily work. One of them is the lack of books for children. To make up for that, we’re providing gateway books, such as comics, that feature familiar childhood characters from movies and television to children at our Family Support Centers in Northview Heights, Duquesne, and East Hills. Through our work, we aim to help children have access to reading material, so they have a better chance of being successful in school.

Q: In addition to a shortage of Black people and characters presented in school learning materials, there’s also a lack of Black teachers and administrative staff. Why is it so important to change that disparity, so it’s more equal?

Carlos: Because representation matters! It fosters a sense of belonging and validates the students’ experiences and identities.

Increasing the number of Black teachers can provide role models for Black students. Diverse books in the curriculum are equally important as they reflect the students’ backgrounds and experiences, promote engagement, and create a deeper connection to learning. The books also help to combat stereotypes and broaden all students’ understanding of different cultures and perspectives.

The Urban League advocates for more diverse hiring practices within schools and supports programs that focus on recruiting and retaining Black teachers. It’s important for our children to see themselves represented in their schools’ positions of authority. When they don’t, it adds to their disenfranchisement in the education process. It also increases the cultural divide between administrators and teachers and their students. Many of their teachers, especially those from entirely different backgrounds, don’t understand the challenges our children face daily as they live in “survival mode,” which doesn’t allow them to prioritize learning.

We applaud efforts to work with schools to diversify their curriculum by introducing books and materials that reflect the rich diversity of our communities. Programs like the 3Rs (Reading, Racial Equity, and Relationships) are key to providing racially affirming books that counteract the negative narratives in traditional educational resources.

Q: Along those lines, the Urban League also offers programs to help minority scholars in Pittsburgh during their academic journeys. Tell us about them.

Carlos: We offer several programs that support minority scholars throughout their academic careers. The programs aim to bridge the academic divide and provide the necessary tools for success. For example, in addition to our Family Support Centers, our Center of Economic Self-Reliance runs our Black Male Leadership Development Institute and Black Female Development Institute (BMLDI and BFLDI) which connects 9 th - 12 th grade young adults with each other and trusted community mentors. Through these comprehensive programs, the Urban League helps Black and other minority scholars overcome barriers and achieve their educational goals, contributing to a more equitable and just region.

One of the greatest and most transformative gifts we can give Black children is a love of reading.

Reading promotes language and thinking skills and leads to academic achievement. It sparks creativity. It helps kids develop empathy and understanding. It improves concentration and discipline.

For kids, reading well by the end of third grade is not only an educational milestone, but also key to lifelong health. This critical like skill helps them with all other learning. It’s so important that if children reach it, they’re four times more likely to graduate from high school.

Accordingtoa2022study,12% of Pennsylvania’s Black fourth graders scored at or above goal onnationalreadingtests.Their White counterparts scored 51 percent. This gap is, in part, the result of structural racism like inequitable school funding and lackofculturallyrelevantteacher training, as well as unequal accesstoeducationalresources, housing, health care, and employment.

These complex structural issues demand solutions focused on dismantling the white-centric nature of our education system.

One solution got its start in 2018. At the University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development, as part of the Early School-Age Scientific Committee, a literacy intervention began to take shape for Black students in Allegheny County in kindergarten through 3rd grade.

Called the 3Rs, the intervention is part of The Pittsburgh Study and stands for Reading, Racial Equity, and Relationships. It’s based on research about what increases a child’s literacy development. That includes high-quality literacy experiences, racial literacy, and adults who are involved with children’s literacy at all stages of their development and in all places, not just in the classroom.

During the planning stage of the3Rs,formerProgramDirector SharonGeibellistenedtoeducators,parents,taxpayers,clergy, andliteracyorganizationsinthe community. “They helped us develop a program with joy and depth—one that our county’s Black children and families deserve,” explains Dr. Moye.

To foster a child’s love of reading, the 3Rs team works with students’ families, classroom teachers, community organizations, and local leaders. “Everything we do is in lockstep with the community,” say Dr. Moye. “Literacy doesn’t develop in a single setting, like a classroom, but in the child’s ecosystem.”

At the center of 3Rs are high-quality, racially affirming picture books that promote student, teacher, and parent learning and counter the anti-Blackness narratives of our country’s educational policies, procedures, resources, and practices. For students, the books are identity-affirming. They feature Black children, families, and communities in warm, joyful, and genuine situations. They focus on topics like history, justice, and action. They help students develop a strong sense of self and an understanding of the world they live in, including the complexities of race.

“In these books, Black children discover Black characters who are doing amazing things,” says Dr. Moye. “Readers share the characters’ hopes, dreams, and desires. Each book’s identity-affirming message counteracts the negative messages Black children implicitly and explicitly receive about their world and their place in it.”

Founded on this research, the catalyst for creating the 3Rs relied on community input. “For too long, Black children haven’t reached grade-level reading milestones,” notes Dr. Shallegra Moye, Associate Director for Equity, Justice, & Strategic Initiatives at the Office of Child Development and 3Rs Co-Lead. “To create an effective strategy to change that, we had to have input from Black community members.”

Educators—95 percent of whom are White in Allegheny County—receive the books at nocost.Thestorieshelpteachers andstaffuncover,question,and understand their own feelings aboutrace,includingtheirbiases, beliefs, and positions on justice and equity.

“In our 3Rs professional learning, educators become more comfortable discussing race among themselves, so they can talk effectively about it with students, parents, and caregivers,” explains Dr. Moye. “When this happens, meaningful relationships form between teachers, students, and families. Everyone can work together to nurture a love of reading.” She continues, “The 3Rs are interdependent. You can’t have one without the others.”

In addition to educators, parents also receive picture books, as do community-based, literacy organizations. Some of the books are gifted to families at community events.

“Parents are of primary importance to the 3Rs team,” says Dr. Moye. “Our goal is to help parents and caregivers learn about what is happening within schools, in support of their and their children’s school reading experiences.”

Dr. Moye notes that 3Rs book distribution is also a way to flood our region with high quality racially-affirming picture books that help all readers see Black children and families with agency.

“Racism is a pollution we ALL breathe in. These books are a filtration system,” she says.

In 2023, 375 hours of 3R professional learning took place in seven Pittsburgh schools within 4 districts. About 4,300 students received picture books. For the upcoming school year, the 3Rs will “graduate” some of its current schools to engage other districts that are interested.

Dr. Moye encourages parents and caregivers to find out if their child’s school is a 3Rs partner. “Talk to your child’s teacher or principal. Ask questions during family night and at other events,”

she says. “You are your child’s best advocate.” Also important is reading with children regularly outside of school. This simple, but profound act deepens relationships with children, builds language skills, and sends a message that reading is fun and worthwhile. Reading together also creates conversations about what the child is seeing and feeling about the story. (As an aid to parents and caregivers, the 3Rs team has put together a YouTube video titled the 9 Tips for Reading to Children.)

“Reading is truly the gift that keeps on giving long into adulthood and the 3Rs is not just for Black children,” says Dr. Moye. “When any child reads books that affirm their identity, the identities of those around them, and their lived experiences, we ALL benefit through the power of collective action.”

Parents’ personal experience inspires creation of Young Dreamers’ Bookstore

In 2016, as the parents of two active boys, Dr. Nosakhere Griffin-EL (pictured left) and Dr. Eliada Griffin-EL (right) searched diligently to find fiction and non-fiction books with Black main characters.

Nosakhere and Eliada wanted the books to promote diverse heroes, creativity, and imaginative thinking, as well as innovative problem solving and social and emotional wellness. Realizing this was a challenge many parents faced, the couple spung into action.

Determined to find unique stories that had the power to inspire their sons to dream, Nosakhere and Eliada turned their frustration into motivation and began searching. Their efforts led them to find great authors and illustrators who create unique

stories that stimulate young minds.

In 2022, they founded the Young Dreamers’ Bookstore, a mobile book retail startup for young children and their families.

The Young Dreamers’ Bookstore offers a large collection of children books with characters of African descent from throughout the world that are written by talented and culturally diverse authors.

Books are chosen to normalize cultural inclusion and spark children’s imaginations and self-confidence. Everyone who works at The Young Dreamers’ Bookstore recognizes the power of books throughout a child’s life and is committed to bringing children meaningful, inclusive stories that help shape how they see themselves and the world.

The Young Dreamers’ Bookstore is a spin-off of the Dreamocracy Learning Lab, which is an early childhood literacy social enterprise that provides innovative learning experiences that are book-enabled and dream-centered.

The bookstore also draws inspiration for book content from the global community of more than 1000 passion-

ate members in its private Facebook group called The Young Dreamers Book Club. Visit the bookstore’s website at www.youngdreamersbookstore.comformoreinformation aboutlearninglabs,bookfairs, booklists and recommendations, events —and to shop an amazing selection of books for your young dreamer.

Project SEEKS SES supports students’ social and emotional health

SEEKS SES stands for Supporting Expansion and Enhancement of K-12 SchoolBased Social, Emotional Supports. It’s a grant-funded partnership between the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) and the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU). With input from its partner organizations, SEEKS SES supports the social and emotional health of students in 10 Allegheny County school districts, including behavior and mental health issues and trauma that have grown

more challenging since the COVID-19 pandemic.

SEEKS SES also assists three higher education institutions — Chatham University, Duquesne University, and Pitt — to make sure Allegheny county has a strong pipeline of professionals who work in social-emotional, behavior, and student wellness health fields. This includes teachers, social workers, school psychologists, and others.

One example of this assistance is taking place at Chatham. With SEEKS SES support, Chatham is offering 40

scholarships to students who are interested in obtaining their Social, Emotional and Wellness for Individuals Serving Youth Certificate Since SEEKS SES started, the partnership and its participants, under the leadership of Shannon Fagan, Project Coordinator, have: Outlined participating school districts’ strengths, needs, and areas for improvement, and helped to support wellness initiatives that focus on chronic absenteeism, violence intervention, wellness methods and spaces, student

fitness rooms, and more. Mapped a plan for pre-professional placements in areas like social work, psychology, and counseling.

SEEKS SES’ goal is twofold: Help schools put into action a sustainable, evidence-based , and promising practice programming that addresses the growing needs of vulnerable students in the aftermath of COVID-19. Ensure there are professionals in place to help improve and sustain students’ overall wellness now and into the future.

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Vibrant Pittsburgh celebrates its 2024 ‘Vibrant Champions’

Inclusion programs and practices have been under attack, especially after the billionaire Elon Musk, who owns X, formerly known as Twitter, called DEI "another word for racism. Shame on anyone who uses it."

In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court, armed with former President Donald Trump's appointees, struck down Affirmative Action, which effectively ended race-conscious admissions practices at colleges and universities across the country. Justice Clarence Thomas, who is Black, voted to eliminate Affirmative Action. He wrote in his decision: "While I am painfully aware of the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race and all who suffer discrimination, I hold our enduring hope that this country will live up to its principles that...all men are created equal, are equal citizens, and must be treated equally before the law."

Big companies such as Google and Meta (which owns Facebook) have cut DEI-related positions and programs. The same can be said about the video conferencing platform company Zoom, which cut its internal DEI team. DoorDash, Lyft and Home Depot also took the knife to DEI teams there, slashing them by at least 50 percent.

In July 2023, 13 Republican attorneys general wrote a letter to the top corporations in their respective states, practically warning them not to use racial preferences in hiring and promotion decisions. In the letter, obtained by the Courier, the attorneys general wrote that “the Supreme Court’s recent decision should place every employer and contractor on notice of the illegality of racial quotas and racebased preferences in employment and contracting

practices."

The letter ended with: "We urge you to immediately cease any unlawful race-based quotas or preferences your company has adopted for its employment and contracting practices. If you choose not to do so, know that you will be held accountable—sooner rather than later—for your decision to continue treating people differently because of the color of their skin."

Among the 13 Republican attorneys general who co-signed the letter were West Virginia's attorney general, Patrick Morrissey, and Indiana's attorney general, Todd Rokita.

Pennsylvania has a Democratic attorney general, Michelle Henry, and by the November General Election, the next Pa. attorney general could be Pittsburgh native and Democrat Eugene DePasquale. He'll be opposed by Republican Dave Sunday in the election for AG.

DEI practices are not under attack as much in the Pittsburgh region, although the Vibrant Pittsburgh annual report showed that even though there were 15 Vibrant Champions crowned, there were some 85 companies and organizations that participated and didn't get the Vibrant Champion designation. That doesn't mean they aren't committed to DEI practices, but it does show that those companies could do more than they're currently doing.

U.S. Steel was more ecstatic than a kid on Christmas morning about their Vibrant Champion designation for 2024.

“U.S. Steel’s 2024 recognition as a Vibrant Pittsburgh Champion is another proof point of the progress we are making in our commitment to build and maintain a culture of belonging across our global operations,” said U.S. Steel President and Chief Executive Offi-

cer David B. Burritt, in a statement.

“Our Vibrant Index results give us confidence that the DEI goals we have set for ourselves align with the larger goals of the region, and even the country, to attract, retain and grow a diverse workforce ready to tackle the challenges of the future,” added Mike Williams, U. S. Steel Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.

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which allows for Black women to wear their natural hair in any style without retribution, and the organization has formed strategic partnerships with non-profits "that are working to advance racial justice and gender equity," Reynolds said.

BNY Mellon was another Vibrant Champion. Its Director/Pittsburgh Regional Manager Andrea Stanford said that the company in April 2024

a big reason they were named a 2023 Vibrant Champion, and repeated the honor in 2024.

can to make sure there is money in every budget."

Across the country, some 31 million Americans get health care services from FQHCs, the New Pittsburgh Courier has learned. And of those 31 million, at least 18 percent are African Americans. More than 20 percent of respondents from data compiled by the Health Resources and Services Administration didn't classify themselves as Black or White, or declined to give their race. Exact numbers on how many African Americans use FQHCs in Southwestern Pennsylvania are unknown, but the nine FQHCs in the region ser-

vice about 100,000 people per year. In addition to the North Side Christian Health Center, other familiar FQHCs in the area include Primary Care Health Services (based on Hamilton Avenue in Homewood), East Liberty Family Health Care Center (across from Home Depot in East Liberty), Metro Community Health Center (South Braddock Avenue near Edgewood Towne Center), Squirrel Hill Health Center (Browns Hill Road) and Sto-Rox Family Health Center (Thompson Avenue, McKees Rocks).

Bethany Blackburn, CEO of the North Side

burgh was another Vibrant Champion for 2024, the second consecutive year it was selected. In 2023, Chief Executive Officer Angela Reynolds touted how the organization created a position of Vice President, Equity and Culture, who makes sure all of its policies are aligned with leading practices when it comes to gender pay equity and transparency.

"We aim to be a model workplace for a diverse workforce," Reynolds said.

New for 2024, Reynolds said the organization adopted the CROWN Act,

launched its first Enterprise-Wide Community Month, which gave employees the opportunity to volunteer in the communities where they live, work and play. "That's what we believe in thriving together as core to our success as a firm and as a community," Stanford said.

DICK's Sporting Goods, or DSG, has Teammate Resource Groups that help employees gain a support network based on certain identities or beliefs. DSG went full steam ahead on enhancing those TRGs with the help of its DEI office. It's

One of the TRGs is BLN, or Black Leadership Network. In a produced video for 2023, DICK's employee Dominique said that BLN made her feel "as if I'm thriving and not surviving. There's a difference of watching a finals championship game and being a part of the finals championship game. Knowing that my values, experience and opinions matter, and all the tools needed to be successful, is a game-changer."

At the conclusion of the Vibrant Index 5.0 report, Vibrant Pittsburgh CEO Sabrina Saunders Mosby, an Oakland Catholic High School graduate, reiterated that words from company leaders are not enough. "True progress is achieved through actions rooted in genuine commitment and guided by data-driven strategies." Mosby ended her letter with the famous phrase: "Good intentions don't change the world—actions do."

Christian Health Center, presented Congresswoman Lee with the award, as it kicked off National Community Health Center Week. "North Side Christian Health Center is a small community-based health care center that never turns anyone away who is seeking health care. It is dependent on the advocacy and voice of those like Representative Summer Lee who understands how critical Federally Qualified Health Centers are for communities such as the North Side," Blackburn said in a statement.

Rich Rinehart, CEO of Cornerstone Care Community Health Centers,

which is a FQHC that has multiple locations across the state, also was on hand to provide remarks next to Blackburn and the congresswoman.

"She's been a great supporter, and we really appreciate that support in Congress," Rinehart told the Courier about Congresswoman Lee. He's also the chairman of the Pa. Association of Community Health Centers' Board of Directors. "We (FQHCs) form a safety net for people that otherwise might be falling between the cracks. We're there to see everybody—people that don't have many other options or no options, and people who have good health insurance choose to come to us because they like the quality of care that they get."

"We see anyone who walks through our doors," Blackburn added. "We see you no matter where you're at in your life journey. No matter what your race is, your color, your gender identity; we don't care who you love, we don't care what your religion is. We don't care whether you have insurance or not. We are here to provide you care, so that you can feel better and that you and your family can reach your full potential."

“Let the nations be gather together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, it is TRUTH. You are my witnesses, say the Lord, and My servants whom I have CHOSEN: that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I AM He; before Me there was NO

be after Me.

'Summers used to be hot, but not like this'

The extreme heat disproportionately affects Pittsburgh's Black residents

by Marcia Liggett

For New Pittsburgh Courier

The summer weather this year in the Pittsburgh area is—no pun intended—a hot topic.

And systemic discrimination has put countless Black Pittsburghers at a greater risk of danger from the extreme heat.

Beginning in the 1930s, a practice known as “redlining” created disproportionate financial impacts on mainly Black communities, as funding for purchasing homes was intentionally withheld and little investment in those communities was made.

Many Black families still live in low-income, concrete-ridden areas and are still deprived of adequate financial resources.

Many of these areas can be classified now as “Urban Heat Islands,” concentrated areas that have less greenery such as grass and trees. Therefore, as temperatures increase with global warming and climate change, these communities, on average, are hotter by 10

heat wave of 1988. This summer, the Pittsburgh area has seen at least 16 single days of 90plus degree temperatures, which is not normal for the region.

Pittsburgh’s roadways are often built with tremendous amounts of blacktop and concrete, which literally bake in the sunlight and emit significant amounts of excess heat, causing rapid temperature increases. Tall, closely situated buildings and narrow streets prohibit adequate airflow, making the Steel City and its region considerably hotter.

Meteorologist and Emergency Manager Amber Liggett is a science communicator and communications specialist for Groundswell, working as a federal contractor at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Climate Program Office. She said that when it comes to measuring the temperature, there’s a distinct difference between the actual temperature and the

to 15 degrees compared to grassy, tree-lined residential neighborhoods one would find in the suburbs.

In June 2024, Pittsburghers experienced a week of record-breaking, extreme high temperatures that led to multiple days of heat advisories over the Juneteenth weekend, which made outdoor celebrations and activities particularly dangerous. It was the hottest stretch Pittsburgh had since the

“real feel temperature,” also known as the heat index. The heat index incorporates what the temperature would really feel like when you factor in the humidity.

“It is imperative to take precautions to ensure safety, as heat puts a strain on the body when you’re trying to cool down,” Amber Liggett told the New Pittsburgh Courier. “This is especially true for manual laborers

who work outside and do not have access to shade or air conditioning, or who lack access to cold water or other ways to cool down, making them more susceptible to extreme heat impacts. Avoid sugary and caffeinated beverages as they cause dehydration. Take cool showers. Cover windows with drapes and shades and check the forecast frequently to stay informed.”

People without access to air conditioning are more vulnerable to the impacts of extreme heat. Amber Liggett cautioned about using box fans to stay cool during extreme heat events. “If you use a fan, it’s better to use it at nighttime during excessive heat events so you’re not pulling in extra hot air from outside, which can actually increase indoor temperatures,” she said.

“Historical health impacts to Black people like heart disease and diabetes are typically exacerbated by extreme heat and can interfere with some medications prescribed to older people, impacting how efficiently their bodies are able to sweat, stay hydrated or handle heat, all of which can result in heat illness, heat stroke or heart issues,” Amber Liggett added.

The cascading impacts of extreme heat are affecting 23-year-old Noah Whiteleather, owner of Noah Whiteleather, LLC, a landscaping business in Rochester, Pa., in Beaver County, who struggles to keep his employees safe without sacrificing income.

“I’ve noticed that it’s been hotter each summer since I moved here from Florida in 2019. When it’s hot and the grass dries up, we don’t have grass to cut, so I must find new projects to take on to generate income,” he told the Courier.

Whiteleather keeps employees safe during extreme heat events by providing constant access to cold water and having the staff wear appropriate covering, like bucket hats and long sleeves. Additional breaks are given, and long lunches are taken at air-conditioned restaurants. Those extra breaks and long lunches mean they can’t service as many customers throughout the week, resulting in lost revenue.

Dr. Alaina James is a practicing dermatologist of 16 years and owner of Skin Mind Health Caring For Our Every Layer, in Ambridge, in Beaver County, which is scheduled to open this fall. She also is a clinical associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She told the

Courier that “with extreme heat, our skin plays an important role in thermoregulation. Skin functions to cool the body by sweating and releasing heat from the body with changes in blood flow. When the temperatures rise and there is more humidity, the skin must work very hard to help to keep the body cool.”

Dr. James continued: “As we get older, our skin changes tremendously and becomes a lot thinner, which affects the ability of the sweat glands to work. Therefore, they’re less functional, causing the body to produce less sweat and less cooling effect. So, older people are at higher risk of heat exhaustion because of a decrease in the thermoregulation of the body.”

Dr. James urged everyone to utilize universal precautions to protect their skin from both extreme heat and sun exposure, and to stay well hydrated by drinking water, seeking shade, limiting outdoor activities, and staying indoors. She explained that sunscreen can help with sun protection, as can wearing lightweight hats and loose-fitting, lightweight protective clothing to cover the skin.

“The sun’s rays are strongest when they are direct-

“As we get older, our skin changes tremendously and becomes a lot thinner, which affects the ability of the sweat glands to work. Therefore, they’re less functional, causing the body to produce less sweat and less cooling effect. So, older people are at higher risk of heat exhaustion because of a decrease in the thermoregulation of the body.”

- DR. ALAINA JAMES

ly overhead between the hours of 10 a.m. through 2 p.m. and can cause significant damage to the skin during those times,” explained Dr. James, despite the temperature seemingly being hotter later in the afternoon.

People with complicated medical conditions, such as poor circulation and Lupus, are also at an increased risk of having heat stroke or suffering from heat exhaustion.

“Global warming and climate change cause air pollution and allergens to worsen with higher temperatures and that’s another reason why people can experience flares with eczema, skin irritation and itchiness,” Dr. James said. These factors also contribute to respiratory problems and illnesses, making outdoor physical activity potentially dangerous.

Let’s not forget about the babies, too.

“Similar to elderly people, babies are at higher risk from heat and humidity, as their sweat glands are not mature enough and not functioning as well,” Dr. James said. “So, they don’t sweat as much and can’t cool down as well. Babies must be taken care of in heat and humidity.”

Although it’s August, the “Dog Days of Summer”

and extreme heat aren’t over. The City of Pittsburgh opens cooling centers when the temperatures are forecasted to reach 90 degrees. Cooling centers are also provided in Pittsburgh’s neighboring municipalities and in Allegheny County’s neighboring counties. A list of cooling centers can be found at pa211.org. You don’t have to tell Reverend Regina Robinson, the 73-year-old pastor of Kings Table Community Church in McKeesport, that it’s been hot. She relies on public transportation. “Most people my age go out early, so by noon, we’re heading back in to find someplace that’s cool,” she told the Courier. “I recently started using an umbrella for extra shade when I’m out.” Since the heat exacerbates her heart condition, Rev. Robinson makes an effort to stay hydrated and frequents air-conditioned stores and restaurants. And when she uses her air conditioner at home, it’s caused her utility costs to skyrocket.

“Summers used to be hot,” Rev. Robinson said, “but not like this.”

NOAH WHITELEATHER IS CEO OF NOAH WHITELEATHER, LLC. HE’S LOST REVENUE DUE TO THE EXTREME HEAT THIS SUMMER, AS GRASS HAS DRIED UP AND EMPLOYEES MUST TAKE MORE BREAKS.

Class of 2O24 Honorees

LEGACY HONOREE

Robert Hill

Retired, Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs University of Pittsburgh

James Willie Anderson Jr.

Elder, King of Kings Baptist Church CEO, Jiggity Marketing LLC

Demario Andrews

Site Director, Family Support Center Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh

Rev. William A. Baker IV

Discipleship Pastor Macedonia Church of Pittsburgh

James M. Carter

Life Coach

Achieva

Kiel Chapman

Production Manager

PPG

Robert Cherry

Chief Executive Officer

Partner4Work

Bernard Clark Jr.

Head Football Coach

Robert Morris University

Micheal “Mike” Dean

Community School Site Manager

Pittsburgh Public Schools

Radio Personality, WAMO

J.E. Clark Delanois

Managing Director and Credit Division

Head of Private Banking BNY Mellon

Chuck Durham

Business Diversity Manager City of Pittsburgh

Dr. Shawn Keith Ellies, Cmdr., CPP, CPTED, CPD, PSA

Protective Security Advisor and Adjunct Professor University of Pittsburgh

Rev. Brian Carswell Flannagan Sr. Field Service Provider Solutions Specialist Eastern Region FedEx Corporation

Michael Lee Gay Sr.

Detective Pittsburgh Bureau of Police-Intelligence Unit

Sam W. Gibson

Executive Director

We The People 412

Rev. Jerrel T. Gilliam

Executive Director

Light of Life Rescue Mission

Nathaniel K. Goodson

CEO, The Promise Center of Homewood

Owner, Nate’s Landscaping & Hauling

Ricky Hardy

Program Manager, Family Foundation Through Community Human Services

Owner, RH3 Commercial Cleaning LLC

Lance J. Harrell

Director, Workforce Development and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Master Builders’ Association of Western Pa., Inc.

Saint “Larry” Harris

Supervisor, South Pittsburgh Peacemakers South Pittsburgh Coalition for Peace

Mark D. Henderson

Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Chuck Herring

Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

South Fayette Township School District

Edgar G. Jackson Jr.

Owner

Hysyde Lounge and Excellent Care Professionals

Emmanuel D. Key

Owner ZoliCare Enterprise LLC

Terence King

Teacher Wilkinsburg School District

Michael A. Knight

Fiscal & Contracting Supervisor City of Pittsburgh

Sebastian Lacy

Vice President of Equity & Culture YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh

Majestic Lane

Chief Equity Officer Allegheny Conference on Community Development

Mike Logan

Founder Logans Heroes

Clyde D. Manns Jr.

Owner, EIT Basketball Training Site Supervisor, Greater Valley ACTES

Kevin J. Miller

Chaplain and Dean Imani Christian Academy

Pastor E. Keith Moncrief

Senior Pastor Kingdom Light Ministries International

Bishop Marvin C. Moreland

Jurisdictional Bishop Pennsylvania Western First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Church of God In Christ

James Myers Jr.

Senior Director, Business Investment Allegheny Conference on Community Development

Michael C. Nelson

Senior Manager of Security Operations Duquesne Light Co.

Michael J. Nichols

Retired, Public Works Laborer, City of Pittsburgh

Volunteer Reader, Pittsburgh Public Schools

Robert Poston

Youthbuild Supervisor and City Parks Manager City of Pittsburgh Department of Parks and Recreation

Timothy Powell

Clinical Director UPMC

Johnathan D. Rideau

BU Mission Assurance Manager Northrop Grumman

Shawn A. Shannon

Central Access Supervisor

Wesley Family Services

Alphonso Sloan Retired, Police Detective Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Artist, Method Lab Studios LLC

Morton D. Stanfield Jr.

Senior Vice President of Community Development Dollar Bank, Federal Savings Bank

Brian Vincent Starks

Marketing and Community Outreach Liaison Pittsburgh Public Theater

Alfred B. Valentine

President

100 Black Men of Western Pennsylvania

Wendell E. Wade Jr.

Vice President, Branch and Business Center Manager PNC Bank

Dr. Evon Walters

Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement

Community College of Allegheny County

Terrel R. Williams

Teen Outreach Program Manager

Homeless Children’s Education Fund

W. Eugene Wilson

Owner, Cloud 33 Premium Cigar Lounge

Basketball Coach

James D. Wimberly III

General Manager Block by Block

Dr. Michael Young

Mellon College of Science Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences

Carnegie Mellon University

Set up your new home with smart home products

(BPT)—You’ve just bought your new house—congratulations! As you start moving in, this is the perfect time to set up all the smart home products that can benefit your family’s safety, security and comfort. Getting these products in place can help you have greater peace of mind as you get used to your new home and neighborhood. And even if you’ve lived in the same home for years, these smart home upgrades are well worth the effort.

Here are ways you can optimize technology to make your home feel more safe and secure. Replace standard locks with smart locks Unless you’re moving into a new build, one of the first things you’ll want to do is change all your door locks. Consider installing smart locks instead, which allow you to create and control passcodes and remotely control locks with an app—so you won’t ever worry that you forgot to lock the door on the way out, or that family members will be locked out if they misplace their key.

Get peace of mind deliveries are safe

To help protect against porch pirates and weather damage, Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery is a convenient, secure way to receive Amazon packages. Plus, it’s exclusive for Prime members. In-Garage Delivery lets you receive Amazon packages inside your garage, so anything you’re buying for your new home can be safely delivered, whether you’re home or away. The service works with the majority of smart garages, so you may already have what you need to get started. If not, it’s really simple to set up, and you can even do it before you move in. Then, just select In-Garage Delivery at checkout. Amazon Key will take care of the rest.

Monitor your home while you’re away

You can set up motion alerts to notify you when there’s any activity around your home with a Ring Video Doorbell or outdoor security cameras. Ring devices are controlled through the Ring app, where you can see what’s happening live on the other end of your Ring device and choose to use Two-Way Talk as needed to chat with someone on your property.

Add outdoor lighting for a safer property

Outdoor lighting adds more than just aesthetics to your home—installing motion-activated smart lighting can help light up dark areas or blind spots, deterring unwanted visitors and making your home more secure. With Ring’s Smart Lighting and a Ring Bridge, you can control the lights from the Ring app and link them to your Ring doorbells and cameras so if one of your smart lights detects motion, it can trigger your camera or doorbell to record. Test and upgrade smoke and carbon monoxide detectors

The U.S. Fire Administration recommends testing smoke detectors at least once a month and replacing batteries once or twice a year, so make sure to set calendar reminders. For added peace of mind, consider replacing standard detectors with Wi-Fi enabled smart smoke detectors, which give you real-time notifications to your smartphone if smoke or carbon monoxide is detected—which is especially important if you’re not at home.

Increase comfort and save money with a smart thermostat

Smart thermostats make it far easier not only to program times when you want to reduce heat or cooling (such as when nobody’s home), but they can even sense when your house is empty to switch to energy-saving mode. This can save energy and money over time. You can also adjust temperatures right from your smartphone, so you’ll never forget to adjust the thermostat when you head out on vacation - and you can make changes as needed wherever you are. Even better, you can start warming up (or cooling down) the house when you’re on your

BUSINESS

by Finances FYI presented by JP Morgan

Managing financial documents efficiently and securely is crucial for ensuring peace of mind and preparedness for emergencies. It eliminates the anxiety of losing vital information and helps you feel more in control of your personal and financial life. Here’s a comprehensive guide:

Top reasons for financial documents organization

Proper organization and security of financial documents are vital for several reasons:

• Quick Access During Emergencies. Well-organized and easily accessible documents can save crucial time and reduce stress in medical emergencies, natural disasters, or sudden financial decisions.

• Financial Planning and Management. Keeping financial records organized helps you manage your finances more effectively, track your spending, prepare for taxes, and plan for the future.

• Identity Theft Prevention. Securing your documents protects against identity theft and fraud that can lead to financial and personal damage.

• Legal Compliance. Proper documentation is essential for legal compliance, especially for tax purposes, legal inquiries, or in case of an audit.

Financial document organizations steps

Categorize your documents

Start by categorizing your financial documents. Common categories in-

ments, deeds, and lease agreements.

• Investment records statements.

• Bills, credit card statements, and significant purchase receipts.

• Legal documents such as wills, trusts, and power of attorney documents. Physical document organization For those who prefer

clude:

• Bank statements for checking, savings, and investment accounts.

• Tax documents, including W-2s, 1099s, tax returns, and receipts for deductions.

• Insurance policies, such as health, life, home, and auto.

• Property records, including mortgage docu-

physical copies:

• Use a Filing Cabinet. A sturdy, lockable filing cabinet is ideal.

• Create Subcategories. Within each category, use folders to create subcategories.

• Regular Maintenance.

Schedule time annually to sort through and discard outdated documents and shred sensitive papers you

terns that suggest password sharing.

In an era where digital access and consumer behavior are evolving rapidly, companies across various industries are tightening their policies to protect their business interests, increase their profit margins, and ensure fairness. Three significant trends have emerged: a crackdown on password sharing, stricter return policies by retailers, and Costco’s enhanced membership verification process. Mr. Rogers would be upset. This sounds like a sad day in the neighborhood. For those in the neighborhood, consider password and membership sharing to be “The Hookup!” Rapid returns, says who? Sometimes you want to wear a nice outfit to a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, then return it so that you can get your money back. Why not? It’s still practically new. Plus, retailers have more closet space than everyday consumers. No need holding on to clothing you’ll never wear again, right?

Sorry folk! The crackdown is in effect! Companies are putting their foot down!

Crackdown on

Password Sharing

Streaming services and digital platforms have long faced challenges with password sharing, where subscribers share their login credentials with

friends and family members who are not paying for the service. This practice, while convenient for users, has led to substantial revenue losses for these companies. In response, many streaming giants are implementing stricter controls. Initially, Netflix encouraged password sharing but has since reversed this policy. Netflix introduced measures to detect and limit account sharing. They have introduced features that prompt users to verify their accounts through email or text codes. This move aims to ensure that only authorized users have access to the service. They have also started enforcing policies that restrict the number of households that can use a single account. Netflix saw an increase in subscribers after ending password sharing.

By tightening these rules, companies hope to make their services more sustainable and fair for paying customers. These new rules ensure that each user pays for the content they consume. The biggest takeaway being these policy changes enhance revenue streams. As monthly subscription fees continue to rise and individuals are being forced to have their own subscription, it’s a win-win for the streaming industry. Retailers’ Crackdown on Returns

HBO Max, Disney Plus, and other streaming services have followed suit with similar policies. They are using advanced algorithms and data analysis to detect unusual login pat -

The retail industry is also experiencing a crackdown, but this time on the issue of returns. As e-commerce continues to grow, the volume of returns grows, too. The surge in returns has also led to increased costs and logistical challenges. Many retailers are implementing stricter return policies to curb the financial losses associated with excessive returns. For instance,

no longer need.

• Fireproof Safe. Store irreplaceable documents like birth certificates, Social Security cards, and wills in a fireproof and waterproof safe. Digital document organization

For digital organization:

• Scan and Save. Use a high-quality scanner to digitize physical documents. Save them in PDF format for consistency and ease of access.

• Organized Folder System. On your computer, create a well-structured folder system mirroring the physical categories.

• Use Cloud Storage. Services like Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive offer secure cloud storage. Ensure that your account has strong, unique passwords and enable two-factor authentication.

• Backup. Regularly back up your files to an external hard drive or secure cloud service to protect against data loss from hardware failure or cyberattacks. Sharing information and preparing for emergencies In addition to organizing and securing your financial documents, it’s crucial to ensure that your spouse or a trusted family mem-

some companies have shortened return windows, while others have introduced restocking fees for certain items. Some retailers are implementing return shipping fees for online purchases to discourage consumers from buying multiple sizes of an item and returning those that don’t fit.

Online shopping giants such as Amazon and Walmart have started flagging accounts with high return rates. These accounts may face scrutiny or even be banned from making returns if their behavior is deemed abusive. The goal is to deter customers from over-ordering and returning items excessively, which can be costly for the retailer in terms of logistics and inventory management.

Companies like Zara and H&M have started charging fees for online returns, encouraging customers to be more deliberate with their purchases. Brick-and-mortar stores are also taking steps to manage returns more effectively. Some have implemented technology that tracks returns and identifies patterns that may indicate abusive and fraudulent behavior. By tightening up their return policies, retailers hope to protect their bottom line and maintain a healthy profit

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. —

Workplace mistreatment results in higher rates of depression and sleep loss in Black employees than White employees according to research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in Bloomington.

While previous research has shown a link between workplace mistreatment and depression, it has been unclear whether all employees are affected the same way or whether workers from marginalized groups are more susceptible to its negative consequences.

Kelley management professors Erik Gonzalez-Mulé and Ernest H. O’Boyle and former doctoral student Ji Woon Ryufound that Black employees “are more likely to attribute experienced workplace mistreatment to racial prejudice and make a pessimistic attribution than Whites.”

Their findings appear in the article, “Taking a Heavier Toll? Racial Differences in the Effects of Workplace Mistreatment on Depression,” in the Journal of Applied Psychology.

“Improving the health and well-being of employees has become an increasingly important concern for organizations,” said Ryu, the corresponding author and an assistant professor of management at Portland State University who earned her doctorate from Kelley in 2022. “For example, the monetary cost of some mental health problems, such as depression, can cost organizations billions of dollars via absenteeism and turnover.”

According to the World Health Organization, depression affects nearly 280 million people worldwide.

For organizations, its economic burden accounts for more than $190 billion in the United States alone.

The Kelley School researchers based their findings on the results of two studies. The first study involved a large sample of publicly available data.

Months after taking an initial survey, a subset of participants in the publicly available study also completed a clinical depression questionnaire, while others completed nightly self-report measures of sleep quality and wore a sleep-monitoring device to measure sleep quantity.

The researchers found that workplace mistreatment was related to depression and sleep quantity, but only

for Black employees.

Black employees facing mistreatment were projected to get 100 fewer minutes of sleep per night compared to either White people — who were or were not experiencing mistreatment —or other Black people not facing mistreatment.

In the second study, the researchers recruited about 500 online participants who were instructed to recall an instance when they felt mistreated by a coworker or a boss.

Black people were more likely to attribute that mistreatment to their race, something that is an enduring, critical aspect of one’s identity, which in turn resulted in higher rates of depression. For white employ-

ees, mistreatment was less likely to be attributed to race and could more easily be “shaken off,” for example, by thinking that the offending person was “just a jerk.”

Mistreated Black employees — compared to mistreated white employees — were nearly eight times more likely to perceive prejudice attributed to their race.

“Our findings are not intended to put the onus on Black employees for being too sensitive, but to inform organizations that mistreatment is experienced within the context of one’s identity,” said Gonzalez-Mulé, Kelley School professor and chair of management and entrepreneurship and the Randall L. Tobias

Chair in Leadership.

“Organizations must strive to create an inclusive workplace for their Black employees and should find ways to reduce workplace mistreatment, for example, by implementing accountability measures or encouraging bystander intervention.”

In their paper, Ryu, Gonzalez-Mulé and O’Boyle, who is the Dale M. Coleman Chair in Management at Kelley, said that organizations may need to go beyond simply promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging as business goals.

“Many of them have predominantly focused on the diversity aspect, with most attention paid to simply staffing a more diverse

workplace,” they wrote.

“We encourage managers to heed the oft-quoted line, that ‘Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance.’ Workplace mistreatment is the antithesis of inclusiveness even if consistently applied across racial lines.

ber knows where they are and how to access them.

• Share Passwords and Access Codes. Provide your spouse or partner with access information such as passwords, PINs, and safe combinations. Use a password manager to securely share this information, or create a physical list stored in a secure location.

• Create a Document Inventory. Develop a detailed inventory of all important financial documents, including where they are stored.

• Emergency Information Packet. Store an emergency information packet containing critical documents and instructions such as wills, insur-

ance policies, and power of attorney forms in an easily accessible but secure location.

• Discuss the Details. Ensure that your partner understands the system and knows how to access necessary information if something happens to you. Determine what to keep and discard

Determining which financial documents to discard and when can be challenging, but here’s a guide to help:

• Certain documents, like birth certificates, Social Security cards, marriage and divorce certificates, wills, trusts, adoption papers, death certificates, military service records, and life insurance policies,

should be kept permanently due to their ongoing importance or difficulty in replacing.

• Keep documents for an extended period, such as tax returns (seven years), property records (for the duration of ownership plus seven years), investment records (seven years after sale), retirement plan statements (annually, with quarterly statements kept until the annual summary is received), loan documents (until paid off plus seven years), and medical records (at least seven years).

• Short-term documents, such as bank and credit card statements, utility bills, pay stubs, and receipts, can be discarded

after one year or as soon as you don’t need them for tax or warranty purposes.

To properly discard documents, shred sensitive papers, and securely delete digital files.  Regular review and update

Periodically review your security measures, update passwords regularly, and check for any new security features available for your digital storage solutions. Keep an updated inventory of all your important documents and their loca-

tions.

Taking the time to establish a robust system now will pay dividends in the future, providing you with reassurance and confidence in managing your financial information.

“By creating an organizational culture where respect and collegiality are the norm and members of all racial groups are equally valued, organizations could reduce the likelihood of mistreatment being attributed to an unalterable aspect of one’s identity and ultimately mitigate the risk of depression.” margin.

These changes reflect a shift towards more sustainable practices, as companies seek to balance customer satisfaction with the need to manage return-related costs effectively.

Costco’s Membership Verification Costco, known for its membership-based warehouse model, has recently started verifying memberships more rigorously. This move comes as the company seeks to ensure that only paying members are benefiting from its offerings. At the entrance of Costco stores, customers are now required to show their membership cards more consistently. Additionally, the company has introduced digital membership cards that members can use via their smartphones. This digital verification process helps Costco keep better track of its members and prevent unauthorized access.

Furthermore, Costco has begun to monitor the use of membership cards at the checkout more closely. This move comes after reports that some shoppers were using membership cards that didn’t belong to them, taking advantage of Costco’s member-only prices without paying the annual fee. To combat this, Costco has implemented new measures, including photo ID checks at self-checkout stations and stricter monitoring by employees at the register. The company is also exploring technological solutions, such as integrating membership verification with digital payment methods, to streamline the process and reduce fraud. If a membership card is being used frequently by different individuals, the company may investigate to confirm that the cardholder is not sharing their membership with non-members. These measures aim to uphold the value of Costco’s membership and ensure that the benefits are exclusively enjoyed by legitimate members. I’m sure Sam’s Club and other membership

Guest Editorial

Police misconduct and democracy in peril

It has happened again. A Black woman, Sonya Massey, called the police because she thought there was an intruder in her home. According to an online article entitled “Officer shot and killed a Black woman who had called police for help, bodycam footage shows” by Nick Squires, the officers (Sean Grayson and a partner) searched the premises both inside and outside of the home. After declaring that they had not found any evidence of “intruders” the officers requested that Sonya Massey produce some identification.  While she was complying, Officer Grayson saw a pot of boiling water on the stove and suggested that she (Massey) remove it saying, “We don’t need a fire while we’re here.” She replies: “Away from the hot steaming water? Oh, I’ll repent (rebuke) you in the name of Jesus.” At this point Grayson pulled out his gun while moving toward her and said “You better f—ing not, I swear to God, I’ll f—ing shoot you right in your f—ing face.” Ms. Massey replies: “I’m sorry.” After that, Grayson proceeded to shoot her in the face!

The article continues, “As the woman lies on the floor dying, Mr. Grayson can be heard saying: ‘That’s a headshot. She’s done.’ His partner, who has not been named, tries to administer help and says: “She’s still gasping.”

This story had an unhappy ending for Ms. Massey, who succumbed to her wounds. She was a resident of Springfield, IL, and allegedly suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, according to relatives). Officer Grayson was fired and has been charged with murder. It is also an unhappy ending for the numerous people, especially Black people, who have lost their lives at the hands of overzealous cops! This is why we need to pause and think about the issue of police misconduct in a “democracy.”

`What is a “democracy” we might ask?” One definition reads 1.a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Actually, the United States is both a democracy AND a republic. Democracies and republics are both forms of government in which supreme power resides in the citizens. The word republic refers specifically to a government in which those citizens elect representatives who govern according to the law. The word democracy can refer to this same kind of representational government, or it can refer instead to what is also called a direct democracy, in which the citizens themselves participate in the act of governing directly.

As citizens, we have an opportunity to give input into the system through VOTING, which is a major cornerstone of our democracy. It is through voting for our choices that we can make our voices heard. (Apparently, we haven’t been loud enough to deter policemen from killing Black people). In order to ensure that our voices ARE heard, we must make certain that our right to vote remains intact!

In this regard, Donald Trump said something very disturbing about voting. In a speech directed at Christians he said, “I don’t care how, but you have to get out and vote.” “Christians, get out and vote just this time.” “You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years. You know what? It’ll be fixed.”

Just what does Trump mean by these statements? Is he literally hinting that there would be no more voting if he wins the election? We should pay attention to these statements that seem to be an attempt to sound a death knell for our way of life in America. If Trump gets elected, we will be faced with the implementation of an autocracy.

With this said, we need to protect our system at all costs; it is not perfect, but it beats the alternative. Think on this: if we lose our democracy, a pathway to victory over police misconduct like the Sean Grayson-Sonya Massey debacle will disappear like smoke—we won’t have the right to demonstrate. We can’t let that happen! Aluta Continua.

(Reprinted from the Chicago Crusader)

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(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Sometimes a writer has to figure out what to write about because it seems that not much is happening.  Everything seems to be about the same old problems, but Vice President Kamala Harris, stepped up for us as soon as we began asking, “Who will go for us?” In the history of Black people someone among us has answered that call.  This time it’s Kamala Harris!

The Orange Man ran for his own good. Even though he never accepted the fact that 4 years of him was a bit more than we could take 4 more years. He never accepted the fact that he lost in 2020. He was in such disbelief that he tried to force the Secretary of State in Georgia to come up with the number of votes he needed to win that state.  We heard the telephone call where he thought nothing of speaking freely to Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger who stood firm against helping the Orange Man to illegally take votes he had not earned. That’s a crime, and to his credit, Mr. Raffensperger did not budge—so the Orange Man came up short and lost the State of Georgia.

We later learned some of his most loyal supporters had made an effort to seek other means of getting more votes for the Orange Man by taking them from other states by way of a brazen act of sending illegal repre-

we fight, we win!’

Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq.

sentatives to ignore the true votes and make their own choices. I still find it such a brazen act to be carried out by so many of the Orange Man’s minions! Well, here we are in 2024 and it looks like the Orange Man’s time is up.  Vice-President Kamala Harris stood up. She came to the game to run for President when President Joseph Biden decided not to run again. Vice-President Kamala Harris was ready to answer the question, “Who will go for us?” Without hesitation she stepped up and said, “I’ll go.  Send me Lord, I’ll go.” She brought with her such joy, then called Gov. Walz, and here we are three weeks later and just 5 months to go until Election Day!  You might say, Kamala stepped onto the stage in a bigger, faster way than we were accustomed to seeing.  Kamala had already done that.  We Black women and some of our best friends called a meeting, led by Jotaka Eddy, and on the first night of Kamala’s ascension to Candidate for President of the United, our Divine 9 and a lot of

other “Black Women for Kamala Harris” stepped forward—nearly 45,000 of us and raised more money than many candidates raise in an entire election season to get Kamala started.

We then saw a meeting with Roland Martin called “Black Men for Kamala.”  I stopped counting the men on the call, but it exceeded those who came forward the first night of Kamala’s campaign. They were followed by “White Dudes for Kamala Harris.”  Then came “White Women for Kamala Harris”, “Asian Women for Kamala Harris.” Unions came on Board. Hispanics came on Board.

Kamala immediately began her opening act and shortly thereafter, she brilliantly chose a candidate for Vice-President in the person of Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota. He joined her to bring even more joy to the ticket. Together they began a campaign tour with such excitement as one we had not seen before (except for Barack Obama’s.)   Kamala Harris and Tim Walz brought joy back to campaigning, and crowds grew and grew no matter where they went to hold rallies. It’s clear as Kamala asks, “Are you ready to fight?” The crowd roars back in the affirmative, and she assures them “When we fight, we win!” Fighting means we VOTE November 5, 2024!

Project 2025: Jim Crow 2.0

(BlackPressUSA)—In two years, we will celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday. Our great country has survived a Civil War, two world wars, a Cold War, and a plethora of legislative and judicial fits and starts in our pursuit of a “more perfect Union.” We have endured some devastating Supreme Court decisions, Dred Scott, The Slaughterhouse Cases, and Plessey v Ferguson, to name just a few. We have survived some oppressive presidencies, Andrew Johnson, Rutherford Hayes, and Woodrow Wilson, tantamount among them. Johnson attempted to nullify the impact of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Hayes ended Reconstruction. Wilson’s policies towards federal civil service employment seem to be the foundation upon which a significant portion of Trump’s 2025 Project is built. But eliminating civil service jobs is not the only devastating and oppressive policy proposed by Trump’s Project 2025. Project 2025 is a detailed plan to update the efforts of Johnson and Hayes to limit Black participation in our society, deny women freedoms over their own bodies, and deny association and nuptial rights to our LBGTQ+ community. Trump’s Project 2025 is a radical agenda that would—among other things —eliminate the Department of Education, zero out federal funding to low-income schools, and end the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. As Maya Angelou admonished, “When people tell who they are, believe them the first time.” The PSLF Program became effective in the first year of Trump’s Presidency and in his entire four years, only 7,000 public servants

benefited from the program. In the three-and-one-half years of the Biden-Harris Administration, nearly 1 million teachers, firefighters, police officers, and other public servants have received over $69 billion in student debt relief.

Trump’s Project 2025 would also eliminate the requirements for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to collect racial data on employment, making it hard to determine where disparities and gaps persist. Further, the plan would end disparate impact liability, making it harder to bring a case of employment discrimination.

Trump’s Project 2025 would remove diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) from all federal laws and regulations and shut down DEI offices across the federal government. Project 2025 would make it harder to organize or be represented by a union. In sum, coupled with recent Supreme Court decisions on presidential immunity, the weakening of the Voting Rights Act, and the elimination of affirmative action, Trump’s Project 2025 represents less freedom for a growing majority of Americans and more favor for a privileged few. In short, Trump’s Project 2025 is Jim Crow 2.0.

Although Trump has repeatedly tried to distance himself from Project 2025, it is hard for him

to do so when six of his former Cabinet secretaries, four individuals he nominated as ambassadors, his first deputy Chief of Staff, and 140 individuals who worked in his Administration all had a hand in crafting the document. And dozens more were contracted to advise on Project 2025, including his former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and longtime advisor Stephen Miller. I remember when my parents were able to cast their first effective vote. I remember segregated lunch counters and “separate but (un)equal” schools. I do not want my grandchildren to grow up in a country like the one my parents and grandparents experienced.

During the stormiest days of the Revolutionary War, Thomas Paine, an English immigrant and critic of slavery, wrote in his little Pamphlet, The American Crisis No. 1:

“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

Thomas Paine’s words are as apropos today as they were in 1776. Storm clouds are forming, and current conditions are not conducive for fair-weather friends. Trump’s Project 2025 represents the reincarnation of “Jim Crow,” and defeating “Jim Crow 2.0” requires the participation of “soldiers and patriots” who are willing to fight in stormy as well as sunny times.

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(1912-1997)

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—In 2020, Black voters helped carry President Biden to the White House. But now that the president has done the right thing by stepping aside and passing the torch to Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s nominee, Black America must now respond by rallying around the vice president and helping her win in November. It is the only way to stop Donald Trump and the MAGA movement that remains a threat to our nation’s democracy and the future of Black America.  No demographic has been more supportive of Democrats and President Biden as the Black community. It was Rep. James Clyburn’s ringing endorsement of Biden during the 2020 primaries, after all, that helped the candidate’s flagging campaign win South Carolina and ride the wave to the nomination. A massive turnout of Black voters in Georgia made Biden the first Democratic presidential nominee to win the state since Bill Clinton in 1992. But this is not 2020. Genuine concerns about Biden’s age and fitness for the office clearly eroded the confidence of Democratic voters, with poll after poll finding Biden further behind Trump nationally and in critical swing states. Critically, this included waning enthusiasm among Black voters in states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan that will all but decide the election. It also threatens vulnera-

ble down-ballot Democrats across the country—which could lead to total Republican control of the federal government. It is why we saw incumbent Democrats facing challenging re-election battles increasingly pleading with Biden to step aside. Here in New York state, Rep. Pat Ryan, in the midst of a heated battle for his upstate House seat, is one of the many congressional Democrats who called on Biden to bow out for the good of the party.  Now, Biden has made the courageous and selfless move to do so. And it is time for Black leaders and Black voters to enthusiastically get behind Kamala Harris and carry her to victory.

The loyalty to Biden of Black leaders such as Rep. Clyburn and others in the Congressional Black Caucus, for instance, has been admirable. But, ultimately, this loyalty could not come at the cost of a second Trump presidency and a MAGA Republican government. Black America must now unite to stop policies

that will make it harder for communities of color to vote. It must unite to stop policies that will increase the wealth gap for poorer families. It must unite to stop policies that will make it harder for Black women to access health care. It must unite to stop policies that will put more guns on our streets and make all communities less safe.

Having achieved an impressive legislative record, President Biden is poised to enter the history books as one of the most influential statesmen in our nation’s history. And few presidents can match his achievements in just four years in the White House—from rescuing the United States from the pandemic and putting Americans back to work to reducing the crushing burden of student debt for millions of people and families.  These achievements ought to be celebrated. And all Americans— not just Democrats—owe President Biden a debt of gratitude for his five decades of service to our country. But now the torch has been passed to a candidate with a better chance of defeating Donald Trump and preserving our democracy. It is why Black leaders and all Black voter must seize this moment and unite to elect Kamala Harris our next president. (Dr. Ron Daniels is President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and Distinguished Lecturer

Harris’ Republicans

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—It is no surprise that police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attacks are now hitting the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris: former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, and current Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel “Danny” Hodges testified before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack and are now joining the Democratic campaign with stops in Michigan, North Carolina, and Georgia. According to the Harris-Walz campaign, the officers are meeting with elected officials and community leaders to highlight the urgent and immediate threat that former President Donald Trump poses to democracy. Dunn said that on prior trips, it was clear that even some local reporters he spoke with didn’t fully understand what happened on Jan. 6. “Honestly, everybody doesn’t know. We assume that people know, living here, but in middle America, the average American, the regular voter, [it’s about] getting them to understand that Donald Trump is a biggest threat to our democracy,” Dunn said. “People really don’t understand what happened on that day, and to be able to tell them as a firsthand witness, it’s kind of refreshing and it’s encouraging that people are willing to be receptive.”

For their actions on that historic day, Dunn and each member of the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department are American heroes because Jan. 6 could have been much worse. They were public servants who made personal and professional sacrifices to ensure no lawmakers were harmed. Unfor-

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tunately, Dunn’s comments show that despite credible news reporting and the public congressional oversight hearings and available facts, too many people remain misinformed regarding supporters of then-President Donald Trump, who attacked the U.S. Capitol. Despite the contrast of having a prosecutor versus a felon, millions of people have decided to support the felon as the next U.S. president. This begs the question: How can the Republican Party, with any credibility, claim to be the party of “law and order” while a convicted felon awaits sentencing as its party’s nominee? Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims that members of the Republican Party have told her they want to see Donald Trump and J.D. Vance defeated in the 2024 presidential election. “The Republican Party has been hijacked, and it’s now a cult, and they should take it back because the republic needs a strong Republican Party,” Pelosi said in a recent interview with MSNBC. According to Pelosi, some Republicans have approached her, saying, “You have to beat them in the general because we can’t beat them in the primary. And then we will come back to our debate on the issues.” There are Republicans who privately are separate from the MAGA extremism and genuinely want to clean house and start over with a new Republican Party. To do that, they need to become Harris Republicans when they vote in November. One cannot say Republicans didn’t have their chance to rid themselves of Trump during his second presidential impeachment. Only seven Republican senators publicly joined the Democrats in voting to convict Trump, falling 10 votes shy of the two-thirds majority required by the Constitution. If Trump loses, will there be a peaceful transfer of power? Republicans cannot have it both ways. On the one hand, they want him to lose, but on the other hand, this is not the time to be partisan by remaining silent when warning signs show the potential of a fair election not being properly certified. A new rule in Georgia could allow some local election boards to refuse to certify results, raising concerns about the November election in a critical swing state. This should be a red flag for Republicans who are looking to the results of the general election to solve their “Trump” problem. Joining the Harris bandwagon is fine for the sake of saving the future of democracy, but will Republicans for Harris go as far as to join Democrats in speaking out in real-time when democracy is threatened before our eyes?     In a word, the Harris-Walz campaign is inspiring. She has not only excited her Democratic base but also encouraged and uplifted those Republicans who felt democracy was slipping away in the same manner as their Republican Party. Timing is everything. The 2020 version of Joe Biden was able to beat Donald Trump, but the same could not be said about the 2020 version of Kamala Harris. Polls in 2024 show the reverse is true. With the enthusiasm and excitement surrounding the Democratic ticket, people are sensing this as the perfect opportunity not only to defeat Trump in the presidential election but also to start the dismantling of any long-lasting effects from the MAGA movement. Trump, who may have underestimated a Harris candidacy, could likely see the same thing. He gives himself away when he tells a crowd of Christian supporters that if they vote for him this November, “in four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.”

Many Republicans may truly be persuaded to vote for Harris in 2024, but they were uninformed and seemingly did not understand what happened on Jan.6. Do they fully understand what just happened in Georgia? If Republicans want Harris to win, they cannot remain blind to the tricks Trump plays.

(David W. Marshall founded the faith-based organization TRB: The Reconciled Body and is the author of the book God Bless Our Divided America.)

Kamala Harris, Black identity, and Republican defectors

When California’s Democratic Attorney General Kamala Harris was elected to the US Senate in 2016, an Associated Press headline boasted: California’s Kamala Harris becomes the first Indian American US Senator. Harris’ mother immigrated to the United States from India in the 1950s, whereas her father was born in Jamaica. The Associated Press was aware of Harris’ mixed background but chose to focus entirely on her Indian heritage for its historical significance.

In January 2019, Harris released her autobiography, The Truth We Hold. Harris noted, “My mother understood very well that she was raising two Black daughters. She knew [America] would see [her daughters] as Black girls, and she was determined to make sure we would grow into confident, proud Black women.” That same month, Harris appeared on Good Morning America and announced she was running for president.

Harris later appeared on The Breakfast Club radio show. The host asked Harris to address the allegations that she was not African American.

Harris said, “I was born in Oakland and raised in the United States, except for my high school years in Montreal, Canada... This is the same thing they did to Barack Obama … I will not spend my time trying to educate people about who Black people are … I am Black, and I am proud to be Black.”

Following The Breakfast Club interview, CNN host Don Lemon and April Ryan of The Grio debated Harris’s identity.

Ryan: When you see her, you see her blackness, but she is also South Asian … We are not a monolith.

Lemon: I don’t think you hear what people are saying. There’s a difference between being African American and being Black … All she had to say was that I am Black, but I’m not African American.

One might think Lemon failed to realize the distinction between being Black or African-American was anachronistic when it came to Harris.

Harris was born in 1964, just as the word Black was beginning to replace the term Negro. The term “African American” didn’t exist until the 1980s. At birth, Harris was racially categorized as Black, and her US citizenship made her an American—a Black

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American.

Harris’ parents’ nationalities and ethnic backgrounds are crucial aspects of her identity, but they did not determine how American society perceived her racially in the 1960s and 1970s.

When the phrase “African American” first emerged, it was synonymous with “Black American,” which is why Harris would not see the difference between the two terms or understand why people said she wasn’t African American because the terms were interchangeable for her. Making a distinction between Black and African American did not start happening until the twenty-first century.

The Breakfast Club host then interviewed presidential candidate Joe Biden, during which Biden famously stated, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black.”

Biden was chastised for the statement, but Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of the 1619 Project and a mixed-race woman, tweeted: There is a difference between being politically Black and being racially Black ... We all know this and should stop pretending that we don’t.

A lot of people didn’t know the distinction between being politically Black and racially Black.

A Black woman asked Hannah-Jones to explain, but Hannah-Jones replied: If you don’t understand the difference between being born/designated a certain race and taking up a particular set of racial politics, I am not going to educate you.

In Harris’ Breakfast Club interview, she indicated that she would not spend time trying to educate people about who Black people are, and Hannah-Jones stated that she would not educate anyone who claims to be unaware of the distinction between being designated a certain race and taking up racial politics. If neither are willing to educate, all that’s left is ignorance and guesswork,

which both women probably prefer.

However, if one makes an educated guess, one may deduce that Harris is Black because she grew up embracing Black American culture during a period when Black communities nationwide were experiencing a cultural renaissance—embracing Black pride, proclaiming Black is beautiful, etc. On the other hand, Hanna-Jones identifies as Black due to her adherence to a Black political ideology that has its roots in progressive politics.

President Biden has now withdrawn from the presidential race, making Vice President Harris the Democratic presidential candidate. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that Harris is Indian and only recently “became Black” to benefit her politically.

Trump’s colleagues and supporters have repeated this claim in an attempt to “educate” the public about Harris’s non-Black identity, but Trump is unaware that the Harris team is seeking to leverage his non-Black statements to their advantage.

Despite Harris’s progressive voting record in the Senate, progressives are skeptical that a Harris administration will fulfill their high progressive standards, and they seek policy guarantees before voting for Harris.

Last week, the Harris campaign launched “Republicans for Harris.” Many Republicans and former Trump supporters are fed up with the former President’s antics, and when they hear Trump claim that Harris is not Black, they interpret it as Harris not being as politically Black as former Democratic legislators Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman, which will make it easier for these Republicans to back Harris.

Claira Monier, a former Reagan administration official, helped launch “Republicans for Harris” in New Hampshire, a swing state. Monier said in a press release: “Donald Trump’s dangerous and divisive agenda is completely antithetical to the conservative values I’ve always fought to protect, which is why I am urging my fellow Republicans to join me in supporting Kamala Harris this November.”

If the Harris campaign can persuade a few Republicans to defect, they will be taking a few bullets out of the proverbial gun the progressives have to Harris’ head.

Kamala Harris—Grace and Joy

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—When did politics become such fun?  While Democrats will roll up our sleeves to win the November election, in the meantime our candidates are clearly having a good time with the process.  Every time she strides across a stage, she beams.  Her smile is an incandescence.  Her wave joyful.

And as we get to know him, her avuncular running mate, projects joy and confidence.

The chemistry between Vice President Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is visible and bodes well for this campaign.

The best thing about VP Harris and her 3-week-old campaign is that she has not stooped to the bizarrely weird level of her opponent.  Whether he is attacking her race, minimizing the size of her crowds, or being downright ignorant and insulting (“low IQ individual”), she allows her surrogates to respond to his idiocy and floats about the nonsense.

And while the former President delivers rambling and incoherent attacks, his running mate Senator JD Vance is slightly more coherent, but equally ignorant.  He and his wife have dialed back on his bizarre comments about “childless cat ladies”, but even their dial back raises questions.

For example, Vance, who did not support the child tax credit in the Senate, now describes Democrats as “anti-family”.  His wife, Usha, who is reportedly a brilliant Yale-educated lawyer, attempted to defend the crass remarks by saying they were just a “quip” and that he would never insult people who are “trying to have children”.

In other words, I suppose, those who choose not to have children are the ones he has contempt for.  One in six adults have

by Marc H. Morial

(TriceEdneyWire.com—“In addition to giving us countless thrilling moments of athletic excellence, the Summer Games have given the DEI movement the greatest gift it could ever hope for: a picture of success that can inspire people from across the political spectrum … They represent what makes America great: individuals from diverse backgrounds, viewing their distinctive identities as sources of pride, cooperating together to achieve excellence and bring honor to their nation.”—Eboo Patel

The power of the Gumbo spirit was on full display in Team USA at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

The most diverse women’s gymnastics team in U.S. history was the most decorated, with 10 medals total, 3 of them gold, including the coveted individual all-around.

Team USA members of every racial and ethnic background found success in Paris, bringing home the gold in track and field, swimming, and other events. But the diversity of the women’s gymnastics team has captured the world’s

no biological children for any number of reasons.  Vance apparently does not mind alienating such a significant portion of the population. Watching the Republicans unravel is amusing.  The latest baseless Trump claim is that the rousing crowd (estimated at 15,000) that turned out for VP Harris’ Detroit landing on August 7, was AI-generated.  Several news organizations attended the rally and have live footage of it, but the former president, in his dotage, claims that Harris somehow “manipulated” the photographs that were featured on the front pages of many newspapers.  Even more bizarrely, the former President, obsessed with crowd size, has amusingly claimed that he has drawn larger crowds than Dr. Martin Luther King.  Is this the person we want to have with the nuclear codes?

Even Trump’s former close allies, like Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA) have urged the former President to stop the personal attacks and stick to the issues.  He would have to remember the issues to stick to them!  Instead, Mr. Trump has spawned a new industry—fact checking! National Public Radio found that his hour-long press conference on August 8 asserted “at least” 162

attention, given the historic exclusion of women of color from the sport.

When Dominique Dawes competed in the Olympic trials for the 1992 Barcelona Games, she was the first Black gymnast to ever qualify. She was part of the celebrated “Magnificent Seven” in the 1996 Atlanta games who won the first-ever gold medal for the United States in the women’s team competition.

A decade after Dawes Olympics debut, Gabby Douglas became the first Black woman of any nationality to win the allaround gold medal in gymnastics.

It would be absurd to argue that Black women were absent from Olympic gymnastics for nearly a century because of a lack of talent. It is an equally absurd argument to make about executive leadership in the nation’s top corporations, admissions to elite colleges and universities, or the Oval Office.

The anti-racial justice extremists who want to ban DEI policies would doom Team USA to mediocrity just to assure their own place on the roster.  Diverse organizations—from Fortune 500 companies to Olympic gymnastics teams—perform better than exclusive

“misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies”.  That’s more than two lies a minute.

Beyond the lies and misstatements, there is the toxic energy that Trump exudes.  He is in constant attack mode, and he has as dystopian vision of our country.  It appears that he wants to frighten people into thinking that Democrats will “ruin” the country and, especially, the economy.  While economic fluctuations and inflation have been troubling for some, President Biden has improved the economy from the time that he became President.  Indeed, his challenge has been to clean up the mess that the forty-fifth President left.

Meanwhile, Vice-President Harris continues to comport herself with grace and joy.  There is a refreshing contrast between the dour scowling incoherent elderly man, and the vital, joyful Vice President.  Our nation does face some of the challenges that could wipe the smile off anyone’s face, and we certainly don’t expect her to smile her way to the September 10 ABC debate (if Trump manages to show up), but her effect of joy, even among the challenges is a much-needed change of focus for our nation.  It explains, perhaps, why Harris attracts the large crowds that seem to unsettle the former president. Grace, joy, determination, firmness, amiability, and cordiality are words that describe Vice President Harris’ campaign.  And millions of Americans appreciate.  It fuels the momentum that Republicans like to dismissively call a “sugar high.”  Democrats are high but not on sugar, we are high on joy and possibility.

(Dr. Julianne Malveaux is a DC-based economist and author.)

organizations. People from different backgrounds bring a wealth of different experiences, knowledge, and skills. One study found that diverse and inclusive teams made better decisions than individuals 87 percent of the time.

Diverse companies see higher revenue, with75 percent of companies with strong DEI policies in their management teams will surpass their financial goals.

The gymnastics world did not sit passively by and wait for a fully-trained Simone Biles to find her own way, unbidden, to the National Championships in 2012.  Were it not for a sharp-eyed coach who noticed the tiny 6-year-old on a daycare field trip to a gym, Biles may never have been steered toward the sport.  Today she is almost universally recognized as the greatest gymnast of all time.

The leaders of the so-called “anti-woke” movement would rather dominate second-rate institutions than collaborate to build world-class organizations. We can give thanks, at least, they’re not entrusted to assemble our sports teams.

Pharoah

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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. 156 §1. “This document may not sell, convey, transfer, include, or insure the title to the coal and right of support underneath the surface land described or referred to herein and the owner or owners of such coal may have the complete legal right to remove all of such coal, and in that connection damage may result to the surface of the land, any house, building or other structure on or in such land.”

1SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ELEANOR M. LINN DECEASED ******************** CASE NO. MG-23-000701

DEBT $59,565.18

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

AND NUMBERED AS 1139 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, MCKEESPORT, PA 15131. DEED BOOK 6823, PAGE 58. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 461-D-78.

MG-22-000532 DEBT $92,174.60 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C. ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 18TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 455 DRYCOVE STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15210. DEED BOOK 17023, PAGE 232. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 33-N-154.

3SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) JADE R. JONES AKA JADE ROCHELLE JONES CASE NO. MG-24-000195 DEBT $69,612.65 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF STOWE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 78 HARLEM AVENUE, MCKEES ROCKS, PA 15136. DEED BOOK 17880, PAGE 265. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 73-S-2.

4SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) JOHN A. WATSON AKA JOHN ANDREW

WATSON, TRACY JO WATSON AKA TRACY 0. WATSON ******************** CASE NO. MG-23-000918

DEBT $137,849.15 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF WEST DEER:

PARCEL ONE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1363-1367 LOGAN ROAD, TARENTUM, PA 15044. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12672, PAGE 269, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 2011-G-94. PARCEL TWO: HAVING THEREON A VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AS LOGAN ROAD, GIBSONIA, PA 15044. DEED BOOK VOLUME l 2672, PAGE 269, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 2011-G-92.

5SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) KATHLEEN A. POWELL, CHRISTY I. POW-

ELL, ERIC J. POWELL, WILLIAM J. POWELL ********************

CASE NO. MG-15-000481

DEBT $62,090.67

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 17TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 138 SOUTH 19TH STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15203. DEED BOOK 13854, PAGE 575. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 12-J-289.

6SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) LINDSAY ANN KNEPSHIELD AKA LINDSAY KNEPSHIELD ********************

CASE NO. MG-24-000224

DEBT $126,331.27

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF HAMPTON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3133 CAMBERLY DRIVE, GIBSONIA, PA 15044. DEED BOOK 17566, PAGE 424. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1355-M-37. 7SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) JAMMIE BARNES ********************

CASE NO. MG-24-000212 *************

DEBT $151,337.07

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF CARNEGIE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 602 HULTON STREET, CARNEGIE, PA 15106. DEED BOOK 17766, PAGE 367. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 102-A-277.

8SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) MARK D. HUTCHIN, SHANTEL M. HUTCHIN CASE NO. MG-20-000401 ************* DEBT $86,212.03 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C. *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF CASTLE SHANNON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3158 MAY STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15234. DEED BOOK 13217, PAGE 31. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 190-G-208.

9SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) PLUM BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT vs DEFENDANT(S) KAREN A. TOTH ******************** CASE NO. GD-22-008010 ************* DEBT $38,340.12

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Elizabeth P. Sattler, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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, BOROUGH OF PLUM: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 620 TAMPICO COURT, PITTSBURGH, PA 15239. DEED BOOK 13755, PAGE 320. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1239-K-339.

10SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) BOROUGH OF AVALON vs DEFENDANT(S) JOSEPH MICHAEL SENOSKI ANO CAROLYN KRACHKOWSKI, KNOWN HEIRS OF, MARYANN SENOSKI, DECEASED, AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ASSIGNS, AN ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST, FROM OR UNDER MARYANN SENOSKI, DECEASED CASE NO. GD 23-013132 ************* DEBT $17,856.75 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) JOHN E. HOSA, TUCKER ARENSBERG, P.C. ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) TUCKER ARENSBERG, P.C. 1500 ONE PPG PLACE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15222 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412.594.3902 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF AVALON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 104 HARRISON AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15202, DEED BOOK VOLUME 9863, PAGE 516, BLOCK AND LOT 159-C-198

11SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) EAST ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES vs DEFENDANT(S) BEN R. STUENZI, MARY LOU STUENZI AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CASE NO. GD-19-011338

DEBT $140,250.99

********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A COMMERCIAL BUILDING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 249 LINCOLN HIGHWAY, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK 14720, PAGE 569. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 457-K-170. 12SEPT24 DEFENDANT(S)

ALTERNATE 9946-X-317. PARCEL NO. 2: BEING VACANT LAND KNOWN AS BRIDGE STREET, PRESTO, PA 15142. DEED BOOK VOLUME 10148, PAGE 523. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 258-D-10, ALTERNATE 9946-X- 83458. 14SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Benito Rojas, Angelica Maria Rojas ******************** CASE NO. MG-22-000256 ************* DEBT

18949, PAGE 100. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0305-P-00246-0000-00.

17SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) ELIZABETH J. WISSNER CASE NO. MG-22-000889 DEBT $102,470.80

as 521 Jacksonia Street Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Deed Book Volume 13277, Page 243. Block and Lot 0023-J-00079-0000-00.

20SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) PATRICIA E. KOVACH CASE NO. MG-22-000297

$85,249.02

OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C. ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES:

IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF LOTTIE YATES; ELAYNE ALLEN KENNEY, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF LOTTIE YATES; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER LOTTIE YATES ******************** CASE NO. GD-23-010091

DEBT $48,639.22

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ******************************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 751 Bryn Mawr Road Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Deed Book Volume 6151, Page 297. Block and Lot 0026-P-00020-0000-00.

23SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) GABRIELLA LAMANTIA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF ROY VACHINO; ANTHONY VACHINO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF ROY VACHINO; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER ROY VACHINO

******************** CASE NO. GD-23-012301 ************* DEBT $54,702.44

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ******************************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Bethel Park: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 3586 South Park Road Bethel Park, PA 15102. Deed Book Volume 13130, Page 12. Block and Lot 0667-A-00040-0000-00.

24SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) CLAIRE V. BORLAK, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.; WILLIAM J. SANGAILA-BORLAK, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.; LAUREN RODRIGUES, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.; ALEXANDER BORLAK, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.; ERIN BORLAK aka ERIN UHIG, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS

CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER WILLIAM BORLAK aka WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.

CASE NO. MG-23-000573

DEBT $80,673.08

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER:

855-225-6906 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Coraopolis:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1356 4th Ave Coraopolis, PA 15108. Deed Book Volume 11855, Page 24. Block and Lot 0342-L00189-0000-00.

25SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) CHRISTOPHER MARZE ******************** CASE NO. MG-23-000699

DEBT $100,794.27 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 32 Julian Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Deed Book Volume 9087, Page 9. Block and Lot 0368-F00217-0000-00.

26SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) DEER LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT vs DEFENDANT(S) MICHAEL B. FLORENTINE AND JOSEPH J. FLORENTINE, AS KNOWN HEIRS OF ALBERT M. FLORENTINE AND CHARLENE D. FLORENTINE, DECEASED AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ALBERT M. FLORENTINE AND CHARLENE D. FLORENTINE, DECEASED ******************** CASE NO. GD-22-012839 ************* DEBT $22,151.69

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF WEST DEER:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 18-20 OAK STREET, RUSSELLTON, PA 15076. DEED BOOK 7683, PAGE 307. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1361-M-257.

27SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Elliot R. Goodman f/k/a Lisa Nicole McDonald and Kristina Gunnaway ******************** CASE NO. MG-24-000034 ************* DEBT $106,493.39

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF WEST MIFFLIN:

PARCEL 1: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3116 GARFIELD AVENUE, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122. DEED BOOK VOLUME 18253, PAGE 123. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 181-B-241. PARCEL 2: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A RESIDENTIAL AUXILIARY BUILDING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3116 GARFIELD AVENUE, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122. DEED BOOK VOLUME 18253, PAGE 123. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 181-8-243.

28SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Ricco Bronaugh, Alyssa Blose, David Blose, Jr., Known Heirs of the Estate of David Blose and The Unknown Heirs, Executors and/or Administrators of the Estate of David Blose, ******************** CASE NO. MG-24-000169

DEBT $20,107.54

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Kristine M. Anthou, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Grenen & Birsic, P.C. One Gateway Center, 9th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-7650

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

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In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Moon:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AS 393 CEDAR DRIVE, CORAOPOLIS, PA 15108. DEED BOOK VOLUME 13741, PAGE 370, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 505-S-373.

29SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Kerry D. Nieser and Patricia L. Nieser

******************** CASE NO. GD-24-004778

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DEBT $12,850.32

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Kristine M. Anthou, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Grenen & Birsic, P.C. One Gateway Center, 9th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-7650 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELL-

ING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 419 PARKRIDGE DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DBV 7207, PG 635, B/L #449-H354.

30SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Richard E. Schofield, Jr.,

********************

CASE NO. GD-24-004774

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DEBT $191,247.98

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Kristine M. Anthou, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Grenen & Birsic, P.C. One Gateway Center, 9th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-7650

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Mt. Lebanon:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 709 PINOAK ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15243. DBV 9848, PG 146, B/L #99-N-320.

31SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) Elizabeth Forward School District vs DEFENDANT(S) THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARY JANE LORBER, DECEASED CASE NO. GD 23-011123

DEBT $13,663.31 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Forward:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 88 RIDGE RD., MONONGAHELA, PA 15063. DEED BOOK 5417, PAGE 545. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 2088-N-275.

32SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills vs DEFENDANT(S) Life Mender LLC CASE NO. GD 21-010984

DEBT $17,904.24

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 17 FRANKWOOD ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK19043, PAGE 228. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 230-R-327.

33SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills vs DEFENDANT(S) NTUMBA L. MUTOMBO AND VICTOR JOHNATHAN AYODELE CASE NO. GD 23-006356

DEBT $10,061.98

********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 227 JANICE DR, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK 16195, PAGE 304. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 368-S-167.

34SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S) Keystone Oaks School District vs DEFENDANT(S) The Unknown Heirs of Marie H. Schwartz, Deceased CASE NO. GD 24-000524

DEBT $21,962.35

********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Greentree: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT, CAFE AND/OR BAR BUILDING, BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2331 NOBLESTOWN ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15205. DEED BOOK 5638, PAGE 363. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 39-L-356.

35SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Eric Lege and Casey D. Lege ******************** CASE NO. MG-23-000146

DEBT $562,412.94

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Gary W. Darr, Esquire McGrath McCall, P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Four Gateway Center, Suite 1340, 444 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 ************************************ ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-281-4333

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Pine: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING KNOWN AS 1058 WEST GROVE COURT, GIBSONIA, PA 15044, BEING BLOCK AND LOT NO. 2376-G-42, DESCRIBED IN THE DEED RECORDED ON OCTOBER 8, 2021

Deed Book Volume 13276, Page 176. Block and Lot Number 389-A-110-345.

37SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) JEN LEVITZKI, KNOWN SURVIVING HEIR OF ANTONIO C. PANTELIS, JAMES PANTELIS, KNOWN SURVIVING HEIR OF ANTONIO C. PANTELIS, CHRIS PANTELIS, KNOWN SURVIVING HEIR OF ANTONIO C. PANTELIS, AND UNKNOWN SURVIVING HEIRS OF ANTONIO C. PANTELIS CASE NO. GD-22-015224 ************* DEBT $108,080.09 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) CHRISTINE L. GRAHAM, ESQUIRE ******************************* ADDRESS OF

SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF MCKEES ROCKS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN

SONNY BOY

46SEPT24

Edward J. Rodgers, Jr. ********************

22-015402 *************

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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 Crafton:

Having erected thereon a one story brick house known as 15 Lyons Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 7824, Page 95. Block & Lot No. 69-M-32.

47SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Crafton Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Yalla LLC

CASE NO. GD 23-011087 *************

DEBT: $2,778.73 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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 Crafton:

Having erected thereon a three family, two story frame house known as 8 Harrison Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 18071, Page 585. Block & Lot No. 68-D-132.

48SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S) Equity Trust Company Custodian FBO 200344505 IRA ********************

CASE NO. GD 19-003367

DEBT: $13,214.72

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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 Munhall:

Having erected thereon a two story industrial warehouse being known as 2007 Whitaker Way, Homestead, PA 15120. Deed Book Volume 17607, Page 578. Block & Lot No. 180-C-169.

49SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Jacqualynn Myers ******************** CASE NO. GD 23-001636 DEBT: $9,245.75 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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 Wilkins:

Having erected thereon a two story brick house being known as 125 Lucinda Drive, Turtle Creek, PA 15145. Deed Book Volume 4292, Page 221. Block & Lot No. 373H-48.

50SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Ingram Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Greicon Properties Company, LLC ******************** CASE NO. GD 23-010987 ************* DEBT: $2,460.53

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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 Ingram:

Having erected thereon a two story, two family frame house known as 7 East Prospect Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 18685, Page 246. Block & Lot No. 41-N-206.

51SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S) The Unknown Successor Trustee(s) of the Anna M. Reabe Revocable Trust

CASE NO. GD 23-004332 ************* DEBT: $4,538.22 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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 Chalfant: Having erected thereon a one story brick house being known as 125 Wilkins Avenue, East Pittsburgh, PA 15112. Deed Book Volume 11266, Page 568. Block & Lot No. 374-H-14.

52SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S) Jay Steinitz & Shauna Tallentire

******************** CASE NO. GD 23-008530 ************* DEBT: $7,047.10

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

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In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Edgewood:

Parcel #1: Having erected thereon a two and a half story masonry frame house being known as 147 Oakview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. Deed Book Volume 11793, Page 185. Block & Lot No. 234E-263.

Parcel #2: Being thereon vacant residential land known as 147 Oakview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. Deed Book Volume 11793, Page 185. Block & Lot No. 234-E262.

53SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S) Connie S. Moreno & Victor Adolfo Moreno

********************

CASE NO. GD 22-003450

DEBT: $3,051.31

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Marshall:

Having erected thereon a two story frame house being known as 135 Short Line Lane, Wexford, PA 15090. Deed Book Volume 11542, Page 190, Block & Lot 1657M-5.

54SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S) Jesus G. Velasquez & Melissa A. Velasquez

CASE NO. GD 23-013850 *************

DEBT: $5,954.80 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

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 Stowe:

Having erected thereon a two story brick house being known as 521 MacArthur Street, McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 13524, Page 388. Block& Lot No. 73-E-66.

56SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh, and School District of Pittsburgh Vs. DEFENDANT(S) Thomas P. Lonero and the United States of America ******************** CASE NO. GD 16-007455

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DEBT: $11,825.05

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

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SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of PittsburghWard 17.

Having erected thereon a one story frame house being known as 2601 Quarry Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210. Deed Book Volume 13384, Page 62. Block & Lot No. 14-H-165.

57SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S) Ashley Nemeth & Mark G. Nemeth and the United States of America

CASE NO. GD 23-005897

DEBT: $2,604.18

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Port Vue: Having erected thereon a two story commercial building being known as 314 Port Vue Avenue, McKeesport, PA 15133. Deed Book Volume 17800, Page 414. Block & Lot No. 465-B-112.

58SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Pitcairn Vs.

DEFENDANT(S) Debra L. Hyatt a/k/a Debra L. Abram, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns

******************** CASE NO. GD 14-000279

DEBT: $8,966.31

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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 Pitcairn:

Having erected thereon a two story brick house being known as 419 Robinson Street, Pitcairn, PA 15140. Deed Book Volume Deed Book Volume 9995, Page 365, Block & Lot 746-N-75.

59SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S) Darryl L. Mays, Administrator of the Estate of Clarence F. Mays, Deceased CASE NO. GD 23-005791

************* DEBT: $5,932.57

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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, Municipality of Monroeville: Having erected thereon a one and one half story masonry frame house being known as 736 Patton Street Extension, Monroeville, PA 15146. Deed Book Volume 17305, Page 350. Block & Lot No. 544-R-18.

60SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Paul J. Byzek, Executor of the Estate of Laverne M. Byzek ******************** CASE NO. GD-24-003482

DEBT: $59,044.04

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Kristine M. Anthou, Esquire,

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Grenen & Birsic, P.C. One Gateway Center, 9th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-7650

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Braddock Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A MOBILE HOME DWELLING KNOWN AS 1000 GARFIELD AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK VOLUME 11584, PAGE 093, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 300-E-245.

61SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) Robert C. McMunn, Jr., Known Heir or Assign of Alma M. McMunn, Deceased & The Unknown Heirs and Assigns of Alma M. McMunn, Deceased

********************

CASE NO. G.D. 21-011966

DEBT: $4,724.67

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

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SHORT DESCRIPTION:

***************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Indiana:

HAVING erected thereon a one story frame house being known as 391 Rich Hill Road, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 6194, Page 145. Block & Lot No. 837-K-153.

62SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS.

DEFENDANT(S) Robert Jacobs & Geraldine Jacobs

CASE NO. GD 05-020328

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DEBT: $5,687.12

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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 Homestead:

Having erected thereon a two story brick house being known as 354 West 12th Avenue, Homestead, PA 15120. Deed Book Volume Deed Book Volume 6217, Page 557, Block & Lot 131-E-317.

63SEPT24

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS.

DEFENDANT(S) Joanne Ruffing

******************** CASE NO. GD 16-007378 *************

DEBT: $4,209.30

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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 Glassport: Having erected thereon a two story frame house being known as 401 Euclid Avenue, Glassport PA 15045. Deed Book Volume 5384, Page 39. Block & Lot No. 467-L-155.

64SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) THERESA SEKELY INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF MARY SEKELY, DECEASED ******************** CASE NO. MG-15-000099

DEBT:

665-N-200.

66SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) McClendon Management, LLC c/o Cortez McClendon ******************** CASE NO. GD-23-000736 ************* DEBT: $44,934.58

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire ******************************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 ******************************************* SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3704 CROOKED RUN ROAD, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK VOLUME 18373, PAGE 564. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 548-J-178.

67SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) NEUMAN INVESTING LLC ******************** CASE NO. GD-24-001870 ************* DEBT: $380,282.30 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) CHELSEA A. NIXON, ESQUIRE ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 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, CITY OF PITTSBURGH-9TH WARD: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 4215 GENEVA STREET, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15201. DEED BOOK VOLUME 18930, PAGE 592. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0049-G-00185-0000-00.

PA 15223. Deed Book Volume 4118, Page 226. Block & Lot No. 221-B-270.

69SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) DARNELL K. KRAMER; THE KRAMER FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST, DATED 11-20-07; ANTHONY J. KRAMER

JR. IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ANTHONY J. KRAMER, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER ANTHONY J. KRAMER, DECEASED CASE NO. MG-23-000998 ************* DEBT: $55,620.80 *********

District and Municipality of Penn Hills VS.

DEFENDANT(S) KAREN P. BEASLEY

CASE NO. GD 23-014333

DEBT: $13,256.89 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE

FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 52 EVERETT ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235 A/KIA 53 TORRANCE ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK 15565, PAGE 37. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 173-S-47.

74SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Mogul Mo Estates LLC

CASE NO. GD-24-001909

************* DEBT: $116,046.74

********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Manley Deas Kochalski LLC

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh, Ward 16:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 427 Ormsby Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15210. Document Number 2021-36737, Deed Book Volume 18659, Page 147. Block and Lot Number 0032-A-00147-0000-00.

76SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Joyce Bozeman, as Believed Heir to the Estate of Chris A. Bozeman; Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Chris A. Bozeman; Unknown Administrators of the Estate of Chris A. Bozeman ******************** CASE NO. MG-18-000027 DEBT: $143,150.60

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Manley Deas Kochalski LLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 505 Veronica Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Document Number 2007-701, Deed Book Volume 13111, Page 422. Block and Lot Number 0369-L-00292-0000-00.

77SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) THERESA L. HAYS ******************** CASE NO. MG-24-000088 ************* DEBT: $12,525.85

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC *******************************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 29th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 238 Meredith St Pittsburgh, PA 15210. Deed Book Volume 11772, Page 345. Block and Lot 0060-M00298-0000-00.

78SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Peter R. Lehrman ******************** CASE NO. MG-23-000024 ************* DEBT: $94,791.67 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) The Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1310 Industrial Boulevard, 1st Floor, Suite 101, Southampton, PA 18966

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-9690

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Scott Township:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A ONE-STORY BRICK DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 444 ORCHARD SPRING ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15220. DEED BOOK VOLUME 7158, PAGE 577. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 65-R-4.

79SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) LYNN SCHUGAR, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF KAREN J. MURPHY-HANASIK; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER KAREN J. MURPHY-HANASIK

CASE NO. GD-23-011939

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DEBT: $88,916.76

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER:

855-225-6906

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SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Reserve:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 835 Geyer Road Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Deed Book Volume 15481, Page 526. Block and Lot 0164-K00079-0000-00.

80SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) CANDACE VICARIO

CASE NO. MG-24-000078

DEBT: $34,605.00

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER:

855-225-6906 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of McKees Rocks:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 406 Grove Street McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 12608, Page 23. Block and Lot 0072-G-00195-0000-00.

81SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) Caitlin McNamee ********************

CASE NO. MG-16--000207

DEBT: $270,536.44

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) PATRICK J WESNER, ESQUIRE

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 9000 MIDLANTIC DRIVE, STE 300, PO BOX 5054, MT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ************************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 810-5815 *******************************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: *****************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, and the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: HAVING currently erected thereon a single family thereon a dwelling being known as 7232 Thomas Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15208. Deed Book 13896 Page 95. Block and Lot 0175-E-00010-0000-00.

82SEPT24

DEFENDANT(S) SHAWN HOLFELDER ********************

CASE NO. MG-23-000283

DEBT: $54,744.00

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

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Parcel One: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Harrison: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 6220 Freeport Road Freeport, PA 16229. Deed Book Volume 13138, Page 56. Block and Lot 2204D-00037-0000-00. Parcel Two: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Harrison: Vacant land being known as Freeport Road Freeport, PA 16229 Deed Book Volume 13138, Page 56. Block and Lot 2395-S-00147-0000-00.

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

Notice is hereby given to the following persons, their heirs, successors or assigns, and to all persons whatsoever, that the City of Pittsburgh, by John Miller, Assistant City Solicitor, 328 City County Building has petitioned the Court of Orders quieting title to the following tax acquired real estate, pursuant to Act No. 171, approved December 11, 1984.

GD –2024-008487

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Robert O. Welling; Christine T. Welling; Charles H. Welling; Christopher R. Welling; Allegheny County Court Records - Criminal; Janet Gardner; Robert Gardner; Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County; and the Unknown Heirs of Robert O. Welling; Unknown Heirs of Christine T. Welling; Unknown Heirs of Charles H. Welling; Unknown Heirs of Christopher R. Welling; Unknown Heirs of Janet Gardner; Unknown Heirs of Robert Gardner, and other respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 937 Itin Street. 23rd Ward, Block & Lot: 24-F-40. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

GD –2024-008484

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Urban Redevelopment Authority; James Hanion; And the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of James Hanion. Concerning the Following Property: 7136 Hamilton Avenue. 13th Ward, Block & Lot: 174-N-156. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

GD –2024-008485

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Divine Faith Foundation Youth and Children’s Ministry, its Successors and Assigns. Concerning the Following Property: 0 Finely Street. 12th Ward, Block & Lot: 125-B-319. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

GD –2024-008488

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Love Jones; Margaret Jones; Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority; and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Love Jones and of Margaret Jones. Concerning the Following Property: 615 Devilliers Street. 3rd Ward, Block & Lot: 10-N-140. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

GD –2024-008486

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Joseph H. Fester and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Joseph H. Fester. Concerning the Following Property: Arendell Street. 26th Ward, Block & Lot: 162-P-208. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

GD –2024-008450 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Estate of Denise Michelle Hogan-Thrower-Warfield a/k/a Denise Thrower a/k/a

Denise M. Thrower; Charles Warfield Jr. a/k/a Charles Warfield; Diane Hogan; Jacob Thrower; Estate of Charles Warfield, Jr. a/k/a Charles Warfield; Tamar S. Warfield; Allegheny County Court Records – Criminal Division; Tidewater Finance Company, its successors and assigns; The Linsly School Inc., its successors and assigns; Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County; Commonwealth of PA Department of Revenue Inheritance Tax Division; Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency; Urban Redevelopment Authority; Beneficial Consumer Discount Company, its successors and assigns; HSBC Finance Corporation, its successors and assigns; and the Unknown Heirs of Denise Michelle Hogan-Thrower -Warfield a/k/a Denise Thrower a/k/a Denise M. Thrower and the Unknown Heirs of Charles Warfield Jr. a/k/a Charles Warfield and the Unknown Heirs of Diane Hogan and the Unknown Heirs of Jacob Thrower and the Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Charles Warfield, Jr. a/k/a Charles Warfield and the Unknown Heirs of Tamar S. Warfield. Concerning the Following Property: 0 Loraine Street. 25th Ward, Block & Lot: 23-G-76. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

GD –2024-006440

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs John E. Rice; Christine B. Rice; Allegheny County Court Records – Criminal Division; PWSA; National Tax Funding L.P.; Allegheny County Sanitary Authority; and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of John E. Rice and of Christine B. Rice. Concerning the Following Property: 0 Paxico Street. 12th Ward, Block & Lot: 172-R-147. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

GD –2024-007462

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Laura S. Kinney; Violet Jean Reeves; Raymond J. Curran; Roy Ray Reeves; Etta Jane Curran; William S. Burns; Helen M. Burns; and the Unknown Heirs of Laura S. Kinney and of Violet Jean Reeves and of Raymond J. Curran and of Roy Ray Reeves and of Etta Jane Curran and of William S. Burns and of Helen M. Burns; Concerning the Following Property: 454 Norton Street. 19th Ward, Block & Lot: 4-P-45. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

GD –2024-007791

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs John Jumba; Mary Louise Jumba; William E. Conroy; Katherine D. Conroy; John R. Alston; Marion M. Alston; Sandra Adams; Chris Adams; and the Unknown heirs of Mary Louise Jamba and the Unknown heirs of William E. Conroy and the Unknown heirs of Katherine D. Conroy and the Unknown heirs of John R. Alston and the Unknown heirs of Marion M. Alston and the Unknown heirs of Sandra Adams and the Unknown heirs of Chris Adams; Concerning the Following Property: 2921 Merwyn Avenue. 20th Ward, Block & Lot: 42-M-178. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

GD –2024-007790

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Ernest E. Smith; Helen M. Smith; Theodore L. Hoover; Helen J. Hoover; Truth C. Jones; George William Jones III; Malika Goodnight; and the Unknown Heirs of Ernest E. Smith and the Unknown Heirs of Helen M. Smith and the Unknown Heirs of Theodore L. Hoover and the Unknown Hiers of Truth C. Jones and the Unknown Heirs of George William Jones III and the Unknown Heirs of Malika Goodnight Concerning the Following Property: 1310 Pritchard Street. 20th Ward, Block & Lot: 42-N-266.

SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.

GD –2024-007792

CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Joseph W. Karl; Cynthia Karl; Adelaide K. Gordon; Frank Olander; Clara V. Olander; Frank Karl; Sophie M. Karl; Isabelle Hampe and the Unknown Heirs of Joseph W. Karl and the Unknown Heirs of Cynthia Karl and the Unknown Heirs of Adelaide K. Gordon and the Unknown Heirs of Frank Olander and the Unknown Heirs of Clara V. Olander and the Unknown Heirs of Frank Karl and the Unknown Heirs of Sophie M. Karl and the Unknown Heirs of Isabelle Hampe; Concerning the Following Property: 195 Steuben Street. 20th Ward, Block & Lot: 19-D-202. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS,

LEGAL ADVERTISING

Public Notice

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH

PUBLIC NOTICE OF FY 2025 MOVING TO WORK ANNUAL PLAN

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) , in accordance with federal law and regulation, is publishing its FY 2025 Moving to Work (MTW) Annual Plan for review and comment.

The FY 2025 MTW Annual Plan is available for review and comment from Sunday, August 11, 2024 to Tuesday, September 10, 2024 on the HACP Web Site: www.hacp.org.

Printed copies of the FY 2025 MTW Annual Plan can be obtained by contacting Amy Shaffer in the HACP Executive Office at 412-456-5000 extension 3191, or Amy.Shaffer@hacp.org.

Public Hearings to receive public comments on the FY 2025 HACP MTW Annual Plan will be held on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., and 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. The Zoom Meeting information can be accessed at www.hacp.org

Written comments on the FY 2025 HACP MTW Annual Plan must be addressed to: “Attention: Amy Shaffer - HACP Moving to Work Annual Plan” at the HACP Executive Office, 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 7th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, or Amy.Shaffer@hacp.org, and must be received by 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

Once approved, the final FY 2025 HACP MTW Annual Plan will be effective on the first day of the fiscal year, January 1, 2025, or after the HACP receives approval from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Moving to Work Office, whichever occurs later.

If you are a person with a disability and need an alternate means of reviewing this information, please contact the Disability Compliance Office at 412-456-5282 to discuss the options available.

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

LEGAL ADVERTISING Legal Notices

Estate of ELIZABETH R. REED, deceased of 2160 Greentree Road, Apt. 104W, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, Estate No. 02-24-05110, Executrix, Mary R. Price, 2005 Noble Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15218, William C. Price, Jr. Price & Associates, P.C., 2005 Noble Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Petition for Determination of Title to 1605 Bedford Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219. (0009-R-00142-0000-00)

Estate of CLIFTON MOSELEY SR, deceased, filed by Allegra Flournoy and Clifton Moseley Jr. at No. 4373 of 2024, Orphans Court. Quinntarra Morant, Esq. Morant Law Offices, PO Box 10946, Pittsburgh, PA 15236.

Petition to Determine Title to 204 Florien Street, Verona, PA 15204, formerly owned by Joanna M. Lancaster, deceased, filed July 15, 2024 by Ronald Duane Barber, No. 4609 of 2024. Peter B. Lewis, Counsel, Neighborhood Legal Services, 928 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

LEGAL ADVERTISING

Bids/Proposals

P.J. Dick and Turner Construction are independently soliciting competitive bids for the Lower Hill Redevelopment: Parcel E Music Venue. Bid Group 2 includes Masonry and Structural Steel. Bid Group 2 Issuance on August 16, 2024, bids DUE September 18, 2024, and awards October 2024. All documents will be provided through both Contractors via their document sharing sites. Email BidLowerHillMusicVenue@pjdick.com and turnerpgh@tcco.com to request the Bid Invitations.

PITTSBURGH COMPREHENSIVE MUNICIPAL PENSION TRUST FUND NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF PROPOSAL FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

August 7, 2024

The Pittsburgh Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Pension Payment Processing and Check and Tax Form Print Production Service Provider. The specifications related to the services requested are set forth in the RFP which is available at the City of Pittsburgh’s website at www.pittsburghpa.gov/finance.

In order to compete for the professional services, a proposer must complete all required attachments and disclosures set forth in the RFP.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Sports & Exhibition Authority will receive sealed bids for Concrete Sidewalk Replacement Around PNC Park as identified below for PNC Park. The contract for this work will be with the Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Inquiries regarding the bidding should be made to the Sports & Exhibition Authority 171 10th Street, 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Attention: Alicia Matos E-mail: procurement@pgh-sea.com

Telephone: 412-393-7106. Bid Packages may be obtained after the date identified below through Accu-Copy at (724) 935-7055. Additional information on the project can also be found of Accu-Copy’s website at https://accu-copy.com/plan-room

This Advertisement applies to the following Bid Package: Project: PNC Park

Bid Package Name: Concrete Sidewalk Replacement Around PNC Park

Bid Package Available: August 9, 2024

Approximate Value: $1,000,000

Time/Date/Location for Pre-Bid Meeting:

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 August 21, 2024 and will be opened at the same hour in the administration building cafeteria:

Window CleaningVarious Locations

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

PNC Park Business Center Thursday August 15, 2024 at 9:00 AM 115 Federal Street Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Time/Date/Location for Bid: Wednesday August 28, 2024 at 2:00PM SEA Offices 171 10th Street 2nd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222

BID ADVERTISEMENT CONTRACT NUMBER: 47-36-15 HAMILTON ROAD PAVING

Sealed Bids are requested by the Borough of Thornburg. Bids will be received by the Borough’s Consulting Engineer, NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc. at 950 Fifth Avenue, Coraopolis, PA 15108 until 4:00 P.M. prevailing time, Thursday, August 29, 2024 for the Hamilton Road Paving. Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud immediately after the closing time for receipt of Bids.

Interested parties may view the Profile and Bid Schedule for this Project on the internet at: www.niraengineers.com.

Copies of the Bid Documents may be examined at the office of NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc., 950 Fifth Avenue, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 15108. Copies thereof may be obtained from the office of NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc., upon payment of a non-refundable sum of $60.00. An additional charge of $15.00 will be required for handling of Plans and Specifications when shipping is requested. Checks are to be made payable to NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc. Bids must be submitted on the forms provided, and completed in strict accordance with the instructions provided. Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, in the form of a Certified Check or Corporate Surety Bid Bond, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the Bid Proposal made in the favor of the Borough of Thornburg. Only documents obtained directly from the Engineer will be valid at bid opening.

A Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Maintenance Bond in the amounts specified within the Contract Documents will be required of the successful Bidder.

Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the Provisions of the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act 442. The Prevailing Wage Scale is included in these Specifications.

Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the Provisions of the Public Works Employment Verification Act (PWEVA).

Adherence to Instructions to Bidders is required.

No Bid or any part thereof shall be withdrawn by Bidder for a period of sixty (60) days subsequent to the Bid Opening.

The right is reserved by the Owner to reject any or all Bids or parts of bids and to waive technical defects in any Bid.

Vince Coppola Borough Council President

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 September 5, 2024 and will be opened at the same hour in the administration building cafeteria:

SWIMMING POOL WATER ANALYSIS

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 August 21, 2024 and will be opened at the same hour in the administration building cafeteria:

ICE MELT

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

CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS!

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 August 21, 2024 and will be opened at the same hour in the administration building cafeteria: Dual 9 Merv Filters

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 August 21, 2024 and will be opened at the same hour in the administration building cafeteria: GOFIT Backpack Vacuums with Filters

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; Purchasingunder 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

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

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR BEDFORD DWELLINGS ENVISION CENTER- NEW DEDICATED HEATING PLAN

IFB#600-21-24

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby requests bids from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s): Bedford Dwellings EnVision Center-New Dedicated Heating Plan

IFB#600-21-24

The documents will be available no later than August 5, 2024, and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 10:00a.m. on September 6, 2024, The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical bids dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 10:00 am on September 6, 2024, in the lobby of 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 2024 at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor, 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: Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh Procurement Department 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2832

A pre-submission meeting will be held in person; on August 13, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. Please see meeting information below:

Pre-Submission

Meeting Address: 2305 Bedford Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages certified minority business enterprises and women business enterprises to respond to this solicitation. HACP has revised its website. As part of those revisions, vendors must now register and log-in, to view and download IFB/RFPs documentation.

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.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR CAMERA MAINTENANCE AUTHORITY-WIDE

RFP #350-24-24

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby requests proposals from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s): Camera Maintenance Authority-Wide

The documents will be available no later than August 5, 2024, and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until 11:00 A.M. on August 28, 2024. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 11:00 A.M. on August 28, 2024, 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: Brandon Havranek, Associate Director of Procurement Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor, Procurement Department Pittsburgh,

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR IFB #300-25-24 ELEVATOR

REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE AUTHORITY-WIDE

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

Elevator Repair and Maintenance Authority-Wide

The documents will be available no later than August 12, 2024, and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 9:00 a.m. on September 3, 2024. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical bids dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 9:00 AM on September 3, 2024, in the lobby of the 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, 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 inquires should be directed to:

Brandon Havranek, Associate Director of Procurement Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor, Procurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2890 412-456-5007 Fax

A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on August 22, 2024, at 9:00 A.M. Please see meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 842 0290 0571 Passcode: 455953 +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.

HACP’s has revised their website. As part of those revisions, vendors must now register and log-in, to view and download IFB/RFPs documentation.

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

BOROUGH OF BELLEVUE

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

NORTH JACKSON RETAINING WALL

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Bids for the North Jackson Retaining Wall Project will be received by Bellevue Borough online via PennBID, until 10:00 A.M. local time on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at which time Bids received will be opened electronically and posted on PennBID’s website. The Project includes the following Work: Replacement of Retaining Wall in the alley located between North Jackson Avenue, North Avenue, North Sprague Avenue, and Orchard Avenue in Bellevue Borough, Allegheny County, PA.

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. All documents and solicitation details are available online at no cost on PennBID –https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com/. Bids shall be accepted online through the PennBID Program. Additional bidding requirements are found in Section 00 21 13, “Instructions to Bidders”, of the Bidding Documents. All bidders must submit bid security of a Certified Check or Bid Bond in the amount of 10% of the Base Bid.

A pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on Monday, August 19 at 10 a.m. at the project site (Alley between N Jackson and N Sprague – behind 220 N Jackson Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15202). Attendance at the pre-bid conference is strongly encouraged but not required. All bids shall be irrevocable for 60 days after the bid opening date as provided by the Act of November 26, 1978 (P.L. 1309, No. 317), as amended by the Act of December 12, 1994 (P.L. 1042, No. 142).

JIM KELLY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

BOROUGH OF BELLEVUE

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR ADMINISTRATION OF CLEAN SLATE E3 OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS

RFP #800-23-24

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

Administration of Clean Slate E3 Out-of-School Time Programs

The documents will be available no later than August 5, 2024, and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until 10:00 A.M. on August 28, 2024. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 10:00 A.M. on August 28, 2024, 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: Brandon Havranek, Associate Director of Procurement Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor, Procurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2890 412-456-5007 Fax

A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on August 20, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. Please see the meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 859 1720 7328 Passcode: 018224 +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. HACP has revised its website. As part of those revisions, vendors must now register and log-in, to view and download IFB/RFPs documentation.

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.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES Help Wanted

ENTRY LEVEL FIREFIGHTER

The City of Altoona is now accepting applications for Entry Level Firefighters. Information and applications are available online at www.altoonapa.gov and in the Human Resources Department of City Hall at 1301 12th Street, Suite 400, Altoona, PA. Applications and applicable supporting documentation must be submitted to the Human Resources Department by Noon on Friday, September 20, 2024.

The City of Altoona is an Equal Opportunity Employer

URBAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is seeking positions for Special Education Teacher Associate Dean of Students Student Success Advisor Co-Teacher

Please send all clearances and three references to jobs@urbanacademypgh.org

SOUTH FAYETTE TWP. SCHOOL DISTRICT is seeking Food Service Member Building Custodian Deadline August 16, 2024 Complete job description available at: www.southfayette.org EOE

NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking a Network Administrator to be responsible for all aspects of network communications at the enterprise, including local area networks, wireless networks, VPNs (site to site and remote access), communications with remote enterprise installations, problem solving, and network security. Setup, administer, monitor, and troubleshoot all forms of networking equipment including but not limited to: network switching equipment, routers, wireless access points, wireless controllers, network monitoring and management systems, and security appliances. Work with other networking and information security personnel to remedy issues and work to accomplish various projects, both within the department and across the agency.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for the day-to-day repair, monitoring and administration of the corporate networks (LAN and WLAN).

• Setup of new networks and systems.

• Monitors and tunes the enterprise network for optimal performance, along with capacity planning.

• Investigates suspicious network activity.

• Performs equipment installations, relocations, and replacements as required to support the business needs of the enterprise. Keep inventory data up to date and current.

• Provides input to management for network design, procurement of network equipment and supplies.

• Work with rail-centric departments to monitor and maintain the OTN systems of the rail lines.

• Writing and editing technical support documentation for network systems and related.

Job requirements include:

• Minimum two (2) years technical school/Associates Degree from an accredited school with minimum four (4) years relevant technical experience; or four (4) year related college degree from an accredited school with two (2) years relevant technical experience; or six (6) years directly related technical experience. Technical experience including but not limited to: wide and local area networks, including experience with common-carrier data networks, networking design, implementation and administration, network troubleshooting, and related knowledge areas.

• Strong knowledge of firewalls, DMZ setup, and network security.

• Strong knowledge of networking concepts and skills.

• Large body of experience in the setup and administration of large, campus-sized networks (multiple floors/multiple buildings) including the configuration of switches and routers.

• Experience with the administration and troubleshooting of wireless networking in large areas (10,000+ sq ft) in both industrial and office environments.

• Professional and effective communication skills.

• Familiar with networking of multiple types of clients, including Windows, macOS, and Linux.

• Valid PA driver’s license.

• Ability to be flexible and adapt to change.

• Demonstrated ability in the use of Microsoft Office 365, including Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Sharepoint..

• Exemplary attention to detail and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred attributes:

• Experience with working in an ITIL-based environment, or experience with change control and configuration management.

• Strong experience with Cisco-branded networking equipment (Catalyst and Nexus switches, routers, access points, etc).

• Experience with Cisco DNA Center.

• Knowledge of Palo Alto firewalls.

• Knowledge of load balancers (e.g. Citrix Netscaler).

• Knowledge of hybrid networking (cloud and on-premise networking integration).

• Knowledge of X-Tran OTN branded equipment.

• Understanding of Operational Technology Networking.

• Certificates in network-related technical areas, including CCNA, CCNP, Network+, WCNA, etc.

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

Danielle Jacobson Employment Department 345 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 DJacobson@RidePRT.org EOE

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