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TOMLIN STEPS DOWN

After 19 years, Tomlin tells owner Art Rooney II it’s time for a change

MIKE TOMLIN WON A SUPER BOWL AND WENT TO ANOTHER DURING HIS NEARLY 20-YEAR HEAD COACHING TENURE IN PITTSBURGH. (PHOTO BY MARLON MARTIN)

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

By now, everyone knows the news. Mike Tomlin has stepped down, resigned, as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers after 19 years.

According to owner Art Rooney II, Tomlin approached Rooney on

Tuesday, Jan. 13, and told him he was stepping away.

Rooney then told the public in a statement just after 2 p.m. on Jan. 13.

It's been the talk of the town since. So much so that the New Pittsburgh Courier talked with people in Pittsburgh right af-

ter the news broke. Some people didn't know about the news until the Courier told them. Others had already been informed.

Ronald Wilson, of the Hill District, already knew. He came out the South Side Giant Eagle with a Steelers hoodie on, so he's one of those

diehard Steelers fans.

"I thought it was pretty much over after (Monday) night's game, because that was pretty bad," Wilson told the Courier, referring to the team's 30-6 embarrassing playoff loss at home to the Houston Texans.

Turns out, that was the

last game Tomlin probably will ever coach as the head coach of the Steelers.

"It's been years since we had a playoff win," Wilson continued. "I like him, I'm sorry to see him go, but we gotta get new blood somewhere, something's gotta be differ-

ent."

For Pittsburgh's Black community, it was a badge of honor, a celebration of sorts, when Tomlin was named head coach in January 2007, after 15 years with Bill Cowher as the leader of the Steelers. The late Dan Rooney, SEE TOMLIN A4

McKeesport’s own Austin Davis announces re-election campaign for Lieutenant Governor More work to do, he says

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

McKeesport native Austin Davis wants four more years as Pennsylvania's Lieutenant Governor.

The first Black Lieutenant Governor in Pennsylvania history, Davis felt like him and the Pa. Governor, Josh Shapiro, kicked butt and took names during their first four years as the state's top tandem.

So why not "run it back" (do it again), as Gov. Shapiro quipped when he got onto the stage at the Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center on Ridge Road, Jan. 8.

"I didn't get involved in

public service for a title or for a spotlight," Lt. Gov. Davis said to a crowd of about 200, Jan. 8. "I got involved because of what I saw as a kid growing up in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, when I was 16 years old and a man was shot on my block. I remember standing there feeling helpless. I remember my sense of safety and security being shattered and I remember thinking that nobody should have to live in a community where they don't feel safe."

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Carmen de Lavallade, iconic dancer and choreographer, dies at 94 NEW YORK CARIB NEWS — Carmen de Lavallade, the celebrated modern dancer, choreographer and actress whose artistry helped shape generations of performers, died on Monday, December 29, 2025, at the age of 94.

Her death was announced by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, where she served for many years as a principal guest performer and creative force.

In a statement shared on social media, the company paid tribute to her lasting influence on dance and culture. The organization honored her extraordinary life, boundless artistry, and the many generations she shaped through her work, wisdom, and commanding presence.

De Lavallade’s career spanned more than seven decades and crossed the worlds of modern dance, ballet, theater, film and television. She began her professional journey in Los Angeles with the racially integrated Lester Horton Dance Theater, where she developed a powerful and expressive style that would later captivate audiences around the world. It was during this period that she formed a close artistic bond with fellow dancer Alvin Ailey, who would become one of her most important collaborators.

She later relocated to New York City alongside Ailey, quickly establish-

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ing herself as a magnetic performer known for her emotional depth and commanding stage presence.

Her work extended far beyond the concert stage, encompassing choreography, acting, and nightclub performance, and she appeared across a wide range of artistic platforms throughout her career.

De Lavallade often credited her inspiration to her cousin Janet Collins, one of the first African American ballerinas to break racial barriers in classical dance.

Collins went on to become the first Black principal dancer at the Metropolitan Opera, paving the way for de Lavallade’s own historic achievements. Between 1955 and 1958, de Lavallade performed as a prima ballerina in productions including Aida and Samson and Delilah at the Met. Her Broadway debut came in 1954 when she appeared alongside Ailey in the musical House of Flowers, written by Truman Capote with music

by Harold Arlen. During that production, she met her husband and frequent creative partner, actor and choreographer Geoffrey Holder. Their collaboration would become one of the most admired artistic partnerships of their era.

Her talent soon attracted the attention of major figures in Black entertainment, including actress and singer Lena Horne, who helped de Lavallade secure film opportunities.

She went on to appear in dance sequences in notable films such as Demetrius and the Gladiators and the all Black musical Carmen Jones.

One of the most defining moments of her career came in 1960 when Alvin Ailey placed her at

the center of his seminal work, “Revelations.” The piece, which remains a cornerstone of modern dance, explores Black resilience and spiritual endurance from the era of slavery into the twentieth century. De Lavallade often described her purpose simply, saying that her role was to give joy.

Dance critic P.W. Manchester once praised her portrayal of Salome as a remarkable and compelling performance marked by passion, playfulness, and striking physical beauty that commanded attention from the moment she entered the stage.

Throughout her life, de Lavallade remained deeply committed to education and mentorship. She performed as a guest artist with the American Ballet Theatre and served as a choreographer and performer in residence at the Yale School of Drama. Her contributions were recognized with numerous honors, including an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Juilliard in 2008, the Dance USA Award in 2010, and a Kennedy Center Honor in 2017. In 2018, she was also honored with a Legacy Award

by BLACK ENTERPRISE at its Women of Power Summit.

Carmen de Lavallade is survived by her son, Leo Holder. Her legacy endures through her groundbreaking performances, her influence on generations of artists, and her enduring belief in the transformative power of dance.

1895—A group of African-Americans organized the National Steamboat Co. in Washington, D.C. The group sailed the luxury steamer “George Leary” between the nation’s capital and Norfolk, Va., during the waning years of steamboat popularity in America. The George Leary was a triumph for Black entry into business.

1930—Ernest Just becomes vice president of the American Association of Zoologists. Just was perhaps the most noted Black zoologist in American history. He accomplished pioneering research in fertilization and cell division while also publishing more than 70 scientific papers and books.

Born in Charleston, S.C., he was a brilliant student who graduated from Dartmouth magna cum laude.

He taught at Howard University in Washington, D.C., for years and helped a group of students organize the Black Greek letter fraternity—Omega Psi Phi. Just died in 1941 of pancreatic cancer.

1972—“Sanford and Son” starring Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson premiers on NBC. The sitcom gains almost immediate popularity among Blacks as well as develop a large following of Whites. The name “Sanford” came from John Sanford—Redd Foxx’s real name.

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1908—Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first Black Greek letter sorority, is founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle of St. Louis, Mo. The sorority gradually branched out to other campuses and became one of the leading organizational vehicles for college-trained Black women to make their mark on American society.

1929—Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the man who was to become America’s greatest civil rights hero, was born on this day in 1929. Actually, his original given name was “Michael,” but it was later changed to Martin. He first rose to national prominence as the country’s premier civil rights leader when he successfully led the 1955-1956 Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott by Blacks angered by the arrest of Rosa Parks for her refusal to give up her seat on a city bus to a White man. In 1957, King was elected to head the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which became the leading organization of the civil rights era. Between 1957 and 1968, he traveled more than six million miles, gave more than 2,500 speeches, was arrested more than 20 times, and physically assaulted at least four times—all on behalf of civil rights for American Blacks. Perhaps his most famous speech was the “I Have A Dream” speech given before a crowd of 250,000 during the March on Washington Aug. 28, 1963.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and the nation now celebrates his birth as a national holiday on the third Monday of each January. But during his life, King also became the target of a massive FBI operation that some feel indirectly paved the way for his assassination in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968.

During his “I Have A Dream” speech, King summarized the purpose of the march and the Civil Rights Movement: “But 100 years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.”

1961—One of the original super groups—The Supremes—signed with Black record company Motown on this day in 1961. The name was later changed to Diana Ross and the Supremes and the R&B singers rocketed to international fame.

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1901—Hiram R. Revels, the first African-American elected to the United States Senate, died on this day in Aberdeen, Miss. Revels, a politician, minister and educator was of Black and Cherokee descent.

1920—Zeta Phi Beta sorority was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., by five socially conscious Black women. It became one of the nation’s leading Black sororities. It was founded as a sister organization to Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.

1950—Dancer-producer Debbie Allen is born on this day in Houston,

Texas. She is perhaps best known for her work on the 1982 musical-drama television series “Fame,” where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series’ principal choreographer. She is the younger sister of actress/director/ singer Phylicia Rashad.

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1759—Paul Cuffee is born near Dartmouth, Mass. He was one of the most prominent Blacks of the 1700s.

Born of a Black father and an Indian mother, Cuffee grew wealthy as a whaling captain, ship builder and merchant. He was an ardent fighter for Black rights and built the first integrated school in the state. But in his later years he became frustrated with the slow progress for Black freedom and began to support a program calling for free Blacks to return to Africa and build a nation of their own. He actually financed and helped a small group of Blacks establish a base in the West African nation of Sierra Leone in 1815. His program ended with his death in 1818.

1874—Armed and racist Whites violently seize control of the Texas state government, bringing an end to Reconstruction and to post-Civil War Black rights and gains in the state. Actually, when it became clear that President Andrew Johnson was a friend of the old South and had no intention of enforcing rights for Blacks, Texas-style armed revolts took place in several Southern states in which integrated governments were violently and illegally driven from office.

1927—Multi-lingual singer, dancer and actress Eartha Kitt is born in a small plantation town called North, S.C. But when abandoned by her mother because her second husband did not want to raise a mixedrace child, she was raised by an aunt in New York City. Kitt became a star of stage and screen, including playing the role of Cat Woman in the Batman television series. The U.S. entertainment industry would not touch her for nearly 10 years after a 1968 White House luncheon during which she angered President Lyndon Johnson’s wife by criticizing the war in Vietnam. Kitt died in December 2008 at the age of 81.

1931—Stage and screen actor James Earl Jones is born on this day in Tate County, Miss. Ironically, you cannot tell from his deep baritone voice today that he had a stuttering problem as a child.

1942—Boxing legend Muhammad Ali is born on this day in Louisville, Ky.

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1856—Daniel Hale Williams is born in Hollidaysburg, Pa. He became a pioneering surgeon and is generally credited with performing the first open heart surgery. He was a strong advocate of the emerging antiseptic and sterilization procedures of his day. He believed that many patients died or became ill in the hospital because of a lack of cleanliness.

Williams’ open heart surgery which occurred July 10, 1893 when he repaired a knife wound to the chest of James Cornish. The operation was a success and Cornish lived another 20 years.

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1918—The founder of Ebony and Jet magazines, John H. Johnson, is born on this day in Arkansas City, Ark. Shortly after the death of his father, Johnson’s mother moved the family to Chicago where Johnson attended high school during the day and read self-help books at night, laying the intellectual and motivational foundation for the eventual building of his publishing empire. Interestingly, among Johnson’s classmates at Chicago’s DuSable High School were Nate King Cole, Redd Foxx and future businessman, William Abernathy.

1944—Boxer Joe Frazier is born in Beauford, S.C. His fights with the legendary Muhammad Ali have become boxing classics.

1960—Basketball great Jacques Dominique Wilkins is born in Paris, France.

1971—The Congressional Black Caucus is first organized on this day in 1971.

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1900—Black North Carolina Congressman George H. White introduced legislation to make lynching any American a federal crime. But opponents allowed the bill to die in committee and it never came up for a vote. It is estimated that 105 Blacks were lynched that year.

1947—Josh Gibson, perhaps the most famous and outstanding athlete to play in the old Negro Baseball League, dies on this day in 1947.

1986—The first national holiday in honor of civil rights legend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to today’s children

by Dr. Nosakhere Griffin-EL

For New Pittsburgh Courier We are currently living in a world where injustice and dehumanization is daily reality. As we watch this injustice unfold on television or on our devices, our children see the same injustice. As we become numb to it, so do our children. Thus, we have to reach back to Dr. King's speeches and words for moral clarity and guiding light as we prepare today’s children on how to make a better, more just world.

If Dr. King were alive today, I imagine him going to an elementary school to do a read-aloud. He would enter a first-grade class where he’d see a group of children sitting on a storytime rug patiently waiting for him to read. He would read a fun and interactive story that would bring laughter to all of the children. After the storytime is over, he’d ask the students if they had any questions for him.

A little girl would boldly raise her hand and say, "What do you do when you see bad things happening, but you are afraid?”

Dr. King would gently respond, "It can be hard to stand up for what you believe when it seems like most people are doing something else. But remember, some things are right, and some things are wrong, no matter what everyone else is doing."

Explicit in Dr. King's words is the need for the courage to do right, even if everyone is against you.

Something that leaders today often grapple with.

Another student would ask, "How do you make the world better?" Dr. King would thank the young student for their question and declare that love is the tool that makes the world better.

Dr. King asserts that love is not weak and sentimental. To the contrary, he'd say, "Power at its best is love, implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against justice.” He would explain this means that love makes the world better by eliminating social ills that prevent people from living full lives.

As Dr. King finishes his statement, he notices a young boy and his friends cracking jokes. Smiling, Dr. King tells the boy that he is known to love a good joke or two. The crowd quietly laughs, and the boy sits up, refusing to look at his teacher out of fear of being in trouble.

Dr. King begins sharing a

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DR. NOSAKHERE GRIFFIN-EL story about the best prank they ever did with his siblings: "My brother, sister, and I took our grandma's fur piece, which looked like a fox, and put it on a stick and hid in the bushes. When people walked by, we'd shake it, and they would scream in fright."

The auditorium erupts in laughter. With a big smile on his face, now you know Dr. King was a prankster!

Don’t tell your parents that one.

As laughter fades away, a kid with a serious look on her face would ask, "What do you do when you see so much injustice that you are filled with rage?”

Dr. King's face would transition from a gleeful childish smile to that of a thoughtful elder ready to share his wisdom. He'd pause for a moment and assert that she must confront the problem but refrain from using violence against the person or people committing the injustice. He'd reinforce his central message of non-violence by declaring, "You may murder a murderer, but you can't murder murder. You may murder a liar, but you can't establish the truth. Through violence, you may murder a hater, but you can’t murder hate through violence.

Darkness cannot put out darkness; only light can do that."

Dr. King concluded by saying rage, if not channeled constructively, can lead to violence, which will not end the problem of injustice. Thus, Dr. King urges the children in the crowd to “be the light” by eradicating the problem of

injustice without destroying the people who created it.

Dr. King, knowing that the assembly is coming to a close, would say, “I am honored that people create and share beautiful memes of my famous and not-so-famous speeches, but life service is greater than lip-service.” To give life-service, he’d explain, means you are attempting to make the world better through thoughtful action in the world.

Dr. King would conclude by telling the kids to stand up for what is right, even if it means standing alone.

Second, he’d emphasize the importance of using love as a powerful tool to make the world a better place. Third, he’d stress the importance of finding time to laugh and have fun, in addition to making the world better. Fourth, he’d suggest that making the world better requires thoughtful action, not just beautiful words.

Stepping back into our world, the sad part about this is that Dr. King's words are still relevant today. That is a societal indictment, but my hope is that the children of today will be the leaders of tomorrow who build a better world where we are all, “Free at last.”

(Dr. Nosakhere Griffin-EL is the co-founder of The Young Dreamers’ Bookstore and a 2025 New Pittsburgh Courier “Men of Excellence” honoree. He also is a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project in partnership with the National Black Child Development Institute.)

DR. NOSAKHERE GRIFFIN-EL IS A MEMBER OF THE NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER’S MEN OF EXCELLENCE, CLASS OF 2025.

The FAB 4O Under 40 Award celebrates local African American women and men who motivate and inspire others through their vision and leadership, exceptional achievements and participation in community service. The selected honorees will join an exclusive society of professional women and men who have previously received this distinction.

1. The nominee must be a man or woman (Under 4O years of age) who resides in the Greater Pittsburgh area.

2. The nominee must be active in his or her career or profession. Career or profession is defined as paid employment in his or her field. Nominees must agree to have their photograph and biographical information published in the New Pittsburgh Courier All nominees selected as a FAB 4O Under 40 will be featured in a 2026 edition of the New Pittsburgh Courier 3. Evaluations will be based on the quality of a nominee’s achievements rather than the quantity of information submitted 4. Selections will be made by the New Pittsburgh Courier FAB 4O Under 4O Selection Committee based on the following criteria: • Local African American executive or business owner • Proven success in career/profession • Positive role model • Demonstrative community service Nomination deadline is Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 4 p.m.

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TOMLIN STEPS DOWN

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then the chairman of the Steelers, saw promise in the young Tomlin, who made a name in the NFL as the defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they won the Super Bowl after the 2002 season, and as the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings in the 2006 season. Tomlin wasn't the first Black head coach in the NFL, but rewind back almost 20 years, and during those times, a Black head coach in the NFL was hard to find, save for Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy, a mentor to Tomlin.

By the way, the first Black head coach in the modern NFL history was Art Shell in 1989 for the Oakland Raiders. Fritz Pollard was the first NFL head coach in history, way back in 1921. That's right, from 1921 to 1989, there was a nearly 70year gap between Black head coaches in the NFL. But Tomlin was young, fresh, vibrant, and ready to roll. In his first season with the Steelers, Tomlin guided the Steelers to the playoffs, but lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

In his second season, the 2008 campaign, the Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII over the Arizona Cardinals, 27-23. In the 2010 season, the Steelers made it to the Super Bowl again, but lost to, of all people, quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers.

Tomlin, as the years went on, became not the mentee, but a mentor to other up-and-

coming Black coaches.

For a time, some people had thought that Dan Rooney's "Rooney Rule" had gotten Tomlin the job with the Steelers. The "Rooney Rule" was meant to have NFL teams interview at least one minority candidate for a head coaching position, started and pushed for by Dan Rooney. But for a head coach to have two Super Bowl appearances in four years, it was clear then that Dan Rooney made the right choice for the Steelers' head coach.

Since Tomlin, you've seen the likes of other Black head coaches like DeMeco Ryans of the Houston Texans and Todd Bowles of the Tampa Bay Bucs. Raheem Morris of the Atlanta Falcons, Jerod Mayo of the New England Patriots and Antonio Pierce of the Las Vegas Raiders have since been terminated, but all of them knew that when it came to Black head coaches not only in the NFL but in American football, period, Tomlin was the standard.

"Mike Tomlin, since the beginning of his tenure, has been a difference-maker in the community and within the structure of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team," voiced Aubrey Bruce, longtime Courier sports columnist, Jan. 13. "He's been amicable, approachable by the players and the community, and I think that many in Pittsburgh have been trying to define him and get rid of him since he came."

MIKE TOMLIN WAS AT THE HELM IN PITTSBURGH FOR 19 SEASONS. (PHOTO BY MARLON MARTIN) Bruce brought up that the day prior to Tomlin being announced as Steelers head coach, an article in the Tribune-Review read that Russ Grimm was going to be the Steelers coach.

That turned out to be wrong.

"Tomlin has experienced difficulty and an unwelcome vibe even before he stepped foot (as head coach)," Bruce said.

"Regardless, he still embraced the community, Black or White, young or old, rich or poor. He brought great dignity to the head coaching po-

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sition of the Pittsburgh Steelers."

Tomlin also stood as a role model for fellow Black boys, young Black men and fully grown Black men. Here Tomlin was, leading the Steelers for all these years, with no scandals, no off-thefield mishaps, a loving husband, a loving father...

"I think that Tomlin did a great job when he was

here, but it's more of a struggle for Tomlin when he doesn't have the help that he should be getting," said Ahmed Brazil, of the South Side. "They blame everything on the head but there are also people behind the head that's not doing their job."

Brazil said he appreciated Tomlin being with the Steelers, but "it's time for new coaching."

Ericka McCray, of the Hill District, was sitting in her SUV when she was approached by the Courier for comment. She didn't hesitate.

"I'm extremely sad," she said. "I'm optimistic that something good may come out of it, but all in all, I think he gave us a good 19 years and let's see what the future holds."

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McKeesport’s own Austin Davis announces re-election campaign for Lieutenant Governor More work to do, he says DAVIS FROM A1

make it home at night, and no family should do everything right, work hard, show up, play by the rules and still live with that fear hanging over them. That moment has never left me, and from that point on, I knew that the people closest to the pain should be closest to the power."

For Lt. Gov. Davis, he's a man who shows up not only in Harrisburg, but in Wilkinsburg, in Homewood, in the Hill District, in Pittsburgh's Black communities as a whole. His mother and father were in attendance at the Jan. 8 event, in which he officially announced his re-election campaign. Governor Shapiro and Lt. Gov. Davis took office on Jan. 17, 2023, and following the November 2026 general election, they hope to once again get elected by the people of Pennsylvania and serve a second term beginning in January 2027.

Lt. Gov. Davis spoke exclusively to the New Pittsburgh Courier on Jan. 9. He said that he has helped to provide universal breakfast for Pennsylvania students, cut taxes seven times, and created a working families tax credit "to put more money back in the pockets of folks here in Pennsylvania."

Specifically to the Black community, he said he's tirelessly worked to make sure the rates of gun violence continue to lessen.

That includes "driving out millions of dollars to support violence prevention

PA. LT. GOV. AUSTIN DAVIS (PHOTO BY ROB LIGGETT) programs that are doing the work in our communities to stop violence," and "spending millions of dollars to support law enforcement to make sure they have the resources they need to keep our communities safe."

For Lt. Gov. Davis, he

told the Courier that a lot of life has been put into perspective now that he's a father to Harper, his 2-year-old daughter. She was in the audience, too, on Jan. 8, along with Lt. Gov. Davis' wife, the Second Lady, Blayre.

"I want to make sure

that I leave her (Harper) a Pennsylvania that is fairer, stronger and more hopeful than the one that I inherited," Lt. Gov. Davis said. "And I really do believe that, that's my promise for all of Pennsylvania's children."

Lt. Gov. Davis, in the in-

terview with the Courier, said that when he was in high school, he never thought he would become Pennsylvania's Lieutenant Governor. "I wanted to go to college, I knew that," he said. "I knew I wanted to do something in public service. I didn't know that running for office would be that lane."

Lt. Gov. Davis said he thought he would be running a non-profit organization, as an example.

It wasn't until long after his days at the University of Pittsburgh did he see himself running for office, and winning. Well, he became the state representative for the 35th House District, which includes the Mon Valley, and then onto Lieutenant Governor.

"Life kind of has a way of

setting you on a trajectory," he said.

Lt. Gov. Davis also knows that he is a role model, as well. Who knows, there could be young African American men and women that are in Pittsburgh right now watching how Lt. Gov. Davis moves, how he gets things done, how he leads, how he speaks, how he parents.

"My advice (to them) would be to find what you're passionate about and make that your career or life's mission," Lt. Gov. Davis said, "because if you do, you'll never work a day in your life.

And regardless of what your passion is, remember that you have a responsibility to give back, in some way, shape or form."

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Stanley J. Holbrook Jr. turns the Big No. 100!

Mr. Stanley J. Holbrook Jr. was born in Salisbury, Va., on December 27, 1925. He was a Private First Class (PFC) in the U.S. Army with an Honorary Discharge on June 6, 1946. He’s a loving husband, father, family man, and most of all, he’s a Man of God who wears humility well.

The Holbrook family grandly honored Mr. Holbrook on Saturday, December 27, 2025, on the top

floor of the Jonnett Building with ambiance, soulful music, scrumptious food, and was warmly welcomed by many family members and an array of adoring friends as he stepped off the elevator. It was a rare and beautiful moment in time that all were delighted to be a part.

- Jacquelyn McDonald

STANLEY J. HOLBROOK JR., WITH FAMILY. (PHOTOS BY JACQUELYN MCDONALD)

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Your new health habit may be just a mental shift away

by Mandi Baker University of Manitoba

The new year starts for many by making resolutions to live healthier lives.

This can mean getting fitter by joining a gym, signing up to Pilates classes or starting a new diet.

For many, these resolutions are hard to maintain and the new habits slip away. Unfortunately, there are many reasons why our best intentions fail; the kids get sick so you can’t get out for a class, the costs of equipment or membership become too steep, and kale just isn’t cutting it for dinner anymore. In the end, motivation for our new habits runs out.

When we choose activities for our leisure that do not bring intrinsic enjoyment and/or satisfaction, we find it hard to preserve.

External motivations, like gaining a reward (a particular body shape) or avoiding a consequence (minimizing the risks related to heart health), can only take us so far.

When we do things that we truly love, that are aligned with our values and/or sense of self, or we would do even if no one was watching, then the chances of maintaining those physical activities are much higher. That means the goal of resolution-setting is to find the things that tap into our intrinsic motivations.

How we frame health Another challenge to sticking with new health-related habits, is the very individual way that health is framed.

Health is positioned as being not only an individual’s responsibility, but that the individual is to blame if they are unwell. While the medical model serves a purpose in identifying problems and addressing them, applying a deficiency-model rationality obscures critical awareness about the complex and many ways that social factors impact health.

Social models of health, such as The Social Determinants of Health by Dahlgreen & Whitehead (1991), demonstrate that not only do our physiology, lifestyle choices, social and community networks matter, but socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions do too.

This shifts the responsibilities for health away from loading individuals up on guilt to shared collective responsibilities among all strata of community, government and institutions for a population’s health.

The notion that health is an individual problem, or deficiency, can be isolating, making the work of an individual’s wellness goals an effort that they feel they must do alone, and against broad systemic constraints.

Sociologists have long warned us of how these ideas, among others, lead us to think and treat ourselves poorly when it comes to moving our (fabulous and functional) bodies. Blaming ourselves or seeing physical activity, fitness and health as beyond our reach is both demoralizing and demotivating. Let alone added

WHEN WE DO THINGS THAT WE TRULY LOVE, that are aligned with our values and/or sense of self, then the chances of maintaining those physical activities are much higher. (Unsplash+/A.C.) layers of social, economic, geographical and political inequities. This can be as heavy, if not heavier, than anything you might “lift” at the gym.

Getting physically active Getting physically active for the first time, or after years, or only after the holidays means exercising your mental prowess. This list offers some insights into how to do the mental exercise to get your body moving and enjoying it: Be in your body: be embodied. Often made popular by mindfulness movements, the idea is to slow down your sophisticated mental processing to focus on your five senses and simply be in the moment.

This teaches our nervous systems to take a break

from processing stressful stimulus.

Get active for no other reason than to enjoy yourself! Leisure theory tells us that seeking external rewards can make free time feel like work. Look for physical activity that brings you joy—make it the thing you look forward to rather than dread.

Focus on what your body can DO rather than how it looks. Views of beautiful, attractive or healthy bodies constantly change.

Focusing on what your body can and does do (a strengths-based approach to vitality) can be a subtle yet powerful mental shift to improve your quality of life.

Find your activity people. Get active with people who share your philoso-

phies about health. Find supportive people who don’t judge, who understand motivation’s ups and downs, who acknowledge that bodies come in different shapes and sizes AND that bodies are capable and beautiful things of joy.

Get outside. Science tells us that heart rates and worrying (anxiety, depression and rumination) come down when spending just a little time in nature. No need for remote corners of the Earth—just a walk down the street can make a big difference.

Engaging in physical activities that are joy-filled is not only a pleasure but can be a political act of hopefulness and self-respect. It acts to resist social norms about individuating discourses about health and

associated assumptions of body shape, size and fitness.

Celebrating bodies in their diversity, getting out and enjoying movement, representing that healthy bodies are diverse and getting active with friends can all be political acts that celebrate countercultural ideas about health.

Movin’ and groovin’ with friends celebrates community and the value-altering, motivational shift of joy-filled embodiment and physical activity.

This subtle shift in thinking, and moving, could be the puzzle piece you’ve been missing for maintaining healthy habits.

(This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.)

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SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY HEAD COACH CHENNIS BERRY HOISTS THE CELEBRATION BOWL TROPHY, DEC. 13, 2025. (PHOTOS BY MIKE PATTON)

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

ATLANTA, GA.—“I think about from whence we came.”

That was just one of the phrases used by South Carolina State University’s head football coach, Chennis Berry, moments after his team did what few people thought they could accomplish in 2025 —win an HBCU national championship.

Berry brought out all the phrases, words mixed together so eloquently that Nas or Rakim may have been impressed.

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow’s a mystery, today’s a gift, that’s why they call it the present,” Berry said. “Just win today, and that’s all we talk about in our program.”

South Carolina State, on this 55-degree day in Atlanta, under the massive Mercedes-Benz Stadium dome, showed which team was the most determined of all from the two allBlack college Division I conferences, the MEAC and SWAC. South Carolina State started the season 2-3, but then reeled off eight wins in a row to win it all, to reach the top.

It took not one, not two, not even three, but four overtimes to do it. But in the end, in front of 26,703 fans in the stadium, and up to three million viewers on ABC, the two-point conversion from South Carolina State quarterback Ryan Stubblefield to Jordan Smith was the difference in the game. When it was opponent Prairie

View A&M’s turn to tie the game in the fourth OT, South Carolina State batted the ball down for the HBCU national championship win.

The final score in Atlanta, on this 13th day of December, 2025—40-38, South Carolina State.

“I just know the journey that we had to go through to get here today,” Berry said after the game.

“A lot of people in this room probably didn’t believe in us. You guys may have said you picked us to win this year but you really didn’t, because we returned one starter on offense and two on defense, so nobody really thought we would be sitting here right now.”

Add to the fact that one year prior, SCSU played in the HBCU national championship game, better known as the Celebration Bowl, but lost handily to Jackson State out of the SWAC, 28-7. Berry coached in that game, concluding his first season as head coach for SCSU. Let’s not forget that in this, the 2025 Celebration Bowl, Prairie View A&M, located about 40 minutes from Houston, Tex., jumped out to a 21-0 lead, much to the delight of their purple-shirt-wearing fans.

At halftime, 21-0 was the score, and the thousands who came to Atlanta from Orangeburg, South Carolina, to cheer on the Bulldogs out of the MEAC had nothing to cheer about except their marching band.

The second half was a different story. SCSU

came out and scored three touchdowns in the third quarter to tie it at 21. The teams then went back and forth, leaving the score 3535 at the end of four quarters. Then came the unbelievable overtimes.

There’s a lot of pride in HBCU football. And these days, a national champion is crowned thanks to the Celebration Bowl, which has been held in Atlanta every year since the first Celebration Bowl in 2015 and pits the champions of the MEAC and SWAC against each other for the title. North Carolina A&T out of the MEAC won the first iteration and four of the first five Celebration Bowls. No bowl game was held in 2020 due to COVID, but it returned in 2021 just in time to see South Carolina State defeat the Deion Sanders-coached Jackson State Tigers, 3110. North Carolina Central defeated Jackson State in the 2022 game.

In 2023, Florida A&M outlasted Howard University, 30-26. And South Carolina State knows all too well what happened in the 2024 game when they fell to Jackson State.

But in 2025, oh, how sweet it is. South Carolina State University, HBCU national champions. Just that phrase “brings joy to my heart,” Berry said.

He added: “I know this is what God had for us.

When God is for you, nobody can be against you.”

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE IS LOCATED IN ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA.

‘I know this is what God had for us. When God is for you, nobody can be against you.’

- Chennis Berry

NIGEL JOHNSON ATTEMPTS TO CATCH A PASS FOR S.C. STATE. THE BULLDOGS WON, 40-38.

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For the Steelers, the standard, unfortunately, is the standard :10—I know, I know, I feel your pain. But before we get into all that let's begin with this: Remember how you felt after the win in Baltimore a few weeks ago, how it felt so great to send the dirty birds home and to move onto the playoffs. It wasn't an illusion despite what you're feeling now. So concentrate a little bit on that feeling and we'll get through the rest of it, I promise. :09—With the Steelers up 3-0 over the Texans and driving down the field to possibly go up 10-0, the

hinge of the game shifted with the right-in-hisbig-hands drop by D.K. Metcalf. I'm telling you, if Metcalf makes that catch on a perfectly thrown pass from Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers suddenly find themselves up 10-0, it becomes an entirely different ballgame. :08—Wholesale changes have to be made, the NFL has transitioned into a league where your assistant coaches are all young guys in their thirties that are very sophisticated defensive and offensive tacticians that can analyze the data being presented to them on a play-byplay basis and formulate a plan to move a team in the right direction. How many times have you said to yourself that the Steelers' game plan is the same tired game plan from five years ago? Or why don't the Steelers make any adjustments at halftime to pick it up a notch? Pete Carroll was fired from the Raiders after one season because he's a dinosaur.

Arthur Smith is a dinosaur. Teryl Austin is a dinosaur. Bring in Grant Udinski, offensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars. He's 30 and his name is already being whispered about as a future head coach. Make him an offer he can't refuse. Young tacticians that can analyze on the fly in the heat of the game. This is the new NFL. :07—The Pittsburgh Steelers are the first team in NFL history to lose 5 straight playoff games by 10 points or more. That is not a record you want. Another tasty tidbit to think about is that the Steelers under Mike Tomlin had won playoff games in only 4 of his 19 seasons as their head coach (Tomlin announced his resignation, Jan. 13). :06—Amidst all the negatives, let's look at a few positives before we lose sight of the whole of the season we've just witnessed. For one, Joey Porter Jr. is an absolute diamond, shutdown corner if I've ever seen one.

He blanketed Nico Collins and has been like that all season, attaining the measure of being the highest-rated cornerback in the entire NFL. He should have been an All-Pro selection this season having not allowed a touchdown in over a season and a half basically. The offensive line is young and already good. Yeah, the Texans exerted pressure a lot but their D-Line is stellar and with a little better play-calling, the O-Line of the Steelers may have been good enough to pull off a win. And how about Derrick Harmon? When he's in the lineup it's an entirely different front to try and run against. :05—After controlling Nico Collins to the tune of 3 catches for 21 yards, how do you let Christian Kirk, a guy with 28 receptions for the entire sea-

HOUSTON OUTGAINED PITTSBURGH 164-63 ON THE GROUND. AND THE TEXANS WON, 30-6, JAN. 12. (PHOTO BY BRIAN COOK SR.) son, catch 8 passes for 144 yards and a touchdown?

Poor coaching, poor execution? Terrible. :04—As the fourth quarter began it was 7-6, the Texans holding a slim lead. How on Earth did they end up bludgeoning the Steelers for 23 unanswered points? Well, two defensive touchdowns and a worn down Steelers defensive unit, that's how. Maybe if the Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith could actually draw up a play over the middle of the field for, say, oh, I don't know, Pat Freiermuth, or a quick slant to D.K. Metcalf over the middle, the Steelers may have been able to control the ball a bit more and scored a few more points.

Freiermuth is 27 years old and in his prime, what is the problem with integrating him into the game plan? Puzzling. Hey, as for Arthur Smith, have you heard the Tennessee Titans want to interview

him for their head coach position? Really? :03—There does not seem to be any readyright-now QBs coming out of college this season, so if the Steelers feel the need to run with Aaron Rodgers for one more season with an upgraded offensive coordinator and offensive game plan/system, I'm okay with that. They have a good core of young players to build on, Nick Herbig, Keeanu Benton, Joey Porter Jr., the O-Line, from the last 3 drafts and by all measures Rodgers is a great teammate and still can sling the ball when provided time so one more year before transitioning into a young QB is just fine with me. That being said a wide receiver is priority #1 in the draft, no doubt.

Let me ask you this, does George Pickens drop that ball early in the game? If we had kept him and all his diva behavior and offthe-charts talent, are we talking about a much bet-

ter offensive football team with him and D.K. Metcalf together? I think so. :02—The "Fire Tomlin" chants were in full swing at the end of the game and I can understand it. The same result every year is not sufficient, a 10-7 record and a double digit loss in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. A team with talent that's underused, baffling schemes and play-calling, using Jonnu Smith more than Pat Freiermuth in 10 games, and let me say this emphatically, Jonnu Smith was an absolute bust and should be gone from the roster like yesterday. As has been stated numerous times, Mike Tomlin has no coaching tree to look at, his coordinators do not move on to head coach positions and the reason is he surrounds himself with inferior coaches, plain and simple. He was blessed with Dick LeBeau when he won Super Bowl XLIII and Bruce Arians

as OC and since then it has been a misjudgment of coordinators to say the least. There have been 28 head coaches who have won a playoff game since Mike Tomlin won a playoff game and that's about a sad a statistic as you could ever hear when it comes to Coach Tomlin. :01—The Steelers need to resign Kenneth Gainwell, he's 26 and has proven to be a valuable component of the offense. The Steelers never got a WR2 and it hurt them in the end. T.J. Watt has one sack in his playoff career. Will Marks ran for 114 yards against the Steelers. The onus of moving forward with better results falls on Art Rooney II and Omar Khan. The ball is in their hands. It should be an interesting several months before the draft hits the 'Burgh, April 23-25. :00—GAME OVER/I'M OUT.

Plenty of head coaching positions open; how many will go to African Americans?

I refuse to waste much time, energy or space attempting to analyze the Steelers/Texans' “played out” playoff game. The Texans spanked the Steelers by the score of 30-6.

Although the Steelers defense provided the Arthur Smith and Aaron Rodgers offense with three turnovers, the inept and supposedly “experienced” Aaron Rodgers allowed the Texans defense to score a defensive TD, adding insult to injury. Okay sure, there were times during the 2025

season when Aaron Rodgers played well, against defenses that sucked. However, against the Texans, he couldn’t convert third downs, as he again hung the Steelers defense out to dry. During the 2025 season, Mr. Rodgers seemed to only be effective against defenses that were compromised by injuries, inexperience or both.

Let’s face it, when Aaron Rodgers was faced with competing against stiff competition, he tended to ball up into a fetal position, like a three-legged poker table in a dark Las Vegas alley. Instead of the yinzers singing a farewell hymn for Head Coach Mike Tomlin, they should be crooning two verses and a chorus of “bye, bye, Blackbird” for Aaron Rodgers as he sails

off into retirement.

Coaching Carousel Due to the recent head coaching vacancies occurring in the NFL, various replacement names are being thrown around as possibilities to fill those vacancies. Names of Black head coaches are mentioned sporadically just to extend the conversations, but there seems to be no consistent or serious consideration of hiring coaching candidates of color. The buck has not only been stopped dead in its tracks: the buck itself has become completely counterfeit.

Let’s get to crackin'.

During the 106-year history of the National Football League, there has been and continues to be biased generational and historical head coaching decisions made by the ownership groups of the NFL. There were no Black head coaches hired in the first 69 years that the league existed, except for Fritz Pollard in 1921.

In the modern era, there was not a Black head coach of color hired until NFL HOF offensive lineman Art Shell was hired by the Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis in 1989.

The NFL is 106 years old.

Many people won’t or don’t think of a head coaching “color line” in the NFL. But there is such a thing as a bottomless “moat” that surrounds and protects the “castle of tradition” where the “sanctuary of hiring” is carefully locked away in the ivory tower of generational and systemic bias.

For the 106 years that the

NFL has existed, people of color have been forced to accept as well as be grateful when a Black head coach or any coach of color is hired. Simultaneously, White head coaches have found solace knowing that they can go on hiring their friends, Romans, and countrymen, therefore allowing their legacies to continue and for their football lineage to remain intact, totally unobstructed.

On December 15, 2018, John Boyle posted the following on www.seahawks. com: “Fathers & Sons Coaching Together In NFL A 'Really Special And Very Unique' Opportunity." Mr. Boyle writes: “When Brian Schottenheimer joined the Seahawks coaching staff in the offseason as Seattle's new offensive coordinator, one of his early conversations was with receivers coach Nate Carroll. The two didn't discuss offensive philosophy however, nor did they go over the personnel on Seattle's roster; instead they talked about something unique in the world of coaching at the NFL level—what it's like to work for your dad. Brian Schottenheimer, whose father Marty was a longtime head coach, most recently in San Diego, worked on his dad's coaching staff in Kansas City, Washington and San Diego. Nate Carroll and his brother Brennan, Seattle's assistant offensive line coach, both work under their father, Pete Carroll.

"Our first conversation was about that, our second conversation was about that," Nate Carroll said of

JACK SAWYER STRIPS TEXANS QB C.J. STROUD OF THE FOOTBALL IN THE STEELERS’ PLAYOFF LOSS TO HOUSTON, 30-6, JAN. 12. (PHOTO BY MARLON MARTIN) his first interactions with Schottenheimer. "He gave me some words of wisdom no doubt. He's been at it longer than I have. I'm very grateful for him to have that understanding, he has certainly helped me.”

None of the past or present Black NFL head coaches have been presented with many or any opportunities to personally groom and/ or hire their offspring or a family member and place them under the professional tutelage of a colleague or relative that would help to prepare them to assume the head coaching position of some NFL franchise in the future. Rest assured, none of the sons of Black head coaches have had the opportunity to place their namesakes in a position to carry on their legacies.

When Black coaches are hired, their employment

must be somehow based on “affirmative action.”

When White coaches are hired, their employment is always based on “confirmative action." “Confirmative actions” allow for the continuance to maintain the status quo.

“Affirmative actions” are sporadic and feeble attempts to establish cultural recognition and normalcy. It pains me to write the following. There are many sports fans, especially those of color who awaken daily, expecting to be greeted by the normal scene of a Black head coach prowling the sidelines, leading his team to the winner’s circle. I initially defined these fans as naïve. As years went by, my definition of them evolved to them just being plain stupid. However, defining them as stupid was shallow and negative on my

part. The final definition of the psyches of these troubled and simple souls may be finally explained by a quote by Albert Einstein who supposedly said: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

In all probability, when the year 2100 rolls around, babies born in the year 2026 will be due to turn age 74. However, rules to create equal opportunities for Black head coaching candidates in professional football will have to continue to remain in place, in order to continue the effort of leveling the “playing field.” Even in the year 2100, if folks expect things to change, they better watch out that they aren't involuntarily committed to a psych ward.

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Property is Power!

What renting is quietly stealing from Black communities For generations, renting has been framed to Black America as safe, flexible, and responsible.

It is often presented as a neutral housing choice, sometimes even a smart one. But neutrality is a myth in an economy engineered around ownership.

In a system that rewards assets, renting is not simply a lifestyle preference; it is an economic position with long-term consequences.

What renting quietly steals from Black communities is not visible in any single month’s payment.

The loss is cumulative, structural, and generational. It unfolds silently over time, compounding year after year. This is the invisible tax of non-ownership, one of the most under-examined barriers to Black wealth in America.

The First Theft: Opportunity Cost Every rent payment answers one fundamental

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question: who benefits from this transaction?

When you rent, your monthly payment builds someone else’s equity. Reliability does not matter. Longevity does not matter. Education does not matter.

Rent does not convert into ownership, leverage, or appreciation. The true cost is not merely the money spent; it is the wealth never accumulated.

There is no principal reduction. No appreciation. No tax advantage. No collateral.

For many Black professionals, renting is rationalized as “waiting for the right time.” But waiting in an appreciating market is not neutral, it is expensive. Housing markets reward time in the asset, not perfect timing. The real loss is not what renters pay, but what they are never positioned to earn.

The Second Theft: Lost Appreciation Real estate appreciation remains one of the most consistent wealth-building mechanisms in American history. It is imperfect, cyclical, and uneven but it is persistent. When communities do not own, they do not participate in rising values. Instead, appreciation flows outward to investors whose only relationship to the neighborhood is return on capital.

As neighborhoods improve, renters experience displacement while owners experience equity growth. This dynamic fuels the illusion that gentrification itself is the root problem, when the deeper vulnerability lies in the absence of ownership.

Gentrification rewards those who already own, displacement punishes those who do not.

The Third Theft: Lost Leverage Ownership provides leverage that income alone cannot. It unlocks access to capital, business formation, educational opportunity, emergency liquidity, SEE PROPERTY IS POWER B2

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A six-figure salary used to mean stability. Today, more Americans say it barely covers the basics.

That is the message coming from a recent Harris Poll, which shows that in 2025, a six-figure income is starting to feel like a struggle.

The survey reached more than 2,000 adults nationwide, including over 700 people earning at least $100,000 per year. One in three respondents reported feeling financially distressed. Two in three said that a six-figure salary is not a sign of wealth. And three-quarters said they had recently used a credit card because they had run out of cash.

Dr. Munir Quddus, a professor of economics at Prairie View A&M University, says the tension reflects shifting expectations. He recalls reading about a stockbroker who makes well above six figures yet insists that “he feels poor” and believes the real poverty line should be closer to $140,000. Quddus says the comparison falls short.

“He’s confusing the poverty line with middle-income status,” he says.

“Real poverty is when people cannot meet the rent and have to struggle with groceries every month.”

Many people on social media chimed in on the topic. Financial influencers like Denise, the Money Mindset Mentor, shared how she landed a $ 185,000 salary, yet only

they are cutting back on medical care, selling personal items, and in some cases skipping meals. Many said they rely on credit cards or Buy Now Pay Later services to manage cash flow. High earners were actually more likely than lower-income households to use these tools when money gets tight.

Those whose income is variable may be better able to buffer their expenses than those on a salary. A business owner can raise prices in an inflationary period. A teacher or social worker cannot. Salaries do not update as quickly as everyday costs.

And households with higher incomes often take on higher expectations, larger homes, and pricier lifestyle habits, which makes any increase in

Part of the strain comes from cumulative inflation. Prices surged during the pandemic and have not since returned to their previous levels. Since 2020, costs have climbed at least 24 percent, according to Bankrate.

More than half said they would need to double their income to feel financially secure.

Part of the strain comes from cumulative inflation. Prices surged during the pandemic and have not since returned to their previous levels. Since 2020, costs have climbed at least 24 percent, according to Bankrate. Even though inflation slowed to around 3 percent this year, households are still paying higher prices that were locked in over the past several years.

had $23 in savings, and still lived paycheck to paycheck. It was due to her money management style.

“I was watching everyone buy homes, start families, travel the world, and I would remember thinking, I did everything right… ‘Why the F**k would I feel stuck?’ she explained. “You cannot budget your way to freedom if your mindset is still in survival mode. I stopped trying to just earn more, and I started learning how money actually works.”

Six-figure earners told Harris Poll

the cost of living feel sharper.

Many people lack sufficient discipline and become entangled in the trap of overspending. Quddus recommends simple habits such as cutting back on luxuries, making firm grocery lists, using coupons, avoiding impulse buys, and “set aside something from your salary in a very disciplined way so that you have a cushion.” He also encourages long-term investing, especially in stocks.

The wealth gap exposed Let’s keep it a buck! When people talk about the “wealth gap,” most folks think it’s just about somebody making more money than somebody else. But income is only part of the story—and honestly, it’s not even the biggest part. The wealth gap is deeper than paychecks. It’s about ownership. It’s about head starts. It’s about who gets to build and who stays stuck trying to survive. It’s about compounding—not just interest, but advantages that stack up over decades. And if we don’t address this, we’re going to keep raising generations who work hard, but never truly get ahead financially. So let’s break down what fuels the wealth gap, and what strategies can help close it for future generations.

What exactly is the wealth gap?

The wealth gap is the difference in net worth, not income. Net worth is simple: what you own—minus what you owe.

Somebody can make $90,000 a year and still be broke with no savings, no investments, no equity, and high debt. On the flip side, somebody can make $60,000 and be wealthy because they own property, invest consistently, have no car note, and assets growing in the background.

That’s why it’s possible to have a “good job” and still be in financial quicksand.

Biggest Factors Contributing to the Wealth Gap Factors contributing to the wealth gap

include the ownership game: homes, stocks, and businesses. The biggest divider in America isn’t “who got the higher salary.” It’s who owns appreciating assets that grow over time.

If you spend your whole life earning and consuming, you’ll never catch the people who are earning and owning. That’s why wealthy people often get wealthier even when the economy gets ugly.

The second factor is inheritance and family head starts. Some people don’t want to hear it, but it’s true: a lot of wealth is built before adulthood even starts. Some families pass down homes, businesses, investments, college help, and down payment support. Other families pass down bills, debt, stress, and that “figure it out” survival mentality.

That “pray on it, and pay on it” lifestyle.

There you have it. That’s the gap. It’s not always talent or effort—it’s the starting position. Let me explain.

Imagine a race where the finish line is a million-dollar net worth. One person is running a 100-yard dash. The other per-

son is running a 200-yard hurdle race.

Who reaches the finish line first? The runner with the shorter distance and no obstacles.

That’s how wealth works, too.

Third, wages don’t match the cost of living. Most people don’t have an “income problem”— they have a math problem. Inflation has outpaced wage growth for years.

When rent, home prices, cars, groceries, and insurance rise but pay stays stagnant, there’s no margin to build wealth. People stop saving, investing feels out of reach, homeownership seems unaffordable, car notes get stretched to eight years and credit cards become a supplement to income. That’s not bad discipline—that’s bad economics.

Fourth, education inequality equals opportunity inequality. Education still shapes earning power, but access matters. When one community has strong schools, Advanced Placement programs, counseling, and technology, while another has overcrowded classrooms and low expectations, outcomes become predictable. Education is supposed to be the

ladder, but too often the ladder is missing steps.

Fifth, debt is the wealth-killer. Debt eats cash flow, delays investing, and traps families in survival mode. High-interest debt like credit cards, payday loans, BNPL traps, and predatory auto loans keeps people stacking payments instead of assets. I owe, I owe so off to work I go!

Sixth, tax advantages favor ownership.

The wealthy often pay less because the tax code rewards capital gains, real estate, and business write-offs. Working people get taxed on W-2 income, overtime, and bonuses first—then try to build wealth with what’s left.

Seventh, historical barriers still echo.

For many groups—especially Black families—wealth-building was delayed by redlining, unfair lending, job barriers, and unequal business funding. You can’t block opportunity for decades and then be shocked by the results.

How We Close the Wealth Gap for the Next Generation Now the solutions. First, make investing normal, not optional. Teach young people why debt is hazardous to your wealth, how compounding works, how to open a Roth IRA, and how to invest consistently. You don’t need to be rich to SEE DAMON CARR B2

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TSA to charge $45 fee for travelers without REAL ID Air travelers who show up to U.S. airports without a REAL ID will soon be met with a new cost.

Beginning Feb. 1, the Transportation Security Administration will charge a $45 fee to verify the identities of passengers 18 and older who attempt to fly domestically without a REAL ID or another accepted form of government identification.

The agency rolled out the REAL ID requirement in May, though travelers without the updated identification have still been allowed through security after additional screening and a written notice. The Department of Homeland Security reports that 94 percent of passengers al-

ready use a REAL ID-compliant license or state ID. The new fee aims to push the remaining travelers to secure the updated document.

REAL ID stems from federal security changes enacted after the Sept.

11, 2001 attacks. The law requires states to issue licenses and identification cards that follow nationwide verification standards. Most states mark compliant IDs with a white star inside a yellow circle. Obtaining one requires more documentation than a standard license, and the national rollout has taken years— first scheduled for 2008, then delayed multiple times.

Passengers who arrive

without a REAL ID or another approved form of identification, such as

a passport, military ID, permanent resident card, or a photo ID issued by a

federally recognized tribal nation, will have to use TSA’s Confirm.ID system.

The $45 fee is non-refundable, and TSA officials made clear that the payment does not guarantee verification. If a traveler’s identity cannot be confirmed, they may be denied entry to the security checkpoint altogether.

Approval through Confirm.ID gives travelers a 10-day window to complete their round-trip.

TSA says the fee can be paid online before arriving at the airport or at the airport before entering security, though passengers should expect processing to take up to 30 minutes if paying on-site.

TSA initially proposed an $18 fee for alternative

identity verification. The agency increased it to $45 after determining the program would be more expensive to operate than early estimates suggested.

More than 250 airports already accept digital identification through Apple Wallet, Google Wallet and Samsung Wallet, offering another option for travelers who prefer to store their credentials on their mobile devices.

The updated identification rules close one of the last gaps in the long-delayed REAL ID law. For travelers who have not yet updated their licenses, the warning period is ending—and the cost of waiting will soon be felt at the airport door.

The illusion of the markdown (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Consumers love a sale. We love the little red tag, the “limited time only,” the breathless “50% OFF!” that promises we’re getting over on somebody. At this time of year, the sales signs practically scream at us, and we rush to stores convinced we’ve won a battle against high prices. But here’s the truth retailers hope you never pause long enough to consider: If a store can slash a price by half and still make money, were you ever getting a real deal?

That’s the mystery of the markdown.

And once you pull back the curtain, the mystery dissolves into a simple equation: the retailer is not losing money—far from it.

Let’s start with the math. Most consumers imagine that when they buy a $100 sweater, somewhere in Bangladesh a worker made it for $60 or $70, and the retailer added a modest markup. Not! That $100 item cost the retailer between $20 and $40, or even less if it’s fast fashion.

What happens when the store announces “50% off”? That $100 sweater becomes $50 at the register. Sounds like a steal, right? But if the retailer paid $30 for it, they’re still pocketing $20 in profit. That’s a 40 percent margin, even after the dramatic price “cut”. No pain. No loss. Just business.

The “deal” is not on the clothes. The “deal” is on your behavior.

Retailers understand numbers. Those “bepsychology even better Julianne Malveaux fore and after” tags? than economics. They Carefully engineered know the dopamine illusions. hit of thinking we beat The real misery the system. They know behind the markthe urgency of a ticking down isn’t felt by clock. They know we the retailer or the walk in for “one thing” bargain-seeker. It’s and walk out with a borne by the workers cart. Savings is the bait; profit is the whose low wages make the whole system switch. possible. By the warehouse crews who We’ve all nipped at the bait. I’ve driv- don’t see their families during the holien dozens of miles to a mall for a sale. days. By the delivery drivers forced into I’ve stood in line for a half-off of design- sixteen-hour shifts. By the sales associer clothing. I’ve bought junque that I did ates who smile through exhaustion for not need because it was “on sale”. That $15 an hour—if that. was a lifetime ago. These days I shop in This entire ecosystem of discount culmy overflowing closet. I tell myself I will ture is built on someone else being disnever need a new item of clothing again. counted.

Kind of. I can’t tell you when I last bought Retailers have gotten more sophisticat“new stuff”. But I confess that when ed, not less. Today’s “sales” are algorithfaced with the possibility of a high visibil- mically timed, psychologically targeted, ity event, I called my favorite “Black girl” and strategically priced. Businesses know store (Katula in LA) to ask them to send exactly how much inventory they can me pics of something fabulous. Regain- move at each price point, and they build ing good sense, I called hours later to say, markdowns into their annual plan. The “never mind”, I got this sale is not a surprise—it’s the strategy.

Bait and switch. Even the so-called “regA retailer might lose money on one ular price” is a fiction. In many states, a “doorbuster” TV, but that’s a deliberate retailer can raise a price for a few weeks, sacrifice to lure you into a store filled then proclaim a markdown that feels with 200 percent markups. You came for massive but is meaningless. Those “com- the deal; you stay for the illusion. And pare at $149!” stickers? Often invented you leave thinking you’ve triumphed, not

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realizing you’ve played the part retailers wrote for you.

So as the holiday season barrels toward us, and as communities—especially Black communities—are bombarded with pressure to buy, buy, buy, it’s worth asking: What do we really gain from chasing sales that were never sales in the first place?

For many of us, the cost isn’t just financial; it’s emotional. We feel guilty when we don’t spend. We feel inadequate when we can’t gift lavishly. And too often, we sacrifice long-term financial well-being for short-term “joy” engineered by an industry built on extraction. It’s called predatory capitalism.

The markdown is not serving you or your family, not serving the workers whose bodies absorb the true cost of America’s bargain culture.

The retailer isn’t slashing their profits.

They’re slashing your perception.

Why do we keep celebrating the privilege of being played?

This year let’s refuse the hustle.

Let’s stop applauding fake generosity.

Let’s protect our wallets, our dignity, and our sanity.

The markdown isn’t a gift. It’s a business model. It only works if we keep falling for it.

(Dr. Julianne Malveaux is a DC based economist and author. Reach her at juliannemalveux.com or subscribe to her newsletter at malveauxnewsletter@gmail.com)

Property is Power! Renting is quietly stealing PROPERTY IS POWER FROM B1

and long-term stability.

Without assets, households remain dependent on income, an unstable resource that is taxed, temporary, and vulnerable to disruption.

Renters cannot borrow against rent history.

They cannot refinance stability.

They cannot leverage consistency.

This lack of leverage leaves many Black households perpetually exposed to one job loss, one illness, one economic issue away from instability, regardless of degrees earned or salaries achieved.

The Final Theft: Lost Legacy Homeownership remains one of the primary vehicles through which families transfer wealth

across generations. Not massive fortunes but momentum. When property is absent, children inherit responsibility instead of advantage. They inherit the obligation to restart, repeatedly.

This is how inequality reproduces itself quietly, not through lack of effort or intelligence, but through the absence of assets. Legacy is not built on hard work alone. It is built on ownership sustained over time. Renting is often framed as “safe” because it limits responsibility. But it also limits upside. The greatest risk has never been buying property. The greatest risk has been remaining permanently outside the ownership class in a system designed to reward those who own.

A Call to Conscious Awareness

Who owns the neighborhoods we live in?

Who benefits when property values rise?

Who controls land, zoning, and development?

Who passes wealth and who is forced to restart?

This is not an argument against renting as strategic choice. Rather, it challenges the normalization of non-ownership as a permanent condition especially for a people whose exclusion from ownership was deliberate, systemic, and enforced.

(Dr. Anthony O. Kellum CEO of Kellum Mortgage, LLC NMLS#1267030 NMLS #1567030 O: 313-263-6388 W: www.KelluMortgage.com.)

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

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start, but you must start to get rich.

Second, teach financial literacy like survival.

Schools teach calculus but skip credit, taxes, budgeting, and investing—like teaching driving without stop signs. Financial literacy should be required.

Third, create more business owners. Business ownership changes family trees by building income, equity, and something that can be passed down.

Support youth entrepreneurship, mentorship, microgrants, and practical business education.

Fourth, expand homeownership paths. Homeownership is still a major wealth-builder. We need

first-time buyer programs, down payment help, buyer education, fair lending enforcement, and more housing supply.

Fifth, reduce debt exposure early. Crack down on predatory lending, improve student loan guidance, and teach people to avoid lifestyle debt. Eliminating high-interest debt is one of the fastest “raises” you can get.

Sixth, encourage wealth transfer planning. Families lose wealth because of missing paperwork. Teach wills, trusts, beneficiaries, life insurance strategy, and estate basics—because courts don’t protect legacies.

The wealth gap isn’t a mystery. Some people are taught to own, others are

taught to spend. Some grow up hearing “start a business,” “buy property,” and “invest.” Others hear “get a job and pay bills.”

That’s the difference. If we want future generations to win, we must shift mindset, education, access, and opportunity.

Hard work isn’t enough.

Ownership is the goal— that’s how we close the wealth gap for good.

(Damon Carr, Money Coach & Tax Pro can be reached at 412216-1013 or visit his website at www.damonmoneycoach.com) Helping you flip your finances from stressed to blessed—one smart decision at a time.

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The Black MAGA saga Perception is mysterious. The human condition is such that every person we meet has his or her own way of observing the world. This results from a range of experiences influenced by genetics, upbringing, and resultant mental, physical, and emotional characteristics. Essentially, personal perception is unique, and one person’s “good” is often another person’s “bad.”

The foregoing explains why the people known as Black MAGA exist. The vast majority of Black people in Donald Trump’s America take issue with the direction that our country is moving. It is obvious that things are changing drastically, and it is apparent that the Trump regime is far from an equal-opportunity leader. Trump is notorious for denigrating anyone he doesn’t like, and he harbors vendettas against a plethora of people.

One of the groups that Trump clearly doesn’t like is Black people. His hatred is not confined to Black people in America; he has boldly discussed “sh!thole countries” dominated by Black and brown people. Trump basically considers Black people inferior human beings. This is why he is adamant about ridding the world of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs. These programs don’t just target Black people, but for some reason, that seems to be who comes to mind for most people, especially those who exhibit bigoted behavior like Trump and his MAGAts. It doesn’t matter to them that one of the biggest groups benefitting from DEI initiatives is White women.

Essentially, Trump and company are doing whatever they can to denigrate Blacks whenever possible. For example, Trump has waged a war of sorts with the Black and brown communities by siccing ICE agents on them. Trump has targeted “blue” cities—especially those that have Black mayors or governors—with a threat to withhold resources from them. This is unprecedented. More importantly, it shows his disdain for people of color, which may be a partial reason for his directive to erase Black history and laud Confederate heroes. He constantly accuses Blacks of being “low IQ.” Though the foregoing is true and has placed Black and brown people in unfortunate positions, there are a number of Black people who consider Trump “the best president ever!” According to observers, a significant number of MAGA adherents are Black. This is said to be true despite the negative feedback that comes from the Trump regime.

Essentially, what we are witnessing is a gigantic swath of Black people—i.e., Black MAGAts—who are literally anti-Black and offer fealty to Trump and his cohorts. The attitude that Black MAGAts have reveals an underlying toxic self-hatred. Otherwise, why would they demonstrate allegiance to people who not only don’t like them but are determined to do whatever is necessary to thwart Black success?

Some of the Black MAGAts have actually gone as far as to openly criticize former President Barack Obama and have considered him “the worst president ever,” while viewing Trump as “the best one ever.”

Considering the foregoing, it is not far-fetched to assume that some Black MAGAts are suffering from what has been termed “Post Traumatic Slavery Syndrome.” Black MAGAts are clearly mixed up; they are demonstrating a particularly ignorant version of self-hatred, possibly the result of their prior experiences as the offspring of traumatized slaves. This cohort tends to think that White people are better than Blacks and others, which is probably why they can’t see the obvious deficits demonstrated by Trump.

It’s hard to believe that Black MAGAts are not able to see the error of their ways. Barack Obama did not cast aspersions on others nor did he denigrate Black people, yet they love Trump, who does exhibit that behavior. With this said, it is super sad that a significant number of Black people are choosing to hate their own people while lionizing the current occupant of the Oval Office.

It will be imperative, therefore, that non-MAGA Blacks double down, unify, and do whatever they can to ensure that the community is not drastically harmed by both Trump and his Black MAGA sycophants. Aluta continua.

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Standing with Minnesotans (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Once Oprah asked Prince why he lived in Minnesota and talked about how cold it is there. He told her he would always live there. She asked why.

He said, “It’s so cold that it keeps the bad people out!” Well, obviously he had no idea bad ICE gangsters would bust in uninvited!

I wonder what Prince would say now seeing the tragedy forced upon the people of Minnesota. ICE saw a community servant helping many good causes, Renee Nicole Good, shot down by an ICE agent sent to Prince’s city. They weren’t welcome, but sent there by a man who refuses to accept laws. Trump and Noem teamed up and sent ICE there for no reason other than Minnesota’s Governor, Tim Walz, ran for Vice-President along with then Vice-President Kamala Harris who had the audacity to run for President! They were not controlled by Trump or MAGA. Donald Trump and J.D. Vance who had no positive qualifications—except being White and caring nothing about the rest of us, were put in charge of our country. Many other White people, too many Hispanics, unenlightened Black men who may have been looking for an easy pardon for something (and I will let you guess what too many White women did last election) voted for Trump. As usual, they preferred to vote White over voting right for the most qualified team of Harris and Walz, who ran circles around Trump and

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Commentary Vance in intelligence, qualifications, accomplishments, truthfulness and compassion.

For the rest of us, we’ve paid for their sins. As we often say in the Black community, “I’m So Glad Trouble Don’t Last Always!” It’s been one heck of a ride for many of us, including some of the MAGA people who now admit they were wrong. Even Marjorie T. Greene got religion, and a whole bunch of people in her party decided there’s no need for them to run in the next election.

While most of us who are suffering through this Republican takeover that was going to bring us better things by erasing ObamaCare (as the healthcare was known) while the other party keeps promising something better—but never comes up with anything, but a concept!

Many of us are following in the footsteps of our beloved and brave ancestors. “We ain’t gonna let nobody turn us around.” They suffered too much for us to stand by doing nothing. Others behind them did the same thing. We’ve been on this path to racial justice too long to give up now.

This group Trump has brought

together to destroy our will, is not just hurting Black people. If you’ve been watching the response by Minnesotans to the injustices they are facing, I believe Minnesotans are ready to say with us, “Enough is Enough” and they don’t plan to back down from the Trump/Vance/Rubio/ Hegseth Mafia, and other gangsters surrounding them.

People all over the world saw how Ms. Good was murdered by ICE. It’s time for more White people to speak up, too, because Trump doesn’t even care about many of them. They must begin standing up for what is right for all of us. In addition to Americans, Trump is brutalizing people in other nations, and some of our leaders say nothing. Trump decided it was his job to kidnap the President of Venezuela, take their oil and threaten other nations for various unlawful reasons. He’s now threatening the people of Colombia regarding drugs when Trump recently pardoned one of their former Presidents who allegedly was dealing in drugs. Well, he was just pardoned by Trump!

I don’t know for sure, but those with more knowledge on the matter than I have said something is not right about the way Trump has been sucking up to Russia’s dictator while stringing along Ukraine’s democratically elected President who gets little to no help!

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

When the post office is undermined, democracy and Black jobs go with it (TriceEdneyWire.com)—The United States Postal Service is under attack again—and this time, the damage threatens both Black livelihoods and Black votes.

The Postal Service is not just how we send letters. It is democratic infrastructure. It is also one of the largest employers of Black workers in the nation. Roughly 29 percent of postal workers are Black, more than double Black representation in the overall labor force. For generations shut out of private-sector opportunity, the post office offered union protection, civil-service hiring, pensions, and a ladder into the middle class.

That is not incidental, it is structural.

So when the man who lives in the House that Enslaved People Built and his allies talk about “reforming,” “controlling,” or “privatizing” the Postal Service, they are not just talking about mail. They are talking about dismantling one of the few remaining federal institutions that has reliably served Black people—as workers and as voters.

Let’s start with voting.

Recent changes in postal operations and postmarking rules mean that ballots are increasingly postmarked when they are processed, not when they are dropped in the mailbox.

That may sound like bureaucratic trivia. It is not. In many states, ballots must be postmarked by Election Day to count. Translation: a voter can do everything right—mail their ballot on time—and still have their vote thrown out because the system moved too slowly.

That is not voter error, it’s system failure masquerading as neutrality.

In the most recent election cycle, more than half a million mail ballots were rejected nationwide, and roughly one in five of those rejections

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Commentary were because ballots arrived “late.”

Late for whom? Late because of staffing shortages, route consolidation, processing delays, and rigid deadlines that punish voters for problems they did not create.

This is what voter suppression looks like in the 21st century: clean, quiet, and legally defensible—until you look at who it affects.

Black voters, elderly voters, disabled voters, rural voters, and working people juggling multiple jobs rely disproportionately on mail service. They are least able to take time off work to cure ballot errors, drive to election offices, or stand in long lines. When mail slows, their voices disappear. No dogs.

No firehoses. Just envelopes quietly discarded.

Now connect that to employment.

Donald Trump has openly floated placing the Postal Service under direct executive control and accelerating privatization. That is not a management tweak; it is a political power grab. Privatization means layoffs, weakened unions, lower wages, fewer benefits, and less accountability. It means shrinking a workforce that has long been a bedrock of Black economic stability.

We’ve walked down this road before.

When public institutions are hollowed out, Black workers go first and suffer longest. When jobs disappear “through attrition,” families lose mortgages, health care, and retirement security— slowly, invisibly, and without headlines. The same communities losing

counted ballots are losing good jobs.

It’s not coincidence, it’s design.

Weakening the Postal Service does double duty: it narrows the electorate and destabilizes the Black middle class. One hand takes the ballot; the other takes the paycheck. And then we are told this is about efficiency.

Let’s be real.. Private carriers do not deliver to every address. They do not maintain unprofitable routes. They do not guarantee equal access. And they certainly do not exist to protect voting rights. A privatized postal system would serve profit, not people—and profit has never been color-blind.

This is why attacks on the post office should alarm anyone who cares about democracy or racial justice. The Postal Service sits at the crossroads of economic citizenship and political citizenship. Undermine it, and you undermine both.

When Black parents once said, “you can always work at the post office,” they were naming a rare promise in an unequal economy: that there was still one place where the rules applied to us, too. If that institution is dismantled—if jobs are cut, unions weakened, mail slowed, and ballots delayed—then that promise disappears. And so does a piece of democracy. That means a political movement that sabotages the mail to win elections is admitting it cannot win when everyone’s vote—and everyone’s labor—actually counts. Under the guise of efficiency, voter suppression is lurking in the background. Postal service hijinks are consistent with poll taxes, lliteracy tests, and more.

A country that cannot deliver mail fairly cannot deliver democracy.

And a country willing to sacrifice Black workers and Black voters in the name of “reform” is telling us exactly who it values—and who it does not.

Venezuela is a distraction

by Kevin Harris and Richard McDaniel (TriceEdneyWire.com)—As families struggle with rent, groceries, and health care costs, Donald Trump is once again trying to drag the national conversation off course—this time with the dramatic capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Maduro has ruled Venezuela as an authoritarian dictator, rigging elections, imprisoning political opponents, and driving millions of Venezuelans into poverty and exile through corruption and economic mismanagement. His removal is undoubtedly welcomed by those who suffered under his regime.

But Trump didn’t work through Congress or international institutions—he acted unilaterally. As Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on ABC’s “This Week,” “Maduro’s a horrible, horrible person, but you don’t treat lawlessness with other lawlessness, and that’s what’s happened here.”

Yet for most Americans, Venezuela is not the issue keeping them up at night.

Affordability is.

That’s the reality Democrats must stay anchored in. We cannot allow ourselves to be pulled into Trump’s Venezuela trap. Venezuela is a deliberate distraction from the affordability crisis Trump dismisses as a hoax, from his connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and from a parade of scandals that have sent his approval ratings plummeting. He needs

Americans focused anywhere but on the issues that actually affect their daily lives.

Poll after poll shows working class Americans are anxious about the cost of living. A recent Politico poll found 65% of U.S. households say the cost of living has gotten worse or much worse in the past year. They want to know why wages aren’t keeping up, why housing feels out of reach, and why basic necessities cost so much more than they did just a few years ago. These are concrete problems that need concrete solutions and Trump has failed to provide any. The political advantage for Democrats is staying focused on the affordability crisis.

Trump understands this dynamic, which is exactly why he’s trying to change the subject.He’d rather talk about foreign enemies than explain how his tax cuts for the wealthy and tariffs on everyday goods have raised costs for working families. He’d rather stir fear and nationalism than defend policies that have left many Americans worse off. He’d rather talk about Venezuelan drug cartels than rising healthcare costs.

Democrats should not help him by amplifying the distraction.

The right response to Venezuela is message discipline. Acknowledge Trump’s Venezuela hypocrisy. Call out how Trump has said the quiet part out loud, admitting that securing Venezuela’s oil for American companies was a

driving factor in his decision, promising that U.S. oil giants would spend “billions of dollars” on Venezuela’s infrastructure. At the same time, Americans get “reimbursed” for military action. And then pivot—again and again—back to affordability. Our mantra should be: Democrats are for lowering costs, raising wages, affordable housing, and protecting consumers from corporate price-gouging, while Trump is for higher prices and endless wars.

Voters don’t want theatrics. They want relief. If Democrats stay centered on the everyday economic pressures families feel in their bank accounts and monthly bills, they deny Trump the distraction he’s seeking and speak directly to what matters most. They put themselves in a position to actually regain some power in Washington and rein in Trump’s power grabs.

Democrats can’t afford to chase Trump’s latest distraction in Venezuela.

We should double down on the affordability fight that actually improves people’s lives here at home.

Above all, Democrats must remember the great lesson from famed strategist James Carville - “it’s the economy, stupid.”

(Kevin Harris and Richard McDaniel are veteran Democratic strategists with over 100 political campaigns between them, including the past five presidential elections and several congressional races.)

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You were J. Pharoah Doss always enough (TriceEdneyWire.com)—When New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams spoke directly to Black boys at a recent inauguration, his words spread quickly. Clips ricocheted across phones and timelines far beyond City Hall.

Not because they were clever. But because they were rare.

“Little Black boy,” Williams said, “you were worth it, and you always were. Without any titles, you were enough. You were always enough. You deserve to accept love, and you deserve to be protected.”

No charts. No statistics. No list of disparities. Just a sentence we almost never hear spoken by people with power, in public, about Black boys.

It landed because it broke an unspoken rule most leaders follow without realizing it: the rule that says Black boys must always be spoken about in the conditional tense. If they behave. If they comply. If they survive. If they overcome.

Williams did none of that. He asserted worth. Full stop.

There is a name for that choice. Years ago, Trabian Shorters gave it one: asset framing.

Asset framing is not optimism. It is not denial. It does not pretend hardship is imaginary.

It simply refuses to define people by their wounds. Deficit framing leads with problems.

Asset framing leads with strengths, capacities, and humanity—without asking anyone to earn dignity first.

A decade ago, Trabian Shorters and I edited Reach, an anthology of forty first-person essays by Black men—famous and not—written to challenge deficit narratives and widen what America is willing to see. The book is still in print. That matters. It reminds us this is not a new insight reacting to a new crisis. It is a long-standing challenge to an old habit.

For years, asset framing lived mostly in

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Commentary movement spaces and philanthropic circles. It was a theory about language. A strategy for organizing. Something you might hear at a conference, not an inauguration.

What Williams did was different. He put that theory into motion, out loud, with authority.

That matters, especially when you understand how deeply the opposite framing is embedded in American life.

Nearly two decades ago, sociologist Devah Pager published a book that should be required reading for anyone who talks about work, crime, or merit in this country. It was called Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration.

Pager ran rigorous audit studies in the lowwage labor market. Young men with identical résumés applied for the same jobs. The only variables were race and criminal record.

What she found was devastating, and precise. White men with criminal records were more likely to receive callbacks than Black men with no criminal record at all.

In the low-wage economy, Blackness itself functioned as a criminal marker. Long before a police stop. Long before a courtroom. Long before a mistake could even be made.

Pager proved that deficit framing is not just cultural. It is economic. It is enforced by markets. It punishes people before they act.

That is the lie Williams was pushing back against—not rhetorically, but morally.

And his words did not come out of nowhere.

When Williams served on the New York City Council, his chief of staff was K. Bain, now the founder of Human Justice in New York City.

Bain’s work is rooted in the same refusal to reduce people to their worst moments. The same insistence that safety and dignity are not opposites. The same belief that justice fails the moment it forgets the humanity of the people inside it.

Ideas shape institutions when they sit in the room long enough. Asset framing did not just live in a book. It did not just live in a nonprofit. It lived in a governing culture. And eventually, it surfaced at a microphone.

This is why the moment mattered.

We are living in a season of backlash politics, fear-based messaging, and calls to “get tough” that flatten entire communities into threats to be managed. Even well-meaning leaders often fall back on deficit language because it sounds serious. Responsible. Realistic.

But it is not neutral. It is corrosive.

When you repeatedly describe children as problems, do not be surprised when systems treat them that way.

Asset framing is not soft. It is countercultural. It undermines the moral logic of cruelty. It challenges the quiet assumption that some people must be broken before they can be seen.

What Williams did was remind us of something we once knew: public safety does not begin with suspicion. It begins with recognition.

If Black boys are “already enough,” as he said, then our policies, schools, labor markets, and justice systems have obligations they can no longer evade.

That is the real work asset framing demands. Not applause. Accountability.

And it starts with telling the truth about who our children are—before the world tries to mark them as something else.

(Ben Jealous is a professor of practice at the University of Pennsylvania and former national president of the NAACP. He is the author of Never Forget Our People Were Always Free.)

The film The Godfather opened with Don Corleone’s daughter getting married. It was customary that no Sicilian could decline a request on his daughter’s wedding day. A funeral director, whose own daughter had been raped, made the first request. The individuals responsible were found guilty, but the judge suspended their sentence, releasing the rapists. The funeral director informed his wife that “to get justice,” they needed to go to Don Corleone.

The funeral director requested for Don Corleone to arrange the murder of the men who raped his daughter, but Don Corleone replied, “That’s not justice.

Your daughter is still alive.” *** In 2008, the United States Supreme Court declared in Kennedy v. Louisiana that imposing the death penalty for non-homicide crimes, notably child rape, violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. The court had to reconsider Coker v. Georgia (1977), which decided that the death penalty for rape of an adult was a grossly disproportionate punishment, but it did not apply when the victim was a child.

The rape in the Kennedy case was unusually brutal, eliciting widespread sympathy for the victim and deadly hatred toward the perpetrator. Patrick O’Neal Kennedy was convicted in 1998 of raping and sodomizing his 8-year-old stepdaughter. According to court reports, “the rape tore her vagina on the interior, causing it to separate partially from her cervix and allow her rectum to protrude into her vagina. These injuries needed to be repaired with invasive emergency surgery.”

The Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty should exclusively be used for crimes where the victim was killed or death was intended.

The rival presidential contenders of 2008, who had nothing in common, agreed that the Supreme Court was incorrect. Republican John McCain criticized the ruling as “an assault on law enforcement’s efforts to punish these heinous felons for the most despicable crime.” Democrat Barack Obama said, “I think that the rape of a small child, six or eight years old, is a heinous crime, and if a state decides that under narrow, limited, well-defined circumstances the death penalty is at least potentially applicable, that does not

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The Supreme Court was deemed conservative at the time due to two George W. Bush appointments to the bench. The majority opinion said that growing norms of decency must include and reflect respect for the dignity of the person, i.e., the convicted. In other words, disproportional punishment is illegal regardless of the victim’s age or society’s righteous rage toward the criminal.

Righteous rage combined with disproportionate punishment makes the death penalty an act of social vengeance, and as Don Corleone put it, “That’s not justice.”

In 2023, Florida passed a landmark bill that expanded the state’s death penalty to include defendants who rape children under the age of 12. This statute implemented what the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 2008.

After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill, he stated, “In the worst of the worst cases, the only appropriate punishment is the ultimate punishment,” and he was prepared to take that bill all the way to the Supreme Court to challenge the precedent set in Kennedy v. Louisiana, which prohibited child rapists from being executed.

Recently, Florida’s Attorney General announced they will seek the death penalty for Nathan Holmberg. The Attorney General stated, The evidence shows that this individual engaged in sexual abuse with a 3-year-old—not only did he engage in these horrific physical acts, but he also recorded them.

Holmberg is the first person to face the death penalty under Florida’s new death penalty law.

A coalition of state legislators defended Florida extending the death penalty to child rapists, arguing that it reflects the state’s moral responsibility to impose the harshest consequences on those who prey on children—certain acts are so destructive that capital punishment is justified even if the

victim survives. DeSantis believes that each state should be able to select the proper punishment for crimes committed inside its borders, especially those involving children. The governor described child rape as a “uniquely heinous” crime in which the harm caused is irreversible and equal to “spiritual homicide.”

While it is natural to be moved by the sentiments of Florida’s officials, they are appealing to our rage and contempt towards anyone who would deprive a child of their innocence; however, such feelings are not justifications for the death penalty. Upon closer examination, DeSantis supports the notion that each state has the right to establish its own system of reciprocal justice.

According to the Supreme Court, “an eye for an eye” does not entail cruel and unusual punishment. The death penalty is a possible punishment for someone who murders another individual. That is reciprocal justice because it is proportional.

DeSantis emphasized that child rape is “uniquely heinous,” and he believes that the state should be able to punish the perpetrator in a uniquely heinous manner. For DeSantis, reciprocal justice means more than just “an eye for an eye” in the case of a victim’s death; it can also mean “cruel & unusual for cruel & unusual” for the spiritual death of a living victim.

Most people would agree that a person like Holmberg should be executed for his non-homicide crimes, but what if an adult babysitter was arrested for coercing a brother and sister, both under the age of twelve, into performing oral sex on each other for the babysitter’s pleasure? This could be deemed a double “spiritual homicide,” but most people will agree that executing the babysitter is grossly disproportional and that life in prison is sufficient. To prevent the babysitter from facing the death penalty, a precedent must be established that also prohibits the execution of people like Holmberg.

The Supreme Court already established that precedent in 2008.

Florida’s challenge to that precedent is rooted in a strong desire to severely punish those that harm children, but as Don Corleone recognized, it’s not justice when the child is still alive.

ICE has ushered in a new era of domestic terror and attacks on civil liberties (TriceEdneyWire.com)—“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

—George Orwell, 1984 “Don’t believe your lying eyes.”

The quote, which originated in the Marx Brothers’ movie Duck Soup in 1933, has been deployed in a variety of contexts by comics, authors, and orators, leaning into irony for nearly a century.

I never thought that I would see the day when the federal government would use it to defend the execution of an American citizen on American soil, in broad daylight, on camera. That is precisely what occurred on the morning of January 7th, when 37-year-old wife and mother, Renee Nicole Good, was shot at point-blank range by an immigration enforcement officer as she tried to leave the scene of a protest in Minneapolis.

The shooting has ignited a firestorm of controversy for a number of reasons.

Since this administration has accelerated its ruthless immigration enforcement activities, sending masked, armed officers with minimal training and experience into major cities primarily led by political opponents, nine people have been shot by agents.

But the driving factor behind this outrage was the federal government’s response. Leaders from immigration enforcement to the office of the Vice President took to social media and the airwaves to not only place blame on the deceased, but also to outright lie by stating that the driver attempted to assault officers with her vehicle. An accusation that was clearly debunked by videos from multiple angles of the incident.

Marc H. Morial

To Be Equal Beyond the government’s willingness to lie without compunction, perhaps, the most chilling part of this story is the message it sends to the American people. A message that says that the state can do anything that it wants to you, including claiming your life, and not only will there be no effort to bring your assailant, this case killer, to justice, but they will be justified.

For millions of Americans, entering the new year emboldened to take a stand against a government that has seemingly gone rogue. Americans had just set down their New Year’s Eve party hats when the news broke of the White House abandoning the balance of power that requires Congress to approve acts of war when it decided to take over Venezuela.

Less than a week later, an American is killed, not by a foreign government or terror organization from abroad, but by her own government. And not for breaking the law or even fully exercising her right to peacefully protest as protected by the 1st Amendment of our Constitution. But for simply being in the vicinity of one.

In a time when efforts to ramp up immigrant enforcement are juxtaposed with a deepening erosion of privacy, we are entering uncharted waters.

When immigration enforcement can

track and target Americans without permission through cell towers and social media, we have entered a police state. A police state that can question you without cause, charge you with an increasingly broadening definition of “domestic terrorism” under NSPM-7, and federal officers can take your life on camera simply because they want to.

In African American communities, we are no strangers to surveillance and over policing. From the Jim Crow laws enacted during Reconstruction and the CIA-led tactics to suppress Civil Rights organizations in the 1960s to the countless deaths caused by officers and vigilantes who have been exonerated by simply stating they “feared for their lives,” Black life in America is a cautionary tale for what is to come.

It is also a blueprint for elected officials, community leaders, and legal professionals to take a stand against the criminal activity of rogue officers emboldened by corrupt leaders.

As we mourn the death of Renee Good and hope for the speedy recovery of the two people shot just a day after her by ICE officers in Portland, Oregon, we denounce state-sanctioned violence in all forms. We stand by the 1st Amendment clauses that protect free speech and the right to protest peacefully. We stand by the 4th Amendment’s protection of American citizens from unreasonable search and seizure, where, as we saw in the disturbing videos in Minneapolis, far too often result in death and/or serious injury. And we stand beside Americans fighting for justice against tyranny in all forms.

Trump’s distractions from the real issues Prior to the invasion of Venezuela, the top media issues were the expiration of funding for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Epstein papers being withheld from the Congress, and the harm and possible deaths of Americans because of the reversal of policies on vaccines. Once again, Trump used the oldest page in the playbook: Have a national crisis, i.e., the invasion of Venezuela and the capture of its President and First Lady; the transporting of them to the United States where they were indicted and charged with drug trafficking, and the announcement by President Trump that America would take over control and governing of Venezuela. These plays successfully replaced all discussions that were on the table before Saturday night’s invasion.

John E. Warren

Commentary Once again, the only domestic policy related items coming from the White House are: (1) more ICE agents for Minnesota (with its Democratic Governor), and cuts to Child Care dollars in Democratic states.

We, the American people, must redirect conversations and priorities to the domestic issues of food, shelter, healthcare and survival. Here in California, we have a new Congressional District

to which we need to elect Democrats so that we can regain control of the House of Representatives and put an end to the Republican do-nothing attitude against Trump’s trampling on the Constitution. Let’s keep our eyes on our issues and not be distracted by global plans. We must survive and live beyond Donald Trump and fight his immigration tactics wherever possible.

Meanwhile, we have issues of ongoing police brutality right here in San Diego. There are no apologies or statements from the police chief. He should be reminded that silence gives consent.

How many more large settlements of civil cases against the police do we really need?

(Dr. John E. Warren is Publisher San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper)

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CONDITIONS OF SALE Effective with the August 3, 2020, Sheriff Sale of real estate and all such monthly public sales thereafter shall be conducted virtually through video conferencing technology or live streaming. ALL PARTICIPANTS OR BIDDERS MUST BE REGISTERED AT LEAST 7 DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE SALE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE (VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON) AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SALES OF REAL ESTATE. REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S WEBSITE: SHERIFFALLEGHENYCOUNTY.COM. The Successful bidder will pay full amount of bid in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK OR CASHIERS CHECK at time of sale, otherwise the property will be resold at the next regular Sheriffs Sale; provided, that if the sale is made on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2026 the bidder may pay ten percent of purchasing price but not less than 75.00 in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK THE DAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SALE, e.g. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2026, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30AM AND 2:30PM IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. Failure to pay the 10% deposit will have you banned from future Sheriff Sales. And the balance in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK, on or before MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2026, at 10:00 O’CLOCK A.M. The property will be resold at the next regular Sheriff’s Sale if the balance is not paid, and in such case all money’s paid in at the original sale shall be applied to any deficiency in the price of which property is resold, and provided further that if the successful bidder is the plaintiff in the execution the bidder shall pay full amount of bid ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH, OTHERWISE WRIT WILL BE RETURNED AND MARKED “REAL ESTATE UNSOLD” and all monies advanced by plaintiff will be applied as required by COMMON PLEAS COURT RULE 3129.2 (1) (a).

FORFEITED SALES WILL BE POSTED IN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND LISTED ON THE SHERIFF OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY WEB SITE. AMENDMENT OF THE CODE SECOND CLASS COUNTY NEW CHAPTER 475 THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 475, ENTITLED TAXATION IS HEREBY AMENDED THROUGH THE CREATION ARTICLE XII, ENTITLED, “SHERIFF SALES”, AND COMPRISED AS FOLLOWS: SUBSECTION 475-60: RECORDING OF DEEDS AND NOTIFICATION OF SHERIFFS SALES TO TAXING BODIES. A. FOR ANY REAL PROPERTY OFFERED AT SHERIFFS SALE DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES AND PURCHASED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH SUCH SALE, THE SHERIFF SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING THE DEED AND, WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF FILING OF THE SHERIFFS DEED, PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE CONVEYANCE TO THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS. THE WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE DATE OF THE SALE, IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY SOLD BY BOTH ADDRESS AND LOT AND BLOCK NUMBER, AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE INDIVIDUALS OR OTHER ENTITY THAT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. B. AT THE TIME OF THE SALE THE SHERIFF SHALL COLLECT ALL REQUISITE FILING COSTS, REALTY TRANSFER TAXES AND FEES, NECESSARY TO PROPERLY RECORD THE DEED. C. WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF RECEIPT OF WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE SHERIFF, THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS SHALL FORWARD COPIES OF SUCH NOTICE TO ALL TAXING BODIES LEVYING REAL ESTATE TAXES ON THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 14 OF ACT NO. 77 OF 1986, THE COST OF ALL DOCUMENTARY STAMPS FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAXES (STATE, LOCAL, AND SCHOOL) WILL BE DEDUCTED BY THE SHERIFF FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE. Purchasers must pay the necessary recording fees. Pursuant to Rule 3136 P.R.C.P. NOTICE is hereby given that a schedule of distribution will be filed by the Sheriff not later than 30 days from date of sale and that distribution will be made in accordance with the schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within 10 days thereafter. No further notice of the filing of the schedule of distribution will be given.

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

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

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DEFENDANT(S): LAWRENCE E. BAUER ******************* CASE NO. AR-24-006895 ************* DEBT: $16,674.32. ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Fred C. Jug, Jr. *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 310 Grant Street, Suite 1109, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-255-6500 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, ALEPPO TOWNSHIP: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS MANOR HOMES ASSOCIATION DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 612 SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS DR, SEWICKLEY, PA 15143.

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DEFENDANT(S): PARKER L. COVIN AND THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000497 ************* DEBT: $61,21 l.94 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): PURCELL, KRUG AND HALLER 1719 NORTH FRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17102 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 717-234-4178 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Elizabeth Township: PARCEL NO. 1: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 137 WEIGLES HILL ROAD, ELIZABETH, PA 15037.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 16971, PAGE 126. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1271-F352).

PARCEL NO. 2: •BEING A VACANT LOT OF LAND KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS WEIGLES HILL ROAD, ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16971, PAGE 126. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1271-F-344).

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DEFENDANT(S): MARY LOUISE STASIK ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000434 ************* DEBT: $126,280.36 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Robertson, Schutz, 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, South Park Township: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 144 NORRINGTON DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15236. Deed Book Volume 7809, Page 17. Block and Lot Number 0564-F-000200000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S): RASHEKI LOOBY ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000741 ************* DEBT: $295,251.66 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Robertson, Schutz, 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 Ingram: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 58 EVANS AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 18958, Page 240. Block and Lot Number 0070-S-00003-0000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S): Gary J. Peretick and Jeffrey A. Peretick ******************* CASE NO. MG-22-000610 ************* DEBT: $118,960.39 ********* 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, MUNICIPALITY OF PENN HILLS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 286 MCKENZIE DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 10836, PAGE 297.

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DEFENDANT(S): KURT ALLEN MARTIN ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000677 ************* DEBT: $122,082.19 ********* 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, AND TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 708 OVERHILL DRIVE, NORTII VERSAILLES, PENNSYLVANIA 15137.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 19264, PAGE 484. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0458-N00101-0000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S): WALTER PIROZEK, EXECUTOR OF THE. ESTATE OF JOSEPH T. HUDAK ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000678 ************* DEBT: $50,742.28 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): CHELSEA A. NIXON, ESQUIRE *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 216 HADDON AVENUE, SUITE 201 WES1MONT, NJ 08108 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND TOWNSHIP OF WEST DEER:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 564 BENJAMIN STREET, TARENTUM, PENNSYLVANIA 15084. DEED BOOK VOLUME 8548, PAGE 592.

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DEFENDANT(S): The Unknown Heirs of Dana L. Walsh aka Dana Walsh and Joshua March, solely in his capacity as known heir of Dana L ·Walsh aka Dana: Walsh, deceased ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000875 ************* DEBT: $62,742.02 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stern & Eisenberg, PC *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): the Shops at Valley Square, 1581 Main Street, .Suite 200Warrington, PA 18976 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 572-8111 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Twenty-Ninth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as·131 Newburn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15227. Deed Book Volume 12368, Page 176. Block and Lot Number 137-E-164.

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DEFENDANT(S): DeShae Jordan, and DeJah Jordan, and Richard Jordan Jr, and Amara Jordan, and David Jordan, solely in their capacity as known Heirs for Richard D. Jordan, deceased and The Unknown Heirs of Richard D. Jordan, Deceased ******************* CASE NO. GD-24-002173 ************* DEBT: $146,434.26 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stern & Eisenberg, PC *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): the Shops at Valley Square, 1581 Main Street, .Suite 200Warrington, PA 18976 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 572-8111 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Borough of Forest Hills: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 118 Sumner Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15221 a/k/a 118 Sumner Avenue, Wilkinsburg, PA 15221. Deed Book Volume 12269, Page 181.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Patsy J. Graham ******************* CASE NO. GD 19-009063 ************* DEBT: $3,461.64 ********* 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 West Mifflin: Having erected thereon a one story brick house being known as 414 Glencoe Drive, West Mifflin, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 5239, Page 569. Block & Lot No. 311-M-ll.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Donald C. Walasik ******************* CASE NO. GD 19-009140 ************* DEBT: $1,980.60 ********* 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 West Mifflin: Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 332.5 Lincoln venue, West Mifflin,, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 8698, Page 86, Block & Lot No. 181-G-239.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Deanndra J. Arcurio & Wilfred J. Wetzel ******************* CASE NO. GD 21-011715 ************* DEBT: $1,946.37 ********* 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 Harrison: Having erected thereon a two-story masonry frame house being known as 1409 Pacific Avenue, Natrona Heights, PA 15065. Deed Book Volume 14888, Page 79. Block & Lot No. 1368-A-101.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Charles Hoebler & Lisa Yee ******************* CASE NO. GD 23-010153 ************* DEBT: $1,167.84 ********* 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 Robinson: Having erected thereon a one-story frame house being known as 3013 McMillan Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 17940, Page 111, Block & Lot No. 203-D-57.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Ronald J. Charles & Diana L. Charles ******************* CASE NO. GD 17-012315 ************* DEBT: $20,201.64 ********* 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 South Fayette: Having erected thereon. a one-story brickhouse being known as 154 Morgan Hollow Road, Morgan, PA 15064. Deed Book Volume 8577, Page 81. Block & Lot No. 326-R-5.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Heather L. Calfo & Nicholas R. Calfo ******************* CASE NO. GD 24-008593 ************* DEBT: $4,233.96 ********* 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, Municipality of Penn Hills: Having erected thereon a one-story brick house being known as 650 Valemont Drive, Verona, PA 15147. Deed Book Volume 17288, Page 265, Block & Lot No. 534-N-88.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Matthew D. Bruno ******************* CASE NO. GD 23-005893 ************* DEBT: $4,468.83 ********* 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 brick house being known as 1304 Louise Street, Homestead, PA 15120. Deed Book Volume 16390, Page 130. Block&_ Lot No. 130-S-282.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny and School District of Pittsburgh Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Nurudeen Lasisi ******************* CASE NO. G.D. 19-001541 ************* DEBT: $39,946.95 ********* 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 Mt.Oliver: Having erected thereon a two-story two-family brick house being known as 419 Carl Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210.

Deed Book Volume 16627, Page 60. Block & Lot No. 33-C-20

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny and School District of Pittsburgh Vs. DEFENDANT(S): William Bernard Schleifer, Administrator of the Estate of Theodore J. Schleifer, III, Deceased ******************* CASE NO. GD 24-011655 ************* DEBT: $6,716.09 ********* 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 North Braddock: Having erected thereon a three-story commercial building known as 534 Jones Avenue,’ Braddock, PA 15104. Deed Book Volume 13679, Page 223. Block & Lot 302-A-55.

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PLAINTIFF(S): BOROUGH OF CORAOPOLIS Vs. DEFENDANT(S): RUBIE LEWIS, Individually, and CHRISTA M. LEWIS, CASSIE L. JOHNSON, DENISE HARDEN, MICHELLE LEWIS, MOUNIA N. SNYDER, and EDWARD LEWIS, Known Heirs of the Estate of Daniel Lewis, Deceased, and All Unknown Heirs, Executors Assigns and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest from or under DANIEL LEWIS, Deceased. ******************* CASE NO. GD 18-014556 ************* DEBT: $26,443.53 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): JOHN T. VOGEL, TUCKER ARENSBERG, P.C. *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): TUCKER ARENSBERG, P.C. ONE PPG PLACE,_STE 1500 PITTSBURGH, PA 15222 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412.594.3943 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF CORAOPOLIS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1503 FERNHURST AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 151083021 , DEED BOOK VOLUME-4135, PAGE 676 BLOCK AND LOT 341-L-37.

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DEFENDANT(S): PATRICIA MCARTHUR, DANIELLE WEST, QUINN WEST, WILLIE WEST, AS KNOWN HEIRS OF LENA MCARTHUR, DECEASED; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSON, FIRMS OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER LENA MCARTHUR, DECEASED ******************* CASE NO. GD-25-003105 ************* DEBT: $71,433.16 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jill M. Fein, Esquire / Hill Wallack LLP *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 1000 Floral Vale Boulevard, Suite 300, Yardley, PA 19067 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 579-7700 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh 13h Ward HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO-STORY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 7421 RACE ST., PITTSBURGH, PA 15208. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16945, PAGE 136. BLOCK & LOT NO. 174-G-12.

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DEFENDANT(S): Michael T. Spiering ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000785 ************* DEBT: $91,922.04 ********* 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, Plum Borough: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 150 NORWICH DRIVE, NEW KENSINGTON, PA 15068. DBV 17933, PAGE 171, B/L #1096-M-229.

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DEFENDANT(S): Real Deals LLC, a California limited liability company ******************* CASE NO. GD-25-006316 ************* DEBT: $59,849.90 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Michael J. Palumbo, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 4700 Rockside Road, Suite 440, Independence, Ohio 44131 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (216) 503-9512 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh, Ward 27: Having erected thereon a two-family dwelling being known and numbered as 3124 Frederick Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212.

Deed Book Volume 18590, Page 429.

Block and Lot Number 76-N-213.

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DEFENDANT(S): CRAIG A. BANKS AKA CRAIG A. BANKS SR., MARY ANN BANKS ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000673 ************* DEBT: $171,555.65 ********* 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, MUNICIPALITY OF MONROEVILLE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 523 LARIX ROAD, MONROEVILLE, PA 15146. DEED BOOK 12328, PAGE 195.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 637-L-141.

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DEFENDANT(S): GARY V. POMILIO ******************* CASE NO. MG-23-001024 ************* DEBT: $55,182.04 ********* 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 ELIZABETH: HAVING ERECTED_ THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 212 CIRCLE DRNE, ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK 8338, PAGE 525. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1130-P-290.

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DEFENDANT(S): OLIVIA SAGE AKA OLIVIA POST, ALEXIS TOLIVER, SEAN D. TOLIVER JR, SOLELY IN THEIR CAPACITY AS HEIRS OF BRENDA J. TOLIVER AKA REVEREND BRENDA J. TOLIVER, DECEASED, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BRENDA J. TOLIVER AKA REVEREND BRENDA J. TOLIVER, DECEASED ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000524 ************* DEBT: $222,769.67 ********* 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, 20TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2439 RED OAK DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15220. DEED BOOK 9719, PAGE 107.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 63-A-274.

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DEFENDANT(S): THOMAS M. FERGUSON ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000570 ************* DEBT $129,571.20 ********* 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 1515 SARAH STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15203. DEED BOOK 10300, PAGE 465.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 3-M-28.

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DEFENDANT(S): JARED M. LINK, KAITLYN M. LINK AKA KAITLYN MARIE LINK ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000561 ************* DEBT $113,127.13 ********* 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, 18TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 334 CAPERTON STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15210. DEED BOOK 19448, PAGE 450.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 34-H-265.

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DEFENDANT(S): UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BARBARA BURK ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000267 ************* DEBT $244,030.79 ********* 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: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 4009 CRESTWOOD DRIVE, GIBSONIA, PA 15044. DEED BOOK 19110, PAGE 440.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1508-J-306.

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DEFENDANT(S): GINA L. THOMPSON AKA GINA LOUISE THOMPSON ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000224 ************* DEBT $98,526.84 ********* 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 GLASSPORT: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1010 VERMONT AVENUE, GLASSPORT, PA 15045. DEED BOOK 16434, PAGE 153.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 558-R-227.

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DEFENDANT(S): CATHERINE JERSEY ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000802 ************* DEBT $173,560.99 ********* 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, 19TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 709 DUNSTER STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15226. DEED BOOK 19106, PAGE 103.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 61-B-103.

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DEFENDANT(S): JERILYN MCGOVERN ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000721 ************* DEBT $213,155.51 ********* 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 RICHLAND: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 237 COREY. DRIVE, GIBSONIA,PA 15044.

DEED BOOK 17404, PAGE281. BLOCKANDLOTNUMBER2190-L-58.

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DEFENDANT(S): ARGELIS CANDELARIO ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000542 ************* DEBT $122,052.47 ********* 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, TOWN OF MCCANDLESS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 8520 WITTMER ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15237. DEED BOOK 16656, PAGE 198.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 713-S-282.

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DEFENDANT(S): SANDRA RUTKOWSKI ******************* CASE NO. AR-24-006875 ************* DEBT $13,513.59 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Fred C. Jug, Jr. *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 310 Grant Street, suite 1109, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-255-6500 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; County of Allegheny, MOON TOWNSHIP: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A FOX HOLLOW CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION UNIT BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 701 COLLEGE PARK DRIVE, UNIT 2, CORAOPOLIS, PA 15108. DEED BOOK 18178, PAGE 392. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 698:C-184-92

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DEFENDANT(S): KATHERINE M. BIEHL ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000647 ************* DEBT $80,312.17 ********* 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 Pitcairn: Having erected thereon a two story frame dwelling being known and numbered as 639 8TH STREET. PITCAIRN, PA 15140.

Deed Book Volume 16975, Page 394. Block and Lot Number0747-R-00363-0000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S): DAVID J. WALLACE ******************* CASE NO. GD-25-006912 ************* DEBT $35,267.04 ********* 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 Carnegie: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 43 WAGNER STREET, CARNEGIE, PA 15106. Deed Book Volume 1166, Page 048. Block and Lot Number 0103-B-00150-000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S): JAMES DUDLEY JR.; KEITH DUDLEY, GARY DUDLEY, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIRS OF GREGORY DUDLEY; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS, CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER GREGORY DUDLEY ******************* CASE NO. GD-25-006778 ************* DEBT $59,554.46 ********* 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 102 GROVE RD, VERONA, PA 15147. Deed Book Volume 11820, Page 590. Block and Lot Number 295-E-00178-0000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S): William Russell Eberle and The United States of America ******************* CASE NO. MG-23-000560 ************* DEBT $125,172.96 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): EMMANUEL J. ARGENTIERI *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 52 NEWTON AVENU:E, P.O. BOX 456, WOODBURY, NJ 08096 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 384-1515 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and 19th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1428 Dagmar Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15216. Deed Book Volume 16408, Page 350. Block and Lot Number 0035-C-00092.

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PLAINTIFF(S) MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOROUGH OF WHITE OAK Vs. DEFENDANT(S): PSALMS REALTY, LLC ******************* CASE NO. GD-23-009076 ************* DEBT $9,331.76 ********* 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, BOROUGH OF WHITE OAK: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1201 FAWCETT AVENUE, MCKEESPORT PA 15131. DEED BOOK 17596, PAGE 194.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 461-G-273.

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PLAINTIFF(S) MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CITY OF MCKEESPORT Vs. DEFENDANT(S): MRG FOOD, LLC, A PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ******************* CASE NO. GD-24-005951 ************* DEBT $27,842.87 ********* 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, CITY OF MCKEESPORT: PARCEL ONE HAVING ERECTED THEREON AN INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 800 MANNING AVENUE, MCKEESPORT PA 15132. DEED BOOK 18097, PAGE 348.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 383-8-129 PARCEL TWO HAVING ERECTED THEREON VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 800 MANNING AVENUE, MCKEESPORT PA 15132. DEED BOOK 18097, PAGE 348. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 383-B-127

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DEFENDANT(S): Jason Thomas Moore a/k/a Jason T. Moore, Robyn Moore ******************* CASE NO. MG-16-000569 ************* DEBT $168,176.09 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): LOGS Legal Group LLP *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 985 Old Eagle School Road, Suite 514 Wayne, PA 19087 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (610)278-6800 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, ALEPPO TOWNSHIP: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 241 WEBER ROAD, SEWICKLEY, PA 15143. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12131, PAGE 276, BLOCK AND LOT 0422-G00246-0000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S): David J. Fosbrink., known Heir of Angela Fosbrink, deceased, Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Angela Fosbrink, deceased ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000932 ************* DEBT $106,083.80 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): LOGS Legal Group LLP *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 985 Old Eagle School Road, Suite 514 Wayne, PA 19087 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (610) 278-6800 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 31ST WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH: PARCEL 1: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 5921 RODGERS EXT. PITTSBURGH, PA 15207. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12338, PAGE 139, BLOCK AND LOT 0243-B00166-0000-00.· PARCEL 2: HAVING VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS RODGERS ST. EXT., PITTSBURGH, PA15207. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12338, PAGE 139, BLOCK AND LOT 0243-B-00168-0000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S): Kimberly A. Barthelmes ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000402 ************* DEBT $114,857.29 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): LOGS Legal Group LLP *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 985 Old Eagle School Road, Suite 514 Wayne, PA 19087 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (610) 278-6800 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 18TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 343 BAILEY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15211. DEED BOOK VOLUME· 10731, PAGE 131, BLOCK AND LOT 0004-M00192-0000-00.

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PLAINTIFF(S): NORTHGATE SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. DEFENDANT(S): UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JOHN T. CLEM ******************* WRIT NO.: GD-23-010488 ************* DEBT $73,046.02 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): SALVATORE BITTNER, ESQUIRE *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 1500 ARDMORE BLVD, SUITE 506, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 243-9700 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Avalon: Having erected thereon a two and ½ story frame house known as 614 Hemlock Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15202, Deed Book Volume 14133, Page 315, Block and Lot 159-D-277.

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DEFENDANT(S): Jerome P. Broderick, Jr, Joyce A. White, Paul D. Broderick, Timothy M. Broderick, Surviving Heirs of Jerome P. Broderick, Sr., Deceased and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Jerome P. Broderick, Sr., Deceased ******************* CASE NO. GD-24-004861 ************* DEBT $178,279.76 ********* 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 ETN HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 122 Wilson STREET EXTENTION, PITTSBURGH, PA 15223.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 9595, PAGE 285.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 221-L-104.

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DEFENDANT(S): Jeffrey T. Stiehler and Linda J. Stiehler ******************* CASE NO. MG-24:.000791 ************* DEBT $118,858.49 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stern & Eisenberg, PC *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): The Shops at Valley Square, 1581 Main Street, Suite 200Warrington, PA 18976 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 572-8111 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** • In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Borough of Springdale: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 440 Washington Street, Springdale, PA 15144. Deed Book Volume 10712, PAGE 203. Block and Lot Number 627-L-78.

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PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Mark W. Nelson, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns, Executor of the Estate of Frances Malinic, David G. Malinic, Known Heir of Francis Malinic, Stanley Muse, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns, Janet Muse, Known Heir of John and Sara Muse & Patricia Whyte, Known Heir of John and Sara Muse . ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-008844 ************* DEBT $7,139.26 ********* 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 West Deer: Being thereon vacant land known as Bairdford Road, Gibsonia, PA 15044.

Deed Book Volume 4079, Page 545. Block &Lot No. 1669-F-138.

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PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Known and Unknown Heirs of Agnes C. Antolic, Known and Unknown Heirs of Mildred Peluchette & Known and Unknown Heirs of Lavern Peluchette ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-008849 ************* DEBT $5,087.83 ********* 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 West Deer: Being thereon vacant land known as Oak Road, Gibsonia, PA 15044. Deed Book Volume 3346, Page 323. Block & Lot No. 1668-R-320.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Dormont Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Lawrence Titchworth ******************* CASE NO. GD 22-016148 ************* DEBT $3,696.64 ********* 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 Dormont: Having erected thereon a two-story brick house being known as 1233 Wisconsin Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15216. Deed Book Volume 12889, Page 247. Block & Lot No. 98-H-86.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of West Homestead Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Me Lyng Restaurant, Inc. ******************* CASE NO. GD 22-010911 ************* DEBT $5,508.94 ********* 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 West Homestead: Having erected thereon a one-story commercial restaurant building being known as 213 West 8th Avenue, Homestead, PA 15120. Deed book Volume 13572, Page 225, Block & Lot 130-N-88.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Township of Upper St. Clair Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Nancy L. Scola ******************* CASE NO. GD 23-013722 ************* DEBT $2,560.69 ********* 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 Upper St. Clair: Having erected thereon a one-story frame house being known as 107 Bartley Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241. Deed Book Volume 8438, Page 402. Block & Lot No. 319-G’307.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Ivy H. L. Turner &James Long, III ******************* CASE NO. GD 24-011651 ************* DEBT $2,859.35 ********* 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, City of McKeesport,. Ward 9: Having erected thereon a two-story -frame house being known 1709 Wesley Street, McKeesport, PA 15132.._Deed Book Volume 17452, Page 191, Block & Lot No. 301-M-295.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Quaker Valley School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Paul Raymond Scragg & Kristen Holly Scragg ******************* CASE NO. GD 24-000759 ************* DEBT $22,084.56 ********* 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 Sewickley Heights: Having erected thereon a one-and a-half-story brick house being known as 15 Thawmont Drive, Sewickley, PA 15143.

Deed Book Volume 17527, Page 330.

Block& Lot No. 509-J-203.

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PLAINTIFF(S): North Hills School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Lori L. Reich ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-003921 ************* DEBT $3,381.65 ********* 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 West View:

PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Ramona J. Spencer ******************* CASE NO. GD 22-013932 ************* DEBT $3,068.30 ********* 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 Turtle Creek:

Having erected thereon a two-story brick house being known as 89 Georgetown Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15229. Deed Book Volume 12928, Page 19, Block & Lot 279B-329.

Having erected thereon a two-story brick house known as 817 Renier Avenue, Turtle Creek, PA 15145. Deed Book Volume 17265, Page 119. Block & Lot No. 455-L90.

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PLAINTIFF(S): North Hills School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Brett Alan Davis ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-002448 ************* DEBT $3,856.79 ********* 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 West View:

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Ciccarelli & Sons LLC ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-003574 ************* DEBT $2,803.05 ********* 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, Municipality of Mt. Lebanon:

Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 102 Montclair Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15229. Deed Book Volume 18917, Page 231, Block & Lot 350-S-228.

Having erected thereon a one and· a half story. brick house being known as 245 Adeline Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15228.

Deed Book Volume 18105, Page 139.

Block & Lot No. 141-L-215

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Edward A. Deren & Candace A. Deren ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-003644 ************* DEBT $2,807.86 ********* 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 Moon: Having erected thereon a two-story masonry frame house being known as 240 Shafer Road, Coraopolis, PA 15108. Deed Book Volume 7096, Page 416. Block & Lot No. 599-J-49.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Fernando Solorio ******************* CASE NO. GD 23-003127 ************* DEBT $3,270.81 ********* 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 9f Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West Mifflin:· Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 1179 Lebanon School Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122.

Deed Book Volume 17522, Page 1, Block & Lot No. 385-F-184.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh and School District of Pittsburgh Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Judith M. Hilldoerfer ******************* CASE NO. GD 17-005711 ************* DEBT $13,200.02 ********* 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, City of Pittsburgh Ward 19: Having erected thereon a two-story brick house being known as 436 Belonda Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15211. Deed Book Volume 11183, Page 310. Block & Lot No. 4-E-191.

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PLAINTIFF(S): PLUM BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Vs. DEFENDANT(S): LAWRENCE R. BOSSART ******************* CASE NO. GD-24-003529 ************* DEBT $7,191.88 ********* 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 842 BLUE-RIDGE ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15239. DEED BOOK 8030, PAGE 609. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1241-J-26.

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PLAINTIFF(S): PLUM BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Vs. DEFENDANT(S): JUDY B. BROPHY & DAVID P. CASSELL ******************* CASE NO. GD-24-010683 ************* DEBT $5,909.16 ********* 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 185 BLACK HILLS ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15239. DEED BOOK 18044, PAGE42. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1239-G-133.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Elizabeth Forward School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF FRED JOSIAH PEARSON, DECEASED AND DONALD LAWRENCE PEARSON, DECEASED ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-009482 ************* DEBT $5,937.91 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Elizabeth: BEING ALL THAT VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS CIRCLE DR., ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK 2986, PAGE 742.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1130-N-66.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Jefferson Hills BoroughVs. DEFENDANT(S): The Unknown Heirs of Edna G. Maple, Deceased ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-008689 ************* DEBT $20,767.58 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Jefferson Hills Borough: BEING ALL THAT VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS VINE STREET, CLAIRTON, PA 15025. DEED BOOK 8317, PAGE 468.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 881-G-154.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Penn Hills. School District and Municipality of Penn Hills Vs. DEFENDANT(S): The Unknown Heirs of Edward C. Watson, Deceased ******************* CASE NO. GD 24-009120 ************* DEBT $17,457.73 ********* 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 30 N. JOSLYN DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK 6456, PAGE 199. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 538-R-328.

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DEFENDANT(S): Jon T. Edwards ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000793 ************* DEBT $139,785.27 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): ROBERT P. Wendt, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 275 Curry Hollow rd, Bldg.1, Suite 280, Pittsburgh, PA 15236 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 350-1025 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** All the following described real estate situated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and City of Pittsburgh, l6tli Ward.

Having erected’ thereon a residential single family, dwelling being known and numbered as 2620 Stromberg St Pittsburgh, PA 15203; Deed Book 12439, page 49; which has· a Block and Lot of13-D-99�

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DEFENDANT(S): Patricia Franz ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000233 ************* DEBT $161,128.87 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): ROBERT P. Wendt, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 275 Curry Hollow rd, Bldg.1, Suite 280, Pittsburgh, PA 15236 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 350-1025 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** All the following described real estate situated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Municipality of Penn Hills.

Having erected thereon a residential single family dwelling being known and numbered as 206 Shannon Heights Dr, Verona, PA 15147 Deed Book 15260, Page 562; which has a block and Lot No of 447A-86

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PLAINTIFF(S): West Mifflin Area School District; West Mifflin Borough Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Known and Unknown Heirs of Frank C. Linn and Mary Jane Linn ******************* CASE NO. GD-24-001535 ************* DEBT $58,345.86 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jeffrey D. Ries, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 714 Lebanon Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-464-9997 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN T H E COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND BOROUGH OF WEST MIFFLIN. BEING A VACANT PIECE OF LAND LOCATED ON LOWER BULL RUN ROAD, WEST MIFFLIN, PENNSYLVANIA 15122, DEED BOOK VOLUME 3132,. PAGE 327, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER240-K-227.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Steel Valley School District and Borough of Munhall Vs. DEFENDANT(S): BETTY BARTOLETTA with notice to heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns or any other person found to have an interest in the property· ******************* CASE NO. GD-22-013268 ************* DEBT $70,062.11 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jeffrey D. Ries, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 714 Lebanon Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-464-9997 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND BOROUGH OF MUNHALL. HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO-STORY, OLD-STYLE FRAME DWELLING, NUMBERED AS 909 HILLTOP STREET, HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA 15120.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 8926, PAGE 305, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 179-K-91.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Steel Valley School District and Borough of Munhall Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Donald K. Duda ******************* CASE NO. GD-18-007452 ************* DEBT $11,148.08 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jeffrey D. Ries, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 714 Lebanon Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-464-9997 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Munhall: HAVING ERECTED THE ON A TWO-STORY BRICK TOWNHOUSE DWELLING, KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 360 EAST JAMES STREET, HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA 15120, DEED BOOK VOLUME 13383, PAGE 86, BLOCK _AND LOT NUMBER 181-F-2.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Steel Valley School District and Borough of Munhall Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Cheryl Delandro, Administratrix of the Estate of Marjorie Kyllonen, Deceased ******************* CASE NO. GD-25-000254 ************* DEBT $13,758.51 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jeffrey D. Ries, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 714 Lebanon Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-464-9997 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND BOROUGH OF MUNHALL. HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO-STORY, OLD.,STYLE FRAME DWELLING, KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 429 EAST 11TH AVENUE, HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA 15120.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 14788, PAGE 400, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 130-L-125.

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DEFENDANT(S): Victoria Carrozzi and Matthew Carrozzi ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000813 ************* DEBT $285,582.38 ********* 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, Township of Marshall: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING KNOWN AS 135 WHEATLAND ROAD, WEXFORD, PA 15090. DEED BOOK VOLUME 18488, PAGE 25, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1998-L-15.

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DEFENDANT(S): Robert C. Kwasniewski and Elvira A. Kwasniewski ******************* CASE NO. MG-22-000739 ************* DEBT $309,287.70 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Danielle Johnson, Esq. *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 1628_.John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19103 19103 / _1325 Franklin Avenue, Suite 160, Garden City, NV’ 11530 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (212) 471-5100 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Township of West Deer: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3503 SUNNYVALE DRIVE, ALLISON PARK, PA 15101. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12853, PAGE: 70. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1214-J-00248-0000.

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DEFENDANT(S): Andy Gorman and Frederick Gorman ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000642 ************* DEBT $48,999.57 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): EMMANUEL J. ARGENTIERI *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 52 NEWTON AVENUE, P.O. BOX 456, WOODBURY, NJ 08096 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 384-1515 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Crescent: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1371 Work Street, Crescent, PA 15046. Deed Book Volume 10977, Page 256. Block and Lot Number 702-C- 292.

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DEFENDANT(S): Michael S. Delisi and Melissa Delisi a/k/a Melissa J. Delisi aka Mellissa Delisi ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000416.· ************* DEBT $67,765.95 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stem & Eisenberg, PC *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): The Shops at Valley Square; 1581 Main Street, Suite 200 Warrington, PA 18976 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 572-8111 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Township of North Versailles: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 955 Pittsburgh St, North Versailles; PA15137. Deed Book Volume 9911, PAGE 425. Block and Lot Number 547-M-239-2.

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DEFENDANT(S): FRANCES GRUNTZ, HERMAN KNERR, SUSAN BARRY, ANNA OSSELBORN, KNOWN SURVIVING HEIRS OF BETTY KNERR aka ELIZABETH BETTY J. KNERR aka ELIZABETH J. KNERR aka Elizabeth J. DAGOSTINO aka BETTY J. DAGOSTINO, AND UNKNOWN SURVIVING HEIRS OF BETTY KNERR aka ELIZABETH. BETTY J. KNERR aka ELIZABETH J. KNERR aka ELIZABETH J. DAGOSTINO aka BETTY J. DAGOSTINO ******************* CASE NO. GD-25-007116 ************* DEBT $75,521.41 ********* 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 COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 18TH WARD - CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 422 CONNISTON AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15210. DEED BOOK VOLUME 17316, PAGE 428. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 34-S-320.

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DEFENDANT(S): BOBBIE J. CARLEY; TEREK M. RICHIE ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000659 ************* DEBT $37,456.44 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF FOREST HILLS Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 227 BERKLEY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. Deed Book Volume 10433, Page 650.

Block and Lot Number 0300-M-000480000-00

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DEFENDANT(S): ANDREW T. BARONE aka ANDREW BARONE; JASMINE D. BARONE ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000426 ************* DEBT $147,568.24 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, county of Allegheny, ROSS TOWNSHIP Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 205 CLEVELAND AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15214.

Deed Book Volume 17386, Page 430.

Block and Lot Number 0163-A-001100000-00

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DEFENDANT(S): LUTUAL M. LOVE, SR. aka LATOOL LOVE aka LUTUAL LOVE; SARAH ABLE; RASHAUN GUSTAVE aka RHEYSHAWAN GUSTAVE aka RHEYSHAWN CLIFFORD, IN HER CAPACITY AS DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF ARMOND GUSTAVE, SR. aka ARMOND GUSTAVE aka ARMAND GUSTAVE, SR.; ARMAND GUSTAVE, III aka ARMOND GUSTAVE, III, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF ARMOND GUSTAVE, SR. aka ARMOND GUSTAVE aka ARMAND GUSTAVE, SR., EDNA BROOKS, IN HER CAPACITY AS DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF ARMOND GUSTAVE, SR. aka ARMOND GUSTAVE aka ARMAND GUSTAVE, SR. ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000985 ************* DEBT $84,897.33 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 15TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 303 FLOWERS AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15207. Deed Book Volume 12766, Page 585.

Block and Lot Number 0056-G-000070000-00

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DEFENDANT(S):ZACHARY REESE, CHRISTOPHER REESE, DONALD REESE, HENDERSON REESE, TAYLOR REESE, JESSICA REESE, CLARISA REESE, IN THEIR CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIRS OF JOYCE A REESE, DECEASED AND IN THEIR CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIRS OF MELANEE J REESE, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER JOYCE A REESE; MATTHEW REESE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIR OF MELANEE J REESE, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER MELANEE J REESE; S.O., A MINOR, AND IN HER CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIR OF JOYCE A REESE, DECEASED AND IN HER CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIR OF MELANEE J REESE, DECEASED; S.O., A MINOR, AND IN HER CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIR OF JOYCE A REESE, DECEASED AND IN HER CAPACITY OF KNOWN HEIR OF MELANEE J REESE, DECEASED ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000350 ************* DEBT $193,614.59 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 14TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 6812 MCPHERSON BLVD, PITTSBURGH, PA _15208. Deed Book Volume 16068, Page 158.

Block and Lot Number 0125-P-000130000-00

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DEFENDANT(S):JILL E BOWSER, aka JILL B BOWSER; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PA ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000322 ************* DEBT $178,750.96 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF WEST MIFFLIN Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 6714 MADISON AVE, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122, aka 6714 MADISON AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 16876, Page 430. Block and Lot Number 0243-R00094-0000-00

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DEFENDANT(S): JENNIFER A KOVAR; JASON KOVAR ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000981 ************* DEBT $85,375.95 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF WEST MIFFLIN Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 2111 CAROLINA AVE, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 13640, Page 154.

Block and Lot Number 0241-H-001340000-00

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DEFENDANT(S): UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER ROBERT BRACY AKA ROBERT J. BRACY AKA ROBERT JAMES BRACY SR., DECEASED; NICOLE WALKER, ANYSSA BRACY, ROBERT JAMES BRACY JR., IN THEIR CAPACITY AS HEIRS OF ROBERT BRACY AKA ROBERT J. BRACY AKA ROBERT JAMES BRACY SR., DECEASED ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000884 ************* DEBT $180,342.96 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF MONROEVILLE Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 924 GARDEN CITY DR, MONROEVILLE, PA 15146. Deed Book Volume 16766, Page 11.

Block and Lot Number 0637-D-000380000-00 aka 637-D-38

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DEFENDANT(S): Carol Foglia, Michael Frank Colosimo, Kay Kain, as Believed Heirs of the Estate of Anna Colosimo; Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Anna Colosimo (if any); Unknown Administrators of the Estate of Anna Colosimo (if any) ******************* CASE NO. GD-22-009851 ************* DEBT $46,727.04 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): MDK Legal *********************** 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:

DEFENDANT(S): Michelle Clever a/k/a Michelle D. Clever, Personal Representative of the Estate of Joseph E. Czolnik a/k/a Joseph Edmund Czolnik, Deceased ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000944 ************* DEBT $56,120.23 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): The Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC *********************** 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, Municipality of Penn Hills:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 611 Gail Drive, Verona, PA 15147. Document Number 008557, Deed Book Volume 8644, Page 17. Block and Lot Number 0446-M-003760000’.”00.

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 617 IDLEWOOD ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12898, PAGE 350. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 538-K-186.

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DEFENDANT(S): Joshua Hayes, Jeremy Hayes, as believed Heirs to the Estate of Cynthia J. Kozup; Unknown Heirs to the Estate of Cynthia J. Kozup; Unknown Administrators to the Estate of Cynthia J. Kozup ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000666 ************* DEBT $14,217.17 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): MDK Legal *********************** 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, Scott Township: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1213-1215 Washington Avenue, Carnegie, PA 15106 AKA 1213 Washington Avenue, Carnegie, PA 15106. Document Number 225016, Deed Book Volume 10377, Page 531.

Block and Lot Number 0102-S-OO1850000-00;

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DEFENDANT(S): James A. Hajek ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000958 ************* DEBT $91,989.05 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): MDK Legal *********************** 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, Borough of Castle Shannon: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1349 Grove Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15234.

Document Number 2017-2173, Deed Book Volume 16678, Page 385. Block and Lot Number 0249-B-00184-0000-00.. •

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DEFENDANT(S): Nathaniel C. Ikechi a/k/a Nathaniel Chinedu Ikechi, Personal Representative of the Estate of Marinus C. Iwuchukwu a/k/a Dr. Marinus Chijioke Iwuchukwu a/k/a Iokay, Deceased ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000371 ************* DEBT $83,273.10 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): The Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC *********************** 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, Wilkins Township: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1 THORNCREST DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16760, PAGE 391. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 452-M-158.

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DEFENDANT(S): Helen Tupper ******************* CASE NO. MG-22-000858 ************* DEBT $154,466.22 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): The Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC *********************** 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, Borough of Braddock Hills: PARCEL NO. 1: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 38 ROXBURY ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK VOLUME 11364, PAGE 338. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 300-F-56.

DEFENDANT(S): CATHLEEN M. HARBAUGH ******************* CASE NO. MG-23-000227 ************* DEBT $115,561.72 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C. *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA,PA19106 ************************** 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 1109 WOODWARD AVENUE, MC KEES ROCKS, PA 15136. DEED BOOK 16502,_PAGE 271. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 73-K-244.

PARCEL NO. 2: BEING VACANT LAND KNOWN AS ROXBURY ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK VOLUME 11364, PAGE 338. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 300-F-18.

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HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1058 BLACKADORE STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK VOLUME 6628, PAGE 646, BLOCK AND LOT 0231E-00006-0000-00.

DEFENDANT(S): MARK D. HUTCHIN, SHANTEL M. HUTCHIN ******************* CASE NO. MG-20-000401 ************* DEBT $132,440.18 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C. *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA,PA19106 ************************** 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.

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DEFENDANT(S): ZACHERY J. FRYAR, BRITANY L. FRYAR ******************* CASE NO. MG-22-000375 ************* DEBT $69,028.58 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C. *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA,PA19106 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF TARENTUM: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 132 2ND AVENUE, TARENTUM, PA 15084.

DEED BOOK 15560, PAGE 181. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1223-R-212.

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DEFENDANT(S): Lela Ledbetter Spigner a/k/a Lela Reed Ledbetter ******************* CASE NO. GD-19-004651 ************* DEBT $103,646.07 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): LOGS Legal Group LLP *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 985 Old Eagle School Road, Suite S14 Wayne, PA 19087 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (610) 278-6800 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 13TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH:

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DEFENDANT(S): Julie B. Minor ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000127 ************* DEBT $122,646.30 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Robert P. Wendt, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 275 Curry Hollow Rd, Bldg. 1, Suite 280, Pittsburgh, PA 15236 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-350-1025 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** All the following described real estate situated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, and Borough of Springdale Parcel I: having erected thereon a residential single-family dwelling being known and numbered as 951 Frazer Street, Springdale, PA 15144 a/k/a 951 Frazier Street, Springdale, PA 15144; deed book volume 18994, page 523; which has a Block and Number of 732P-320. Parcel II: having erected thereon vacant land known and numbered as 951 Frazier Street, Springdale, PA 15144; deed book volume 18994, page 523; which has a block and number of 732-P-318. Parcel III: having erected thereon vacant land known and numbered Railroad St, PA 15144; deed book volume 18994,page 523; which has a block and number of 732-P-3 I5.

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PLAINTIFF(S) BOROUGH OF MOUNT OLIVER DEFENDANT(S): ANNA MARIE MORRIS AND JOSEPH D. IMPELL, AS KNOWN HEIRS OF DOMENIC J. IMPELLICCEIRI, DECEASED AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DOMENIC J. IMPELLICCEIRI, DECEASED ******************* CASE NO. GD-25-003335 ************* DEBT $8,951.13 ********* 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, BOROUGH OF MOUNT OLIVER: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 177 SAINT JOSEPH STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15210. DEED BOOK 8037, PAGE 564. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 33-D-124.

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DEFENDANT(S): Patrice A. Cottrell aka Patrice Cottrell ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000980 ************* DEBT $178,990.00 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stern & Eisenberg, PC *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): The Shops at Valley Square,..1581 Main Street, Suite 200, Warrington, PA 18976 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 572-8111 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Municipality of Penn Hills: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 821 Veronica Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Deed Book volume l 1039;PAGE 211. Block and Lot Number 310-C-314.

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DEFENDANT(S): Nicole M. Roberts ******************* CASE NO. MG-23-001019 ************* DEBT $296,424.16 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stern & Eisenberg, PC *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): The Shops at Valley Square,..1581 Main Street, Suite 200, Warrington, PA 18976 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 572-8111 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Township of Pine:· Having erected thereon a dwelling .being known and numbered as 102 Kestler Drive, Wexford, PA 15090. Deed Book Volume 18253, PAGE 128. Block and Lot Number 1659-N-4.

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DEFENDANT(S): JANET L. BAILEY ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000635 ************* DEBT $33,839.47 ********* 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 West View: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 22 DARTMOUTH AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15229. Deed Book Volume 7535, Page 410. Block and Lot Number 0279-E-00166-0000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S): David T. Powell and Mary E. Powell. ******************* CASE NO. MG-21-000119 ************* DEBT $115,056.24 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Danielle Johnson, Esq. *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 1628 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19103 / 1325 Franklin Avenue, Suite 160, Garden City, NY 12530 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (212) 471-5100 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Township of North Fayette PARCEL ONE:.

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND·NUMBERED AS 176 VALLEYVIEW ROAD, IMPERIAL, PA 15126. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16625, PAGE 190. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0800’N-00025,.0000-00.

PARCEL TWO: BEING VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AS VALLEYVIEW ROAD, IMPERIAL, PA 15126. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16625, PAGE 190. BLOCKAND LOT NUMBER 0800-N-00024-0000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S): Anthony D. Yannone ******************* CASE NO. GD 24-014913 ************* DEBT $186,797.52 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): C. Christopher Hasson, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 62 E. Wheeling Street, Suite 101 Washington, PA 15301 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 838-0082 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny: CITY OF PITTSBURGH, 19TH WARD. HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 840 DUNSTER STREET, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15226. DEED BOOK VOLUME 19659, PAGE 399, BLOCK AND LOT# 0061-B-00050-0000-00.

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PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of· Penn Hills Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Theresa C. Nobile ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-006273 ************* DEBT $20,633.20 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S, 27th Street, Ste. 21O 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 115 UNIVERSITY STREET, VERONA, PA 15147. DEED BOOK 9204, PAGE 395. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 632-B-160.

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PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of· Penn Hills Vs. DEFENDANT(S): GARY J. MARSELLA ******************* CASE NO. GD 23-010861 ************* DEBT $16,337.77 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S, 27th Street, Ste. 21O 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 1033 EVERGREEN DR., PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK 16354, PAGE 245. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 539-P-9H.

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PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Christine Younger a/k/a Christine Miller a/k/a Christine Miller-Younger ******************* CASE NO. GD 22-010608 ************* DEBT $28,273.16 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S, 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2424 LAKETON ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 18766, PAGE 561.BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 296-L-33.

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PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Jack Charles ******************* CASE NO. GD 17-009422 ************* DEBT $29,307.64 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S, 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A MULTl-FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1309 SINGER PLACE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221.

DEED BOOK 11136, PAGE 26. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 232-J-6.

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PLAINTIFF(S) Steel Valley School District and Borough of Munhall Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Ahmed Anthony ******************* CASE NO. GD-19-016000 ************* DEBT $27,032.83 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jeffrey D. Ries, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 714 Lebanon Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-464-9997 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND BOROUGH OF MUNHALL. HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO-STORY, OLD-STYLE FRAME DWELLING, KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 214 EAST 18TH AVENUE, HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA 15120. DEED BOOK VOLUME 10626, PAGE 128, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 131-H-34.

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PLAINTIFF(S) Steel Valley School District and Borough of Munhall Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Turning Point Investments, LLC ******************* CASE NO. GD-21-006143 ************* DEBT $49,902.22 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jeffrey D. Ries, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 714 Lebanon Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-464-9997 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND BOROUGH OF MUNHALL. HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO-STORY, OLD-STYLE FRAME DWELLING, KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1221 MARGARET STREET, HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA 15120. DEED BOOK VOLUME 13176, PAGE 411, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 130-S-323.

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PLAINTIFF(S) North Allegheny School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): JEANINE D. BURKES ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-003957 ************* DEBT $29,004.03 ********* 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, TOWNSHIP OF MARSHALL: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOUSE BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 706 CARVER DR., WEXFORD, PA 15090. DEED BOOK 18876, PAGE 67. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1997-C-108.

NOTICE In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Docket No. CS-25-58 Petitioner Andrew Riegner v. Respondent Susann Alker. To Respondent, whose last known address is 621 Washington Ave., Carnegie PA 15106. You are hereby notified that Petitioner has filed a Petition for the Appointment of a Conservator against you in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at Docket No. CS-25-58, wherein Petitioner seeks to be appointed conservator over property known as 1714 Center Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15229, Block and Lot No. 279N-034. YOU HAVE BEEN SUED IN COURT. If you wish to defend against all claims set against you, you must take action within twenty (20) days by entering a written appearance personally, or by your attorney, filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you.

You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed against you and a judgment entered against you by the court without further notice for any money claimed in the complaint or for any claim or relief requested by the Petitioner. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY BE ABLE TO OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO E L I G I B L E P E R S O N S AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. Lawyer Referral Service, Allegheny County Bar Association, Koppers Building, 11th Floor, 436 7th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, (412) 2615555, www.acbalrs.org. Matthew J. Kalina, Esq., 966 Perry Highway, Pittsburgh, PA, 15237, (412)3666629.

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Estate of RAYMOND C. OLSZEWSKI, SR., deceased of Pittsburgh,PA, Estate No. 04359 of 2021, Lucille M. Olszewski, Adm., or to Claire Johnson Sasenz, Esq., Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky, 444 Liberty Avenue, Ste. 2200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Estate of RONALD C. CONNELLY, Deceased of South Park, Pennsylvania.

Theresa Ann Geisel, Executor or to Robert S. Bootay, Atty., 6 Clairton Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15236 Estate of ALICIA HALL, Deceased, of Pittsburgh ,PA, No. 06383 of 2025, Hanae Rayzer, Adm., 6515 Belcrest Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782

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Monday, February 2 Education Committee Meeting - 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 3 Policy & Legislation Committee Meeting – 8:00 a.m.

Wednesday, February 4 Athletics, Activities & Student Services Committee Meeting - 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 18 Finance & Operations Committee Meeting (26-27 Budget Discussion) 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, March 11 Finance & Operations Committee Meeting (26-27 Budget Discussion) 6:00 p.m.

Monday, April 6 Education Committee Meeting - 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 7 Policy & Legislation Committee Meeting – 8:00 a.m.

Wednesday, April 8 Finance & Operations Committee Meeting (26-27 Budget Discussion) 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 6 Athletics, Activities & Student Services Committee Meeting - 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 13 Finance & Operations Committee Meeting (26-27 Budget Discussion) 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, June 9 Policy & Legislation Committee Meeting – 8:00 a.m.

Monday, August 3 Education Committee Meeting - 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, August 5 Athletics, Activities & Student Services Committee Meeting - 3:30 p.m.

Monday, August 31 Education Committee Meeting - 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, September 8 Policy & Legislation Committee Meeting – 8:00 a.m.

Wednesday, September 16 Finance & Operations Committee Meeting - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 7 Athletics, Activities & Student Services Committee Meeting - 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 14 Finance & Operations Committee Meeting - 6:00 p.m.

Monday, November 2 Education Committee Meeting - 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 3 Policy & Legislation Committee Meeting – 8:00 a.m.

BELLEVUE BOROUGH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Borough of Bellevue will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. to review the proposed Ordinance 26-01 Amending section 7 of the Personnel System regarding employment. The meeting will be held at the Bellevue Borough Municipal Building, 537 Bayne Avenue, Bellevue, PA 15202.

The purpose of the Public Hearing is to receive comments and suggestions regarding the proposed Ordinance.

Action will be taken on the proposed Ordinance at the January 27, 2026, Regular Meeting of the Bellevue Borough Council. Copies of the Proposed Ordinance will be available for inspection during regular business hours.

James E. Kelly Bellevue Borough DAS/ Secretary The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) will hold a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners on Thursday, January 22, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m.

EST. The hybrid meeting will be conducted via Zoom Conferencing and in-person on the Lower Level Conference Room of 412 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

You must register to attend the in-person meeting. Registration for attending the meeting in-person and registration to provide public comment will both open on Monday, January 19, 2026, at 11 a.m. and posted to www.hacp.org 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.

The Board of Commissioners of Wilkins Township will hold a Public Hearing on February 9, 2026, at 6:45 p.m. at the Wilkins Township Municipal Building, 110 Peffer Road, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of taking public testimony relative to the property located at 1350 Laurel Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15235, in the Township of W i l k i n s , A l l e g h e n y C o u n t y, Pennsylvania. A Public Hearing will be held to determine whether or not the structure located on the above property should be declared a public nuisance and demolished.

Interested parties may also attend the hearing virtually via Zoom at the following link: https://us02web. zoom.us/j/85150970250 PUBLIC NOTICE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY The Professional Services Committee of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority will hold a special meeting for general purposes on Thursday, January 15, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. prevailing time, in the Trefz Board Room at its offices located at 3300 Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15233. Official action on the Committee’s recommendations will take place at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors at a later date. The public may view the meeting via livestream by visiting www.alcosan.org.

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2026 HACP BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING DATES The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 2026 Board of Commissioners Meetings will be held at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15219; Lower -Level Conference Room (in person and via webinar) at 10:30 a.m. on the following dates unless specified otherwise by public advertisement: Thursday, January 22, 2026 Thursday, February 26, 2026 Thursday, March 26, 2026 Thursday, April 23, 2026 Thursday, May 28, 2026 Thursday, June 25, 2026 Thursday, July 23, 2026 NO BOARD MEETING IN AUGUST Thursday, September 24, 2026 Thursday, October 22, 2026 NO BOARD MEETING IN NOVEMBER Thursday, December 17, 2026 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.

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OFFICIAL BID NOTICE TOWNSHIP OF UPPER ST. CLAIR Sealed and separate bids will be received by the Township of Upper St. Clair, 1820 McLaughlin Run Road, Upper St. Clair, PA 15241, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania until 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 10, 2026 and the BIDS will be publicly opened and read thereafter in the Township Building at the same address for the following: 2026 ANNUAL STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM (Alternates include Resurfacing the Municipal Basketball Courts) Please refer to https://www.twpusc.org /business/bid_information.php, for details regarding specifications and Bidding requirements.

Matthew R. Serakowski Township Manager REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) recently issued a Request for Proposals to Expand Allegheny County’s Continuum of Supportive Housing (Recovery Homes, Bridge Housing & Scattered-Site Shelter). Due Date: 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 12, 2026. Please join us for a virtual informational session on Thursday, January 22, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Eastern Time. For more information, please visit https://solicitations. alleghenycounty.us/.

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY LEGAL NOTICE CONTRACT No.1826 FURNISH AND DELIVER DEFOAMER Sealed Bids for CONTRACT No. 1826, FURNISH AND DELIVER DEFOAMER for reducing foam in wastewater final effluent shall be received at the Engineering Department office of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, 3300 Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15233, until 2:00P.M., Prevailing Time, Thursday, February 5, 2026, and then shall be publicly opened and read.

ALCOSAN encourages businesses owned and operated by minorities and women to submit bids on Authority Contracts or to participate as subcontractors or suppliers to successful Bidders. Successful Bidders are to use minority and women’s businesses to the fullest extent possible.

To be considered eligible to Bid on this Contract, the Bidder must be the manufacturer or authorized supplier of manufacturer of the defoamer recently pre-qualified by the Authority following trials held in response to the Legal Notice of September 10, 2025.

Documents pertaining to the submission of Bids are available at the Engineering Office of the Authority, 3300” Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233. Bid Security shall be furnished byProviding with the Bid a Certified Check or Bid Bond in the amount of $1,000.00. The Successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance Bond in the amount of $20,000.00.

Any questions regarding the Technical Specifications of the Contract Bidding Documents should be directed to Beth Joyce, ALCOSAN, via email at beth.joyce@alcosan.org Any questions regarding the Contract Bidding Documents should be directed to Judith Shropshire, ALCOSAN, via email at contract.clerks@alcosan.org The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in any bid and to accept any bid should it be deemed in the interest of the Authority to do so.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY Kimberly Kennedy, P.E. Director of Engineering and Construction PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY d.b.a. PRT Electronic Proposals will be received online at PRT’s Ebusiness website (http://ebusiness.portauthority.org).

Bid submittals will be due 1:00 PM on February 10, 2026 and will be read at 1:15 PM, the same day, though your web browser via Microsoft Teams video conferencing, for the following: Electronic Proposal - Ebusiness website (http://ebusiness.portauthority.org)

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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure License Renewal

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No bidder may withdraw a submitted Proposal for a period of 75 days after the scheduled time for opening of the sealed bids.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on the above solicitation on January 22, 2026, and can be joined through your web browser via Microsoft Teams video conference. Attendance at this meeting is not mandatory but is strongly encouraged.

Teams meeting information is available within the Bid Documents for this solicitation on rideprt.org and eBusiness.rideprt.org. Potential bidders may also email the contract specialist assigned to the solicitation.

Questions regarding any of the above bids will not be entertained by PRT after 12:00 PM (noon) on January 30, 2026.

These contracts may be subject to a financial assistance contract between Port Authority of Allegheny County d.b.a. PRT and the United States Department of Transportation. The Contractor will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations.

Contractor is responsible for expenses related to acquiring a performance bond and insurance where applicable. All items are to be FOB delivered unless otherwise specified. Costs for delivery, bond, and insurance shall be included in bidder’s proposal pricing.

Port Authority of Allegheny County d.b.a. PRT hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprise will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

The Board of PRT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. 26-06 Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) is requesting proposals for the performance of the following service (“Contract Services”): INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES The work under the proposed Agreement(s) consists of Investigative Services that will be utilized for the substantiation and verification of work-related and non-occupational injuries and illnesses, liability claims and other employment matters (Contract Services).

PRT intends to enter into agreements with a pool of up to five (5) firms that can be called upon on an as-needed basis. While it is currently PRT’s intention to enter into an agreement with a pool of up to five (5) firms, this number may be adjusted up or down, at PRT’s sole discretion, based upon the number of proposals received and PRT’s evaluation of same in relation to its investigative service needs.

The Agreement will be for a three-year (3-year) period with the option to extend the term of the Agreement up to two (2) additional one-year periods at the sole discretion of PRT. A copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be available on or after January 06, 2026 and can be obtained by registering at the PRT’s ebusiness website: http:// ebusiness.ridePRT.org and following the directions listed on the website. Please note that Proposers must register under the ebusiness category of PSWCI – Pro Workers Comp Investigation for this RFP. Proposers may also register in other categories for any future RFPs issued by PRT. If you have specific questions regarding this RFP, please contact John Young at (412) 566-5216 or via email jyoung@ridePRT.org.

An Information Meeting for interested parties will be held at 9:30 a.m., prevailing time, January 16, 2026, via Microsoft Teams video conference and/or conference call to answer any questions regarding this RFP. To join by Microsoft Team video conference: •Meeting ID: 234 943 289 265 68 •Meeting Passcode: Ym6iw29u To join by Microsoft Teams call-in number: •(412) 927-0245 United States, McKeesport •Conference ID: 414 936 085# Electronic proposals must be both received, and time stamped through PRT’s ebusiness website at or before 2:00 p.m., prevailing time, February 06, 2026, at http://ebusiness.ridePRT.org. Proposals not received by PRT’s ebusiness website by the advertised time for the submission of proposals shall be non-responsive and therefore ineligible for award. Each Proposer shall be solely responsible for assuring that its proposal is timely received and time stamped in accordance with the requirements herein.

This Contract Services may be funded, in part, by, and subject to certain requirements of, the County of Allegheny and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The proposal process and the performance of the requested services will be in accordance with guidelines and regulations of the FTA “Third Party Contracting Guidelines”, FTA Circular 4220.1F, as amended, and all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit, in compliance with 49 C.F.R., Part 26, as amended, implements positive affirmative action procedures to ensure that all Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (“DBEs”) have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and subcontracts financed, in whole or in part, with federal funds, if any, provided under or for the proposed Agreement.

Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit, in compliance with 74 Pa.C.S. § 303, as may be amended, also requires that certified Diverse Businesses, (“DBs”) have the maximum opportunity to compete for, and perform contracts and subcontract for, the Contract Services.

Further, proposers and the Contractor shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, disability, national origin, sex, sexual origin, gender identity or status as a parent in the award and performance of contracts or subcontracts for these Contract Services Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.

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

HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Hill CDC)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking an Assistant Director of Maintenance and Service to during off shift periods, assists in managing, coordinating, and monitoring fleet maintenance, service delivery and administration activities for Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) to ensure safe and reliable fleet operations. Assists with the development and implementation of maintenance work standards.

Assists in implementing and monitoring standardized administrative programs and maintenance activities and procedures around service goals and performance standards.

Implements maintenance programs to maintain the fleet, facility and support equipment and coordinates subcontracted maintenance work.

Coordinates technical instruction provided to employees and ensures safe work practices are followed.

Conducts investigations and hearings regarding accidents and workplace injuries and supervises the allocation of resources for maintenance activities.

Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on Tuesday, February 10, 2025, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for: Pittsburgh Brashear Secure Vestibule General, Mechanical, and Electrical Primes Pittsburgh Brashear Underground Storage Tank Removal Mechanical Prime Pittsburgh King Cafeteria Floor Renovations General Prime Pittsburgh Roosevelt Site Improvement General Prime Pittsburgh Westwood PreK-5 Finish Floor Replacement and Miscellaneous Work General, Asbestos, Mechanical, Plumbing and Electrical Primes Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on Monday, January 12, 2025, at Modern Reproductions (412-488-7700), 127 McKean Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is nonrefundable. Project details and dates are described in each project manual.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION SERVICES RFP #250-02-26 The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby request proposals from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s): EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION SERVICES The documents will be available no later than January 5, 2026, and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on February 5, 2026. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only accept physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until 10:00 a.m. on February 5, 2026, 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/Contracting Officer 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor - Procurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2890 A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on January 28, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.

Please see the meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting: Meeting ID: 816 8402 3461 Passcode: 716772 Dial by your location: +1 301 715 8592 (Washington DC) The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages certified minority business enterprises and women business enterprises to respond to this solicitation.

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

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ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICER The City of Altoona is now accepting applications for Entry Level Police Officers. 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, February 20, 2026.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS City of Pittsburgh, PA DEADLINE EXTENDED Notice is hereby given that proposals for Design and/or Engineering services will be received by the Hill CDC until 5 pm, Monday, 9th of February, 2026. This request is for proposals that provide professional architectural and engineering services for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (Affordable Housing Program) grant awarded project of 10 units of housing across the properties located at 2343-2351 Centre Avenue, also known as Cultivation Corner.

The Hill CDC is committed to expanding opportunity and broadening participation among qualified firms, including certified small, disadvantaged, minority, women, and locally based firms, in its procurement and subcontracting. The Hill CDC seeks to reduce barriers, promote competition, and enhance utilization of underrepresented firms.

Proposals will be reviewed by the Hill CDC and selected applicants may be invited for an interview or bri efi ng. Cont r act awar d and commencement of work are expected in Q1 of 2026.

Request for Proposals package may be obtained at the Hill Community Development Corporation or by emailing opportunity@hilldistrict.org.

Pre-Proposal Site Walkthrough: A site visit meeting will be held at the project site located at 23432351 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. The meeting will take place at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

The Hill CDC reserves the right to reject any bids or to accept any bid deemed for the best interests of the Hill CDC and waive any formalities in bidding.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR PROFESSIONAL ADA-UFAS THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION SERVICES RFP #750-03-26 The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby request proposals from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s): Professional ADA-UFAS Third Party Certification Services The documents will be available no later than January 12, 2026, and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on February 11, 2026. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only accept physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until 10:00 a.m. on February 11, 2026, 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/ Contracting Officer 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor - Procurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2890 A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on January 27, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Please see the meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 846 3017 5873 Passcode: 823823 +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 Americans with Disabilities Act, The PA Human Relations Act, etc. and does not discriminate against any individuals protected by these statutes.

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Essential Functions: • May maintain a revenue service vehicle or equipment used in revenue service.

• Supervises and coordinates the daily activities of supervisors and administrative support employees involved in maintaining, repairing, and servicing the fleet. Supervises and coordinates the daily activities of employees involved with fleet maintenance and repair, fleet interior and exterior cleaning, assignment of fleet to routes, and maintenance of auxiliary headsigns.

• Assists in implementing and monitoring standardized administrative programs and maintenance activities and procedures. Works with Manager of Maintenance & Service to develop and implement service goals and maintenance performance standards in support of PRT’s goals, objectives, and mission.

Job requirements include: • High school diploma or GED. • Associate’s degree or two (2) years of college in transportation, business, vehicle maintenance or related field from an accredited college or university. Related experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.

• Three (3) years’ experience in vehicle maintenance and supervisory experience. No certifications or licenses required.

• Minimum of two (2) years supervisory experience.

• Demonstrated ability in the use of Windows.

• Eff ect ive and pr of essional communication skills.

• Ability to work all shifts as assigned by the Manager of Maintenance and Service.

• Valid PA Driver’s License.

Preferred attributes: • Bachelor’s degree in business or related field from an accredited college or university.

• Valid Commercial Driver’s License (Class B), with P endorsement.

• Experience in statistical process control.

• Participative leadership style.

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

Annual Salary $78,300 - $117,400 We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to: Holly A. Jenkins Employment Department 345 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 HJenkins@RidePRT.org EOE DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS ENGINEER

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