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With support from Black elected officials, Innamorato wins county executive race Innamorato dominates city proper; Joe Rockey takes most suburbs — Innamorato wins by less than 9,000 votes

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

There are about 167,000 African Americans in Allegheny County, and most of them have the same questions when it comes to the county’s future: Will they have access to jobs with a pay high enough to sustain a family? Will they be able to afford the rising cost of apartments and homes in the Pittsburgh city proper? Is the county doing enough to curtail the violence that occurs not just in Pittsburgh, but in the surrounding municipalities?

African Americans in elected positions like Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, Pa. Lt. Governor Austin Davis, U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, and state Reps. Lindsay Powell and La’Tasha Mayes, all backed Sara Innamorato to be the person to lead Allegheny County as the next chief executive. And while exit polling was not widely conducted throughout the county, the chances are good that many African Americans in the county who voted in the Nov. 7 General Elec-

tion voted for the Democrat on the ballot, the one the Black elected officials backed, Innamorato.

Turns out, Innamorato needed every vote. Innamorato won with 51.0 percent of the vote, to challenger Joe Rockey’s 48.7 percent. More bluntly, Innamorato won by just 8,323 votes.

The Black elected officials who backed Innamorato obviously believed that Innamorato had the better vision for the future of Allegheny County than her opponent. She’s a staunch advocate of more affordable housing, high-paying jobs for all ethnicities, safe communities, and for those on the abortion debate, she’s prochoice.

When she officially takes over for the term-limited Rich Fitzgerald in January 2024, she will inherit a $3 billion budget, and many of her decisions will shape Allegheny County.

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THE NEXT ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS SARA INNAMORATO, PICTURED WITH LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AUSTIN DAVIS, LEFT, AND PITTSBURGH MAYOR ED GAINEY. (PHOTO BY EMMAI ALAQUIVA)

Clairton’s own Rema Webb—Broadway star returns home to perform, Nov. 18-19

by Genea L. Webb For New Pittsburgh Courier

Performing on stage is what Rema Webb was born to do.

And she’s over the moon to be returning to the Steel City this weekend to reprise her role as Billie Holliday in the Vernell Lillie-penned, “The Crawford Grille Presents: Billie Holiday.”

“I thought this would be something great for our people,” said Webb, who grew up in Clairton and resides in New York City.

“It doesn’t get any better than Billie Holiday...I thought this would be a great way to pay homage to Dr. Lillie.”

“The Crawford Grille Presents: Billie Holiday” tells the story of the beloved but beleaguered jazz singer and her life.

“Billie is at the end of her life during this show.

I want a more joyful portrayal of her. She had a great sense of humor and she had a bright light. She went through a lot but she was a survivor. We won’t wallow in the fact that drugs were part of her life.

This show is lighter and more fun talking about the history of the grill.”

The show is being presented by the Afro-American Music Institute and the Bayard Rustin Festival. Webb is being accompanied by Gary Mitchell Jr. The production will play at the Carnegie Library Library of Homewood, 7101 Hamilton Ave., on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 19 at 5 p.m.

Tickets are available from AAMI, Dorsey’s in Homewood, online at afroamericanmusic.org or by calling 412-241-6775.

“The Crawford Grille Presents: Billie Holiday” was supposed to be a part of the music institute’s 40th anniversary celebration last year, but that didn’t come to fruition.

Afro-American Music Institute board chairman Deryck Tines Mitchell is excited to have Webb showcasing her extraordinary talent on her home turf.

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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., becomes first Divine Nine sorority to raise $1 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., has completed a historic pledge made in 2021 to raise $1 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This achievement, announced Nov. 3, comes days before the international collegiate and nonprofit community service organization’s 101st anniversary, marking over a century of commitment to helping those in need.

At the time of the original announcement, Sigma Gamma Rho had already raised nearly $500,000 for St. Jude. As part of the push to reach $1 million, Sigma Gamma Rho pledged a three-year sponsorship for the annual St. Jude Walk/Run, held during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month each September.

Since then, Sigma Gamma Rho has reached its goal in large part through its participation in the St. Jude Walk/Run. In 2023, the organization entered more than 200 Walk/Run teams in cities across the United States, helping it cross the fundraising finish line this year.

Rasheeda S. Liberty, International Grand Basileus of Sigma Gamma Rho

a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – so they can focus on helping their child live.

“We’re so grateful for and honored by the incredible heart and dedicated service shown by Sigma Gamma Rho,” said Richard C. Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “This is a milestone accomplishment by Sigma Gamma Rho and its members all over the world that will help St. Jude continue making progress in improving survival rates for children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.”

U.S. Supreme Court unveils new code of ethics for justices

by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

The Supreme Court unveiled an ethics code for its justices on Monday, marking a departure from its historical absence of such regulations. The move comes in the wake of heightened scrutiny and revelations surrounding undisclosed property deals and gifts that have raised concerns about the ethical conduct of some justices.

In an official statement, the court highlighted the code’s purpose as providing a comprehensive framework for ethical conduct.

“For the most part, these rules and principles are not new,” the court explained. It emphasized that the absence of a code had led to what the court said was the misconception that justices were exempt from ethical constraints.

The decision to adopt the ethics code follows a series of controversies surrounding undisclosed dealings, including a revelation involving conservative Justice Clarence Thom-

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stated, “Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Incorporated, is grateful for the opportunity to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s work to find cures and help save the lives of children all over the world. I am proud of the mobilization of our global membership to reach this $1 million milestone, and to have done so just prior to our 101st Founders’ Day. This accomplishment aligns with our sorority’s motto, ‘Greater Service, Greater Progress.’ We look forward to continuing our partnership with St. Jude in the years to come.”

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as. Thomas acknowledged undisclosed travel expenses funded by billionaire associate Harlan Crow in his most recent annual financial disclosure report.

The report detailed several trips facilitated by Crow, including a conservative conference in Dallas and a vacation to the Adirondacks.

Thomas, citing security concerns related to a leaked draft opinion on the Roe v. Wade case, defended using a private jet for one trip. The report, compiled with the assistance of attorney Elliot Berke, asserted that there were no intentional ethical violations and that any discrepancies in previous reports were unintentional.

The disclosures stem from a ProPublica exposé outlining Thomas’s acceptance of luxurious trips from Crow, a prominent Republican donor, which were not disclosed in previous financial reports.

In response to these revelations, Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are urging the Supreme Court to implement

new ethical guidelines.

The controversy also prompted a change in disclosure regulations in March, requiring justices to disclose private aircraft travel and stays at privately owned resorts.

Justice Thomas justified the gifts from Crow as “personal hospitality,” exempt from previous regulations requiring disclosure. The recent report further addressed Crow’s acquisition of Thomas’s family-owned real estate in Savannah, clarifying that Thomas’s financial loss in the transaction was due to a prior investment in his mother’s property.

Furthermore, the report revealed omissions in Thomas’s previous submissions, including the disclosure of bank accounts and other financial matters held by his conservative political activist wife, Ginni Thomas.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) tweeted in response to the revelations, “Justice Thomas has brought shame upon himself and the United States Supreme Court with his acceptance of massive, repeated, and undisclosed gifts. He should resign immediately.”

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1780—Paul Cuffee organizes a demonstration by free Blacks protesting the fact that they were being taxed but were not allowed to vote. Cuffee was a prominent whaling captain and businessman who organized the first integrated school in Massachusetts. In his later years he became frustrated with American racism and advocated the establishment of a free Black colony in the West African nation of Sierra Leone which was then controlled by the British.

1873—W.C. Handy is born in Florence, Ala. The prolific composer and publisher would become known as “The Father of The Blues.” Handy helped move the blues from just a musical genre among low income Blacks to national status. His works became so popular that his 84th birthday was celebrated at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City and drew a crowd of more than 800 blues enthusiasts. Handy’s full name was William Christopher Handy.

1963—Zina Garrison is born in Houston, Texas. She would go on to win 37 professional tennis titles, an Olympic gold medal and finish runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990.

1967—Lisa Bonet is born to a Jewish mother and a Black father in San Francisco, Calif. She becomes a major actress but is perhaps best known for her role in the 1980s television series “The Cosby Show.” Her given name was Liliquois Moon.

2001—Agbani Darego is crowned Miss World becoming the first Black African to win the coveted beauty pageant. She was from the oil-rich West African nation of Nigeria.

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1963 bombing of Birmingham, Alabama’s 16th Street Baptist Church. The bombing killed four little Black girls, shocked the nation and helped mobilize the civil rights movement.

1993—Black majority rule comes to South Africa as Black and White leaders reach agreement on a democratic constitution that gave Blacks the right to vote and ended Apartheid—the system of laws and regulations which had maintained White minority rule.

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1985—Stepin Fetchit, the first major Black movie star, dies of pneumonia in Woodlawn Hills, Calif., at the age of 83. Fetchit (real name Lincoln Perry) was harshly criticized by most major Black organizations because he made his money playing a lazy, shiftless, easily frightened Black character during the 1940s and 1950s. However, the role, which appealed to many Whites and some Blacks, made him a millionaire.

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1867—Howard University is founded in Washington, D.C., as a result of a Congressional order. The school goes on to become an incubator of African Americans who play major roles in civil rights as well as Black intellectual and cultural development. It has approximately 12,000 students and is thus one of the largest predominantly Black universities in the nation.

1923—Prolific Black inventor Garrett T. Morgan is awarded a patent for his t-shaped traffic signal—the basis of modern traffic lights. Morgan later sold the rights to the General Electric Corporation for $40,000. Shortly before his death in 1963, the U.S. government awarded Morgan a citation for his invention.

He also invented the gas mask.

1939—The state of Maryland purchases Morgan State College in Baltimore. The predominantly Black educational institution was originally founded in 1867 by the Methodist Episcopal Church as the Centenary Bible Institute. It was renamed Morgan College in 1890. It currently has 6,000 students and is one of the leading Black universities in the nation.

1962—President John F. Kennedy issues an executive order barring racial discrimination in all federally financed housing.

It was one of several acts which led to the Kennedy name being highly revered by many Black voters.

1976—Gold medal winning Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes is born in Silver Spring, Md. 1977—Chicago Bear great Walter Payton sets an NFL record by running for 275 yards in one game.

1842—Fugitive slave George Latimer is arrested in Boston, setting in motion a legal battle between North and South over the degree to which free states were required to aid slave states in capturing escaped slaves.

The Latimer incident was resolved when at least 100 Black men surrounded the jail where Latimer was being held. Fearing for his safety if he tried to take Latimer back South, the slave owner decided to “sell” Latimer and left with a small amount of money and no slave.

1911—The Omega Psi Phi fraternity is founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. It goes on to become one of the largest and most influential Black Greek-letter organizations.

1972—Despite massive Black voter support for the Democrat George McGovern, Republican Richard M. Nixon is elected president carrying all states except Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. The Black view of Nixon would later be vindicated when he is forced from • NOVEMBER 21 office because of the Watergate 1865—Shaw University is scandal. Nixon was referred to founded in Raleigh, N.C. While as “tricky dick.” virtually all historically Black colleges and universities were • NOVEMBER 18 1797—Abolitionist and orator established after the Civil War, Sojourner Truth is born Isabel- Shaw can rightfully claim to be la Baumfree in Ulster County, the first established in the South.

N.Y. She struggled for an end to slavery and for a woman’s right to vote. She became so well known that she even consulted with President Abraham Lincoln.

1977—White supremacist and terrorist Robert Edward Chambliss is convicted of first degree murder in connection with the

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CEIR conference continues to challenge corporations to meaningfully increase its DEI efforts

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

The Corporate Equity and Inclusion Roundtable conference is back for its 11th year. Tim Stevens, Chairman and CEO of the Black Political Empowerment Project, tells the New Pittsburgh Courier that this year’s edition will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 21, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Duquesne University Power Center Ballroom, 600 Forbes Ave. This year’s theme is, “A Playbook for Success —Accomplishing Meaningful Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.”

“It remains our hope that many organizations

make the term ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ not a slogan, but a true reality,” Stevens said in a statement.

The morning will begin with a welcome from Bill Flanagan, senior advisor, Allegheny Conference on Community Development and host of “Our Region’s Business” on WPXI-TV (Channel 11). Bill Generett, SVP and Executive in Residence, Duquesne University, will then address the crowd, followed by remarks from Stevens.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Pirates will give a presentation on “The Playbook in Action.” “The Playbook” is a guide that was cre-

TIM STEVENS, CHAIRMAN/CEO OF THE BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT. how recent Supreme Court rulings could impact DEI initiatives across America. Brian Oglesby, President/ CEO of the Eastern

EVAN FRAZIER, PRESIDENT/CEO OF THE ADVANCED LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE CEIR CONFERENCE.

throughout the Pittsburgh region are moving to seriously address the inequalities that persist by increasing the employment, promotions, training and retaining of African Americans, and are attempting to

ated to help corporations clearly implement strategies and plans to meaningfully increase diversity in their organizations.

The rest of the conference will focus on panel discussions, such as

Minority Supplier Development Council, will speak on “Creating New Footprints,” while Evan Frazier, President/ CEO of The Advanced

Leadership Institute, will speak on “How Far We’ve Come; A Story of Progress.”

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is also scheduled

to give remarks closer to the end of the program.

(Editor’s Note: For more information on the CEIR conference, call 412-212-8775 or visit ceirpittsburgh.org.)

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With support from Black elected officials, Innamorato wins county executive race INNAMORATO FROM A1

ment, which Innamorato said she would be in favor of. If that happens, there’s a chance property taxes would go up for a lot of county residents.

However, Innamorato has said that a reassessment under her leadership could bring on a property tax relief to longtime homeowners, similar to a program that is used in Philadelphia.

Also, Innamorato will be watched to see how Allegheny County goes forth with who they hire.

Under Fitzgerald’s watch, he touted that 25 percent of the hires at the county since he took office were Black. That’s 25 percent in a county that’s 13.5 percent Black. Will there be even more Black hires working for Allegheny County under Innamorato? Only time will tell.

As she was cheered during her Election Night Watch Party at Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale, Nov. 7, she said part of her vision was to “create solutions to addiction, violence and poverty that makes us all safer, our families stronger, and our communities more vibrant.”

She continued to be cheered for making history as the first woman county executive in Allegheny County, a position that began in 1999.

“I’m honored, I stand on the shoulders on so many others (women in politics) that came before me,” Innamorato, a former state Representative, said. “I’m just thrilled to have this label and I know it will probably open it up to more scrutiny, and we will just be on top of our game, making sure that we are creating a space for everyone, and collaborating and delivering on the promises that we made.”

Among those in attendance were members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85, which represents Pittsburgh Regional Transit drivers.

Karima Howard, Jameeda Jones, Sarita Allen and Clay Davis, all African Americans, told the Courier they supported Innamorato because she’s a big supporter of unions.

PITTSBURGH MAYOR ED GAINEY, AND ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE-ELECT SARA INNAMORATO. (PHOTO BY GAIL MANKER) The Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council and two local units of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers also endorsed Innamorato.

“I’ve had the privilege of serving with Sara in Harrisburg,” said an excited Lt. Gov. Davis on the stage, himself the first Black Lt. Governor in Pennsylvania’s history. “We elected someone who’s going to work like hell for working-class people here in Allegheny County. We elected a compassionate, thoughtful leader who will help make sure we create an Allegheny County that works for each and every one of us.”

Lt. Gov. Davis likes to say that those “closest to the pain” should be “closest to the power.” He said that Innamorato will make sure of that. But

HOLDING THE SIGNS IN THE FRONT ARE ATU LOCAL 85 MEMBERS KARIMA HOWARD AND CLAY DAVIS. ATU LOCAL 85 MEMBERS IN THE BACK ARE JAMEEDA JONES AND SARITA ALLEN. (PHOTO BY GAIL MANKER) also, Innamorato, 37, has been through pain herself, and it’s well-documented.

She lost her father to drug addiction in 2009.

On X, formerly known as Twitter, Innamorato posted in 2019 that “my dad went to rehab 7 times. He died 10 years ago. Some days I’m still mad at him, but mostly I just miss him. My fight for harm reduction is my way of honoring his memory. Why? Because dead people can’t recover.”

At the Election Night

Watch Party, Innamorato told the crowd: “My story is my own, and in sharing it, I know that others feel seen, because over my time as a state Rep. and throughout this campaign, I’ve heard from people who are struggling with their own addiction or lost someone they loved too soon to an overdose or gun violence. I’ve heard from seniors, and single moms with two jobs and not enough childcare. It’s not easy to share these stories but we do so be-

cause government is best when it’s connected to the struggle of everyday people.”

“One thing I can tell you about this region is that we love people,” added Mayor Ed Gainey, the first Black mayor in Pittsburgh’s history. “Believing in people is how we change this region. I asked people to support Sara Innamorato because of the way she treats people. Coming out of a pandemic, people questioned her experience, and the best expe-

rience you can ever have is lived experience, trust me on this. We have somebody that has had life’s struggles and get (back) up. When you see somebody that has compassion for people that are weak, not to exploit them, but to empower them, that’s the type of leader we need in Allegheny County.”

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Clairton’s own Rema Webb—Broadway star returns home to perform, Nov. 18-19 WEBB FROM A1

“This festival celebrates people through the arts with music, dance and visual arts,” explained Tines Mitchell. “This is a wonderful way to celebrate positive music in our community. It’s a beautiful way to celebrate the beauty and talent of our Black culture. The show nods to the genius of Dr. Lillie.

We all worked with her.

In Pittsburgh she was a role model. She showed you what it is to be a bold, unapologetic force of nature. Dr. Lillie was dynamic and in pushing young people forward. I’m excited that Rema (who is Mitchell’s stepsister through marriage) is coming and going to be in Homewood in one of our spaces.”

Webb, 55, got bitten by the performing bug at an early age. She has fond memories of singing in the choir at Morning Star Baptist Church, in Clairton. She studied classical voice as a lyric soprano in Italy. And she was a diligent student of Pitt vocal teacher Claudia Pinza. She fondly recalls performing in the Miss Black Teenage pageant.

Webb, the University of Pittsburgh graduate, worked at Kennywood, Idlewild Park and was an integral part of Kuntu Repretory Theater (alongside Billy Porter) which was founded by Dr. Lillie. Webb began performing profession-

ally at age 15 with the Civic Light Opera Mini Stars.

“I was always doing a show. I knew I loved to sing, I was always completely immersed in theater,” Webb told the New Pittsburgh Courier. “My mom saw something in me and nurtured that.

She did her research to help me move forward.”

All of that culminated to Webb being on Broadway.

She was most recently seen in “Fat Ham.” She has performed in “The Music Man” starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster; “Escape to Margaritaville”; “The Color Purple”; “The Book of Mormon”; “The Lion King”; and “Ragtime.”

She has been performing on the Great White Way for 25 years.

“I’ve been really blessed. All of the Broadway shows I’ve done have such meaning,” Webb said. “‘Ragtime’ was really special because that was my first Broadway show and I was in ‘The Lion King’ off and on for 18 years. Broadway is the hardest. You spend 60-80 hours a week doing a show and it doesn’t end because you have to go home and study. I put myself in rehearsals for Billie Holiday. I’m so blessed to be able to perform. I love it.”

In addition to her Broadway achievements, Webb also has film and TV credits under her belt including,

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“The Sound of Music Live” for television and doing the music along with Sweet Honey in the Rock for the movie “Beloved” starring Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover.

“Oprah is so warm and positive. I feel like she doesn’t know she’s a star. She is very genuine and grounded and intentional in her kindness,” said Webb, who enjoys spending time with her family, which includes two children and two grandchildren.

Webb founded the On Broadway Performing Arts Training Program to help kids ages 10-17 learn about the magical world of performing. All year long the kids (she currently works with 60 kids) learn acting, singing, dance, scene work, acting theory, music site reading, ear training and improvisation.

Webb estimates that 20 percent of her students are on Broadway or TV. “I mentor them forever. Whatever they want or need I try to get it for them or I try to get them there,” Webb told the Courier. “People like Dr. Lillie and Ms. Pinza knew how important it was to have that family that isn’t your family. Many of my students have been with me ten or 15 years and they still come back.”

Webb is looking forward to some family time following her Billie Holiday stint this weekend.

“I’m at a precipice in my career,” she said.

“Do I stay on Broadway or do more concerts like this one and spend more

time with my family and grandkids? I have to listen to what God tells me to do next.”

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The unfortunate truth is that physical inactivity takes a significant toll on older adults in America. Rates of inactivity increased 6% to more than 31% nationwide among adults age 65 and older who were in average health between 2018 and 2021. That number has continued to climb in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to America’s Health Rankings Senior Report.

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In addition to risk reduction, exercise can be beneficial for seniors who are currently experiencing cognitive issues. Physical activity is a common part of treatment plans for people with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease and can help dementia patients manage and potentially reduce symptoms.

One exercise program with something for every ability is SilverSneakers, a fitness program available at no cost to Medicare Advantage members in participating health plans to stay physically active, socially engaged and mentally sharp. The program has been serving people aged 65 and older for more than 30 years.

It is never too late to start exercising Even if you start a workout routine later in life, the benefits to your brain and body are abundant. Talk with your doctor about beginning physical fitness and consider options of interest that are available to you. Exercising with friends or joining a fitness class designed for older

adults can help you feel comfortable while trying something new.

Sims Corbett is a SilverSneakers instructor who is passionate about senior fitness. One of her favorite things about her job is helping older adults discover a passion for exercise and physical activity, even if they’ve never set foot in a gym before.

“Members have access to thousands of gyms, in-person and virtual classes, and platforms designed to foster social interaction and mental well-being, which becomes even more important with age. As an instructor, I see how regular exercise can benefit everyone, at every age,” said Corbett.

SilverSneakers offers our members access to more than 22,000 participating locations with 100+ weekly live virtual classes and 45,000 virtual programs focusing on balance, fall prevention, strength, flexibility, cardiovascular health and much more.

Medicare Annual Enrollment Period is underway through Dec. 7 so now is a perfect time for seniors to choose a plan that offers benefits like fitness. For more information and to check eligibility, visit getsilversneakers.com.

Senior workout inspiration If you want to start exercising, Corbett recommends choosing activities

you will enjoy. “Fitness should be fun. I encourage seniors to take a moment to think about what they have enjoyed doing in the past and what has piqued their interest over the years. Did you take dance classes growing up? Love to swim? Have you always been curious about yoga?

We’re all more likely to continue doing something that we enjoy.”

Some SilverSneakers classes that are good for the body and mind include aerobic classes like Cardio Interval, Walk Strong and Line Dancing. These classes can help patients manage and reduce symptoms related to cognitive functioning.

When you start, you might decide to exercise with a partner or in a group, which can add a fun social element while keeping each other accountable.

However, this is not essential, and even if you exercise alone at home as your schedule allows, you’ll reap many benefits.

While fitness classes are great for guided exercise and making new friends, remember that activities like walking, biking or even household chores like gardening, vacuuming or playing with the dog are all good options for moving the body. All movement—even standing more—can be beneficial for physical and mental wellness.

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Mayor Gainey’s budget shows lean years ahead, with cuts to paving and shrinking reserves Pittsburgh faces some razor-thin budgets in 2025 and beyond, and fiscal (and literal) potholes may loom.

by Charlie Wolfson PublicSource

Mayor Ed Gainey presented his 2024 budget proposals to City Council Monday morning, and despite an optimistic speech before a packed council chamber, some on Grant Street worry that the city could be heading for financial hardship in the years ahead.

“Today I’m proud to put forward a budget with no tax increases,” Gainey said during his speech.

“Our future is brighter than ever.”

But looming union contract negotiations and the end of federal pandemic relief money have some city officials worried that Pittsburgh could face a budget deficit—possibly as soon as 2025—and they are urging the mayor to take a more cautious approach to budgeting.

The budget Gainey presented to council, a fiscal plan for 2024 with projections for four years after that, predicts an operating margin of just $3.5 million in 2025.

That’s down from an estimated margin—the difference between revenue and expenses—of $40 million in 2023 and a projection of $29 million in 2024. The administration projects a larger margin in 2027.

A $3.5 million cushion for 2025, though, is just 0.5 percent of the city’s projected operating expenses for 2025, and would be the city’s smallest operating surplus since 2020, when people stayed home due to the coronavirus outbreak and revenue from parking and amusement taxes was crushed.

The city now projects a reserve fund balance of just $71 million by the end of 2028, down from $152 million today and just 10.1 percent of the projected expenditures for that year. The city is required by ordinance to keep a reserve fund of 10 percent of its planned expenditures.

“It’s clear that we’re just barely scraping by,” said Peter McDevitt, the budget director for City Council. “We’re going to have to be very careful and cognizant about the money that we’re spending.”

In a press conference Monday, Nov. 13, Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak said the city’s projected slim margins in the coming years were expected, and not a long-term concern.

“We know we’re confronting what is a temporary fiscal challenge,” Pawlak said, with American Rescue Plan Act [ARPA] funding lapsing and significant debt payments scheduled for the next three years.

“We know that we do not have a structural challenge. … We know that the operating result for a few years will be narrow, but we also can see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

But that thin margin in 2025 is built on projections for employee salaries, capital projects and revenue estimates that some believe are unrealistic.

‘Frugality’ in paving planned Gainey’s team is also counting on a steep dropoff in debt payments after 2026, with debt service slated to drop from $79 million in 2026 to $48 million in 2027.

Gainey and Pawlak acknowledged the need for “frugality” in the next few years, and said the city’s capital budget could be limited as a result. One glaring example: The city plans

MAYOR ED GAINEY enters the City Council Chambers to applause as he arrives to give his 2023 budget address on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, at the City-County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource) to spend $5 million and $6 million on street paving in 2025 and 2026, respectively, down from usual levels higher than $17 million.

“We need to present a responsible plan,” Pawlak said, “and that responsible plan calls for frugality in 2025 and 2026. We think we can meet resident needs, but we have to be responsible about it.”

After conceding the need for some capital cutbacks during his speech, Gainey said, “Though the path may not be straight and the going may be difficult at times, I believe with every fiber of my being that we will reach new heights.”

City Controller Michael Lamb, who is leaving government after 16 years this January, criticized the reduction in paving funds, saying the move puts the city “in a situation where you’re moving backwards again.”

“I don’t know what their plan is for that, other than to allow things to deteriorate,” Lamb said.

ARPA sunsetting, interest questioned Lamb said he is “very concerned” about the city’s ability to maintain a balanced budget in the years ahead.

Among his worries is the end of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which was passed in large part to buoy municipal and state finances after the economic shock of the pandemic.

More than $40 million of the city’s operating expenses have been covered by ARPA each year since 2021, and into 2024. But the funds expire at the end of 2024, leaving a much thinner budget in 2025.

Controller-elect Rachael Heisler, who will succeed Lamb in January, said she has doubts about the city’s projections for interest earnings in the long term.

The city earned a higher-than-expected $17 million this year after the Federal Reserve increased rates, but she questioned how the city can expect to maintain those returns when its fund balance is expected to decrease by half in the next five years and interest rates could

change.

Pawlak said in an interview that most of the city’s interest earnings come not from its fund balance but from cash that flows through the city’s accounts during a year—for example, most residents pay property taxes at the beginning of the year, and that money earns interest until it is spent later in the year.

As for interest rates, which were at historic lows before the pandemic but have since risen, Pawlak said the city’s procedure is to plan for steady rates and adjust to any changes.

Another possible revenue problem: The city’s deed transfer tax has hit hard times recently, after remaining relatively stable during the pandemic years. From the start of 2023 through Sept. 30, the city collected 30 percent less than it did during the same period in 2022. The take of $37 million was just over half of what the city was counting on receiving in 2023, with just three months left in the year.

Raises and ‘restraint’ The budget includes no raises for firefighters or paramedics, despite the fact that the city will negotiate new contracts with the first responders’ unions this year, which may result in significant raises. McDevitt said those raises are accounted for in a vague “allowances” budget line that contains $7 million.

Lamb and Heisler both suggested more “restraint” in the city’s upcoming budgets, warning against curtailing basic city services and letting the reserve fund get too low in case another economic downturn hits.

“I think the economy is so volatile … I think the city would be smart to be in a position to be a little more nimble in the next few years,” Heisler said.

“I would prioritize making sure that our fund balance remains on solid footing.”

Lamb said some city departments have seen an “explosion” in spending in recent years, singling out the mayor’s office, city council and the Office of Community Health and Safety.

“There is going to need to be a discussion about what remains a city expenditure,” Lamb said.

The budget will now be examined and amended

by City Council, which must ultimately adopt an amended version by the end of the year.

Council President Theresa Kail-Smith said late Monday that she is worried about the fund balance declining

to near 10 percent, and noted that some cuts could be in order.

“We have to make some tough decisions,” KailSmith said. “We’re here to do the things we’re supposed to be doing, and that is paving roads, trimming trees, keeping people safe. Everything

else is something extra for us, as far as I’m concerned.”

(Charlie Wolfson is PublicSource’s local government reporter and a Report for America corps member.)

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Za'Kiyah House third annual fundraiser banquet

CLEMENTINE SEELY, QUIONNA RHODES, ADDY LORD. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)

Za’Kiyah House is a community-led non-profit organization in the Pittsburgh area working to reduce homeless-

ness, recidivism, and addiction. Za’Kiyah House does this through caring relationships, holistic community support,

and necessary tools to em- quet at Xia’s Restaurant in power individuals to find free- Monroeville, Sept. 23. dom. The organization held its third annual fundraiser ban-

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FLM HAITI'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALA For 40 years, Functional Literacy Ministry of Haiti (FLM) has helped Haitians help themselves through education, healthcare, and hope. Thousands have benefited from the work as this Pittsburgh-based organization has supported the health and education of the poor in Haiti, in spite of manmade and natural disasters. Despite many obstacles, FLM has continued to be a source of hope in difficult situations.

FLM Haiti’s 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration was held, Oct. 28, at the DoubleTree hotel in Monroeville. The event included music by Verna Crichlow’s Caribbean Vibes Steel Band and internationally known Classical Pianist, Amaury Morales y Amigos.

There were words from Rev. Osse Paul, Deputy Executive Director, Alliance for Christian Action (ACC Haiti); Dr. Dieudonne Catule, Medical Director, House of David Clinic in Haiti; Bishop Leon D. Pamphile Founder of FLM Haiti; Dr. Asa Lee, President, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and other guests.

There was also a Haitian Art Sale.

FLM Haiti honored 5 people for their support of the work in Haiti.

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SERVICE AWARD: Carolyn Goins, Carolyn Russ, Dr. Bill and Mary Markle, Dr. Lynn Moran, Birdy Reynolds, Jim Strang, Barikki Hall Shabazz.

HAITIAN LEADERSHIP AWARD: Rev. Jean-Bernard Saintimé, Evens Frejuste, Dr. Dieudonne Catule, Pastor Osse Paul. MISSION TEAM LEADER AWARD: Dr.

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Rhonda Johnson, Mary Gregg, Molly Golando, Dr. Ervin Dyer, Cathy Sapp, Marian Allen, Isabel Smith, Rosalyn Lee. LONGEVITY OF GIVING AWARD: Karl & Marilyn Brower, Rev. Robert and Mrs. Patricia Tolliver, Faythe Wiley, Art & Jackie Randolph, Marjorie Wood, Dr. Ronald and Dr. Jane Glenn, Dr. Amilcar and Denise Exumé.

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Seth Hufford August 31, 1974 to November 4, 2023 It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Seth Taylor Hufford, 49, of Pittsburgh, PA. After enduring a rare and aggressive carcinoma, Seth passed away peacefully at home on November 4, 2023 encompassed by the warmth and love of family and dear friends organically gathered together to ease his transition.

Seth is survived by his wife Dorie L. Taylor and their two sons Nevins and Miles Taylor Hufford, parents Dorothy Tanner and William E. Hufford, brother Kent L. Hufford and sister-in-law Giorgia Tommasi, nieces Sveva and Livia, father-inlaw George D. Taylor, sister-in-law Gail D. Taylor, brother-in-law G. Darren Taylor and sister-in-law Harri Kuehn Joseph and numerous other loving family members. Seth was preceded in death by his motherin-law Beverly Adams Taylor.

Seth held a Master of Public Policy and Management from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Arts from Dickinson College. He attended Pittsburgh New Church and School, Woodland Hills High School and graduated from Greater Latrobe High School.

When asked, “Who are you?” Seth would identify in the following ways, “I am a father, husband, son, brother, nephew, cousin, uncle, and friend. I am a white, heterosexual, cisgender male. I am a facilitator who believes in the ability of people to create their ideal selves and partner with others to create transformation and change in their world. I am a lover of good food, a wide variety of music and international soccer. I am a life-long learner.”

For the first part of Seth’s career he designed and facilitated civic leadership programs for Leadership Pittsburgh and Coro New York Leadership Center. He went on to found The People Group to facilitate people and organizations through critical dialogues using methods and processes that engage all voices and integrate equity, diversity and belonging. Seth supported the work of youth democracy as a founding board member of NextGen:PGH and cofounder of Civic Stage, helped establish the Westinghouse Park Master Plan, and orchestrated the Leadership Institute for Emerging Professionals for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Pittsburgh. Seth was affiliated with cohorts of disruptors including the League of Intrapreneurs, BMW Responsible Leaders Network, Art of Transformational Consulting, and SEIU BOLD Center.

When asked, “Why do you do what you do?” Seth would answer, “I am doing this work for my two children and future generations so that they can live in a world with more love and compassion.”

Seth poured time and care into every relationship he formed, be it with his immediate and extended family, friends, colleagues, or most recently the healthcare professionals that cared so deeply for his comfort. He leaves behind a legacy steeped in love and compassion.

We are so proud and grateful.

A Memorial Service and Celebration of Life will commence Saturday, December 2 in Pittsburgh, PA. Please consider sharing your favorite Seth memories for Nevins and Miles to appreciate for years to come.

“A time to REND, and a time to SEW; a time to KEEP SILENCE, and a time to SPEAK. A time to LOVE, and a time to HATE. A time of WAR, and a time of PEACE.” - Ecclesiastes 3:7-8 REV. WALKER SAYS: The WORD OF GOD is ever-speaking to US, are we listening? Keep praying for PEACE, take more time to show LOVE. Practice the art of listening.

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Connie Hawkins, 'The Hawk'...Still flying! :10—In the proverbial sense that we often speak of... “Let’s start at the beginning,” let’s do just that.

In the summer of 1970, I was in the old weight room above the gym floor in the now-defunct Penn Hills Senior High School.

At no time during the pain of rehabbing a partially destroyed knee in preparation for my senior year football season did I realize at that time how prominently the pick-up basketball game I was watching below would eventually play in my life.

(That stage is set for now.

You’ll get the rest of the story in my forthcoming book...due in the year of who knows when!) :09-—The reason that was a little bit important is that at the time basketball was something we did for fun. Flash forward to 1975 after four of the greatest years of my life and four concussions (and still counting) at Slippery Rock University. Standing outside the newly remodeled Homewood YMCA,

to run a summer basketball league. And remember, I was just an ex-football player who loved the game of basketball, learning “on the run” as it were! :07—With Connie giving me permission to name the soon-to-be-historic summer basketball league after him, with “K.D.” showing me the “how to” and “Big Will” walking me through it, the seed that

was planted in my head while in that weight room in 1970 was about to go into full bloom!!! :06—For most of you, you either played in, knew of, watched, or heard about the now-unprecedented national and internationally recognized Connie Hawkins NCAA/Pro/

CONNIE HAWKINS, “THE HAWK,” IS A MEMBER OF THE PHOENIX SUNS’ RING OF HONOR.

CONNIE HAWKINS — “THE HAWK” SOARS PAST LEGENDARY SUPERSTAR WILT CHAMBERLAIN. orchestrated by Joe Lewis and yours truly, was the time and place that history, the likes of which this city had not quite seen before, would be set in order! :08—It was there and then that I met the legends of the game for the first time. The great Connie Hawkins, the legendary Kenny “K. D.” Durrett, and the force also knows as “Big” Will Graham—IN THAT FIVE MINUTES I figuratively learned everything about them, about basketball and how

Am Summer Basketball League. (For the rest of you it will be in the book, I promise.) The last person out...turn the lights off... all-city participation basketball event that drew great, fun-loving, exciting, and non-violent groups of 500 to 1,000-plus crowds, Monday through Friday, every night for “40 years.”

Many came for the spectacle, some because it was the place to be. But the basketball purists came to witness the true definition of ASPHALT STREET

BALL THAT LEGENDS ARE MADE OF. :05—Let’s think of the names that will never be forgotten. The Hawk himself, K.D., “Big Will,” Norm Nixon, Sam Clancy, Ron Carter, Hosea Champine, Larry Harris, Leroy Freeman, Clyde Vaughan, Kirk Bruce, Larry Richardson, Bobby Franklin, Dr. Death, Lenny Pruitt, Ron Brown, Darrin Walls, Jeff Baldwin, Ricky Coleman, Jeep Kelly, Bobby Byrd, Craig Prosser, Tom Coates, Darryl Gissendanner, Stu Lyons, and

“Big John” Marshall. Not to forget the women who held their own in the Jennifer Bruce League that served as an extension to the Hawkins League.

Showcasing Bruce, Karen Hall, Edna Campbell, Lisa White, Margo Hinton, and others, just to name a few.

PLEASE - DO - NOT GET - ME - STARTED ON THE TEAMS THAT SET IT OFF...The Rankin Gangsters, The Cosmic Echoes, Bump Yes!, The Dons, Clairton’s Finest, Fire, the Homewood Horses and the Running Reb-

els...I asked you not to get me started. Man, there’s just not enough time and space. But yep, you guessed it, it will be in my book...sure ya right... :04—By now, you’ve asked yourself, where is Neal going with this history lesson and why now?

Reasons for you, nephew. #1. We remember and will never forget the great and legendary Connie Hawkins, without whom none of this would have happened. Everybody came because they wanted “TO FLY WITH THE HAWK!” #2. Unbeknownst to far too many of you, the very continuance of the league and all that came after it, the overnight basketball camps, the Kenny Durrett High School All-Star Basketball Classics, the Franco Harris Football Camp, the Willie Stargell MVP Awards...20 programs a year for 49 consecutive years up to and including the first-ever Pittsburgh City League High School All Sports Hall of Fame Inductions. NONE OF WHICH MAY HAVE EVER BEEN A REALITY WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF VINCE LACKNER. Now the president and founder of the Lackner Group, a corporate entity here in Pittsburgh.

But then, a strong and more-than-capable basketball player from Harvard and Rhodes Scholar candidate, who gave of his time to challenge the IRS and aid in securing the necessary and valuable 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax exempt status that would allow us to move forward and continue our growth. (Which reminds me, after nearly 50 years

of dedicated community service, we should pay Vince the $50 we owe him for his service...actually it was pro bono). #3. The circle is nearly complete as THE NBA’S PHOENIX SUNS RECENTLY INDUCTED “THE HAWK” INTO THEIR RING OF HONOR including banner unveiling, and ceremony along with “Sir Charles” Barkley, Walter Davis, Kevin Johnson, Steve Nash and others. :03—Although I claim Connie as my big brother, the real and rightful bloodline was called upon to represent his namesake and legacy. Shawn Hawkins, Connie’s grandson, stood tall and proud as he represented his grandfather at the ceremony a few weeks ago.

Shawn, a Pittsburgh City League Hall of Famer, college standout, and professional European star, was more than suited for the task and would have made Connie proud. :02­—Shawn represents his family’s name and legacy and has a tight-knit group including Vince Lackner and Major Mark Whited, who is the author of the forthcoming book on Connie Hawkins and the champion Pittsburgh Pipers of the ABA. He works with them as he continues to advance the legendary story of the great Connie Hawkins. Those who have serious interest and/or valuable information to contribute, you can reach Shawn through me at the Achieving Greatness office at 412-628-4856. :01—I am forever grateful that I got to FLY WITH THE HAWK! :00—GAME OVER.

Don’t try to big-up Pickett and downplay George Pickens As I watched the Steelers win a hard-fought game against the Green Bay Packers, Nov. 12, I was reminded of the 1970s mega-television hit “M.A.S.H.” According to Wikipedia, “The series, which was produced with 20th Century Fox Television for CBS, follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the Korean War.” During the game, as I watched the injuries pile up on the Steelers sideline, the blue tent seemed to morph into, “the house of blues.” As I observed players enter and exit the blue tent, I soon began to expect the stars of M.A.S.H., “Hawkeye” Pierce, “Trapper” John, and their fearless leader, Colonel Potter, to emerge from the tent, sporting scrubs soiled after a day of treating soldiers wounded as a result of being in the midst of a war.

The Steelers “air-tillery” (the passing game) was again ineffective.

And the Steelers “in-

fan-try” (the running game), as usual, had to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Pickett’s performance was again below average. He completed just 14 passes

out of 23 attempts for a paltry 126 yards. On the Nov. 2 Thursday night game against the Tennessee Titans, Pickett was again less than stellar, completing 19 out of 30 for 160 yards.

Many folks continue to gush and gleam about the so-called late-game heroics of Steelers QB Kenny Pickett. Personally, I have not jumped on the hero-come-lately bandwagon. Late-game shenanigans would be unnecessary if a quarterback performed adequately for all four quarters. But stop the

presses...there seems to be something a bit more questionable about the stats of Kenny Pickett not being spotlighted than meets the eye.

There has been a miniature brouhaha breaking out on social media regarding second-year wide receiver George Pickens expressing his displeasure at his role in the Steelers offense being minimized. When the team was introduced on Sunday, Nov. 12, the two competing running backs of the Steelers, Jaylen Warren and Najee Harris, were introduced as part of the starting lineup as opposed to three wide receivers with a quarterback and a single running back in the backfield. The irony was not lost because neither player is listed or categorized as a fullback. If two backs are featured as starters, one of them will be listed as a fullback, 99 percent of the time. What was the dark reason behind George Pickens being publicly shunned and taken to

the woodshed?

Remember when former Steelers All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown began to express dissatisfaction with his role with the team and began to criticize QB Ben Roethlisberger? That criticism began the process of his elimination. The series of events that followed sounded the death bell for Brown’s tenure in Pittsburgh and was the beginning of the downward spiral of Brown’s career. Folks are now beginning to focus on a few superficial comments

by Pickens as opposed to the artificial and overvalued ability of Pickett. Many scribes have now found the musings of Pickens is providing the perfect smokescreen to cover and gloss over the inadequacies and ineptitude of Pickett. However, Noah Strackbein is not one of those writers. Strackbein recently posted an article: “Five Thoughts: Grading Kenny Pickett Getting Old.” Strackbein wrote the following: “Having a week-

ly discourse nit-picking every single throw and play that Kenny Pickett makes is getting a bit old. The things he’s doing, both well and not well, have become a pattern, and we’re seeing the true ability of what he is.

He lacks the accuracy that everyone thought would be his calling card.

His decision-making, at times, will be questionable. Pickett does, however, have the ability to win games late, as evidenced by his fourth-quarter comebacks and statistics. Pickett doesn’t play in an offense that’s going to generate eye-popping statistics. He doesn’t have the arm to sling the ball 50 times and throw for 300 yards every game. It just is who he is. Sure, there’s room for growth, but he’s also now 25 years old. Time isn’t going to tick on forever, allowing him the chance to prove himself.”

Coach Mike Tomlin must not begin to allow Kenny Pickett to denigrate the Steelers locker room, like his predeces-

sor Ben Roethlisberger, to only protect his ego and himself. The Steelers lost cohesiveness, loyalty, and team unity during the tenure of Roethlisberger and the healing process has still not been completed.

The team cannot afford to again allow the “bacteria of narcissism” to run rampant in the locker room. During the last several years of the me, myself, and I tenure of Ben Roethlisberger, the morale in the Steelers locker room may have been at an all-time low.

The Steelers’ fateful error of choosing Kenny Pickett in the first round may haunt the Steelers’ management for years to come. Vilifying George Pickens or any other Steelers player to take the heat and focus from the shortcomings of Pickett is not going to help Pickett become a better player. That task can only be achieved by Pickett and Pickett alone, not by hype, marketing, and wishful thinking.

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Year-end tax resolutions to make your new year bright

by JP Morgan Chase At the start of a new year, many resolve to make big changes during the next 365 days— whether it’s to save more, eat better, exercise, lose weight or even complete our taxes long before the filing deadline.

The best tax-planning resolutions, however, might be the ones we

Individuals can contribute up to $22,500 to their 401(k) plans for 2023. If you’re putting money in an individual retirement account, or IRA, the limit on annual contributions is $6,500. If you’re 50 or over, you can put in an additional $1,000 in catch-up funds.

You must contribute to your 401(k) by Dec. 31 for it to count for your 2023 return. But for a tradi-

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complete before Jan. 1.

Leading up to the new year, consider these timely money moves, which could help increase your tax refund or reduce the amount you’ll owe.

Boost your retirement savings If you have a 401(k) plan through an employer, consider increasing your contribution. Money placed in a 401(k) at any time reduces your taxable income, lowering your adjusted gross income, potentially lowering it enough to help you qualify for other tax credits.

Budgeting with your partner promotes a shared understanding of money management, priorities, and values, reducing conflicts and misunderstandings. It provides a roadmap for achieving common financial objectives together. A well-managed budget allows you to live within your means, be prepared for unexpected emergencies, and enjoy life more fully without money worries.

Consequences of Financial Stress on Couples On the other hand, not working together on budgeting can lead to conflicts and negative consequences that may strain your relationship and hinder your financial well-being. With-

tional or Roth IRA, you can contribute money through April 15, 2024, or the tax filing deadline, and have it apply for 2023.

Use up your FSA funds If you have a flexible spending account (FSA) for health care or dependent care, you’re expected to use almost all or all of your funds by Dec. 31.

Depending on your plan, you might have a grace period to spend a portion in early 2024, or you may SEE NEW YEAR B2

out systems, it’s easier to avoid taking responsibility for financial decisions.

This lack of accountability can lead to poor financial choices, debt accumulation, inadequate preparation for emergencies, and lack of progress toward financial goals.

The Examining the Relationship Between Financial Issues and Divorce report found that financial disagreements are stronger predictors of divorce than other common marital disagreements. Don’t let financial issues affect your relationship’s overall health and happiness.

Take the fundamental step of budgeting together to build a solid financial foundation and a harmonious partnership.

Tips for Budgeting with Your Partner

Here are some essential aspects to consider when budgeting together Open, Honest, and Positive Communication Talking about money is often stressful and brings up feelings of insecurity, self-doubt, resentment, and fear. Work to create a supportive and understanding environment rather than one of judgment and shame. Be transparent about your financial situation, debts, income, priorities, and concerns. Acknowledge past mistakes and assure each other that you are committed to working together to achieve your goals.

Set Shared Goals Define short and longterm financial goals together, such as saving for a vacation, buying a home,

paying off debt, or building an emergency fund.

Shared goals help you stay motivated and focused.

Define Roles and Responsibilities Decide who will be responsible for specific aspects of budgeting, such as tracking expenses, paying bills, and managing investments. Clear roles can prevent misunderstandings and ensure accountability.

Create a Realistic Budget Develop a budget that reflects your combined income and accounts for essential expenses like housing, utilities, and groceries. Leave room for discretionary spending and entertainment while still saving and investSEE BUDGET B2

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Federal Trade Commission Whether they left the service decades ago or are planning their transition to civilian life, scammers have been trying to get vets to send money or share personal information. Scammers also want to get their hands on the valuable benefits you earned through military service.

What are some ways to know you’re dealing with a scammer?

First know how scam-

mers operate. Imposter scams come in many varieties, but they work the same way: scammers call, text, email, or reach out over social media and pretend to be someone they trust to convince them to send them money. Scammers may pretend to be from a government agency and say the vet need to pay a fine. Or they may pose as an online love interest who needs him or her to send money for an expensive medical procedure. The scammer may offer a job, too, but say the vet needs

to pay a fee before they get hired. Scammers may claim to have some affinity with the military to gain their trust so they won’t dig too deep into what they’re saying.

Second, know how scammers ask you to pay. No matter what the story is, only scammers will insist that the only way you can pay is by cash, gift card, cryptocurrency, payment app or a wire transfer service. These methods make it almost impossible to get their money back, which is why scammers insist to get

paid that way.

Stop. Don’t pay.

Over the next few weeks, the Federal Trade Commission will highlight some of the ways scammers try to get at your veterans benefits—and ways vets can spot and avoid those scams.

One way to recognize Veterans Day is to share the advice about avoiding scams and encourage veterans to sign up for the latest updates to stay a step ahead of scammers at https://www.militaryconsumer.gov.

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Called to serve On the week of this writing, we observed Veterans Day. Veterans Day is a national holiday in the United States where we honor veterans of the Armed Forces and military personnel who paid the ultimate price of death while fighting for our country in an effort to protect our freedom and liberty.

On Veterans Day, those of us who are civilians tend to echo the words Happy Veterans Day and Thank You For Your Service similar to how we say God Bless You when someone sneezes. It’s a matter of expression we heard others say. So we say it, too, not fully knowing and understanding why.

I wanted to get a deeper understanding of what it’s like to be enlisted into the Armed Forces. What are some of the benefits, challenges and sacrifices one endures when committing to the military? I decided to enlist the help of my cousin, Chief Master Sergeant Angela Sanders. Angela recently retired from the Air Force at the tender age of 47.

As a financial planner, I’m often asked for ideas and strategies on how to retire early. When we say retire early, the typical age people are referring to is 55. Angela did it before 50. Impressive! When speaking to young people I now incorporate Angela’s story, sharing ideas on how to get a free college education and retire young.

The story that follows is a story of a

Veteran whom I’m very proud of. You’ll read in her own words how she applied the Air Force slogan, “Aim High,” into her decision and fulfillment to serve our country: “Growing up in Youngstown in a lowto middle-income area there was so much going through my mind on what I would do after high school. Looking at my surrounding neighborhood and seeing limited opportunities I knew I had to eventually leave the area. Graduating at the top of my class the expectation was for me to go to college and get a degree and find a good-paying job. Although I had worked extremely hard to position myself for college as well as scholarships, I did not have the desire to go to college. I was looking for something a little more challenging and adventurous while still having the opportunity to grow and develop. I initially went to Youngstown State on a full scholarship. During my second year of college my home was broken into and my brother was nearly killed. This experience devastated me. The next day I made an appointment to see an Air Force recruiter. Six months later I was leaving for San Antonio, Texas, to enter

basic training and I never looked back.”

Benefits: “I always had a desire to serve in the military as my uncle who retired from the United States Marines inspired me at a young age. My desire increased as I began to do my own research on everything the military had to offer. I figured that if I joined the military I wouldn’t have to worry about housing, food or medical insurance. Being an athlete in high school, I thought about fitness and health and how this type of career would encourage me to stay on track with maintaining those goals. Lastly, it would give me the opportunity to continue going to college and leave my hometown while seeing other parts of the world.

It just made sense to me then. It makes sense to me now. The biggest reward on my decision to join the military is being able to retire young and able after 27 years of service.”

Challenges: “My goal has always been to strive for excellence and take advantage of any opportunity that came my way. As I strived to make it through the ranks there were many barriers and challenges that I had to push through in this male-dominated field. As a young Airman, I didn’t experience much adver-

sity. As I began to move up in rank, the more challenging the struggle became. I experienced both racism and sexism. I was questioned about my efforts provided on a team award. I had a leader fight to have the only two Black women on the team names removed. I experienced having complaints being submitted about me not knowing how to read or write. How is that possible when I graduated from high school as the valedictorian and I sat as the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force? In addition, many of us go through mental and psychological issues due to the many things we experience down range as well as abroad.”

Sacrifices: “Although I don’t regret my overall decision of joining the military and making it a career, this career path definitely requires sacrifices that you may regret. My number one regret and major sacrifice was having to leave my son and deploy and then making a long-term decision for him to remain with my mother. I am so thankful that my mother was available to take my son and provide him with a stable home while I continued my military career. As I look back, I don’t believe this was the best decision for him long-term. I really needed to be in his life physically to provide the mental, spiritual and social stability he needed during this time. As he SEE DAMON CARR B2

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be able to roll over some of your unspent funds into next year’s FSA. Check your plan guidelines to make sure, but either way, you don’t want to lose money already withdrawn from your paycheck.

You might be surprised what’s eligible as a qualified expense under your FSA. Use this time to stock up on over-thecounter medications, sunscreens, eyeglasses, prenatal vitamins and more to spend down your FSA.

If you’ve been putting off medical appointments or procedures, complete them before the end of the year. Other options include refilling eligible prescriptions by Dec. 31 and prepaying any childcare or summer camp expenses if you have a dependent care spending account.

How’s your withholding?

If you got married, divorced or had a child in 2023—among other life changes—you may need to adjust how much your employer withholds from your paycheck for federal

taxes. Other big changes, such as buying a home or getting a raise, might also call for a withholding change.

Contact your employer and fill out a new W-4 form to change your withholding. This will help ensure you’re paying enough from each check to avoid a large tax bill in 2024—or help you avoid paying too much.

Will you itemize?

If you think your qualified expenses will be more than the 2023 standard deduction ($13,850 for

most singles, $20,800 for heads of households and $27,700 for most married couples filing jointly), you might get a larger return or pay less if you itemize your deductions. Estimate how much you can potentially deduct, and see if you can find additional expenses before Dec. 31 to add to that list.

You may also want to consider making a donation to your favorite charity—a percentage of your cash and non-cash charitable giving is tax-deductible. Many nonprofits

have the greatest needs during the holidays, so additional donations you make this season will go a long way toward helping others, and yourself.

Start the countdown Take advantage of this crucial window of opportunity to maximize your 2023 tax return next year.

While there’s no bad time to take steps to cut your tax bill, November and December offer a final chance to make adjustments before closing out the tax year.

Year-end tax planning is

one of the best new year’s resolutions you can make —just remember to get it done before the clock strikes midnight.

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ing. Prioritize building an emergency fund to cover unexpected expenses as a financial safety net to help you avoid going into debt during emergencies.

Regular Check-Ins Schedule regular budget meetings to review your financial progress and

address any concerns or changes in circumstances. Make it fun by pairing the discussion with a nice meal or a date night. Celebrate financial achievements. Recognizing your progress can boost morale and motivation to stick to your budget.

Remember that successful budgeting requires

teamwork, communication, and dedication. Budgeting apps are a helpful tool when revisiting and refining your budget to remain aligned with your evolving goals and circumstances as a couple. Here’s a list of some top-rated apps for couples: 1. YNAB (You Need A Budget). YNAB is a pop-

ular budgeting app for zero-based budgeting, helping couples allocate their money to various categories and track spending in real-time. They have a section on their website dedicated to helping couples budget together.

2. EveryDollar. Developed by Dave Ramsey, EveryDollar is a budget-

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has grown older, I have realized how this decision adversely impacted him. Many people do not realize the negative effect on the family members that support those who serve. They deserve to be celebrated just as much as military members due to the sacrifices that they have to make along the way.”

“Overall I am very pleased with my career!

I’m overly thankful that I was able to serve and survive.

Many of my fellow service members

have given the ultimate sacrifice. I salute them and their families! They will always remain in my prayers.”

“As I began my Air Force journey 27 years ago, my goal was to serve four years, separate and utilize my Montgomery G.I. Bill to finish my college degree. My plans changed when I hit my three-year mark and I decided to re-enlist. Today, I am proud to say while serving my country I was able to obtain my bachelor’s and master’s degrees. I’m equally proud to say that I sit

among the top one percent as a retired Chief Master Sergeant of the United States Air Force.”

Happy Veterans Day to those who served! We appreciate your service!! To the families who endured

all that goes along with having a relative enlisted in the Armed Forces, we appreciate your sacrifice!

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ing app with premium features such as paycheck planning, goal setting, and a financial roadmap.

3. Honeydue. Honeydue is designed specifically for couples, enabling them to see all their accounts, bills, and financial goals in one place.

4. Goodbudget. Goodbudget uses the envelope budgeting method allowing couples to share and sync their budgets for specific categories, such as bills, eating out, and vacations.

5. PocketGuard. PocketGuard offers real-time budget tracking, bill reminders, debt repayment plans, and spending insights, helping couples stay on top of their finances while being aware of their financial habits.

6. Qube Money. Qube Money utilizes a digital version of the envelope system, allowing couples to allocate money to unlimited spending categories, receive partner spending alerts, and track their expenses together.

Before choosing an app, evaluate your specific needs, preferences, and financial goals. There are

several key features to consider including: • Multi-User Support • Income and Expense Tracking • Budget Categories • Real-Time Syncing • Goal Setting • Reports and Analytics • Bill Reminders and Alerts Always read recent reviews and thoroughly research to ensure the chosen app meets your requirements and is secure to use. Many apps offer a free trial, so try out a few to see which aligns best with your financial goals and feature requirements.

Budgeting with your partner is a foundational aspect of a healthy relationship. It promotes financial harmony, shared goals, effective communication, and a solid framework for managing your resources and working toward a prosperous future together. Selecting and utilizing a budgeting app is a valuable tool for mastering your money habits as a team.

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The scientific basis of prayer In today’s chaotic world, people are searching for meaning. There are wars and rumors of wars; some of these have been given names, and some have not. As we look around, people (and animals) are losing their lives all over the planet.

Scientists are calling this period the “6th Extinction.”

As this is happening, people are becoming more cynical, and some of those who have religious leanings are beginning to lose faith. They are witnessing great atrocities being committed in the name of religion, and are turned off by this.

The evidence is the growing number of atheists, and the increasing exodus from churches that has been reported.

What is needed is a weapon to combat the evil situation that is eroding our confidence in the meaningafulness of life.

There already exists a weapon, and it has been with us since the period when humankind became self-aware and sought to have some control over life. In every culture, there have been shamans, priests, and others who have utilized their power to placate the unknown forces by petitioning the cosmos in an effort to control destiny. There is a name for this practice; it is called “prayer.”

Unfortunately, because of the decadent period we are in, some people think the idea of praying is impractical, childish and ineffective. They see the universe as a cold, heartless entity devoid of divine principles. What is the logic of this assertion, and how is it that prayers are valid?

It is said that the late, great Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla has implied that, “God is a Frequency.”

This is profound, if you think about it. For example, everything around us is governed by frequency and vibration, everything! Sight is based on vibrations impacting our optical systems; hearing and sound is based on vibration; EVERYTHING IN NATURE IS CONSTANTLY VIBRATING, and every frequency has an attendant vibratory response.

Our alphabets create words, which are vibrational formulas in sound that convey meaning.

Scientists have discovered that vibration is the basis of electronics, and we use it in all of our technology. Even now, WIFI is passing through our bodies as we gleefully use our wireless cell phones, tablets, computers and more. Birds use it for navigation. Our entire atmosphere is comprised of vibratory energy of all types, and it is these that connect us!

How does this relate to prayer? When we pray, we are using words that have distinct frequencies. Thought forms also have frequencies. We exist, move and have our being in a sea of vibrational frequencies that always connect with matching frequencies.

Prayer, therefore, is the process of using frequency of our words to connect with matching frequencies in our surroundings that are encoded with intelligence.

Jesus, who ascended to the office of The Christ when he was baptized, understood the impact of prayer on our well-being. He prayed, as did his disciples. They understood the scientific validity of connecting with the RIGHT FREQUENCY in order to influence the things that impacted their lives.

All religions, including the non-traditional ones like those represented by shamans, understood this. Chanting is a form of prayer; prayer is ubiquitous in every part of the world!

With this said, there is definitely an intelligence that surrounds and penetrates us, and vibratory energy is our connection to this invisible force.

Words connect us to these frequencies, and the highest of these can be called the Godhead. We have been taught that God is Love, and we have also been taught that the highest frequency is LOVE. The God frequency, therefore, can be reached through the matching frequency of our prayers.

Prayer, therefore, has a scientific basis, and is the greatest tool that we possess to help us navigate the chaotic situation we face today. Prayer works! A Luta Continua.

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Just wondering (TriceEdneyWire.com)—I have a lot of books in my home. They range from children’s books to Bibles, to rightwing writers, to Progressive writers, to comic writers to biographies. I read as many of them as I can. I have too many to think I could ever read everything in all of them. When people, including children, come to my home, their eyes are wide open with excitement as they walk around my shelves.

I never ask them which of the books they found exciting, sad, happy, or just curious.

I must admit, that I have not yet read half of them, but I aspire to do so.

Today, I walked down an entire wall of my books that I had hardly had time to notice since I placed them on the shelves. My eye fell on one book called We Charge Genocide edited by William L. Patterson with a preface by Ossie Davis. I opened the book and the prologue by Jarvis Tyner read BLACK LIVES MATTER. As I read further, the statement made was “Black Lives Matter” is the rallying cry heard all across the country. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets protesting police misconduct and murder. Nationally African Americans are disproportionally victims of police misconduct and murder.”. “Black Lives Matter” is a call to bring an end to this nationwide racist policy of systemic singling-out of African Americans for the use of deadly force by police. The “Black Lives

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Commentary Matter” movement descends politically and is a continuation of the 1951 petition, “We Charge Genocide.”

Those who participated in putting this book together researched, circulated, and signed the petition. They said things that were well-documented evidence and showed that well-documented evidence proved that racism in the US was not simply individual acts by racists but by a system of oppression. They showed that racism, terror, beatings, lynching, and discrimination were systemic. This was mainly expressed within the U.S., but ultimately proof of racism was taken to an international arena.

As I read on, I thought about Ronald DeSantis and Greg Abbott and their efforts to block the reading of things about this country they don’t like and should just be buried. As I was thinking about that, I ran across an article about an Arkansas librarian who was recently fired for upholding her First Amendment right to provide truths. As sad as it is for a country that proclaims the right to own a firearm under all circumstances,

the right to enjoy free speech, freedom of religion, the press, to assemble, to petition. This librarian said, “I would rather be fired for upholding the First Amendment instead of sued for violating it.” She was fired for refusing to enforce book bans. Her name is Patty Hector.

To me, Ms. Hector is a shero for standing up as she proclaimed that honoring the book ban would effectively erase people of color and marginalize LGBTQ people, and she refused to do that!

The book I mentioned I’m currently reading would be banned in that Arkansas town. If I were a child, would that stop me from reading my book or would I find a way to read it anyway?

As responsible adults, don’t allow anyone to prevent our children from reading books some ignorant, insecure person wants to prevent them from reading. We must show them our children will have an opportunity to read books--even if we have to buy them and put them on our bookshelves at home!

Let’s purchase them for our children, enroll them in after-school programs that teach them the truths they have a right to know, and not allow them to grow up believing a sterilized version of history that pleases narrow-minded, insecure people who can’t handle the truth.

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

Biden beware, young folks don’t care (TriceEdneyWire.com)—There is no question how I will vote in a contest between President Joe Biden and the toxic prior President. Biden wins every time. But I’m just me, I’m not the pollsters, the young’uns, the rural votes, and the disaffected. Listing Biden’s accomplishments and comparing them to those of others might be instructive if people paid attention to facts. Too many voters are motivated by feelings, and they aren’t feeling good about their own economic circumstances, the uncertainty of recession, about our international involvement, especially in Ukraine, and even about is age and his health.

Now, for a month Israel has been brutally bombing Gaza, bombing hospitals, refugee camps, schools and more. They say it is retaliation for the brutal Hamas on Israel on October 7, which no one condones, and most have repudiated in strong terms. But an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind, and in their bloodlust to retaliate against Hamas, Israel has slaughtered nearly ten thousand innocent Palestinians including thousands of children. They have denied the Gazan population the mere basics, like drinking water, electricity, fuel and health care, reducing doctors to performing surgery in the dark and without anesthesia.

They have denied requests for a cease fire or even a humanitarian break, leaving as many as two million people stuck in Gaza without border openings.

Whatever inhumanity Hamas perpetrated on October 7, Israel has increased it exponentially.

Saturday was a balmy pleasant day in my DC neighborhood. A friend and I were walking toward a local restaurant when we encountered group of young people who had just come from the Palestinian March to the White House.

There were six or seven of them, diverse,

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Commentary a couple of Black folks, a White guy, and two women wearing the keffiyeh, the checkered black and white scarf that Yasir Arafat wore, a symbol of Palestinian solidarity. Another carried the Palestinian flag, the black, white, green stripes with a red triangle at the left. I asked them how the march went, and they were exuberant. But one woman, then another, then another said harshly, I will never vote for Joe Biden. I voted for him before, and I won’t do it again.

What about the alternative, I asked.

Would you rather have the Republican alternative. One young woman lowered her head and her voice. “I don’t care,” she said. “Biden has betrayed us.”

Congresswoman Rashida Talib (DMI) has said much the same thing, accusing President Biden of supporting the genocide of Palestinians. The first Palestinian to serve in Congress, Talib’s principled outspokenness has attracted the ire of her colleagues. Republicans have attempted to censure her for her pro-Palestinian comments. Meanwhile, Palestinians are dying, and our nation’s rabid support of Israel seems to sideline concerns about innocent Palestinian civilians who have been victims of the extreme Israeli response to the Hamas provocation.

President Biden is walking on a tightrope, and his balancing act isn’t’ working well, especially for young Palestinians and other young people of color. He must, and he has, condemn the Hamas

attack. But many think he has bent too far backward to mollify Israel while minimizing Palestinian civilian losses.

Given who he is, and how he is, he has, perhaps, done his best. But his best is not enough for those who cringe at Israel’s aggression, which did not start with the response to the Hamas October 7 attack. Between 2008 and September 2023, more than 6400 Palestinians were killed by Israelis. You can push people so hard for so long before they respond.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin, while necessarily singing from the Biden hymnbook, offers a measured attempt to broker a peace, a cease fire, a time out.

His very careful comments are a credit to the Biden-Harris administration, but they aren’t enough to quell the anger that many young people feel about the administration’s failure to call for a cease fire. How many Palestinians must die in hospitals, refugee camps, and in their homes to satisfy Netanyahu’s bloodthirsty quest for revenge?

President Biden beware. Many young people don’t care about all the good you’ve done doesn’t matter when you turn your back on people who are being decimated by the bloodthirsty despot Netanyahu. In the midst of a cordial impromptu sidewalk conversation, I saw an angry determination in the eyes of the young people, who’d driven from New York to participate in the protest on November 4. I will never vote for Biden, one of them said, with an edge to her voice missing from our prior cordial conversation. President Biden, what will you do about that. You need these young people to win in 2024. Don’t ignore them.

(Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an economist and author. Reach her at juliannemalveaux.com)

Gov. Moore’s efforts to end the racial gap earn him NUL President’s Award (TriceEdneyWire.com)—“The racial wealth gap is intentional. It was created. It was created by the Homestead Act. It was created by urban redlining. It was created by the inequitable distribution of the GI bill. It was created by unfair appraisal values. It was created by racist procurement policies. The racial wealth gap was created by the misguided choices of people in power. The only way to reverse bad policy choices is with good policy choices. Policies that fix the foundation of what’s broken.”—Maryland Governor Wes Moore It’s an ambitious goal for any governor: Eliminate the racial wealth gap.

Racial inequality has cost the American economy $16 trillion over the last two decades, and it’s projected to cost another $1 trillion over the next 10 years.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore has made eliminating the racial wealth gap in his state his top priority. Nearly a year into his term, his administration has advanced over half a billion dollars in procurement awards to minority and women-owned businesses. He’s signed the Maryland Access to Banking Act, promoting the growth of financial services in low-to-moderate-income communities. Maryland’s minimum wage has been boosted to $15 an hour two years ahead of schedule. The Family Prosperity Act of 2023, which expands and makes permanent the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit and significantly expands its Child Tax Credit, is expected to lift tens of thousands of Maryland’s children out of poverty. And he’s working with lawmakers to address the appraisal gap

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To Be Equal from historic redlining, which he called “one of the greatest wealth thefts in our state’s history”.

In recognition of these accomplishments and others, the National Urban League honored Moore with the President’s Award at the 67th Annual Equal Opportunity Dinner on Wednesday.

The Equal Opportunity Dinner is an annual fundraising event that celebrates trailblazing leaders in industry, media, the arts, and government who personify the National Urban League’s mission of equal opportunity for the underserved. Also honored this year along with Moore were National Urban League Trustee Donna Epps, Verizon’s Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Strategic Alliances, and acclaimed actor and philanthropist Wendell Pierce.

In his moving acceptance speech, Moore acknowledged the inspiration of his grandfather, James Thomas.

Born in South Carolina, Thomas fled to Jamaica when he was 6, chased out of town by the Ku Klux Klan.

While many of his family members vowed never to return to the United States, Thomas did. “He would say, ‘This country wouldn’t be complete

without me,’” Moore recalled with a smile.

Though he passed down to his children, his grandchildren, and great-grandchildren “a remarkable legacy,” what he didn’t pass down was wealth.

“It’s not because he didn’t work hard enough,” Moore said. “It’s not because he didn’t dig deep enough.

“It’s because he chose to serve a country that wasn’t prepared to serve him.”

Moore’s father died suddenly when Moore was only three years old, prompting his mother to move with him and his two sisters to The Bronx to live with his grandparents. They lived there until Moore was 14, when the family returned to Maryland.

Moore credits the influence of his grandfather, whom he called “Papa Jim,” with keeping him safe from the gang violence that enveloped his neighborhood. When Moore had a run-in with police, his grandparents mortgaged their home so they could afford to send him to military school in Pennsylvania.

In January, Moore was sworn in as Maryland’s first Black governor and third Black elected governor in U.S. history on a Bible that belonged to “Papa Jim,” along with one that belonged to Maryland native Frederick Douglass.

In his first year, Moore truly embodied the National Urban League’s mission of empowering communities and changing lives. We look forward to working with him as he furthers that mission and urges other governors and lawmakers to follow his lead.

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The G.I. Bill’s effect on A few weeks after Hamas’s October 7th surprise attack on Israel, in which Hamas Black veterans terrorists crossed into Israel from Gaza (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Our nation recognizes Veterans Day by honoring America’s service men and women for their courage, honor, patriotism, and sacrifice each year. As we do so, we cannot forget how national recognition and appreciation were not always free of deceit and hypocrisy. In his book, Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad, historian Matthew Delmont writes about the crucial contributions of more than one million Black Americans who served in WWII. He details the dual battle Black service members waged in fighting fascism overseas and racism at home, including how the Black press played a vital role in helping Black Americans understand the true threat of fascism and why something had to be done to stop its spread. Stories from the Black perspective are often omitted from school textbooks.

In 1940, Black Americans made up almost 10 percent of the total U.S. population—12.6 million out of a total population of 131 million—and the Army became the nation’s largest minority employer. From the 2.5 million Black males who registered for the draft, more than one million joined the armed forces. In addition, thousands of Black women and these inductees served in all branches of service and operation areas during the war. The journey for these men and women was different from their White counterparts. On July 26, 1948, then-President Harry Truman signed the executive order abolishing segregation in the armed forces and ordered the full integration of all branches. As expected, Truman’s order received resistance from politicians, military officers, and all segments of the public who not only opposed integration in the military but everywhere. Regardless of the racial re-

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Commentary sistance, Black men and women continued to serve their nation with honor. It takes a special person to love their country and fight for it when the love and appreciation are not always returned.

Matthew Delmont speaks about the Black newspapers of the 1930s and how they provided extensive coverage of the rise of fascism in Europe. They laid the groundwork for Black Americans to recognize and relate to the serious threat posed by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Many of those who chose to enlist and serve in the military saw how Hitler identified with Jim Crow laws in the U.S. South to justify his treatment of European Jews. When we continue to recognize Veterans Day, we should honor the untold stories of Blacks who enlisted from northern cities like Chicago, Cleveland, and New York and would have to travel to military bases in the Jim Crow South for training. Based on the letters written to the NAACP, Black soldiers explained how they would be safe once deployed to war in Europe compared to the danger they faced while being trained on military bases in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Each year we recognize Veterans Day, we should remember how a million Black World War veterans were denied the benefits associated with the GI Bill.

The original G.I. Bill lifted a generation into the ranks of the middle class by providing a wide range of benefits to World War II veterans, including low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business or farm, unemployment compensation, and funds to pursue a college education. When the original G.I. Bill ended in 1956, nearly 8 million World War II veterans had received education or training, and 4.3 million home loans worth $33 billion had been provided.

However, these same benefits were regularly denied to Black World War II veterans and their families, thus denying Black families and their descendants the opportunity to build prosperity and generational wealth. As employment, college attendance, and wealth surged for Whites, disparities for their Black counterparts continued to widen. While the GI Bill’s language did not specifically exclude Black veterans, it was structured in a way that ultimately closed the doors for 1.2 million Black veterans who bravely served and sacrificed for their nation. Historian Ira Katznelson wrote, “No greater instrument for widening an already huge racial gap in postwar America than the G.I. Bill.”

“The quickest ways to overcome poverty in this country are through education and homeownership. The denial of these benefits to Black veterans returning from service has impacted the accumulation of generational wealth for Black families across the country,” said Rep. James Clyburn. As a result, Reps.

Clyburn and Seth Moulton earlier this year introduced the Sgt. Isaac Woodard Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox G.I. Bill Restoration Act. The legislation, which is intended to address the deceit and hypocrisy surrounding the implementation of the original G.I. Bill, will extend access to VA loans and educational assistance to the surviving spouse and certain direct descendants of Black World War II veterans. As we celebrate Veterans Day, we should also remember the hundreds of Black veterans who were attacked and lynched upon returning home.

(David W. Marshall is the founder of the faithbased organization TRB: The Reconciled Body and author of the book God Bless Our Divided America. He can be reached at www.davidwmarshallauthor.com.)

and murdered hundreds of Israeli civilians, political scientist Norman Finkelstein published an essay titled Nat Turner in Gaza, in which he compared Hamas’s attack to Nat Turner’s 1831 slave revolt in Virginia—the largest slave revolt in American history.

For 48 hours, no White was spared the slaves’ accumulated wrath, according to Finkelstein. Whole families—dads, mothers, daughters, newborns, and schoolchildren—were butchered, thrown into heaps, and left to be devoured by hogs and dogs.

Finkelstein noted that a book on Turner’s life was included in the “Black Americans of Achievement” biography series for children in 1988, indicating that Nat Turner had an honored place in American history more than a century after the revolt.

This compelled Finkelstein to declare, “It’s still high noon and thus too soon to resolve what verdict history will cast on the slave revolt in Gaza on October 7, 2023.”

Finkelstein later took part in a debate concerning the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The moderator recalled Nat Turner in Gaza and said it sounded like Finkelstein’s essay aimed to establish a psychological defense for the Hamas attackers by pleading down from premeditated murder to manslaughter to justifiable homicide.

The moderator was unsure whether he had reached the correct conclusion from Nat Turner in Gaza, so he asked Finkelstein to elaborate on the purpose of his essay.

Finkelstein remarked that the October 7 atrocities were so heinous that he was at a loss for analogies, but Finkelstein has previously equated Gaza to a prison camp. He told the moderator that both of his parents were in Nazi concentration camps and that when he tried to make a moral judgment on the October 7th attack, he imagined the verdict his parents would render. Finkelstein never announced what he thought his parents would say, but he sounded convinced that his parents would not have

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Of course, this type of understanding is only plausible through Finkelstein’s concentration camp analogy. It indicates that concentration camp survivors would sympathize with, rather than condemn, people who tried to free themselves from concentration camps by any means necessary. The analogy might hold if the Oct. 7th attackers solely targeted Israeli soldiers, i.e., the enforcers of the “concentration camp,” but the targeting and mass murder of hundreds of civilians made that analogy unworkable.

It didn’t dawn on Finkelstein that he was at a loss for analogies because there wasn’t anything equivalent to the October 7th attack if the objective of the analogy was to prevent one from passing moral judgment on the October 7th attackers. He kept looking until he discovered an analogy that portrayed the perpetrators of the October 7th attack as oppressed victims with violence as their only option.

Instead of comparing Gaza to a concentration camp, Finkelstein decided to compare Gaza to a slave plantation. Finkelstein implies that the Hamas attackers were no different than Nat Turner and his followers. They were both born into oppression and raised under a ruling class that dehumanized them. Under inhumane conditions, the oppressed can only reclaim their humanity by overthrowing the system.

Finkelstein also noted that the leading abolitionists of the time were horrified by the violence of Nat Turner’s revolt, but they never condemned Nat Turner and his followers. The abolitionists actually spoke

against White hypocrisy, praising events like the American Revolution and the bloodshed involved in securing national liberty but rejecting the notion that violence was legitimate when committed by an enslaved people to liberate themselves.

Finkelstein believes that the historical verdict will not judge the Hamas attackers severely or as terrorists as the current media does. Over time, the Hamas attackers will be remembered in the same way that Nat Turner was.

Once again, this type of understanding is only possible by analogy. Finkelstein’s debate counterpart dismissed the premise of Nat Turner in Gaza by simply stating that the Hamas attackers were not slaves.

That lone fact would have been a successful refutation of Finkelstein’s emotional appeal in the past, but we now live in an age where emotional truth—how one feels about a situation rather than what actually happened—takes precedence over reality.

In reality, the slave plantation analogy is reprehensible. The only similarity between the Hamas attackers and Nat Turner is their willingness to kill, but their motivations are entirely different.

Nat Turner and his followers were not launching a fight to destroy the state of Virginia in the same manner that Hamas has vowed to destroy Israel. No northern free state provided Nat Turner with weapons in the same manner that Iran does for Hamas. More crucially, as slaves— White people’s property—Nat Turner and his followers murdered everyone on the plantations who could claim ownership over them. The Hamas attackers murdered Israeli civilians because Hamas held the civilians responsible for Israel’s war crimes, i.e., the civilians were guilty by citizenship.

The historical verdict is favorable toward Nat Turner because slavery was abolished due to its inhumanity. The only way history will vindicate the Hamas attackers is if Israel is somehow abolished for crimes against humanity.

There were no Nat Turners in Gaza, but there were terrorists in Israel

Drug trafficking, gun violence and instability in Homewood, Guatemala and elsewhere, Part 1 I must confess. My title was “borrowed” from a local two-day 2009 symposium on drug trafficking and violence in Central America and the Caribbean.

As I sat and listen to the various academics and other “experts” discuss the instability behind the Central American drug violence, I cussed to myself, “&*@! That’s Homewood!”

Guatemala is a “failed society,” a “failed state.” The traditional institutions have collapsed. The masses of people are poor.

The masses have a deep, historical, adversarial relationship with the state, that is with the police. That’s Homewood! I live in Homewood.

But the experts never did mention that the masses of people in all of these places are non-European, non-White. The United States is ranked Number One for illegal drug abuse on the planet. And by official estimates, at least 70 percent of the illegal drug users in the United States are White people. What does that tell you and me?

The experts also never did address who or what destabilized all of these areas. Of course, the world knows in 1954 a USA coup, titled “PBS-Success”, overthrew the democratically elected president of Guatemala, Arbenze Jacobo Guzman, to maximize the profits of the U.S based United Fruit Company. The United States then installed decades of brutal dictatorial regimes that robbed and destabilized Guatemala for the benefit of UFC. Here in Pittsburgh, majority-Black Homewood has been “destabilized” by historical racism in education, housing, employment,

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Commentary and public health, all aggravated and intensified by the collapse of the region’s heavy manufacturing and retail sectors. All of this fell on the Black community trapped at the bottom of the Pittsburgh-area social pyramid.

In Pittsburgh and all around the USA a whole bunch of people, Black and White, run amok claiming the gun violence now plaguing the Black community is a disease.

But they do not clarify what they mean by a “disease.”

The gun violence in Homewood is not a genetic, biological, disease encoded in the DNS of Black people. Up front, that crazy talk must be knocked down and stomped out by Black people.

Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor-Green, Ron DeSantis, all of MAGA-USA will agree loud and long, “Yes, it is a biological, genetic disease.” And that innate disease—they will chat loud, long and with glee—accounts for the gun violence disparity in Pittsburgh’s predominately White and majority Black neighborhoods, for example the disparity in Fox Chapel or Bethel Park and in Homewood.

The current cycle of narco- gun violence in Homewood is a sociological crisis. It is the direct product of illegal drug trafficking.

This current crisis is now some 30-odd years old. Its origin can be pinpointed to the latter half of 1988 and the first half of 1989. That is when the free enterprise, illegal crack-cocaine market took off in Pittsburgh. Over the years, the gun-violence has fluctuated, but it has never returned to its pre-crack level. Go check the city homicide records.

Along with the expanded crack market in already destabilized Homewood came much more illegal drug money to gun fight over. And more guns for U.S. gun dealers— staunch, card-carrying NRA members—to sell. Illegal guns are endemic to the illegal drug trafficking free enterprise industry in Central America and the United States.

The U.S. media tells us that in Central America massive narco-violence is fought between organized drug gangs over the production and distribution of illegal drugs. On a lesser, but still tragic scale, narco-violence is waged in the USA retail drug market.

The treatment for the victims of Black gun violence is a “public health” issue.

Corporate, foundation, and public funding are for treating the victims and families of narco-gun violence. But the motives behind the narco-gun violence is not a public health issue.

In a small and very important book, American Disease-Origins of Narcotics Control, David F. Musto provides some very important history related to the drug abuse crisis in the United States.

Honoring our promise to our Black veterans (BlackPress of America)—The original government-issued posters publicizing the G.I. Bill of 1944 were designed to inspire. Oversized red and white letters urged, “Veterans—prepare for your future through EDUCATIONAL TRAINING. Consult your nearest Office of the VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.” Another read, “VETERANS—if buying a farm, home, or business, learn about GUARANTEED LOANS.” A third showed a young man with his hand on his chin, deep in thought, with the following text above: “Shall I go back to school?”

What’s notable about these posters is that every person pictured is White. These posters sent a message to Black veterans that they need not apply—that these life-changing programs were not meant for them. This message was reinforced by the blatant discrimination perpetrated by Veterans Affairs (VA) offices around the country and the abysmal benefits provided to veterans of color. In 1947, only two of more than 3,200 home loans administered by the VA in Mississippi cities went to Black borrowers. Similarly, less than 1 percent of VA mortgages went to Black borrowers in New York and New Jersey suburbs.

These disparities in homeownership opportunities have grown with time.

The Consumer Federation of America estimates that homeownership rates for White and Black Americans stood at 74.50 percent and 44.10 percent respectively in 2020, and 65 percent and 38 percent in 1960. This homeownership disparity helps explain the difference in net worth for White families ($171,000) compared

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Commentary to that of Black families ($17,150). After signing the G.I. Bill into law in June 1944, President Truman remarked that it would give “emphatic notice to the men and women in our armed forces that the American people do not intend to let them down.”

Nearly 80 years later, I’ve teamed up with Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) and U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) to ensure President Truman’s words ring true. We have reintroduced Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox G.I. Bill Restoration Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. It would provide critical housing and education benefits to Black World War II veterans and their descendants, honoring our long overdue promise to the nation’s heroes. It would also require that the Government Accountability Office establish a panel of independent experts to assess inequities in how benefits are distributed to minority and female service members.

The bill’s name pays homage to two admirable and unsung World War II veterans. In February 1946, decorated World War II veteran Sgt. Isaac Woodard Jr. was

traveling home on a Greyhound bus to Winnsboro, South Carolina when a local police chief forcibly removed him from the bus. Still in his uniform after being honorably discharged, the officer beat him mercilessly. Woodard was cruelly thrown in jail rather than given the necessary medical treatment, leading to his blindness. The police chief was ultimately acquitted of the crime by an all-White jury. President Truman was so moved by Sgt. Woodard’s horrific abuse that he signed an Executive Order integrating the armed services.

Sgt. Joseph Maddox, another World War II veteran, applied and was accepted to a master’s degree program at Harvard University. His local Veterans Affairs office denied him the tuition assistance he was rightfully due under the G.I. Bill to “avoid setting a precedent.” After seeking assistance from the NAACP, the VA in Washington, D.C., ultimately promised to get Sgt. Maddox the educational benefits he deserved.

These are just two of the countless servicemembers who were treated unfairly after sacrificing on behalf of their country.

Black soldiers returning home from World War II found themselves facing the same socioeconomic and racial discrimination they had faced before. Instead of being welcomed with open arms, they struggled to find jobs, get educated, and purchase homes. We cannot undo the injustices of our past. But we can begin to restore the possibility of full economic mobility for those that the original G.I. Bill left behind.

The G.I. Bill Restoration Act would bring us one step closer to that goal.

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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. The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office shall provide for up to twenty-five persons to participate in person in the Gold Room, 4th Floor Allegheny County Courthouse. 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, DECEMBER 4, 2023 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, DECEMBER 5, 2023, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30AM AND 2:30PM IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. And the balance in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK, on or before MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2023, 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).

2DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) ALAN H. BRENNAN ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000670 ******* DEBT $70,491.24 ****** 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 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 19TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH:

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AMENDMENT OF THE CODE SECOND CLASS COUNTY NEW CHAPTER 475 THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 475, ENTITLED TAXATION IS HEREBY AMENDED THROUGH THE CREATION OF A NEW 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 record their deeds and 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: “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.”

69NOV23 DEFENDANT(S) STACEY TODD, ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000574 ******* DEBT $112,484.14 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Munhall: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3818 SHADY AVENUE HOMESTEAD, PA 15120.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 17681, PAGE 206. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 133-H-208.

1DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) Kimberly B. Catale and Daniel J. Gartley, ************ CASE NO. MG-22-001022 ******* DEBT $258,157.52. ****** 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, Town of McCandless: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 10455 MEINERT RD, WEXFORD, PA 15090. DBV 16906, PG 11, B/L #1205-E-257.

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HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 123 WILBERT STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15211. DEED BOOK 13319, PAGE 280. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER4-J-268.

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 343 BAILEYAVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15211. DEED BOOK 10731, PAGE 131. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 4-M-192.

4DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) AMBER L. CHERNICK, DANIEL W. LEKOVITCH ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000657 ******* DEBT $56,783.44 ****** 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 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF WILKINS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 429 ELWOOD DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235.

DEED BOOK 16375, PAGE 594.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 541E-4.

5DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) NINA AL-YOUSFI SOLELY IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF DOREEN FRANCESCHINI AKA DOREEN E. FRANCESCHINI, DECEASED, LOUIS FRANCESCHINI SOLELY IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF DOREEN FRANCESCHINI AKA DOREEN E. FRANCESCHINI, DECEASED, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DOREEN FRANCESCHINI AKA DOREEN E. FRANCESCHINI, DECEASED ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000426 ******* DEBT $172,326.22 ****** 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 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEAL1B OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, MUNICIPALITY OF MONROEVILLE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1185 COLGATE DRIVE, MONROEVILLE, PA 15146. DEED BOOK 4340, PAGE 29. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 857-S-253.

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6DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) LUCINDA M. SAUNDERS AND ROYALTY PROPERTIES GROUP L.L.C. ************ CASE NO. MG-18-001525 ******* DEBT $95,633.94 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jill M. Fein, Esquire. Hill Wallack LLP ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1000 Floral Vale Blvd. Suite 300 Yardley, PA 19067 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 579-7700 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF PENN HILLS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO STORY DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 228 LONG ROAD PITTSBURGH, PA 15235 DEED BOOK 18256 AND PAGE 159 BLOCK & LOT NO. 368-S021

9DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) Theresa Mickle, James Bruce Scott, as Known heir of Ronnie Mickle, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner, Ronnie Mickle, Jr. as Known heir of Ronnie Mickle, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner, Manikia Mickle, as Known heir of Ronnie Mickle, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner, Ronae Mickle, as Known heir of Ronnie Mickle, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner, Reynold Mickle, as Known heir of Ronnie Mickle, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner, and Unknown heirs, successors, assigns and all persons, firms or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Ronnie Mickle, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner ************ CASE NO. MG-14-000113 ******* DEBT $85,926.22 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Roger Fay, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 14000 Commerce Parkway, Suite H, Mount Laurel, NJ 08057 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 724-1888 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 13th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh:

7DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) SANDRA L. KIRLAND AND WILLIAM KIRKLAND ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000249 ******* DEBT $14,734.61 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jill M. Fein, Esquire. Hill Wallack LLP ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1000 Floral Vale Blvd. Suite 300 Yardley, PA 19067 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 579-7700 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, CITY OF MCKEESPORT: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO AND ONE HALF STORY DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1306 MAPLE STREET MCKEESPORT, PA 15132 NK/A 1306 MAPLE AVENUE MCKEESPORT, PA 15132 DEED BOOK 10110 AND PAGE 427 BLOCK & LOT NO. 381-A309 8DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills vs DEFENDANT(S) QUINTON L. JACKSON SR. ************ CASE NO.GD 22-003868 ******* DEBT $25,976.75 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1272 BLACKADORE AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 17949, PAGE 1.

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Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1102 Blackadore Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15221. Deed Book Volume 11073, Page 605. Block and Lot Number 174-H-98.

10DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) JOHN D. STAHL ************ CASE NO. MG-15-000198 ******* DEBT $87,953.20 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1 SANTIAGO STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15214. DEED BOOK VOLUME 14940, PAGE 381. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 162-S-52.

11DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) MILES ALLEN AND VERNON CLARK, JR., KNOWN HEIRS OF ROBIN L. BUSH, DECEASED AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ROBIN L. BUSH, DECEASED ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000426 ******* DEBT $90,314.29 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 131 BROADCREST DRIVE PITTSBURGH, PA 15235.

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12DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) JOSEPHINE AMBROSELLI AND CHRISTOPHER BOURIS ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000343 ******* DEBT $80,665.75 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

18DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) MARK KELLY JR. ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000018 ******* DEBT $59,662.28 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, and Township of Kennedy:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 156 DEERFIELD DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 12638, PAGE 82. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 538-H-30.

14DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) JOSEPH M. GORDESKY AKA JOSEPH GORDESKY ************ CASE NO. MG-17-001041 ******* DEBT $45,419.44 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stephen Panik, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEYARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 16TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 2303 PATTERSON ST, PITTSBURGH, PA 15203. Deed Book Volume 11203, Page 33.

Block and Lot Number 0013-G00287-0000-00 15DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) KNO\VN .AND UNKNO\VN HEIRS OF MARY BELICH A/K/A MARY ELLEN BELICH ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000093 ******* DEBT $33,386.35 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Michelle Pierro, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Tucker Arensberg, P.C. 1500 One PPG Place Pittsburgh, PA 15222 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 566-1212 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Shaler: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 128 LEHR AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15223. DEED BOOK VOLUME 10690, PAGE NUMBER 489 16DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) Daynelle Dickens ************ CASE NO. MG-20-000388 ******* DEBT $369,802.84 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Benjamin Hoen, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 965 Keynote Circle Cleveland, OH 44131 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 216-685-1170 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF ROBINSON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING KNOWN AS 161 NOTTINGHAM DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15205, DEED BOOK 13530, PAGE 451, INSTRUMENT NO. 2008-5161, BLOCK AND LOT NO. 0204-J00107-0000-00.

17DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) ANDREW M. GERENYI ************ CASE NO. GD-23-004117 ******* DEBT $48,498.22 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West View: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and nwnbered as 52 Amherst Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15229. Deed Book Volwne 10292, Page 258. Block and Lot 0279-A-00210-0000-00.

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 5 Cabindale Drive McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 11562, Page 402. Block and Lot 0155-G-00225-0000-00.

19DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) KIMBERLY MICHAEL GUNTRUM ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000789 ******* DEBT $136,891.36 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 12th Ward of the City of McKeesport: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 402 Marshall Drive McKeesport, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume 13378, Page 469. Block and Lot 0463-P00347-0000-00.

20DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) DONNA AMBROGI ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000352 ******* DEBT $110,491.28 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 26 Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 4030 Perrysville Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15214. Deed Book Volume 12718, Page 379. Block and Lot 0162-R-00248-0000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S) DAVID R. TREECE AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD J. MCNALLY, DECEASED ************ CASE NO. GD-23-008162 ******* DEBT $3,045.43 ****** 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 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 19TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1502 BERKSHIRE AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15226.

DEED BOOK 8704, PAGE 268.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 96-J-210.

22DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) CHRISTOPHER HERRON SOLELY IN THEIR CAPACITY AS HEIR OF JESSE MICHAEL HERRON, DECEASED, KERRI HERRON SOLELY IN THEIR CAPACITY AS HEIR OF JESSE MICHAEL HERRON, DECEASED ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000417 ******* DEBT $167,467.90 ****** 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 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF ELIZABETII: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 117 HIGH STREET, ELIZABEIB, PA 15037.

DEED BOOK 18847, PAGE 105.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1129E-386.

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23DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) HATHERLEY BRITTIAN, SEAN MICKAIL AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF PENNY MICKAIL AKA PENNY L. MICKAIL, DECEASED ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000124 ******* DEBT $60,743.88 ****** 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 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 27TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH:

27DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) Linda Susan Pangersis ************ CASE NO. G.D. 05-017594 ******* DEBT $7,967.85 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of North Fayette:

32DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): Chartiers Valley School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) Amity Serenity Pines Real Estate, LLC ************ CASE NO. GD 22-010238 ******* DEBT $11,433.06 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Collier:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1423 WOODLAND AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15212. DEED BOOK 16879, PAGE 439. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 45-E-81.

24DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) Patrick Caslin and Amber L. Cahill-Caslin ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000164 ******* DEBT $137,175.25 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 19th Ward, City of Pittsburgh:

Being thereon vacant land known as Noblestown Road, McDonald, PA 15057. Deed Book Volwne 7749, Page 553, Block & Lot No. 583-J-55.

29DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): Chartiers Valley School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) Rose M. Susa, Known Heir of Robert A. Susa, Deceased ************ CASE NO. GD 22-015701 ******* DEBT $7,839.65 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Bridgeville:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2448 STARKAMP STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15226.

DBV 16802, PG 496, B/L #97-D-212.

Having erected thereon a one story brick house being known as 1320 Missouri Avenue, Bridgeville, PA 15017. Deed Book Volume 12665, Page 185. Block & Lot No. 321-E-112.

25DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) BALDWIN WHITEHALL SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. DEFENDANT(S) ALICE STREET INVESTMENTS, LLC ************ CASE NO. GD-22-010022 ******* DEBT $60,882.77 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF WHITEHALL:

31DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): Municipality of Bethel Park VS. DEFENDANT(S) Dennis E. Lear and The United States of America ************ CASE NO. GD 19-013130 ******* DEBT $2,847.77 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Bethel Park:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON AN APARTMENT BUILDING, KNOWN AS 1550 RADFORD ROAD PITTSBURGH PA 15227.

DEED BOOK 17478, PAGE 170.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 247D-212.

26DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) John M. Policicchio, as Administrator of the Estate of John A. Policicchio a/k/a John Anthony Policicchio, Deceased ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000681 ******* DEBT $92,343.52 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Powers Kirn, LLC ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Eight Neshaminy Interplex, Suite 215, Trevose, PA 19053 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-2090 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Ross: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 110 Good Lane, Pittsburgh, PA 15237.

Deed Book 16372,Page319,Instrument 2016-12522,BlockandLot# 429D-109.

Having erected thereon a one story brick house known as 2011 Pleasant Street, Bethel Park, PA 15102. Deed Book Volume 15211, Page 241. Block & Lot No. 317-N-51.

Having erected thereon a one story brick independent living facility being known as 223 Jones Drive, Bridgeville, PA 15017. Deed Book Volume 16815, Page 203. Block & Lot No. 196-N-5.

33DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): Chartiers Valley School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) Susan Berteotti, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns ************ CASE NO. GD 22-012377 ******* DEBT $7,448.91 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Bridgeville: Having erected thereon a two story frame house being known as 215 Patterson Avenue, Bridgeville, PA 15017. Deed Book Volume 14634, Page 563. Block & Lot No. 255-E-337.

34DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): North Hills School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) Clement Mivumbi & Flora Usanase ************ CASE NO. G.D. 23-001619 ******* DEBT $5,975.85 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Ross: Having erected thereon a two story, two family row house being known as 125 York Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15214. Deed Book Volume 15795, Page 331. Block & Lot No. 162-A-216.

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35DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): North Hills School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) Diane H. Dolata ************ WRIT NO. GD 21-013633 ******* DEBT $2,106.68 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Ross:

39DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Whitehall VS. DEFENDANT(S) Dorothy M. Holtgraver ************ CASE NO. GD 22-002974 ******* DEBT $4,234.76 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Whitehall:

43DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) BOROUGH OF MOUNT OLIVER VS. DEFENDANT(S) WILLIAM F. SCHAUM ************ CASE NO. GD-22-009622 ******* DEBT $7,500.39 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF MOUNT OLIVER

Having erected thereon a one story brick house being known as 5114 Cherryvale Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15236. Deed Book Volume 14162, Page 125. Block & Lot No. 249-L-184.

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1738 ARLINGTON AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15210. DEED BOOK 9100, PAGE 227.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 14M-183

51DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough VS. DEFENDANT(S) Frances Williams ************ CASE NO. GD 22-002857 ******* DEBT $6,394.90 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg

Having erected thereon a one story brick house known as 200 Holly Hill Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. Deed Book Volume 18364, Page 125. Block & Lot No. 281-B-204.

47DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) South Allegheny School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) ANTOINETTE C. KELLY, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ELLEN C. DESIO, DECEASED ************ CASE NO. GD 22-003491 ******* DEBT $15,966.18 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Glassport

36DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): North Hills School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) Stephen C. Schuljak ************ CASE NO. G.D. 23-000960 ******* DEBT $5,809.59 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Ross:

40DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) Mark S. Naas ************ CASE NO. GD 18-012760 ******* DEBT $50,840.77 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Churchill:

44DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) Natalie L. Hunter and Ronald B. Hunter ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000897 ******* DEBT $217,692.07 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Township of Richland

Having erected thereon a one and a half story brick house being known as 7 Penn Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15214. Deed Book Volume 16717, Page 269.

Block & Lot No. 162-J-73.

Having erected thereon a one story brick house being known as 2000 Beulah Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Deed Book Volume 9002, Page 428. Block & Lot No. 371-K-214.

37DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Pitcairn VS. DEFENDANT(S) Brenda Tessler ************ CASE NO. GD 22-006386 ******* DEBT $4,640.73 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Pitcairn:

41DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) WILLIAM J. SANGAILA-BORLAK A/K/A WILLIAM BORLAK, JR. A/K/A BILLY BORLAK, JR. A/K/A A BILL JOHN BORLAK, IN HIS CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATOR AND HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM BORLAK A/K/A WILLIAM J. BORLAK, SR.A/K/A WILLIAM J. BORLAK ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000442 ******* DEBT $187,432.74 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stephen Panik, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEYARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 9TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH:

Having erected thereon a two story frame house being known as 317 Wall Avenue, Pitcairn, PA 15140. Deed Book Volume 18055, Page 410. Block & Lot No. 747-A-69.

38DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S): Township of Upper St. Clair VS. DEFENDANT(S) Michael Tomnay ************ CASE NO. GD 23-000926 ******* DEBT $3,214.02 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Upper St. Clair: Having erected thereon a two story frame house being known as 317 Wall Avenue, Pitcairn, PA 15140. Deed Book Volume 18055, Page 410. Block & Lot No. 747-A-69.

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Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 116 44TH STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15201. Deed Book Volume 11214, Page 251.

Block and Lot Number 0080-N00137-0000-00 42DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CITY OF MCKEESPORT VS. DEFENDANT(S) DANIEL K. CARR AND KIMBERLY R. CARR ************ CASE NO. GD-23-005185 ******* DEBT $18,269.92 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, CITY OF MCKEESPORT HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3411 ODAIR STREET, MCKEESPORT, PA 15132. DEED BOOK 15064, PAGE 174.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 381S-052.

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 206 MACDUFF COURT, GIBSONIA, PA 15044.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 12754, PAGE 36. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1505-P-18.

45DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) Gilbert E. McCauley ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000402 ******* DEBT $57,096.83 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Borough of East Pittsburgh Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 524 Franklin St., East Pittsburgh, PA 15112: Deed Book Volume 16599, Page 353. Block and Lot Number 375-R-36.

46DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) Unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Devisees of the Estate ofVeletta Bennett, Deceased, Karen M. Benko solely in her capacity as known heir of Veletta Bennett, Darren M. Bennett solely in his capacity as known heir ofVeletta Bennett, Sherri B. Zimmerman, solely in her capacity as known heir of Veletta Bennett, and Craig Bennett solely in his capacity as known heir of Veletta Bennett ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000046 ******* DEBT $130,024.35 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Borough of Greentree Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1305 Glencoe Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 8190, Page 386. Block and Lot Number 37-G-68.

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HAVING ERECTED THEREON A THREE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 339 MONONGAHELA AVE, GLASSPORT, PA 15045. DEED BOOK 2942, PAGE 66.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 467K-171 48DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) Elizabeth Forward School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF CARMINO GALZERANO, DECEASED, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF HENRIETTA CARROZZA, DECEASED AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ROSE GALZERANO, DECEASED ************ CASE NO. GD 23-000160 ******* DEBT $7,366.93 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Elizabeth BEING ALL THAT CERTAIN VACANT LAND KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS FALLEN TIMBER ROAD, ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK 3900, PAGE 279.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1415-H-46.

49DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough VS. DEFENDANT(S) AUGUSTO FLORES ************ CASE NO. GD 23-002484 ******* DEBT $9,861.83 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1207 MONTIER ST, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 17769, PAGE 459.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 2338-18 50DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills VS. DEFENDANT(S) Victor Manuel Dominguez and Laynes Judith Dominguez a/k/a Judith Dominguez ************ CASE NO. GD 21-011854 ******* DEBT $8,834.51 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 9209 VANTINE STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK 17109, PAGE 191.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 2968-101.

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1200 GLENN AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 16928, PAGE 133.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 232P-40 52DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills VS. DEFENDANT(S) Rosalind N. Oliver ************ CASE NO. GD 22-012433 ******* DEBT $19,543.74 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 404 IDLEWOOD ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK 18728, PAGE 396.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 539C-220.

53DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) Keystone Oaks School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) JAMIE J. GIUNTINI AND MICHELE M. KUJAWA ************ CASE NO. GD 23-000403 ******* DEBT $7,959.36 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Dormont HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2732 CONNECTICUT AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15216. DEED BOOK 10022, PAGE 470.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 63H-122.

54DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough VS. DEFENDANT(S) CRAIG R. CAMPBELL ************ CASE NO. GD 23-004697 ******* DEBT $6,861.58 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1149 SOUTH AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 17121, PAGE 366.

BLOCK AND LOTNUMBER 23 152.

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55DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) North Allegheny School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) ACHJAN M. CHADRAN AND BETTY J. CHADRAN ************ CASE NO. GD 23-003781 ******* DEBT $23,846.61 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Marshall HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 707 WEXFORD BAYNE RD, WEXFORD, PA 15090. DEED BOOK 9793, PAGE 88.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1497-S-14.

56DEC23 PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough VS. DEFENDANT(S) Christopher Younger ************ CASE NO. GD 23-001606 ******* DEBT $41,085.17 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1442 FOLIAGE STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 18370, PAGE 541.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 232J-229.

57DEC23 DEFENDANT(S) Richard Cain ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000155 ******* DEBT $89,449.20 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Municipality of Penn Hills Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 6833 Saltsburg Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Deed Book Volume 12816, Page 283. Block and Lot Number 537-H-39.

58DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Joshua Scott Burger, solely in his capacity as Co-Administrator of the Estate of Kevin S. Burger a/k/a Kevin Scott Burger a/k/a KS Burger, now deceased, and Michael Burger, solely in his capacity as Co-Administrator of the Estate of Kevin S. Burger a/k/a Kevin Scott Burger a/k/a KS Burger, now deceased, and The United States of America ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000277 ******* DEBT $173,161.83 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Borough of Churchill: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 2162 Garrick Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15235.

Deed Book Volume 12672, Page 595.

Block and Lot Number 372-B-084.

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59DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Luke Miller, As Administrator of the Estate of Lori J. Marecic f/k/a Lori J. Miller a/k/a Lori Jeanne Marecic a/k/a Lori Jeanne Guidish, Deceased ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000622 ******* DEBT $29,290.05 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Powers Kirn, LLC ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Eight Neshaminy Interplex, Suite 215, Trevose, PA 19053 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-2090 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West Mifflin Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1509 Pennsylvania Avenue, West Mifflin, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 11228 Page 345, Block and Lot Number.

306-G-292.

60DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) ALAINA CONDO ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000035 ******* DEBT $193,445.65 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Upper St. Clair: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2788 BINGHAM DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15241.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 18503, PAGE 265. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 670-L-309

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64DEC23

PLAINTIFF(S) RIVERVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT & VERONA BOROUGH VS. DEFENDANT(S) HENRY A. COOGLER & DARLENE L. COOGLER ************ CASE NO. GD-22-013955 ******* DEBT $20,790.78 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF VERONA: HAVINO ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 432 RIDGE AVENUE, VERONA, PA 15147. DEED BOOK 10591, PAGE 631. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 364-C- 57.

65DEC23

PLAINTIFF(S) HIGHLANDS SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. DEFENDANT(S) DONALD R. RUK ************ WRIT NO. GD-22-014379 ******* DEBT $36,625.98 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): ANTHONY GIGLIO, ESQUIRE ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1500 ARDMORE BLVD, SUITE 506, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 243-9700 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, , Fawn Township Having erected thereon a mobile home known as Kuhns Ln, Natrona Heights, PA 15065, Deed Book Volume 9322, Page 592, Block and Lot 2203N-268.

66DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Sandra Robinson ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000530 ******* DEBT $63,587.67 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh:

DEFENDANT(S) JUDITH BANKS, STEVEN BANKS ************ CASE NO. GD-23-008129 ******* DEBT $24,568.27 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP, P.C. ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF P E N N S Y LVA N I A , C O U N T Y O F ALLEGHENY, 26TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 914 Laxton Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.

Deed Book Volume 13303, Page 555.

Block and Lot Number 124-S-198.

HAYING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2705 LELAND STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15214.

DEED BOOK 10844, PAGE 587.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 77-N225.

62DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Ronald C. Stalma, Jr ************ CASE NO. MG-20-000039 ******* DEBT $110,202.62 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Borough of Bridgeville: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 710 Coulter Street, Bridgeville, PA 15017. Deed Book Volume 13461, Page 509. Block and Lot Number 256-S-10

63DEC23

PLAINTIFF(S) North Allegheny School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) RANDOLPH L. BOWERS, LISA GROSSMAN BOWERS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ************ CASE NO. GD 23-000757 ******* DEBT $20,511.39 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Town of McCandless HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 388 RICHARD RD, WEXFORD, PA 15090.

DEED BOOK 8757, PAGE 300. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1348-N-240.

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DEFENDANT(S) MARYS. BEDNAR A/K/A MARY SUSAN BEDNAR, FRANCES M. DUNN A/K/A FRANCES MICHAEL DUNN ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000038 ******* DEBT $109,158.50 ****** 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 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF P E N N S Y LVA N I A , C O U N T Y O F ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF SHALER: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1484 WILSON STREET, GLENSHAW, PA 15116.

DEED BOOK 12351, PAGE 409.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 355-H256.

68DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) DUKE L. RACE AKA DUKE RACE ************ CASE NO. MG-22-001060 ******* DEBT $20,165.34 ****** 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 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OFALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF WEST MIFFLIN: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 618 HAZEL STREET, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122. DEED BOOK 8852, PAGE 403. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 238-J-13

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DEFENDANT(S) THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF LAVAUDA J. PETERSON AKA LA VAUDA J. PETERSON DECEASED, DOUGLAS PETERSON SOLELY IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF LAVAUDA J. PETERSON A K A L A VA U D A J . P E T E R S O N , DECEASED, JEFFREY PETERSON SOLELY IN His’· CAPACITY AS HEIR OF LAVAUDA J. PETERSON AKA LA VAUDA J. PETERSON, DECEASED ************ CASE NO. MG-21-000166 ******* DEBT $104,734.29 ****** 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 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OFALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF ELIZABETH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 113 VALLEYVUE DRIVE, ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK 3715, PAGE 391. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 999-C-242.

70DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BELVINA G. PIOTROWSKI AKA BELVINA GRACE PIOTROWSKI, DECEASED, KIM BELVINA RAIBLE AKA BELVINA RAIBLE, SOLELY IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF BELVINA G. PIOTROWSKI AKA BELVINA GRACE PIOTROWSKI, DECEASED ************ CASE NO. GD-22-000155 ******* DEBT $34,565.12 ****** 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 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 8TH WARD CITY OF MCKEESPORT: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3830 ANDERSON AVENUE, MC KEESPORT, PA 15132.

DEED BOOK 7081, PAGE 535.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 461-E336

71DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) LIONEL PLOWDEN AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN R. PLOWDEN,DECEASED ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000258 ******* DEBT $28,879.56 ****** 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 ********************* IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OFALLEGHENY, 13TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVlNG ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 7523 BENNETT STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15208.

DEED BOOK 6817, PAGE 478.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER l 74-K314.

72DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Joy S. Brice ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000324 ******* DEBT $100,290.09 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): LOGS Legal Group LLP ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 3600 Horizon Drive, Suite 150 King of Prussia, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (610) 278-6800 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF MT. OLIVER: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 313 JACOB STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15210.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 15647, PAGE 552, BLOCK AND LOT 0033-H00372-0000-00.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000977 ******* DEBT $177,798.90 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jill M. Fein, Esquire. Hill Wallack LLP ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1000 Floral Vale Blvd. Suite 300 Yardley, PA 19067 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 579-7700 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF WEST DEER HAVING ERECTED THEREON A ONE STORY DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3514 W. STAG DRIVE GIBSONIA, PA 15044 DEED BOOK 7710 AND PAGE 171 BLOCK & LOT NO. 1507-S-264

74DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER JAMES F. VOLPE, DECEASED. ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000013 ******* DEBT $73,930.42 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jill M. Fein, Esquire. Hill Wallack LLP ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1000 Floral Vale Blvd. Suite 300 Yardley, PA 19067 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 579-7700 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF CRAFTON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A ONE STORY DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 4 MORTON STREET PITTSBURGH, PA 15205 DEED BOOK 6068 AND PAGE 689 BLOCK & LOT NO. 068-D-247

75DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Denise M. Alarcon ************ CASE NO. MG-14-000165 ******* DEBT $609,870.14 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Roger Fay, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 14000 Commerce Parkway, Suite H, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 724-1888 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 22nd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a commercial building being known and numbered as 946 Western Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233. Deed Book Volume 14680, Page 538. Block and Lot Number 7-D-127.

76DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Nancy J. Marchwinski ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000626 ******* DEBT $61,170.06 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF BA DWIN: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3053 HARMENING AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15227. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12552, PAGE 141. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 94-M-34.

77DEC23

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73DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) NANCY J. HAMMER, SOLELY AS HEIR OF IDA E. CANNON, DECEASED; JAMES D. CANNON, SOLELY AS HEIR OF IDA E. CANNON, DECEASED; DAVID CANNON, SOLELY AS HEIR OF IDA E. CANNON, DECEASED; D ON A LD F. C A N N ON , SOLELY AS HEIR OF IDA E. CANNON, DECEASED; KEVIN P. CANNON, SOLELY AS HEIR OF IDA E. CANNON, DECEASED; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER IDA E. CANNON, DECEASED\

DEFENDANT(S) Steven M. Loveland ************ CASE NO. GD-23-003741 ******* DEBT $55,289.13 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF HARRISON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 8 GREENWICH STREET, NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA 15065. DEED BOOK VOLUME 18583, PAGE 290. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1368-G-175.

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78DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) DESIREE J. WILLIAMSON ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000750 ******* DEBT $53,591.48 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 15 FRANKWOOD ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235.

DEED BOOK VOLUME 11520, PAGE496. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 230-R-33 l.

79DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Charles I. Green a/k/a Charles Issac Green ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000988 ******* DEBT $97,145.54 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): PADGETT LAW GROUP ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 700 Darby Road, Suite 100 Havertown, PA 19083 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 850-422-2520 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 28th Ward City of Pittsburgh: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO-STORY BRICK SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1926 NOBLESTOWN ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15205. DEED BOOK VOLUME 8741, PAGE 486.

BLOCKAND LOT NUMBER 0040-S00088-0000-00.

80DEC23

PLAINTIFF(S) MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOROUGH OF WHITE OAK VS DEFENDANT(S) KIMBERLY A. DUNLEVY ************ CASE NO. GD-23-004810 ******* DEBT $30,298.52 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF WHITE OAK: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND N U M BE RE D AS 1 30 7 KANS AS AVENUE, MCKEESPORT, PA 15131.

DEED BOOK 18642, PAGE 504. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 461-H-129.

81DEC23

PLAINTIFF(S) EAST ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES VS DEFENDANT(S) DREAM CASTLES, LLC ************ CASE NO. GD-23-000603 ******* DEBT $19,379.33 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3523-3527 FOSTER ROAD, MCKEESPORT, PA 15131.

DEED BOOK 16279, PAGE 177.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 549-E131.

82DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) David E. Winkowski ************ CASE NO. MG-20-000058 ******* DEBT $77,856.09 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Roger Fay, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 14000 Commerce Parkway, Suite H, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 724-1888 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, CoWlty of Allegheny, Mt. Oliver Borough: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 653 Margaret Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210. Deed Book Volume 11615, Page 216. Block and Lot Number 0033-M-00026-0000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S) Cornell Titus, Jr., As Administrator of The Estate Of Sandra M. Floyd a/k/a Sandra M. Floyd-Seay, Deceased ************ CASE NO. GD-23-007917 ******* DEBT $83,756.09 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 11TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 5498 BLACK STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15206. DEED BOOK VOLUME 9050, PAGE 628. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 83-E-76.

84DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Adrienne Moss, as Believed Heir to the Estate of Joan Chornecky, AKA Joan L. Chornecky; Unknown Heirs, to the Estate of Joan Chornecky, AKA Joan L. Chornecky; Unknown Administrators, to the Estate of Joan Chornenky, AKA Joan L. Chornenky ************ CASE NO. GD-22-012289 ******* DEBT $33,885.60 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Manley Deas Kochalski LLC ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Lincoln: PARCEL 1 Vacant Land being known as Kadar Lane, Elizabeth, PA 15037, Document Number 108760, Deed Book Volume 7623, Page 271, Block and Lot Number 1001-S-00297-0000-00.

PARCEL2 Having erected a dwelling being known and numbered as 17 Kadar Lane, Elizabeth, PA 15037, Document Number 108760, Deed Book Volume 7623, Page 271, Block and Lot Number 1001- S-003110000-00.

88DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) JACL Holdings, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company, James R. Graf, III, an individual, and Occupant(s) or Tenant(s) of 11-D Valley Street, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136 ************ CASE NO. GD-23-005097 ******* DEBT $55,061.61 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Michael J. Palumbo, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 4700 Rock.side Road, Suite 440, Independence, Ohio 44131 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (216) 503-9512 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of McKees Rocks: Having erected thereon a residential structure being known and numbered as 11-D Valley Street, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136.

Deed Book Volume 18974, Page 126.

Block and Lot Number 72-B-044.

89DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Estate Homes Builder, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, having taken title as or also known as Estate Home Builders, Inc., James R. Graf, III, an individual, and Occupant(s) orTenant(s) of 4A Rosamond Street, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136 ************ CASE NO.GD-23-002962 ******* DEBT $74,593.28 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Michael J. Palumbo, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 4700 Rock.side Road, Suite 440, Independence, Ohio 44131 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (216) 503-9512 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of McKees Rocks: Having erected thereon a residential structure being known and numbered as 4 Rosamond Street, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136.

Deed Book Volume 18890, Page 108.

Block and Lot Number 72-G-011.

90DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Darlene L. Barron ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000526 ******* DEBT $55,046.41 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Manley Deas Kochalski LLC ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Stowe Township:

PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills VS. DEFENDANT(S) JULIAN MARQUIS MCCLAIN-HUBBARD ************ CASE NO.GD 21-014765 ******* DEBT $11,416.42 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 128 Bellmawr Drive, McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 7168, Page 91. Block and Lot Number 0111-D-00334- 0000-00.

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 8155 CHASKE ST, VERONA, PA 15147.

DEED BOOK 16328, PAGE 231.

BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 229-M-131.

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86DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) JACL Holdings, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company, James R. Graf, III, an individual, and Occupant(s) or Tenant(s) of 5 Rosamond Street, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136 ************ CASE NO. GD-23-000766 ******* DEBT $73,121.14 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Michael J. Palumbo, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 4700 Rock.side Road, Suite 440, Independence, Ohio 44131 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (216) 503-9512 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of McKees Rocks: Having erected thereon a residential structure being known and numbered as 5 Rosamond Street, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136.

91DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Robert K. Johnson ************ CASE NO.MG-22-000270 ******* DEBT $66,400.93 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Lois M. Vitti ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 663 Fifth Street, Oakmont, PA 15139 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-281-1725 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 27th Ward City of Pittsburgh: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1108 HODGKISS STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15212. DEED BOOK DE-13880, PAGE 276. BLOCK AND LOT 45-F-184

Deed Book Volume 18857, Page 38.

Block and Lot Number 72-F-104.

87DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) JACL Holdings, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company, James R. Graf, III, an individual, and Occupant(s) Pennsylvania 15136 or Tenant(s) of 619 Frederick Street, McKees Rocks, ************ CASE NO. GD-23-000774 ******* DEBT $79,177.50 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Michael J. Palumbo, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 4700 Rock.side Road, Suite 440, Independence, Ohio 44131 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (216) 503-9512 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of McKees Rocks: Having erected thereon a residential structure being known and numbered as 619 Frederick Street, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136.

Deed Book Volume 18740, Page 238.

Block and Lot Number 43-A-193.

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DEFENDANT(S) John Boyer, Gary Boyer, Lindsay Daum and Nicholle Cannada all in their capacity as Heirs of David Boyer, Deceased and the Unknown Heirs of David Boyer, Deceased. ************ CASE NO.MG-23-000096 ******* DEBT $48,022.55 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Lois M. Vitti ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 663 Fifth Street, Oakmont, PA 15139 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-281-1725 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RANCH DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 357 ELIAS DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235.

DEED BOOK DE-16437, PAGE 12.

BLOCK AND LOT 368-K-262

93DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) AALIYAH ADAMS, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF LORI A. ADAMS-LEWIS AKA LORI ADAMS-LEWIS DECEASED; JASON SIMPSON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF LORI A. ADAMS-LEWIS AKA LORI ADAMS-LEWIS, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER LORI A. ADAMS-LEWIS AKA LORI ADAMS-LEWIS, DECEASED ************ CASE NO. MG-20-000320 ******* DEBT $81,682.53 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stephen Panik, Esquire ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KJNG OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 2ND WARD OF THE CITY OF CLAIRTON Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 129 CONSTITUTION CIRCLE, CLAIRTON, PA 15025. Deed Book Volume 13960, Page 586.

Block and Lot Number 0879-R00012-0000-00

94DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) RAYMOND L. DILALLO, JR., KNOWN HEIR OF RAYMOND L. DILALLO, AKA RAYMOND L. DILALLO, SR., THERESA EMERY, KNOWN HEIR OF RAYMOND L. DILALLO, AKA RAYMOND L. DILALLO, SR., NANCY FITZGERALD, KNOWN HEIR OF RAYMOND L. DILALLO, AKA RAYMOND L. DILALLO, SR., AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF RAYMOND L. DILALLO, AKA RAYMOND L. DILALLO, SR. ************ CASE NO. GD-23-000978 ******* DEBT $106,018.49 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ERIN H. CONROY, ESQUIRE ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) UNION TRUST BUILDING 501 GRANT STREET. SUITE 200 PITTSBURGH, PA 15219-4413 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412)562-8800 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh, 27th Ward: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS BEING KNOWN AND NillvIBERED AS 1418 DICKSON STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15212. DEED BOOK VOLUME 14599, PAGE 412. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 45-E-10.

95DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) HEIDI L. HUSCHAK A/K/A HEIDI L. HUSCHAK A/K/A HEIDI L. LOCKE ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000158 ******* DEBT $46,512.86 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 9th Ward of the City of McKeesport: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1719 Wesley Street McKeesport, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume 12472, Page 170. Block and Lot 0381-M00290-0000-00.

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96DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) CHRISTINE PORTER ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000035 ******* DEBT $114,211.92 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jill M. Fein, Esquire. Hill Wallack LLP ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1000 Floral Vale Blvd. Suite 300 Yardley, PA 19067 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 579-7700 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF ELIZABETH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A ONE STORY DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 260 MOHAWK DRIVE MCKEESPORT, PA 15135 DEED BOOK 13000 AND PAGE 271 BLOCK & LOT NO. 874-S-392

97DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) WAYNE LUCAS, JR.; KENDRA LUCAS A/K/A KENDRA OTTO ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000134 ******* DEBT $26,568.12 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wall: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 419 Bellview Street Wall, PA 15148. Deed Book Volume 12922, Page 155.

Block and Lot 0643-C-00333-0000-00.

98DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) ALEX S. BILAK A/K/A ALEX STEVEN BILAK A/K/A ALEX STE BILAK A/K/A ALEX BILAK ************ CASE NO. MG-22-001016 ******* DEBT $72,416.19 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of McKees Rocks: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 311 Catherine St McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 10120, Page 370. Block and Lot 0074-R00130-0000-00.

99DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) William A. Williams and Elnora William ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000515 ******* DEBT$26,260.80 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): PINCUS LAW GROUP, PLLC ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 2929 Arch Street, Suite 1700 Philadelphia, PA 19104 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 484-575-2201 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and 14t1t Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Parcel 1: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 418 Jonathan Court, Pittsburgh, PA 15208. Deed Book Volume 6254, Page 769. Block and Lot Number 126-D-19-A. Parcel 2: Being vacant land being known and numbered as 418 Jonathan Court, Pittsburgh, PA 15208. Deed Book Volume 6254, Page 769. Block and Lot Number 126-D-19-B.

100DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Estate of Keith J. Gregorich, last record owner/mortgagor Unknown heirs, devisees and personal representatives of Keith J. Gregorich and his, her, their or any of their successors in right, title and interest ************ CASE NO. GD-22-013559 ******* DEBT $29,470.74 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Stowe: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1100 13th Street, McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 9475, Page 97. Block and Lot Number 73N-89.

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101DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) JASON R. OLENAK AND JESSICA A. DAVIES ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000300 ******* DEBT $90,870.16 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): CHRISTINE L. GRAHAM, ESQUIRE ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Pleasant Hills: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 316 Saratoga Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236. Deed Book Volume 14703, Page 528. Block and Lot Number 471-D-270.

102DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) VICTORIA M. HENNING A/K/A VICTORIA HENNING ************ CASE NO. MG-19-000314 ******* DEBT $149,677.56 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): JOSEPH I. FOLEY, ESQUIRE ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Baldwin: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 5324 Blossom Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236.

Deed Book Volume 16508, Page 435.

Block and Lot Number 390-K-64.

103DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) ELEANOR JOHNSON ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000716 ******* DEBT $213,132.26 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): JOSEPH I. FOLEY, ESQUIRE ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Sharpsburg: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 5 4th Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15215 a/k/a 5 4th Street, Sharpsburg, PA 15215. Deed Book Volume 18650, Page 13. Block and Lot Number 167-S-169.

104DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) JASON P. SPADE AND LINDSAY SPADE ************ CASE NO. MG-23-000499 ******* DEBT $117,151.46 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): JOSEPH I. FOLEY, ESQUIRE ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West Mifflin: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 5024 Skylark Avenue, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania 15122. Deed Book Volume 17955 Page 57. Block and Lot Number 183E-33.

105DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Sean Walters ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000516 ******* DEBT $46,921.99 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 20th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a one (1) story dwelling house being known and numbered as 1239 Pritchard Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15204. Deed Book Volume 11685, Page 505. Block and Lot Number 42-N-250.

106DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) DALE Z. STEVENS ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000778 ******* DEBT $12,057.56 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): CHELSEA A. NIXON, ESQUIRE ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of McKeesport: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 2004 Grandview Avenue, McKeesport, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume 8623, Page 251. Block and Lot Number 0381-M- 00063-0000-00.

107DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) Tiffani L. Hunt ************ CASE NO. MG-22-000484 ******* DEBT $3,693.42 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): PADGETT LAW GROUP ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 700 Darby Road, Suite 100 Havertown, PA 19083 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 850-422-2520 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3500 IOWA STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15219. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12226, PAGE 349. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0026-R-00169-0000-00.

108DEC23

DEFENDANT(S) John Boon-Kee Wong, Jr ************ CASE NO. GD-22-013523 ******* DEBT $69,273.36 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Richard J. Thomas ******************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 6 Federal Plaza Central, #1300, Youngstown, Ohio 44503 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 330-744-1148 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 7th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: HAYING ERECTED THEREON A CONDOMINIUM UNIT DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 5708 WALNUT STREET, UNIT 14, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYL VNIA 15232. DEED BOOK 15713, PAGE 233. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0085-A-00222-0000-00.

109DEC23

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) Michele A. Tomlins ************ CASE NO..: GD 12-020056 ******* DEBT $4,697.94 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Etna: BEING thereon vacant residential land known as Ganster Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15223 £1.k/a 20 Ganster Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15223. Deed Book Volume 11541, Page 561. Block & Lot No. 222- P-11l.

110DEC23

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) The Unknown Heirs of Lee Kirkendoll, Deceased & The Unknown Heirs of Dolores Kirkendoll, Deceased ************ CASE NO. GD 23-006635 ******* DEBT $15,660.78 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Etna: BEING thereon vacant residential land known as Ganster Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15223. Deed Book Volume 8965, Page 407. Block & Lot No. 222-P-110.

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111DEC23

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) Michele A. Tomlins and The United States of America ************ CASE NO. GD 22-008728 ******* DEBT $4,303.82 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Etna: BEING thereon vacant residential land known as Ganster Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15223. Deed Book Volume 11541, Page 517. Block & Lot No. 222-P-112.

112DEC23

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) John Ganster, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns & Nicholas Ganster, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns ************ CASE NO. GD 22-008730 ******* DEBT $7,700.35 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Etna: Being thereon vacant land known as known as Ganster Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15223. Deed Book Volume 171, Page 460. Block & Lot No. 222-P-115

113DEC23

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) George Kucinic, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns & Burga Kucinic, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns ************ CASE NO. GD 22-008726 ******* DEBT $6,649.50 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Etna: Being thereon vacant land known as known as Ganster Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15223. Deed Book Volume 2427, Page 197. Block & Lot No. 222-P-107.

114DEC23

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) The Unknown Heirs of Katie L. Pegues, Deceased & The Unknown Heirs of Alice L. Pegues, Deceased & The Unknown Heirs of Edna Lorraine Pegues, Deceased & Donald C. Pegues ************ CASE NO. GD 23-001248 ******* DEBT$6,724.82 ****** 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 ********************* In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Swissvale: Having erected thereon a two story brick house known as 2726 Woodstock Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. Deed Book Volume 3890, Page 247. Block & Lot No. 236-C-98.

PROFESSIONAL Historic preservation and Economic development organization is requesting qualifications from: Environmental Engineering Firmsenvironmental site characterization and remediation, and closure of industrial sites through the PA Land Recycling Program, and reporting under public funding programs. Qualifications should include personnel available for this assignment, working in a team environment, meeting goals for minority and women owned businesses, and method and hourly rates of compensation.

Economic Development/Grant Management Firms- Qualifications relative to the following should be discussed: redevelopment planning, managing reporting for public programs, managing consultant teams, packaging other economic incentive programs, working in a team environment, personnel available for this assignment, assistance in securing women and minority participation, and the method and hourly rates of compensation.

Both RFQ’s are due December 8, 2023 and should be mailed to: Young Preservationists Association, 700 River Avenue, Suite 318, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Borough of Bellevue will hold a public hearing on November 28, 2023, at 6:30 PM, prevailing time, at the Borough of Bellevue Municipal Building, 537 Bayne Avenue, Bellevue, PA 15202, to consider adoption amendments to the Avalon-Bellevue-Ben Avon Joint Zoning Ordinance, a brief summary of which is set forth below: BOROUGH OF BELLEVUE ORDINANCE NO. 23 - 08 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FOLLOWING: ARTICLE IV, SECTION 409 OF THE AVALON-BELLEVUE-BEN AVON JOINT ZONING ORDINANCE TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR FENCES, WALLS AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS; ARTICLE VII OF THE AVALON-BELLEVUE-BEN AVON JOINT ZONING ORDINANCE TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS; AND ARTICLE VII OF THE AVALON-BELLEVUE-BEN AVON JOINT ZONING ORDINANCE TO UPDATE PERMITTED CONDITIONAL USE PROVISIONS. SUMMARY OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS This amendment would revise and amend: Portions of Section 409 (“Accessory Buildings, Structures, Uses and Events”) of Article IV (“District Regulations”) of the Joint Zoning Ordinance to correct errors and provide for revised regulations related to height, location, and appearance of fences, walls, screening in all Zoning Districts of Avalon, Bellevue, and Ben Avon.

Portions of Section 420 (“Signage”) Article IV (“Accessory Buildings, Structures, Uses and Events”) of the Joint Zoning Ordinance to provide for revised regulations of temporary signs, including with respect to the area, height, number, and temporal limitations, and to further provide for specific regulations related to political signs in all Zoning Districts of Avalon, Bellevue, and Ben Avon.

Section 721 (“Tavern/Bar”) of Article VII (“Conditional Uses”) of the Joint Zoning Ordinance to eliminate the prohibition of taverns and bars in the Borough of Bellevue.

A copy of the proposed ordinance is available for inspection at the municipal building in each of the following: the Borough of Avalon, 640 California Ave., Avalon, PA 15202, the Borough of Bellevue, 537 Bayne Ave., Bellevue, PA 15202, and the Borough of Ben Avon, 7101 Church Ave., Ben Avon, PA 15202, between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM, prevailing time, Mondays through Fridays.

Cindy L. Bahn, JD, MBA Director of Administrative Services TOWNSHIP OF WILKINS PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 1120 The Wilkins Township Board of Commissioners will consider adoption of the following ordinance at a public meeting to be held on the 11th day of December 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 110 Peffer Road, Wilkins Township, Pennsylvania. The complete text of the Ordinance is on file and may be inspected in the Office of the Township Secretary at the aforesaid Municipal Building during normal business hours.

The title and a summary of the ordinance is as follows.

PROPOSED ORDINANCE #1120 TITLE AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WILKINS, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, APPROPRIATING OUT OF REVENUES AVAILABLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 SPECIFIC SUMS REQUIRED AS SHOWN BY THE BUDGET AND FIXING THE REAL ESTATE TAX LEVY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.

SUMMARY The Ordinance appropriates specific sums required for the 2024 Budget, fixes the real estate tax levy for the 2024 fiscal year and provides for discounts and penalties on taxes paid and unpaid. The Real Estate Tax levy for 2024 is set at 6.174 mills. The total General Fund Budget is set at $7,654,500.

TOWNSHIP OF WILKINS PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 1119 The Wilkins Township Board of Commissioners will consider adoption of the following ordinance at a public meeting to be held on the 27th day of November 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 110 Peffer Road, Wilkins Township, Pennsylvania. The complete text of the Ordinance is on file and may be inspected in the Office of the Township Secretary at the aforesaid Municipal Building during normal business hours.

The title and a summary of the ordinance is as follows.

PROPOSED ORDINANCE #1119 TITLE AN ORDINANCE OF WILKINS TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, ELECTING TO AMEND ITS NON-UNIFORM PENSION PLAN ADMINISTERED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IV OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT LAW; AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY ALL PROVISIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT LAW AS AMENDED AND AS APPLICABLE TO MEMBER MUNICIPALITIES. IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY WILKINS TOWNSHIP, ALLGHENY COUNTY, AS FOLLOWS: SUMMARY The Ordinance authorizes an amendment to the Nonuniform Pension Plan to provide for an optional cash benefit plan.

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WILKINS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION Notice of Change in Meeting Date Take Notice that the Wilkins Township Planning Commission meeting originally scheduled for Wednesday, December 20, 2023 has been changed. The Planning Commission shall meet beginning at 7:00 PM on December 13, 2023 at the Municipal Building, 110 Peffer Road, Turtle Creek, PA 15145. The purpose of the meeting is to review the land development resubmittal for property located at 3475 William Penn Highway, Wilkins Township, and any other business that may come before the Commission.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY LEGAL NOTICE CONTRACT NO. 1796 FURNISH AND DELIVER SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE Sealed Bids for Contract No. 1796 – FURNISH AND DELIVER SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE shall be received at the Engineering Department office of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, 3300 Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15233, until 11:00 A.M., Prevailing Time, Tuesday, January 9, 2024 and then shall be publicly opened and read. A link will be required to access The Microsoft Teams Video Conference for the Bid Opening. If interested in obtaining a link to the Bid Opening, contact Kathleen P. Uniatowski via email at Kathleen.uniatowski@alcosan.org .

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.

Contract Documents will be available via email or may be examined at the Engineering office of the Authority.

Bid Security in the Amount of $1,000.00 is required. The Successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance Bond in the amount of $50,000.00. Contract documents must be obtained directly from ALCOSAN to qualify as an eligible bidder.

Any questions regarding the Technical Specifications should be directed to Benjamin Heilman, ALCOSAN, via email at Benjamin.heilman@alcosan.org .

Any questions regarding the Contract Bidding Documents should be directed to Kathleen P. Uniatowski, 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.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR PLASTER AND PAINTING OF OCCUPIED UNITS, UNOCCUPIED UNITS AND COMMON AREAS AUTHORITY WIDE

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

GD –2023-012574 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Reynold D. Bourquin; Diane Attanasio; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. 27th Ward, Pittsburgh. 3516 Brighton Road. Harbison Additions to Brighton Heights Part 5. Lot 39.36 x 70 Brighton Road.

2 Story Brick & Aluminum Siding House.-3516 1Story Brick Garage.

Block & Lot 76-A-232. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD. GD –2023-012578 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Stina M. Fish; Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Redknap Street. Malcolm Hay Plan 43. Lot 20 x 136.16 Redknap Street. 25TH Ward, Pittsburgh.

Block & Lot 23-E-26. Excepting and reserving that portion of the premises lying in and along the roadbed(s); subject to public and private rights thereon. Subject to all matters shown on the Plan as recorded in the Recorder’s Office of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Plan Book Volume 6, page 190. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD. GD –2023-012579 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Talib Ghafoor; Seligman & Sons Total Home Construction, LLC; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. 20TH Ward, Pittsburgh. 106 Wabash St. Warden-Alexander Plan pt 127. Lot 18 x 112.66 Wabash Ave & Plank St. Block & Lot 19-M-60. Subject to all matters set forth on that certain Plan known as the Warden & Alexander’s Plan of Terperanceville, recorded at Plan Book Volume 1, Page 120. Subject to rights of way or utility easements which may affect the subject premises. Any unrecorded rights-of-way or easements.

SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD. GD –2023-012581 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Parry Saroya; James Thornton; Donna G. Thornton; Go Invest Wisely, LLC; Summit Solutions, LLC; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. 23rd Ward, Pittsburgh. 827 Suismon Street. Lot 19 x 60 corner Suismon Street and Eagle Way. Block & Lot 24-F-405.

Easements, or claims of easements, not shown by the Public Records.

Title to that part of the premises lying in the bed and right of way of all roads, driveways and alleyways is subject to public and private rights therein. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD. GD –2023-012592 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Colleen Kuczinksi; Richard Kuczinski; Colleen McCreary; William Michael Tucker Kuczinski; Christopher Joseph Kuczinski; Jordan Tax Service, Inc.; PA Department of Revenue, Inheritance Tax Department; Pennsylvania Department of Domestic Relations; Pennsylvania Attorney General; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. 32nd Ward, Pittsburgh. 75 Mullooly St Birmingham Coal Co Plan Pt 17 Lot 5.43 x 101 Mullooly St Birmingham Coal Co Plan Pt 17 Lot 57.46 x 57.43 R Block & Lot 138-G-90. Excepting and reserving that portion of the premises lying in and along the roadbed(s); subject to public and private right thereon. Subject to all matters shown on the Plan as recorded in the Recorder’s Office of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Plan Book Volume 6, page 324. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD. GD –2023-012593 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Harry E. Fuget; Sonya L. Fuget; Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. 11TH Ward, Pittsburgh.

5463 Broad Street. Lot 25 x avg 102.43 Broad Street. Block & Lot 23F-131. Excepting and reserving that portion of the premises lying in and along the roadbed(s); subject to public and private rights thereon.

SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD. GD –2023-012594 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs William R. Parker; Rosemarie Parker; GLS Capital Inc.; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. 608 Redknap Street. Lot 20 x 136 Red-Kamp. 25TH Ward, Pittsburgh. Block & Lot 23-E-27. Excepting and reserving that portion of the premises lying in and along the roadbed(s); subject to public and private rights thereon. Subject to all matters shown on the Plan as recorded in the Recorder’s Office of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Plan Book Volume 6, page 190. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD. GD –2023-012597 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Regent Savings Association; Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. 13TH Ward, Pittsburgh. 16 South Wheeler Street. Lot 13.15 x 100 Wheeler Street. Block & Lot 174-S-233. Easements, or claims of easements, not shown by the Public Records. Subject to easements of party walls and the rights of adjoining owners therein.

Easement for access as set forth in Deed Book Volume 3890, Page 695. Subject to the proportionate part of the expense for keeping same in good order, condition and repair at all times hereafter forever. Subject to all matters shown on the Plan as recorded in the Department of Real Estate Office of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Plan Book Volume 11, Page 44 and Plan Book Volume 8, Page 110.

SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD. WHEREUPON the Court granted a rule on the aforesaid persons, and all persons, whatsoever, to appear and show cause within thirty days from this notice why the title of the CITY OF PITTSBURGH to the aforesaid real estate should not be adjudicated and decreed valid and indefeasible as against all mortgages, ground-rents, rights, title, interest in or claims against the aforesaid real estate, and to further show cause why the sale of the said real estate should not be made free and clear of all the aforesaid claims whatsoever.

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WILKINS TOWNSHIP CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE Take Notice that the Wilkins Township Civil Service Commission shall meet on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, beginning at 6:00 PM, at the Municipal Building, 110 Peffer Road, Turtle Creek, PA 15145.

The purpose of the meeting is to certify the list of candidates for entry level patrol officer, and any other business that may come before the Commission.

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THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH Sealed bids will be received in the Bellefield Avenue Lobby, Administration Building, 341 South Bellefield Avenue until 11:00 A.M. prevailing time November 30, 2023 and will be opened at the same hour in the administration building cafeteria: REFUSE SERVICEVARIOUS LOCATIONS General Information regarding bids may be obtained at the Purchasing Office, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, RM 349 Pittsburgh, PA 15213. The bid documents are available on the School District’s Purchasing web site at: www.pghschools.org The Board of Public Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or select a single item from any bid We are an equal rights and opportunity school district THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH Sealed bids will be received in the Bellefield Avenue Lobby, Administration Building, 341 South Bellefield Avenue until 11:00 A.M. prevailing time November 30, 2023 and will be opened at the same hour in the administration building cafeteria: Refuse Roll OffsVarious Locations General Information regarding bids may be obtained at the Purchasing Office, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, RM 349 Pittsburgh, PA 15213. The bid documents are available on the School District’s Purchasing web site at: www.pghschools.org Click on Our Community; Bid Opportunities; Purchasing - under Quick Links.

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

We are an equal rights and opportunity school district HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC NOTICE OF FY 2024 REVISED HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN In accordance with federal law and regulation, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) is revising its Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Administrative Plan. The proposed date of implementation is January 1, 2024, except for the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) revisions, which will be implemented upon receipt of the applicable software updates later in FY 2024 per PIH Notice 2023-27.

The proposed revisions to the HCV Administrative Plan are available for review and comment from Sunday, November 12, 2023, to Tuesday, December 12, 2023, on the HACP website: www.hacp.org. To review the HCV Administrative Plan in its current form, please visit https:// hacp.org/about/public-information/.

Written comments on the proposed revisions must be addressed to “Attention: HACP HCV Administrative Plan” at the HACP Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Department, 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 5th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, and must be received by the close of business (5:00 pm) on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.

Public hearings to receive public comments on the proposed revisions to the HCV Administrative Plan will be held on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. The Zoom meeting information can be accessed at www.hacp.org.

For questions regarding the HCV Administrative Plan proposed revisions, please contact La Shawna Hammond at 412-456-5000 extension 3290.

Persons with disabilities requiring assistance or alternative formats or wishing to submit comments in alternative formats can contact the Disability Compliance Office at 412-456-5282, extension 4; TTY 412-456-5282.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY Benjamin J. Heilman Contract Supervisor REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY PUBLIC NOTICE The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) is accepting Proposals from Professional Companies who wish to be considered for the following: Bond Underwriter ALCOSAN is seeking experienced firms to provide the Authority with bond underwriter services. This procurement is described in greater detail in the RFP located at https://www.alcosan.org/work-withus/planned-and-active-bids.

Respondents must submit two (2) hard copies and 1 electronic copy in a PDF format via email of their proposal in a clearly marked envelope by 2:00 p.m (EST) Pittsburgh time on December 15, 2023, to the following address: Karen Fantoni, CPA, Director of Finance Allegheny County Sanitary Authority 3300 Preble Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15233 Email: karen.fantoni@alcosan.org And electronic copies to Lori McKay at Lori.McKay@alcosan.org and Authority’s Financial Advisor Charles Goodwin at: BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC Email address: charles.goodwin@bnymellon.com All questions shall be submitted, in writing, to Mr. Goodwin.

ALCOSAN encourages businesses owned and operated by minorities, disadvantaged and women’s business enterprises to submit qualification statements or to participate as subcontractors or suppliers to the selected Consultant/Firm. The Party selected shall be encouraged to utilize minority, disadvantaged, and women’s business enterprises to the fullest extent possible. The goals of the ALCOSAN’s Minority and Women Business Policy are listed on the ALCOSAN website at www.alcosan.org.

Karen Fantoni, CPA Director of Finance OFFICIAL NOTICE BOROUGH OF THORNBURG PROPOSED BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget detailing expenditures from revenue sources for the year 2024 has been prepared by the Council of the Borough of Thornburg. The proposed budget may be reviewed and/or full copy may be obtained by contacting the undersigned at 545 Hamilton Road, Borough of Thornburg, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15205 or thornburg.secretary@gmail.com.

Written or oral arguments concerning the proposed budget will be received

by Council at its regular meeting to be held on December 4, 2023 at 7:00 PM. It is intended that a final budget will be adopted by Council at said meeting.

Dorothy Falk Borough Secretary/Treasurer Borough of Thornburg

IFB#300-35-23 The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby requests bids from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s): Plaster and Painting of Occupied Unites, Unoccupied Units and Common Areas Authority Wide IFB#300-35-23 The documents will be available no later than November 13, 2023, and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 9:00 A.M. on November 30, 2023. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical bids dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 9:00 A.M. on November 30, 2023 in the lobby of 412 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Bids may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site; the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the IFB. Sealed bids may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

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

Questions or inquires should be directed to: Mr. Kim Detrick Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh Procurement Department 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2832 A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on November 21, 2023, at 9:00 A.M. Please see meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 899 1885 9270 Passcode: 567050 +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, in order 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.

ADVERTISEMENT Bids are hereby soTlicited for the Community College of Allegheny County, 800 Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15233 on the following: Bid 1121 – Painting – Boyce Campus Student Union Bid 1122 – Furnish and Install Flooring – Boyce Campus Student Union A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting and site-visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 20, 2023. The assembly point will be the Front Entrance to Boyce Campus, 595 Beatty Road, Monroeville, PA 15146.

Due date: 2:00 P.M. Prevailing Time on Friday, December 1, 2023 Any bid or proposals received after this deadline will be considered as a “late bid” and will be returned unopened to the offerer.

Proposals may require Bid Bonds, Performance Bonds, Payment Bonds, and Surety as dictated by the specifications.

No bidder may withdraw his bid or proposal for a period of ninety (90) days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids.

The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

The Community College of Allegheny County is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and encourages bids from Minority/Disadvantaged owned businesses. For more information, contact Michael Cvetic at mcvetic@ccac.edu.

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PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY ADVERTISEMENT Separate sealed Bids for the Work as listed hereinafter will be received at the Purchasing and Materials Management Department of Port Authority of Allegheny County (Authority) Heinz 57 Center, 345 Sixth Avenue, Third Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15222-2527 until 1:30 p.m. on December 15, 2023 and will be publicly opened and read immediately thereafter at the same address. Each Bidder shall be solely responsible for assuring that its Bid is both received and time stamped by a representative of the Purchasing and Materials Management Department at or before the advertised time for submission of Bids. Bidders submitting bids via FedEx, UPS, USPS or other carrier must immediately provide tracking information to the assigned contract specialist via e-mail. Upon delivery, bidder will notify the assigned contract specialist with an e-mailed receipt.

Bids received or time stamped in the Purchasing and Materials Management Department after the advertised time for the submission of Bids shall be non-responsive and therefore ineligible for Award.

FACILITIES HVAC IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT NO. SYS-23-06 G, H, E. The Work of this Project includes, but is not limited to, various HVAC upgrades at the South Hills Village Operations Control Center (OCC) and Cash Handling Building, Collier Garage, South Hills Junction Building 1, and West Mifflin Garage. Also included is the associated electrical, architectural, and structural work required to support the HVAC upgrades.

A copy of the bid documents will be available on or after November 15, 2023 and can be obtained by accessing or creating your eBusiness account at PRT’s eBusiness website: http://ebusiness.ridePRT.org. Guides are provided for accessing, updating, or creating an eBusiness account. Please be sure to register for any/all construction categories relevant to your firm.

This Project may be funded, in part, by, and subject to certain requirements of, the County of Allegheny and/or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Authority, in compliance with 74 Pa.C.S. § 303, as may be amended, require that certified Diverse Businesses (“DBs”) have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and subcontracts for this Project. In this regard, all Bidders shall make good faith efforts in accordance with 74 Pa.C.S. § 303, to ensure that DBs have the maximum opportunity to compete for and perform contracts. Bidders shall also not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, disability, national origin, sexual origin, gender identity or status as a parent in the award and performance of contracts for this Project. If aid is required to involve DBs in the Work, Bidders are to contact Authority’s DBE Representative, Susanna Broadus at (412) 566-5257.

The Bidder’s attention is directed to the following contacts for Bidder’s questions: Procedural Questions Regarding Bidding: Cindy Denner - Authority (412) 566-5117 cdenner@rideprt.org All other questions relating to the Bid Documents must be submitted by mail or email to: Port Authority of Allegheny County Procurement Office – Construction Division 345 Sixth Avenue, Third Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 Attn: Cindy Denner (412) 566-5117 email: cdenner@rideprt.org In addition, the Bidder’s attention is directed to the following schedule of activities for preparation of its Bid: 9:00 a.m.

Pre-Bid Conference will be November 27, 2023 conducted via Teams at:

Teams Meeting ID: 268 818 075 666 Passcode: S9Dz9J

Call in (audio only): 412-927-0245

Phone Conference ID: 870 229 433#

Attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended.

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Pre-Bid Site Tour (Day 1) November 28, 2023 South Hills Village OCC 1000 Village Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15241

SHVRC Cash Handling Building and Collier Garage to follow.

Meet in the lobby at the address indicated above.

Transportation will not be provided.

All participants shall bring their

own bagged lunch, if necessary.

All participants must provide and

wear safety vests and appropriate

footwear; all participants – IF UN VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19

– must provide and wear a mask at

all times and practice minimum

social distancing of 6 feet between

other individuals. Tours will be

conducted in limited group sizes

and in the order of which bidders

sign-in at the site. (Attendance is mandatory.)

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Pre-Bid Site Tour (Day 2) November 29, 2023 Contractors to initially meet at:

Heinz 57 Center Lobby 345 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222

PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY d.b.a. PRT Electronic Proposals will be received online at PRT’s Ebusiness website (http://ebusiness.portauthority.org).

Proposals/bid submittals will be due 11:00 AM on December 8, 2023 and will be read at 11:15 AM., the same day, at PRT’s Heinz location (345 Sixth Avenue, Third Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2527), for the following: Electronic Proposal - Ebusiness website (http://ebusiness.portauthority.org) Bid number

Bid Name

1

B23-08-61AR

Voith Transmission Rebuild Kits

2

B23-11-73

LRV Control Printed Circuit Boards (LICU

3

B23-11-74A

Diesel Engine Oi

4

B23-11-76A

Bus Batteries (AGM)

Paper Proposal – Documents are available for the following item at PRT’s Main Offices 345 Sixth Avenue, Third Floor, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15222-2527. Paper Proposal documents are also available via email by request to stirk@rideprt.org

1

Bid number

Bid Name

B23-11-71A

Unleaded Gasoline

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

To join the bid opening though Microsoft Teams meeting on your computer, mobile app or room device: Meeting ID: 291 187 730 273 Passcode: HVzBe6 Or call in (audio only) 412-927-0245 Phone Conference ID: 440 659 023# 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 via tele-conference on each of the above items at 10:00 AM, November 16, 2023 through your web browser via Microsoft Teams video conference.

Join on your computer, mobile app or room device: Meeting ID: 268 612 965 882 Passcode: ZA2eRd Or call in (audio only) 412-927-0245 Phone Conference ID: 277 225 649# Attendance at this meeting is not mandatory, but is strongly encouraged.

Questions regarding any of the above bids will not be entertained by the PRT within five (5) business days of the scheduled bid opening.

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.

SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to be responsible for managing engineering and construction activities related to structures, facilities, buildings, bridges, tunnels, subways, roadways, bus-ways, light rail transit system, and related infrastructure.

Ensures projects adhere to the scope, budget, and schedule as well as interfaces with consultants, contractors, community and internal and external stakeholder representatives.

Ensure all phases of the project are performed in accordance with Quality Control and Quality Assurance procedures and achieve the needs of Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) operation and maintenance functions.

Essential Functions: · Responsible to direct project activities necessary to implement the design, construction, and turnover of assigned capital projects within budget, scope and schedule in a quality manner. Directs project activities to ensure work is performed to acceptable levels in areas, such as: · Ensuring Contract Documents meet intended needs of Port Authority and outside agency requirements and standards. · Constructability and cost-effectiveness. · Coordination of activities, including railroad, utility, real estate, environmental, community, municipal, governmental agencies, Port Authority operation and maintenance, training, and turnover. · Minimizing impacts to Port Authority d/b/a/ Pittsburgh Regional Transit operations and maintenance functions and maintain the safety of the public and Port Authority employees. · Timely completion of the work within budget and complying with contract requirements. · Compliance with applicable codes. · Site staging, mobilization, accessibility, and sequence of construction and safety.

Job requirements include: · BS Degree, Major in Civil Engineering or related engineering field from an accredited school. · Minimum of seven (7) years of progressive experience in managing projects, including design and construction of job-related work. · Professional and effective communication skills. · Valid PA driver’s license. · Demonstrated ability in the use of Windows.

Preferred attributes: · Registered Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the ability to obtain such registration through reciprocity within one year of appointment or Certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) from nationally recognized registration entity.

CITY OF PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET ADVERTISEMENT Separate and sealed Bid Proposals will be received electronically starting on Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 for: 2023-RFP-265– ADA Self-Evaluation & Transition Planning Information on solicitations is available on the City of Pittsburgh website: http://purchasing.pittsburghpa.gov Bid proposals are requested on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh. All bids must be submitted via the above website and all required documents must be provided or the bid proposal may be considered non-responsive.

The contractor will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity requirements for Federally Assisted construction contracts.

The contractor must assure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Attention is called to Executive Order 11246, to Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. 1701U, and to the Section 3 Clause and Regulations set forth in 24 CFR, Part 135.

The Contractor will be required to comply with the following laws, rules and regulations: All provisions of US Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, as amended by US Executive Order 11375 and as supplemented in US Department of Labor Regulations (41 CFR, Part 60), and of the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the US Secretary of Labor.

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

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

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

Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity (Executive Order 11246): Bidder’s attention is called to the “Equal Opportunity Clause” and the “Standard Federal Equal Employment Specifications” set forth in 41 CFR Public Contracts and Property Management Part 60-4.3 Equal Opportunity Clauses.

Transportation will be provided via

bus. Participants shall bring their

own bagged lunch, if necessary.

All participants must provide and

wear safety vests and appropriate

footwear; all participants – IF UN VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19

– must provide and wear a mask at

all times and practice minimum

social distancing of 6 feet between

other individuals. Tours will be

conducted in limited group sizes

and in the order of which bidders

sign-in at the site. (Attendance is mandatory.)

1:30 p.m.

Bids Due December 15, 2023 Port Authority of Allegheny County

Procurement Office

345 Sixth Avenue – Third Floor – Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Please print, fill out, place in Goals for minority participation: 18%

envelope with identifying label, Goals for female participation: 7%

seal and deliver by the time and date indicated.

These goals are applicable to all construction work (whether or not Federal

Bids submitted via Fed Ex, UPS, or Federally-Assisted) performed in the “covered area.”

USPS, or other carrier are subject As used in this notice, and in the contract resulting from this solicitation,

to the notification requirements the “covered area” is Pittsburgh SMSA (Allegheny, Washington, Beaver indicated above. and Westmoreland counties).

Please call Cindy Denner at The contractor shall comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

(412) 566-5117 prior to arriving. All and 1988, as amended, Section 109 of the Community Development Act

participants – IF UNVACCINATED of 1974, with Executive Order 11625 (Minority Business Enterprise) and

AGAINST COVID-19 – Must Executive Order 12138 (Women’s Business Enterprise).

provide and wear a mask at all The Proposers will be required to submit the package of certifications

times and practice minimum social included with the contract documents relating to Equal Employment

distancing of 6 feet between other Opportunity. individuals.

Vendors submitting responses on federally funded projects must register

on SAM.gov and provide proof of registration.

2:00 p.m.

Bid Opening will be conducted @ The City of Pittsburgh reserves the right to withhold the award of contract December 15, 2023 2:00 pm via Teams at: for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the opening of bids.

Teams Meeting ID: 271 429 317 244 Passcode: Z6rjW4 The City of Pittsburgh reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.

Call in (audio only): 412-927-0245

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We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to: Alex Kumnik Employment Department 345 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 AKumnik@ridePRT.org EOE

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