NAACP National President urges Black athletes to boycott states that eliminate DEI by
the men’s and women’s national championships.
But Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, has taken to the media urging Black high school athletes to turn down offers to play at colleges and universities in states that have already or are considering future possibilities of eliminating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.
“I fervently hope that high school student-athletes looking to apply to colleges and universities not consider schools that are reversing DEI programs, and they should let the recruiters, coaches, and admissions officers know why they’ve opted not to join their programs,” said Johnson. “I would hope that students currently enrolled at schools that have dismantled DEI consider, in consultation with their parents and guardians, whether their academic needs might be better served elsewhere.”
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, since early 2023, legislators in dozens of states have introduced at least 65 anti-DEI bills aimed at prohibiting colleges from hiring a more diverse faculty, removing cultural competency training, and undermining comprehensive curriculums.
In January, the Florida Board of Governors banned public colleges from spending state funding on all DEI programs.
This followed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signing a law defunding DEI programs in the Sunshine State. The University of Florida was quick to make changes, announcing that it had closed the office of its Chief Diversity Officer to be in step with the Board of Governors’ directive.
Former NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith, who played college ball at the University of Florida, expressed disdain for his alma mater’s decision to close down the school’s DEI office.
“We need diverse thinking and backgrounds to enhance our university, and the DEI department is necessary to accomplish those goals,” Smith said in a statement posted on X. “Instead of showing courage and leadership, we continue to fail based on systemic issues, and with this decision, UF has conformed to the political pressures of today’s time. To the many minority athletes at UF, please be aware and vocal about this decision by the university, now closing the doors on other minorities without any oversight.”
In a letter dispatched to Charlie Baker, the president of the NCAA, the NAACP’s top executive intimated its position that “current and prospective student-athletes reconsider any decision to attend and compete at a predominantly White institution in Florida.” Others agree with Smith’s and Johnson’s positions. “For me, in a lot of ways, it’s hypocritical for an institution to benefit from Black talent and Black excellence in athletes and not have a similar investment in their success as students and as human beings,” said Frank Harris, a professor who teaches diversity and equity in higher education at San Diego State University.
According to ESPN, in 2022-23, the NCAA generated nearly $1.3 billion in revenue, more than half of which was distributed to Division I schools. This rev-
enue increased from $1.14 billion reported for the previous fiscal year. NCAA football, in particular, is a huge money maker, with Black athletes’ massive contributions paving the way for lucrative gains for a multiplicity of colleges and universities.
“The same states that seek to undermine educational opportunity and holistic learning environments are profiting to the tune of millions of dollars a year off the backs of Black talent, their families, and fans,” Johnson said. “While these leaders may not listen to our rallying cries, they most definitely stand to feel the impact of our absence.”
Johnson and other Black activists, political leaders, and supporters of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are urging Black student-athletes to boycott colleges and universities in states that have promoted or passed anti-DEI policies.
“For Black college athletes, this is the ‘bus boycott’ of our era,” said Johnson.
Johnson has a direct message to legislators, other elected officials, college and university presidents, and board members who have made it their mission to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
“Embracing the ideas of diversity, equity, and inclusion is the best way to combat systemic racism and ensure that America is a country of opportunity for all of us,” Johnson said. “We must not allow dark forces to revert our progress on embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion. The value that Black and other college athletes bring to large universities is unmatched. If these institutions are unable to completely invest in those athletes, it’s time they take their talents elsewhere.”
• APRIL 10
1943— Tennis great Arthur Ashe is born in Richmond, Va. Ashe’s spectacular abilities on the tennis court enabled him to become the first Black member of the American Davis Cup team; the first Black to win the U.S. Open and the first Black to win the men’s single’s title at Wimbledon in England. Unfortunately, Ashe would die of AIDS after receiving a contaminated blood transfusion.
• APRIL 11
1948— On this day Jackie Robinson signed a contract that would officially make him the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. Robinson became a symbol of pride for Blacks as well as a star player. However, the admitting of Blacks into Major League Baseball helped bring about the demise of the old Negro Baseball League whose teams had become major economic institutions in cities throughout the nation. 1967— The voters of Harlem, N.Y., defy Congress and re-elect the outspoken and often flamboyant Adam Clayton Powell Jr . His opponents in Congress had recently expelled him. The decision of the Harlem voters was rendered legally sound when the United States Supreme Court later ruled that the congressional expulsion was unconstitutional. Powell was returned to Congress, but without his seniority. He died April 4, 1972 in Miami, Fla.
• APRIL 12
1787— Famous Black clergymen Richard Allen and Absalom Jordan organized the Free Africa Society which is believed to be the first Black self-help organization or mutual aid society in America. The two, especially Allen, attempted to better life for Blacks through the organization of separate Black controlled institutions. Allen is also the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. 1861—The Confederates attack Fort Sumter in the Charleston, S.C., harbor setting off the Civil War. Thinking the recent election of Abraham Lincoln would lead to the ending of slavery, the Southerners struck first in a bid to form a separate, White-controlled, slave-owning nation. 1940— Contemporary jazz composer and musician Herbie Hancock is born in Chicago, Ill. 1975—Josephine Baker dies. She was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Mo., in 1906. Baker left the United States for France in 1925 seeking a career as a dancer. She achieved fame throughout Europe, becoming a versatile and sensational performer with her often revealing dances. During World War II she even aided the French resistance in its battle against occupation by the forces of Nazi Germany.
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1873—The Colfax Massacre takes place in Grant Parish, La. Still smarting from the loss of the Civil War and enraged by the political powers being given Blacks during Reconstruction, a White paramilitary terrorist group known as the White League set out to restore White rule in Louisiana. The spark was a disputed election and a confrontation near the Colfax courthouse between a 60-member sparsely armed Black militia and nearly 300 heavily armed members of the White League. The Blacks took refuge in the courthouse and a gun battle rages for hours leaving three Whites dead. Then the Whites convinced an elderly Black man to sneak into the courthouse and set it afire. As the Blacks escaped the flames, they were either shot or arrested. But even those arrested were later killed. Before the day was over, somewhere between 60 and 100 Blacks were massacred. 1946— R&B great Al Green is born in Forest City, Ark. Many considered Green the greatest male R&B singer of the 1970s. Among his greatest hits were “Tired of Being Alone,” “I’m Still in Love with You” and “Let’s Stay Together.”
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1865—President Abraham Lincoln is shot and critically wounded at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln would linger for several hours, but died at 7:22 a.m. the following day, April 15.
A debate still rages among historians as to how broad based the con -
spiracy was to assassinate Lincoln. Regardless, it is clear that Booth was a racist who supported slavery and the South during the Civil War. Originally, he was part of a plot to kidnap Lincoln and hold him in exchange for captured Confederate soldiers. But on April 9, 1865, Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. Later that day, Lincoln gave a speech suggesting that the exslaves be given the right to vote. The speech infuriated Booth and thus the plot to kidnap Lincoln was converted into a plot to assassinate him. Booth escaped capture for 12 days. But on April 26, 1865 he was cornered by federal forces and shot and killed during a gun battle. Four of his fellow conspirators, including one woman, were tried and hanged. The assassination of Lincoln changed the course of history for Blacks. While Lincoln was not as great a supporter of Black rights as he has often been portrayed, he was a much greater supporter than the man who replaced him in office—Vice President Andrew Johnson. Johnson actually sympathized with the Southern slave-owning aristocracy and opposed most civil and virtually all voting rights for Blacks. The pro-Black legislation of the Reconstruction period was normally passed over his objection or veto. Nevertheless, Johnson is one of the primary reasons the Reconstruction period only lasted 12 years. He helped lay the foundation for the Jim Crow period beginning around 1880 during which time Black political and civil rights were systematically taken away. This probably would not have happened if Lincoln had not been assassinated.
• APRIL 15
1899—Asa Phillip Randolph, organizer of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, was born in Crescent City, Fla. Randolph brought the power of unionism to Black America. He also used his position as the nation’s No. 1 Black union leader to become one of the major civil rights leaders of his era. More than anyone else, it was Randolph who organized the historic March on Washington during which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. Ironically, as a young man Randolph left Florida and moved to New York to become an actor. Instead, he became involved with the Socialist Party and helped develop a magazine known as The Messenger. The editorial slant of the magazine describes Randolph as “midway between the cautious elitism of the NAACP and the utopian populism of Marcus Garvey.” Randolph died May 16, 1979.
1922—Harold Washington , the first Black and 42nd mayor of Chicago, is born in Chicago.
• APRIL 16
1862—President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill ending slavery in Washington, D.C. Approximately nine months later he would issue the Emancipation Proclamation which had a highly emotional and symbolic impact but actually freed very few slaves when it was first pronounced. The Proclamation targeted slaves in the South. But at the time, Lincoln had virtually no control over the rebellious slave-owning Southern states.
1929— The now little known, but one of the grandest voices in African American history is born on this day in Leesburg, Ga.— Roy Hamilton Hamilton’s baritone voice made him a hit during the 1950s. His most memorable songs were “Unchained Melody” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
1947— Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is born Lewis Alcindor in New York City. His more than seven-foot frame would make him a dominant player in professional basketball.
2010— The National Center for Health Statistics releases a report showing that a whopping 72.3 percent of Black babies are born to unmarried women . The same report revealed that Hispanic women had the highest birthrate in the nation (98.6 births per 1,000 women) followed by Asian American women (71.4); Black women (71.2) and White women (59.6).
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The event also served as a way to introduce or reintroduce the locals to the East Hills Family Support Center. While the East Hills Community Center is just a stone's throw away, the Family Support Center is the connection between all that the Urban League has to offer and the people of East Hills. "These centers are here to really help empower the families," Carlos Carter, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, told the Courier at the Feb. 28 event. "We have emergency food pantries in here, we help with jobs, we help remove barriers, in terms of if they need rental assistance, they can connect to the greater Urban League; if they need rides to doctor's appointments, we take them..."
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The East Hills Family Support Center also assists people with free pampers. Lucas, the site director, told the Courier there's more plans in the works to get the residents more connected to the center. He's planning a grand reopening celebration tentatively in May, complete with outdoor inflatables, games for the kids, free food on the grill, and more. Lucas also wants the Family Support Center to be known as a place where tutoring takes place, there's movie nights for the kids, and overall, a true resource outlet for the East Hills community. "A lot of people don't know how easy it is to find a resource," Lucas told the Courier. "With us being that liasion, we can help get them to where they want to be instead of where they have to be." (Editor's note: For more information on the Urban League's East Hills Family Support Center, call 412727-2640.)
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:10— I am not sure when the last time the Pirates started 9 and 2...and I don’t care. Actually, I do know when...1992...All I want is that for the first time in forever we look like a real baseball team with real hope and a lot less prayer. But hold up, wait a minute, we’ve had a touch of this possibility before. Let’s keep hope alive!
:09— By now most of us have given C. C. (we’re friends now, so I can call Caitlin Clark, C. C.) her props and there’s no
doubting she is the real deal. Even though she could stay and play another year, it’s time to lock the memories down and go get that fame and glory. :08— And let’s not get it twisted. Caitlin Clark didn’t get beat by South Carolina. Iowa got beat by South Carolina. And to be sure, the best team won. And truth be told, if you have a 6'7" player on one side of the hoop and a 6'4" player on the other side, and they’re both future WNBA players, and their tallest
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:07— South Carolina wins it in grand fashion, 87-75, in what was a good women's college basketball championship game on Sunday, April 7, that lived up
to the hype and got its payback. And remember, this about the heart of the hoop game on any level. “Tall players don’t get shorter as the game goes on...they get taller!” :06— I could talk about Coach Dawn Staley until next Tuesday and still not say enough good things. Great coach, great mentor, great leader. And most importantly, developing young girls into great women off the court. :05— NCAA men’s championship game
took place on Monday, April 8, and as I thought, UConn won the game by double digits, 75-60, over Zach Edey and Purdue. That's back-to-back titles for UConn, their sixth overall championship.
:04— While you’re focused on the roundball, don’t forget the 89th edition of the NFL Draft, Saturday, April 27, coming to ya from Martius Park in Detroit, Michigan. :03— Speaking of which, this just in via the 2024 NFL mock
draft, Omar Khan makes a few moves and selects Jerry Rice’s son!!!!!
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by Sheryl Merritt
The most effective way for African Americans to build wealth is through homeownership. But so many families ask, where do you start when you want to buy a home?
The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) broadly provides this information so more Black families can enjoy the benefits of homeownership and create intergenerational wealth. The journey of becoming a homeowner, especially for the first time, can be both exhilarating and daunting. It’s crucial to approach this process with a well-structured plan. Here are a few essential steps every first-time homebuyer should consider:
• Prepare for Buying Home: Before looking at potential homes, it’s essential to have a clear picture of your financial health. This includes reviewing your credit score, understanding your income, and identifying your budget for buying a home. Here are some tips:
A good credit score for purchasing a home typically falls within the range of 620 to 850. This range represents the FICO credit score system, which lenders commonly use to assess an individual’s creditworthiness.
Scores above 720 are considered excellent and may enable borrowers to access the best interest rates and loan terms. However, individuals with scores at the lower end of this spectrum can still qualify for a mortgage, though they might face higher interest rates. It’s important to note that while your credit score is a crucial factor, lenders will also consider other aspects of your financial situation, including your debt-to-income ratio, employment history, and the size of your down payment.
Improving your credit score will help you secure a mortgage and potentially save thousands of dollars in interest over the life of your loan. To maintain or improve your credit score, make sure to pay all bills on time, keep credit card balances low, and avoid unnecessarily opening new lines of credit. It’s also important to regularly check your credit report for errors and dispute any inaccuracies that could negatively impact your score.
Ultimately, having a good credit score can open up opportunities for homeownership and save you money in the long run.
So, whether you’re currently in the market for a home or just planning for the future, taking steps to improve your credit score is a smart financial move.
Remember, your credit score is just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to getting approved for a mortgage. Still, it’s an important one that can significantly impact your borrowing power and the overall cost of homeownership.
• Hire a Real Estate Professional: A knowledgeable real estate agent, such as a Realtist from the NAREB, can offer invaluable assistance in navigating the home-buying process. They can help you find homes that match your criteria, advise on the offer process, and negotiate with sellers.
• Securing A Mortgage Pre-Approval: A pre-approval from a lender gives you the advantage of knowing exactly how much you can afford. It also demonstrates to sellers that you are a serious and capable buyer. Here are the steps to getting pre-approval. Before approaching a lender for pre-approval, knowing how much you can afford is important. Consider factors such as your income, expenses, and credit score and: Lenders will require certain documents to verify your financial information, such as pay stubs, tax returns, and bank statements. Make sure to have these ready for the pre-approval process. Research lenders: Shop around and
by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
In 2022, the economy proved as volatile as ever, with less disposable income and greater unpredictability.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index, inflation in the United States peaked at 9.1 percent in July 2022 and dropped to 7.1 percent by November 2022.
A new study found that more people are having to spend all their income on necessities, and they are counting on their next salary to meet the costs they’ll incur until then.
Researchers discovered that many people of higher socioeconomic status have had their first taste of living paycheck to paycheck this year.
While researchers found that most paycheck-to-paycheck consumers can pay their bills on time, one in every five Americans still require assistance to make ends meet.
Research conducted by Pymnts.com and LendingClub Corp. revealed that by the end of the year, 64 percent of American customers (166 million individuals) will be living paycheck to paycheck. That represents a rise of 3 percent from a year ago, or 9.3 million addition-
al people in the United States. Almost 8 million of them made $100,000 or more per year.
By the end of 2022, 51 percent of people in that income bracket reported that they were living paycheck to paycheck, up 9 percent from the year before. U.S. consumers, especially those who must spend every dollar they earn
conducted in collaboration with LendingClub and released each month from January to December— and representing insights from a total of 45,700 U.S. consumers. The researchers determined that living paycheck to paycheck is currently the norm in the United States.
Over the past year, the percentage of consumers living paycheck to
Although people of all income levels have felt the pinch, the percentage of high-income people living paycheck-to-paycheck has increased significantly in the last two years.
each month to meet their financial obligations, have been hit hard by inflation and economic uncertainty in 2022, as the authors of “The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report: 2022 Year in Review” detail. This study analyzed consumers’ responses to the ongoing financial pressures of an ever-changing economic landscape by drawing on PYMNTS’ series of 12 unique reports,
paycheck fluctuated, and while it is now comparable to a year ago, it is up 11 percentage points from a low in April 2021.
Although people of all income levels have felt the pinch, the percentage of high-income people living paycheck to paycheck has increased significantly in the last two years.
From July 2021 to November 2022, the percentage of high-income
customers who reported living paycheck to paycheck increased from 34 percent to 47 percent.
While 6.8 percent of consumers making above $200,000 report living paycheck to paycheck and having trouble making ends meet, 10 percent of those making between $150,000 and $200,000 and 12 percent of those making between $100,000 and $150,000 admitted a similar financial situation.
The report revealed that consumers with lower incomes are more likely to require bill payment assistance.
When asked why they were having trouble making ends meet, 18 percent of middle-income consumers and 33 percent of low-income consumers said it was because of their income level.
Lydia Boussour, senior economist at EY Parthenon, told MSN that “consumer spending prospects are unclear.”
She claimed that consumers’ discretionary spending will be low this winter because of rising costs, depleted savings, and growing reliance on credit.
The decline in stock prices and property values will have a “negative wealth effect,” exacerbating these dynamics.
Investing in yourself is the best investment you’ll ever make. When you focus on becoming the best version of yourself, you’ll strive to continually learn more, earn more, save more, exercise more, eat healthier, and do things that you love and enjoy. When you’re seeking a romantic companion, you want to find a person who will enhance the quality of your life. Someone who will encourage you to be the best version of yourself as you do the same for them. No one enters a romantic relationship hoping it will end. We enter these relationships hoping to have a life mate. A life mate is a companion for life. A life mate is someone that will be by your side to experience all that life throws your way — both good and bad. Life is hard in and of itself. Choosing the wrong person will set you back financially, spiritually, mentally and physically. The right person by your side will have you saving money, making moves and laughing constantly. “Live, Love, and Laugh” is a life we’d all love to live. For that is how we define, “Living Your Best Life!” “Living Your Best Life” is living a life that makes you happy and allows you to
be at your full potential. “Living Your Best Life” is about being intentional with the way you choose to live. In life, the person we choose to be our life mate can have a profound impact on our well-being, our success, and our overall quality of life. This is the person that you’ll decide to build a life
with. You’ll make life’s biggest decisions together. Decisions like where to live, having children, raising children, buying homes, buying cars, saving for emergencies, saving for retirement, and other goals. This is the person that will be by your side during job layoffs, health issues, and the loss of family members and close friends. Your life mate is the person that may have to
make the most difficult decision of all regarding your life — deciding whether or not to pull the plug on your life in the event you’re incapacitated,
on life support and can’t make the decision for yourself. This is why I believe that choosing your life mate is the most important decision that you’ll ever make. When you find the right person to have by your side, the benefits go far beyond just companionship. This is someone you want to build and grow with, not self-destruct with. Someone that you believe will always have your best interest at heart. How do you know if you have the right person by your side? This person will have you saving money, living better, making moves, and laughing constantly. Saving Money: Having the right person by your side can be a financial game-changer. Together you stand! Divided you fall! You’ll both understand that you are one economic unit. There’s no I, yours or mines. Only “We.” Both of you will have a voice and opinion regarding money matters. BUSINESS WWW.NEWPITTSBURGHCOURIER.COM New Pittsburgh Courier B Classifieds Find what you need from jobs to cars to housing B5-10 Tennessee repeals local police reform: was the repeal Republican paternalism? J. Pharoah Doss Page B4 APRIL 10-16, 2024
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compare different lenders to find one that offers competitive rates and terms that suit your needs.
Fill out an application with your chosen lender and provide all necessary documents to begin pre-approval.
The lender will review your application and documents and determine if you qualify for a mortgage pre-approval.
If approved, the lender will provide a pre-approval letter stating the amount you can borrow.
Keep in mind that a pre-approval is not a mortgage guarantee, but it puts you in a stronger position when making offers on homes. With your pre-approval in hand, you can shop for homes within your budget, showing sellers that you are a serious and prepared buyer. Remember, the pre-approval is typically valid for a certain period, usually 60 to 90 days, so it’s important to start your home search soon after receiving it. Finally, maintain your financial stability during this period by avoiding new debt or making significant purchases, as
these can affect your mortgage qualification.
• Determine Your Preferences and Needs: Find the right neighborhood, considering general safety and desirability, condition of other homes in the area, quality of local schools, distance from your job, availability of public transportation, recreational activities, shopping, and places of worship. Also consider features needed for the house: the current and future size of the household, living needs and interests, proximity to work, schools, shopping, and recreation. Visit schools and daycare centers, and observe other homes on the same street.
Shop for your new Home: Seeing a variety of homes in person gives a better understanding of what is available in your price range and what features you value most.
Make an Offer on a Home: Once you’ve found a home that meets your needs and fits within your budget, your agent will assist you in making a competitive offer based on current market conditions. You will offer a price. You and your real estate professional will deter-
mine the amount of earnest money, legal names of buyers and sellers, address and legal description of the house, provision for home inspection, proposed closing date, list of items the seller is leaving, breakdown of fees and who pays them, and possible time limit for seller acceptance.
• Apply for Your Mortgage: Explore all the loan options. It’s essential to understand the different types of mortgage loans available to you. These may include fixed-rate mortgages, adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), FHA loans, VA loans, and others. Each type has its pros and cons, depending on your financial situation and how long you plan. Even with your pre-approval, you’ll need to provide additional documentation, including:
Proof of income, with the most current month of computer-generated paystubs with YTD income information.
Two years of W-2s and/or tax returns.
Source of funds, with one to two months of complete bank statements.
Documentation of any large deposits, gifts, and liquidation of any assets.
The more accurate and detailed information provided, the better the process. For example, have paystubs and tax returns to provide income, including child support, alimony, and all obligations.
• Schedule a Home Inspection and Appraisal: Lenders will usually require a home inspection and an appraisal to ensure the property’s value matches the purchase price and loan amount. The lender will likely arrange the inspection, appraisal, and a final walk-through inspection.
• Close on Your Home: If all goes well with the inspection, appraisal, and final mortgage approval, you’ll close on your home. Obtain a cashier’s check for the amount due. Call the utility companies.
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• Maintain Your Mortgage: After closing, remember to budget for monthly mortgage payments, property taxes, homeowners’ insurance, and any homeowner association (HOA) fees. Staying on top of these expenses is crucial to maintaining your home and building equity over time.
Your life mate will provide support and accountability when it comes to sticking to a budget, saving money, investing money, making smart financial decisions, and setting and achieving financial goals. Your life mate will not be afraid to challenge you when you’re doing things that set you (us) back financially. Whether it’s through sharing expenses, encouraging frugality, inspiring each other to higher earning potential, or helping you stay on track with your savings, the right person can help you build a secure financial future together.
Living Better: The right person will be your number one cheerleader. They will take delight in seeing you smile and enjoying yourself. The right person can bring positivity, encouragement, and support into your life, leading to an overall improvement in your well-being. They are there to celebrate your successes, lift you up during tough times, and inspire you to be the best version of yourself. The right person will encourage you to do things that help increase the longevity of your life. Things like exercising, eating better, and focusing on your mental health. The right person will discourage you and ask you to put limits on things that curtail longevity such as smoking, drinking, and using recreational drugs. By fostering a healthy and happy relationship, you can experience a heightened sense of fulfillment and contentment in your everyday life.
you of your flaws and imperfections. The wrong person will have you walking on eggshells and second-guessing yourself. You don’t want that! The right person will be a sounding board for your ideas, a source of motivation and inspiration, and a partner in navigating the challenges and opportunities that come your way. Together, you can make strides towards achieving your dreams and aspirations.
Laughing Constantly: Laughter is good for the soul! It lightens the mood. It releases tension. It calms your nerves. It puts a smile on your face. It brings you joy. Laughter is truly the best medicine, and having someone who can make you laugh constantly is a treasure. The wrong person consistently brings you stress, heartache and pain. The right person can bring joy, humor, and light-heartedness into your life, helping you to see the brighter side of things and share moments of pure happiness together. Laughter strengthens bonds, relieves stress, and creates unforgettable memories that you can cherish for a lifetime.
The right companion in life does more than just fill a void; they enhance every aspect of your existence. From saving money and living a better life to pursuing ambitions and finding joy in the smallest things, the impact of a supportive partner is all-encompassing. It’s a testament to the fact that sometimes, the best investment you can make is in the people you choose to have by your side. So, cherish those who make you laugh, push you to grow, support your dreams, and help you save; they’re the ones who truly make life’s journey worth every step.
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And there are more than 25 incubators and accelerators in Georgia to help small businesses scale. Atlanta may be home to mega corporations such as Coca-Cola, Chick-fil-A, and Delta Air Lines, but young companies play a big role in Atlanta’s economic ecosystem. Over the past five years, Atlanta has the second-highest number of new business applications with 28.5 per 1,000 residents —nearly double the number in the average U.S. city (14.5).
Two years ago, Atlanta ranked No. 5 in the same study. This year, Atlanta is the best city for startups in America due to its strong business growth, a large talent pool, and low startup costs.
During an interview with ADW, Paul Wilson, Jr., VP, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, shared why Atlanta’s business community thrives. “Atlanta has such a diverse intersection,” Wilson said. “When we think about colleges, corporations, the Fortune 500 companies. It’s a very business friendly environment. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that we’re known as the cradle of the civil rights movement. So when you think about civil rights, think about it from the perspective of ingenuity and creativity and problem solving and collaboration. I think it helps to establish a healthy business culture.”
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Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory...Continues
On the evening of April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot and killed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
Fifty-six years after the assassination, Americans in general, and Black Americans in particular, all have a responsibility to do what we can to keep achieving King’s “dream.”
In the historic 1963 March on Washington and beyond, the celebrated leader and civil rights martyr outlined his vision of a society where we are judged not by the color of our skin, but rather the content of our character.
Throughout his life, King inspired others through his work with disenfranchised communities across the United States.
The legacy of King is especially relevant in these trying political times. It must be all hands on deck as the legacies of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 are under assault from not only former President Donald Trump and the GOP, but also the U.S. Supreme Court as well as numerous state legislatures across the country.
The greatest tribute in 2024 in keeping the legacy of King alive is for everyone to exercise their right to vote in November. American Democracy is at stake. If Trump returns to office, his record and past assertions show he will overturn much of what King stood and fought for. King believed in the principles of freedom and rights to liberty and justice found in the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. He not only fought for Black people, but stood for what America could be. He dedicated his life to confronting America to live up to its full potential as a beautiful, harmonious melting pot that embraced diversity and emphasized freedom for all. King often called people like Ray, his murderer “our sick White brothers.” While Ray was a petty racist criminal, his bullet altered the course of world history.
The night before his death, King ended his last speech with these words: “So I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!”
King’s vision of a better society is part of “the glory,” he talked about in his final message on April 3, 1968. Post Easter Sunday, we must resurrect King’s “dream,” and help continue his legacy.
May we each not only reflect on, but rededicate ourselves to the life and teachings of King, not only as we remember his martyrdom, but as we push for a more equitable nation and world.
(Reprinted from the Washington Informer)
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Almost
everybody who delivers a speech, anywhere we go, somebody seems to be quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Obviously, somebody is not hearing what he said or doesn’t understand what he meant. For starters, let’s go back to his speech on America’s war against the Vietnam War.
It was exactly 1 year before he was assassinated, he spoke about purveyors of war—something we’re facing today. He said in his Riverside Church speech in New York called “Beyond Viet Nam: A Time to Break the Silence”, he warned us about the perils of war. He tried to warn us to turn war toward social justice, and said, “There comes a time when silence is betrayal.”
That time has come for me to no longer be quiet on the Israel-Hamas War.
I recognize the horror of what happened to the Israeli people who died or were kidnapped last October, rather than turn away from continuous war, Israel’s leader chose to oversee the killing of more than 32,000 innocent people to pay for what Hamas did.
Today, innocent parents are paying with the lives of their children. These children had nothing to do with what happened in Israel. Netanyahu prefers to continue murdering not only with bombs but by starvation of the people of Gaza. One wonders how a person like Netanyahu
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Despite the wide-ranging opinions and perspectives held by individuals representing different cultures and political persuasions, there is one common dominator that should always connect people of goodwill. Facts are a common dominator that should easily be accepted by everyone, regardless of their backgrounds.
This would be the case if we lived in a perfect world, but we don’t live in a perfect world. Facts are presented daily to the public through credible news reporting and solid journalism, but those facts are easily misconstrued, downplayed, or ignored by the “fake news” label. It is a fact that Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States. Yet, conspiracy theories surrounding Obama’s place of birth and religion were embraced for politically and culturally motivated reasons.
To this day, the fact that Obama is a U.S. citizen born in Hawaii is still rejected by many people. It is a fact that Joe Biden is the 46th president of the United States, yet those who embrace the false claims of a stolen election are unwilling to accept him as a legitimate president. With the strategic use of two words, “fake news,” the facts about Obama’s citizenship and the lawful election of Joe Biden can be rejected by those unpersuaded by the truth.
The deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a container ship lost power and collided with it has created enormous repercussions for the Baltimore region and the nation. The Port of Baltimore is one of the busiest ports in the country, and it plays a critical role in the local, regional, and national economies. The port’s inaccessibility will be felt throughout the country. It is the largest importer/ exporter of vehicles in the U.S., with 800,000 cars moving through the port in 2023. Local and national businesses are collaborating with government authorities and other stakeholders to minimize the impact on the supply chain. Most importantly, six construction
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As a Black man deeply committed to the values of equality, justice, and progress, I find myself reflecting on a concerning trend within our political landscape: the departure of Black men from the Democratic Party. This phenomenon is not merely a statistical anomaly but represents a rupture in the relationship between the party and a significant segment of its base. As we navigate this pivotal moment in history, it is imperative that we explore the underlying causes of this departure and chart a path toward reconciliation and renewal.
The decision of many Black men to disengage from the Democratic Party is rooted in a complex interplay of historical disenchantment, unmet promises, and a sense of disillusionment with the political establishment. For too long, the voices and concerns of Black men have been marginalized and overlooked within the Democratic Party, leaving many feeling unheard and undervalued. As a result, a growing number of Black men have begun to seek alternatives, searching for political homes where their perspectives are acknowledged and their interests are prioritized.
To address this rift and revitalize the Democratic Party’s relationship with Black men, we must embark
sleeps at night. What kind of man is he to not be willing to try to find peaceful solutions to be sure what happened in Israel and Palestine never happens again? He never supported a two-state solution and he never stopped blocking proposed solutions without giving them a chance to work.
Anthony Blinken tried his best to get Netanyahu to cease fire, to bring the temperature down to stop the daily bombardment, to prevent starvation and killing of babies without giving them a chance to grow up to help find a solution for Palestinians and Israelis to ever live together in peace.
My friend, Cicely Tyson used to talk about when a baby was born and the old folks would look in the baby’s eyes as they thought about what that child could one day grow up to do, and ask, “Are you the one? Are you the one Jimmy? They had hoped the child would be the one who’d solve a problem faced by the world. Well, sadly, thousands of Palestinian children will never be asked that question so they will never be able to resolve a problem
to save future Palestinian and Israeli children.
Let’s be clear. This is a war by Netanyahu to save himself at the expense of innocent Palestinians. I should also mention the horror of seeing the humanitarian group of 7 who were simply delivering food to prevent more starvation of the few Palestinians left. That was murder made possible by Netanyahu.
This is no longer a war against Hamas for what they did as horrible as it was. It’s a war of Netanyahu to remain in power. He doesn’t care what the United Nations does. Though the President of the United States has stood by Israel for so many years, Netanyahu has not lived up to his promises. It’s unfortunate because President Biden is a good person and has done a lot of good for our nation. We need to elect him again to finish his job for America.
The hostage families lose hope daily that they will see their loved ones again because Netanyahu won’t agree to a ceasefire. The reality is there may no longer be hostages alive because of the continuous bombing and killing directed by Netanyahu. It takes a lot of courage to vote at the United Nations. Our country has given Netanyahu too many passes. It’s time to pull back our support from him.
workers are believed to have fallen from the collapsing bridge into the Patapsco River. The bodies of two missing workers have since been recovered, while four are unaccounted for and are presumed dead. For Baltimore and the region, “this is going to be difficult,” Marty Durbin, U.S. Chamber of Commerce senior vice president for Policy, told a local TV station. “Shippers are looking to find different destinations for their shipments. If now they have to divert to ports along the Eastern seaboard or on the West Coast, you may see delays or increases in costs just because of the increased trucking costs,” Durbin added. Undoubtedly, the bridge’s reconstruction funding will face major hurdles in Congress. An influential group of House Republicans has already made it known that they will place strings on any new federal funding to replace the bridge.
As this is a national crisis where the nation’s best interest depends on both parties’ elected officials, we live in an environment where everything becomes a political fight. After taking an aerial tour of the collapse, President Biden stated, “My administration is committed, absolutely committed, to ensuring that the parties responsible for this tragedy pay to repair the damage and be held accountable to the fullest extent the law will allow. Biden added, “I fully intend, as the governor knows, to have the federal government cover the cost of rebuilding this entire bridge —all of it, all of it—as we’ve done in other parts of the country in similar circumstances.” The Biden administration has approved $60 million in emergency funding to assist in the initial mobilization and debris recovery efforts. The
on a journey of introspection and transformation. This journey begins with acknowledging and confronting our society’s systemic injustices and inequalities. It requires a commitment to dismantling institutional barriers and creating opportunities for economic empowerment, educational advancement, and social mobility for the Black community.
Moreover, it necessitates a fundamental shift in how the Democratic Party engages with Black men. We must foster genuine connections and meaningful dialogue instead of token gestures and superficial outreach efforts. We must create spaces where Black men feel valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their insights and experiences to the political process.
Central to this endeavor is recognizing that Black men are not a monolithic group but a diverse and multifaceted community with a wide range of perspectives and priorities. As such, our approach must be intersectional, considering the intersecting identities and experiences that shape the lives of Black men, including race, gender, sexuality, and class.
Furthermore, we must actively work to address the unique challenges and vulnerabilities faced by Black men, including the disproportionate impact of mass incar-
total cost to replace the bridge is unclear, but estimates range from $400 million to as much as $1 billion. Time will tell if Republicans’ efforts result in prudent financial oversight or just become obstruct-and-delay tactics. The response from a small group of House Republicans is not surprising. The surprise is how this unintentional maritime accident is being used as a conservative dog whistle to attack Mayor Brandon Scott of Baltimore. One user on X, formally known as Twitter, called Scott “Baltimore’s DEI mayor” when referring to a video of the mayor speaking about praying for those affected by the deadly collapse and acknowledging the efforts of the first responders. Phil Lyman, a Utah Republican and gubernatorial candidate, included Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, also Black, in his attack. Lyman wrote, “This is what happens when you have Governors who prioritize diversity over the wellbeing and security of citizens.” What is Phil Lyman talking about? What does diversity have to do with undermining the security of citizens?
Just as we’ve seen with Obama and Biden, the twisting of the truth becomes effective when used for political gain. Now, we are seeing people like Phil Lyman distort the true meaning of diversity and DEI in a new direction. It is a fact that the race of Mayor Brandon Scott and Gov. Wes Moore as Black leaders has nothing to do with the unintended collapse of the bridge. How many people will accept that fact? In a moment of leadership displayed by two elected leaders during a national crisis, DEI has now become a racist dog whistle, detracting from the tragedy of the lost lives and the impact on the economy. This distortion of DEI gives them a reason to reject the authority and power of any Black elected leader.
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ceration, police violence, economic inequality, and lack of access to healthcare. By centering the needs and concerns of Black men in our policy agendas and advocacy efforts, we can begin to rebuild trust and unity within the Democratic Party.
In conclusion, the exodus of Black men from the Democratic Party represents a wake-up call for all committed to justice and equality. It is a reminder that political loyalty cannot be taken for granted but must be earned through genuine engagement, meaningful action, and tangible results. As we confront this challenge, let us seize the opportunity to create a more inclusive and equitable political landscape where every voice is heard and every individual is valued.
It is time for the Democratic Party to embrace Black men’s voices and reclaim its legacy as a champion of progress and social justice. It starts with prioritizing federal voting rights legislation, including the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, passing the George Floyd Policing Act, and raising the minimum wage to a livable wage.
(Rep. Ron Reynolds is a devout Christian and a successful small business owner.)
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Realpolitik 2024, Black Pittsburgh, and Summer Lee
This year, U.S. Congresswoman Summer Lee is running for reelection in the U.S. House of Representative Pennsylvania District 12. The district covers all of Pittsburgh, much of Allegheny County, and parts of Westmoreland County. Summer Lee is faced with a hard-fought campaign. The Allegheny County African American vote is a critical factor in the race.
In 2022, the 12th District population was 758, 799 people, 72 percent White, 15.1 percent Black, 4.5 percent Asian, 2.8 percent Hispanic...
Pennsylvania is touted to be a key battle ground state in this year’s presidential race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Millions and millions of dollars will be spent. The 12 District congressional race is a key battle ground.
The strategy of Summer Lee’s opponents is to outflank her from the right, to turn out the MAGA Republicans, Blue Dog Democrats and those “Independent” White folks who still claim, at this late very date, they can’t make up their minds on Trump. There are plenty of them in the 12th District.
Remember the political axiom that Pennsylvania has Pittsburgh on one end Philadelphia on the other end with “Mississippi in between”— Hell No! with apartheid South Africa in between.
Summer Lee’s platform agenda should sound very familiar to the Black community. It echoes many of the priorities of the 1972 National Black Political Agenda and countless Black Agendas since then.
Matter of fact, Realpolitik 2024, Black Pittsburgh, and Summer Lee, many of the domestic and foreign policies now being championed by the rising “Progressive” wing of the national Democratic Party, and which are cheered on in some quarters of mainstream white America, often sound like Black Agenda plagiarism.
Summer Lee is the first African American and the first woman to hold this congressional seat. That, we assume, should encourage local Black voter turnout for Summer Lee. But, the at best, run-of the-mill, Joe Biden is the Democratic presidential candidate. In 2020 the police-state assassination of George Floyd in Minneapolis enflamed the National Black Community. And the Democratic Party establishment spent millions and millions of dollars fanning the Black outrage to turn out the national Black vote. That was a major factor in Biden’s victory over Donald Trump.
Now, go online to Summer Lee’s 2024 endorsements and take notice, three dozen organizations representing a variety of interest groups have officially endorsed her. Take notice, not one of the three dozen is a self-reliant African American political institution that can carry out the essential tasks of US politics. The diverse interest groups endorsing Congresswoman Lee are in her campaign to defend and promote their diverse interests. That’s realpolitik, power politics.
The 12 District Black community must do the same for its interests. This must be a priority in 2024 along with supporting Congresswoman Lee.
The 12th District African American community still has not created the political base necessary for the Black community to join, as an equal partner, in coalition-politics with other local interest groups that share similar political goals.
Black politics is power politics grounded in the moral and ethical politics of Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, and the centuries-old ethical politics of the National Black Community.
Congresswoman Lee has only been in office for just a year and some months. New congressional members are besieged with awesome politics tasks in Washington and in their home districts. Summer Lee is confronted with that.
Congresswoman Summer Lee is in the “Progressive,” “Rainbow” wing of the Democratic Party. That’s very good, but we must keep in mind that power politics goes on every day in “Progressive,” “Rainbow” Democratic Party politics.
Not very long ago, a self-proclaimed Pittsburgh “Rainbow candidate” ran twice for city council. But he never received the official endorsement of the Chicago-based National Rainbow Coalition. NRC leader, the Reverend Jesse Jackson did support GOP politician Richard “Dick” Thornburg, and he also supported Philadelphia politician Congressman William “Bill” Green. Neither claimed any “Rainbow” credentials. Just recently, the veteran and impeccable “Progressive” US African American Congresswoman Barbara Lee lost a US Senate race in California, the most “Progressive-Rainbow” state in the United States of America. She lost to a run-of-the-mill White mainstream moderate. The difference, big money! And “Green,” money, is a very, very important color in the Rainbow. And who has control of the most money, White folks do that’s who.
The local Black community must use the rising momentum of the Black Reparations Movement to build that Black political infrastructure that most of us know we desperately need in 2024 and beyond.
Some Progressive and Rainbow White folks argue Black Reparations “divides the working class vote.” More accurately and honestly, Black Reparations “unites” a mixed-bag of assorted White progressives with the White right against Black Reparations. In fact, Black Reparations is a historic struggle to attack the vile, criminal US wealth gap irrespective of race. Progressive and Rainbow White folks claim to oppose this vile, criminal wealth gap.
As of April 5 with less than three weeks before the primaries there has been very little evidence of the Summer Lee campaign via window signs, yard posters, motorcades, and campaign rallies in the Hill District, Homewood, Larimer, East Hills, or other majority-African American Pittsburgh neighborhoods.
In the few remaining days of the Democratic primaries, the Black community must get on the case and saturate these neighborhoods with Summer Lee rallies, motorcades, window signs, and yard posters. This is a major challenge for the Summer Lee campaign and for her supporters in these neighborhoods.
Tennessee repeals local police reform: was the repeal Republican paternalism?
George Lakoff’s book, Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, makes a distinction between left and right through parenting approaches. He modeled the left after a nurturing parent and the right after a strict parent. A nurturing parent overprotects to prevent undesirable outcomes, while a strict parent prepares for them but acknowledges their inevitability.
Recently, a Lakoffian conflict erupted in Tennessee between the Republican-controlled state and the Democratic city of Memphis over a municipal ordinance commemorating Tyre Nichols. Tyre Nichols was stopped for reckless driving in 2023 by members of the Memphis Police Department’s SCORPION unit. SCORPION, a specialized unit, patrolled high-crime areas, focusing on gang and drug-related offenses. Members of SCORPION took Nichols from his car, pepper sprayed him, tased him, and beat him up.
Nichols died at the hospital three days later.
Police body cameras filmed the majority of the deadly incident. The footage indicated that the police officers had no grounds to pull Nichols over, and their actions were unlawful. The Memphis Police Department quickly fired the officers, charged them with second-degree murder, and disbanded the SCORPION unit.
The president of the National Fraternal Order of Police argued that the actions of the officers involved in Nichols’ death did not constitute legitimate police work or a traffic stop gone wrong. So, dismantling the SCORPION unit was an overreaction. However, eliminating an overly aggressive unit was not enough for Memphis Democratic lawmakers.
Nichols’ death prompted the Memphis City Council to enact “progressive police reform,” and local Democratic leaders passed the Driving Equality Act.
The Driving Equality Act did not prohibit Memphis police from conducting traffic stops for primary violations such as reckless or aggressive driving, but it did prohibit traffic stops for secondary violations such
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as expired registrations, a license plate that was not securely attached to the vehicle, a single broken brake or headlight, and a loose bumper.
The Memphis Democratic lawmakers, along with police reform supporters, believed that eliminating minor traffic stops would eliminate unnecessary interactions between officers and citizens. Nichols’ parents backed the Driving Equality Act. Nichols’ mother argued that the new legislation was required because traffic stops for minor breaches amounted to one thing: harassment of Memphis’ Black citizens.
Prior to the state’s intervention, Lakoffian parenting approaches were on full display in Memphis. Memphis’ executive branch and police department emphasized individual accountability. They fired the implicated officers and disbanded the SCORPION unit. Even though the president of the National Fraternal Order of Police believed that dismantling SCORPION was an overreach, Memphis’ executive branch held that single unit responsible for the harassment residents complained about.
From the perspective of a strict parent, these procedures were sufficient.
Nonetheless, Democratic lawmakers stepped in as overprotectors, enacting an ordinance to minimize harassment by limiting interactions between police and residents. (It’s as if Democratic lawmakers separated the two because they couldn’t play nice together.)
There were two problems.
1. The SCORPION officers had no valid grounds for stopping Nichols. Thus, secondary traffic violations had nothing to do with the Nichols case. The SCORPION officers claimed they pulled Nichols over
for reckless driving, but the Driving Equality Act does not prohibit police from stopping people for reckless or aggressive driving.
Shutting down the SCORPION unit was not an overreach; however, prohibiting police officers from initiating minor traffic stops was. Democratic lawmakers insisted that the minor traffic stops they prohibited were unnecessary to ensure public safety.
2. Law enforcement officials argued that secondary traffic stops were necessary for maintaining law and order and making felony arrests. As a result, the Driving Equality Act undermines local law enforcement’s ability to provide effective policing because Democratic lawmakers prioritized lowering police harassment in high-crime areas. (During the first two months of operations, SCORPION made 566 arrests, including 390 felony arrests, and seized 253 weapons and 270 cars.)
The Republican-controlled state of Tennessee intervened and repealed Memphis’ police traffic stop reforms. The governor agreed with state Republican lawmakers that Nichols’ death needed to result in accountability for the SCORPION officers who abused their power, not new limits on how police conduct traffic stops.
Naturally, the Republican-controlled state perceived the intricacy of the matter through the lens of a strict parent, but Democratic lawmakers accused the state of paternalism. (Definition: When persons in positions of power restrict the authority of subordinates for the subordinates own good.) According to state Democratic lawmakers, the repeal not only negated Memphis’ police reform but also eliminated local political power. Justin Pearson, a popular Democratic state representative, suggested that his Republican colleagues signaled that local Black policymakers don’t matter. Political rhetoric and posturing aside, it was the Memphis City Council’s paternalistic treatment of the Memphis Police Department that got preempted, not the local government’s political power.
Hostile takeover of TSU is blaming the victim of Tennessee’s 30-year crime spree
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—“By underfunding public HBCUs and denying the value of Black students on non-HBCU campuses, these extremists are making very clear the kinds of students they do and don’t want to succeed. They also are the same ones waging war on the teaching of our nation’s full history. But if we studied that history they seek to quash, we would know that the news out of Tennessee is just the latest example of conservatives rejecting the notion that Black people possess the capacity for self-governance.” –Gevin Reynolds
It’s a familiar pattern in right-wing political manipulation: Sabotage an institution. Point to the resulting damage as evidence of the institution’s ineffectiveness. Use the manufactured evidence to subvert the institution.
That’s what’s at play in Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s hostile takeover of Tennessee State University.
Over the last three decades, the state of Tennessee has shortchanged TSU by a staggering $2.1 billion, according to a federal study. Unsurprisingly, TSU has faced challenges in maintaining financial stability. But instead of responding rationally by honoring its legal obligation to equitably fund the university, the state has chosen to dissolve the state’s board of trustees.
It’s hard to find a more blatant example of blaming the victim. TSU, like other HBCUs, was created by state lawmakers in response
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, a day those of us who are old enough will never forget. But April 4th is significant for another reason, because on April 4, 1972, the Rev. Dr. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Congressman from New York, died in a Florida hospital. His death, although not related to Dr. King’s, occurred exactly four years, four months, and four days after the death of Dr. King. Both men represent great losses to humanity and to African Americans in particular.
We know of Dr. King’s achievements and sacrifices but so much of Adam Clayton Powell’s record, which has gone unnoticed. Powell is the member of Congress that President Lyndon Baines Johnson went to in order to
to an 1890 ultimatum: admit Black students to existing land grant universities or create a separate institution. Federal law required “a just and equitable division” of funds between the two.
Yet year after year, in budget after budget, the state of Tennessee continually allocated more funding per student and more funding overall to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville than to TSU. In the last five years alone, the state has spent an average of $2,206 more per student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville than at TSU, Nashville’s NewsChannel 5 found. A study by the U.S. Departments of Education and Agriculture recently found that of the 18 states with historically Black land-grant institutions, only Delaware and Ohio have equitably funded their HBCUs in accordance with federal law. Overall, the 16 states have underfunded their HBCUs by $12 billion between 1987 to 2020.
“Unacceptable funding inequities have forced many of our nation’s distinguished Historically Black
Colleges and Universities to operate with inadequate resources and delay critical investments in everything from campus infrastructure to research and development to student support services,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona wrote in a letter to 16 governors in September. “I am continually inspired by all that HBCUs have achieved despite having to punch above their weight.”
Despite the fact that the Tennessee legislature had previously acknowledged its own failure to comply with the law, Senate Education Chairman Jon Lundberg responded to the report by accusing the Education and Agricultural departments of “using TSU to stoke political and racial division in our state.”
Lundberg’s response is familiar to historians of the “Lost Cause” mythology that permeated the Civil Rights Era, falsely labeling those fought end segregation and secure voting rights as “outside agitators” disrupting the cherished Southern way of life.
The modern “Lost Cause” movement—known in some circles as “anti-woke”—doesn’t pretend that Black Americans are content to live under racism. It claims that racism doesn’t exist.
Similarly, the state of Tennessee’s solution to racially discriminatory funding of its universities isn’t to provide equitable funding; it’s to shut down any discussion of it.
pass the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act and the War on Poverty under the Economic Opportunity Act. He is responsible for the Arts and Humanities Endowment Act, Elementary and Secondary Education, Higher Education Act, the Title VI Public Accommodatons provision of the Civil Rights Act and the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. In all he authored more than 60
major pieces of legislation in his six years as Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee on which the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm also served. He authored the Older Americans Act and the Black Lung Legislation for those suffering from years of working in the nation’s coal mines and he was a voice for all Black Americans in particular, whether or not they lived in New York’s Harlem as his Congressional District.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. died of cancer. Martin Luther King Jr. died of an assassin’s bullet. We must never
forget either even as
honor others who came before and after them. (Dr. John E. Warren is Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint)
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purchasing price but not less than 75.00 in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK THE DAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SALE, e.g. TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2024, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30AM AND 2:30PM IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. Failure to pay the 10% deposit will have you banned from future Sheriff Sales. And the balance in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK, on or before MONDAY, MAY
2024, at 10:00 O’CLOCK A.M. The property will be resold at the next regular Sheriff’s Sale if
balance is not paid, and in such case all money’s paid in at the original sale shall be applied to any deficiency in the price of which property is resold, and provided further that if the successful bidder is the plaintiff in the execution the bidder shall pay full amount of bid ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH, OTHERWISE WRIT WILL BE RETURNED AND MARKED “REAL ESTATE UNSOLD” and all monies advanced by plaintiff will be applied as required by COMMON PLEAS COURT RULE 3129.2 (1) (a). FORFEITED SALES WILL BE POSTED IN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND LISTED ON THE SHERIFF OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY WEB SITE. AMENDMENT OF THE CODE SECOND CLASS COUNTY NEW CHAPTER 475 THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 475, ENTITLED TAXATION IS HEREBY AMENDED THROUGH THE CREATION ARTICLE XII, ENTITLED, “SHERIFF SALES”, AND COMPRISED AS FOLLOWS: SUBSECTION 475-60: RECORDING OF DEEDS AND NOTIFICATION OF SHERIFFS SALES TO TAXING BODIES. A. FOR ANY REAL PROPERTY OFFERED AT SHERIFFS SALE DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES AND PURCHASED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH SUCH SALE, THE SHERIFF SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING THE DEED AND, WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF FILING OF THE SHERIFFS DEED, PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE CONVEYANCE TO THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS. THE WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE DATE OF THE SALE, IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY SOLD BY BOTH ADDRESS AND LOT AND BLOCK NUMBER, AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE INDIVIDUALS OR OTHER ENTITY THAT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. B. AT THE TIME OF THE SALE THE SHERIFF SHALL COLLECT ALL REQUISITE FILING COSTS, REALTY TRANSFER TAXES AND FEES, NECESSARY TO PROPERLY RECORD THE DEED. C. WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF RECEIPT OF WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE SHERIFF, THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS SHALL FORWARD COPIES OF SUCH NOTICE TO ALL TAXING BODIES LEVYING REAL ESTATE TAXES ON THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 14 OF ACT NO. 77 OF 1986, THE COST OF ALL DOCUMENTARY STAMPS FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAXES (STATE, LOCAL, AND SCHOOL) WILL BE DEDUCTED BY THE SHERIFF FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE. Purchasers must pay the necessary recording fees. Pursuant to Rule 3136 P.R.C.P. NOTICE is hereby given that a schedule of distribution will be filed by the Sheriff not later than 30 days from date of sale and that distribution will be made in accordance with the schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within 10 days thereafter. No further notice of the filing of the schedule of distribution will be given.
A Land Bank formed under 68 Pa. C.S.A. 2101 et seq. may exercise its right to bid pursuant to 68 Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d) (2) through Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d) (4) on certain properties listed for sale under the municipal claims and Tax Lien Law, 53 P.S. 7101 et seq. The Sheriff of Allegheny County will honor the terms of payment which the Land Bank has entered with any municipalities having a claim against the property. If the Land Bank tenders a bid under Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d)(3) or 2117(d)(4) the property will not be offered for sale to others and the Property will be considered sold to the Land Bank for the Upset Price as defined in P.S.7279 and no other bids will be accepted.
NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT ALL SHERIFFS DEEDS TENDERED TO PURCHASERS WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING:
NOTICE: The undersigned, as evidenced by the signature(s) to this notice and the acceptance and recording of this deed, (is/are) fully cognizant of the fact that the undersigned may not be obtaining the right of protection against subsidence, as to the property herein conveyed, resulting from coal mining operations and that the purchased property, herein conveyed, may be protected from damage
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due to mine subsidence by a private contract with the owners of the economic interest in the coal. This notice is inserted herein to comply with the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act of 1966. as amended 1980. Oct. 10, P.L 874, No. 156 §1. “This document may not sell, convey, transfer, include, or insure the title to the coal and right of support underneath the surface land described or referred to herein and the owner or owners of such coal may have the complete legal right to remove all of such coal, and in that connection damage may result to the surface of the land, any house, building or other structure on or in such land.” 52APR24 DEFENDANTS: Anabela Etherton a/k/a Anabela Bannan, solely in her capacity as known heir of Kathy A. Bannan and The Unknown Heirs of Kathy A. Bannan, deceased CASE NO. GD-22-008613 DEBT: $213,353.11 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Stem & Eisenberg, PC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : The Shops at Valley Square, 1581 Main Street, Suite 200, Warrington, PA 18976 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 572-8111 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and the TOWNSHIP OF ALEPPO: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 102 Trailside DRIVE, Sewickley, PA 15143. Deed Book Volume 09591, Page 572. Block and Lot Number 422-D-335. 1MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): Elizabeth Forward School District VS. DEFENDANTS: Wendy Lee Williams ********************* CASE NO. GD 22-012434 DEBT: $25,010.22 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Forward: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A MOBILE HOME DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 421 ELKHORN ROAD, MONONGAHELA, PA 15063. DEED BOOK 8523, PAGE 226. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1912-E-26. 2MAY24 DEFENDANTS: THOMAS J. ROSSELOT AND ELAINE K. ROSSELOT CASE NO. MG-23-000316 ********* DEBT: $132,922.19 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Gary W. Darr, Esquire McGrath McCall, P.C. ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Four Gateway Center, Suite 1340, 444 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-281-4333 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 23rd Ward, City of Pittsburgh: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO STORY RESIDENTIAL ROWHOUSE KNOWN AS 1023 VINIAL STREET, PITTSBURGH,PA 15212,DEED BOOK VOLUME 11743,PAGE 531, BLOCK & LOT NO. 24K-353. 3MAY24 DEFENDANTS: UNKNOWN SURVIVING HEIRS OF ALICE ALI CASE NO. MG-22-000401 DEBT: $90,777.21 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: CHRISTINE L. GRAHAM, ESQUIRE ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Stowe: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 810 Woodward Avenue, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136. Deed Book Volume 11635, Page 114. Block and Lot Number 0073-P-000030000-00. 4MAY24 DEFENDANTS: NATHAN R. REGAN AND REBECCA LYN SYLVES ********************* CASE NO. MG-23-000780 ********* DEBT: $55,492.48 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : PURCELL, KRUG AND HALLER 1719 NORTHFRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17102 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 717-234-4178 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Brackenridge: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 828 9TH AVENUE, BRACKENRIDGE, PA 15014. DEED BOOK VOLUME 15579, PAGE 93. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1224-A-7. 5MAY24 DEFENDANTS: SHALLYN A. BODNAR AND SCOTT A. ROLD CASE NO. MG-23-001122 ********* DEBT: $93,720.52 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : PURCELL, KRUG AND HALLER 1719 NORTHFRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17102 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 717-234-4178 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Oakdale: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 205 SPRING STREET OAKDALE, PA 15071. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16260, PAGE 118. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 492-S-364. 6MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) EAST ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES VS. DEFENDANTS: THOMAS A. ZARICHANSKY AND CATHERINE GULLI, BENEFICIARIES OF THE ESTATE OF ANTHONY ZARICHANSKY, DECEASED CASE NO. GD-22-013754 DEBT: $19,400.60 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 604 3RD STREET, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK 12043, PAGE 470. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 547-D-253 7MAY24 DEFENDANTS: HERMAN TRAILS, LP. ********************* CASE NO. G D - 2 3 - 0 1 2 1 2 2 ********* DEBT: $543,906.72 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Michael A. Shiner, Esq. (PA ID No. 78088) ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Tucker Arensberg, P.C. 1500 One PPG Place Pittsburgh, PA 15222 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 566-1212 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Findlay: BEING A VACANT PARCEL OF LAND KNOWN AS POTATO GARDEN RUN ROAD, IMPERIAL, PENNSYLVANIA 15126. DEED BOOK VOLUME 17710, PAGE 160. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1468-G-100. 8MAY24 DEFENDANTS: AMBER L. CHERNICK, DANIEL W. LEKOVITCH CASE NO. MG-22-000657 ********* DEBT: $56,783.44 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: KML LAW GROUP, P.C. ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF 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 541-E-4. 9MAY24 DEFENDANTS: JOSEPH A. BODNAR ********************* CASE NO. MG-23-000920 ********* DEBT: $71,575.78 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: KML LAW GROUP, P.C. ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF CORAOPOLIS: HAVINO ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1865 MONTOUR STREET, CORAOPOLIS, PA 15108. DEED BOOK 15710, PAGE 295. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 341-L-188. 10MAY24 DEFENDANTS: BRANDON CONNER, SOLELY IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF BILL WRIGHT, DECEASED, CRYSTAL CONNER, SOLELY IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF BILL WRJGHT, DECEASED, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BILL WRIGHT, DECEASED ********************* CASE NO. MG-19-001137 ********* DEBT: $50,631.45 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: KML LAW GROUP, P.C. 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BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 73-K-244. 12MAY24 DEFENDANTS: Eugene Ashley, Jr ********************* CASE NO. MG-23-000997 DEBT: $197,065.33 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: The Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 1310 Industrial Boulevard, pt Floor, Suite 101, Southampton, PA 18966 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-9690 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Churchill: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1648 JAMESTOWN PLACE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK VOLUME 18814, PAGE 266. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 297-D-182. 13MAY24 DEFENDANTS: Kawaki K. Bradford, Darius M. Bradford ********************* CASE NO. MG-23-000864 ********* DEBT: $129,706.91 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: The Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 1310 Industrial Boulevard, pt Floor, Suite 101, Southampton, PA 18966 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-9690 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 2nd Ward, City of Clairton: PARCEL NO. 1: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 292 PARK AVENUE, CLAIRTON, PA 15025. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16702, PAGE 426. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 878-E-252. PARCEL NO. 2: BEING VACANT LAND KNOWN AS PARK AVENUE, CLAIRTON, PA 15025. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16702, PAGE 426. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 878-E-251. 14MAY24 DEFENDANTS: JESSICA WARREN AS KNOWN HEIR OF CHARLOTTE E. THOMPSON A/K/A CHARLOTTE THOMPSON; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF CHARLOTTE E. THOMPSON A/K/A CHARLOTTE THOMPSON ********************* CASE NO. MG-23-000434 DEBT: $16,722.22 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Michelle Pierro, Esq. 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Box-165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of Duquesne: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 816 Hinnerman Street, Duquesne, PA 15110 AKA 816 Hinerman Street, Duquesne, PA 15110. Document Number 007553, Deed Book Volume 9868, Page 193. Block and Lot Number 0306-D-00190-0000-00. 18MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) EAST ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES VS. DEFENDANTS: ROBERT G. MAIN ********************* CASE NO. GD-22-013924 DEBT: $22,937.13 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1055 PRESTON DRIVE, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK 14810, PAGE 255. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 751-A-048. 19MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) PLAINTIFF(S) BOROUGH OF SWISSVALE VS. DEFENDANTS: MICHAEL F. VALKO, JR., AS KNOWN HEIR OF MARY VALKO, DECEASED AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARY VALKO, DECEASED ********************* CASE NO. GD-23-005839 DEBT: 5,101.16 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF SWISSVALE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 91 LILMONT DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15218. DEED BOOK 3996, PAGE 713. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 235-L-308. 20MAY24 DEFENDANTS: Heather K. Hoolahan and Leonard M. Hoolahan ********************* CASE NO. MG-23-000263 DEBT: $53,583.03 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Stephen M. Hladik! Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF PENN HILLS (FORMERLY THE TOWNSHIP OF PENN HILLS): HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 6675 POKETA ROAD, VERONA, PA 15147. DEED BOOK VOLUME 9676, PAGE 39. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 447-G-95. 21MAY24 DEFENDANTS: Mary Ellen Suchma CASE NO. MG-23-000951 DEBT: $72,579.78 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Powers Kirn, LLC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Eight Neshaminy Interplex, Suite 215, Trevose, PA 19053 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-2090 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Jd Ward of the Borough of Etna: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 55 Wilson Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15223. Deed Book Volume 15036, Page 574, Instrument 2012-27102, Block and Lot Number 221M-96. 22MAY24 DEFENDANTS: Marcus T. Blackwell CASE NO. MG-23-00-1150 ********* DEBT: $35,561.13 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Powers Kirn, LLC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Eight Neshaminy Interplex, Suite 215, Trevose, PA 19053 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-2090 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 20th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1100 Crucible Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220. Deed Book Volume 15471, Page 199, Instrument 2013-36330, Block and Lot Number 20-P-174. 23MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough VS DEFENDANTS: MANDI AL KHALIDI ********************* CASE NO. GD 22-009677 ********* DEBT: $21,032.21 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2071 BOGGS AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 13240, PAGE 67. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 297F-74. 24MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills VS DEFENDANTS: Donald J. Houck CASE NO. GD 20-012448 DEBT: $6,850.931 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 5104 VERONA ROAD, VERONA, PA 15147. DEED BOOK 12126, PAGE 414. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 367-F-22. 25MAY24 DEFENDANTS: JONATHAN J. MARTIN AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ********************* CASE NO. MG 18-000566 ********* DEBT: $154,871.40 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : PURCELL, KRUG AND HALLER 1719 NORTH FRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17102 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 717-234-4178 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Indiana: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 401 RICH HILL ROAD, CHESWICK, PA 15024. DEED BOOK VOLUME 13577, PAGE 446. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 837-K-71. 26MAY24 DEFENDANTS: EDWARD A. BRETHAUER III, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF DARLENE A. MCCARTHY, C/O HEIDI RAI STEWART, ESQUIRE CASE NO. MG-22-000294 ********* DEBT: $486,675.95 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: CHRISTINE L. GRAHAM, ESQUIRE ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Franklin Park Borough: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 2361 West Gate Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237 AKA 2361 Westgate Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237. Deed Book Volume 7176, Page 39. Block and Lot Number 0942-J-00104-0000-00. 27MAY24 DEFENDANTS: LAWRENCE E. CALLAHAN AND REGINA M. CALLAHAN ********************* CASE NO. MG-22-000841 ********* DEBT: $331,341.45 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: CHRISTINE L. GRAHAM, ESQUIRE ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of O’Hara: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 200 Virginia Manor Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15215. Deed Book Volume 8991, Page 631. Block and Lot Number 0286-N-00088-0000-00. 28MAY24 DEFENDANTS: KEVIN W FORSYTHE, JR.; PATRICIA RIVA MARQUES CASE NO. MG-23-000368 DEBT: $219,434.55 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Carolyn Treglia, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny; ROSS TOWNSHIP Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 92 YORK DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15214. Deed Book Volume 17581, Page 495. Block and Lot Number 0162-E-000540000-00 29MAY24 DEFENDANTS: James W. Allan ********************* CASE NO. GD-23-005788 ********* DEBT: $137,568.10 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF PLEASANT HILLS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 350 MOWRY DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15236. DEED BOOK VOLUME 5117, PAGE 69. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 562-F-180. 30MAY24 DEFENDANTS: Dina R. Moran ********************* CASE NO. D-23-007024 DEBT: $50,210.06 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 18TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 115 HARWOOD STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15211. DEED BOOK VOLUME 13399, PAGE 289. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 15-D-16. 31MAY24 DEFENDANTS: Steven M. Loveland ********************* CASE NO. GD-23-003741 ********* DEBT: $56,039.11 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF 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. 32MAY24 DEFENDANTS: Najla L. Sayles ********************* CASE NO. MG-23-000525 ********* DEBT: $44,611.75 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 8TH WARD OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 806 NORTH GRANDVIEW AVENUE, MCKEESPORT, PA 15132. DEED BOOK VOLUME 17378, PAGE 238. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 380-M-6. 33MAY24 DEFENDANTS: BARBARA L. CALDWELL AKA BARBARA L. ABOAGYE AKA BARBARA ABOAGYE ********************* CASE NO. GD-23--007649 ********* DEBT: $31,533.69 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: KML LAW GROUP, P.C. ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 12TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1712 LAPORTE STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15206. DEED BOOK 12115, PAGE 532. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBERl 73-C-234 34MAY24 DEFENDANTS: AARON FLOOK AKA AARON S. FLOOK, MICHELE L. FLOOK AKA MICHELE FLOOK ********************* CASE NO.MG-22-000953 DEBT: $27,062.34 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: KML LAW GROUP, P.C. ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 12TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1712 LAPORTE STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15206. DEED BOOK 12115, PAGE 532. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBERl 73-C-234 35MAY24 DEFENDANTS: ALAN L. MITCHELL AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF NINA I. MAYFIELD, DECEASED ********************* CASE NO.MG-23-001057 ********* DEBT: $95,340.12 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: KML LAW GROUP, P.C. ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 26TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 4503 CERISE STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15214. DEED BOOK 13616, PAGE 533. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 163-F-212. 36MAY24 DEFENDANTS: DAWN A. BORREGGINE ********************* CASE NO.GD-23-011234 DEBT: $55,960.41 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Liberty: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 813 Lauck Ave McKeesport, PA 15133. Deed Book Volume 11846, Page 533. Block and Lot 0465R-00029-0000-00. 37MAY24 DEFENDANTS: KATHLEEN L. JONES aka KATHLEEN L. ABELL CASE NO.MG-23-000015 DEBT: $84,220.33 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 16th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 2636 Cobden St. Pittsburgh, PA 15203. Deed Book Volume 11219, Page 620. Block and Lot 0013-H00086-0000-00. 38MAY24 DEFENDANTS: BARBARA E. PRIESTLEY CASE NO.MG-23-001002 DEBT: $28,185.05 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : PURCELL, KRUG AND HALLER 1719 NORTH FRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17102 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 717-234-4178 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of North Versailles: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 716 3RD STREET, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK VOLUME 11358, PAGE 215. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 643-N-178. 39MAY24 DEFENDANTS: NURA SAUNDERS ********************* CASE NO.MG-23-000451 DEBT: $69,479.78 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : PURCELL, KRUG AND HALLER 1719 NORTH FRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17102 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 717-234-4178 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 8th Ward City of McKeesport: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 710 FRANKLIN STREET, MCKEESPORT, PA 15132. DEED BOOK VOLUME 14238, PAGE 48. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 460N-188. 40MAY24 DEFENDANTS: DANIELLE M. SMALL CASE NO.MG-23-000506 ********* DEBT: $49,455.92 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: CHRISTINE L. GRAHAM, ESQUIRE ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of White Oak: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1103 California Avenue, McKeesport, Pennsylvania 15131 aka 1103 California Avenue, White Oak, Pennsylvania 15131. Deed Book Volume 16984, Page 269. Block and Lot Number 0460-R-00096-0000-00. 41MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) DEER LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT vs DEFENDANT(S) WILLIAM NICKHOLDS, RONALD NICKHOLDS AND KENNETH NICKHOLDS, DECEASED AS KNOWN HEIRS OF ALFRED A. NICKHOLDS, DECEASED AND JERAMY NICKHOLDS AND KARA NICKHOLDS, AS KNOWN HEIRS OF KENNETH NICKHOLDS, DECEASED AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ALFRED A. NICKHOLDS, DECEASED AND MARY MARGARET NICKHOLDS, DECEASED ********************* CASE NO.GD-23-009460 DEBT: $34,014.34 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 724-978-0333 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF WEST DEER: HAVING ERECTED THEREON VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AS GLENDENNING ROAD, GIBSONIA, PA 15044. DEED BOOK 3055, PAGE 365. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1833-L-126. 42MAY24 PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S) Isabelle Kymer, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns ********************* CASE NO.GD 23-013360 DEBT: $3,582.49 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Springdale: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Valley View Drive, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 3144, Page 402. Block & Lot No. 732-C-154. COURIER CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS!
CLASSIFIEDS NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER APRIL 10-16, 2024 B7 ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice 43MAY24 PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S) Valley View Land and Construction Company ********************* CASE NO.GD 23-013362 ********* DEBT: $5,265.99 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Springdale: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Valley View Drive, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 2155, Page 664. Block & Lot No. 732-B-397. 44MAY24 PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S) Unknown Heirs of Jovo Miljus & Unknown Heirs of Mikla Miljus ********************* CASE NO.GD 23-013519 DEBT: $12,187.60 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Springdale: Parcel #1: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Valley View Drive, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 2424, Page 121. Block & Lot No. 731-L-61. Parcel #2: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Valley View Drive, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 2424, Page 121. Block & Lot No. 73l-P-217. Parcel #3: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Valley View Drive, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 2424, Page 121. Block & Lot No. 731-P228. Parcel #4: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Valley View Drive, Cheswick, PA 15024., Deed Book Volume 2424, Page 121. Block & Lot No. 731-R-20. Parcel #5: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Valley View Drive, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 2424, Page 121. Block & Lot No. 731-R-84. 45MAY24 PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S) Unknown Heirs of Pearlie Trempus, Unknown Heirs of Mary Jane Haas, Unknown Heirs of Lewis J. Linderman, Unknown Heirs of Bette Duris, Unknown Heirs of Jack F. Linderman, Unknown Heirs of Torrence B. Linderman, William Negirch, Jr., Executor and Heir of Rhoda Negrich, John E. Negrich, Known Heir of Rhoda Negrich, Rhonda Stariha, Known Heir of Rhoda Negrich, Unknown Heirs of Dewey Linderman, Ronald Linderman with Notice to Heirs and Assigns CASE NO.GD 23-013560 DEBT: $29,330.36 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Springdale: Parcel #1: Being thereon vacant commercial land known as Freeport Road, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 5310, Page 3. Block & Lot No. 73 l-R-212. Parcel #2: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Valley View Drive, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 5310, Page 3. Block & Lot No. 731-L-50. 46MAY24 PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S) Madeline L. Lee, With Notice to Heirs and Assigns ********************* CASE NO.GD 15-008675 ********* DEBT: $3,649.33 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of South Park: Having erected thereon a two story frame house being known as 1110 Edith Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15236. Deed Book Volume 3993, Page 492. Block & Lot No. 473-R-100. 47MAY24 PETITIONER(S): North Hills School District vs DEFENDANT(S) Robert G. Kuntz ********************* WRIT NO.: G.D. 22-013191 DEBT: $20,525.30 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Ross: Having erected thereon a one story brick house being known as 532 Roseland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15214. Deed Book Volume 4658, Page 683. Block & Lot No. 163-A-222. 48MAY24 PETITIONER(S): North Hills School District vs DEFENDANT(S) David Allen WRIT NO.: GD 21-010899 DEBT: $5,800.52 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Ross: Being thereon agricultural vacant land known as Mount Troy Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15214. Deed Book Volume 18071, Page 393, Block & Lot 164-E-90. 49MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School District vs DEFENDANT(S) Michelle I. Smith & Timothy B. Powell CASE NO.: GD 19-017545 DEBT: $22,469.83 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Wilkins: Having erected thereon a two story two family house being known as 812 Alpine Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15221. Deed Book Volume 15307, Page 65. Block & Lot No. 373-B-304. 50MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S) David L. Ledonne CASE NO.: GD 23-003053 DEBT: $3,435.92 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Baldwin: Having erected thereon a one story bi-level masonry frame house being known as 5260 Elmwood Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15227. Deed Book Volume 17568, Page 314. Block & Lot 313-B-210. 51MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S): Frank Donolo & Deborah Donolo CASE NO.: GD 19-011599 ********* DEBT: $3,346.25 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of South Park: Having erected thereon a two family, two story frame house being known as 3815 Grant Street, South Park, PA 15129. Deed Book Volume 8968, Page 237. Block & Lot No. 1009-B-131. 52MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S): Slopes Holdings, LLC CASE NO.: GD 15-003556 ********* DEBT: $6,105.25 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of South Park: Having erected thereon a two story masonry frame house being known as 1124 Wilhelm Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15236. Deed Book Volume 18161, Page 578. Block & Lot No. 564-C-248. 53MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S): Harry Digby & Donald Fisher ********************* CASE NO.: GD 21-004386 ********* DEBT: $5,546.16 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West Mifflin: Having erected thereon a one story commercial garage being known as 800 Thompson Run Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 6673, Page 492. Block & Lot No. 242-A-30. 54MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S): June G. Lubinsky a/k/a June G. Lubinski, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns ********************* CASE NO.: G.D.17-005362 ********* DEBT: $7,791.90 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Moon: Having erected thereon a one story brick house being known as 319 Smallwood Drive, Coraopolis, PA 15108. Deed Book Volume 4218, Page 97. Block & Lot No. 597-E-142. 55MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S): Unknown Heirs of Frank J. Matko & Unknown Heirs of Joseph Miklic CASE NO.: GD23-013531 DEBT: $3,898.02 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Springdale: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Valley View Drive, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 2300, Page 547, and Deed Book Volume 2160, Page 722. Block & Lot No. 732-C-98. 56MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S): Kerry Mattern CASE NO.: GD 23-013358 ********* DEBT: $12,090.24 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Springdale: Parcel #1: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Valley View Drive, Cheswick, PA 15024. Deed Book Volume 16921, Page 22. Block & Lot No. 731-L210. Parcel #2: Having erected thereon a one and a half story frame house known as 35 Valley View Drive, Springdale, PA 15144. Deed Book Volume 16921, Page 16. Block & Lot No. 731-L-196. 57MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Whitaker vs DEFENDANT(S): Marlin Magnolia Holdings LLC CASE NO.: GD 22-004312 ********* DEBT: $2,653.22 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Whitaker: Having erected thereon a one story brick house being known as 123 Magnolia Street, Homestead, PA 15120. Deed Book Volume 17596, Page 310. Block & Lot No. 180-M-126. 58MAY24 PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny vs DEFENDANT(S): William Garrison, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns CASE NO.: GD 23-013359 ********* DEBT: $24,026.28 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Collier: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Thompson Avenue, Carnegie, PA 15106. Deed Book Volume 2478, Page 712. Block & Lot No. 147-B-15. 59MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough vs DEFENDANT(S): CALVIN L. SNEAD ********************* CASE NO.: GD 23-005676 ********* DEBT: $14,839.97 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1332 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 19200, PAGE 479. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 175-H-300. 60MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) Elizabeth Forward School District vs DEFENDANT(S): Tabitha Schempp, Administratrix of the Estate of Richard J. Tomco, Deceased CASE NO.: . GD-23-011260 ********* DEBT: $36,947.78 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Elizabeth: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 727 SCENERY DRIVE, ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK 13198, PAGE 569. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1130-K-228. 61MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) Elizabeth Forward School District vs DEFENDANT(S): Geralyn Scurfield CASE NO.: GD-23-011259 ********* DEBT: $19,932.80 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Elizabeth: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 509 5TH AVENUE, ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK 14987, PAGE 494. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1133-R-123 62MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough vs DEFENDANT(S): Pinky Inc., LLC CASE NO.: GD 22-010701 ********* DEBT: $32,709.59 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1856 MONTIER STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 18180, PAGE 291. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 232-H-273. 63MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): LACEY L. JONES, JR., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JEANNETTE M. JONES, DECEASED CASE NO.: MG-23-000894 ********* DEBT: $75,093.33 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : PURCELL, KRUG AND HALLER 1719 NORTH FRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17102 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 717-234-4178 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: PARCEL NO. 1: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 110 PALMETTO DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12136, PAGE 189. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 633-P-150. PARCEL NO. 2: BEING A VACANT LOT OF LAND KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS PALMETTO DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12136, PAGE 189. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 634-B-47. 64MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): Karen Ann Robbins a/k/a Karen A. Ellison ********************* CASE NO.: MG-23-000863 DEBT: $72,128.73 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 28TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 308 STRATMORE STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15205. DEED BOOK VOLUME 11882, PAGE 277. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 40-G-92. 65MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): DANIEL W. KOLAR CASE NO.: GD-23-002503 ********* DEBT: $80,744.14 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: CHRISTINE L. GRAHAM, ESQUIRE ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Brackenridge: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1053 9th Avenue, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania 15014. Deed Book Volume 17634, Page 347. Block and Lot Number 1367-R-00107-0000-00. 66MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny vs. DEFENDANT(S): Nance J. Steranka & The United States of America CASE NO.: G.D. 19-011604 DEBT: $4,123.03 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of South Fayette: Having erected thereon a one story condominium unit being known as 321 Ridge Point Circle, Apt. 12, Bridgeville, PA 15017, Unit B12, in the Hunting Ridge, No. 1, Condominium. Deed Book Volume 19410, Page 383. Block & Lot No. 572-C-101-012B. 67MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): Casey Eiler ********************* CASE NO.: GD-24-000070 ********* DEBT: $133,820.32 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Kristine M. Anthou, Esquire, ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 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, Borough of West Mifflin: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING KNOWN AS 4820 BRIERLY DRIVE E., WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122. DBV 18169 PG 226, BLOCK & LOT NO. 184-D-61 68MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): Christopher Titterington ********************* CASE NO.: MG-23-000965 ********* DEBT: $204,732.75 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Manley Deas Kochalski LLC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Hampton Township: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 3828 Arizona Drive, Allison Park, PA 15101. Document Number 2016-39485, Deed Book Volume 16641, Page 187. Block and Lot Number 0615-G-00294-0000-00. 69MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): Debora M. Kruper CASE NO.: MG-23-001059 ********* DEBT: $64,639.65 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Manley Deas Kochalski LLC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Monroeville: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 101 Meadow Gap Drive, Monroeville, PA 15146. Document Number 2006-4772, Deed Book Volume 12753, Page 59. Block and Lot Number 0544-L-00006-0001-00. The Courier is THE VOICE of Black Pittsburgh. COURIER CLASSIFIEDS… THE ONLY WAY TO GO! COURIER CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! COURIER CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS!
CLASSIFIEDS B8 APRIL 10-16, 2024 NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice 70MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): Mary C. Wilson CASE NO.: GD-22-015078 ********* DEBT: $45,495.23 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Manley Deas Kochalski LLC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Chalfant: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 219 Greenfield Avenue, East Pittsburgh, PA 15112. Document Number 050269, Deed Book Volume 10434, Page 288. Block and Lot Number 0374-G-00256-0000-00. 71MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): Tom Zagaja CASE NO.: MG-23-001142 ********* DEBT: $170,857.66 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Manley Deas Kochalski LLC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 413 Janice Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Document Number 2022-23868, Deed Book Volume 18993, Page 131. Block and Lot Number 0369-D-00267-0000-00. 72MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): TIMOTHY J. KANE AKA TIMOTHY JOHN KANE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATOR AND HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY R. KANE AKA TIMOTHY ROBERT KANE; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS, CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER TIMOTHY R. KANE AKA TIMOTHY ROBERT KANE ********************* CASE NO.: MG-23-000345 DEBT: $35,264.89 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITEF MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Liberty: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 2811 F STREET MCKEESPORT, PA 15133. Deed Book Volume 13403, Page 379. Block and Lot 0465R-00270-0000-00. 73MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): CRAIG L. RICE, SOLELY AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF CINDY L. RICE AKA CINDY L. BARTEK, DECEASED AND UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER CINDY L. RICE AKA CINDY L. BARTEK, DECEASED CASE NO.: MG-23-000787 ********* DEBT: $43,466.75 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Jill M. Fein, Esquire. Hill Wallack LLP ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 1000 Floral Vale Blvd. Suite 300, Suite 250, Yardley, PA 19067 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 579-7700 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, GLASSPORT BOROUGH HAVING ERECTED THEREON A 1 STORY DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 722 DELAWARE AVENUE GLASSPORT, PA 15045 DEED BOOK VOLUME 8979, AND PAGE 478 BLOCK & LOT NO. 558G-382 74MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): JOHN MCGRATH, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF RUTH E. MCGRATH; DONALD MCGRATH, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF RUTH E. MCGRATH; CRAIG MCGRATH, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF KATHLEEN MCGRATH, DECEASED HEIR OF RUTH E. MCGRATH; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER RUTH E. MCGRATH ********************* CASE NO.: MG-22-000556 ********* DEBT: $90,035.46 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 29th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 2723 Steiner Street Pittsburgh, PA 15227. Deed Book Volume 12711, Page 576. Block and Lot 0094-F-00350-0000-00. 75MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): KEVIN M. BEYERL; JENNIFER J. BEYERL ********************* CASE NO.: MG-23-000357 DEBT: $77,932.41 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West View: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 228 Ridgewood Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15229. Deed Book Volume 12691, Page 496. Block and Lot 0280-G-00020-0000-00. 76MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): JENNIFER A. LINDELL; JAMES R. LINDELL CASE NO.: MG-20-000234 ********* DEBT: $128,149.62 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, and Borough of Emsworth: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 153 Orchard Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15202. Deed Book Volume 12271, Page 109. Block and Lot 0276-N-00168-0000-00. 77MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): DAVID T. JOCKEL CASE NO.: MG-23-000794 DEBT: $29,037.95 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 9th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 214 Taylor St Pittsburgh, PA 15224. Deed Book Volume 12640, Page 374. Block and Lot 0049-S00232-0000-00. 78MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): Desiree Simmons ********************* CASE NO.: MG-23-000002 DEBT: $64,386.38 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: PATRICK J WESNER, ESQUIRE ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 9000 MIDLANTIC DRIVE, STE 300, PO BOX 5054, MT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 810-5815 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg, HAVING currently erected thereon a single family dwelling being known as 2232 Chalfant Street, Pittsburgh PA 15221, Deed Book 12082 Page 410, Block and Lot 0297-B-00155-0000-00. 79MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): Walter R. Dean, Known Heir to the Estate of Thelma J. Dean, and the Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Thelma J. Dean CASE NO.: MG-22-000800 ********* DEBT: $70,746.21 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: PATRICK J WESNER, ESQUIRE ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 9000 MIDLANTIC DRIVE, STE 300, PO BOX 5054, MT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 810-5815 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills, (formerly Township of Penn) HAVING currently erected thereon a single Family dwelling being known as 4940 3rd Street, Verona, PA 15147, Deed Book 8756 Page 432 Block and Lot 0367-F-00190-0000-00 80MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough vs DEFENDANT(S): CAROL MCCOWN CASE NO.: GD 22-003619 DEBT: $31,388.11 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1448 FRANKLIN AVE PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 17392, PAGE 575. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 233-H-24. 81MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills vs DEFENDANT(S): Veronica A. Scott ********************* CASE NO.: GD 22-013722 ********* DEBT: $16,894.12 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 146 SUNCREST DRIVE, VERONA, PA 15147. DEED BOOK 5606, PAGE 52. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 295A-154. 82MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): DEBORA JACKSON, KNOWN SURVIVING HEIR OF BARBARA J. LAWSON, RODERICK LAWSON, KNOWN SURVIVING HEIR OF BARBARA J. LAWSON, AND UNKNOWN SURVIVING HEIRS OF BARBARA J. LAWSON CASE NO.: GD-21-007921 DEBT: $268,945.51 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: CHELSEA A. NIXON, ESQUIRE ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 517 Hoover Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235. Deed Book Volume VL-13092, Page 335. Block and Lot Number 0451-A- 003340000-00. 83MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): JORDAN MICHAEL WALTHOUR ********************* CASE NO.: MG-20-000413 DEBT: $121,561.97 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Etna: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 179 Washington Street Pittsburgh, PA 15223. Deed Book Volume 17807, Page 119. Block and Lot 0166-R-00161-0000-00. 84MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): The Unknown Heirs, Executors and/or Administrators of the Estate of Mary Louise Parra, Thomas R. Lesko and Trisanne Lesko, n/k/a Trisanne Lesko Nahas, ********************* CASE NO.: MG-23-000721 ********* DEBT: $15,053.37 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Kristine M. Anthou, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 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, City of Pittsburgh, 9th Ward: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING KNOWN AS 4213 BESSEMER STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15201. DBV 8712 PG 102, BLOCK & LOT NO. 49-F-352. 85MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): Timothy P. McEnvoy ********************* CASE NO.: MG-22-000578 DEBT: $50,413.88 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Powers Kirn, LLC ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Eight Neshaminy Interplex, Suite 215, Trevose, PA 19053 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-2090 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Elizabeth Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 155 Ellsworth Avenue, Eliabeth, Pennsylvania 15037. Deed Book Volume 16247, Page 227, Block and Lot Number 1132-E-142. 86MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): JENNIFER D. DIEMER; SARAH E. DIEMER CASE NO.: MG-23-000908 ********* DEBT: $76.012.97 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Carolyn Treglia, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF TURTLE CREEK Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 517 JAMES ST, TURTLE CREEK, PA 15145. Deed Book Volume 16534, Page 312. Block and Lot Number 0455-H-000390000-00 87MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): GARRICK W. REED CASE NO.: MG-23-000954 ********* DEBT: $47.285.84 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Carolyn Treglia, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 3RD \VARD OF THE BOROUGH OF HOMESTEAD Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 336 W. 11TH AVE, HOMESTEAD, PA 15120. Deed Book Volume 15912, Page 588. Block and Lot Number 0131-A-003810000-0 88MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): ANDREW BUSH JR. IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF ANDREW L. BUSH, DECEASED; KIMBERLEY BUSH IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF ANDREW L. BUSH, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER ANDREW L. BUSH, DECEASED CASE NO.: MG-22-000623 ********* DEBT: $99,930.38 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Carolyn Treglia, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF BELLEVUE Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 76 SUMNER AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15202. Deed Book Volume 14087, Page 517. Block and Lot Number 0161-N-001120000-00 89MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): MARK D. MAGLICCO CASE NO.: MG-23-000928 ********* DEBT: $210,348.79 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: THOMAS E. REILLY, ESQUIRE ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : Thomas E. Reilly, P.C. 1468 Laurel Drive, Sewickley, PA 15143 tereilly@tomreillylaw.com ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (724) 933-3500 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Jefferson Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 714 OLD CLAIRTON ROAD, CLAIRTON, PA 15025, DEED BOOK VOLUME 18706, PAGE 416, BLOCK AND LOT 767-L-9. 90MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): NORTHGATE SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. DEFENDANT(S): TONY HALL ********************* WRIT NO.: GD-23-003679 DEBT: $20,483.55 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: ANTHONY GIGLIO, ESQUIRE ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 1500 ARDMORE BLVD, SUITE 506, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 243-9700 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Bellevue: Being vacant land known as S. Sprague Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15202 Deed Book Volume 1220, Page 3, Block and Lot 160K-33. 91MAY24 DEFENDANT(S): Stanley C. Perkowski ********************* CASE NO. MG-20-000271 DEBT: $183,892.38 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Keri P. Ebeck ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 601 Grant Street, 9th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-456-8100 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Collier: HAVING THEREON A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN ANO NUMBERED AS 134 BALDWIN ROAD, CARNEGIE, PA 15106 DEED BOOK VOLUME 13761, PAGE 190, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 202-F-12 92MAY24 DEFENDANT: Timothy S. Radigan ********************* CASE NO. MG-23-000955 ********* DEBT: $128,790.57 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: LOGS Legal Group LLP ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 985 Old Eagle School Road, Suite 514 Wayne, PA 19087 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (610) 278-6800 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF INDIANA: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 233 KLEIN ROAD, GLENSHAW, PA 15116. DEED BOOK VOLUME VL-13571, PAGE 399, BLOCK AND LOT 0618-P-001540000-00. 93MAY24 DEFENDANT: Dorothy Mae Bartolomeo CASE NO. MG-23-000156 DEBT: $119,642.41 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: LOGS Legal Group LLP ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 3600 Horizon Drive, Suite 150 King of Prussia, PA 19406 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (610) 278-6800 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF MONROEVILLE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 523 HOLLY DRIVE, MONROEVILLE, PA 15146. DEED BOOK VOLUME 5273, PAGE 561, BLOCK AND LOT 0742-N-002020000-00. 94MAY24 DEFENDANT: Charles T. Lanphear, Kimberly P. Lanphear, United States of America, Department of Treasury - Internal Revenue Service, RSP Pittsburgh, Inc ********************* CASE NO. MG-16-000184 DEBT: $409,962.39 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: LOGS Legal Group LLP ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 3600 Horizon Drive, Suite 150 King of Prussia, PA 19406 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (610) 278-6800 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF MOUNT LEBANON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 834 WASHINGTON ROAD, PITISBURGH, PA 15228. DEED BOOK VOLUME 17841, PAGE 290, BLOCK AND LOT 0141-N00169-0000-00. 95MAY24 DEFENDANT: DALE A. KAYMARK CASE NO. MG-17-001311 ********* DEBT: $477,011.45 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Jill M. Fein, Esquire. Hill Wallack LLP ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 1000 Floral Vale Blvd. Suite 300, Suite 250, Yardley, PA 19067 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 579-7700 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Findlay Township : HAVING ERECTED THEREON A 2 STORY DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 108 Economy Grade Road Coraopolis, PA 15108 DEED BOOK VOLUME 11944, AND PAGE 489 BLOCK & LOT NO. 1051K-106 96MAY24 DEFENDANT: SHIRLEY J. MCCLENDON CASE NO. MG-23-000567 DEBT: $105,865.29 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, and Municipality of Penn Hills: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 230 Evaline Street Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Deed Book Volume 6628, Page 570. Block and Lot 0296-C-00093-0000-00. 97MAY24 DEFENDANT: STEPHEN FAIT, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF JOHN L. FAIT AKA JOHN L. FAIT SR.; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS, CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER JOHN L. FAIT AKA JOHN L. FAIT SR. CASE NO. MG-23-000199 DEBT: $50,870.54 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West Mifflin: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 4308 Outlook Drive West Mifflin, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 13206, Page 220. Block and Lot 0238-L-00053-0000-00. The Courier is THE VOICE of Black Pittsburgh. COURIER CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! 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CLASSIFIEDS NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER APRIL 10-16, 2024 B9 ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice 98MAY24 PLAINTIFF(S): COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY Vs. DEFENDANT: ELLEN OHLER, Known Heir of John Henry Schuck, Deceased & FLORENCE JENNEY SCHUCK, Known Heir of John Robert Schuck, Deceased, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DAVID PARKER SCHUCK, JR., Deceased, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JEANS. GROSS, Deceased, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF HELEN EVANS, Deceased & THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF NELLIE C. SCHUCK, Deceased, ********************* CASE NO. GD 23-005420 DEBT: $11,511.09 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Robert J. Garvin, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 437 Grant Street, Suite 1806 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-1119 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Sewickley Hills: Approximately 1.37 acres vacant land, being known as W Side Ohio Line, Sewickley, PA 15143. Deed Book Volume 4501, Page 372, Block and Lot Number 821-J-17. 99MAY24 DEFENDANT: ERIC HARRIS CASE NO. MG-23-001080 DEBT: $490,500.87 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEYS: CHRISTINE L. GRAHAM,ESQUIRE ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 1420 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1501 PIDLADELPHIA, PA 19102 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 790-1010 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 2nd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a condominium unit being known and numbered as 350 Oliver Avenue, Unit 905, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222. Deed Book Volume 18948, Page 259. Block and Lot Number 0002-A-00127-0905-00. 100MAY24 DEFENDANT: Terry G. Richardson ********************* CASE NO. MG-23-000505 ********* DEBT: $105,484.71 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Manley Deas Kochalski LLC ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Forward Township: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 2460 Manown Road, Monongahela, PA 15063. Document Number 2019-15919, Deed Book Volume 17640, Page 383. Block and Lot Number 2274-A-002840000-00. 101MAY24 PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT: FFI Group LLC ********************* CASE NO. GD 23-012418 DEBT: $6,859.37 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West Homestead: Having erected thereon a two story frame house known as 473 New 8th Avenue, Homestead, PA 15120. Deed Book Volume 13341, Page 317. Block & Lot No. 90-H-230. 102MAY24 PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT: Jeffrey B. Spitz ********************* CASE NO. GD 23-012289 ********* DEBT: $7,508.32 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of White Oak: Parcel #1: Having erected thereon a one story masonry frame house being known as 3203 Muse Lane, McKeesport, PA 15131. Deed Book Volume 7871, Page 152. Block & Lot 648-M-328. Parcel #2: Being thereon vacant residential land known as Muse Lane, McKeesport, PA 15131. Deed Book Volume 9151, Page 529. Block & Lot 648-M-323. 103MAY24 PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT: George Afanasieff, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns & Rose M. Afanasieff, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns ********************* CASE NO. GD 23-012293 ********* DEBT: $2,655.24 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************* ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West Homestead: Having erected thereon a two story frame house known as 225 West 10th Avenue, Homestead, PA 15120. Deed Book Volume 3409, Page 48. Block & Lot No. 131-A-34. 104MAY24 PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT: Pauline Wilson, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns ********************* CASE NO. GD 23-012423 ********* DEBT: $2,546.16 NAME OF ATTORNEYS: Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEYS : 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ********************* ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Home- stead: Having erected thereon a two story frame house known as 230 East 15th Avenue, Homestead, PA 15120. Deed Book Volume 5985, Page 349. Block & Lot No. 13lC-294. NOTICE OF ELECTED CONSTABLE IN AND FOR 4TH WARD, CITY OF PITTSBURGH. Today, April 5, 2024, Deej Gandy, elected constable of the 4th Ward on November 2, 2021, hereby deputizes Malcolm M. McMiller Jr. as his Deputy constable of Pennsylvania. The court may order this absolute if no exceptions are filed at the Dept. of Records in Room 114 of the Allegheny County Courthouse, 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, within 30 days of the aforesaid appointment. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT BOROUGH OF AVALON SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION Derived from the 2023 Municipal Annual Audit and Financial Report (DCED-CLGS-30) SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 2023 Assets and Other Debits $10,685,030 Liabilities and Other Credits $3,021,415 Fund and Account Group Equity $7,663,615 Total Liabilities, Other Credits, and Fund and Account Group Equity $10,685,030 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023 Revenues $6,576,358 Expenditures $6,507,338 Excess (Deficit) of Revenues over Expenditures $69,020 Fund and Account Group Equity: Beginning of year $7,594,595 End of year $7,663,615 The Borough’s financial statements and accompanying auditor’s report may be examined at the Borough’s Office. LEGAL ADVERTISING Legal Notices Estate of STEPHEN D. PIETZAK, Deceased of Family of Pietzak, Estate No. 2268904 / 022306701 of 2023 Anthony J. Pietzak, Executor, 403 Mountain St. Pittsburgh, PA 15210 Estate of MARY JACKSON, Deceased, of Pittsburgh, PA. Estate No. 022401432 of 2023. Earl Jackson, Executor, 578 Oakwood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15208 Estate of SANDRA L. ROSE, Deceased, of 1020 State Avenue, apt. 805, Coraopolis, PA 15108. Estate No. 02-24-01968. Ms. Megan Conroy, Executrix, c/o Max C. Feldman, Esquire and the Law Office of Max C. Feldman, 1322 Fifth Avenue, Coraopolis, PA 15108 Estate of ELAINE M. SIMPSON, Deceased, of Upper Saint Clair, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Estate No. 02-24-01911, Executor, Rebecca S. Condo, 277 Frances Lane, McDonald, PA 15057 or to ROBIN L. RARIE, Atty; BRENLOVE & FULLER, LLC. 401 Washington Avenue, Bridgeville, PA 15017 TRUST TERMINATION: Advertising Trust Termination due to the death of JEANNE A. MARTINEZ on 12/25/2023. Claims against said Trust may be filed as follows and sent to: PNC Bank, National Association Attn: Sharon L Whitney 300 Fifth Ave, 31st Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 And/or: Christopher Loveland, Esq. Sheppard Mullin 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20006-6801 Estate of DOUGLAS J. BETTERS, of 728 Heartwood Drive, Monroeville, PA 15146, Estate No. 02-24-00860, Co-Administrators, Katrina Betters, 109 Cliffside Drive, Apt. B, Monroeville, PA 15146, Samantha Betters, 800 Beatty Drive, Irwin, PA 15642 or to William C. Price, Jr., Price & Associates, P.C., 2005 Noble Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15218 ANNOUNCEMENTS Meetings BOROUGH OF BELLEVUE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Town Council of the Borough of Bellevue will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. to receive comments and suggestions regarding proposed Ordinance 24-05, Amending Chapter 30, Section 30-7, Part B, of the Borough Personnel System for Sick Leave. The proposed Ordinance will be considered for adoption at the subsequent Council Meeting, beginning at 7:00 pm on April 24, 2024. The Public Hearing and Council Meeting will be held at the Bellevue Borough Municipal Building, 537 Bayne Avenue, Bellevue, PA 15202. James E. Kelly Director of Administrative Services RENTAL SERVICE Unfurnished Apartments RENTAL SERVICE Unfurnished Apartments AFFORDABLE RENTAL OPPORTUNITY 327 HAZELWOOD AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15207 31 AVAILABLE UNITS # of Units # of bedrooms Price *Minimum Income AMI 2 Studio $820 $24,600 60% 2 Studio $1070+ $32,100 Market 7 1 $696 $20,880 50% 12 1 $871 $26,130 60% 3 1 $1,200 $36,000 Market 2 2 $1,040 $31,200 60% 3 2 $1,510+ $45,300 Market *Minimum Incomes Apply
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ADVERTISING Bids/Proposals LEGAL ADVERTISING Bids/Proposals 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 April 22, 2024 and will be read at 11:15 AM., the same day, through your web browser via Microsoft Teams video conferencing, for the following: Electronic Proposal - Ebusiness website (http://ebusiness.portauthority.org) Bid Number Bid Name 1 B24-01-09ARR Herbicide Spraying for Vegetation 2 B24-02-13AR Bio-Diesel Fuel To join the bid opening through Microsoft Teams meeting on your computer, mobile app or room device Meeting ID: 253 633 827 131 Passcode: QZ2t5Y Or call in (audio only) 412-927-0245 Phone Conference ID: 729 384 918 No bidder may withdraw a submitted Proposal for a period of 75 days after the scheduled time for opening of the sealed bids. A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on each of the above items at 10:00 AM on April 8, 2024 through your web browser via Microsoft Teams video conferencing. Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Meeting ID: 248 902 001 399 Passcode: 5xkBho Or call in (audio only) 412-927-0245 Phone Conference ID: 447 767 94 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. LEGAL ADVERTISING Bids/Proposals NOTICE TO BIDDERS PA 18-14 JEANNETTE MANOR – 9 STORY HIGHRISE CITY OF JEANNETTE –WESTMORELAND COUNTY INVITATION FOR BIDS INTERIOR MODERNIZATION PROJECT · GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT – PA 18-14-012024.1 GC · ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT – PA 18-14-012024.2 EC Westmoreland County Housing Authority is requesting construction bids for the referenced project through sealed bids which will be received by the Westmoreland County Housing Authority, until April 29, 2024 at 10:00 A.M. (eastern standard time). A Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for April 11, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. (eastern standard time) at Jeannette Manor - 401 South Fourth StreetJeannette, PA 15644 Electronic Bid Documents are available for downloading at www.wchaonline.com. Bidders are required to register online at the www.wchaonline.com to view bid documents. Plan holders proposing to bid shall also register their intent to submit a bid with Westmoreland County Housing Associates, Inc. via email to lindam@wchaonline.com and eriks@wchaonline.com in accordance with the bid requirements. Westmoreland County Housing Authority, Michael L. Washowich, Executive Director / Contracting Officer BID EXTENSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN for a Bid Extension due to Addendum # 1 and Addendum # 2 for the following project entitled: • Rhythm Square 2237 Centre Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15219 Allegheny County This project was originally advertised on March 20, 2024. ALL BIDS WILL NOW BE RECEIVED until 1:00 PM on April 25th 2024 at the offices of Sota Construction Services, Inc.. Bids will be publicly opened immediately after at 80 Union Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15202. Bids must be submitted as your company’s standard proposals and be enclosed in a sealed envelope, bearing the name and address of the bidder on the outside, addressed to Sota Construction Services, Inc. and marked with the project name. ALL BID COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AS PER THE ORIGINAL ADVERTISEMENT APPLY. Bid documents may be obtained from Sota Construction Services, Inc. by contacting TJ Toomey at ttoomey@sotaconstruction.com or 412-925-0040 (cell). OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION of the SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on April 09, 2024, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for: Brashear High School Brashear Retaining Wall Replacement Project General Primes Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on March 25, 2024, at Modern Reproductions (412-488-7700), 127 McKean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable. Project details and dates are described in each project manual. OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION of the SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on April 16, 2024, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for: George K. Cupples Stadium Replace Fire Alarm System Electrical Primes Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on March 25, 2024, at Modern Reproductions (412-488-7700), 127 McKean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable. Project details and dates are described in each project manual. NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! To place a display ad in the New Pittsburgh Courier call 412-481-8302 ext. 128
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Pittsburgh, PA with the ability to telecommute with appropriate telecommuting systems for up to three days per week, with a minimum of two days per week in the office. Participate in all aspects of PNC’s ACFR Technology MIS Delivery organization activities. Duties include: (i) analyze and design Regulatory Reporting solutions and patches which involves Balance sheet reports and reporting for regulations like Basel, SCCL or CECL; (ii) configure Regulatory Reporting solutions for various portfolios in Axiom Controller View using objects like data source, data model, modify model portfolio, aggregation and freeform reports, tabular reports and UDFs (user defined functions); (iii) configure Custom Reports using Tableau or OBIEE and develop dashboards which helps in decision making for line of business users; (iv) develop SQL queries and PL/SQL procedures in Oracle database and scripts to extract, aggregate and analyze data for regulatory reporting purposes; (v) provide assistance in maintenance of end-to-end systems and guidance to line of business users on production Axiom workflow executions of various portfolios to perform day to day business activities; (vi) coordinate implementation including packaging and deployment of code and obtaining the required approvals via Jira; (vii) partner with business stakeholders and product owners to prioritize technology deliverables based on the severity; (viii) work in an Agile as well as Waterfall software development environment; (ix) work with enterprise change management or release management; and (x) provide technical guidance, solution development, code reviews and suggestion of potential improvements to support colleagues and formulate best practices.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Computer Applications, or Information Technology plus 5 years of software development experience in or for the Banking industry identifying user requirements and developing conceptual designs for solving business problems using Oracle database, PL/SQL programming, Axiom Controller View, Tableau and OBIEE tools is required. Must have experience with: (i) Basic Banking Concepts including asset, liability and capital for a bank as well as Regulatory Reports; (ii) transformation of business requirements into technical needs and implementation procedures; (iii) configuring Axiom objects including data source, data model, modify model portfolio, aggregation, freeform reports, tabular reports and UDFs (user defined functions) as a part of report development using Axiom Controller View Regulatory Reporting Tool Version 9x/10x; (iv) integrating Axiom Controller View with upstream and down streams; (v) onboarding Axiom patches related to different schedules released by Axiom; (vi) developing SQL queries and PL/SQL procedures in Oracle database and scripts to extract, aggregate and analyze data for regulatory reporting purposes; (vii) developing Business Intelligence reports/dashboards using OBIEE, Tableau, or Power BI; (viii) UNIX shell scripting; (ix) preparing Unit Test plan and performing Unit testing on the developed Axiom workflows/Reports; (x) troubleshooting workflows and analyzing reports or logs to identify the root cause of issues in UAT, QA and production environment; and (xi) coordinating implementation including packaging and deployment of code into production. 40 hours/week, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Interested individuals apply online at www.pnc.com using keyword R157745. PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.
FULL-TIME ELEMENTARY, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND SECONDARY TEACHING APPLICANTS
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PPG Industries, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, has a work-athome Data Engineer Analyst position (w/ability to telecommute w/approp. telecommuting sys.; remote worksite must be w/in commuting distance of Pittsburgh, PA for weekly trips to corp. office) responsible for developing & building AI/ML model -ready data ponds. Apply online at careers.ppg.com.
PPG Industries, Inc. has Business Development Sustainability Manager position in Pittsburgh, PA w/ limited remote/at-home work available responsible for leading implementation of & driving PPG’s business dvlpmnt, prdct portfolio, & mrktng mgmnt efforts. Must be willing & able to travel domestically & internationally to client sites up to 25%. Apply online at careers.ppg.com.
HITACHI RAIL STS USA, INC., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, seeks a Scrum Product Owner 2. This is a hybrid position offering the ability to work from home up to 3 days per week, with 2 days per week required in the office. The Scrum Product Owner 2 will leverage technical knowledge of Railway transportation management systems (TMS) and Automated Train Supervisor (ATS) systems to develop detailed specifications for product features such that they can be utilized by software development teams to design, develop and implement software code. Apply at: https://careers.hitachi.com.
Arch Masonry & Restoration headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, seeks General Laborer (Mult. Openings), responsible for working independently or as a part of a team in providing hands-on services, including but not limited to: mixing mud & mortar; building scaffold & working on elevated surfaces; carrying, cutting & sawing brick & block and other tasks/duties assigned by site foreman; participating in site cleanup & running machines; handling masonry materials (brick, block, mortar, stone); using a wheelbarrow, shovel and/or buckets. Travel required to various worksites in PA, OH & WV. Apply at www.archmasonryinc.com/careers
RAILCAR ENGINEER
Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking an Railcar Engineer to be responsible for developing and managing capital projects and programs in support of Railcar Maintenance and the Operations Division of Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT). Monitors and manages projects to ensure they are within scope, schedule, and budget as well as interfaces with consultants, contractors, and external stakeholder representatives. Provides technical support to procure equipment, parts, and services required by Rail Operations and helps to investigate and recommend solutions to vehicle equipment problems. Provides agency subject matter expertise on all matters regarding rail car design, maintenance, trouble shooting, and project management.
Essential Functions:
• Develops and manages programs for the procurement of the number and types of equipment, parts, and supplies needed by the Operations Division to meet service demands. This will include preparation of complete specifications with special and general conditions and technical and schedule requirement.
• Performs all project management functions necessary to implement the design, construction, and closeout of projects within established scope, schedule, budget, and quality metrics. Provides guidance and assistance to Port Authority personnel on Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) issues and activities pertaining to all projects and provides rail car subject matter expertise as required. Provides support for state of good repair programs related to the LRVs, related maintenance equipment and the light rail transit system.
THE BOROUGH OF BELLEVUE POSITIONS
The Borough of Bellevue is accepting applications for the following positions: Library Assistant, Lifeguards, Pool Cashiers, Public Works Superintendent, Public Works Seasonal Laborers. For more information and an application, go to: https://www.bellevuepa. org/employment-opportunities Applications being accepted until positions are filled.
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HOUSE MANAGER
A private individual seeks for a caregiver, detail-oriented House Manager to assist a Senior Female CITIZEN. Schedule is 4 days a week and 5 hours per day. Salary is $35/hr. Send email to Jimmy (jieannedube@gmail.com) for more details.
• Reviews and evaluates manufacturers’/ suppliers’ requests for changes. Prepares recommendations regarding approval or disapproval for review of executive management in accordance with established Port Authority and department administrative procedures. Prepares contract change orders as required. Reviews and recommends for payment, invoices received from the manufacturer /supplier.
Job requirements include:
• BS Degree in Electrical/Electronic, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/ Electronic Engineering Technology or directly related field from an accredited school plus a minimum of seven (7) years of progressive experience in general mechanical / electrical projects of which five (5) years of experience are in the design, installation and/ or maintenance of electronic equipment; or Associates Degree in field above plus nine (9) years of progress experience as stated above of which five (5) years of experience are in the design, installation and/ or maintenance of electronic equipment .
• Demonstrated ability in the use of Windows, Microsoft Word, and Excel.
• Professional and effective communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to function as a team player and work harmoniously with other people.
• Valid PA driver’s license.
Preferred attributes:
• Experience in managing projects associated with the maintenance or manufacturing of Light Rail Vehicles.
• Registered Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
• Engineers registered outside of Pennsylvania who could be eligible for reciprocity.
We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to:
Glenn Huetter
Employment Department
Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking an Associate Insurance Administrator to assist the Insurance Administrator in all aspects of overseeing administration of first party property, casualty services, data entry, filing, and other third-party services required to protect the interest of and mitigate the financial and liability risks of the Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT). Assists Insurance Administrator in compiling and assimilating pertinent information to develop a marketing initiative for the PRT’s insurance policies and makes recommendations to Director of Legal & Consulting Services and Chief Legal Officer about procuring and/or maintaining insurance policies and/or bonds. Assists Insurance Administrator in serving as a liaison between the PRT and its broker(s), insurance agents, underwriters, and loss prevention engineers, and manages day-to-day activities of broker.
Essential Functions:
• Assists Insurance Administrator in compiling and assimilating pertinent information required to develop a marketing initiative for each of the PRT’s insurance policies to present to the carriers to obtain a competitive quote and makes recommendations to Director of Legal & Consulting Services and Chief Legal Officer relative to procuring and/or otherwise maintaining existing or potentially new insurance policies and/or bonds for the PRT based upon PRT’s evolving business needs and emerging areas of financial and liability risk.
• Assists Insurance Administrator as liaison between the PRT and its broker(s), insurance agents, underwriters, and loss prevention engineers and manages day-today activities of broker.
• Assesses risk for each contract (including license agreements) based on the scope of services provided by the relevant PRT department(s) or work being performed by third parties on or adjacent to PRT property. Objectively and timely evaluate potential hazards, analyze the magnitude of the potential loss, and the probability of loss occurring to assign insurance requirements and limits.
• Responsible for providing proof of insurance compliance to the government agencies and other third parties entities that have an interest in PRT’s assets or otherwise require proof of PRT insurance/self-insurance pursuant to relevant agreements.
Job requirements include:
• Bachelor’s degree in administration, business, risk management or related field from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of two (2) years of insurance related experience. No required certifications or licenses.
• Demonstrated ability in the use of Windows.
• Effective and professional communication skills.
• Ability to accompany various insurance personnel on PRT construction sites.
Preferred attributes:
• Possess and maintain Property and Casualty producer license.
• Excellent and proficient writing skills.
• Flexibility in customer relations, both inter-departmental and with external parties.
We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to:
Glenn Huetter
Employment Department
345 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527
GHuetter@RidePRT.org
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AND PROJECT ANALYST Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking a Senior Budget and Project Analyst to be responsible for managing and implementing the Engineering Department’s capital and operating budget development and project controls activities. Oversees preparation, analysis and monitoring of capital and operating budgets and programs. Leads the process relative to developing annual operating budget and monthly monitoring/ variance reporting. Develop and perform complex management analyses. Compile monthly financial records and spending data, prepare spending forecast models and establish/ maintain business processes to enhance project control efficiencies. Mentors the Budget/ Project Controls Analyst and provides training on new or unfamiliar departmental budget and/ or project controls processes.
Essential Functions:
• Leads the effort to compile monthly financial records and spending data into the Engineering Department’s Capital Project Cashflow Forecast and Spending Dashboard. Prepares and periodically updates spending forecast models and establish/ maintain business processes to enhance project control efficiencies. Provides responsible preparation, analysis, reporting and monitoring support; makes recommendations and assists in policy and procedure implementation.
• Serves as the Engineering Department’s lead in efforts to establish and maintain business processes for electronic invoice and work order routing. Leads the review and processing of invoices including: consultant support services, construction contracts, to ensure costs are accurately reported and properly distributed to assigned funding agreements. Performs analysis and control functions in support of various capital projects. Updates and maintains project schedules, milestones, budgetary information and project files.
• Leads the development of management analyses for performance indicators, manpower planning, facilities, reimbursement reporting, budget, and policy or procedure modifications. Develops updates and distributes various reports for the Division including the operating budget monthly and year-to-date variances, KPI and, the Project Status Reports.
Job requirements include:
• BA/BS Degree in Business Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or directly related field from an accredited school. Directly related experience may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in accounting, budget administration, finance, and/or statistical business analysis with at least (4) years of experience in capital project controls.
• Strong computer and statistical analysis skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated ability in the use of Windows, Microsoft Word, and Excel.
• Effective and professional communication skills. We
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