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by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

A whirlwind of emo-

tions swept through the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers' building on the South Side on Tuesday night, May 20.

DJ Selecta had people dancing. People's plates were full of food. Hugs were abundant.

Oftentimes, in the Black community, people know how to have a good time, whether or not the times are actually good. It's how it is being a minority in the U.S., an oppressed one at that, especially in the current climate, the current presidential administration. An administration that is looking to set the country back to its old ways when it comes to race.

Around 10:30 p.m. that night, everyone jumped out of their seats and gave Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey a standing ovation. Some shouted, "We love you, mayor!" as he appeared from seemingly nowhere. Also appearing was his wife, Pittsburgh's First Lady, Michelle Gainey, who has stood by her husband's side from Day

1. The applause continued as Mayor Gainey took to the podium. On paper, everyone in the building knew the outcome. But to them, it didn't matter. The 150 people there were giving Mayor Gainey his flowers for the positive things he's done for the City of Pittsburgh. And for what he represents—the first Black mayor in Pittsburgh's history. A man from Lincoln-Lemington, a Peabody High School graduate, who took success and education seriously, who took on Morgan State University in Baltimore and graduated with his degree, a man who worked for two mayors in Pittsburgh, a man who then ran his own campaign for state representative, and won, and won, and won again. A man who then said in January 2021 that he was going to do the unthinkable—run for mayor of Pittsburgh, and he won. In life, you win some, you lose some. Mayor Gainey has won a lot. On May 20,

by Renee P. Aldrich

For New Pittsburgh Courier

Ayisha Morgan-Lee began dancing at the age of 3, and was 16 and a junior in high school when she started a program called, “Dance on the Hill.” She started it in conjunction with her mother’s work as Director of Hill College, a program out of Carlow University.

“We would hold dance classes on the Hill and had performances at Carlow University on Saturdays," Morgan-Lee recalled. From this early activity, she knew she wanted to open a school for dance when she completed her education.

“I knew I was going to do it, I just wasn’t sure what it would look like," she told the New Pittsburgh Courier. She entered Howard

University and earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts and dance. She understood that she wanted to create a space in Pittsburgh where Black and brown students could learn dance and what they needed to do professionally to be on the concert stage. “If it was their desire, I wanted to see my students become professional dancers, who have seen other students and instructors that look like them— which was not always the case for me,” Morgan-Lee shared. Thus, the early seeds for the Hill Dance Academy Theatre (HDAT) were planted. While still a student at Howard, Morgan-Lee became aware that learning

Hate and chaos rise in Trump’s America

by Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent

The Southern Poverty Law Center

1,371

and antigovernment extremist groups operating across the United States in 2024. In its latest Year in Hate & Extremism report, the SPLC reveals how these groups are embedding themselves in politics and policymaking while targeting marginalized communities through intimidation, disinformation, and violence. “Extremists at all levels of government are using cruelty, chaos, and constant attacks on communities and our democracy to make us feel powerless,” said SPLC President Margaret Huang. The report outlines how hard-right groups aggressively targeted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives throughout 2024. Figures on the far right falsely framed DEI as a threat to White Americans, with some branding it a form of “White genocide.” After the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, a former Utah legislator blamed the incident on DEI, posting “DEI = DIE.” Tactics ranged from local policy manipulation

to threats of violence. The SPLC documented bomb threats at 60 polling places in Georgia, traced to Russian email domains. Similar threats hit Jew-

“Extremists at all levels of government are using cruelty, chaos, and constant attacks on communities and our democracy to make us feel powerless.” SPLC

President Margaret Huang.

ish institutions and Planet Fitness locations after far-right social media accounts attacked them for trans-inclusive policies. Telegram, which SPLC describes as a hub for hate groups, helped extremists cross-recruit between neo-Nazi, QAnon, and White nationalist spaces. The platform’s lax moderation allowed groups like the Terrorgram Collective—designated terrorists by the U.S. State Department—to thrive. Militia movements were also reorganized, with 50 groups documented in 2024. Many, calling themselves “minutemen,” trained in paramilitary tactics while lobbying local governments for of-

ficial recognition. These groups shared personnel and ideology with White nationalist organizations. The manosphere continued to radicalize boys and young men. The Fresh & Fit podcast, now listed as a hate group, promoted misogyny while mocking and attacking Black women. Manosphere influencers used social media algorithms to drive youth toward male-supremacy content. Turning Point USA played a key role in pushing White nationalist rhetoric into mainstream politics. Its leader Charlie Kirk claimed native-born Americans are being replaced by immigrants, while the group advised on Project 2025 and organized Trump campaign events. “We know that these groups build their power by threatening violence, capturing political parties and government, and infesting the mainstream discourse with conspiracy theories,” said Rachel Carroll Rivas, interim director of the SPLC’s Intelligence Project. “By exposing the players, tactics, and code words of the hard right, we hope to dismantle their mythology and inspire people to fight back.”

April talks reparations

by April Ryan NNPA Newswire

“The President doesn’t have a public position on the issue,” said a senior White House Official, regarding the most recent debate on reparations or a reparations study. The question arises as Maryland’s latest controversy over reparations versus a reparations study continues. Governor Wes Moore has vetoed any bill that proposes studying reparations in the state. Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus wants a two-year commission to study reparations. Maryland State Senator Ron Watson supports Governor Moore,

saying, “The vestiges of slavery are well known and have been well documented. And if anyone reads the recommendations of past reports, one would see that this governor has been silently focused on resolving these inequities.” Over the last 25 years, Moore emphasized, five reparations-related studies were conducted, including the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the State Commission to Coordinate the Study, Commemoration, and Impact of the History and Legacy of Slavery in Maryland. Moore’s firm “no” emphasizes that it’s time for “action,” not another study. On Friday, Maryland’s first Black governor spoke extensively about his veto decision at the NAACP national board meeting in Baltimore City, where the organization is headquartered. Sources close to the meeting say the governor was “clear” in his explanation. In Washington, D.C., reparations also dominated conversations last Thursday on Capitol Hill. Democrats reintroduced the idea of reparations with a resolution that offers trillions of federal dollars in reparations to Black Americans to repair the damage of the enslavement of Africans in America for 250 years, followed by Jim Crow and the ongoing effects of other federally supported dis-

This Week In Black History A Courier Staple

• MAY 28

1936—Betty Shabazz, the widow of Black nationalist leader Malcolm X, was born on this day in Detroit, Mich. Shabazz was born Betty Jean Sanders and raised by foster parents. She attended Tuskegee Institute (now university) and became a registered nurse. In 1994, she created a national controversy when she linked Nation of Islam leader Min. Louis Farrakhan to the assassination of Malcolm X. However, she and Farrakhan reconciled in 1995 and she spoke at the historic Million Man March. She died June 23, 1997 as a result of injuries received in a house fire set by her grandson. 2010—A book is released revealing that during the mid-1970s when much of the world was lining up to help overthrow racist White minority rule in South Africa, Israel was attempting to aid the racist regime up to the point of providing it with chemical and nuclear weapons for possible use against the country’s majority Black population. The documents were discovered by American scholar Sasha Polakow-Suransky while researching the book “The Unspoken Alliance: Israel’s Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa.” Though seldom mentioned by American media, it was an open secret during the 1970s that Israel was one of the Apartheid regime’s closest allies. Apartheid is what the minority White government called its system of racial oppression.

• MAY 29

1854—Escaped slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth delivers her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in Akron. Truth, born Isabella Baumfree, had been physically and sexually abused by various slave owners and their wives in New York. She sought refuge in religion. She finally escaped after her last slave owner reneged on a promise to free her. She became the leading female abolitionist of the period giving powerful speeches. She traveled widely in her anti-slavery mission telling friends “The spirit calls me and I must go.” 1865—President Andrew Johnson announces his Reconstruction program after the Civil War. However, Johnson was one of the greatest betrayers of Blacks in American history. He went back on many of the promises made to the former slaves by the recently assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Indeed, Johnson’s Reconstruction program was more favorable to the former slave owners and Confederate soldiers than it was to the ex-slaves. Johnson even opposed granting Blacks voting rights.

• MAY 30

criminatory policies. Historically, there have been instances of reparations in this country—such as for Japanese Americans interned during World War II. $38 million was awarded in total, with each victim receiving a $20,000 payout. However, Black Americans have not received anything comparable for the enslavement of Africans in America, during which enslavers profited off free labor.

In 2021, Evanston, Illinois, created a reparations plan for its Black residents. Additionally, Georgetown University created a new fund that awards $400,000 annually to community-based projects benefiting the descendants of the men, women, and children enslaved on Jesuit plantations in Maryland. A senior White House Official said that when it comes to reparations, President Trump “is creating an economy that’s gonna work for all Americans. And if the Democrats really want to uplift the Black community, they would support the President’s One Big, Beautiful bill that would bring about record tax cuts to this economy, which would benefit Black Americans.” The President’s bill would remove undocumented immigrants from Medicaid, give Social Security recipients a reprieve, and eliminate taxes on overtime pay and tips.

1822—What could have been the largest and most elaborate slave rebellion in American history is betrayed by a house slave seeking favors from his White master. The rebellion was organized by Denmark Vesey and involved thousands of Blacks in the Charleston, S.C., area. Vesey was actually a free man who had purchased his freedom. He was doing a thriving business as owner of a carpentry shop. But he had secretly vowed “not to rest until all slaves are free.” The betrayal of the Vesey plot by a house slave resulted in dozens of people, including four Whites, being arrested and many of them were eventually hanged. Vesey was put to death on June 23, 1822.

1903—One of the most outstanding poets in the history of Black America, Countee Cullen, is born in Louisville, Ky., or Baltimore, Md. The exact city of his birth is still debated. However, he was raised in New York City and rose to fame in the early 1920s and became a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Cullen married, but there were persistent rumors that he was a closet homosexual resulting from his troubled childhood including being abandoned by his mother. He died in 1946 of high blood pressure and what was then called uremic poisoning or acute kidney failure.

• MAY 31

1870—Congress passes the first Enforcement Act providing stiff punishment for both private citizens and public officials who conspired to deprive the recently freed slaves of either their civil rights or their right to vote. The Act was in response to the old plantation aristocracy and the defeated rebel soldiers who were taking control of Southern governments and enacting “Black Codes” aimed at

the suppression of Black freedoms and voting rights. The Act was also in response to the growing power of White terrorist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. 1921—The infamous and bloody Tulsa (Oklahoma) Riots begin. Whites go on a violent rampage lasting several days. When the rioting was over, an estimated 21 Whites and 60 Blacks were dead. In addition, as many as 15,000 Blacks were left homeless as hundreds of homes and businesses were burned to the ground. The area bearing the brunt of the destruction was known as the “Black Wall Street” because of its large number of African American owned businesses. As recently as 2007, Detroit Congressman John Conyers was working on legislation designed to give the few remaining Black survivors of the rioting additional time to sue in order to recover some of their loses. The rioting was reportedly sparked by a false claim from a White female elevator operator of being assaulted by a Black man. But White jealousy of Black success in the Tulsa area may have also played a major role.

• JUNE 1

1835—The Fifth National Negro Convention convenes in Philadelphia, Pa. The gathering of free Blacks demonstrated how history can sometimes come full circle. One major focus of the convention was to urge Blacks to stop referring to themselves as “Africans,” “Blacks” or “Coloreds” and instead adopt the word “Negro” as the official racial designation. Gradually, the designation became popular even though all Blacks did not agree with it. Researcher Richard Benjamin Moore writes that at the time some Blacks felt word “Negro” was “a symptom of the degrading sickness of opportunism and the increasing acceptance of inferior social and political status.”

1864—Solomon George Washington Dill is murdered by angry Whites. Dill was one of those rarities in Southern society—a poor White man who supported an end to slavery and Black demands for social justice. Dill’s “crime” was giving what some Whites considered “an incendiary speech” to a group of South Carolina Blacks.

1973—Detroit’s WGPR becomes the nation’s first Black-owned television station. It was granted a license to operate on this day in 1973 but did not actually go on air until September 1975.

• JUNE 2

1863—Abolitionist and “Underground Railroad Conductor” Harriet Tubman leads a force of Union Army guerrilla soldiers into Maryland and frees more than 700 slaves. Tubman was one of the most noteworthy women in the anti-slavery struggle prior to the Civil War and became a leading voice in the call for the federal government to allow Blacks to fight in the war.

1899—African Americans observe a “National Day of Fasting” to protest lynching and other racial attacks against Blacks. The day of protest was called by the National Afro-American Council.

1975—James A. Healy becomes the first Black Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States. He was consecrated at the Roman Catholic cathedral in Portland, Maine.

• JUNE 3

1904—Dr. Charles R. Drew is born. He grows up to conduct a first of its kind research in blood transfusions and the creation of blood plasma. Drew also established Britain’s first blood bank and in the United States he fought against the segregation of blood based on race. He died on April 1, 1950 as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident while driving in North Carolina. 1906—Entertainer Josephine Baker is born in St. Louis, Mo. At 16, she starred in the hit and controversial musical “Shuffle Along.” However, she did not achieve fame until she left the United States and moved to Paris, France, where her exotic dancing and singing made her an international sensation. Baker was mixed race of African American and Native American parentage. She returned to the U.S. several times including in 1963 to speak at the Dr. Martin Luther King-led March on Washington for civil rights.

Hill Dance Academy Theatre turns 20, with much more to come

Ayisha Morgan-Lee began the organization in 2005

about the business side of running a dance school

would be essential if she were to have a successful endeavor.

“As a dance student, every summer we visited different summer dance intensives; what I found was that they had wonderful work, but were lacking in everything else they needed. They weren’t getting the funding they needed, weren’t able to pay dancers and sustain themselves in general, they did not have enough people to work in the capacities they needed... they had great art, but did not have the resources for all those other things. I realized I needed to get a master’s degree in arts management so that when I did start my school, I would understand that part of it.”

Subsequently, she returned to Pittsburgh and

enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University for a master’s degree. Thus, HDAT was born, and in 2025, it's now celebrating its 20th year in operation.

During these 20 years, HDAT has had many accomplishments. They have increased student enrollment, built a diverse staff (including former students), and added a unique and innovative curriculum. Additionally, after having to hold classes at various schools in the Hill District, utilizing space in City of Pittsburgh recreation centers, and sharing space at Grace Memorial Presbyterian Church while Rev. Johnnie Monroe was the sitting pastor, in 2010 they were invited to utilize the space inside 2900 Bedford Avenue, the former St. Benedict the Moor Catholic School, as their permanent space. Morgan-Lee, in a conversation with the Courier,

said that "these opportunities came about as a result of building relationships within the community—which also led to us being invited to this space.”

HDAT classrooms were moved into the second floor of the building, which, according to Father Carmin D’Amico, was going to be abandoned. And Dr. Yinka Aganga-Williams, executive director of AJAPO, a program which helps refugees and immigrants get settled in this country, had the first floor. In August 2021, HDAT was finally given the opportunity to purchase the entire property—29,000 square feet of space, including the main building, convent and rectory.

The main building is now called the “Morgan-Lee Arts Center,” and since

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

CRITERIA:

1. The nominee must a be a man 40 years of age or older, who resides in the Greater Pittsburgh area.

2. The nominee must be active in his career or profession. Career or profession is defined as paid employment in his field. Nominees must agree to have their photograph and biographical information published in the New Pittsburgh Courier.

All nominees selected as a Men of Excellence will be featured in a 2025 edition of the New Pittsburgh Courier

3. Evaluations will be based on the quality of a nominee’s achievements rather than the quantity of information submitted.

4. Selections will be made by the New Pittsburgh Courier Men of Excellence Selection Committee based on the following criteria:

• Local African American executive or business owner

• Proven success in career/profession

• Positive role model

• Demonstrative community service

HDAT PERFORMS DURING A SPRING DANCE CONCERT AFTERNOON MATINEE, APRIL 27. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)

HILL DANCE

‘We

didn’t put a crack in the glass ceiling. We shattered it.’

Gainey gets standing ovation prior to concession speech

he came up short in the vote of the Pittsburgh people. By a 52 to 47 percent margin, opponent Corey O'Connor, who is White, won the Democratic Primary Election for mayor. There are about 300,000 people in the City of Pittsburgh —roughly 60,000 voted in the Democratic mayoral primary. O'Connor won 31,482 votes, Mayor Gainey won 28,085 votes, a difference of 3,397 votes. There was no landslide. Both candidates were shown support. Mayor Gainey, in his concession speech, congratulated O'Connor on his victory. He then told the crowd, "Let me tell you what you've helped to build. You showed this whole city what it means to have a city for all. You got young, old, Black, White, Latino, Palestin -

PITTSBURGH’S FIRST LADY, MICHELLE GAINEY (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) GAINEY

ian and Jew, Christian and Islamic, right here in this room. See, I'm grateful for you, because you showed how to build bridges of love, that regardless of what's going on in the world...that you could love your neighbor, not by judgment, but by knowledge of who they are. And we have to be grateful for that."

Pittsburgh is less than 23 percent Black these days. Black people are exiting the city, not necessarily because they want to, but because of the increasing cost of housing. It's been well-documented that in neighborhoods like East Liberty, which, 20 years ago, was predominantly Black, thousands of African Americans were left no choice but to leave the area when apartment buildings were knocked down and "market-rate" apartments started popping up. Pittsburgh, at the turn of the 21st century, was about 28 percent Black. At the current rate, Blacks could find themselves down to around 20 percent of the city’s population in just a few more years.

Still, Mayor Gainey was able to garner support from all races in the city over the past four years, which includes his initial candidacy in 2021. He stood true to his mantra of being a mayor for the entire city, heading out to White-dominated areas like Brookline, Beechview and Troy Hill, in addition to his usual Homewoods, Hill Districts and Beltzhoovers.

Mayor Gainey said what's amazed him most about his campaign, or being mayor in general, was that he saw young Black males, "the ones that they have talked about from a negative, from the time since I was young because I was one of them," Gainey said, "knocking on doors, in the political process, not killing one another, speaking truth to power."

Mayor Gainey's significance drew in African Americans who, before him, never thought it was possible for a Black person to become mayor in Pittsburgh. "A loss is not final," the mayor said on May 20. "See, they know there's a new coalition on the rise, a coalition of people who ain't scared of each other because of the religion that they serve or the color of their skin."

Mayor Gainey added: "We didn't put a crack in the glass ceiling. We shattered it."

The mayor then asked all of his staff to join him on stage. About 20 people obliged. Mayor Gainey thanked them for their tireless work, and for their ability to stand tall and change the game "in the midst of multiple storms in order to move this city forward. Listen, there ain't no regrets. There's progress."

As he came close to his final statements, Mayor Gainey then told the now-silent crowd: "Don't be defeated. Don't be sad. Be glad of the progress that we made. It would have been easy for me to bow to power. But it was more exhilarating to fight them for you."

On Nov. 4, 2025, some five months from now, Pittsburgh will officially elect a new mayor. It will either be O'Connor or Tony Moreno, who handily won the Republican nomination. But Pittsburgh hasn't elected a Republican mayor since the early 1930s, so it's pretty much O'Connor's race to lose.

Until January 2026, though, Pittsburgh's mayor is Ed Gainey, whether people like it or not. "I love you," Mayor Gainey said, "and we ain't done yet.”

‘A loss is not final,’ Mayor Gainey said.

‘See, they know there’s a new coalition on the rise, a coalition of people who ain’t scared of each other because of the religion that they serve or the color of their skin.’

The Harmony Club of Homestead, Pa.

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JOHN BURWELL WON

Pittsburgh fashion designer Griffin Wilson to hold event at Children's Museum, June 6

by Naomi C. Ilochi

For New Pittsburgh Courier

Pittsburgh Milliones 6-12, better known as University Prep, is the origin for a rising fashion designer named Griffin Wilson.

The Pittsburgh native, raised in the West End, and a U-Prep high school Class of 2016 graduate, is adding his touch to the fashion scene in Pittsburgh and beyond. Through Wilson’s clothing brand, “UNSTABLE,” he is assembling a wearable safe space for individuals far and wide, one that Wilson himself wasn’t always privy to.

“I wasn’t given a life that most would want,” Wilson said. Wilson went through a lot as a Black and queer child, and was often teased for who he was by the outside world and family. Being creative was Wilson’s escape from “real life,” and his imagination as a kid was his conduit to a kinder life. He used to write short stories, make folders, design baggy ripped jeans, even customize his own hats, in hopes of finding any outlet that would remove him from his day-to-day life.

Over time he developed a love for fashion, but his hardships still persisted. In 2019, Wilson even considered taking his own life. The outlets of fashion and creativity were “no longer working, and I’m not happy, I don’t want to be here.”

But it was in this moment he thought about the reality that he had yet to live out his dreams of fashion, design and creativity. These redirecting thoughts pulled Wilson out of that dark space, and from there he vowed to himself, in an exclusive interview with the New Pittsburgh Courier, that “I will never get here again, I’m going to live a better life.”

Wilson began going to counseling, and by his second session he was asked to “write down the words that described what he felt.” One of the first words that came to mind was “unstable.”

Out of that came the creation of “UNSTABLE” on November 27, 2020. Wilson’s goal with his brand is to tell a story of triumph, overcoming and seeing the other side. Emphasizing the importance of creating a life that prioritizes honoring the full spectrum of emotion. Ironically through clothing, Wilson storytells the juxtaposition of feeling and presentation.

Wilson’s persistence, determination and invaluable skills in fashion design eventually led him to work with notable companies and organizations like The Original Mattress Factory in 2024, The O'Noir Foundation in 2024 and currently the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh for their yearly “Great Night Gala: A Night of Smiles.” This year, the gala will take place on Friday, June 6, from 5:30 to 11:00 p.m. at the Children’s Museum. The “Great Night Gala” is the Children’s Museum’s largest fundraiser of the year, aiming to

“raise funds to continue allowing the Children's Museum to further its mission of providing innovative and inclusive museum experiences that inspire kindness, joy, creativity and curiosity for all learners,” according to a definition in an article from PublicSource. Wilson was selected to design a floral-themed piece for the gala, inspired by his late grandmother, who was an upholstery seamstress, gardener and safe space for Wilson during troubled times. Wilson’s piece will be showcased exhibit-style throughout the night for attendees to enjoy and celebrate the beauty of inclusivity, kindness, queerness, and the truth that, Wilson said, “we’re not just a rainbow, we’re more than that."

(Editor's note: Tickets for the gala can be purchased at pittsburghkids.org.)

GRIFFIN WILSON

GRIFFIN WILSON (PHOTO BY TORI STIPCAK)

Impact of African American culture on classical music comes to St. James AME Church, May 29

The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that on Thursday, May 29, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Jacob Joyce, along with the Afro-American Music Institute’s Dr. James Johnson, will host an evening of eclectic chamber music at St. James AME Church, 444 Lincoln Ave., East Liberty. The event is free. Doors open at 6 p.m. The event will feature the PSO’s Paul J. Ross Fellowship musicians as well, as attendees will experience the profound con-

tribution and influence of African American culture on classical music. There will also be an exhibit by Candace Burgess entitled, “I Too Play: Unveiling the History of Black Classical Musicians in Pittsburgh.” Reserving your seats prior to the event is strongly suggested. Visit the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra website to reserve tickets, or visit pittsburghsymphony.org/ calendar

Reverend A. Marie Walker’s Weekly Inspiration

“In EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS for this is the WILL OF GOD in Christ CONCERNING YOU.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:18

REV. WALKER SAYS: I’m going to answer this scripture with Romans 8:28—And we know that ALL THINGS work TOGETHER FOR GOOD to them that LOVE GOD, to them who are the CALLED according to HIS PURPOSE.

Bountiful Blessings: 1st, 3rd

5-7 p.m. 312 Viola St. Duquesne, Pa., 15110 116 South Highland Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa., 15206 412-441-3800

Pastor—

Nathaniel Pennybaker

Dorothy Stubbs

SPOTLIGHT ON SENIORS

What does it mean for Biden’s prostate cancer to be ‘aggressive’? A urologic surgeon explains

by Naomi Schalit

The Conversation

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. But what does it mean for this type of cancer to be called aggressive?

As a urologic surgeon who specializes in diagnosing and treating prostate cancer, I often explain to my patients that aggressiveness isn’t based on a single factor. Instead, it comes from understanding how abnormal the cancer cells look, known as the tumor’s grade; how far they’ve spread, known as the tumor’s stage; and their genetic fingerprint.

Grade: Decoding cancer cell appearance

One key piece of the puzzle is the cancer’s grade, which indicates the tumor’s potential to grow. After a prostate biopsy, a doctor specializing in examining tissues—a pathologist—grades the tumor by comparing the appearance of its cancer cells with that of normal prostate cells. Imagine healthy prostate cells as organized workers in a factory, each performing specific tasks. In contrast, high-grade cancer cells appear chaotic, growing and dividing rapidly.

For prostate cancer, doctors use what are called grade groups that range from 1 (least aggressive) to 5 (most aggressive). These groups are a simplification based on an older classification called a Gleason score. Biden’s Gleason 9 cancer falls into grade group 5, indicating the cells appear extremely abnormal with a strong potential for rapid growth and spread.

While the cancer’s grade helps indicate how tumor cells might behave, it doesn’t tell the whole story. Some high-grade cancers can remain confined to the prostate for months or even years.

To understand where the cancer is and how far it has advanced, doctors determine its stage.

Stage: Mapping cancer location and spread

A tumor’s stage describes if, and how far, cancer has spread beyond where it first formed. Doctors use physical exams, imaging scans and lab tests to stage prostate cancer.

Medical professionals usually use a detailed system called TNM—short for tumor, nodes, metastasis— to classify a tumor’s stage. But prostate cancer stage can be broadly understood as:

Localized (stages 1-2): The cancer is only with-

in the prostate. Think of a weed confined to a small garden bed. Many localized cancers, particularly if lowgrade, may not be deemed aggressive and can often be safely monitored.

Locally advanced (Stage 3): The cancer has spread out from the prostate and is growing in very nearby tissues, like a weed sending roots into the surrounding lawn.

Metastatic (Stage 4):

The cancer has spread to distant parts of the body. For prostate cancer, this often means lymph nodes, bones—as in Biden’s case —liver or lungs. This is like the weeds spreading seeds down the street and across town.

A Stage 4 prostate cancer is considered advanced and aggressive because it has shown that it can travel and form new tumors.

A tumor’s stage heavily influences treatment options and goals. For localized or some locally advanced cancers (Stage 1 to Stage 3), treatments such as surgery or radiation may aim for a cure. For metastatic cancer, a cure is usually not possible. Treatment focuses on controlling growth, managing symptoms and maintaining quality of life.

Many prostate cancers rely on hormones called androgens as fuel for their

growth. Therapies that block these hormones can be effective for some time —in most cases, years—especially for hormone-sensitive cancers like Biden’s. Fortunately, thanks to improved screening options and increased awareness, about 69 percent of prostate cancers are found when they are still confined to the prostate (Stage 1 to Stage 2). About 8 percent of new cases are metastatic at diagnosis.

Genetics: Uncovering cancer’s DNA blueprint

In addition to grade and stage, doctors are increasingly using a cancer’s genomic profile—its specific genetic makeup—both for deeper insights into its aggressiveness and potential treatment pathways.

DNA acts like a detailed instruction manual for cells, dictating how they should grow and function as well as when they should stop dividing or die. In cancer, mutations act like typos in this genetic instruction manual, causing cells to ignore these normal controls, grow and spread.

Genomic testing can identify these specific genetic alterations. This can be performed on the tumor tissue itself to identify changes called somatic mutations that occurred after you were born. Or it can be

carried out through blood or saliva samples to detect changes you inherited called germline mutations. For men with early-stage prostate cancer, certain genomic tests on the tumor can help clarify the risk of the cancer progressing. This information is valuable in deciding whether active surveillance—closely monitoring the cancer without immediate treatment—is a safe approach, or whether more immediate treatment is warranted.

In advanced or metastatic prostate cancer, identifying specific mutations is particularly critical. For instance, mutations in genes such as BRCA1 or BRCA2—more commonly associated with breast and ovarian cancer risk—can also occur in prostate cancer. These mutations can make the cancer more aggressive but also potentially susceptible to a specific type of drug called a PARP inhibitor, especially if the cancer becomes resistant to hormone therapy.

National guidelines now recommend genomic testing for all men with metastatic prostate cancer to look for these “actionable” mutations. This move toward personalized medicine means treatments can be increasingly tailored to the unique fingerprint of a patient’s cancer. Understanding cancer ‘aggressiveness’ It’s essential to understand that “aggressive” isn’t just a simple label for cancer, but rather a multilayered evaluation. An aggressive-looking cancer caught early and confined to the prostate (Stage 1 and Stage 2) can have a nearly 100 percent five-year relative survival rate. However, if the same high-grade cancer has already spread widely (Stage 4), five-year relative survival drops significantly, to around 38 percent. This stark difference in survival rates highlights a critical point. To obtain the clearest picture of a cancer’s potential threat, a comprehensive assessment combines insights from multiple qualities of a tumor to help patients and their health care teams make informed decisions. Thankfully, advances in genomics, imaging and targeted therapies continue to improve how aggressiveness is defined, how its behavior is predicted and how treatment is personalized. This progress offers growing hope for better outcomes, even for patients with the most aggressive prostate cancers.

Time to flip the script on how society views seasoned citizens

While spending time in the sauna after a vigorous hour of water aerobics a few weeks ago, five of us were discussing the challenge of having pets and going on vacation. A woman who was part of our group was lamenting that she and her husband had been trying to go on vacation for the past year, but was challenged because they had recently acquired a pure breed specialty dog that had been raised on an Amish farm. She went on and on about how it was difficult

to find someone who was willing to keep the dog while they went away because it was still a puppy. And she and her husband weren’t interested in paying the price that kennels charge—plus “extended stays in Kennels are what makes dogs end up with ‘Kennel Cough.'” Everyone was commiserating with her, sharing similar experiences when suddenly, she said, “Yes, I’m not sure that getting this dog was such a good idea, we have to consider it every time we need to leave the house. It’s as bad as having an ‘old person’ in the house.”

I was mortified with this comment, and it sent shivers up my spine for a couple reasons. Beyond the gross insensitivity of making such a statement in a mixed group, it was the callous, nonchalant way she flung those words out of her mouth. What was equally disturbing was that her statement did evoke some laughter. It was not funny to me. So I didn’t laugh. What’s

more, all of us were well over 50, which added further to my concern.

It occurred to me that it was both irresponsible and insensitive because did she know if someone had their own “old person” living with them like a parent, or grandparent?

It is these kinds of disparaging comments that add to the issues we face around aging in this country; the ones that hold us hostage to ageism. Therefore I could not resist addressing her—I was gentle, sort of—but still I absolutely could not hold my peace—so I said, “Whoa, whoa, am I to understand you are comparing having a pet and having one’s senior parent living in the home?" Needless to say, she was taken aback by my challenge to her statement.

Getting older already comes with a set of unique challenges, including financial issues, the threat of being pushed out of jobs, having to live off meager retirement income, loss of a spouse, family dy-

namics, sometimes facing physical challenges and even the matter of finding affordable housing, just to name a few. Add to this the sting of knowing that folks have the mentality that it is funny to make negative or jokes about senior living does not help.

It is really time to flip the script on the way society perceives aging and seasoned individuals. Here are a couple reasons why. First, this is the one country that does not see aging as a badge of honor, and we should. Seasoned citizens have made it through some things, and as a result, come with a boatload of knowledge, experience and wisdom. There needs to be more attention on that as opposed to what the media images show...ads for canes, medicine, burial insurance, and diminished capacity.

Also, these days seasoned men and women are engaging in more life-enhancing activities than ever before.

These include things like meditation, yoga, gym memberships, retaining personal trainers and adopting a healthier diet. We are starting businesses over the age of 50, running nonprofits, and contributing to society in many impactful ways. These elements put a new face on living a seasoned life. For these reasons, society and the media need to get past the misguided notions that moving beyond retirement age means capacity is over. It is important to acknowledge that things are going to happen as people age. People get ill, they contract diseases, their energy level might be reduced, etc., but this still does not mean that as we age, we should become the object of jokes and condescending treatment. So how can these offenses somehow be mitigated? What, if anything, can we do as individuals to help redress these problems? There are things we can do. First, we should speak up and out about ageism

when we see it or when we experience it. We can write letters to media outlets expressing our objection to the images they portray. We can refuse to engage in the negative comments or unkind jokes shared by unevolved family and friends. Above all, we can choose to make sure we model the behavior we’d prefer to see. Disparaging comments receive their breath from the visual, print, and social media. As a result, comments like the one made by the lady at the gym become commonplace; ageism is allowed to take root and grow and subsequently seniors are not honored and respected for the life they have lived, nor for their contributions to society and for the asset they can be for the greater good. Time to flip the script–change the narrative around what it is to be a seasoned member of society.

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PROPERTY IS POWER!

It’s time to ‘Get Up, Get Out And Get Something’

There’s a moment in every generation where we are faced with a decision that defines the next. A moment where we can either remain passive or take bold, aggressive steps to shape our future. That moment is now. And the decision is ownership.

Too many of us are still renting, still waiting, still watching from the sidelines while the cost of housing rises and opportunities quietly slip away. Meanwhile, others are building wealth, equity, and generational security because they made the decision to buy property.

As the rap group Outkast once said, it’s time to “Get Up, Get Out And Get Something.”

The Power of Real Estate I focus a lot on homeownership because I’ve seen firsthand how powerful it is. Real estate is not just about owning a house; it’s about owning your future. It’s about shelter, stability, and

strength. It’s about being able to plant roots in a community, raise your children in a safe and secure space, and know that as they grow your equity grows with them. When it’s time for college, that home can be the difference between taking on massive debt or tapping into built-in wealth. That home can help launch a business, cover unexpected costs, or support aging parents. And when it’s all said and done, your home becomes a legacy, something you can leave behind that continues to support your family for generations to come. This is why I say with urgency: homeownership is not optional. It’s essential.

The Cost of Waiting Right now, there is a dangerous narrative being pushed as subtle discouragement masked as economic reality. “Rates are too high.” “Homes are too expensive.” “It’s better to rent and wait it out.” But let’s be clear: these are not just economic statements, they’re psychological traps. Subliminal messages designed to make us hesitate. To delay. To believe that we can’t. We’ve seen this before. We’ve lived it before. Redlining. Jim Crow housing laws. Discriminatory lending practices. These were all strategies used to keep us from owning, to rob us of the chance to build equity and power. So when I hear people say, “It’s just not the right time,”

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Managing money doesn’t require a finance degree, a six-figure income, or the latest viral budgeting hack. What it does require is a clear system—a blueprint that guides you step-by-step toward control, stability, and long-term success. In my over two decades as a money coach, tax professional, and personal finance columnist, I’ve seen the same truth repeat itself: when people have a real plan and they follow it, they win. When they wing it? They struggle. They worry. They repeat the same mistakes over and over. They lose.

That’s why I developed this no-nonsense, practical 8-step formula to master your money. It works—no matter your income, background, or starting point. Follow these steps in order, and you’ll be well on your way to ditching the stress and building a future with purpose. Let’s get into it.

1. Earn It: You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Make

Before we talk budgeting, saving, or investing, let’s get one thing straight— money doesn’t move if it ain’t coming in. Whether it’s your 9 to 5, side hustle, small biz, or multiple streams, the first step to mastering your money is boosting your income. That check? That’s your lifeline. It’s how you keep a roof over your head, feed your family, cover the bills, and enjoy the life you want—from travel to treats. Now I ain’t saying grind yourself into the ground, but let’s be real—you can’t stretch a dollar that ain’t there. The real

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The Baltimore Afro

For Tammira Lucas, assistant professor of business at Coppin State University, it’s never too early to start teaching young people about money management. As a mother of a ninth grader, Lucas taught her daughter, Ryann, about finances long before she got to high school.

Ryann owns a vending machine company, and Lucas requires her to save 20 percent of her monthly income and invest another 20 percent. The educator said it’s critical that youth understand the functionalities and value money, especially as they may feel the urge to spend any cash they receive.

“Typically when kids get money, they say, ‘Hey, can you take me to the store?’ They don’t understand the long term value of money and how appreciating money can change their trajectory and future as adults,” said Lucas. “Especially for high schoolers in Baltimore who may come from underserved areas, it’s important that they understand that money can set them up for success.”

Lucas said allowing her daughter to witness the hard work that goes into affording their lifestyle is key. As she put it, young people are sponges and will pick up information if financial conversations are had at an early age.

“It’s not just having money in your pocket, but understanding how you can make money grow so you don’t

magic? It happens in the gap—the space between what you earn and what you spend. That gap is how you save, invest, build wealth, and breathe easy. Your focus should always be on growing your income and widening that gap. That’s how freedom is funded.

2. Track It: Every Dollar Should Be Accounted For Too many people say, “I don’t know where my money goes.” That’s because they’ve never told it where to go. Budgeting ain’t a burden—it’s a blueprint. Money is the greatest magician out here. It’ll vanish right before your eyes—and you won’t even see where it went. The trick? Smoke, mirrors… and the absence of a budget. When you’re not tracking your dollars, they perform disappearing acts every payday. Rent paid, groceries bought, a swipe here, a tap there—poof!—your money’s gone, and you’re left wondering, “What happened?” A budget isn’t just about restrictions. It’s your spotlight—exposing the illusions and bringing clarity to your cash. Stop letting your money pull tricks. Start putting it to work.

spend your life working and not being able to enjoy the fruits of your labor,” said Lucas.

To help high school students build a strong financial future, Lucas outlined year-by-year guidance to improve their budgeting and saving skills.

Freshman Year

Though young people might not yet have a job in their first year of high school, they may receive an allowance or money for gigs, like

cutting the grass, babysitting or shoveling snow. Lucas said they should be intentional about saving a portion of these funds.

“You don’t need a lot of money to start saving. You just have to start,” said Lucas. “You could just save $5 a week so that you can build the habit of saving money and understand how to grow your income.”  Freshmen should also sit down

3. Protect It: Prioritize the Basics

Before the Bling

Before we even think about splurging, the essentials must be covered. I’m talking rent or mortgage, utilities, food, transportation, and insurance. Bills before thrills. Too often, folks are out here posting designer bags while dodging utility shutoff notices. That ain’t it. Protecting your money means making sure the foundation is solid. Luxuries can wait. Security can’t.

4. Kill That Debt: It’s Not Just a Payment—It’s a Trap Here’s the part that stings for some: interest is a wealth killer. Credit card debt, payday loans, and “buy now, pay later” traps are robbing your future to finance your present.

Minimum payments won’t get you out. They’re designed to keep you in—forever. Eliminating debt frees up cash, lowers stress, and gives you breathing room to build. Debt is financial quicksand. Don’t get comfortable standing still in it.

5. Stack Savings: Emergencies Ain’t a Matter of “If”—It’s “When” Life happens. Your tire pops, the furnace dies, your hours get cut. When that hap-

pens, will you be scrambling or secure? Your emergency fund is your financial airbag. It cushions the blow so a crisis doesn’t become a catastrophe. Start with $1,000. Then work your way up to 3-6 months of expenses. Build it slow, steady, and automatically if possible. Future-you will be grateful.

6. Invest Smart: Let Your Money Work While You Sleep

Let’s be honest—very few folks dream of working ‘til they’re 80. And the ones who do? It’s usually passion-driven, not pressure-driven. Even then, they tend to scale back and move at their own pace. Whether your goal is to retire at 50 or keep pushing past 80, one thing stays the same: you need a solid retirement bag to maintain the lifestyle you want. Social Security alone won’t cut it—not now, not later.

Retirement ain’t about age—it’s about assets. It’s a money milestone, not a birthday. And the only way to reach it is by investing early, investing often, and staying consistent. You don’t need to be a Wall Street guru. Just start with what you have—contribute to that 401(k), open a Roth IRA, and lean on index funds for long-term growth. The real goal? Let your money work as hard as you do— and eventually, harder.

7. Spend Wisely: Handle Business, Then Treat Yourself

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TAMMIRA LUCAS, an assistant professor of business at Coppin State University, believes that teaching high school students about money management is essential for their long-term success. She outlined a year-by-year financial plan for teens, encouraging them to start saving early, set clear financial goals and eventually explore investment opportunities as they approach adulthood. (Photo courtesy of The Cube)

Empowering teens

and set goals for the path they want to pursue following high school, according to Lucas. She said they should consider whether they want to go to college or enter the workforce and—if they choose higher education—whether they want to live on campus or stay at home.

These questions can help them to start thinking about a financial target to strive for throughout high school.

Sophomore Year

In their second year, Lucas said high school students should establish a concrete savings goal.

“You know you have junior and senior activities, like prom, coming up. This is the time when you’re starting to get summer jobs,” said Lucas. “You need to start having a savings mindset to afford those things.”

Having a summer or after school job can help teach young people to have more respect for money, according to Lucas. When they are deciding whether to purchase something new, they may think twice because they are spending their own money.

Lucas also recommended that sophomores use tools, like Oportun, that allow users to create distinct savings buckets to prepare for various expenses. It also automates the savings process.

“They will take $5 here and $10 there, and you won’t notice that it’s gone,” said Lucas. “By the time you get to your goal in 90 days or six months, you have a larger amount saved by smaller increments.”

Junior Year

If a high school student has yet to open a savings account, Lucas said this is the year to do it. They should also be learning about banking basics, including what it means to have a bank account and how to balance their bank accounts.

“You’re preparing for the next phase of your life, and it’s about to hit you fast whether you’re going to college or into a job,” said Lucas. “These are the times when you start thinking about long-term, bigger expenses. Making sure you have a bank account by your junior year is very important.”

Senior Year

Though it may seem like a lofty objective, Lucas recommended that high school students begin to invest in their senior year.

“I know some high schoolers who do well for themselves. They might do hair, lashes or nails,” said Lucas. “Don’t make money to spend it on crazy things, like clothes and shoes. Start thinking about how to make your money grow.”

Though a traditional savings account is good, Lucas pointed out that there are a range of ways for seniors to invest their money. These include a Roth Individual Retirement Account (IRA), a high-yield savings account, bonds or stocks.

“Especially if you are getting a full ride to school, you don’t have a huge overhead of costs associated with going to college,” said Lucas. “This is a great time to take all of the money you’re earning and put it into an account that’s going to grow at a decent rate.”

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House Committee votes to strip CFPB’s victim compensation fund

For more than a decade, consumers have lauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for its myriad accomplishments that have brought transparency and fairness to the financial marketplace. Earlier this year, a survey commissioned by the Center for Responsible Lending found that 82 percent of Americans believe it is important to regulate financial services to ensure they are fair for consumers.  Research, regulation, investigations, and litigation were among the effective tools CFPB used to return more than $21 billion to over 200 million defrauded consumers.

At the same time, the anti-regulatory interests that opposed CFPB’s creation never stopped trying to weaken, defy, or eliminate the agency. Now with a president and Congress actively embracing a deregulatory stance, the combination of pro-business presidential executive orders vigorously pursued by executive appointees have wreaked financial harm on consumers and compromised the agency’s mission.

From slashing CFPB staffing by 70 percent, halting both investigations and pending litigation, to reversing regulations on overdraft and credit cards, in recent days a third anti-consumer move announced the agency would not enforce regulation of ‘buy now, pay later’ credit. In sum, today’s agency actions no longer reflect its name or mission.

Yet the fight to neuter CFPB is still not done. It is now moving monies—denying or delaying millions that consumers are rightfully owed, and sending billions of dollars earmarked for victim compensation to the U.S. Treasury instead.

A pending, real-life case illustrates the harm wrought by such moves, and the financial injustice that results.

This February, several state attorneys general began restitution inquiries owed by Prehire, LLC. Earlier, CFPB determined that Prehired, LLC, an unlicensed online sales training program, violated two federal laws: the Truth in Lending Act, and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The firm lured prospective tech sales stu -

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dents with false promises of guaranteed minimal annual earnings of $60,000 at a ‘tech company of their choice.’ The cost per student was half that amount—$30,000. Then the firm sold loans to its students to cover enrollment costs.

A March 12 joint letter to CFPB that asked about the status of payments to Prehire’s victims failed to receive a reply. On May 06, a follow-up letter restated their earlier concerns.

Terming Prehire as “a predatory online training bootcamp,” the state attorneys general in Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, and South Carolina as well as the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, wrote in part:

“Prehired trapped its students with illegal and deceptive “income share” loans. Prehired then resorted to abusive debt collection practices—including filing hundreds of debt collection lawsuits—when students could not repay those loans and the job offers Prehired promised did not materialize. Prehired specifically targeted military veterans with its advertising.”

“Prehired was in bankruptcy and unable to issue refunds to its victims,” the letter continued.

“In such cases, the CFPB’s Civil Penalty Fund is available to compensate harmed victims. Our offices worked with the CFPB to secure an allocation from the Civil Penalty Fund, in the amount of $4,248,249. The CFPB finalized the allocation on May 30, 2024.”

Ironically, a recent party-line vote by the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) approved a resolution to remove CFPB’s ability to repay defrauded consumers from its Civil Penalty Fund (CPF). If subsequently passed by Congress, the fund’s unallocated revenues would be

given to the Treasury Department, instead of remaining available to compensate victims.

Billions of dollars at stake. In June 2024, the Office of Inspector General at the CFPB reported that the CPF had collected $3.4 billion and held a balance of $1.9 billion, as of September 2023. Much of that balance came from a $1.7 billion fine levied against Wells Fargo Bank, according to  a February 2025 report by the Congressional Research Service.

An important part of the law creating CFPB designated the CPF to be used for payments to legally defrauded victims or— when available—for consumer education and financial literacy programs. The law also identifies the fund’s administrator as the official responsible for supervising payments. Additionally, every six months the administrator sets aside monies for payments to harmed consumers.

Democratic members of HFSC offered multiple amendments as alternatives, rather than ceding monies to Treasury. For example, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley proposed that bad financial actors would bear the financial burden for funding when their practices violated applicable laws. This and other amendments made by committee Democrats were also rejected by majority members.

[M]y Republicans colleagues are telling their constituents loud and clear that they care more about protecting their friends on Wall Street than the people who voted to send them here,” noted New York Congressman Greg Meeks, also a committee member.

“It’s not really about saving taxpayer money or anything related to the budget. It’s about getting rid of the Bureau,” said Christine Hines, senior policy director at the National Association of Consumer Advocates.

(Charlene Crowell is a senior fellow with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at Charlene.crowell@ responsiblelending.org.)

It’s Time to ‘Get Up, Get Out And Get Something’

I challenge that. Because if not now, when? Rent increases. Equity builds for someone else.

Ownership Is the Foundation Homeownership does more than provide a roof over your head; it anchors families, stabilizes communities, and transforms futures. It teaches responsibility, fosters pride, and builds a mindset of growth. For Black families in particular, closing the homeownership gap is critical to closing the racial wealth gap. According to recent studies, if Black homeownership

rose by just 10 percent, it would add billions in new wealth to our communities. That wealth could fund education, entrepreneurship, healthcare, and more. We Can’t Lose Ground We’ve come too far. Fought too hard. And sacrificed too much. Our ancestors knew the value of land. They knew that owning something, anything was a path to freedom. Whether it was a small plot or a city block, property represented security, dignity, and opportunity. We honor them not just by remembering, but by continuing their mission. By owning. By

building. By passing it on. So don’t be fooled by the noise. Don’t get comfortable renting. Don’t let anyone tell you that ownership is out of reach.

(Dr. Anthony O. Kellum – CEO of Kellum Mortgage, LLC

Homeownership Advocate, Speaker, Author NMLS # 1267030 NMLS #1567030 O: 313-263-6388 W: www. KelluMortgage.com.)

(Property is Power! is a movement to promote home and community ownership. Studies indicate homeownership leads to higher graduation rates, family wealth, and community involvement.) PROPERTY IS POWER FROM B1

Money Mastery: 8 steps to financial power

DAMON CARR FROM B1

Let’s talk about the pressure to “flex.” Social media will have you thinking that if you ain’t brunchin’, drippin’, or vacayin’, you’re somehow fallin’ behind. But here’s the truth: don’t compare your real-life struggles to somebody else’s online highlight reel. Most of what you see is just the polished version—carefully filtered moments that often hide the pain, pressure, and problems behind the scenes.

What’s the point of looking rich if you’re living broke?

Spending wisely ain’t about depriving yourself—it’s about delaying gratification so you can enjoy life without the stress. Handle your responsibilities first: pay the bills, stack your savings, invest for the future. Then yes—take the trip, buy the thing, enjoy the moment.

That’s real grown-up flexin’. Prioritize peace over perception. 8. Think Legacy: Leave Assets, Not Stress This step right here? It’s the

• Leaving something behind besides

You just need a plan. This 8-step formula isn’t flashy. It won’t go viral. But it works. Most people fail with money not because they don’t earn enough—but

Foundations of bigotry Guest Editorial

As we go down a slippery slope of change in America, we need to think about the kind of world that we want to create by the time the smoke clears. What is apparent is that there are people who exist who are very different from what we call the “norm.”  The dynamic variances of thinking between people reveals the actual social mechanisms connected to how we are wired differently. For starters, we all basically want some of the same things for our existence on Earth; food, protective covering (clothing), and shelter. These are basic. But they are not enough…if we look around us, we will see that the notion of bigotry keeps us apart and diminishes what would be possible if we’d all work together. Actually, no matter how you cut it, nothing of real lasting value will result if people don’t work together. This can clearly be seen even if we look at the behavior of members of people within our own group. The biggest “boogie man” facing Americans as a whole, is xenophobia, which tends to generate division among all types of people.

The previous concept can be illustrated by the following: White people are notoriously known as bigots among many Black people. This is based on pre-conceived notions that arise in our minds the minute we interact with others. As stated earlier, historically White people are the key bigots when Blacks and Whites come together. But wait! It doesn’t stop there. If all of the White people disappeared from the face of the Earth, there would still be other issues to face.

Within the Black community, therefore, problems would not be totally resolved if Whites should disappear. Once that boogie man is no longer available, the specter of misogyny would become very apparent. Black men, many of whom already exhibit misogynistic behavior, would be free to exercise their prejudices as they relate to gender. Women would then be put on the defense.

But it doesn’t even stop there; some of the Black women victimized by misogyny might be seen turning their noses up at LGTBTQ individuals. Sometimes, victims will take out their angst on others that they, in turn, have been guilty of victimizing. But it still doesn’t stop at that point; some LGBTQ individuals might be tempted to express disdain regarding people who dress, or don’t dress, a certain way!

And it doesn’t even stop at this point. There are a number of other ways that can have a community turn on itself. Most people dislike violent behavior as demonstrated in what is famously called “Black-on-Black” crime. So, criminals are usually psychologically isolated from certain groups of Black people.

Continuing; Black teenagers might be seen showing disdain toward younger people; lightskinned Blacks and darker skinned Blacks have been known to have issues. There are, in fact, certain Black people who would not date or marry outside of their particular skin shade group! Moreover, some college graduates turn their noses up at people who have less education than they have…

And it doesn’t even stop there; some Black folks don’t like people with handicaps. And, believe it or not, there are people with handicaps who have their own biases…the beat goes on!

Because of the human propensity to bigotry, it wouldn’t be a surprise if space aliens turn out to exist and reveal themselves to us, and we all, i.e., Blacks, Whites, men, women, and others, quickly find a way to justify bigotry against our cosmic visitors.

Ultimately, it is obvious that all humanity, thrown on this little planet with each other, are the pawns in some giant experiment, either planned or un-planned, to figure out how to co-exist. Diversity generates a richness of experience, but it also has an innate capacity to generate stress and strife.

The foregoing illustrates the difficulty involved in trying to get people to come together. Things usually don’t work out when we don’t find a centerpiece of balance in our personal and professional relationships, and unfortunately, it is certain that this balance won’t become evident until we figure this out! Aluta continua.

(Reprinted from the Chicago Crusader)

Founded 1910

John. H. Sengstacke

Why do some Dems criticize other Dems while being silent on the real

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—I admit I once voted for a Republican—Nelson Rockefeller!  Now there are less than a handful I would even consider. I’m a confirmed Democrat! While recognizing the faults of Democrats from years ago, today they’re a major improvement over what they once were.

I want to talk about my own Party.  I like James Carville who is my homey from Louisiana, but when I hear him talk bad about women Democrats who speak their mind, I don’t like him!  Of all the people Democrats need to be talking about negatively, it’s not Cong. Ilhan Omar and others I will name. All the men of any color who say negative things about women of color, you need to get your head on straight.

Every day, many Black women find themselves making a way out of no way for all people. When we vote, even if it’s for the lesser of two evils, we do it because we know that every vote matters.  Fortunately, we have some of the greatest Black women in the world fighting for us, and when I look back on the 2024 Presidential election, I can’t help but be disappointed and angry thinking about all the people of all classifications who didn’t vote for the Hon. Kamala Harris simply because she’s a woman—and not to mention those who didn’t vote for her because she is both Black and a woman! Look at

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what they caused us to have trying to run the world with no knowledge of how to do it, no sense of right or wrong, no respect for vulnerable human beings, and with so many deficiencies, it’s shameful he’s in the White House.

While I blame all the men who didn’t vote for Kamala, I have previously called out those White sisters who dropped the ball.  I blame them, too, for the burdens we women bear for the loss and inability to gain any rights, but this article is about the men who didn’t vote for Kamala, allowing our nation to be in the unenviable space we find ourselves today.  Too many of our people are suffering because too many men told themselves, “I don’t want no woman telling me what to do,” and I pray that they have come to their senses for the next time we have a woman on the ballot. Yet, it frightens me that many Democratic men are still dissatisfied with brilliant women of color who again are standing up for all people at great risk.

It’s true what Malcolm X said long

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ago. He said, “The Black woman is the most disrespected, most unprotected, most neglected person in America.”  That was true when Malcolm was among us, and it’s still true today. I’ve lost hope in the current Republican men, with few exceptions, but to men who are Democrats of all color, I urge you to be more supportive of women in or running for public office—especially women of color. Every time somebody says something negative about Cong. Ilhan Omar, Cong. Rashida Talib, Cong. Jasmine Crockett, Cong. Ayanna Presley, Cong. Pramila Jayapal, Cong. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Cong. Shontel Brown, Cong. LaMonica McIver, Senator Lisa Blount Rochester, Senator Angela Alsobrook and other women of color, please get them straight. I called the names of these women because they’re now standing up without fear for what this nation professes to be. To every Democratic leader, stop criticizing those in our Party who are doing their best to make a difference for all of us.  It’s time for you to stand up with a plan, speak up and act without fear in support of the women I’ve mentioned.  Thank you to the men and women of all colors who’re already doing that.

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

Malcolm’s Mama lit his fire

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Malcolm X, the fearless leader that the actor and activist Ossie Davis described as one of Harlem’s “brightest hopes”, the “stormy, controversial and bold young captain”, and most movingly “our own Black shining prince.” would have been 100 years old on May 19.  People commemorated that birthday in Harlem, at the Charles Wright Museum in Detroit, at Malcolm X college in Chicago, in his Omaha birthplace, and in many other places.  Our icon is best known for his love for Black people, his fiery rhetoric, his unwavering commitment to Black liberation, and his unwillingness to compromise his principles.  Assassinated at 39, his influence has increased, not diminished since his death, and given these tumultuous and threatening times, his influence may be needed now more than ever.  Malcolm X passionately advocated Black self-sufficiency, a timely message as we manage the challenges that come with these times. Where did Malcolm’s fire come from?  I say it came from his fearless mother, Louise Langdon Little, a woman born in the South Caribbean Island of Grenada, who emigrated to Canada, married Garveyite Earl Little, and worked alongside him establishing divisions of the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Omaha, Milwaukee, and Lansing, Michigan.  The Grenadian Louise was appropriately prideful of her lineage and shared that pride with her children.  She was a fighter, resisting the prevalent myth of White supremacy, debriefing her children when they came home from school, pointing out the flaws in the biased teaching they were receiving.  She also fought the powers that be, Whites who would remove her and her husband from property they bought in an area that had a restrictive covenant.  She resisted the orders and edicts of neighbors, judges, teachers and social

(Tri ceEdneyWire.com)—“Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted.” — Alexis Herman Fear and intimidation have long been used as weapons to subjugate and silence Black Americans. From the horrors of the Middle Passage to the brutality of Jim Crow segregation, the legacy of violence and racial terror in the United States has left deep scars on generations. National Urban League Board of Trustees Vice Chair Alexis Herman, who passed away last month at the age of 77, knew this history not from textbooks, but from personal experience.

On Christmas Eve, when she was just five years old, young Alexis witnessed members of the Ku Klux Klan brutally beat her father, Aubrey Herman, a political organizer and civic leader in Mobile, Alabama, simply for daring to register Black voters. This traumatic moment could have broken her spirit. Instead, it lit a fire. She did not choose bitterness. She chose to fight—not with vengeance, but with vision. Alexis Herman’s life was defined by her courage to confront injustice and her tireless efforts to create opportunity where once there was only exclusion. Before she made history as the first

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workers.  The survival of the Little family was a provocation to the White powers who were used to bullying and bludgeoning Black people who colored outside the lines. I was privileged to be part of a pilgrimage to Grenada May 14-18.

Organized by the Institute of the Black World, led by its President Dr. Ron Daniels, about forty of us visited the site of Mrs. Little’s home, which is being developed into a monument, and also laid a wreath at Fort Rupert, where Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and eighteen others were martyred.  Grenada (which includes the islands of Caricou and Petit Martinique) is a small country, with about 115,000 residents.  It is island-typical except for the remarkable history of resistance, with a Prime Minister and his cabinet assassinated because they would not bow to US influences.

The United States has apologized for assassinating Bishop, but his body has never been found.

Malcolm X was indelibly influenced by his Garveyite parents.  The UNIA’s motto—One God, One Aim, One Destiny—is an assertion of Black unity.  Earl and Louise Little, traveling missionaries for the UNIA, made the cause of Black unity a foundation of their lives and indeed, of their marriage.  Even when they experienced marital challenges, they were able to come together for the cause, Earl as an organizer and speaker, and Louise as a writer for the Garvey weekly publication, The Negro World. She modestly signed her articles, Louise Langdon Little, reporter, and not only reported the work of her husband, but

also shared ideas about the direction of the movement.  In addition to being an accomplished writer, she was also a riveting speaker.  She aspired to be a teacher, but she did not have that opportunity.  Instead, she taught her children, and she taught them well. After Earl Little was murdered and Louise was unable to collect on the insurance policy that they painstakingly purchased, she struggled with poverty.  Her poverty was seen by racist social workers as child neglect and she was incarcerated in a mental institution from 1939 until 1964.  Her children never forgot her, and her eldest, Wilfred, petitioned the courts multiple times to release her.  Malcolm X wrote to his brother Philbert in 1949, noting that Louise had suffered at the hands of the state because the authorities knew she was “not deadening our minds”.  Instead she stimulated the minds and encouraged the critical thinking that is so abhorred by White supremacists.  Was it Louise that Malcolm X had in mind when he said that the Black woman was the most neglected, disrespected, and unprotected on the planet?  Certainly he was aware of the many ways White supremacists broke up his family.  Still he had much appreciation for his mother.  He told brother Philbert, “My accomplishments are ours, and yours are mine, but all of our achievements are Mom’s, for she was a most Faithful Servant of the Truth years ago. I praise Allah for her.”

Louise Langdon Little was the force that lit Malcolm X’s fire.  He was the embodiment of her resistance, her resilience, her intelligence, her writing and speaking ability.  If he was our “bright shining Black prince”, she was our Queen.  In the words of the poet Mari Evans, look on her and be renewed.

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

African American to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, Alexis was already a pioneer. As a young social worker at Catholic Charities, she traveled across the Deep South, challenging employers to hire and train young Black workers. She helped place Black laborers in jobs at Pascagoula shipyards in Mississippi. In Atlanta, she lobbied Fortune 500 corporations to expand white-collar roles for Black women, laying the groundwork for a more inclusive economy. Her path was never easy, but it was always forward. As Director of the Women’s Bureau in the Department of Labor during the Carter Administration, she fought for policies that improved working conditions and pay equity for women. And as Secretary of Labor, she faced complex labor negotiations, including the largest postal strike the nation had ever seen. With a steady hand, sharp mind, and deeply held principles, she brokered solutions that

protected workers and preserved economic stability.

But her legacy stretches far beyond labor policy. Alexis Herman was a builder—of bridges, pipelines, and power. She believed deeply in the promise of public service and never stopped advocating for the voiceless. Her leadership helped usher in a new era of diversity within the federal government and opened doors for a generation of Black professionals.

Throughout her career, Alexis remained a close ally of the National Urban League and a committed advocate for our mission. She understood that economic empowerment, civil rights, and civic engagement are inextricably linked. She championed equity not only as a moral imperative, but as a measure of a truly just society.

As we reflect on Alexis Herman’s legacy, we remember a woman who never backed down from a fight but always fought with grace. Her life’s work is a reminder, in the challenging times we are facing today, that fighting for what’s right is worth the efforts of all of us and that staying true to your principles will help you prevail in the face of fear and adversity.

May we carry her torch forward— with the same strength, dignity, and unshakable commitment to justice that defined her extraordinary life.

Alexis Herman: A legacy of courage

Julianne Malveaux

Marc H. Morial

‘Good Trouble’ Tennessee-style

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Two years ago, the Tennessee Three (Reps. Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, and Gloria Johnson) gave us their version of “Good Trouble” when they led a protest from the floor of the state legislature chamber. While the Tennessee lawmakers may have violated House chamber rules, and the drastic and radical response may have been uncomfortable for some, it served as a needed wake-up call to do something for a change.

In this case, the “good trouble” was motivated by the call for tighter gun control laws after three 9-year-olds and three adults were killed in a mass shooting in Nashville. The “thoughts and prayers” response by Republicans hasn’t been sufficient in stopping the long string of mass shootings. Right now, Tennessee and all of America could use a large dose of “Good Trouble” to confront the administration’s Project 2025 agenda, a tariff trade policy filled with uncertainty and the heartless “Big Beautiful Bill.”

The midterm elections will be here in 18 months, and while President Trump will not be on the ballot in 2026, many of his House and Senate enablers will be. John Rose is a MAGA enabler who currently represents Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District and is set on becoming the state’s next governor. The Congressman, like the Tennessee Three, is an elected official representing a state with one of the highest poverty percentages in the nation. They represent a state with the highest hospital closure rate per capita. In a Vanderbilt University post-election poll, registered voters in Tennessee voiced overwhelming support for Medicaid expansion, including 55 percent of MAGA Republicans. In a speech before the Republican Women of Williamson County, Rose referenced the blitz of executive orders.

“I know there is a lot of angst around the country,” Rose said. “The other side is twisted in knots about what the president is doing, and I would just tell you, let’s not forget, this president telegraphed everything, right on the campaign trail. He told us what he’s going to do, and now he’s doing what he said he was going to do.” Rose spoke to an audience of conservative White women as if their lives would never be impacted negatively by Project 2025. “How do you think the president was prepared to install all these executive orders?” Rose said. “How do you think they were prepared to make all of these appointments in such quick succession after he got into office? Project 2025.”

As thousands of federal workers began losing their jobs through Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) budget cuts and mass firings, the political backlash for Republican enablers is being felt at contentious town halls. Rather than face the hostile crowds, many enablers chose not to show up and face the heat from their constituents. One Republican lawmaker said it appeared that constituents who’ve been “quiet” since Joe Biden’s 2020 victory are back out in force. The heat from the town halls should be the beginning of the political accountability Republicans should pay for Project 2025, tariffs, and the “Big Beautiful Bill.”

The plan should be to weaken Trump by making his enablers pay the political price for the economic chaos impacting Red and Blue America. Rep. John Rose, in his speech, told us what we already knew. He is bold in his speech as he talks about the other side (Democrats) being twisted in knots about what the president is doing, but have his Republican constituents finally figured out he is also referring to them being negatively impacted by Project 2025? It is time for poor, working-class, and middle-class Whites—en masse—to see the reality when they choose their racial status over their economic status. When they think certain things are only holding back Black and brown people, they are also holding back White individuals and families.

If the American voters from both parties stay informed and understand the full impact of a tariff-driven economy, the elections should spell additional trouble for any GOP official who supports an economic policy surrounded by so much uncertainty. The blame for needless hardships experienced by Americans should be placed at the feet of enablers like Rose. They should feel the political backlash when stores such as Walmart and Target start to have empty shelves due to tariffs. The Trump administration is already looking for ways to cover the full damage. Soon after Walmart announced prices would increase on multiple items, President Trump blasted the retailer on social media by accusing it of blaming his tariff agenda for higher prices. During news interviews, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he spoke with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, and the company would reportedly take some of the hit. “Walmart will be absorbing some of the tariffs; some may get passed onto the consumers,” Bessent said, according to The Associated Press. Tennesseans said they want to expand Medicaid coverage, yet they could face having a Congressman in John Rose who voted to cut Medicaid on the ballot for governor. If people in his state and around the nation are suffering economically, then the political price should be paid by lawmakers in states such as Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and West Virginia. These red states are some of the nation’s poorest, yet their representatives can get away with not protecting their citizens’ health and economic well-being. Democrats may need to cause some radical “good trouble” to tap into the political anger already displayed during the Republican town halls. The 2026 midterm elections could see Republican enablers regret that they betrayed the people back home. They can hide from a town hall, but not an election. (David W. Marshall is the founder of the faith-based organization TRB: The Reconciled Body and author of “God Bless Our Divided America.”)

Has the conspiracy to destroy Black boys been countered?

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu recently died at the age of 71. He was best known for his 1980s series Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys. Kunjufu identified a problem he labeled “fourth grade failure syndrome.”

Black boys appear to perform well in primary grades (1-3) but don’t transition well into the intermediate grades (4-5). Beginning in fourth grade, children go from learning to read to reading to learn. When Black boys do not have a successful transition, they fall behind in reading comprehension. As a result, these students lose interest in their schoolwork and eventually disengage from academics entirely by the time they reach high school.

It was assumed that the decline in Black male achievement began in high school, when peer groups became the major influence. Kunjufu’s discovery helped educators realize that intervention measures were needed before middle school, not during high school when it was too late.

Kunjufu also noticed that teachers failed to recognize the differences in learning styles between boys and girls. He said, “Two-thirds of children and an even larger percentage of Black boys are right-brain learners (visual pictures, oral/auditory), but 90 percent of the lessons are oriented toward leftbrain learners (visual-print.)” Kunjufu argued that teachers cannot just teach what they want to teach. They must teach in the same way that their students learn.

But who is doing the majority of the teaching?

Kunjufu remarked that “83 percent of elementary school teachers in America are White females.” That means that “the future of the Black race is in the hands of White female teachers, yet many will admit they did not receive one class on Black history, Black culture, or Black male learning styles in college.”

Kunjufu stated that there should be more Black male teachers in elementary schools to combat the “biases in education that lower expectations for Black boys and hinder their academic success.”

At the turn of the century, President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. It increased funding for poor school districts, emphasized higher achievements for poor and minority students, and set new measures to hold schools accountable

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for their students’ progress. It also enlarged the use of standardized testing by requiring students in grades 3–8 to take reading and math tests every year to ensure they are at grade level.

Bush developed the concept of No Child Left Behind after learning about a crisis while serving as governor of Texas. According to a top advisor to Bush, the Texas Education Agency reported that 33,000 children failed the third-grade minimum reading skills exam. Bush inquired about what had happened to the children who failed. The bureaucrats informed him that 29,000 children had been promoted to the fourth grade. The meeting convinced Bush to make a reading initiative a top priority. When Bush traveled the state seeking support, an elderly teacher told him that his initiative would fail because there are just “some kids” who can’t read.

“Some kids” referred to minorities.

The Bush administration later referred to the elderly teacher’s viewpoint as “the bigotry of low expectations.” Bush attempted to remedy a problem that Kunjufu had identified two decades earlier. By this time, Kunjufu was dealing with another problem.

When the elderly teacher told Bush about “some kids,” it hinted at an ulterior motive behind special education. Kunjufu observed that Black boys made up only 8 percent of the public school student population but constituted almost 30 percent of the students placed in special education. He insisted that special education was “never designed to be a dumping ground for Black boys.” Kunjufu described the situation as similar to the one he encountered while writing Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys.

In 2005, Kunjufu published Keeping Black Boys Out of Special Education. He posed a series of questions: “Why are African American males placed in special education more than any other group? Is there a link between special

education and imprisonment? Is illiteracy a forerunner to imprisonment? Why are White girls the least likely to be placed in special education? Why are White males more likely to be placed in special education than White females? Have we constructed a feminine classroom and shoved male students inside?”

Ten years later, researchers revealed a national trend. Girls outperformed boys in practically every measure of social, academic, and vocational well-being, prompting philosopher Christina Hoff Sommers to publish an updated edition of her controversial 2000 book The War Against Boys.

Sommers noted that girls were originally treated as second-class citizens in public schools, but the country responded by making serious attempts to remove patriarchal bias from the educational system. However, under the pretense of assisting girls, public schools have implemented policies that penalize boys merely for being boys.

Sommers refuted the academic experts who advanced the notion that the “problem with boys is that they are boys” and that “their nature needed to be changed so that they can be more like girls.” Sommer claimed that boys require love, discipline, respect, and moral guidance, but they do not need to be saved from masculinity.

Kunjufu dedicated his life to countering the conspiracy to destroy Black boys, but has the conspiracy been successfully countered?

In 2021, The Urban Review, a journal that focuses on the improvement of urban schools and education, published a study titled Countering Educational Disparities Among Black Boys and Adolescents from Pre-K to High School. The researchers acknowledged the same problems that Kunjufu highlighted decades ago. These researchers felt that using intersectional theory would help them better grasp the problem and create solutions. Intersectional theory explains how different parts of a person’s identity, such as race, gender, class, and sexuality, interact to create distinct experiences of privilege and oppression.

Unfortunately, the conspiracy to destroy Black boys has not been successfully countered, but will intersectional theory help, or is it another part of the conspiracy?

Trump’s anti-immigrant cruelty is a national scourge— and would be made worse by the MAGA budget bill

“Our neighbors are living in fear. And that’s what the administration wants. They want people to be scared. So, we’re combatting that by bringing the neighborhood together and saying, ‘you’re not going to frighten us into complicity; you’re not going to frighten us into hiding; we’re one neighborhood, regardless of anyone’s immigration status, and we’re going to stay one neighborhood.’”

That is how Gabe Gonzalez, an organizer in Chicago’s Rogers Park, described how his neighborhood has responded to Trump’s immigration crackdown—both during his first administration and throughout the first months of his current one.

On Martin Luther King Day this year, I gave the keynote at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s annual MLK Day breakfast. It was Inauguration Day. The contrast between the hope in that room and the fear outside—especially among Chicago’s immigrant communities—was sharp. Reports had already confirmed that Donald Trump’s new administration would make Chicago “ground zero” for an intense national sweep by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Raids were imminent.

The mass Day One sweep did not materialize quite as advertised by Trump’s border czar Tom Homan. But thousands of people were still swept up across the country that first week of the current Trump administration. The fear these actions are still creating is very real. And for good reason.

Since then, the Trump administration’s deportation campaign has spread. What started in Chicago has become a national scourge. Families are being separated from Denver to Worcester. Parents arrested in front of their children. Kids coming home from school to find their homes ransacked and caregivers gone.  When armed agents grab someone without a warrant, haul them away from their family, and disappear without explanation—that is not just cruel. It is lawless. That is why

community groups like Gabe Gonzalez’s have set up rapid response teams, legal observers, and knowyour-rights trainings. In some cases, their efforts have stopped ICE in its tracks. The cruelty of these raids is matched only by their chaos. ICE has arrested green card holders. Detained US citizens. Deported people who know the US as their only real home to countries they barely remember—or had fled for safety. All of this is meant to send a message: no one is safe. The message is loud. And so is the silence that often follows it. People are afraid to report wage theft or unsafe working conditions. Parents fear school pickups, or taking their kids to church on Sunday. Victims of domestic violence stay silent, worried that asking for help will get them deported. And even documented immigrants live in fear. This is not security. It is terror. And it is why so-called “sanctuary cities” like Chicago—and “sanctuary states” like Illinois have put policies in place making it illegal for local law enforcement to participate in immigration crackdowns. Police already face enough trust barriers with many of the communities they work in. That makes their job harder. Being part of Trump’s anti-immigrant terror campaign would in some cases make it virtually impossible.  It also could be about to get even more dangerous. The Republican budget bill moving through Congress would supercharge ICE with $80 billion in new funding. More agents. Fewer guardrails. And a leadership culture that seems more interested in punishment than justice.

And the strategy is broader than immigration. This is a movement that spreads fear, then exploits that fear to divide us—Black from Brown, citizen from immigrant, neighbor from neighbor. But as Gonzales and other organizers in Chicago have shown, solidarity still wins.

This fight is about more than policy. It is about who we are. It is about remembering that every person—no matter where they were born—deserves dignity. Deserves due process. Deserves safety.

The poem engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty reads, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” It makes no mention of any race, religion, or country of origin. It speaks to immigration making our country what it is. Making us stronger. Making us what Frederick Douglass called the most “perfect national illustration of the unity and dignity of the human family that the world has ever seen.”

That is the American Way.

Back in January, at Rainbow PUSH, I said that when a nation is divided, we stop seeing our own reflections in our neighbors. But our neighbors are still there. They are helping care for our kids, growing our food, rebuilding our towns after floods and fires. They are us. So, all of us must respond as if it were happening to us—because one day, it could be.

That means fighting the cruelty with clarity. Standing shoulder to shoulder with immigrant communities—and sometimes, in front of them. Supporting Congress to pass good bills and reject bad ones that undermine due process. Organizing non-violently. Voting. Showing up for our neighbors and the rule of law.

And it means calling this what it is—immoral, unjust, and defiantly at odds with the real American Way.   (Ben Jealous is the Executive Director of the Sierra Club and a Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.)

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Effective with the August 3, 2020, Sheriff Sale of real estate and all such monthly public sales thereafter shall be conducted virtually through video conferencing technology or live streaming. ALL PARTICIPANTS OR BIDDERS MUST BE REGISTERED AT LEAST 7 DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE SALE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE (VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON) AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SALES OF REAL ESTATE. REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S WEBSITE: SHERIFFALLEGHENYCOUNTY.COM. The Successful bidder will pay full amount of bid in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK OR CASHIERS CHECK at time of sale, otherwise the property will be resold at the next regular Sheriffs Sale; provided, that if the sale is made on MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2025 the bidder may pay ten percent of purchasing price but not less than 75.00 in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK THE DAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SALE, e.g. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2025, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30AM AND 2:30PM IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. Failure to pay the 10% deposit will have you banned from future Sheriff Sales. And the balance in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK, on or before MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2025, at 10:00 O’CLOCK A.M. The property will be resold at the next regular Sheriff’s Sale if the balance is not paid, and in such case all money’s paid in at the original sale shall be applied to any deficiency in the price of which property is resold, and provided further that if the successful bidder is the plaintiff in the execution the bidder shall pay full amount of bid ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH, OTHERWISE WRIT WILL BE RETURNED AND MARKED “REAL ESTATE UNSOLD” and all monies advanced by plaintiff will be applied as required by COMMON PLEAS COURT RULE 3129.2 (1) (a).

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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.

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DOUGLAS T. TURNER ***************

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SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF MOON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS I 04 SHIPPEN DRIVE, CORAOPOLIS, PA 15108. DEED BOOK 13411, PAGE 512. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 597-N-334.

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER:

412-391-0160

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

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 1353 FRONT STREET, CRESCENT, PA 15046. DEED BOOK 4855, PAGE 653. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 702-D- 111

6JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S) PLUM BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT vs DEFENDANT(S) DIANE T. REITZ, WITH NOTICE TO HEIRS, OWNERS, AND REPUTED *************** CASE NO. GD-19-005075

DEBT: $97,825.16

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Elizabeth P. Sattler, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-391-0160 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF PLUM: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 667 HARBORVIEW DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15239. DEED BOOK 5078, PAGE 581. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1103S-38.

8JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) JOANNE E. LAZAR AKA JOANNE LAZAR, CHARLES T. LAZAR JR. AKA CHARLES T. LAZAR

CASE NO. MG-18-000025

DEBT: $291,725.87

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA,PA19106 **********************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF FRANKLIN PARK: HAVING ERECTED TIIEREON A DWELLING

BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1564 GOLDBAUGH LANE, WEXFORD, PA 15090. DEED BOOK 14431, PAGE 115. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1069-F-348.

9JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) TERRANCE L. CASSIDY

CASE NO. MG-23-000203

DEBT: $222,059.81

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA,PA19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215)

KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 603 LINDSAY ROAD, CARNEGIE, PA 15106. DEED BOOK 17041, PAGE 120. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 143-A-52.

10JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) JEFFREY A. SMITH

CASE NO. MG-22-000455 ********* DEBT: $164,187.91

NAME OF ATTORNEYY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C. ******************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF BRENTWOOD: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 236 KAPLAN AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15227. DEED BOOK 16270, PAGE 443. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 138-M-200.

11JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) PAMELA LENHART AKA PAMELA K. LENHART *************** CASE NO. MG-24-000623 ********* DEBT: $166,375.53

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA,PA19106 ********************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 28TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: PARCEL ONE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1420 BARR AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15205. DEED BOOK VOLUME 18944, PAGE 578, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 40-L-101 PARCEL TWO: HAVING THEREON A VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1420 BARR AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15205. DEED BOOK VOLUME I8944, PAGE 578, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 40-L-102.

12JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) JASON TERZICH CASE NO. MG-25-000010 ********* DEBT: $55,311.54

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA,PA19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF WEST MIFFLIN: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 406 RHODES AVENUE, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122. DEED BOOK 16123, PAGE445. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 240-S-165.

13JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) GARY BENCE AKA GARY L. BENCE *************** CASE NO. MG-24-000850

DEBT: $51,291.69

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA,PA19106

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

SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF PORT VUE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1419 WASHINGTON BLVD, MC KEESPORT, PA 15133. DEED BOOK 12925, PAGE 167. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 383-N-2.

14JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) ARLENE F. D’ANGELO CASE NO. MG-23-001145

DEBT: $46,283.02 ******

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE,

DEFENDANT(S)

15JUN25

PERCIO *************** CASE NO. MG-24-000054 ********* DEBT: $158,036.62 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid,

18JUN25 DEFENDANT(S) ROBERT FRANCIS SMITH *************** CASE NO. GD-24-012348 ********* DEBT: $62,520.37

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)

Anschutz,

PLLC

SHORT

15025

as

and

Meadowfield Lane, Clairton,

Meadowfield Lane, Jeffer-

PA 15025, Document Number 201819512, Deed Book Volume I7265, Page 180, Block and Lot Number 066!-C-00100-0000-00. Parcel 2: Vacant land being known Chelsea Drive, Clairton, PA 15025, DocumentNumber2018-19512, Deed Book Volume 17265, Page 180, Block and Lot Number 0661-C00194-0000-00. 24JUN25 PLAINTIFF(S) PLUM BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Vs. DEFENDANT(S) MARK SCHMIEDEL & REGINA M. SCHMIE-

GD-24-000381

$10,461.61

OF ATIORNEY(S) Elizabeth P. Sattler, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503, Pittsburgh,

DEBT: $25,696.91 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Fred C. Jug, Jr. ********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 310 Grant Street, Suite 1109, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-255-6500

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, South Fayette Township:

HAVINO ERECTED THEREON A HUNTING RIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATION AND HUNTING RIDGE NO.I CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION CONDOMINIUM UNIT

BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 321 RIDGE POINT CIRCLE, APT 12, BRIDGEVILLE, PA 15017. DEED BOOK 19410, PAGE 383. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 572-C-10l-12B.

PLAINTIFF(S)

27JUN25

EAST ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT Vs DEFENDANT(S) GARY RAYMOND DOUGLAS AND PAUL RICHARD DOUGLAS *************** CASE NO. GD-23-009035 ********* DEBT: $24,022.97

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) AMANDA L. MULHEREN

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (724) 978-0333 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

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

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING

BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3102 ORRIS ROAD, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK 13042, PAGE 326 BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 459-E-059

28JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S) EAST ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES Vs DEFENDANT(S) BERNARD R. BLAKE, JR. AND ANGELA R. BLAKE *************** CASE NO. GD-23-012399

DEBT: $54,627.37

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) AMANDA L. MULHEREN

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (724) 978-0333

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH

VERSAILLES:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 526

LAWRENCE AVENUE, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK 6514, PAGE 146. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 459-H-067.

29JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S) EAST ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOROUGH OF EAST MCKEESPORT Vs DEFENDANT(S) WALTER C. FRYDRYCH, JR.

CASE NO. GD-24-008608

DEBT: $11,778.36 ******

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (724) 978-0333

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF EAST MCKEESPORT: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1071

MESSINEO AVENUE, EAST MCKEESPORT, PA 15035. DEED BOOK 13978, PAGE399. BLOCK AND LOTNUMBER 547-B-056.

30JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) DONALD R. GARRETT, II

CASE NO. MG-24-000909

DEBT: $46,492.84

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Michelle Pierro, Esq. (PA ID No. 317454)

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Tucker Arensberg, P.C. 1500 One PPG Place Pittsburgh, PA 15222

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 566-1212 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Pleasant Hills: PARCEL #1 (A) HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 471 HI TOR DR, PITTSBURGH, PA 15236. DEED BOOK VOLUME 13478, PAGE 242. BLOCK & LOT#: 562A-71.

PARCEL #2 (B) BEING VACANT LAND KNOWN AS YARROW LANE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15236. DEED BOOK VOLUME 13478, PAGE 242. BLOCK & LOT#: 562-A-65-1.

31JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) Judith Wooddy, Executrix of the Estate of Gretchen L. Grotke a/k/a Gretchen Lee Grotke a/k/a Gretchen Grotke, Kurt Grotke, individually and as Heir of Gretchen L. Grotke a/k/a Gretchen Lee Grotke a/k/a Gretchen Grotke and as Heir of Catherine Grotke, Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and all Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Catherine Grotke, and Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and all Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Gretchen L. Grotke a/k/a Gretchen Lee Grotke a/k/a Gretchen Grotke

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

CASE NO. MG-22-001009

*********

DEBT: $57,602.83

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP

298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF PENN HILLS:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING

KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 721 6TH

STREET, VERONA, PA 15147. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16187, PAGE 267. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 445-J-156.

32JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) Cornell Titus, Jr., As Administrator of The Estate of Sandra M. Floyd a/k/a Sandra M. Floyd-Seay, Deceased

CASE NO. MG-24-000519

DEBT: $83,243.76 ******

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)

Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP

298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 11TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 5498 BLACK STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15206. DEED BOOK VOLUME 9050, PAGE 628. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 83-E-76.

33JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) Christian L. Hyman, solely in capacity as heir of Hector L. Hyman, Deceased, Jennine I. Hyman aka Jeanine I. Hyman, solely in capacity as heir of Hector L. Hyman, Deceased and Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Hector L. Hyman, Deceased

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

CASE NO. MG-24-000676

********* DEBT: $132,826.07

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Powers Kirn, LLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Eight Neshaminy lnterplex, Suite 215, Trevose, PA 19053

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-2090

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Elizabeth: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1102 Clydesdale Avenue, McKeesport, Pennsylvania 15135. Deed Book Volume 18736, Page 434, Instrument Number 2021-44193, Block and Lot Number 652-G-351.

34JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) Robert J. Russell and Dana K. Williams

CASE NO. MG-24-000841

DEBT: $91,495.63 ******

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Powers Kirn, LLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Eight Neshaminy lnterplex, Suite 215, Trevose, PA 19053

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-2090 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 3’d Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a Condominium Unit in The Tower a Condominium at Chatham Center, being known and numbered as 112 Washington Place, Unit 2E, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219. Deed Book Volume 11493, Page 558, Block and Lot 2-F-175-25.

35JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) Thomas M. Young

*************** CASE NO. MG-24-000795

DEBT: $166,645.76

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Powers Kirn, LLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Eight Neshaminy lnterplex, Suite 215, Trevose, PA 19053 **********************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-2090 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of North Fayette: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 408 Emily Lane, McDonald, Pennsylvania I 5057. Deed Book Volume 15860, Page 407, Instrument Number 2015-1547, Block and Lot Number 584-R-13.

36JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) DAVID S SCHORK; KELLIE J SCHORK *************** CASE NO. MG-23-000839

DEBT: $54,877.05

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

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of White Oak: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1412 Kansas Ave McKeesport, PA 15131. Deed Book Volume 11159, Page 151. Block and Lot 0461-H-00374-0000-00.

37JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) MARY ANN KOCH, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF FRANCES E. BOSSER; GLORIA PRIAM-CRUMP, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF FRANCESE. BOSSER; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER FRANCES E. BOSSER

CASE NO. MG-24-000080

*********

DEBT: $169,807.82 ******

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRJVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ********************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 10th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 5201 Wellesley Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Deed Book Volume 9385, Page 539. Block and Lot 0082-J-000730000-00.

38JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) PEGGY STEEDLEY AIK/A PEGGY BOYLAN, INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF SHIRLEY F. STEEDLEY; RANDOLPH STEEDLEY, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF SHIRLEY F. STEEDLEY; SHELBY STEEDLEY, IN HER CAPACITY AS HEIR OF SHIRLEY F. STEEDLEY; GREGORY STEEDLEY, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF SHIRLEY F. STEEDLEY; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER SHIRLEY F. STEEDLEY CASE NO. MG-19-000977

DEBT: $88,579.97 ******

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRJVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 ********************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of McKees Rocks: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1027 1st Street McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 12798, Page 246. Block and Lot 0072-M00115-0000-00. 39JUN25 DEFENDANT(S) WILLIAM C. KUSHIK,

CASE

DEBT:

Esq.; Court ID No. 329691 ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 7660 Imperial Way, Suite 121, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195

TELEPHONE NUMBER: (610) 395-3535 ********************************

Block and Lot Number 76-K-103. 80JUN25 DEFENDANT(S) JOHN R. GEHLERT, JR., HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF SANDRA E. KAMASINSKI aka SANDRA ELLEN KAMASINSKI,

84JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) New Frontier Influence Corp. CASE NO. GD-23-008944 ********* DEBT: $889,563.69

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Matthew J. Rifino, Esquire (PA ID No. 202052) ********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Renaissance Centre, 405 N King St, 8th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (302) 984-6300

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Fox Chapel:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 15 CHAPEL RIDGE ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15238. DEED BOOK 18131, PAGE 217, BLOCK/ LOT NO. 0526-F-00150-0000-00.

85JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) Diane L. Smoulder *************** CASE NO. MG-24-000603

DEBT: $9,316.89

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robert P. Wendt, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 275 Curry Hollow Rd, Bldg. 1, Suite 280, Pittsburgh, PA 15236 **********************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 914-219-5787 x 490 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: All the following described real estate situated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, and Twenty Fourth Ward in the City of Pittsburgh.

Having erected thereon a residential single-family dwelling being known and numbered as 1146 Admiral Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, Deed Book Volume 4516, Page 95; which has a Block and Lot Number of 047R-329.

86JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) SALVATORE A.LAURIA CASE NO. MG-24-000471

DEBT: $28,494.68 ******

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Shnayder Law Finn, LLC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 148 East Street Road, 352, Feasterville, PA 19053

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-834-3103 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Stowe: HAVING ERECTED 1HEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED 108 CALDWELL STREET, MCKEES ROCKS, PA 15136. DEED BOOK VOLUME 14248, PAGE 443. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 73-L-322.

87JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): Quaker Valley School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) Smithfield Holdings, Inc. *************** CASE NO. GD 23-005441 ********* DEBT: $8,317.85

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

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Leet: Having erected thereon a two story frame house being known as 5 Ambridge Avenue, Ambridge PA 15003. Deed Book Volume 17653, Page 480. Block & Lot No. 934-K-6.

88JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): Township of South Fayette VS. DEFENDANT(S) Notes Forever, Inc.

CASE NO. GD 22-013249 ********* DEBT: $3,942.04 ******

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

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of South Fayette: Having erected thereon a two-story frame house known as 24 Allegheny Avenue, Cuddy, PA 15031. Deed Book Volume 18944, Page 432. Block & Lot No. 325-R-70.

89JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School District VS.

DEFENDANT(S) Cheryl L. Greenstein, Michael B. Greenstein and the United States of America

CASE NO. GD 23-006203 ********* DEBT: $9,251.43

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

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Swissvale: Having erected thereon a two-story two-family brick house being known as 8012 Westmoreland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. Deed Book Volume 11916, Page 486. Block & Lot No. 234-J-85.

91JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Ingram VS.

DEFENDANT(S) Roberta K. Hendrick & Devanie J. Sites

CASE NO. GD 17-008118

*********

DEBT: $5,169.23

******

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

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Ingram Having erected thereon a two story frame house known as 89 Berry Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 12534, Page 169. Block & Lot No. 70-H-334.

92JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): Municipality of Bethel Park VS. DEFENDANT(S) Richard White

*************** CASE NO. GD 22-012360

DEBT: $3,713.59

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

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

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

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

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the CoJ1Ullonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Bethel Park: Having erected thereon a one-story brick house being known as 37 Pontiac Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241. Deed Book Volume 17148, Page 233. Block & Lot No. 394-S-15.

93JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Braddock Hills VS.

DEFENDANT(S) John W. Glenwright

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

CASE NO. GD 19-016823 *********

DEBT: $4,736.88

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Braddock Hills: Having erected thereon a two-story brick :frame being known as 975 Wilkins Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15221. Deed Book Volume 7917, Page 26. Block & Lot No. 300-&156.

94JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): Township of O’Hara VS. DEFENDANT(S) Linda S. Lutz

CASE NO. G.D. 18-015694 *********

DEBT: $2,497.61 ******

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of O’Hara: Having erected thereon a two-story brick house being known as 55 Kittanning Pike, Pittsburgh, PA 15215. Deed Book Volume 6201, Page 417. Block & Lot No. 168-B-70.

95JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) Do It Yourself Homes, LLC

CASE NO. GD 23-004653

DEBT: $4,358.11

******

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

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

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

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of McKeesportWard 7:

Having erected thereon a two-story two-family brick house, known as 2112 Jenny Lind Street, McKeesport, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume 18244, Page 160. Block& Lot No. 382M-16.

96JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS.

DEFENDANT(S) Robert C. Crenshaw, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns & Telisa R. Sostoric

CASE NO. G.D. 23-003730

DEBT: $7,175.60 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ********************

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of McKeesportWard 11: Having erected thereon a one and a half story frame house being known as 2610 Riverview Street, McKeesport, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume 14530, Page 382. Block & Lot No. 381-P-280.

97JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) St Angelo’s Manor, LLC and the United States of America

CASE NO. G.D. 24-002133 *********

DEBT: $6,283.19

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

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of McKeesportWard 5: Parcel #1: Having erected thereon a commercial nursing home being known as 621 Petty Street, McKeesport, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume 15830, Page 517. Block & Lot No. 307-P-33. Parcel #2: Having erected thereon a two-story brick house being known as 623 Petty Street, McKeesport, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume 15830, Page 517. Block & Lot No. 307-P-35.

98JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS.

DEFENDANT(S) 2022 Holdings Incorporated CASE NO. GD 23-012430

DEBT: $2,546.73 ******

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

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Versailles: Having erected thereon a three-story commercial building being known as 4901 Walnut Street, McKeesport, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume I9175, Page 527. Block & Lot No. 653-A-7.

99JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny

VS.

DEFENDANT(S) Sparkling Alaina, LLC

CASE NO. G.D. 23-000832

DEBT: $3,265.18 ******

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

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

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

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Etna: Having erected thereon a commercial funeral home being known as 333 Butler Street, PA 15223. Deed Book Volume 17121, Page 134. Block & Lot No. 167-K-15.

100JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Bridgeville VS. DEFENDANT(S) Maggie C. Dean, With Notice to Heirs and Assigns *************** CASE NO. GD 17-010734

DEBT: $2,703.53

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

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

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Bridgeville: Having erected thereon a one-story two-family brick house being known as 100 Liberty Street, Bridgeville, PA 15017. Deed Book Volume 9684, Page 348. Block & Lot No. 255-K-110.

101JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) Dale G. Hess & Sharon M. Hess *************** CASE NO. GD 24-006814

DEBT: $2,948.53

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

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

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of South Park: Having erected thereon a one-story frame house being known as 3088 Piney Bluff Drive, South Park, PA 15129. Deed Book Volume 8363, Page 536. Block & Lot 1008-D-50.

102JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S): Quaker Valley School District VS. DEFENDANT(S) Darrell V. Kimbrough & Linda A. Kimbrough and the United States of America

CASE NO. G.D. 23-000567 *********

DEBT: $7,001.51 ******

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William

103JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S):

BOOK 12443, PAGE 129, BLOCK AND LOT NVMSER 282-B-342-E201.

Allegheny VS.

DEFENDANT(S) The Estate of Bacchus L. Wright, Deceased CASE NO.: G.D. 23-009863

DEBT: $3,754.96 ****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of Clairton- Ward 2: Having erected

115JUN25 DEFENDANT(S) NANCI L. MILLER CASE NO.: MG-19-001028 DEBT: $192,461.75 ******

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

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, MUNICIPALITY OF BETHEL PARK: HAViNG ERECTED TIIEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 106 HORNING ROAD, BETIIEL PARK, PA 15102. DEED BOOK 17225, PAGE 138. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 392-B-54.

116JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) MADELINE C. MITCHUM CASE NO.: MG-23-001156 ********* DEBT: $19,140.54 ******

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

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

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 ******************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 21• Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1215 West North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15233. Deed Book Volume 9183, Page 164. Block and Lot 0007-C-00019-000A-00.

117JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) William E. Summers, Ill and Nakesha Tyler CASE NO.: MG-21-000049 DEBT: $174,604.06 ******

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robert Fiacco, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1325 Franklin Avenue, Suite 160, Garden City, NY 11530 / 1628 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1810, Philadelphia, PA 19103 **********************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (212) 471-5100 ********************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny; City of Pittsburgh, 101” Ward

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 6925 GREENWOOD STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15206. DEED BOOK VOLUME 13631, PAGE 54. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0121-K00313-0000-00.

118JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) THOMAS J. ROSSELOT AND ELAINE K.

ROSSELOT CASE NO.: MG-23-000316

DEBT:$154,043.02 ******

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Four Gateway Center, Suite 1340, 444 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 **********************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-281-4333 ********************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 23rd Ward, City of Pittsburgh:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO STORY

RESIDENTIAL ROWHOUSE KNOWN AS 1023

VINIALSTREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15212, DEED BOOK VOLUME 11743, PAGE531, BLOCK & LOT NO. 24-K-353.

119JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) Ferrell Holdings LLC *************** CASE NO.: GD-24-011281

DEBT: $145,586.12

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robert Fiacco, Esq.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1628 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1810, Philadelphia, PA 19103 / 1325 Franklin Avenue, Suite 160, Garden City, NY 11530

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (212) 471-5100 IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, CITY OF PITTSBURGH; 27TH WARD

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2812

WADLOW STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15212

MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 17937, PAGE 209. LOT AND BLOCK: 0045-B00013-0000-00

120JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) Charles Halpin, III as Administrator of the Estate of David J. Sims, Deceased and SJ Group *************** CASE NO.:MG-24-000610 ********* DEBT: $32,389.77

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Perry Russell, Esq.

Kathleen A. Kasperik

CASE NO.: GD 23-013942 ********* DEBT: $4,539.09

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Aleppo:

erected thereon a two-story frame townhouse being known as 104 Woodcrest Drive, Sewickley, PA 15143. Deed Book Volume 16302, Page 103, Block & Lot No. 422-H-222.

121JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) ANDREA R. IAPALUCCI

CASE NO.:MG-25-000071

********* DEBT:

$23,518.11

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)

Carolyn Treglia, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 6TH WARD OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 513 PARK STREET, MCKEESPORT, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume 14234, Page 435. Block and Lot Number 0307-M-00165-0000-00

122JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) M. DANIEL VARHOLA

CASE NO.: MG-23-001041

********* DEBT: $299,133.72

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Carolyn Treglia, Esquire

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646

******************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Conoly of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF BETHEL PARK Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1029 SURREY WOODS RD, BETHEL PARK, PA 15102. Deed Book Volume 4440, Page 225. Block and Lot Number 0391-R-00252-0000-00

123JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) SHAE E. RODGERS, IN HER CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER E. RODGERS, DECEASED

CASE NO.: MG-24-000834 ********* DEBT: $99,060.99

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)

Carolyn Treglia, Esquire

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

Brock & Scott, PLLC

2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ********************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, NORTH VERSAILLES TOWNSHIP Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1215 DENNING WAY, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137-2610. Deed Book Volume 14368, Page 530. Block and Lot Number 0645-L-00318-0000-00

124JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) ANDREW GRIFFIN AKA ANDREW N. GRIFFIN AKA NEIL ANDREW GRIFFIN

CASE NO.: MG-25-000022

*********

DEBT: $86,149.39 ******

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Carolyn Treglia, Esquire

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

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 **********************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF MONROEVILLE Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 112 MEADOW GAP DR, MONROEVILLE, PA 15146. Deed Book Volume 13001, Page 139. Block and Lot Number 0544-L-00313-0003-00

125JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) CHRISTOPHER LEE WILLIAMS; DANA DONICE BROWN WILLIAMS CASE NO.: MG-24-000069

DEBT: $51,585.19

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Carolyn Treglia, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF MCKEES ROCKS Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 307 ELLA STREET, MCKEES ROCKS, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 15952, Page 73. Block and Lot Number 0074-R-00222-0000-00

126JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) RANDI LYNN HOSTETTER AIKIA RANDI L.

HOSTETTER ***************

CASE NO.: MG-24-000916

DEBT: $105,535.91

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Carolyn Treglia, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1325 Franklin Avenue, Suite 160, Garden City, NY 11530· ********************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (212)-471-5100

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, and Municipality of Bethel Park: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN & NUMBERED AS 917 MONASTERY VIEW, BETHEL PARK, PA 15102. DEED BOOK 19482, PAGE 581. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0773-G-000950000-00.

127JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) Claudia Yates-Raeford

CASE NO.: GD-16-015347 ********* DEBT: $42,296.11

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) MDK Legal ********************

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 7740 Pershing Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 AKA 7740 Pershing Street, Penn Hills, PA 15235. Document Number 2019-2268, Deed Book Volume 17501, Page 314. Block and Lot Number 0230-P-000620000- 00.

128JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) BEVERLY DITULLIO *************** CASE NO.: MG-24-000284 ********* DEBT: $108,974.27

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Colin G.L. Miller, Esq.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Bootay Bevington & Nichols LLC 1102 Grant Building 310 Grant Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER:

412-650-5940 ********************************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Bethel Park:

HAVING ERECTED a one point five-story Cape Cod style house known as 2531 South Park Road, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania 15102 Deed Book Volume 13914, Page 522. Block and Lot No. 475-K-36.

129JUN25 DEFENDANT(S) DENISE KELLEY *************** CASE NO.: MG-22-000683

DEBT: $71,409.16

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robert P. Wendt, Esquire. ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 275 CURRY HOLLOW RD., BLD. 1, SUITE 280 PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15236 **********************

133JUN25

Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, EAST DEER TOWNSHIP Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 420 MARION ST, CREIGHTON, PA 15030. Deed Book Volume 18704, Page 242. Block and Lot Number 084!-K-00099-0000-00

DEFENDANT(S) KENNETH L. STROUD

130JUN25

CASE NO.: GD-24-008412

DEBT: $194,386.76.

******

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

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

********************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 ******************************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Port Vue: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1713 Port Vue Ave McKeesport, PA 15133. Deed Book Volume 19255, Page 325. Block and Lot 0466-M-00025-0000-00

131JUN25

DEFENDANT(S) ADAM J. ABRIATIS III, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR OF ADAM J. ABRIATIS JR.; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS, CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER ADAM J. ABRIATIS JR. *************** CASE NO.: GD-24-010943 *********

DEBT: $40,033.86

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

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

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Castle Shannon: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 3550 Rosalia Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15234. Deed Book 14348 Page 470. Block and Lot 0249-A-00262-0000-00

132JUN25

PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny VS. DEFENDANT(S) Maggie Sickendollar, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns and All Unknown Owners of an Interest in Certain 2,500 Square Foot of Vacant Land on Grand Avenue in Hampton Township known as Block & Lot 719-P-241

CASE NO.: GD 25-001103

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DEBT: $2,971.10

****** NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ******************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Hampton: Being thereon vacant land known as Grand Avenue, Allison Park, PA 15101. Allison Park Plan Lot No. 193, Plan Book Volume 8, Page 318. Block & Lot No. 719-P-24!.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice

139JUN25

PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough VS. DEFENDANT(S) Andrea D. Adams

CASE NO.: GD 24-014819

DEBT: $4,486.61 ******

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)

Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)

424 S. 27 Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203

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

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1557 MARIE STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 12948, PAGE 561. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 297-E-200.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH

PUBLIC NOTICE OF FY 2025

REVISED HOUSING CHOICE

VOUCHER ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN

In accordance with federal law and regulation, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) is revising its Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Administrative Plan. The proposed date of implementation is July 1, 2025. The proposed revisions to the HCV Administrative Plan are available for review and comment from Sunday, May 25, 2025, to Tuesday, June 24, 2025, on the HACP website: www.hacp.org. To review the HCV Administrative Plan in its current form, please visit https://hacp.org/ about/public-information/. Written comments on the proposed revisions must be addressed to “Attention: HACP FY 2025 HCV Administrative Plan” at the HACP Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Department, 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 5th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, and must be received by the close of business (5:00 pm) on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. Public hearings to receive public comments on the proposed revisions to the FY 2025 HCV Administrative Plan will be held on Monday, June 9, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. The Zoom meeting information can be accessed at www.hacp.org. For questions regarding the HCV Administrative Plan proposed revisions, please contact La Shawna Hammond at 412-456-5000 extension 3290. Persons with disabilities requiring assistance or alternative formats or wishing to submit comments in alternative formats can contact the Disability Compliance Office at 412-456-5282, extension 4; TTY 412-456-5282.

LEGAL ADVERTISING Legal Notices

Estate of ROBERT P. BRUNO, deceased of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Estate No. 02-25-03095, Laura DeFazio, Executor, 3551 Beechwood Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 or to AUBREY H. GLOVER, Atty; BRENLOVE & FULLER, LLC., 401 Washington Avenue, Bridgeville, PA 15017

To: DOUGLAS GREENE at the instance of CHARLISE SMITH by Attorney IRENE MCLAUGHLIN CLARK, ESQ. You are hereby cited to be and appear before Michael McGeever, Director of Department of Court Records, Wills/Orphans’ Court Division of Allegheny County, PA on or before June 20, 2025 at 10:00AM prevailing time at 414 Grant Street, 1st Floor, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, TO SHOW CAUSE why CHARLISE SMITH should not be appointed as the Administratrix of the Estate of MARCUS WILLIS LAMONT CHRISTIAN, deceased, No. 02-25-02031. The date of June 20, 2025 is not a Hearing Date. An Answer must be filed before this date; however, the hearing date will be arranged between the Director and counsel, IRENE M. CLARK, ESQ., 8908 UPLAND TERRACE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235.

CAROL MCCRACKEN CONE Deceased Late of Allegheny County, PA Letters of Testamentary on the above Estate having been granted to the Executrix , Rose Ann Chronowski , all persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims to present same without delay, to Brian F. Levine, Esquire. Brian F. Levine, Esquire Levine Law, LLC Attorney for the Executrix 22 E Grant St New Castle, PA 16101-2279

Petition to Determine

Estate of JOHN LEO MICLOT V, AKA JOHN L. MICLOT, No. 02-25-02860

Date of Death: 03/18/2025 PNC Bank, National Association and Cathy Jo Rinchetti

Attn: Sharon L Whitney, VP 300 Fifth Ave, FL 31 Pittsburgh, PA 15222

And/or: Dennis Unkovic, Esquire Meyer Unkovic Scott 535 Smithfield Street, Ste. 1300 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Mitchell J. Moximchalk, Esquire K & L Gates LLP 210 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Estate of DEVAMONY J. OSURI, deceased of Gibsonia, Estate No. 02960 of 2025, Priya Osuri, Administrator, or to Ryan W. Brode, Esq, Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky, 444 Liberty Avenue, Ste. 2200, Pittsburgh PA, 15222

Estate of ROBIN LYNETTE PARKER A/K/A ROBIN L. PARKER Case No. 6125 of 2023 Matthew D. Evans appointed Administrator by Order dated May 2, 2025. Peter B. Lewis, Counsel, Neighborhood Legal Services, 928 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

Estate of ERIK D. TROY, deceased of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Estate No. 02-25-03037, Gage Troy, Administrator, 61 Millbridge Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210 or to ROBIN L. RARIE, Atty; BRENLOVE & FULLER, LLC., 401 Washington Avenue, Bridgeville, PA 15017

Estate of DANIEL R WEISENMILLER Case No. 02126 of 2025. Connie Mitchell appointed Administratrix by Order dated April 1, 2025. Holly A. Hickman, Counsel, Neighborhood Legal Services, 928 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Meetings

NOTICE OF HEARING

The Kilbuck Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a public meeting and a public hearing on June 5, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at the Kilbuck Township Municipal Building, 343 Eicher Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, to consider the application of Michael and Lisa Shields for the property known as 514 Walnut Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15202, Block and Lot No. 214-B-270 seeking a variance from Section 215-15, Table Lot, Yard and Height Requirements, of the Kilbuck Township Zoning Ordinance to construct an addition to their residence within a required yard setback. The public may attend and be heard.

TOWNSHIP OF KILBUCK

Andrew Wright, Secretary

BOROUGH OF BELLEVUE

The Town Council of the Borough of Bellevue will be voting on the adoption of the following Ordinance at its Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 10, at 7:00 pm.

Ordinance No. 25-04, Vacate Maryland Ave from N Balph Ave to Quaill Ave

Copies of the proposed ordinance may be obtained by contacting the Borough of Bellevue Administrative Offices at 412/766.6164 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, Mondays through Fridays. The meeting will be held on the 2nd floor of the Council Chambers at the Bellevue Borough Municipal Building, 537 Bayne Avenue, Bellevue, PA 15202.

James E. Kelly Director of Administrative Services

LEGAL AD NOTICE IS HEREBY given the Emsworth Zoning Hearing Board has scheduled a public hearing for Thursday, June 12, 2025, 7 p.m., prevailing time, at the Emsworth Borough Building, 171 Center Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15202, regarding the application from Dominic Mantella for property at 235-237 Center Avenue, Emsworth, PA; 15202; Lot & Block 276-J-262; for a Variance to Emsworth Ord. 245-33-C, Lot Area, Lot Frontage for reduced lot frontage and area to enable a 10unit townhouse development. All those interested in the above hearing should be present at the above time and place and you will have an opportunity to be heard.

CATHY JONES Borough Secretary

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 June 11, 2025, and will be read at 11:15 AM., the same day, through your web browser via Microsoft Teams video conferencing, for the following: following: Electronic Proposal - Ebusiness website (http://ebusiness.portauthority.org)

Bid Number

1 B25-05-29

Bid Name

LRV Traction Motor Bellows

2 B24-05-30 CRP Brake Air

To join the bid opening through Microsoft Teams meeting on your computer, mobile app or room device

Meeting ID: 277 929 221 639 9

Passcode: 6bk3ha2X

Or call in (audio only)

412-927-0245

Phone Conference ID: 734 637 514

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 on May 29, 2025, at 10 AM through your web browser via Microsoft Teams video conferencing. Attendance at this meeting is not mandatory but is strongly encouraged.

Join on your computer, mobile app or room device

Meeting ID: 222 930 652 351

Passcode: eA6Xm2FJ

Or call in (audio only)

412-927-0245

Phone Conference ID: 612 390 719#

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.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY LEGAL NOTICE CONTRACT NO. 1808

CIPP REHABILITATION OF THE UPPER

SAW MILL RUN AND LOWER OHIO INTERCEPTORS

Sealed Bids for CONTRACT NO. 1808–CIPP Rehabilitation of the Upper Saw Mill Run and Lower Ohio Interceptors shall be received at the Engineering Department office of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, 3300 Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15233, until 11:00 A.M., Prevailing Time, Wednesday, July 2, 2025 and then shall be publicly opened and read. A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held via a video conference call on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 11:00 A.M., Prevailing Time. To receive an invitation to the pre-bid video conference, please contact Judith Shropshire-Bonner via email to contract.clerks@alcosan.org.

ALCOSAN encourages businesses owned and operated by minorities and women to submit bids on Authority Contracts or to participate as subcontractors or suppliers to successful Bidders. Successful Bidders are to use minority and women’s businesses to the fullest extent possible. Contract Documents may be examined and obtained at the Engineering office of the Authority. A non-refundable fee of One hundred dollars ($100) (no cash or credit cards will be accepted) will be charged for each set of Contract Documents received. Bid Security shall be furnished by providing with the Bid a Certified Check or Bid Bond in the amount of 10% of the Bid Price. Contract documents must be purchased directly from ALCOSAN to qualify as an eligible bidder. Any questions regarding the Technical Aspects of the Project should be directed to Darnetta Craig , ALCOSAN, via email to darnetta.craig@alcosan.org Any questions regarding the Purchase of Contract Documents should be directed to Judith Shropshire Bonner, ALCOSAN, via email to contract.clerks@alcosan.org . The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in any bid and to accept any bid should it be deemed in the interest of the Authority to do so.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY Michael Lichte, P.E. Director of Regional Conveyance

DOCUMENT 00030-AA ADVERTISEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

The Allegheny County Airport Authority will be receiving scanned PDF proposals through Submittable, and a submission link will be sent to each registered plan holder. Submissions are to be submitted via Submittable by 1:00 p.m. prevailing local time on June 18, 2025, and bids will be opened by the Airport Authority and results will be emailed by end of business day of bid opening for the following project:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY

PROJECT NUMBER 8G1-25 - REBID (GENERAL)

REHABILITATE RUNWAY 10L-28R PHASE 2 AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

A pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 a.m., on June 2, 2025, in Conference Room C at Pittsburgh International Airport Landside Terminal, 4th Floor Mezz, Pittsburgh, PA 15231. Attention is called to the fact that not less than the minimum salaries and wages, as determined by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, must be paid on these projects.

Proposals must be made on the Authority’s form and in accordance with the Plans and Specifications and the “Instructions to Bidders”’.

The non-refundable charge of $150.00 for the Bid Documents and the Plans, and Specifications through the bidding platform Submittable at https://acaacapitalprograms.submittable.com.

Please note that Submittable does not support Internet Explorer 11. Submittable recommends the following browsers: Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Apple Safari. This project has DBE participation goals; DBE firms must be certified with the Pennsylvania Unified Certification Program) (PA UCP). Firms must be certified prior to award of contract. A searchable database of DBE firms can be found on the PA UCP web site: https://paucp.dbesystem.com/ The Airport Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids or waive any informalities in the bidding. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty [60] days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids. To view a complete advertisement, which is also included in the bidding documents visit www.flypittsburgh.com – ACAA Corporate – Business Opportunities or call 412-472-3677 or 412-472-5647. ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY

LEGAL ADVERTISING

Bids/Proposals

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF BEAVER BEAVER, PENNSYLVANIA

INVITATION TO BID

The HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF BEAVER will receive sealed bids, in duplicate, until 10:00 AM. (local time) on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at the office of the Housing Authority of the County of Beaver, James F. Tress Administration Building, 300 State Avenue (Vanport), Beaver, Pennsylvania at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following:

Exterior Painting and Site Improvements 285 1st Street, 269 1st Street, and 2012 Duss Avenue, Ambridge, PA 1402 5th Avenue, New Brighton, PA

Proposed forms of contract documents, including Plans and Specifications may be obtained from the Sleighter Design by first mailing $150.00 in the form of a check made payable to Sleighter Design, 1060 Eberly Way, Lemon Furnace, PA 15456 for each set of documents to obtained. A non-refundable check for $35.00 is required if plans are to be mailed. Digital plans may be purchased for $50.00 Contractors MUST obtain copies of the documents from Sleighter Design. DEPOSITS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE. Plans and specifications will be available on Thursday, May 22, 2025 Please call to arrange for purchase (724) 438-4010.

EQUALEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY and Section 3 Compliance are required.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at the James F. Tress Administration Building, 300 State Ave, Beaver, PA 15009

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHER INSPECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE AUTHORITY WIDE IFB #300-09-25 REBID FIRE EXTINGUISHER INSPECTIONS AND

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby requests bids from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s): The documents will be available no later than May 19, 2025, and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on June 20, 2025. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only accept physical bids dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 10:00 a.m. on June 20, 2025, in the lobby of One Stop Shop at 412 Boulevard of the Allies. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Bids may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the IFB. Sealed bids may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor Procurement, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.hacp.org. Questions or inquiries should be directed to:

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

A pre-bid meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on June 3, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Please see the meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting https://hacp-org .zoom.us/j/86791104650?pwd= zJ2ZLGCGCtK5DQc5zLZ VZa4gk2Qfg8.1

Court No, 02-25-02173 Daniel L. Haller, Esq., Neighborhood Legal Service, 928 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412-586-6151)

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY

LEGAL NOTICE

CONTRACT NO. 1810

MISCELLANEOUS ROOF REPAIRS (2024-2025)

Sealed Bids for CONTRACT NO. 1810 – MISCELLANEOUS ROOF REPAIRS (2024-2025) shall be received at the Engineering Department office of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, 3300 Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15233, until 11:00 A.M., Prevailing Time, Thursday, June 19, 2025 and then shall be publicly opened and read via Microsoft Virtual Teams Meeting. A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held in person on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 10:00 A.M., Prevailing Time.

ALCOSAN encourages businesses owned and operated by minorities and women to submit bids on Authority Contracts or to participate as subcontractors or suppliers to successful Bidders. Successful Bidders are to use minority and women’s businesses to the fullest extent possible. Contract Documents may be examined and obtained at the Engineering office of the Authority. A non-refundable fee of One hundred dollars ($100) (no cash or credit cards will be accepted) will be charged for each set of Contract Documents received. Bid Security shall be furnished by providing with the Bid a Certified Check or Bid Bond in the amount of 10% of the Bid Price. Contract documents must be purchased directly from ALCOSAN to qualify as an eligible bidder.

Any questions regarding the Contract Technical Specifications of the Project should be directed to Elizabeth Joyce, Project Engineer II, ALCOSAN, via email to beth.joyce@alcosan.org

Any questions regarding the Purchase of Contract Documents should be directed to Judith Bonner, ALCOSAN, via email to contract.clerks@alcosan.org . The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in any bid and to accept any bid should it be deemed in the interest of the Authority to do so.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY

Kimberly Kennedy, P.E. Director of Engineering and Construction

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY LEGAL NOTICE

CONTRACT NO. 1800 WET WEATHER PUMP STATION

Sealed Bids for CONTRACT NO. 1800-WET WEATHER PUMP STATION shall be received at the Engineering Department office of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, 3300 Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15233, until 11:00 A.M., Prevailing Time, Tuesday, August 19, 2025 and then shall be publicly opened and read. A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held in-person, in the O&M Building Auditorium on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 10:30 A.M., Prevailing Time. Pre-registration will be required, and must be done at least 24 hours in advance, via email to Contract.clerks@alcosan.org

ALCOSAN encourages businesses owned and operated by minorities and women to submit bids on Authority Contracts or to participate as subcontractors or suppliers to successful Bidders. Successful Bidders are to use minority and women’s businesses to the fullest extent possible. Contract Documents may be examined and obtained at the Engineering office of the Authority. A non-refundable fee of One hundred dollars ($100) (no cash or credit cards will be accepted) will be charged for each set of Contract Documents received. Bid Security shall be furnished by providing with the Bid Documents a Certified Check or Bid Bond in the amount of 10% of the Bid Price. Contract documents must be purchased directly from ALCOSAN to qualify as an eligible bidder.

Any questions regarding the Technical Aspects of the Project should be directed to Brian Daugherty, Michael Baker International, Inc., via email to Brian.Daugherty@mbakerintl.com

Any questions regarding the Purchase of Contract Documents should be directed to Tyler Trainor, ALCOSAN, via email to Contract.clerks@alcosan.org

The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids; to waive any informality in any bid and to accept any bid should it be deemed in the interest of the Authority to do so.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY

Kimberly Kennedy, P.E. Director of Engineering and Construction

JOB OPPORTUNITIES Help Wanted

PROCESS TECHNOLOGIST

Danieli Corporation (Cranberry Twp, PA) to be rspnsb for crdntng humn & mtrl rsrcs drng strt-up phss, frm hot tstng to achvng cntrctl prfrmnc fgrs, ldng to plnt dlvry in spcfd cndtns; cllbrtng w/Prjct Drctr, Mngrs, TchTm, Site Foremn, & Stl Mill/cstmrs to crt strt-up wrk schdl, addrsng pre-cndtns & dtls for ht & prfrmnc tsts in advnc; astng cstmrs in orgnzng trnng for futr oprtrs, stff orgnztn chrts fr tstng actvts, duty schdls for invlvd prsnnl, & ncssry mtrls for cmsng; ensrng cmplnce wth cntrctl cndtns drng ht & prfrmnc tsts, sfty rgltns, & rprt any sfty issues; rvwng cmrcl cntrct & tchncl spcfctns, addrssng ptntl issues bfr wrk bgns; shrng mtng mnts wth Prjct Drctr &/or Prdct Line Prjct Mngr; dfnng jbsite orgnztn wth HQ A&C Prjct Mngr, fcsng on sfty & qlty; & rprtng tchncl non-cnfrmts & crtfy cntrctl mlstns. Mst hv Mstr’s dgr in Mtllrgcl Engnrng or reltd. Mst hv 2/yrs of prev. wrk exp. in pos. off. or rel. Mst knw (thrgh acdmc trnng or wrk exp. ensrng all aspcts of prcssng tchnlgy for steel mnfctrng eqpmnt & mchnry implmntd are prprly cmpltd; fld chcks & inspctns to ensr tht all pwr cnnctns & auxlry mchncl eqpmnt are prprly cnnctd; intrprtng mchncl plns for steel mnfctrng eqpmnt & tchnlgy; prprng tchncl rprts; spprtng cmsng & implntn of prcssng tchnlgs spcfc to ht roll mill steel mnfctrng eqpmnt; & trnng cstmr prsnnl in tchnlgy & spcfctns uniq to prprtry prcssng tchnlgy. May wrk at clnts’ mnfctrng wrksts lctd in Meade cnty, KT & Mason cnty, WV. Resumes to C.Hegarty@danieli.com.

Computer Systems Engineer (Washington, PA) Must have a bach’s degree or frgn equiv w/ min of 3 mos prior exp. Degree & exp must be in either Comp, Info Sys or Eng’g field. Req’d to dsgn & dvlp solt’ns to complex apps & perfrm sys mngmnt & intgrtn fnctns req’d for mnfctrng at SMG plant. Must have prior skills in SAP, Python, SQL, Java & Oracle. Slry: $65,624/ yr. Ref# CSE-1224-SMG & send resume to SMG Global Circuits, Inc., 120 Stationvue, Washington, PA 15301 or E-mail to dale@smg-globalcircuits.com. SMG is an EOE M/F/V/D.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE

CITY OF PITTSBURGH

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR

DRYER VENTILATION SYSTEM

CLEANING AUTHORITY-WIDE

IFB #250-16-25 REBID

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

DRYER VENTILATION SYSTEM

CLEANING AUTHORITY-WIDE REBID

The documents will be available no later than May 19, 2025, and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m. on June 20, 2025. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only accept physical bids dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 11:00 a.m. on June 20, 2025, in the lobby of One Stop Shop at 412 Boulevard of the Allies. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Bids may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the IFB. Sealed bids may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor Procurement, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

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

Questions or inquiries should be directed to:

Ms. Dereen Neice, Sr. Director of Procurement//Contracting Officer

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor - Procurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2800

A pre-bid meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on June 3, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Please see the meeting information below:

Join Zoom Meeting https://hacp-org .zoom.us/j/89841110949?pwd= 9hfZZQlI4GyDQQbatHQk8AFJco Zjb4.1

Meeting ID: 898 4111 0949

Passcode: 614752 Dial in: +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)

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

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

HDAT took over ownership, the first floor has been allocated as leased spaces for “entrepreneurial artists,” tenants with whom they have had partnerships in the past.

“I committed that when HDAT got a permanent space, they will have one, too,” Morgan-Lee told the Courier. Those people include Celeta Hickman, Edo Scribes and Pleasantries; Shaunda McDill with Damaskus Theater; Tamara Howard with Folk Art Quilt; Saihou Njie (Makatari Visual Arts Studios); Breonna Rice with Breezy Elements; and Akeem Lowman with Pittsburgh Capoeira Ase.

The 20th-year celebration of HDAT continued from April 25-27 when Ronald K. Brown, of the dance company Evidence came to Pittsburgh and choreographed HDAT’s Spring Concert; and at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, HDAT dancers were featured in a production called “One Shot,” a tribute to Teenie Harris, the famed former Courier photographer.

The party’s not over, however. An additional summer celebration will be a Hill Dance Fest and naming of the campus buildings, slated for August 1-3. There will be an award night on that Friday, Aug. 1, a dance and arts festival on that Saturday, Aug. 2, and on Sunday the third, a family movie night showing movies that represent the Hill District. Near the end of this year, there will be an Anniversary Gala and Awards evening on Oct. 11. And from Dec. 5-7,

there will be the HDAT Holiday Musical about the Hill District, written by artist Kim El, and will also include other local Pittsburgh production artists.

Morgan-Lee, who has been honored with both the Courier’s Fab 40 and Women of Excellence awards, started HDAT when she was just 21 years old. Speaking about it today, she’s very excited about what the future holds for the organization. It’s a future that includes renovation of the second-floor dance studios, which will include a rest area and lounge space for students as well as one for faculty and staff. There’s talk of an addition of an elevator in the main building, and the intention to turn the attic into a Black Box Theater.

“The Black Box Theater space is intended to be sure our community can enjoy theater without spending an arm and a leg,” Morgan-Lee said.

The Hill Dance Academy Theatre is fully entrenched into Pittsburgh’s history. Twenty years in the books, with many more to come.

“I’ve been dancing since I was 3 years old, and while on my dance journey, I’ve seen many different places, dance academies, schools, and dance companies and I have dreamed about what I wanted my space to look like, and how I wanted our dancers to feel when they enter our space,” Morgan-Lee told the Courier. “When they spend most of their time here, it should feel like home.”