Juneteenth in Pittsburgh has a new location, but all of the artists are familiar faces and voices that’s sure to bring out
the masses. For fans of R&B music, Mellon Park in Shadyside/ East Liberty will be its headquarters from June 19-22. Morris Day and The Time, 702, Donell Jones, Dru Hill, Jon B.,
and The Blackbyrds are just some of the artists who will grace the Stop The Violence Pittsburgh 2025 Juneteenth Celebration stage. This year’s Juneteenth festivities again had the
back-and-forth jabs between Juneteenth leader B. Marshall and City of Pittsburgh officials, as in some previous years. The city issued the needed permit for B. Marshall to use Mellon Park, but not
until Friday, June 13, six days before the event.
But if anyone knows B. Marshall, it’s nearly impossible to stop him.
“Not only does it provide an economic impact for our own community,
but psychologically and emotionally and mentally, Black people need this type of release from the everyday struggles that
by Maia Williams
For New Pittsburgh Courier
On May 8, the University of Pittsburgh School of Education's Justice Scholars Institute (JSI) celebrated the high school students from Pittsburgh Milliones, Perry and Westinghouse in its program at its annual symposium, held at the O’Hara Student Center in Oakland. Many of the students who were seniors at the symposium presented research that they performed on social justice issues affecting their communities. Their work was displayed to an audience of more than 100 educators, administrators and supporters. Founded in 2016 by Dr. Esohe Osai, the Justice
Scholars Institute is a college prep program that allows Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) students in grades 9–12 earn college credit while still in high school. Courses are taught by partner teachers at Westinghouse, Perry and Milliones, building on students’ existing relationships with them as educators. In the 2024–25 school year, 137 students were enrolled in the program taking classes such as Argument, U.S. History and Theories of Leadership. Dr. Osai, who also serves as program director, said she was inspired to create the program after noticing
in
pletion rates among
BET, MTV host Ananda Lewis remembered for power, purpose and grace
by Stacy M. Brown
Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent
Tributes have continued to pour in for Ananda Lewis, the former MTV VJ and host of BET’s Teen Summit, one day after her death at the age of 52. Donnie Simpson, the legendary BET host and radio DJ, shared his heartbreak. “I just found out that Ananda Lewis has died and I’m absolutely brokenhearted,” Simpson said. “She had tremendous success at MTV and with her own talk show, but she worked with us at BET before all that. She was only 52 and such a lovely woman, who loved her young son so much.” Actress Holly Robinson Peete paid her respects on X, writing, “Rest well, beautiful Ananda.” DJ Syndicated Sam added, “Ananda Lewis, you are forever an icon. Sending love to her family & friends in this season of bereavement.”
Known for her powerful presence on television, Lewis brought intellect, compassion, and charisma to every platform she graced. A native of San Diego, California, she began making an impact as early as 13 when she volunteered with Head
Start while attending the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. She studied theater, vocal music, photography, and dance from the fourth grade through high school. After graduating, Lewis attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she earned a degree in history, graduating cum laude in 1995. She spent her college years deeply engaged in youth activism, including volunteering with Youth at Risk and working with the Youth Leadership and Development Institute to train young people in leadership, conflict resolution, and parenting. Her commitment to empowering youth ultimately led her to television. With the encouragement of teenagers she mentored, Lewis auditioned for BET’s Teen Summit and became its host. Her on-screen chemistry with co-host DaJour and her earnest engagement with issues affecting young people helped the show earn an NAACP Image Award in 1997 and a nomination for a Cable ACE Award in 1996. In 1997, Lewis made the leap to MTV. While the move meant leaving a show that was deeply
personal, she recognized the opportunity to reach broader audiences. “I saw MTV not only as access to the masses but also as an opportunity to be more of the woman I am,” Lewis said. She went on to host
The Ananda Lewis Show, a daytime talk show that debuted in 2001 and further solidified her place as a voice of insight and authenticity in media. Throughout her career, she remained focused on empowerment and advocacy, often working to uplift others even when the spotlight was no longer on her.
Lewis is survived by her son, who is a constant source of love and pride.
‘Arrogant, Dangerous, Dishonest’: Trump’s global image tanks as U.S. reputation plummets
by Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent
As Donald Trump settles into his second term as president, a blistering new Pew Research Center survey reveals that much of the world sees him as a dangerous and arrogant leader unfit to handle global challenges—and it’s dragging down America’s image abroad. From Europe to Latin America and across Asia, confidence in Trump to “do the right thing” in world affairs remains deeply underwater. In 19 of 24 countries surveyed, the majority expressed little or no confidence in him. A global median of just 34 percent have confidence in Trump, while 62 percent say they do not. Trump’s worst ratings come from Mexico, where a mere 8 percent express confidence and 91 percent reject his leadership. The damage ex-
tends far beyond personal opinion. The United States itself has taken a reputational hit. Favorable views of the U.S. have dropped in 15 countries since last year, with support plunging 32 points in Mexico and 20 points in Canada. Sweden now gives the U.S. its worst rating—79 percent view the country unfavorably.
The survey, conducted between January and April 2025 and released on June 11, paints a portrait of global mistrust. Trump earns dismal ratings on nearly every major international issue, from climate change and immigration to the Russia-Ukraine war and U.S.-China relations. A median of only 24 percent have confidence in his ability to handle climate change, and just 33 percent trust him on Ukraine. Even among those who acknowledge his strength as a leader—a trait that a median of 67 percent worldwide at-
This Week In Black History A Courier Staple
• JUNE 18
1941—Labor and civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph initially rejects a plea by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to call off the first-ever Black-organized March on Washington designed to protest unfair employment practices by the military and the defense industry. The march was planned by Randolph, Bayard Rustin and A.J. Muste—all relatively unsung heroes of the early civil rights movement. The march was not cancelled until Roosevelt signed the Fair Employment Act. Ironically, more than 20 years later, Randolph would be one of the principal figures helping Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organize his historic 1963 March on Washington.
1968—The United States Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in the sale and rental of housing. The decision came in a case known as Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. The court used as its precedent the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to state that housing discrimination by either the government or private industry was unconstitutional.
2010—A study gains widespread publicity indicating that a growing number of Black males are abandoning Black females when it comes to marriage. The report, analyzing data from 2008, found that 22 percent of Black male newlyweds married a woman who was not Black. Meanwhile, 9 percent of Black female newlyweds married a man who was not Black. The study was compiled the Pew research Center and based on data from the Census Bureau’s “American Community Survey.” The actual report had been released in early June.
• JUNE 19
tributes to him—many still find him unqualified for the role. Majorities in most countries describe Trump as “arrogant” (median 80 percent) and “dangerous” (median 65 percent), while only 28 percent believe he is honest. The ideological divide is eye-popping. In countries like Israel, 93 percent of those on the political right trust Trump, compared to just 21 percent on the left. His support is also high among backers of populist parties, from Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party in Brazil to Netanyahu’s Likud in Israel.
The United States, once seen as a beacon of stability, is now viewed with ambivalence. Just 50 percent of people across 24 countries say democracy in the U.S. works well. Roughly half of those surveyed view the country as the world’s top economy, but partisan division and Trump’s leadership style have clouded its global standing. As the world watches Washington, the numbers don’t lie: Trump’s return to power hasn’t sparked a wave of renewed global confidence. Instead, it’s provoking a chorus of concern—and, in many nations, outright rejection.
1865—The Juneteenth Celebration begins. June 19, 1865 marks the day that many Blacks actually became free, especially those in Texas. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation technically freed all slaves in 1863, slavery actually continued in Texas until the end of the Civil War. It was not until June 19, 1865 that many slaves learned they had been freed. They called the day of freedom “Juneteenth.” It is normally marked with picnics, barbecues and commemorations. In 1980, the day became an official holiday in Texas.
1918—Ebony and Jet magazines founder John H. Johnson is born in Arkansas City, Ark. He moved to Chicago to build his publishing empire. Johnson was the first African-American to appear on the Forbes magazine list of 400 richest Americans with an estimated wealth of $500 million. Johnson died in August 2005. However, both magazines are now in financial trouble.
2009—The U.S. Congress issues a formal apology to Black Americans for the slavery of their ancestors. The resolution acknowledged the “fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow laws” which followed slavery. However, the resolution specific rejected paying Blacks reparations for past, discrimination, mistreatment and brutality.
• JUNE 20
1871—The first anti-Ku Klux Klan trials begin in Oxford, Miss. The trials were part of an effort begun by President Ulysses S. Grant to crush the Klan, which was populated by defeated Confederate soldiers from the Civil War and which was becoming increasingly powerful throughout the South. In Mississippi, White doctors, lawyers and even ministers were indicted for violating Black rights and conspiring against the U.S. government. More than 900 were indicted in Mississippi and 243 convicted. Similar trials took place throughout the South—most notably in South Carolina and North Carolina. Grant’s efforts succeeded in crushing the terrorist organization and it would not rise again until 1915.
• JUNE 21
1832—Joseph Haynes Rainey, the first African American to serve in the United States House of Representatives, is born in Georgetown, S.C. He was elected in 1870 from the state of South Carolina. He served five terms in Congress and died in 1887. In 2005, a portrait of Rainey was finally hung in the U.S. Capitol Building.
1859—Henry O. Tanner, the first African American painter to achieve international acclaim, is born in Pittsburgh, Pa, to a middle class Black family. His most notable work was “The Banjo Lesson,” which he painted in 1893. Tanner would later teach at Clark University in Atlanta, Ga. Tanner was considered a formalist—meaning his paintings tended to be beautiful depictions of reality. He died in May 1937. 1915—The United States Supreme
Court declares in the Guinn v. United States case that “grandfather clauses” in many Southern state constitutions and laws were illegal. The case grew out of the practice, common in the South, of setting up stringent requirements in order to prevent Blacks (former slaves) from voting. But in order to ensure that Whites could vote, the laws exempted them from the difficult requirements by asserting that anyone (or his grandfather) who could vote prior to 1867 did not have to meet the tough standards. Since virtually no Blacks could vote prior to 1867, “grandfather clauses” had the effect of denying Blacks the right to vote.
1964—Three civil rights workers (Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner) disappear near Philadelphia, Miss., and are later found murdered. Seven Ku Klux Klan members, opposed to a Black voting rights campaign, were indicted for the killings, but none served more than six years in prison. The incident became one of the major sparks to the then young Civil Rights Movement. Justice for the three was finally completed in June 2005 when the leader of the group of Klansmen—Edgar Ray “The Preacher” Killen—was convicted of their murders. Ironically, Killen was convicted on June 21, 2005—41 years to the day that Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner were killed.
• JUNE 22
1863—The War Department establishes the Bureau of Colored Troops and began to aggressively recruit Blacks for the Civil War. The Black troops would play a major role in turning the tide of battle against the rebellious Southern slave states.
1959—Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force. His father, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., had been the first Black general in the U.S. Army.
• JUNE 23
1921—“Shuffle Along”—the first of a succession of widely popular Black musicals performed for White audiences—opened at the 63rd Street Theatre in New York City, becoming the first African American Broadway musical. The musical comedy combined the talents of the legendary team of Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle. “Shuffle Along” produced a long list of hits including “Shuffle Along,” “I’m Just Wild about Harry,” “Gypsy Blues” and “Love Will Find A Way.” 1981—Legendary Reggae artist Bob Marley is given an official state funeral in his homeland of Jamaica. He had died of cancer on May 11 in Miami. Marley and his band “The Wailers” had made Reggae popular worldwide with such hits as “Stir It Up” and “No Woman, No Cry.” He was considered the first third-world superstar and a prophet of the Rastafarian religion. He was only 36 when he died. His body now lies in a mausoleum in Jamaica.
• JUNE 24
1854—Anthony Burns, one of the most celebrated fugitive slaves in American history, is captured by deputy U.S. Marshals in Boston. But at the time anti-slavery feeling was running high in Boston and it was one of the cities which had vowed not to obey the Fugitive Slave Act—a federal law that required even those opposed to slavery to help slave owners capture run-away slaves. For fear that Boston residents would help Burns escape to Canada, the U.S. government sent 2,000 troops to Boston to assist in returning Burns to Virginia. Thousands lined the streets as Burns was marched to a ship on June 3 for a trip back South. However, a Black Boston church raised the money to purchase Burns and within a year of his capture, he was back in Boston a free man. 1856—The so-called Pottawatomie Massacre takes place. A force of men led by famed abolitionist John Brown attacks a pro-slavery settlement in Franklin County, Kan., leaving at least five men dead. The attack was part of a period known as “Bleeding Kansas” when pro and anti-slavery forces battled one another in a bid to determine whether Kansas would be a slave or free territory. The “Pottawatomie Massacre” was also one of the events which made the Civil War unavoidable. 1944—Legendary singer Patti LaBelle is born Patricia Louise Holte in Philadelphia, Pa.
ANANDA LEWIS
John Ciccolella President, Bank
PPS students getting a jumpstart on a college education
Thanks to Pitt’s Justice Scholars Institute
students in PPS.
“I noticed that schools in PPS that serve mostly Black students did not have the rates of college completion that we would expect compared to other schools in the district,” Dr. Osai told the New Pittsburgh Courier in an exclusive interview. “The data that I saw in 2016 said that for every 100 students who enter Westinghouse as a freshman, only six would have a college degree." This data motivated Dr. Osai to rethink ways the education system can better prepare Black students in PPS for college and build their confidence. She said JSI is designed to show students that they are capable and they matter. Common barriers in Pittsburgh minority communities include lack of access to
necessary resources and stigmas about students' learning abilities.
“Our goal is to push back that narrative and show them what’s possible and that really happens through our programs,” said Dr. Osai. The program aims to challenge negative stereotypes by highlighting the excellence of Black students through events like the annual symposium and yearlong activities.
JSI program manager, Erica Roberts, works closely with partner teachers to support students as they complete a rigorous 15-page research paper on a topic of their choice. “They were able to pick the topic that they want. We didn't limit them,” she said.
At the May 8 symposium, students showcased their research projects on posters, with
topics ranging from emotional and mental abuse to urbanism and the psychological impact of being an athlete.
“It was just a really nice event centered around our students,” Roberts said.
Roberts said she often sees a positive shift in students’ confidence as the symposium approaches. “They get through it. Their teachers scaffold things for them to make it a process that is very attainable.”
Students also receive support throughout the school year, having ac -
cess to writing and research workshops in addition to direct guidance from their teachers.
JSI teachers play a key role in the development of the students in the program. “The teachers are central,” said Dr. Osai. “They work with students day in and day out. They communicate with us consistently.”
Sean Means, who teaches U.S. History and social justice at Westinghouse, acknowledged the partnership with the University of Pittsburgh as transformative.
“The connection with the University of
Pittsburgh has been a game-changer that allows those kids to get credit that they would have had to pay for if they didn't get it from us,” he said.
Students earn these college credits at no cost.
Means, named WTAETV's Teacher of the Month in November 2023, describes his teaching style as authentic, yet challenging. “I just try to make it fun” he said. “I want them to be prepared so that when they get to a university, they feel like they're equipped.”
Faith Jackson, a recent Westinghouse graduate, shared her positive experience with Means as her JSI teacher. “I'm actually very grateful that I took him twice because he gave me better preparation for college.”
Jackson’s research project analyzed the neglected mental health of mothers, focusing on postpartum depression.
Being part of JSI taught her she could manage the workload, and she hopes to encourage other students to take advantage of the program.
“Do not let it intimidate you just because of how heavy the workload might seem," Jackson told the Courier. "Especially if you want to pursue college or post-secondary education. It will definitely prepare you."
Jackson will attend Penn State University’s main campus in the fall to major in psychology.
“I'm excited for her (Jackson) at Penn State and what she's going to bring to that university,” said Means. “I just can't
wait to see her keep growing in a way that serves her best.” Means added: “I'm just proud of everybody that's associated with JSI because I do believe that everyone connected with it is trying to give our students a first-rate education.”
To enroll in the program, students generally must be Pittsburgh Promise-eligible. However, JSI makes exceptions for motivated students who don't meet that requirement. Parents who want to enroll their sophomore, junior or senior at one of the three schools should speak to the school's counselor about getting the JSI/CHS course on their child's schedule.
“We want to make sure we are equitable," Roberts said. "If we have a teacher, administrator or someone who will say that this student is not Promise-eligible or Promise-ready, but I believe the student wants to take the class, we will let that student take the class.”
Roberts, who told the Courier that the program is currently being financially supported by a gift from the Pitt School of Education, said another goal of the program is to help students not just get to college, but finish and earn their degree.
“Success is seeing our students to and through,” she said. “It’s easy for students to get to college, but it’s harder for them to get through.”
DR. ESOHE OSAI IS THE FOUNDER OF THE JUSTICE SCHOLARS INSTITUTE, AS WELL AS ITS PROGRAM DIRECTOR.
JULIAN HENDERSON LOVETT SPEAKS WITH RISING SENIORS ZIANN WILLIAMS AND QUENTIN BAKER.
NADIA DIXON, WITH THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY SWEATER ON, SPEAKS WITH DONAVAN MITCHELL AND LA’NIYA BROWN.
Juneteenth to feature some of R&B and Hip-Hop’s best
we go through,” B. Marshall told the New Pittsburgh Courier, June 17.
“That’s one of the benefits that we see with our festival events, just the joy and happiness that people have for a weekend of activities that we produce. It’s crucial for our growth and development, and our unity and our cultural expression.”
Thursday, June 19, a city, state and federal holiday, will feature the performances from the Pittsburgh Sympho -
ny Orchestra, 702 and Morris Day and The Time. On Friday, June 20, performances will come from Kut Klose, Jon B. and Dru Hill. On Saturday, June 21, The Blackbyrds, Hi Five and Donell Jones will grace the Juneteenth stage. And on Sunday, June 22, there will be performances from Sunshine Anderson, Trina and Jadakiss.
A Youthfest will be available for the kids each day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mellon Park, and the Grand Jubilee Parade will be held in Downtown Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 21, at 11 a.m. The parade is something that B. Marshall wants to see an increased attendance for, as it comes down Fifth Avenue.
“We need everybody to come out for this parade. We are the only African American parade left in the City of Pittsburgh that goes through Downtown Pittsburgh, so it’s very important,” B. Marshall told the Courier.
“Donald Trump has been doing everything he can to stop Juneteenth, along with all other Black activities, so it’s important that we show up and show out for our own culture and heritage.”
B. Marshall also said there would be 100 or so vendors at Juneteenth, including vendors from as far away as California. The festival attendees will assuredly include out-of-staters, too, as this Juneteenth celebration is one of the largest in the country. Everything at Mellon Park is free to attend. There are some latenight events that are for adults only and have a cost associated with it, such as the All-White Boat Party on the Gateway Clipper Fleet, June 19, the Lit Cigar Lounge (6525 Hamilton Ave.) afterparty featuring Jon B. on June 20, and the AllBlack Closing Party at Envy Bar and Lounge in Duquesne, June 22. B. Marshall said there will be parking available at Bakery Square, Chatham University as well as in East Liberty and Homewood, along with on-street parking in the nearby Squirrel Hill/Point Breeze area. Attendees can also use ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, and Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s 71D Hamilton bus stops in front of Mellon Park on Fifth Avenue, while other buses like the 71C, 88, 89 and 74 stop at Bakery Square on Penn Avenue.
JON B.
DRU HILL MORRIS DAY AND THE TIME
Symphony Orchestra
Byron Stripling, conductor Sydney McSweeney, vocalist
(PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)
DR. JAMES JOHNSON
JOSHUA CARR
GRANT COLLINS, DREW COLLINS, JANCIE COLLINS, FRED COLLINS, BLAKE COLLINS
CARLOS CLARK ON THE BASSOON
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at St. James AME Church
LINDA PITTS, MARCELLA MOORE, PATRICE PITTS
KIM YETTE MYERS, TAMARA SAMSPON PAM JOHNSON
MIKE KIRKLAND, JOVONNA KIRKLAND, CAT AND RICK, AT THE EVENT.
FATIMAH WILLIAMS, CARMEN WILLIS-BOLDS, NATHANIEL BOLDS
LOREAN SIMMONS, KIM ROBINSON (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)
MARIEA WHITELOW, LINDA WALLACE
SHIRLEY GOLDEN, ROSLYNNE WILSON
Celebrating August Wilson through the Hip-Hop lens
The New Pittsburgh Courier was there as the “Celebrating August Wilson Through HipHop” event was held at the Hillman Library in Oakland. The event featured a video presentation that explored dance through the lens of August Wilson, drawing inspiration from monologues and play titles from Wilson’s
SOFTWARE ENGINEERS – TECH LEAD (MULTIPLE OPENINGS)
–UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside in Pittsburgh, PA seeks multiple Software Engineers – Tech Lead to develop and maintain UPMC Health Plan’s healthcare benefits administration applications including but not limited to MC400, PEGA, BenMo, COB, Cotiviti, and Cavulus. Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field plus five (5) years of progressive software engineering, system engineering, or related experience including three (3) years of experience: developing functionalities according to client requirements; analyzing the root cause of recurring issues; analyzing issues that affect business for system fine tuning; leading bug fixes; supporting production; and utilizing AS400 Technology (CL, CLLE, RPG, RPG ILE, Embedded SQL, Free Format, Stored Procedures, SQL, DB2/400, Java/J2EE, C++, and PL/SQL). Telecommuting Permissible. Apply by following these steps; visit http://careers.upmc.com and enter 2500014 in the “Search Keyword/Job ID” field and click Go. EOE/Disability/Veteran.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, SENIOR (MULTIPLE OPENINGS)
–UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside in Pittsburgh, PA seeks multiple Software Engineers, Senior to serve as part of UPMC Enterprises’ Health Plan IT Consumer Technology Application Engineering group. Be responsible for the architecture, design, deployment, and maintenance of Third-Party Administrator (TPA) portals within the UPMC Health Plan. Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or related field plus five (5) years of software engineering, application development, or related experience building new and maintaining existing web application features; developing enhancements to existing software from requirements; validating and scoping data models in the database; performing regression testing, user acceptance testing, and functional testing; using synchronization techniques to perform multithreaded programming; completing database migrations; performing production implementation validation; creating and modifying database migrations; working in all phases of the SDLC from requirement analysis to debugging production issues; and utilizing .Net Framework, HTML, SQL Server, Visual Studio, CSS, and IIS. Telecommuting permissible. Apply by following these steps; visit http://careers.upmc.com and enter 250001B5 in the “Search Keyword/Job ID” field and click Go. EOE/Disability/Veteran.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERSSENIOR (MULTIPLE OPENINGS)
–UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside in Pittsburgh, PA seeks multiple Software Engineers – Senior to be responsible for the development, maintenance, and systems administration of UPMC Health Plan’s applications, including the MC400 software system. Enhance and modify the MC400 application system so that it continues to meet the technology requirements of current users. Master’s degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or related field plus two (2) years of software development, software engineering, analysis, or related experience including one (1) year of experience: analyzing user needs and providing solutions/estimates; designing and developing applications; testing software applications; correcting errors and/or bugs; working with DB2 databases; and utilizing the following tools and technologies: AS/400, RPGLE/RPG ILE, CLLE, RPG-Free/Free Format, and X-Analysis. Telecommuting permissible. Apply by following these steps; visit http://careers.upmc.com and enter 250001B2 in the “Search Keyword/Job ID” field and click Go. EOE/Disability/Veteran.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, SENIOR (Multiple Openings)
–UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside in Pittsburgh, PA seeks multiple Software Engineers – Senior to define and lead the development of new software and contribute to the overall Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including UPMC’s Health Plan application. Responsible for the design, integration, security, documentation and maintenance of several application development systems, SDLC projects and test environments. Master’s degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field, plus two (2) years of computer engineering, application development, or related experience building new and maintaining existing web application features; developing enhancements to existing software from requirements; designing and implementing upgrade frameworks to transition older product deployments to newer versions; developing build and automation scripts to deploy applications onto test environments; utilizing containerization tools (i.e., Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Openshift) to enhance deployment efficiency; implementing continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS); tuning existing DevOps frameworks by adopting proof of concept applications of cutting-edge technologies to produce high availability environments for software products; utilizing Ansible to develop applications in an infrastructure -as-code approach; executing comprehensive test suites utilizing regression testing, user acceptance testing, and functional testing to validate software functionality; and utilizing PowerShell, Perl, JavaScript, YAML, Ansible, ANT, Maven, AWS, and GIT Hub. In lieu of Master’s degree plus two (2) years experience, will accept Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field plus five (5) years of progressive experience as detailed above. Telecommuting permissible. Apply by following these steps; visit http://careers.upmc.com and enter 250001B1 in the “Search Keyword/Job ID” field and click Go. EOE/Disability/Veteran.
A’LAN “WIZZ KIDD” CURTIS RAWLINGS, BRIAN STARKS, THAILYN WALKER, BARBARA LOGAN, DR. SHEILA BEASLEY, ALONA PATTON, MAURICE PATTON, DONALD WILSON. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)
American Century Cycle. The project was developed by August Wilson Archive Community Artist Scholar Brian Starks, in collaboration with Dr. Sheila Beasley. The event was held on the third floor of the Hillman Library, April 23.
DYER
MARK CLAYTON SOUTHERS
‘Knock Your Praise Out Of The Park,’ in Homestead, June 22
PHILLIP STANLEY BROWN
Homestead Frick Park is the place to be on Sunday, June 22 from noon to 4 p.m.! Sponsoring churches Anne Ashely Community Church, Clark Memorial Baptist Church, Homestead United Presbyterian Church, Park Place AME Church, Mount Rise Baptist Church and Second Baptist Church
of Homestead invite you to glorify God’s kingdom, evangelizing and celebrating in worship with the people of God. Events will include bingo, food, arts & crafts, games, a DJ, live performances, prayer stations and more are in store. Bring a chair, your family, and friends as everyone rejoices in
Christ Jesus! Take this opportunity to cultivate community and fellowship as all honor, praise and glory is given to the Heavenly Father. “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” - John 12:32
Phillip Stanley Brown, 64, of McKeesport, unexpectedly passed away on May 20, 2025. He was the beloved son of the late John Phillip and Rosemarie (Pratt) Brown. A proud graduate of Elizabeth Forward High School, Class of 1979, Phillip dedicated most of his life to his alma mater. He worked for, and retired from, the Elizabeth Forward School District and dedicated his life to serving the community. For 20 years, he would set his neighbors trash out for pick up. His bright smile and bouncy walk said, “Don’t hinder my steps, lighten my load, stand up for Jesus and be bold”. He was a man of faith who frequented the United Presbyterian Church, in McKeesport. He will be missed by his sisters and brothers, Phyllis Brown, Donna Simpson, Cynthia Brown, Paul Brown, Rashika Porter, as well as nieces and nephews.
p.m. 312 Viola St. Duquesne, Pa., 15110 116 South Highland Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa., 15206 412-441-3800
Reverend A. Marie Walker’s Weekly Inspiration
“COMMIT YOUR WAY unto the Lord; TRUST also in HIM; AND He shall bring it to PASS.”
Psalm 37:5
REV. WALKER SAYS: What does it mean to COMMIT...is to be faithful, loyal and steadfast. Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. So, as we COMMIT AND TRUST GOD, We will receive the PROMISE, that God shall bring it to PASS. Amen!!!
COURIER CHURCH DIRECTORY
Laphon Flood-Francis
Pastor—
Nathaniel Pennybaker
Pastor—Rev. Dorothy Stubbs
PARK PLACE AME CHURCH
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH OF HOMESTEAD
1966-1986, The 'Golden Era' of Western Pa. basketball!
:10—And so it has been said, by greater basketball minds than mine.
Starting...more or less with the legacy of the Kenny Durrett-led Schenley Spartans and the Cle Edwards-led Fifth Ave. Archers. Not to forget those who preceded those legends. But the give and take of what I know and the continuance of the W. PA history is truly greater than all the pages this newspaper will allow!
:09—Beginning with Mr. Chuck Cooper, The Maurice Lucas, Ricky Coleman, Jeep Kelly Schenley Spartans, The Cle Edwards Fifth Ave. Archers, The Mel Bennett Peabody Highlanders, The Reggie Dukes Westinghouse Bulldogs, The Bruce Atkins Wilkinsburg Tigers, The Dobbs Brothers Allderdice Dragons, The Dick Devenzio Ambridge Bridgers, The BB Flenory Valley H.S. Vikings, The Sam Clancy Fifth Ave. Archers, and an ongoing
endless list of nationally recognized names including Billy Varner, Oscar Jackson, Pete Maravich, Stu Lyons, Swin Cash, Mark Marrotta, Jennifer Bruce, Norm Van Lier, T.J.
McConnell, DeJuan Blair, Tom Pipkins, Sean Miller, Mark McCloud, Brad Davis, Billy Knight, Maurice Stokes, Myron Brown, Suzie McConnell, Karen Hall, Hosea Champine, Kirk Bruce, Hank Commodore, Jim and Julius McCoy, Bobby Byrd, Farrell H.S. And on and on and on...Lord stop me please!
:08—But this night, this very special night, this recognition of W. PA leg-
ends pictured above who came out for “One Last Shot” and to pay homage to the great Connie Hawkins, I thank you for your time and your talent and for all you did to help grow me, the league and the legend!
:07—And of course they came from all over these United States because “The Hawk” meant that much. Walt Szczerbiak, the ABA and European Basketball League legend who literally played with Connie Hawkins, and many of the all-time greats flew in from New York. Along with his long list of achievements, Walt is recognized as one of the 50 greatest basketball players and influencers in European basketball history (not to be confused with his famous and talented son “Wally” who is also a former NBA player and now NBA broadcaster (Big Smile). Walt was inducted into the Connie Hawkins League Hall of
Fame on this grand evening.
:06—The great Clyde Vaughan flew in from Chicago to be inducted into the Connie Hawkins League Hall of Fame as well. Vaughan is a highly-decorated member of the University of Pittsburgh Hall of Fame, 2nd all-time leading scorer and 5th all-time leading rebounder. And the once Olympic hopeful was also a two-time All Big East selection, a fouryear starter, and one of, if not the best, pure shooters in Pitt basketball history, concluding his career with 2,033 points and 922 rebounds and was named MVP of the 1981 and 1982 Eastern-8 Tournament Championships. With all that being said, “Clyde” had enough ammunition left to become the most prolific scorer in Connie Hawkins Summer Basketball League history and holds the record for most points scored in a game - 49! (Of course, Clyde
stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the other recognized greatest shooter of all time in City-League history, David “Dr. Death” Trent...who scored the second-most points in a Connie Hawkins game - 48.)
:05—I’m sure you’re thinking...“We might as well stop reading now because Bill Neal is only going to talk more basketball. Well, you’re wrong, my brother. J.J. Spaun is your 2025 U.S. Open champion, taking home $4.5 million to his wife and baby girls. Although a long shot in the tournament, J.J. pretty much led from start to finish. NOW TAKE THAT YOU “SPORTS WRITER DOUBTERS”...I know stuff.
:04—I contend that the Pacers will win the NBA Championship and that, my friends, you can take to your nearest bank and collect your money.
:03—In case you weren’t paying attention, your Pittsburgh Steelers
locked down Aaron Rodgers at QB and positioned themselves to be an 11-5 winner this year and go two rounds into the playoffs. THAT’S RIGHT, 2 ROUNDS, I SAID IT! :02— ATTENTION... THIS JUST IN: At last sight, former Steeler superstar receiver Antonio Brown was seen in an unidentified helicopter (like at training camp, remember?). And word has it that he and Rick James are busting “Diddy” and R. Kelly out of jail. News at 11:00. (Remember Rick James “Bustin’ Out”?), OK, OK, I’ll let you go. :01—And remember, everybody “Stand” as the now-late, great Sly Stone, he of the Sly and the Family Stone said. Stand for something or you’ll fall for everything. “Fight the power, fight the power that be!” :00—GAME OVER
I still believe the Steelers will regret jettisoning Justin Fields
All the stress and tension about the Pittsburgh Steelers retaining the services of one Aaron Rodgers is over. It’s a one-year deal with a base value of $13.65 million, $10 million of it guaranteed, and the contract has a maximum value of $19.5 million. That means there’s up to $5.85 million in playing time and performance incentives included.
The Steelers paid less than $3 million to retain the services of Justin Fields and Russell Wilson combined! In the recent past, I have written remarks dealing with that situation, but I have become sickened about folks profiling the economic conditions of people of color and Americans in general regarding their positions in the hierarchy of the economic and social “food chain.” During the early 2000s, I interviewed Frank Robinson, the legendary MLB player and manager. During that interview, I asked Frank Robinson about Jackie Robinson’s impact on baseball and society. Mr. Robinson pointed out that Jackie’s influence extended beyond sports, even causing positive reactions
in the corporate world. He noted that Jackie’s excellence on the field made business leaders reconsider the potential of Black professionals in other industries. I am not going to regurgitate the entire interview, but crossing the various color lines that existed throughout American society were often facilitated by crossing those lines in the sports world… maybe.
“Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.” That is a phrase that has been circulated throughout society and sports for ages, but recent agreements signed with quarterbacks approaching “geriatric” status at least when it comes to the world of sports are questionable, to say the least regarding them pulling up their bootstraps. A few of these quarterbacks may not even be able to bend down and pull up their boot-
straps even when their boots are put on them by others. Even in light of that fact, they may continue to have and express no regard for the lives, careers and welfare of those around them. I can only imagine someone like exNFL head coach Jim Mora exclaiming: “Bootstraps, these guys are getting paid maximum dollars for minimum results, don’t you dare mention bootstraps.”
For example, a quarterback may be surrounded by a “fort of bodies” to protect him from all harm and danger. QBs usually have a minimum of five or six players that form a perimeter that is supposed to shield him from being hit. However, I will repeat this next line until I “return to forever.” Where is the protection for a vulnerable wide receiver when a quarterback under pressure throws a ball up into the stratosphere and everyone from peons to pundits expects the receiver to “climb the ladder” to catch the ball and land safely in a murky pool of Piranhas disguised as defensive backs and linebackers without expecting bloodshed or injury?
“Good catch, great grab,” are usually the false accolades given to a wide receiver after they make a dangerous catch across the middle with no protective wall to protect them. The older a QB gets, the better protectors his offensive line has to become. As the 2025 season moves forward, let’s see how many offensive linemen are benched or maybe even traded if they fail to provide a clean pocket for Aaron Rodgers. Bootstraps are more related to “bank straps.” It seems like a golden bank account has replaced a gold watch for a few of these overpaid “long in the tooth” signal-callers who have become hybrid political commentators, bankers by default as well as social media analysts. Remember when ex-San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick was blacklisted as a left-wing extremist for expressing his political views? Now, past as well as present NFL players can attend and support right-wing extremist events with flair and the reaction to their support and appearances are lukewarm at best. However, the reactions to the activ-
ities of Colin Kaepernick continue to remain “volcanic” at the very least. There are players who have been accused of calling the opposition “racial slurs” and praising “red dictators” presently cozying up and sympathizing with well-known “racists” without shame or remorse. If I were a convicted murderer out on parole, it would not be wise or prudent for me to become a card-carrying member of the “killers club,” especially if you have the look across the line of scrimmage facing your own personal “parole board,” twice a year. Remember, Frank Robinson told me: “Jackie’s excellence on the field made business leaders reconsider the potential of Black professionals in other industries.” How can the talent of these available borderline, overthe-hill quarterbacks, outweigh the value of these “young guns?” All of the facts mentioned above cannot be overlooked in the corporate and political anti-DEI world. If the Steelers’ offensive line does not perform at an above-average or superior level, Aaron Rodgers won’t be just running for
his life in the pocket because he will be DOA: and as the old TV cop Baretta used to say, “and that’s the name of that tune.” When Aaron Rodgers is sacked more than 50 times and throws a slew of picks, I don’t want to see anyone benched but him. At the midseason point of 2025, let’s compare the stats of Aaron Rodgers with the stats of Steelers reject and the current starting QB of the New York Jets, Justin Fields. I have become old and frail because the megaphone of mortality is screaming at me, but I am okay with that because the microphone of professional football immortality is calling and will welcome former Steelers QB Justin Fields to the “great hall,” as long as he puts on his boots and pulls up his bootstraps, “the right way.”
To Black men across this country, I see you. I feel you. I believe in you. I know what it feels like to try and lead while still healing. To wake up and do what’s expected of you when no one sees what you carry. I know the pressure of having to show strength in public, even when you’re barely holding it together in private. That silence we wear like armor, the unspoken rules about not showing weakness, not asking for help, not letting anyone see the weight. I’ve felt that, too. But I need you to know something: you’re not just surviving; you’re essential. You are not a broken version of a man. You are the foundation. You are the blueprint. We’ve been through a lot. Generations of being told we’re not enough, not qualified, not welcome. And still we show up. Still, we grind. Still, we dream. But the truth is, dreams without ownership don’t get passed down. They just become struggles our children inherit. And that’s why I’m writing you today. Because ownership, specifically homeownership, isn’t just about buying land. It’s about reclaiming agency. It’s
about building something that lasts beyond us.
We don’t need to rehearse every barrier. You already know them. The numbers don’t lie. Only about a third of Black men in this country own homes. And while Black women have made strides despite similar challenges, many of us feel like we’re stuck at the starting line discouraged by credit issues, overwhelmed by student debt, or just unsure where to begin.
But let me be clear: the system is real; the barriers are real, but we are not helpless. Yes, history played a role. But we’re not here to play that game. That’s not what this is about. This is about responsibility. This is about rising. This is about us taking control of what’s next, even if we didn’t create what came before.
We push through. We build anyway. Because that’s who we are.
And when we own, things change. Ownership roots us. It creates stability. It gives our children a home they don’t have to leave behind. It gives us equity; not just financial, but emotional. It gives us confidence. It gives us options. It shifts our position in the world from someone waiting to be chosen to someone building something permanent.
Our ancestors built this country with their hands and never got to own the land they worked. We are their wildest hope. And it’s time we reverse the story. You don’t need to be perfect to begin. You don’t
BUSINESS
by Laketress Jones
Let’s be real—budgeting or talking about money isn’t easy. And in our community, we don’t always talk about our finances as openly as we talk about sports or music.
I remember my first real conversation about money: I was 15, my mom had recently divorced, and I asked her for lunch money—the second time that week. She sat me down and said, “We’re going from a two-income household to one. Everyone has to do their part.” That moment opened my eyes to the importance of managing money, saving, and working hard.
In 2025, everything feels like it’s becoming more expensive—from gas and groceries to school supplies. Whether you’re running a business, managing a household, or just trying to keep up, it’s im
portant now more than ever to keep a close eye on your numbers.
The question is: how do we set ourselves up for long-term financial success in uncertain times?
I’ve been managing budgets since I got my first job at 15—both for myself and for major corporations. Here are my five quick steps to help you jumpstart your journey for financial freedom: The Five-Step Essential Financial Check-up.
Step 1: Ask Yourself: How Much Do You Need?
What are your monthly living costs? Start with the basics: rent/ mortgage, groceries, transportation, utilities, and childcare.
Step 2: Ask Yourself: How Much Do You Really Make?
Pull your recent pay stubs and tax forms to get a clear idea of how much money you’re actually making. In this step, it’s important to consider any life changes that may impact how much you’re making, for example: a new job, marriage, having children or pulling side gigs.
Step 3: Get To Work On Building Your Budget
Use a spreadsheet, notebook, or app—whatever works. The key is to track your spending and earnings weekly. Remember, it’s crucial to review your budget often. These numbers won’t lie. They’ll show you what’s working and what’s not. Most importantly: Be consistent! Set a time to make your budget each week, and stick to it! These three steps are just the beginning, of getting a good grip on where your green is going. With weekly budgeting, you can create
a physical and mental reminder of exactly how you’re spending your money.
Better yet, budgeting actively works to improve your financial health by teaching us how to best spend the money we do have, rather than the money we wish we had. We can’t prepare for tomorrow if we don’t know we are today.
Let’s Talk About Debt Now, let’s have an honest conversation about debt. It hits our community hard and plays a major role in the racial wealth gap. I didn’t learn that from an article or panel—I learned it at 22, during a conversation at my first corporate job. A colleague, let’s call him Bob, mentioned paying for his daughter’s wedding and another daughter’s tuition. I mentioned I had earned scholarships. He nodded and said, “Yeah, but my daughters’ scholarships were academic.” Bob, in a poor attempt to undermine my academic prowess, was referencing how society thinks most Black college students only earned their spot on campus due to need-based financial aid programs like FAFSA. Not letting him slide, I quickly listed off my accolades to let him know I graduated in the Top 5 percent of my class.
At the same time, the moment was a reality check for me: Not everyone starts their adult life borrowing money.
Let’s be honest—many people say they want to be successful, financially secure, or debt-free. But their lifestyle tells a different story. They want the outcome, but not the discipline. They want the reward, but not the routine. In other words, they want to “get there” while living in a way that keeps them stuck. They talk about goals, but their daily actions scream comfort, distraction, and avoidance. They envy the success of others but won’t commit to the sacrifice required to create their own. You can’t pray for abundance while entertaining chaos. If you truly want to elevate your life— financially, personally, and professionally—you’ve got to examine how you’re living. Because you can’t outdream bad habits, and you can’t outrun poor decisions. Here’s a breakdown of the mindsets and behaviors that keep people broke, stagnant, and frustrated—and why they must be confronted head-on.
Chasing Every Trend
Just to Fit In Trying to keep up with “The Joneses” and what’s popular will leave your pockets empty and your identity con-
fused. Whether it’s fashion, tech, social media gimmicks, or lifestyle habits— you’re draining your resources chasing validation from people who aren’t even watching. Think for a minute. How much have you paid for a compliment? If you don’t know who you are, the world will sell you who to be— and charge you full price. Real success is built on authenticity and consistency—not trend-hopping. Partying Every Weekend Like Bills Don’t Exist Look, we all need a release. Life is stressful. But if your priority every weekend is the turn-up, while your responsibilities sit on the backburner, you’re setting yourself up for failure. That Friday-Saturday lifestyle has Monday morning consequences. Party hard, live loud, enjoy yourself—but not at the expense of your future or your goals.
Your fun shouldn’t come before your financial foundation. Balance is key. Handle your business first, then celebrate responsibly. Blowing Every Dime Like Payday Never Ends If your money disappears as fast as you make it, the issue isn’t your paycheck—it’s your spending and your lifestyle. Too many people treat payday like a celebration instead of a strategy. The check hits, and it’s gone—new clothes, fast food, luxury vibes—but nothing saved, nothing invested, nothing planned. You need a written budget—and the discipline to stick to it. A budget isn’t a punishment. It’s a spending, saving, and investing plan. It gives your money direction and purpose. Budgeting isn’t restrictive—it’s the roadmap to financial freedom. If you don’t tell your money where to go, don’t be shocked when it vanishes. Avoiding Challenges Like Growth Is a Curse Progress and pain come as a package deal. Think about labor—there’s discomfort, struggle and pressure before new life is born. Fittingly, “work” and “labor” are synonyms. And the only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. If you want to grow, you have to stretch. If you want better, be prepared to get uncomfortable. But too many people avoid anything that feels difficult— choosing ease over evolution. That mindset keeps them stuck. Growth requires effort. Transformation demands discomfort. Nothing grows in your comfort zone. And if it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you. Complaining About Everything but Changing Nothing Everybody has problems. But not everybody is doing something about them. Some folks complain so much they should start a podcast. Complaining without action is just noise. If you don’t
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Your budget isn’t just numbers—
Debt really is the nail in the coffin when it comes to keeping Black students and their families from financial success.
And student loans are only part of our problem. In our twenties, many of us may turn to credit cards for short-term fixes, but these credit lines tangle us up in long-term problems.
Step 4: Rewrite the Rules and Review Your Budget
What if we rewrote the rules? It’s up to us to build wealth for our families instead of passing down more generations of financial stress.
The Black community faces more predatory lending and higher interest rates. That’s why it’s critical to review your debt and make a plan to get it down, one payment at a time.
Shifting to a more savings-oriented mindset, not only helps actually start saving money, it can also give us peace of mind. Eventually, this allows us to reduce finance-related stress and improve our mental health.
Step 5: Save It Like You Made It (Because You Did!)
Once you’ve got your debt under control, even a small savings habit can make a big difference in your finances. A High Yield Savings Account is a great place to start— whether you’re saving for car maintenance, medical emergencies, or just building a safety net.
But remember: these accounts truly only offer peace of mind. To actually save money, you need a consistent form of income and good planning skills.
Saving is a privilege, though it shouldn’t be— that’s why many of us work multiple jobs to make ends meet or constantly come up with innovative ways to reduce expenses.
That’s why I started saving by moving in with my cousin last year. I know what you’re thinking: No, it wasn’t glamorous, but it worked. That’s the kind of honesty we need to have with ourselves and our finances.
We should feel more comfortable discussing our financial goals—think of it as a way of looking out for one another. This way, we can share in our struggles and triumphs navigating today’s economy. Dallas family, you don’t have to do this alone!
Now, let’s review the steps we can all take together to keep our financial health in check.
A Quick Recap:
We can rewrite our financial history with weekly budgeting, regular review of our debt, and saving with intention. But it’s up to us we can change the story. We can teach our next generation how to practice smart money habits. That way, they don’t have to learn the hard way like many of us did.
Your 5-Step Financial Health Check:
1. Know your monthly expenses.
2. Know your monthly income.
3. Build and review your budget weekly.
4. Review your current debt and create a plan.
5. Start saving—every little bit counts.
(Laketress Jones is a corporate finance manager and founder of Black Woman in Finance, LLC. She specializes in making business finance concepts easy to understand— especially for those people trying to grow their income, manage inflation or turn a side hustle into something sustainable. She believes financial literacy isn’t just about numbers, it’s about having a clear plan for what you want your money to do.)
(The post Your Budget Isn’t Just Numbers – It’s a Financial Check-Up appeared first on Dallas Weekly.)
Buy now, pay later is just fast food for your wallet
by Laura Onyeneho Houston Defender
I remember the day I paid off just ONE of my many last student loan installments. It took years of chipping away at debt, watching interest pile on like a punishment for trying to get ahead and it left me with a clear rule that I will never take on debt that I don’t have to.
So when I see the explosion of “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) loans, especially as more people miss payments, I feel like I’m watching a slow-motion train crash. Klarna just admitted that more of its users are falling behind. Bankrate and LendingTree say the same thing. Why are we adding another layer of debt to a country already buried in it?
U.S. consumer debt just hit a record $18.2 trillion. That includes mortgages, car loans, credit cards, student loans and now BNPL.
We are living in a nation addicted to borrowing, and companies are handing out financial sugar like Halloween candy, zero-interest, no credit check and four easy payments!
It’s all dressed up to look harmless. But that’s exactly the problem. BNPL is the fast food of finance. It’s built for impulse, just tap, swipe and walk away with the illusion of affordability. Can you split $40 into four payments? Sure, but that $40 is still money you don’t have. And what happens when that outfit, takeout order, or Coachella ticket gets stacked with five other “four easy payments”? Suddenly, your budget’s been shredded by a dozen miniloans. I get the appeal. Especially when interest rates are brutal, and wages haven’t kept up with the cost of living. I understand why younger shoppers and lower-income communities might reach for anything
that makes life feel just a little easier. A Federal Reserve study even showed that Black and Hispanic women are more likely to use BNPL. That’s not a coincidence. It’s targeted marketing, preying on the financial pressure people already feel. What concerns me is how normal this is becoming. Klarna teaming up with DoorDash means people are literally financing burgers. Billboard says over half of Coachella attendees used BNPL to buy tickets. We’re borrowing to attend music festivals and order fries.
What makes it worse is the lack of serious consequences, or at least, the illusion of it. Many BNPL platforms don’t report missed payments to credit bureaus. The late fees are small. There’s no scary interest rate staring you down like a credit card bill. It’s a system that lets you think, “Why not?”
Financial health doesn’t
come from stretching payments. It comes from not making the purchase in the first place when you can’t afford it. I say this as someone who’s been deep in debt. It’s easy to justify small decisions that snowball into big problems. “Just this once” becomes every week. One payment plan becomes five. Next thing you know, you’re juggling due dates like a parttime accountant. Just because the system lets you do something doesn’t mean it’s good for you. BNPL is marketed as smart spending, but it’s just a clever rebrand of the same old trap. We’ve got to do better. Personally, I’ve never used any of these services before. Student loans are the only debt I’m fighting to get rid of. I don’t need another stressor, unless it’s a house mortgage or a loan to expand a business venture.
like your situation—change it. If you can’t change it immediately—create a plan and work the plan. Vent if you need to—but then get back to work. Focus on the solution, not the problem. Being Straight Up Lazy Some people aren’t stuck—they’re just comfortable being idle. Talented, smart, fully capable—but lazy. Waiting on luck instead of putting in the work. Scrolling instead of studying. Sleeping on ideas instead of executing them. Success takes hustle. And hustle starts with effort. There are no shortcuts to excellence. Grind now or regret later—your choice. If you don’t work, you don’t eat. And I mean that literally and figuratively. Real Success Takes Grind, Discipline, Sacrifice, and Focus Success isn’t random. It’s not about luck or connections alone. Someone may provide you an opportunity or give you information you need but you still have to put in the work. It’s about commitment. It’s about doing what needs to be done—especially when you don’t feel like doing it. • Grind is showing up every day with purpose.
• Discipline is choosing your goals over your impulses.
need a perfect credit score or a six-figure salary. You need information, intention, and a plan. There are tools out there: assistance programs, flexible loan options, education courses, professionals who actually care about helping you succeed. Not everyone out there is trying to hustle you. Some of us are here to help you win.
Homeownership isn’t just about where you sleep, it’s about how you lead. It’s about creating a foundation for your children, your partner, your future. It’s about being the first one in your family to plant a flag. It’s about walking through a door that stays open behind you, so others can follow.
Start where you are. Ask the questions. Learn what you don’t know. Find people
who believe in your vision. And don’t stop. I believe in you. I care about you. And I’m walking with you. Property is Power!
(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.)
• Sacrifice is giving up short-term pleasure for long-term reward.
• Focus is ignoring distractions and staying locked in on your mission.
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.
Want peace of mind? Cut toxic habits and toxic people. Want success? Show up every single day and do the work. People love to share motivational quotes and repost inspirational reels— but success doesn’t come from watching others grind. It comes from putting in the work yourself. There’s a big difference between dreaming and doing. Don’t be mad at the results you didn’t get from the work you didn’t do. At the end of the day, your life is a reflection of your choices. You can’t keep blaming circumstances or pointing fingers. It’s time to take ownership. The habits keeping you broke and stuck?
They’re not just costing you money— they’re costing you peace, time, opportunities, and self-respect.
Stop chasing image. Start building substance.
Stop faking the lifestyle. Start living with purpose.
Stop waiting for the right time. Start now. The clock is ticking. Your goals are waiting. The only question is: are you going to keep making excuses—or are you going to make the necessary changes?
(Damon Carr, Money Coach & Tax Pro can be reached at 412-216-1013 or visit his website at www. damonmoneycoach.com)
Want financial freedom? Start budgeting.
You can’t change your life if you’re not willing to change your habits. If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got. It’s Time to Boss Up or Shut Up Here’s the hard truth: nobody is coming to save you. Not your job. Not your partner. Not the government. You are responsible for your life. If you want more, you have to do more.
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Guest Editorial
Oppose Trump’s immoral attack on democracy
President Donald Trump has used disputes over protests, deportations and tariffs to amass power.
In response to protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles, Trump has called in the Marines and the National Guard over the strong objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. For the first time in decades the National Guard was activated without a governor’s consent.
In a post on X last Saturday night Trump suggested the National Guard and not local police, quelled the violence that occurred. Trump made the claim the day before the first Guard troops had arrived.
The governor called Trump’s use of the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids, the start of an “assault” on democracy.
“California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next,” he said.
Trump’s actions are politically motivated.
As the Associated Press astutely observes:
“President Donald Trump is deploying a double standard in warning protesters against his immigration policies that they will get “hit” if they so much as spit on law enforcement. Trump made the threat Monday in a social media post as he called in the Marines on the third day of demonstrations in Los Angeles. Trump pardoned hundreds of people who did far worse than spit on police during the violent Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. His pardons freed those convicted of assaulting officers with flagpoles, hockey sticks and a crutch. They show how the president holds his supporters to different standards than his political foes.”
Since taking office in January, Trump has taken several actions that threaten American democracy and pushes the country closer toward autocracy — a system in which one leader holds unchecked power.
Trump’s immoral and dangerous actions include:
Calling up the National Guard and deploying marines to quell protests is the latest attempt by Trump to expand executive power and curb free expression.
“Allowing the President to unilaterally define the conditions when he may invoke the (AEA/Alien Enemies Act), and then summarily declare that those conditions exist, would remove all limitations to the Executive Branch’s authority under the AEA, and would strip the courts of their traditional role of interpreting Congressional statutes to determine whether a government official has exceeded the statute’s scope. The law does not support such a position,” said District Court Judge Fernandez Rodriguez, the first judge to find the government’s use of the Alien Enemies Act unlawful. Judge Rodriguez was appointed by Trump in his first term in office.
Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is investigating and seeking to intimidate major broadcast outlets.
Trump has withheld or threatened to withhold billions of dollars from universities, including Harvard, Princeton and Columbia by weaponizing concerns about anti-Semitism.
A recent survey of more than 500 political scientists found that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism.
“Kim Lane Scheppele, a Princeton sociologist who has spent years tracking Hungary, is also deeply concerned: “We are on a very fast slide into what’s called competitive authoritarianism” reports NPR.
NPR reports: “When these scholars use the term “authoritarianism,” they aren’t talking about a system like China’s, a one-party state with no meaningful elections. Instead, they are referring to something called “competitive authoritarianism,” the kind scholars say they see in countries such as Hungary and Turkey.
In a competitive authoritarian system, a leader comes to power democratically and then erodes the system of checks and balances. Typically, the executive fills the civil service and key appointments — including the prosecutor’s office and judiciary — with loyalists. He or she then attacks the media, universities and nongovernmental organizations to blunt public criticism and tilt the electoral playing field in the ruling party’s favor.”
So far, the courts have been the strongest defense against Trump’s attempts to expand executive power and curb freedom of expression.
However, more Americans need to speak up including leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties as well as business, education and media leaders. Citizens should call and write their representatives in Congress and engage in peaceful protests against the slide toward authoritarianism. Americans must act now to stop Trump and save democracy.
(Reprinted from the Philadelphia Tribune)
(TriceEdneyWire.com) - After Israel’s latest military attack on another nation, Trump says “I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum to “Make A Deal!”. That makes the U. S. a partner in this latest tragedy. When will our current U. S. leaders learn that you can’t threaten people believing your threats will make them do what you alone want them to do?
Israeli and American leaders must come to a place where they understand threats nor constant aggressive actions have any place on the road to peace. The world has grown tired of leaders of both nations—especially one who says Israel’s attack on Iran would be a miracle for the stock market!
Trump is applauding Netanyahu’s action against Iran. At the same time, he’s applauding his own efforts to try to tear down Los Angeles for being a city of immigrants and led by a Black woman. Mayor Karen Bass is doing her best to take care of her city, while Trump has his people igniting fear. He had his Secretary of Homeland Security and her agents attack a U. S. Senator for simply trying to ask a question! I applaud the millions participating in “Day of Defiance” and other protests. Our citizens are determined to exercise their constitutional rights. It’s a simple matter of free speech. How does a man who has had every opportunity to live a
(TriceEdneyWire.com) - Dyana Williams, Kenny Gamble and Ed Wright founded Black Music Month in June 1979. Also known as African American music Appreciation Month, it was first officially celebrated by President Jimmy Carter with a White House reception. Carter created a platform to recognize and celebrate music, and many Black music executives held celebrations over the years to recognize the month. President Bill Clinton issued a presidential proclamation recognizing Black Music Month. His proclamation was “recognizing the importance of African American music to global culture and calling on the people of the United States to study, reflect on, and celebrate African American Music”.
In 2009, President Barack Obama renamed it African American Music Appreciation Month. The Obama proclamation, elegantly written, talked about spirituals lifting voices into the heavens during enslavement, and talked about the various genres of Black music including blues, jazz soul, rock and roll, gospel, and symphony. In the 2016 proclamation, one of Obama’s last, the nation’s first Black president said, “African American music helps us imagine a better world and offers hope that we will get there together.”
Now in this Black Music Month 2025, we have lost a musical icon, one whose music was a soundtrack to my teen life. Sly Stone. the front man for the band Sly and the Family Stone, made his transition this month, and all I could
As Thomas Payne once wrote in his paper “The Crisis” during the American revolution, “These are the times that try men’s souls”. Nothing is more trying than seeing an American President, who has taken an oath to “Protect And Defend” the Constitution of the United States, blatantly ignore both his oath and the very document he swore to uphold. There is nothing worse than a lawless President, a Republican controlled Congress and a United States Supreme Court who refuse to take the necessary steps to protect the very people they too swore to ‘Protect and Defend”. While “We” the American people rise up in protest against the unconstitutional efforts of all the parties named above, we must do so within the confines of the law.
We must not allow our sense of moral righteousness and frustration to lead us to the very acts of violence that this President and all his agents want and need to justify their violation of laws that prohibit placing American troops on the grounds of the United States as prohibited by law. Again, we must go into the
gross life at the expense of others tell us we can’t even voice our objection to the so-called leader of our nation spending millions of our tax dollars on an event that uses millions of our tax dollars to prove he’s “A Strong Man” with what he calls a “Big Beautiful Bill” that authorizes him to take whatever he wants while disrespecting the least of these and telling them they can’t even object and if they do, they will be dealt with harshly!
Using our soldiers to march through our city, tearing up our streets that we’ll have to pay to replace, then threatening us with what he’ll do if he doesn’t like our objections. This is the same man who a short time ago was telling criminals he loves them for what they did to tear up our Capitol, to terrorize our elected leaders, to cause people to die and condone what he pardoned them for and sent them back to the streets to do whatever destructive thing they want to do—yet leave law abiding citizens to believe that what he was doing was patriotic!
He has done everything he could to show us how little he thinks of
us. He overruled the wishes of the Governor and Mayor and sent National Guard to Los Angeles, with a threat to send in the Marines to agitate people. That caused more people to go into the street to protest!
In this period of Trump’s chaos, the Black Mayor of Newark was arrested by federal authorities. Children are being terrorized. A Black United States’ Congresswoman was not only arrested, but indicted for doing her duty for her constituents. A Black woman mayor had her city illegally bombarded with federal troops—and the threat of sending Marines in on top of 4,000 National Guard!
This all happened before a judge told Trump to back off. We expected an appeal because Trump is not known for respecting the law. Meanwhile, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California was violently manhandled for asking a question at a press conference that impacted his constituents!
ICE has been terrorizing children and their families. Honest working people who’ve been doing work in the country for many years are being uprooted for Trump’s pleasure! Black history is forbidden. When will it stop and who is next for whatever Trump wants? It could be you or me if we don’t fight against his cruel and illegal actions.
(Dr. E. Faye Williams is President of The
do was reflect on the music, the lyrics, and the meaning of the unifying messages. Who could sit when the DJ was playing Dance to the Music, or I Want to Take You Higher, or Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again. Who could not think about unity and acceptance when they heard Everyday People? Who could not fail to feal affirmed when they heard Everybody is A Star, with the powerful line. – “I love you for who you are, not for who you feel a need to be.” Sly Stone mixed genres – funky, soul, rock, gospel, and psychodelia. His was ahead of the curve with his multiracial band, something not often seen in the late sixties and early seventies. Some of his music became anthems, while others remain summertime/family picnic staples – like Family Affair, Hot Fun in the Summertime, or Dance to the Music. What a joy and inspiration Sly Stone was. Indeed, I can’t think about Sly Stone’s music without humming or getting out of my desk chair to shake my stuff, if only for a minute.
It is unlikely that the current President will issue a proclamation to celebrate African American Music Appreciation Month. It would likely violate his anti-DEI edicts. We don’t need Presidential approv-
al, or anyone else’s for that matter, to appreciate the richness of Black music. The election of this President ought to inspire us to excavate our history, to celebrate the genius of James Weldon and his brother J. Rosamond Johnson. It ought to remind us of those early musicians who took spoons to pots to create a beat, or those gospel singers who invoked the sweet chariot coming forth to carry me home. It ought to lift subterfuge, how we used hidden meaning in songs to communicate. Our nation is under siege. The man who lives in the House that Enslaved People Built has deployed 4000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles against the wishes of Governor Gavin Newsome and Mayor Karen Bass. His clueless Defenses Secretary can’t say what military operations will be affected by these deployments. We are in for a fight for our democracy, and the World Bank has said that the world economy will be in the worse shape it has been since the 1960s. And yet I write about music because we need the joy. Enslaved people sang. Incarcerated people sang. Civil rights workers and protestors sang. Because, as President Obama said, “music helps us a better world, and offer us hope that we can get there together.” Let’s celebrate Black Music and Sly Stone this month. Let us savor our music and revel in our rich history.
(Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an economist and author based in Washington DC. Juliannemalveaux.com)
Congressional District of each and every Republican Member of Congress who remains silent against the President’s violation of his Oath and the law that he swore to uphold. We must not allow the ICE arrest and protest to become a distraction from our fight to block Trump’s “Big Beautiful bill” which would literally kill millions of Americans with the loss of healthcare insurance and benefits. We must laser focus on the recall and removal from office all vulnerable Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, to ensure the defeat of this Bill. We can fight ICE long after the Bill is defeated, but less not be tricked by the forces of Trump. “We The People” must keep up the protest and “We the Press” must stay the course as the Trusted Messengers, the Black
Press in particular, have been for 198 years. Black people in particular can not afford to sit this one out, no matter what the rationale. We are all in this boat together. We can be angry with the President, but let’s not forget those both with him and standing behind him. Let’s think about what we will do about them.
We can cover the ongoing boycotts in corporate America, but let’s not get caught up in them. Let us remember that there are only three things that corporate America understands: (1) Loss Profits, (2) Bad Publicity, and (3) A Vote cast against Their Interest. We, the Press, have the job of reporting on how each of these elements are affecting corporate America as we go about our task of daily news reporting. The same applies to the President and his conduct under the rule of law. Let us help each other with this critical task so key to survival of democracy and our own survival during “These Are The Times That Try Men’s Souls”.
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Juneteenth is about the power of truth
My grandmother taught me we are all born into a great, unfinished struggle. She meant the struggle for justice. For truth. For dignity.
Next week is Juneteenth, a time of year I always think about this lesson. I think about all the freedom fighters — famous and forgotten — who walked before us. And I think about all of us who walk now, still trying to finish what they began. Juneteenth is not just about the day the last enslaved people in Texas finally learned they were free — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It is about the delay. The gap between law and justice. It is about how long freedom takes when you leave it up to power. But most of all, Juneteenth is about the power and importance of truth.
In every generation, there are people who want to bury the truth. We are living through one of those times right now.
Recently I wrote about how the Trump administration’s attempts to omit Black heroes and accomplishments from the American story — as well as those from other marginalized groups — in its scorched earth assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
As we fight the erasure of important heroes and historymakers from our past, there are pathbreaking heroes of today’s generations who have been targeted. I was recently reminded of this by Maj. Elizabeth Stephens.
“There’s a lot of focus on dead people, but a lot of us are still here,” Maj. Stephens told me. “People don’t understand what it’s like to watch yourself be erased, watch your achievements invalidated and the recognition you’ve received for those achievements taken away.”
Among her many distinctions, Maj. Stephens is the first Black female graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy to be selected as a naval aviator in the Marine Corps. She was the first Black woman to pilot the CH-46E and the first woman to pilot the MV-22 Osprey. For years, pictures of her and commemorations of these groundbreaking accomplishments were regular features in government buildings, naval events, and on military websites. Now, just because she is a Black woman, her image and achievements are being swept into the dustbin, along with many other notable examples of Black heroism, as part of the Trump adminis-
Jealous
tration’s “DEI purge.”
Indeed, if you Google Elizabeth Okoreeh-Baah — Maj. Stephens’ name at the time she served — one of the top results is a link to the U.S. Department of Defense for a photo titled “Osprey Pilot” with the description, “Marine Corps Capt. Elizabeth A. Okoreeh-Baah, the first female MV22 Osprey pilot, stands on a flightline in Iraq after a combat operation, March 12, 2008.” However, click the link and you end up on a defense. gov page with the error message “404 — Page Not Found.”
At least this was the situation last Friday when I checked. I searched her name on defense. gov just in case the page was moved. No results. Burying the achievements and contributions of our heroes rewrites history to fit a warped narrative of America that serves no one. What does serve all our interests is remembering. And, on Juneteenth especially, that includes remembering not only that historical nail in slavery’s coffin, but the people, places, and events that were part of the long fight to end that abhorrent institution.
Remembering that Harriet Tubman was not only the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad but a nurse and a spy for the Union Army and the first woman in U.S. history to lead a military raid. That raid — at Combahee Ferry in South Carolina — freed more than 700 people in a single night.
Remembering that Black churches like Quinn Chapel AME — the oldest Black church in Chicago — and Pilgrim Baptist in St. Paul, were not just places of worship. They were stations on the railroad to freedom.
Remembering the story of Joshua Glover — a man who escaped slavery in Missouri, was captured in Wisconsin under the Fugitive Slave Act, and then liberated from jail by a crowd of thousands of abolitionists. His rescue helped spark the creation of the Republican Party — back when it was the party of Lincoln.
These are not footnotes. They are the foundation. They tell us something essential about who we have been, who we are, and who we can still be. Now, as the Trump administration attacks anything and everything recognizing diversity, as it moves to gut staff and resources from the very departments tasked with preserving our history, we need to be worried. We need to be worried about the future of sites that are part of the National Park Service’s Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program.
The battle to preserve our history — including the history still being made today — is not separate from the fight for our future. What we remember shapes what we do. When we tell the stories of the people who fought for freedom, we see ourselves in them — and find the courage to keep going.
Juneteenth is about facing the hardest parts of our past without flinching and celebrating the progress we have made. It is about believing that America can still become the country it claims to be.
That belief is what sustained my grandmother. It is what fuels me. And it can be a source of hope for all of us.
(Ben Jealous is the executive director of the Sierra Club and a Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.)
The skeptic’s rule concerning White genocide in South Africa
The United Nations was founded in 1945 to promote international peace following the devastation of World War II.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was the UN’s first human rights treaty, and genocide was defined as “acts that are committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.”
The UN’s mission was to prevent another Holocaust. More importantly, all UN members were duty-bound to stop genocide wherever it occurred, but the UN failed to do so in Cambodia (1970s), Rwanda (1990s), and Srebrenica in the former Yugoslavia (1990s).
How did that happen?
UN members with no national stake in these regions colluded not to label the atrocities as genocide so that they would not be obligated to intervene.
The term “genocide” is never used when it happens, but it’s frequently used to describe other situations that don’t fit the definition. Therefore, the skeptic’s rule states that if there is a public outcry over genocide, it has most likely not occurred, because actual genocides are met with silence.
In 2019, nationally recognized attorney Benjamin Crump published the book Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People. Crump said that America is systematically killing Black people with police bullets or long prison sentences, which is equal to genocide.
The Washington Post launched its police shooting database in 2015.
Between 2015 and 2019, there were 4,923 fatal police shootings. There were 111 unarmed Black victims, accounting for 1 percent of the total. There is no indication that the police officers purposefully killed 111 people because they were Black. Nonetheless, Crump invoked genocide.
The skeptic’s rule definitely applies here.
Every year, American police shoot and kill more than 1,000 people. The vast majority of the victims were armed. If activists like Crump believe these figures are too high, they should collaborate with the police to develop strategies to reduce the number of fatal shootings.
Allegations of genocide may sell books, but they do nothing else.
In December of 2023, South Africa
(TriceEdneyWire.com) - “Our findings suggest that Black leaders are required to meet a higher bar for advancement and point to the need to level the playing field for advancing up the organizational hierarchy.” –
researchers Seung-Hwan Jeong, Ann Mooney, Yangyang Zhang, and Timothy J. Quigley
As a hostile backlash to racial justice and gender equality wipes out desperately-needed corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, the latest Fortune 500 rankings marked two revealing milestones.
Though only nine of the companies – 1.8 percent – are led by Black CEOs and just 11 percent are helmed by women, both metrics are record highs in the 70-year history of the iconic list.
The nine Black CEOs, who are to be congratulated, are:
* Marvin Ellison of Lowe’s
* Thasunda Brown Duckett or Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA)
* Toni Townes-Whitley of Science Applications International
* Christopher Womack of Southern Company
* Calvin Butler Jr. of Exelon
* Dave Bozeman of C.H. Robinson Worldwide
* Michael Bender of Kohl’s
* René Jones of M&T Bank
* David Rawlinson II of QVC Group
While Fortune noted in its announcement the significance of women CEOs breaking the 10 percent mark for the first time, neither the number of Black CEOs nor its implication were mentioned. In a separate article, however, the magazine reveals that only 28 of the more than 2,000 CEOs represented on the list since 1955 have been Black.
The nine Black CEOs on the 2025 list together represent more than 230 years of corporate executive experi-
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went before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and charged Israel with committing genocide against the Palestinians following Hamas’s October 7 attack. South Africa alleged when Israel carried out air strikes, they failed to prevent harm to civilians, proving their genocidal intent. The Hamas-run health ministry estimated that Israel’s war effort had killed over 35,000 Palestinians at the time South Africa made its case. Israel called South Africa’s charges baseless.
Israel stated that their intentions are to eliminate Hamas, not the Palestinian people. Israel insisted that it was fighting a war of self-defense and had taken all necessary precautions under international law to avoid civilian casualties, such as airdropping flyers warning of impending attacks, calling civilians’ phones to urge them to leave targeted buildings, and aborting some strikes when civilians were in the way.
The ICJ has no power to enforce its ruling, but it found in favor of South Africa. Did the ICJ’s ruling represent an official declaration of genocide, and were UN members expected to help prevent it, or did the skeptics’ rule still apply?
The ICJ’s president clarified that the court did not rule on the plausibility that Israel’s military campaign amounted to genocide, but that South Africa had the right to present the case to the court. The ICJ ordered Israel to “take all measures within its power” to prevent acts of genocide. In other words, the ICJ directed Israel to maintain its current course of conduct.
However, if Israel is pursuing a war of retribution rather than self-defense, the absence of genocidal intent does not relieve Israel of responsibility for every Palestinian death; charges of genocide are not required to make that case.
Last month, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa met with US President Donald Trump, who claimed that there was an ongoing genocide against White farmers in South Africa. Ramaphosa denied the charges. He stated that the violence experienced by White farmers impacts all South African communities because South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world. Reports on the violence Ramaphosa referenced go back decades.
A 2003 report by the South African Police Service National Operational Coordinating Committee said that “farm attacks” refer to acts aimed at residents, workers, and visitors to farms, whether with the intent to murder, rape, rob, or inflict bodily harm. Moreover, ideology, labor disputes, land issues, and revenge motivate all actions aimed at disrupting commercial farming activities.
In 2018, Newsweek reported that activists claimed South African authorities were tacitly approving attacks on the country’s White farmers, resulting in one murder every five days, while the police were ignoring the violence. The White nationalist lobbying group AfriForum said that when lawmakers passed a motion that could see land seized from farmers without compensation, it sent a message that landowners could be attacked with impunity. The Head of Safety at AfriForum declared, “A crime war has engulfed our rural areas.”
AfriForum described the violence as a “crime war,” not genocide. Therefore, it’s the South African government’s responsibility to prevent crime, not the international community’s.
Trump invoked genocide to justify granting White South Africans refugee status while barring refugees from countries such as Sudan, but the Biden administration determined in January 2025, before Trump’s inauguration, that the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary rebel group, had committed genocide during Sudan’s ongoing civil war.
The skeptic’s rule applies to Trump’s claim of White genocide in South Africa, but it appears Trump gave the previous administration’s determination of genocide in Sudan a moment of silence.
ence and nine advanced degrees. The companies they lead made up more than $244.76 billion in revenue last year. The facts are inconvenient for an administration and its allies who are actively promoting racist lies about “reverse discrimination” and “lowered standards” associated with diversity and inclusion initiatives. In reality, the bar for advancement is significantly higher for women and Black CEOs. While men are more likely to advance directly to the CEO spot from lesser roles like division head, women are more likely to have served as President of a company before making the leap to CEO. And Black CEOs, on average, have accumulated years of education, advanced degrees, and elite education than their white peers, according to research.
The qualifications of Black CEOs generally are so impressive that companies commonly see their stock prices jump in the days after their appointments are announced.
“Put simply, our study suggests that it is not enough for aspiring Black CEOs to be just as good as their White counterparts—they must be substantially better to make it to the helm of firms,” the researchers wrote. “Until this is addressed, the poor representation of Black leaders in firms, and the differential in market returns to their appointments, will likely continue.”
The higher bar that keeps women and people of color from advancing
up the corporate ladder is not only unjust, it’s bad business. More diverse companies report higher revenue, and are more likely to be profitable; the vast majority of companies with strong DEI in their management teams will surpass their financial goals.
But, like segregationists who would rather drain their community’s pool than to allow equal access for everyone, anti-diversity activists are pressuring companies to scale back or eliminate efforts to remove barriers to equity and inclusion.
My fellow civil rights leaders and I make the risks very clear in a letter we sent to Fortune 1,000 CEOs. “These capitulations weaken businesses and the American economy more broadly. And, these shortsighted decisions make our workplaces less safe and less inclusive for hard-working Americans.
“Abandoning DEI will have longterm consequences on business success -- ultimately shirking fiduciary responsibility to employees, consumers, and shareholders. Businesses that fail to include women, people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people neglect their financial duty to recruit and retain top talent from across the full talent pool and limit their company’s performance overall.”
The slow progress represented by the Fortune 500 list exposes the lies in the Trump administration’s DEI propaganda. In capitulating to these lies, corporations are denying themselves access to an entire cross-section of talent and expertise, shortchanging their stockholders and customers, and lowering standards of excellence for the entire country.
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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, JULY 7, 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, JULY 8, 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, JULY 14, 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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DEFENDANT(S): SHANNON LEE MAYS
330,380.66 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jill M.
of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of South Fayette HAVING ERECTED THEREON A
RESIDENTIAL DWELL-
AND NUMBERED AS 8022
DR., BRIDGEVILLE, PA
DEED BOOK VOLUME 18459, PAGE 192. BLOCK & LOT NO. 399-B-53.
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DEFENDANT(S): Gary E. Schrag Sr. and Gary E. Schrag Jr. ************** CASE NO: MG-24-000248 ********* DEBT: $44,617.46 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
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, and Borough of Brackenridge: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 721 MOR GAN STREET, BRACKENRIDGE, PA 15014. DEED BOOK VOLUME 13779, PAGE 419. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1224-B-00310-0000-00.
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DEFENDANT(S): Jayne Bair-Lott and John Lott
CASE NO: MG-21-000269
********* DEBT: $51,919.25 ********* 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
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND MUNICPALITY OF PENN HILLS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2308 MARGARET STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. INSTRUMET NO. 2004-28214. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER: 0632-S00201-0000-00.
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DEFENDANT(S): Any and All Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and Any and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Darcel E. Thompson, Deceased, Tamika Williams Known Heir of Darcel E. Thompson, Deceased, Twaina L. Williams Known Heir of Darcel E. Thompson, Deceased, Darcel E. Thompson **************
CASE NO: MG-22-000200
DEBT: $140,908.06
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
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In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Mills: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 9624 Emerson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 more fully described in Deed Book 8159, Page 93. Lot and Block: 0295-P-00244-0000-00
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DEFENDANT(S): Russel S. Puel and Alice C. Puel ************** CASE NO: MG-22-000234 ********* DEBT: $60,754.03
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
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, and Borough of Carnegie: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 311 RUN STREET, CARNEGIE, PA 15106. DEED BOOK VOLUME 6110, PAGE 707. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0103-F00070-0000-00.
6JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S) MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CITY OF MCKEESPORT Vs DEFENDANT(S): DONNELL MORRIS ************** CASE NO: GD-23-009042
DEBT: $12,367.03
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) AMANDA L. MULHEREN
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, CITY OF MCKEESPORT: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1715-1721 COURSIN STREET, MCKEESPORT, PA 15132. DEED BOOK 17028, PAGE 580 BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 382-G-289
7JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): THERESA M. BRANCH ************** CASE NO: GD-24-012398 ********* DEBT: $68,603.09
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) PURCELL, KRUG AND HALLER 1719NORTHFRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17102
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 717-234-4178 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of McKees Rocks: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 102 STATE STREET, McKEES ROCKS, PA 15136. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16025, PAGE 500. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 72-J-1 l.
8JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): ANGELA M. PELLING ************** CASE NO: MG-25-000160 ********* DEBT: $52,243.65
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) PURCELL, KRUG AND HALLER 1719NORTHFRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17102
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 717-234-4178
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 2nd Ward of the City of Clairton: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 527 UNION AVENUE, CLAIRTON, PA 15025. DEED BOOK VOLUME 13464, PAGE 552. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1002-H-25I.
9JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): Ella Mae Wood CASE NO: MG-24-000950 ********* DEBT: $40,826.04 *********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Powers Kim, LLC ********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Eight Neshaminy Interplex, Suite 2I 5, Trevose, PA I9053
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 215-942-2090
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Dravosburg: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 37 Charles Street, Dravosburg, Pennsylvania 15034. Deed Book Volume 9118, Page 612, Block and Lot Number 309-G-112.
10JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S) MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CITY OF MCKEESPORT Vs DEFENDANT(S): KYLER SAWYER AND BRITTANY SAWYER ************** CASE NO: GD-24-008111
DEBT: $8,769.78
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, CITY OF MCKEESPORT: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 819 HARTMAN STREET, MCKEESPORT, PA 15132. DEED BOOK 16271, PAGE 173. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 380-H-305.
11JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S) EAST ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES Vs DEFENDANT(S): PAREI VENTURES, LLC
CASE NO: GD-23-012449
*********
DEBT: $7,987.39
*********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)
CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 809 WESTBURY ROAD, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK 17050, PAGE 178. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 377-M-099.
12JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S) EAST ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOROUGH OF EAST MCKEESPORT Vs DEFENDANT(S): PAREI VENTURES, LLC ************** CASE NO: GD-23-013060 ********* DEBT: $6,095.00 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)
13JUL25
14JUL25
CASE NO: MG-23-000752 ********* DEBT: $155,977.10 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) MDK Legal ********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Ingram: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 79 Evans Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. Document Number2014-6131, Deed Book Volume 15541, Page 295. Block and Lot Number 0070-R-00031-0000-00.
15JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): Stanley D. Henry ************** CASE NO: MG-24-000238
DEBT:
BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2418 CHARLES STREET, HOMESTEAD, PA 15120. DEED BOOK VOLUME 09418, PAGE 195. BLOCKAND LOT NUMBER 0181-A-002030000-00.
19JUL25 DEFENDANT(S): Darria M. Singleton
NO: MG-24-000666
$92,857.85
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Powers Kim, LLC
OF ATTORNEY(S)
NUMBER:
and Lot Number I 81.-F-285.
20JUL25
AMY DeSHETLER, MICHAEL SHAW AND MARY BETH SHAW, KNOWN HEIRS OF BERNARD R. SHAW, DECEASED, AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BERNARD R. SHAW, DECEASED, AND THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, CASE NO: MG-24-000975
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Brentwood: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS l I7 CATSKILL AVENUE PITTSBURGH, PA 15227. DEED BOOK VOLUME 12503, PAGE 241. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 137-L-150. 21JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): Guyanna Runion Ackison,
23JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): SCOTT CARMINO, TARA CARMINO CASE NO. MG-16-000003
DEBT $89,900.39 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)
SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 741 PRINCE STREET, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK 13950, PAGE 88. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 546-E-356.
24JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): GINA HUDEC AKA GINA M. HUDEC, TIMOTHY HUDEC AKA TIMOTHY A. HUDEC
**************
CASE NO. MG-19-000342
DEBT $132,951.54
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 **************************
SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF PLUM:
HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELL-
ING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 232 CARRIAGE BOULEVARD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15239. DEED BOOK 9418, PAGE 274. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 741-B-228
25JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): ROBERT DERRICK HANKO, JENNIFER M. HANKO
CASE NO. MG-24-000696 *********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)
SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322
SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHEN’Y, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES:
PARCEL ONE:
HAVING ERECTED TIIBREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 820 SYLVAN AVENUE, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16088, PAGE 378, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 643-E-49
PARCEL TWO: HAVING THEREON A VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AS SYLVAN AVENUE, NORTH VERSAILLES, PA 15137. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16088, PAGE 378, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 643-F-291.
26JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): MICHAEL SZUDARK
CASE NO. MG-23-000130
********* DEBT $237,971.55 *********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C.
**********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)
SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322
SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF ROSS:
HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 4523 ZANE PLACE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15214. DEED BOOK 15568, PAGE 20. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 163-B-252.
27JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): LINDSAY KRETZLER
CASE NO. MG-25-000091 DEBT $101,636.27 *********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C. **********************
SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF ROSS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 220 GASS ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15229. DEED BOOK 17655, PAGE 72. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 249-G-91.
28JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): SAMANTHA SINGER, WILLIAM J. SINGER
CASE NO. MG-23-000507 ********* DEBT $97,347.13 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) KML LAW GROUP, P.C. **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)
SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322
SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF HARRISON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1103 LIBERTY AVENUE, NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA 15065. DEED BOOK 18296, PAGE-362. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1519-K-59.
BOY
29JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): SUSAN D. POTOCHNIK; PATRICK H. POTOCHNIK
CASE NO. GD-24-012589
DEBT $26,590.88
*********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054
**************************
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER:
855-225-6906 ********************************
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Wilkins:
Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 121 Farnsworth Avenue Turtle Creek, PA 15145. Deed Book Volume 8369, Page 151. Block and Lot 0454-C-00018-0000-00.
30JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Athanasios N. Contis, Deceased
CASE NO. GD-25-000304
DEBT $159,311.66
*********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)
The Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC
**********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)
1310 Industrial Boulevard, 1• Floor, Suite JOI, Southampton, PA \8966
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER:
215-942-9690
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Baldwin:
HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 326 JEAN DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15236. DEED BOOK VOLUME 5733, PAGE 877. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 315-L-210.
31JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): Timothy Gaber
CASE NO. MG-24-000768
DEBT $179,175.28
*********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S)
The Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC
**********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 1310 Industrial Boulevard, 1• Floor, Suite JOI, Southampton, PA \8966
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Jefferson Hills:
HAVING ERECTED THEREON A
TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 916 GILL HALL ROAD, CLAIRTON, PA 15025. DEED BOOK VOLUME 17870, PAGE 80. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER. 768-N-70.
32JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Monnie E. Keith
************** CASE NO. GD 14-000561
DEBT $7,534.95
*********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: Having erected thereon a one and a half story’ house being known 7861 Mark Drive, Verona, PA 15147. Deed Book Volume 11017, Page 581. Block & Lot No. 230-G-264.
33JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): GARY L. DONAHUE, II, SOLELY AS HEIR OF GERALD L. DONAHUE, DECEASED; KEITH DONAHUE, SOLELY AS HEIR OF GERALD L. DONAHUE, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, AND/OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF GERALD L. DONAHUE, DECEASED; KIMBERLY A. PERUSSO, AS HEIR AND ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF GERALD L. DONAHUE, DECEASED CASE NO. MG-22-000349
DEBT $118,966.28
38JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): CHRISTOPHER L. RUTKOWSKI, JAMIE MARIE ZINGARO RUTKOWSKI aka JAMIE MARIE Z. RUTKOWSKI, and THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CASE NO. MG-25-000031
DEBT $48,504.03
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) PURCELL, KRUG AND HALLER 1719NORTH FRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17102 **************************
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 717-234-4178
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Harrison: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1322 8TH AVENUE, NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA 15065. DEED BOOK VOLUME 14429, PAGE 513. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1368-J-16.
35JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): Lavonne Marie Mutchler, as Surviving Heir of Patricia L. Beckwith, Deceased and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Patricia L. Beckwith, Deceased ************** CASE NO. MG-24-000986 ********* DEBT $108,305.31
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire ********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF HARRISON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1304 HARVARD AVENUE, NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA 15065. DEED BOOK VOLUME 15252, PAGE 54. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1519-C-143.
36JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): Joyce M. Walters a/k/a Joyce Walters, Vernon M. Walters and The United States of America ************** CASE NO. MG-23-000632 ********* DEBT $310,330.22
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 MONROEVILLE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 108 WINDSOR COURT, MONROEVILLE, PA 15146. DEED BOOK VOLUME 11096, PAGE 216. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 860-C-141.
37JUL25
DEFENDANT(S): Ashley Stover, as Surviving Heir of Mark J. Ventrone, Deceased, Kelly Ventrone, As Surviving Heir of Mark J. Ventrone, Deceased, Lori Ventrone, As Surviving Heir of Mark J. Ventrone, Deceased and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Mark J. Ventrone, Deceased CASE NO. GD-24-003733
DEBT $103,630.96
********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire ********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF BRENTWOOD: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2928 BREVARD AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15227. DEED BOOK
41JUL25
II:
HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 714 ARMANDALE STREEl PITTSBURGH, PA 15212, DEED BOOK VOLUME 16903, PAGE 251, BLOCK AND LOT 23-E-321
PARCEL Ill: BEING A VACANT LOT ON COLUMBIA PLACE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15212, DEED BOOK VOLUME 16903, PAGE 251, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 23-E-313
PARCEL IV: BEING A VACANT LOT ON COLUMBIA PLACE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15212, DEED BOOK VOLUME 1690: PAGE 257, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 23-E-312
44JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Turn
G.D. 23-006857
$2,246.18 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Swissvale: Having erected thereon a two-story
48JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Club Elegance LLC ************** CASE NO. GD 23-011756
DEBT $2,460.36
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 **************************
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Braddock: Having erected thereon a three story bar being known as 804- 808 Braddock Avenue, Braddock, PA 15104. Deed Book Volume 15525, Page 479. Block & Lot No. 237-H-26.
49JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of Heidelberg Vs. DEFENDANT(S): George E. Tracey, Jr. ************** CASE NO. GD 23-009969 DEBT $6,279.60
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 **************************
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Heidelberg: Having erected thereon a one-story brick house being known as 526 Madison Avenue, Carnegie, PA 15106. Deed Book Volume 17051, Page 457. Block & Lot No. IOI-F-259.
50JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Francis W. Rambo
CASE NO. G.D. 24-006208 ********* DEBT $3,426.86 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)
525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Scott: Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 328 Boroview Avenue, Carnegie, PA 15106. Deed Book Volume 8957, Page 331. Block & Lot No. 102-F-218.
51JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Lauren Jane Holsinger CASE NO. GD 23-014383 ********* DEBT $3,632.32 *********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of White Oak: Having erected thereon a one-story log house being known as 2625 Poinsettia Drive, McKeesport, PA 15131. Deed Book Volume 17959, Page 213. Block & Lot No. 462-S-368.
52JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Michael A. Sante ************** CASE NO. GD 23-006679 ********* DEBT $3,368.96
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Stowe: Having erected thereon a one-story frame house being known as 1512 Wooward Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 16854, Page 370. Block & Lot No. 73-J-213.
53JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Daniel P. Hannon ************** CASE NO. GD 23-013941 ********* DEBT $4,365.19
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 **************************
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Tarentum: Having erected thereon a two-story four family house being known as 639 East 9th Avenue, Tarentum, PA 15084. Deed Book Volume 13069, Page 417. Block & Lot 1224-A-158.
55JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Gregory J. Hoburg & Ursula M. Hoburg
CASE NO. GD 23-002997 ********* DEBT
$4,300.83 *********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
**********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)
525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Shaler: Having erected thereon a one-story brick house being known as 124 Friday Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15209. Deed Book Volume 9042, Page 432. Block & Lot No. l18-M-220.
57JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Robert J. Myers & Margaret M. Myers ************** CASE NO. GD. 24-006863 ********* DEBT $2,203.39
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
**************************
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587
********************************
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Tarentum: Having erected thereon a two-story brick house being known as 435 West 9th Avenue; Tarentum, PA 15084. Deed Book Volume I7580,Page 44. Block & Lot No. 1087-D-348.
58JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of McKees Rocks Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Andre Tangila Katompa CASE NO. GD 23-002581 DEBT $2,351.53 *********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 **************************
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of McKees Rocks: Having erected thereon a two-story brick house being known as 1012 Church Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 15136. Deed Book Volume 14776, Page 137. Block & Lot No. 72-S-92.
59JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Parei Ventures LLC ************** CASE NO. GD 24-007911
DEBT $2,649.08
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
**************************
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587
********************************
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of North Versailles:
Having erected thereon a one-story brick house being known 616 Maplehurst Drive, North Versailles, PA 15137. Deed Book Volume 17779, Page 433. Block & Lot No. 459-F-37.
60JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Doug Hartpence, Executor of the Estate of Helen Jeannine Hartpence, Deceased
CASE NO.: GD 24-007444
DEBT: $2,802.59
*********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
**********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)
525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Moon: Having erected thereon a one-story brick house being lmown·125 South Jamestown Road, Coraopolis, PA 15108. Deed Book Volume 17165, Page 578, Block& Lot No. 598-B0382
61JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Karen L. Nelson
CASE NO.: GD 24-007440 ********* DEBT: $2,198.63 *********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)
525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of McKeesportWard 9: Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 2410 Grandview Avenue, McKeesport, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume 14514, Page 87, Block & Lot No. 464-D-25.
62JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny
Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Mallory Winbush
CASE NO.: GD 23-004200 *********
DEBT: $2,864.08 *********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of McKeesportWard 6: Having erected thereon a one-story brick house being known as 1001 Park Street, McKeesport, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume 15283, Page 72 Block & Lot No. 307S-322.
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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Victoria Griffith ************** CASE NO.: GD 23-009321 *********
DEBT: $3,249.04
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Elizabeth: Having erected thereon a one-story brick house being known as 5915 Meade Street, McKeesport, PA 15135. Deed Book Volume 15581, Page 313. Block & Lot No. 653-G-30.
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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Kayla Mink ************** CASE NO.: GD 23-009174 *********
DEBT:$3,487.93
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 **************************
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Elizabeth: Having erected thereon a one-story brick house being known as 219 Howell Street, Elizabeth, PA 15037. Deed Book Volume 16010, Page 525. Block & Lot No. 1129J-48.
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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Chris R. Cowden
************** CASE NO.: GD 24-008313
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DEBT: $2,821.43
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 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 Moon: Having erected thereon a one-story frame house being known as 1105 Kings Lane, Coraopolis, PA 15108. Deed Book Volume 9589, Page 629. Block & Lot No. 810-F218.
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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Amy K. Howard & Curt C. Bergman
************** CASE NO.: GD 22-000340
DEBT: $6,116.90
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Town of McCandless: Having erected thereon a two-story brick house being known as 8201 Perry Highway, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. Deed Book Volume 16396, Page 97. Block & Lot No. 61l-G-212.
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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): William L. Ford Jr. & Valetta B. Ford
CASE NO.: GD 24-008599 ********* DEBT: $4,471.42 *********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place, Ste. 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: Having erected thereon a two-story brick house being known
PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Barbara Donato,
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PLAINTIFF(S): CHARTIERS VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT Vs. DEFENDANT(S): JAMES R. KING ************** CASE NO.: GD-23-008582 *********
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PLAINTIFF(S): Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough Vs.
CHELSEA K. LONG ************** CASE NO.: GD 24-005418
DEBT: $34,912.27
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 **************************
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A THREE
FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 830 S. TRENTON AVE., PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 18827, PAGE 514. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 176-K-155.
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PLAINTIFF(S): Elizabeth Forward School District Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): GREGORY ALLEN BELUSCHAK CASE NO.: GD 24-012664
DEBT: $20,685.15 *********
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203
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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Forward: PARCEL 1: BEING ALL THAT AGRICULTURAL VACANT LAND KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 5696 ELLA HOLLOW ROAD, ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK 16633, PAGE 567. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 2085-K-193; AND PARCEL 2: BEING ALL THAT VACANT LAND KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS ELLA HOLLOW ROAD, ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK 16633, PAGE 567. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 2085-E-121. 84JUL25
PLAINTIFF(S): Elizabeth Forward School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): JOHN F. KLINGENSMITH Ill AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ************** CASE NO.: GD 24-007359 ********* DEBT: $20,075.40
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400
SHORT DESCRIPTION:In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Elizabeth: PARCEL ONE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 315 OBERDICK DRIVE, MCKEESPORT, PA 15135. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16635, PAGE 561. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 652-6-195;
PARCEL TWO: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING
BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 515
TWELE ROAD, GREENOCK, PA 15047. DEED BOOK VOLUME 17305, PAGE 399. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 651-K-116.
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PLAINTIFF(S): South Allegheny School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Scott Rectenwald ************** CASE NO.: GD 24-010996
DEBT: $11,816.52
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Port Vue: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1204 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD REAR, MCKEESPORT, PA 15133. DEED BOOK 17045, PAGE 328. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 383-G-116.
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PLAINTIFF(S): Penn Hills School District and Municipality of Penn Hills Vs. DEFENDANT(S): FREDERICK BERNARD JACKSON ************** CASE NO.: GD 22-014750
DEBT: $7,803.47
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 **************************
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 9500 FRANKSTOWN RD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK 17944, PAGE 23. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 296-B-112.
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DEFENDANT(S): Mallorca Realty, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation, and WAK Acquisition Company, LLC
CASE NO.: GD-24-006461
DEBT: $1,282,757.75
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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) JSDC LAW OFFICES
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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S)
11 E. Chocolate Ave, Suite 300 Hershey, PA 17033
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (717) 533-3280
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, and 16th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh:
PARCEL 1: Having erected thereon a commercial restaurant, cafeteria and/or bar being known and numbered as 2224 E. Carson Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15203. Deed Book Volume 11043, Page 61. Block and Lot Number 0012-L00015-0000-00. PARCEL 2: Having erected thereon a commercial restaurant, cafeteria and/or bar being known and numbered as 2226 E. Carson Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15203. Deed Book Volume 9962, Page 499. Block and Lot Number 0012-L-00016-0000-00. PARCEL
3: Having erected thereon a commercial retail space with apartments over being known and numbered as 2228 E. Carson Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15203. Deed Book Volume 9867, Page 345. Block and Lot Number 0012-L-00017- 0000-00.
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PETITIONER(S): Quaker Valley School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Unknown Heirs of George H. Lenz & Unknown Heirs of Violet R. Lenz
************** CASE NO.: G.D. 23-013533 ********* DEBT: $29,079.69
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 Bell Acres: Being thereon vacant known as 109 North Avenue, Sewickley, PA 15143. Deed Book Volume 3684, Page 706. Block & Lot No. 936-N-86.
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PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Blue Dog Enterprises, Inc.
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CASE NO.: GD 23-008186
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DEBT: $5,640.41
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 Swissvale: Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 7535 Dickson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. Deed Book Volume 14762, Page 554. Block & Lot No. 178-H-115.
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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Valeriya Kubini
CASE NO.: GD 15-006353
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DEBT: $5,139.86
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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
**********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of McKeesportWard 9: Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 2618 Cleveland Street, McKeesport, PA 15132. Deed Book Volume 15636, Page 375. Block & Lot 463-A-11.
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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.
DEFENDANT(S): Stanley J. Klepacz & Constance A. Klepacz
CASE NO.: GD 13-007794
DEBT: $4,121.12
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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire
**********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 525 William Penn Place Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Millvale: Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 805 O’Brien Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15209. Deed Book Volume 5704, Page 141. Block & Lot·1!8-G-10.
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PLAINTIFF(S): Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough Vs. DEFENDANT(S): The Unknown Heirs of Edward C. Jones, deceased ************** CASE NO.: GD 25-000310 *********
DEBT: $76,562.99
NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire **********************
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27” Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 **************************
ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2132 LAKETON ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 5823, PAGE 165. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 297-B-62.
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PLAINTIFF(S): Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Clifford A. Green and Robin M. Green f/k/a Robin M. Williams ************** CASE NO.: GD 24-014782 *********
$27,245.98 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S) Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S) 424 S. 27” Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Assigns of Cosimo D. Cira and the
Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Patrice P. Cira;
assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 0 Norwood Avenue. Block & Lot 46-A-49. 26th Ward, Pittsburgh. Cloud 1. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004550 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Coleman Thomas, Lucille Thomas, Thomas Coleman, Lucille Coleman, Thomas J. Chelkowski, Joan M. Chelkowski, Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, Portfolio Recovery Association LLC, its successors and assigns, TD Bank USA NA, its successors and assigns, Cavalry SPV I LLC, its successors and assigns, PNC Bank its successors and assigns, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Coleman Thomas, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Lucille Thomas, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Thomas Coleman, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Lucille Coleman, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Thomas J. Chelkowski, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Joan M. Chelkowski; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents.
Concerning the Following Property: 5465 Kincaid Street. Block & Lot 83-J-74. 11th Ward, Pittsburgh. Cloud 2. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL
EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004557 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Martin R. Zundel, Oliver E. Kaufmann, Bruce J. Kaufman, PWSA, ALCOSAN, Commonwealth of PA Department of Revenue - Inheritance Tax Dept. and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Martin R. Zundel, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Oliver E. Kaufmann, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Bruce J. Kaufman; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents.
Concerning the Following Property: 1440 Sandusky Street. Block & Lot 23-G-155. 25th Ward, Pittsburgh. Cloud 4. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004555 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Emily Moore, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Emily Moore.; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents.
Concerning the Following Property: 0 Bricelyn Street. Block & Lot 231-N-81. 13th Ward, Pittsburgh. Cloud 5. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL
EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004559 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Charles Glaab, Emelia Glaab, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Charles Glaab, and the Unknown Heirs Successors, and Assigns of Emelia Glaab; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents.
Concerning the Following Property: 906 Luella Street. Block & Lot 47-E-87. 26th Ward, Pittsburgh. Cloud 8. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004568 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs George Brunson, Julia Brunson, Universal Financial Services, Inc., its successors and assigns, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of George Brunson and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Julia Brunson.; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents.
Concerning the Following Property: 303-305 Renfrew Street. Block & Lot 124-R-74 / 124- R-75. 12th Ward, Pittsburgh. Rain 18. SUBJECT TO ALL
ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004564 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Misran Bey, Internal Revenue Service, 34 Millbridge Land Trust, IB Property Holdings LLC, Tanis Bey, Misraim Bey, a/k/a, Misraim Lesta Bey,
Secured Management, June L. Rooney, Gerald J. Rooney and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Misran Bey, Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Tanis Bey, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Misraim Bey a/k/a Misraim Lesta Bey, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns ofJune L. Rooney, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Gerald J. Rooney; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 34 Millbridge Street. Block & Lot 14-A-267. 18th Ward, Pittsburgh. Rain 2. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004571 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs William Roulston a/k/a William Ralston, John F. Young, Bridget Moore, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of John F. Young, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Bridget Moore, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of William Roulston a/k/a William Ralston; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 27 & 29 Conestoga Street. Block & Lot 21-P-124 / 21- P-125. 20th Ward, Pittsburgh. Rain 4. SUBJECT TO ALL
ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD. –GD-25-004883 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Edward James, PWSA, Estate of Juanita H. McCarter, Integra Bank, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of the Estate of Juanita H. McCarter, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Edward James; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents.
Concerning the Following Property: 7034-7036 Bennett Street. Block & Lot 125-M-25 / 125-M-26. 13th Ward, Pittsburgh. Rain 7. SUBJECT TO ALL
ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-003543 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Richard Kachnycz, Virginia F. Kachnycz, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Richard Kachnycz and of Virginia F. Kachnycz; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents.
Concerning the Following Property: 4937 Rosetta Street. Block & Lot 50-F-103. 10th Ward, Pittsburgh. Tree 15. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL
EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-003566 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Deneen Hicks, PWSA, ALCOSAN, Blazer Consumer Discount Company, its successors and assigns, Liberty Furnace Company, its successors and assigns, Fredmont Builders, Inc., its successors and assigns, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Deneen Hicks; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents.
Concerning the Following Property: 0 Wilhelm Street. Block & Lot 20-R-197. 20th Ward, Pittsburgh. Spring 6. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-003570 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs ; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents.
Concerning the Following Property: 2003 Wyandotte Street. Block & Lot 11-F-188. 4th Ward, Pittsburgh. Spring 7. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004730 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs William Hargrove a/k/a William Earl Hargrove a/k/a William E. Hargrove, Robert A. Kennedy, Christina R. Kennedy, Regina J. Hayner, Allegheny County Court Records - Criminal Division, GLS Capital Services, Inc., its successors and assigns, Jordan Tax Service, Inc., National Tax Funding L.P., its successors and assigns, Caulis Negris LLC, its successors and assigns, PWSA, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States of America, PA Dept. of Revenue, the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of William Hargrove a/k/a William Earl Hargrove a/k/a William E. Hargrove, the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Robert A. Kennedy, the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Christina R. Kennedy, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Regina J. Hayner; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 6407 Dean Street. Block & Lot 124-G-73. 12th Ward, Pittsburgh. Spring 8. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004561 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Janet Jones, Janet Hicks, Transamerica Financial Consumer Discount Company, its successors and assigns, Beneficial Consumer Discount Company, its successors and assigns, Allegheny County Court Records - Criminal Division, Donald B. Jones and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Janet Jones, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Janet Hicks, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Donald B. Jones.; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 5414 Broad Street. Block & Lot 50-M-130. 11th Ward, Pittsburgh. Spring 13. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL
EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004886 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Barbara J. Kane, Rudy Lopez Jr., aka Rudolph Lopez III, aka Rudolph Lopez, aka Rudolph R. Lopez, aka Rudolph Richard Lopez, aka Rudy Lopez, aka Rudolph Lopez aka Rudy R. Lopez, aka Rudy Richard Lopez, PWSA, ALCOSAN, Allegheny County Court Records - Criminal Division, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Revenue - Inheritance Tax Division, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Barbara J. Kane, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Rudy Lopez Jr. aka Rudolph Lopez III, aka Rudolph Lopez, aka Rudolph R. Lopez, aka Rudolph Richard Lopez, aka Rudy Lopez, aka Rudolph Lopez aka Rudy R. Lopez, aka Rudy Richard Lopez; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 521 Kendall Street. Block & Lot 120-N-62. 10th Ward, Pittsburgh. Spring 15. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004717 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs William M. Lockett, William M. Lockett, Jr., Robert H. Lockett, Commonwealth of PA Department of Revenue, Allegheny County Court RecordsCriminal Division, the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of William M. Lockett, the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of William M. Lockett, Jr., the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Robert H. Lockett; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 7317 Idlewild Street. Block & Lot 174-F-285. 13th Ward, Pittsburgh. Spring 9. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD.
–GD-25-004746 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Wayne Graham a/k/a Wayne S. Graham a/k/a Wayne Steph Graham, Carol Graham, Malcolm Diegelman, Louise Diegelman, George J. Diegelman, Emma J. Picorale, Carol Owens, Richard L. Swain, Administrator, David Wolfinger, Daniel Wolfinger, Edward L. Weisensee, Mark R., Tamilia, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Inheritance Tax Office, Caulis Negris LLC, its successors and assigns, PWSA, National Tax Funding, its successors and assigns, Western District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Wayne Graham a/k/a Wayne S. Graham a/k/a Wayne Steph Graham, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Carol Graham, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Malcolm Diegelman, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Louise Diegelmanand, the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of George J. Diegelman, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Emma J. Picorale, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Carol Owens, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Richard L. Swain, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of David Wolfinger, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Daniel Wolfinger, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Edward L. Weisensee, and the Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Mark R. Tamilia; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 1313 and 1311 Itin Street. Block & Lot 24-C-13 and 24-C-12. 24th Ward, Pittsburgh. Tree 13 and Tree 14. SUB-
JECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD. –GD-25-004749 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Lincoln Lodge No. 3 of the F.& A. A.Y.M, Lewis Alexander, Annie L. Alexander, Ernestine A. Reed, Ann A. English, Theodore L. Alexander, Timothy Alexander, Laverta Alexander, Kenneth Alexander Stephen Alexnder, Lynn Alexander, East End Federal Savings and Loan Association, PWSA, ALCOSAN, Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, National Tax Funding L.P.; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 1380, 1382, 1384 Montezuma Street. Block & Lot 173- E-229, 173-E-230, 173-E-231, 173-E-232. 12th Ward, Pittsburgh. Heart 4. SUBJECT TO ALL ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ETC. OF RECORD. –GD-25-004737 CITY OF PITTSBURGH Vs Stacy Gant, HJG Resident Services, LLC., Gant Hamandi, Richard A. Sisca, Mary Sisca, Caulis Negris, LLC and the Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Stacy Gant and of HJG Resident Services, LLC., and of Gant Hamandi, and of Richard A. Sisca, and of Mary Sisca, and of Caulis Negris, LLC; their heirs, successors, assigns and respondents. Concerning the Following Property: 5439 Black Street. Block & Lot 83-A-69. 11th Ward, Pittsburgh. Carrot 10. SUBJECT TO
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WILKIE, Deceased of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, No.: 02-25-3316, Kenneth C. Demko, Executor or to David J. Nichols, Atty, 6 Clairton Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15236
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY LEGAL NOTICE CONTRACT NO. 1825 FURNISH AND DELIVER CHEMICALS AND TECHNICAL SERVICE FOR TREATMENT OF BOILER WATER, STEAM AND CONDENSATE Sealed Bids for CONTRACT NO. 1825 – Furnish & Deliver Chemicals and Technical Service for Treatment of Boiler Water, Steam and Condensate 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, July 15, 2025, and then shall be publicly opened and read via Microsoft Virtual Teams Meeting.
A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held in person in the Engineering Conference Room on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at 10:00 A.M., Prevailing Time. Prospective Bidders are encouraged to attend the Pre-Bid Meeting.
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.
Bid Security shall be furnished by providing with the Bid a Certified Check or Bid Bond in the amount of $5,000.00. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the Bid Price. Contract documents must be obtained directly from ALCOSAN to qualify as an eligible bidder.
To obtain a copy of the Contract Bidding Documents, contact Tyler Trainor, via email at contract.clerks@alcosan.org . Any questions regarding the Contract Documents / Technical Specifications should be directed to Ben Heilman, ALCOSAN, via email at benjamin.heilman@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
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID
NORTH HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT
FENCING:
North Hills School District is requesting bids for Parking Lot, Perimeter and Playground Fencing for West View Elementary School The District will receive bids at the North Hills Administration Building at 135 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15229 for the above project until Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. e.s.t. Bids shall be submitted to “Attn. Bids” in a sealed envelope labeled “Fencing”. The Bid document appears on the North Hills School District website.
Due date: 2:00 P.M. Prevailing Time on Monday, June 23, 2025
Any bid or proposals received after this deadline will be considered as a “late bid” and will be returned unopened to the offerer.
Proposals may require Bid Bonds, Performance Bonds, Payment Bonds, and Surety as dictated by the specifications. No bidder may withdraw his bid or proposal for a period of ninety (90) days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The Community College of Allegheny County is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and encourages bids from Minority/Disadvantaged owned businesses. For more information, contact Michael Cvetic at mcvetic@ccac.edu.
Community College of Allegheny County Purchasing Department 800 Allegheny Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15233
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) FOR PLUMBING SUPPORT AUTHORITY WIDE
IFB #300-19-25
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby request bids from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s): Plumbing Support Authority Wide
The documents will be available no later than June 9, 2025, and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on July 9, 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 July 9, 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: Brandon Havranek Associate Director of Procurement/Contracting Officer Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh Procurement Department 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (For Questions Only) brandon.havranek@hacp.org
A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on June 24, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Please see the meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting: Meeting ID: 858 8950 8651 Passcode: 775342 Dial in: +16469313860 US
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
The Pittsburgh Public Schools Food Service Department is accepting proposals until Tuesday, July 1, 2025 RFP #2025-200 DELIVERY OF FRESH PRODUCE the solicitation can be accessed at https://www.pghschools.org/ community/business-opportunities /rfps For questions or additional information email mhamilton1@pghschools.org
ADVERTISING Bids/Proposals
ADVERTISING Bids/Proposals
The Washington County Housing Authority will receive separate, and SEALED re-bids for the following prime contract bid with the WCHA: SCATTERED SITES PAVING PROJECT 11 SITES ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY WCHA 2024-G6 CONTRACT; A/E PROJECT R24-176-01
Project’s FLEXIBLE Substantial Completion Deadline: 120 Days
A certified check or bank draft payable to the Washington County Housing Authority; a US Government Bond or satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and acceptable sureties in the amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the bid shall be submitted with each bid. Re-Bids will be received no later than 11:00 AM DST, WEDNESDAY, July 09, 2025 at the Washington County Housing Authority, 100 Crumrine Tower, Franklin Street, Washington, PA 15301 at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.
Bids will be held by the Housing Authority for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days prior to the contract award.
A Non-Mandatory Pre-bid Meeting will be held starting at 11:00 AM DST, WEDNESDAY, July 02, 2025 onsite at Valley View Terrace, 518 Dawson Street, Canonsburg, Pa 15317
Plans, specifications, and contract documents may be examined at these locations: Bid Documents are being distributed, with twenty-four hour prior notice of pick-up, by Sleighter Design, 1060 Eberly Way, Lemont Furnace, PA 15456; by phone at (724) 438-4010. All prime bidders are REQUIRED to buy the full set of plans and specifications for $125.00 for each contract set or $40.00 electronically (non-refundable). Contact Sleighter Design for the plans and specifications.
Submit all required documents in a SEALED envelope clearly marked: “SCATTERED SITES PAVING PROJECT”
The work to be performed under this contract is a Section 3 Project under Provisions of the Housing & Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, and must, to the greatest extent feasible, provide opportunities for training and employment for lower-income residents of the project and contracts for work in connection with the project be awarded to business concerns which are located in, or owned by, Washington County residents. Particular attention is directed to requirements of Executive Order 11246, 11625 and 12138, as well as Section 3 requirements, as set forth in the Specifications. All materials used must be compliant with the “Build America / Buy America” Act IUA of 11/ 15/2021 with an effective date of 01/03/2024.
The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids for any reason(s) what so ever and to waive informalities in the bidding process as the WCHA deems absolutely appropriate.
STANLEY P. SHOOK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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 July 16, 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 7G4-19 (GENERAL)
CLINTON-ENLOW ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
A pre-bid conference will be held at 9:00 a.m., on June 26, 2025 , in Conference Room A 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
BID ADVERTISEMENT CONTRACT NUMBER: 47-39-15
SMITH LANE REPAVING
Sealed Bids are requested by the Borough of Thornburg. Bids will be received by the Borough’s Consulting Engineer, NIRA Consulting Engineer, Inc. at 950 Fifth Avenue, Coraopolis, PA 15108 until 4:00 P.M. prevailing time, Wednesday, July 2, 2025 for the Smith Lane Repaving. Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud immediately after the closing time for receipt of Bids. Interested parties may view the Profile and Bid Schedule for this Project on the internet at: www.niraengineers.com.
Copies of the Bid Documents may be examined at the office of NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc., 950 Fifth Avenue, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 15108. Copies thereof may be obtained from the office of NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc., upon payment of a non-refundable sum of $60.00. An additional charge of $15.00 will be required for handling of Plans and Specifications when shipping is requested. Checks are to be made payable to NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc. All requests for documents via email should be sent to mail@niraengineers.com along with a copy of the signed check. Bids must be submitted on the forms provided, and completed in strict accordance with the instructions provided. Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, in the form of a Certified Check or Corporate Surety Bid Bond, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the Bid Proposal made in the favor of the Borough of Thornburg. Only documents obtained directly from the Engineer will be valid at bid opening. A Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Maintenance Bond in the amounts specified within the Contract Documents will be required of the successful Bidder.
Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the Provisions of the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act 442. The Prevailing Wage Scale is included in these Specifications.
Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the Provisions of the Public Works Employment Verification Act (PWEVA).
Adherence to Instructions to Bidders is required.
No Bid or any part thereof shall be withdrawn by Bidder for a period of sixty (60) days subsequent to the Bid Opening. The right is reserved by the Owner to reject any or all Bids or parts of bids and to waive technical defects in any Bid.
Vince Coppola Borough Council President
FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT PUBLICATION DATE: June 20, 2025
1. The Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh (“Authority”) shall accept sealed bids for the performance of the work described below (the “Work”) at its office at 232 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15222, until 10:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday July 22, 2025
2. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The Project entails the Repairs and Preventative Maintenance of the First Avenue Garage and Station.
3. The Instructions to Bidders, including the Form of Bid, Form of Agreement, General Conditions, Plans and Specifications, and meeting information will be made available after 3:00 p.m. local time on Friday, June 20, 2025, via email request to the Authority’s Project Management Department at projectmanagement@pittsburghparking.com.
4. A Mandatory pre-bid conference will be held in person at the Authority’s office, 232 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh PA 15222, at 10:00 a.m. local time on Friday June 27, 2025. After the meeting, the Authority and the Engineer-of Record will head to the job location, 600 First Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15219 to walk through the garage. It is recommended to attend this walk through. The purpose of the pre-bid conference is to provide additional detail regarding the Work. The information provided at the pre-bid conference will be essential in preparing a bid to perform the Work. Persons or entities that intend to submit bids to perform the Work are required to attend the pre-bid conference with at least one representative who will understand the information presented at the pre-bid conference in a manner that allows such information to be incorporated in the preparation of the bid to perform the Work. It is expected that the representative who attends the pre-bid conference will be experienced in construction matters and employed by the bidder in a supervisory capacity. In person Pre-bid attendance is mandatory, and each attendee must sign in at the site to be considered eligible to bid the project.
5. Sealed bids must be dropped off to the Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh at 232 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, no later than 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday July 22, 2025. Bids received prior to the deadline will be publicly opened and read at that time.
6. Each bid submitted must be accompanied by a bid guaranty of ten percent (10%) of the proposed bid in the form of a bid bond, certified cashier’s or treasurer’s check payable to the Authority.
7. The Authority reserves the right to in its sole discretion, (i) change, at any time prior to the bid deadline at 10:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday July 22, 2025 the Contract Documents; (ii) waive any defect, irregularities, or informality in any or all submitted bids; and (iii) reject any or all submitted bids.
David
G. Onorato Executive Director
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
PA 18-06 Valley Manor –6 STORY HIGHRISE CITY OF Monessen –WESTMORELAND COUNTY
INVITATION FOR BIDS
INTERIOR MODERNIZATION PROJECT
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT – PA 18-06-012025.1 GC
Westmoreland County Housing Authority (WCHA) is requesting construction bids for the referenced project through sealed bids which will be received by the WCHA, until July 15, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. (eastern standard time). Bids shall be deposited at the Administrative Office of the Westmoreland County Housing Authority, 167 South Greengate Road, Greensburg PA 15601 (Main Entrance – Rear of Building). Bids received will then be opened publicly. A virtual Pre-Bid Meeting will occur on Friday – June 20th, 2025, at 11:00 A.M. (eastern standard time). Pre-Bid Meeting location will be on-site – Valley Manor, 331 Third Street, Monessen, Pa. 15062. Electronic Bid Documents are available for downloading at www.wchaonline.com. Bidders are required to register online at the www.wchaonline.com to view bid documents. Plan holders proposing to bid shall also register their intent to submit a bid with Westmoreland County Housing Authority via email to lindam@wchaonline.com and eriks@wchaonline.com in accordance with the bid requirements.
Westmoreland County Housing Authority, By: Michael L. Washowich, Executive Director / Contracting Officer
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Decision Resources, Inc, d/b/a
Decision Resources, headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, has a remote position for a Senior CloudSuite Industrial (SyteLine) Developer to participate in the full software development life cycle for client’s Syteline/INFOR CloudSuite Industrial ERP system. This is a fully remote position. The employee may work from anywhere in the United States. Apply at https://www.decision.com/careers.
PYTHON DEVELOPER (MULTI POSITIONS W/ NATIONAL PLACEMENT OUT OF SEWICKLEY, PA).
Min of a bach’s & 5yrs of exp OR a MS deg & 1yr of exp. Deg & exp must be in any Comp’s, Eng’g or Info Tech (IT) rel’d field & foreign edu equivlnt is acceptable. The candidate will dsgn, dvlp & maintain high-performance, scalable, & reliable software apps using Python. Write reusable, testable, & efficient code following industry best practices. Able to trvl/relo to different client sites as needed. FT. $131,581yr Ref# SQA-0423 SD & send resume to SkilzMatrix Digital, LLC, an EOE M/F/V/D, to 429 4th Ave, Ste 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 or usajobs@skilzmatrix.com.
Sealed proposals will be received by EDGEWOOD BOROUGH, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania through Quest Construction Data Network until 11:00 AM EST July 15, 2025 for:
CONTRACT NO. 25-R01
MUNICIPAL COMPLEX IMPROVEMENTS
The scope of work generally consists of approximately 2,250 square yards of roadway milling and profiling, Superpave WMA Base, Binder and Wearing Course; base repair; stone subbase; concrete curb, stair and sidewalk improvements; storm sewer improvements; add alternates for additional paving; and all necessary appurtenances and restoration for said construction. This project is partially funded via a Local Share Account Grant via the Commonwealth Financing Authority. Bidder must comply with all grant requirements. All bidders must buy Bid Documents ($175) at www.questcdn.com using project number 9694914. Contact their Customer Support regarding membership registration, downloading and working with digital project information at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com. Any technical questions regarding the bid documents are to be directed to LSSE. Proposals shall be submitted on borough supplied forms. Ten percent (10%) bid bond required. The Borough may reject any or all proposals and waive any informalities in the bidding. Bids No bid may be withdrawn for ninety (90) calendar days after the scheduled time for receipt of bids. Project subject to “Steel Products Procurement Act, Act No. 1978-3”; and for Contract value exceeding $25,000, the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act (Act of 1961 P.L. 987), and The Public Works Employment Verification Act (July 2012).
EDGEWOOD BOROUGH Rob Zahorchak, Manager LEGAL
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Help Wanted
SOFTWARE ENGINEERS (MULTIPLE OPENINGS)
–UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside in Pittsburgh, PA seeks multiple Software Engineers to Develop and maintain UPMC Health Plan’s healthcare benefits administration applications including but not limited to MC400, PEGA, BenMo, COB, Cotiviti, and Cavulus. Ensure high quality data during transfers, including for data between client health plans, provider contracts, claims processing, coordination of benefits, premium billing, data warehouse, reports, analytics, communications, clinical case management, and various end users. Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field plus five (5) years of progressive software engineering, system engineering, or related experience: developing functionalities according to client requirements; analyzing the root cause of recurring issues; analyzing issues that affect business for system fine tuning; leading bug fixes; supporting production; and utilizing AS400 Technology (CL, CLLE, RPG, RPG ILE, Embedded SQL, Free Format, Stored Procedures, SQL, DB2/400, Java/J2EE, C++, and PL/SQL). Telecommuting permissible. Apply by following these steps; visit http://careers.upmc.com and enter 2500019O in the “Search Keyword/Job ID” field and click Go. EOE/Disability/Veteran.
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR HEATING VENTILATION AIR CONDITIONING CONSULTING SERVICES AUTHORITY WIDE
RFP #600-11-25
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby request proposals from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s): HEATING VENTILATION AIR CONDITIONING CONSULTING SERVICES AUTHORITY WIDE
The documents will be available no later than June 16, 2025, and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on July 17, 2025. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only accept physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until 10:00 a.m. on July 17, 2025, in the lobby of One Stop Shop at 412 Boulevard of the Allies. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Proposals may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site; the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the RFP. Sealed proposals may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor - Procurement, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.HACP.org. Questions or inquiries should be directed to: Brandon Havranek Associate Director of Procurement/Contracting Officer 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor - Procurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2890
A pre-submission meeting
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Help Wanted
SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, SENIOR (Multiple Openings) –UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside in Pittsburgh, PA seeks multiple Software Engineers, Senior to serve as part of UPMC Enterprises in close collaboration with members of UPMC management, Junior Software Engineers, and third-party partners to define and lead the development of new software and contribute to the overall Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for various applications and projects. Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering or related field plus five (5) years of progressive software development, application programming, or related experience including one (1) year of experience: working in multiple phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC); working in complex development environments; developing on cross-functional systems; developing complete systems; creating WebForms using C#; designing WebForms by implementing CSS, HTML, and JavaScript; designing and developing user interface using ASP.NET, VB.NET, HTML, and JavaScript; creating tables, stored procedures, triggers, views, and functions in SQL server using T-SQL commands; utilizing .NET Framework, C# .NET, SQL, WebForms, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, LINQ, Angular, MVC, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, SSRS, SSIS, SSMS, and Visual Studio. Telecommuting permissible. Apply by following these steps; visit http://careers.upmc.com and enter 250001B3 in the “Search Keyword/Job ID” field and click Go. EOE/Disability/Veteran.
