Public vs private schools in PIAA transfer rules
The PIAA weighs a post season pathway for transfer aided teams in non boundary schools and considers stricter transfer rules across public and private schools. Lawmakers may study separate playoffs for non boundary schools later this summer as controversy over transfer advantages grows. Catholic private and charter schools have won a majority of recent state titles in boys basketball and football.
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Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
PIAA
Robert Lombardi
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New Wilmington woman recalls Mister Rogers friendship and legacy
Gail Keffer of Art by Abby reflects on partnering with Fred Rogers in the early 1980s to create counted cross stitch patterns for Mister Rogers Neighborhood. She published 36 needlework booklets and 1,000 copies of Mister Rogers Neighborhood, selling across the 48 states and donating leftovers to WQED in Pittsburgh.
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Ray Keffer
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Penn State
Ohio State
Duquesne University
New Wilmington
Trump Defends Immigration Policy Amid Family Separation Crisis
Washington AP report notes rising outrage from Republicans and Democrats over migrant family separations at the U.S. border. President Trump blames Democrats and vows the U.S. will not become “a migrant camp.” Laura Bush calls the policy cruel and immoral. Sen. Susan Collins voices concern as critics grow.
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U.s.-Mexico
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Susan Collins
New Castle native gives back to music and sports
New Castle High School’s Tony DiThomas, a California educator and former local, donated 10000 to benefit music and athletics. He presented the checks near a Cesidio and Liberata DiThomas monument with about a dozen relatives nearby. Half funds scholarships for music and athletics students and the other 5000 goes to the school band.
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Taggart
Anthony
Tony” DiThomas
Nick Yoho
John Onufrak
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