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Graduating Pitt students, Pittsburgh residents prepare for extended power outage
Neighbors on Phillips Street could be without power until May 6th according to Duquesne Light’s website. They believe it’s because of a massive tree hanging in power lines.
Dan Simons said he got power back a few hours after the storm but is still feeling the impact while helping his neighbors, “We’ve been holding onto all of their food in both our fridge and freezer for the past three days now,” said Simons. “You can barely even open the freezer so it has impacted us and impacted the community for sure.”
Jessica Price lives on Phillips Street as well, but she is one of the unfortunate neighbors without power.
“I had to throw out all of my groceries today and it was at least 100 to 200 dollars worth of food easily,” said Price.
Her friends flew in from Connecticut because this is also her graduation weekend from Pitt.
“We’ve had to pivot a lot this weekend, change plans, figure out how we are going to get ready for graduation, how I’m going to feed everybody, how we are going to stay charged and communicate with out family..It’s been kind of a mess,” said Price.
And it’s not just students in Squirrel Hill. Many Pitt students said the week without power made an already difficult finals week even harder.
“I have an exam, oh gosh, 48 hours from now and getting in touch with the professor about some last-minute questions was obviously tricky, and then accessing material online…,” said Tilman Cooper, a third-year Pitt Law Student.
“It was just really nerve-racking, like all of our parents were coming in and none of us had warm water or anything,” said Ariella Stein, a Senior Psychology Major at Pitt.
“It was kind of tough studying for finals week while the power was out at the same time. At first, we thought it was going to come on the night it went out, but it just kept staying out and we were all really unprepared,” said Sam Melchior, a Senior Engineering Student at Pitt.
Pitt said all graduation ceremonies are still on schedule, as most of Oakland now has power.
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Pittsburgh has long been known for its connections to horror films starting with George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead in 1968.
Now, in honor of that designation and the legacy of Romero, who died in 2016, the Pittsburgh Film Festival has announced it is introducing a new award this year.
The inaugural Romero Awardfor Best Horror Feature will be presented at the 45th annual Three Rivers Film Festival, scheduled to run from Nov. 4-15, according to the group’s website. Presented with support from the George A. Romero Foundation, the award will be selected by a panel of industry judges.
Named in honor of Romero, the award celebrates bold, visionary work in the horror genre. As the birthplace of Night of the Living Dead, Pittsburgh remains a vital home for horror storytelling, making the Romero Award a natural addition to the festival’s juried honors, the group said.
“The GARF is devoted to preserving Romero’s legacy and continues to support creatives and independent filmmaking in genres and horror spaces,” Suzanne Romero, George’s widow and founder and president of the George A. Romero Foundation, said recently. She died June 24 at her home in Toronto after a long illness.
Film Pittsburgh’s executive director, Shanna Carrick, added, “We are proud to partner with the GARF to introduce an international competition for best independent horror film. Pittsburgh has a deep love of horror films and we believe that our audiences will be thrilled to experience new voices in the genre.”
The festival is currently accepting submissions, with the full lineup to be announced in October.
The festival will also continue to celebrate its horror offerings with its beloved Chiller Theater, named in honor of the late Pittsburgh horror show host Chilly Billy Cardille. The spooky showcase features the best new independent horror shorts from around the globe and Allegheny County.
The Cincinnati Reds are in a rain delay for the second consecutive day. Saturday’s rain delay came before the game even started. Sunday’s rain delay occurred in the bottom of the 8th inning.
“The tarp is on the field, and we are in a delay here at PNC,” the Pirates official account posted on X. “We’ll update when we have info.”
Update: The grounds crew is taking the tarp off the field and the game is expected to resume around 5:20 ET.
The Pittsburgh Pirates lead the Reds 5-4 in the 8th.
Let’s take a look at how we got there.
Game Recap
In the second inning, Esmerlyn Valdez hit a ground-rule double off Reds starting pitcher Brady Singer that scored Nick Gonzalez, giving the Pirates an early 1-0 lead.
Later in the inning, former Red Tyler Callihan hit his third home run of the year, giving Pittsburgh a 4-0 lead.
However, in the fourth, the Reds would battle back. After Elly De La Cruz reached on an error and Sal Stewart singled, JJ Bleday added a single of his own that would score both, making it a 4-2 Pittsburgh advantage.
The Reds continued to rally in the fifth. After Noelvi Marte walked, Tyler Stephenson stayed hot with an RBI double to left field, getting the Reds back within a run.
Edwin Arroyo followed with an RBI single of his own that tied the game at 4.
The Pirates got a run back in the bottom half of the fifth when Ryan O’Hearn hit his 12th home run of the season. That would be it for Singer, who gave up five runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out six and did not walk a batter.
The Pirates had a big opportunity to break the game wide open in the seventh when Zach McCambley walked the bases loaded. Reds manager Terry Francona brought in Brock Burke, who was miraculously able to get out of the jam with a pop-up and an inning-ending double play.
The Reds had a big chance to tie the game in the 8th when they had runners on first and second with nobody out. However, Nathaniel Lowe popped out, Spencer Steer flew out, and Noelvi Marte grounded out to end the threat.
Pierce Johnson was set to come in the game for the Reds when the game entered a rain delay.
We will provide an update as we know more.
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