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Our opinion: Council’s Warren Worx questions are warranted

Our Opinion

The questions Warren City Council members asked recently about Warren Worx are good ones. Council members questioned what measurable results Warren Worx’ efforts have produced, whether companies featured in Warren Worx marketing efforts had experienced increased sales, website traffic or hiring as a result of the marketing efforts or how many people who live outside Warren County and commute into the county have done so because of Warren Worx. There is also no data if local employers are filling job openings because of Warren Worx’ marketing. The questions are warranted. There ...

Our opinion: Find a middle ground on health proposal

Our Opinion

No one wants to see Pennsylvania become New York with the heavy-handedness of the Empire State’s COVID-19 pandemic policies. At the same point, reasonable people should be able to recognize that the state Health Department needs additional authority to deal with emergent issues like the ongoing measles outbreak in the state. Doing nothing makes no sense. Accepting the Health Department’s proposed 502 pages of Chapter 27 regulations is ludicrous, because it feels as if the Health Department is trying to seize authority the state Legislature didn’t want to give in the first ...

Our opinion: A time of change for city public safety

Our Opinion

The city of Warren’s public safety leadership is in a state of flux with the retirements of police chief Joe Sproveri and fire chief Dave Krogler. Both men have served the city capably over the years. Among Sproveri’s accomplishments as police chief was the department’s achievement of premier accreditation through the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission, a process that provides an outside evaluation of a police department’s policies, procedures and overall professionalism. Krogler helped advance the fire department through grant writing, equipment ...

Readers' Speak

Letters To Editor

Threats this election Dear Editor, Both parties have vulnerabilities as the midterms draw near. For the Republicans, it's the conflict with Iran. This has driven up fuel costs as well as the cost of products delivered by using fuel. It's gone on for months. Of course, President Trump has secured the border and reduced crime, but won't get credit from the left. Several good things are happening, but their full effect won't be felt until the conflict is done. August job creation was three times as much as expected. Financial analyst Larry Kudlow, among others, sees a boom in ...

County failing Tidioute in water crisis

Local Commentaries

Warren County is a generous community. When disaster strikes another state or hardship affects people across the country or overseas, our residents collect supplies, donate money, and look for ways to help. Yet here at home, residents of Tidioute have been living without dependable potable water from their taps for months. The boil-water advisory began March 18 and has now been extended to Noc. 1. If it continues until then, Tidioute residents will have spent 228 days boiling water for drinking, cooking, brushing their teeth, and preparing food. Imagine living with that burden ...

Treasure today here, plan for next generations

Local Commentaries

There is something about Warren County that is easy to overlook when you live here long enough. The hills become familiar. The Allegheny River becomes part of the landscape we hardly notice. The farms, forests, old homes, small businesses, churches and back roads become ordinary. But perhaps ordinary is the wrong word. There is nothing ordinary about a place that has held generations of people's lives. People were born here, worked here, raised families here, worshiped here, struggled here, loved here and eventually were laid to rest here. We are not simply living in Warren County. ...