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Education

Diving to learn

A group of Warren County students dove into a recent educational opportunity. A total of 42 students in the gifted support program from all four district attendance areas went to the Warren County YMCA for a sort of culminating activity from a year-long unit on the Great Lakes, erosion, ...

Student of the Year applications

School is out, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t exceptional students deserving of recognition in Warren County. The annual Times Observer Student of the Year Award will be made to one deserving county student. “Regardless of what’s happening, the Times Observer is going to move ...

Schools update meal programs

The COVID-19 pandemic is a constantly-changing situation. As the school closure related to the pandemic stretches, there are some additions and changes to the grab-and-go lunch program. Everyone ages 18 and under is welcome to meals distributed by Warren County School District and Tidioute ...

‘A book about us’

Josh Allan Mickelson was born Saturday, Nov. 28, 1981, in Warren, with a chronic, life-threatening lung disease. His mother, Debbie Sumner, chronicled his life, their transplant experience, their normal day-to-day routines, and how they dealt with his lifelong challenges and his death at ...

Grab-and-go

With schools shut down, there are thousands of Warren County students not receiving meals from their usual sources. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave a waiver to the Pennsylvania Department of Education allowing schools to distribute meals to students during the closure. Warren ...

‘Trust us’: City staff can award Lacy Park bids

These unique times we’re living in call for some unique solutions. The construction of a playground in a City of Warren park was such an item during this week’s Warren City Council meeting. Department of Public Works Director Mike Holtz said that the city has received approval from the ...