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Local Commentaries

History keeps horrifically repeating in Israel

As important as history is in classes, and as crucial as learning about the Revolutionary War and how countries and many others came to be is for us, history is happening right in front of our eyes every day, and it is flying over the heads of people who aren’t experiencing it. On Oct. 7, a ...

View from Hickory Heights: Comfort-food time

All of the cold rainy weather made me think of comfort food. There are many things that I consider comfort food. Most of all it is food that is satisfying. Of course, the first one is homemade soup. I found a new recipe this year. I cannot even remember where I saw it. It sounded so good ...

The October comforts of home

My birthday is this week. I’m not completely comfortable with that. I’ve never been this old before. Well actually, I could say the same thing about yesterday and today. But our yearly birthday markers are a little different. They make us stop and think. I’ve been thinking about the ...

Warren Worx already eyeing future challenges

This letter is presented to clarify the Warren Worx initiative and dispel the opinion expressed in the editorial (Oct. 5) that suggests that municipal officials in Warren County be skeptical of the Warren Worx initiative. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania recently released population ...

Apple picking, buying

I took advantage of one of those beautiful late fall days to go to the apple orchard. The drive was beautiful. So many trees had colorful leaves. When I arrived, the ladies who were working recognized me. They told me they read my column. We talked about my visits. In the years since I ...

Rascally redheads have staying power

I recently read that redheads will not exist by the end of this century. Holy Clairol! The story went on to say that between one and two percent of the world’s population is redheaded. Well, if current world population is approximately 8 billion, let’s say that 1.5% of that number is ...