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Local Commentaries

The beauty of the fall

We are about to embark on the prettiest season of the year in my opinion. When I renovated Hickory Heights, I had that in mind. I added a window on the back side of the house so I can see what goes on behind my house and I added a bay window on the east side. It depends where I am sitting ...

The April day I fell for the ‘Boys of October’

On baseball’s Opening Day that year, I was 12-years-old. It was a Tuesday, and it was going to be the biggest day of my life. Julie McNamara, my new best friend, had extended the invitation from her father. “Would you like to come to see the Red Sox with us next week? It’s Opening Day ...

Country facing a crisis over our values

For many years this country has been going down a slippery slope. In the last two-plus years things have accelerated to a nearly unsustainable rate, and it may already be too late to make enough corrections to right the ship. Inflation is at or near an all-time high partly due to major cost ...

View from Hickory Heights

I was inspired by a sermon preached last week by our pastor. He talked about the five senses. He finally ended on the sense of touch being different than all the rest of the senses because it is not centered on the head as all of the others are. The next day this quotation crossed on one of ...

Ritual of respect is often powerful

This past week was rough. Three good friends passed on to their creator – in four days. In between calling hours and funeral rites, I’ve had some time to think on the reality of the losses. Death is a subject most people don’t like to talk about. But we live with its reality every day. ...

Open primaries let us embrace democracy

By STATE REPS. JARED SOLOMON and CHRIS RABB Over 1.3 million Pennsylvanians are registered as independent voters — in other words, they aren’t affiliated with any political party. Unaffiliated voters are the fastest-growing political party in Pennsylvania. Young voters are the ...