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Local Commentaries

In Senate race, Fetterman serves up class envy card

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman likes his hoodies. He doesn’t seem to have any other piece of clothing in his wardrobe, and he struts around in the “everyman’s” uniform as if he were campaigning to repair the broken cement on your front curb instead of a seat in the U.S. Senate. ...

A return to school

When it gets to be about this time of year I always think of my days in the classroom. I went to school long before the students. I had things to get ready. I made name tags. I put up bulletin boards. I got my plan book filled in with the activities. When I was teaching kindergarten, I ...

A chatty visit to the Big Apple

The alarm was set for 4:30 a.m. Or as we night people call it: zero dark thirty. My BFF, Ginger, was having a significant birthday. She flew here for my celebration last fall, so naturally, I was heading to NYC for hers. I hate it when I have to set an alarm for three hours early, because ...

Clinger’s gerrymandering fears still a reality

You could say, sadly, that they don’t make many Republicans like the late Bill Clinger any more. William F. Clinger represented a north-central Pennsylvania district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 until he retired in 1997. Clinger, who died last year at 92, was a lawyer who ...

Keeping our eyes on the tree

Editor’s note: This is the final article of the mini-series exploring Christian themes seen through kayaking and canoeing. I remember looking over the vast Canadian lake in Haliburton Scout Reserve 15 years ago. One of my Boy Scout masters was teaching our troop the canoeing and ...

Debate lacking in state amendment changes

On Aug. 2, the Warren Times Observer published a full page of proposed amendments to our state constitution. This was followed up with an article by State Sen. Judy Ward on Aug. 15. These amendments concern contentious and important issues: allowing the legislature to disapprove a regulation ...