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Our Opinion

Our opinion: Dedication for high standards

It’s taken 15 years for the Warren Police Department to reach premier accreditation status through the Chiefs of Police Association Accreditation Program. It’s time well spent. As retired police John Adams, coordinator of the Chiefs of Police Association Accreditation Program, noted ...

Our opinion: Safe exchange space worthwhile

It won’t cost the city of Warren much money to lose a couple of parking spaces in the lot behind the city municipal offices. But the spaces could make life much safer and easier for county residents. Last week the city announced the creation of safe exchange spaces in a joint effort ...

Our opinion: Voters need to demand transparency

=Gov. Josh Shapiro is accepting donations for the repairs the state-owned governor’s mansion will need after the April arson, Spotlight PA reported recently — and his staff are dragging their feet on identifying who those donors are. The governor’s decision to resist releasing the names ...

Editor’s corner: E-bikes bring new cycle of challenges for motorists

Residents and communities across the region are starting to become charged up over the growing number of electric bicycles — many of which are sharing the roads on a regular basis with motorists. Though a majority of the riders are courteous and responsible, those who weave in and out of ...

Other voices: Heed lessons of Epstein scandal

Donald Trump has thrived on conspiracy theories – “birtherist” lies that Barack Obama was born outside the US; the lunacies of the Q-Anon movement; false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. All centred on the idea that the “deep state” was lying to, and thus cheating, ...