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Our opinion: Aligning goals for state power

In 2022, Pennsylvania created PA Edge tax credits in an effort to boost the creation of new power supply in the state. The tax credits have never been used. Now, a bipartisan group of House members that include Republican Tom Mehaffe and Democrats John Inglis and Rob Matzie are trying to tweak the tax credit program to make it more useful to power providers, including a Reliable Energy Investment Tax Credit that would be applicable to any new energy facilities or expanded facilities with a minimum of 100 megawatts of new power. The tax credits would scale to the size of the project ...

Our opinion: Expansion is good sign for city

Superior Tire has a more than 60-year history in Warren. A possible expansion project at the facility can only be a positive for the city. City Council members will have a chance to help further that expansion in the coming weeks by abandoning an unopened street that extends from the old Route 6 right of way along the southeast line of the Warren company’s property. Superior Tire & Rubber Corp.owns all the property adjacent to the unopened road, Randy Rossey, city codes officer, told council members, and the abandoned road ends at the Superior Tire property. A required public ...

Our opinion: Takes effort to boost downtown

It’s encouraging to hear that business owners saw increased foot traffic - and hopefully increased sales - through the two-week Sock Hop event that took place around the Easter holiday. Randy Rossey, city codes officer, shared with council members recently that business owners were happy with the benefits they saw from the two-week business scavenger hunt. There are 16 businesses participating, with shoppers invited to hop from shop to shop in search of a special handmade bunny. Shoppers could get a punch card at any participating business, find the bunny hidden in each shop and ...

Our opinion: School closures paying off

There were always two main reasons to consider closing high school buildings in Youngsville and Sheffield - money and quality of education. The budget proposed by Warren County School District staff last week accomplishes one of those two goals. Taxes won’t increase as part of next year’s budget, though spending in the $93.86 plan increases by $2.29 million. That’s what additional aid and saving $1.7 million will do for a budget. The $1.7 million saved by closing the schools equates to 3.82 mills that don’t have to be raised on the backs of property owners in the county. ...

Our opinion: Borrowing a slippery slope

We can’t think of many who would argue that Warren County didn’t need a bond issue to pay for new radio towers. No one wants to have communications among first responders in a critical situation stop because it’s raining - which can happen with the old towers with copper wire. We’ve known for a while that the three radio towers the county plans to replace were going to have to be paid for with a bond issue at some point. That time is now. The $5.2 million emergency radio tower upgrade will include installation of three new towers – one in Sugar Grove, one in Elk and one ...

Our opinion: Garden Club deserves thanks

For six decades a group of dedicated volunteers have spent their spare time making sure Warren looked its best. We’re talking, of course, about the Warren Garden Club, a group that has spent years tending to city gardens in parks throughout the city and at Warren General Hospital as well. The group has disbanded as its membership numbers has decreased in recent years as members got older and were more and more unable to keep up with the club’s work. What has happened to the Warren Garden Club isn’t uncommon. The Federated Garden Club of Pennsylvania is seeing membership in ...