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Our Opinion

Our opinion: Another principal problem for schools

The idea of being sent to the principal’s office has caused chills to go up the spine of many a student over the years. No one wants to go to there. It turns out, according to a newly released Penn State study, that as much as students don’t want to be in the principal’s office, a ...

Our opinion: Proper reprieve for city property

The city’s Blight Committee had an interesting discussion last week over whether a Hill Street property should be considered blighted. The property is in a nice area of the city, has moss on the roof and had water service interrupted. Committee members ended up deciding not to issue a ...

Our opinion: Permit process a drag on progress

Another important project, this time in Western Pennsylvania, is being delayed and subsequently seeing its cost projections rise by our ungainly permitting process. Grants for the project were announced in 2019 — about four years ago. The project, a hydroelectric plant in Braddock, would ...

Our opinion: A wake-up call for infrastructure?

The state’s Independent Fiscal Office is offering some troubling news. Projections for next year’s disbursements of natural gas impact fee revenues may be $94 million to $95 million less than the disbursements this year — which, if it pans out, would be the largest year-to-year decline ...

Editor’s corner: There’s no learning curve for fewer students

Starting in late August, a major culture change for a group of students will take place. In June, the Warren County school board bravely approved a plan to transport students who attend the Sheffield Area Middle High School to the Warren Area High School for the three core courses of math, ...

There’s no learning curve for fewer students

Starting in late August, a major culture change for a group of students will take place. In June, the Warren County school board bravely approved a plan to transport students who attend the Sheffield Area Middle High School to the Warren Area High School for the three core courses of math, ...