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Our opinion: Positive direction for PAWS

Something good appears to be happening on Elm Street, Warren. PAWS Along The River has hired Liz McElwain to be its new executive director - and McElwain is ready to make changes to the way the shelter operates. Some of the changes are working smarter, not harder. McElwain wants to use social media more effectively in an attempt to help reunite lost pets with their owners as well as to broaden the organization’s reach in finding homes for adoptable pets. Creating space on the PAWS Along The River website for pet adoption applications can help speed up the adoption process and ...

Our opinion: Consider all option for events

Youngsville officials are right - borough taxpayers shouldn’t have taxpayer dollars paying for security for private events. That’s particularly true if that event doesn’t result in much spin-off business for shops in the borough. The issue came up during a recent discussion of a Ribfest event at Island Park that includes a car cruise-in. The borough paid roughly $1,600 in overtime for the police department in 2023, but event organizers are only paying about $500 for security for this year’s event. That means borough residents are paying about $1,100 to Youngsville police ...

Our opinion: Lawmakers do right on stalking

As technology continues to change, our laws and our sense of justice must adapt to meet the new technological landscape. One such aspect of that evolution is the use of devices by predators to secretly track the locations of the victims — particularly women — that they are stalking. “Whether it’s a creep at the bar or an angry ex-partner, this is a new avenue that they can use to non-consensually track somebody without their knowledge,” Adam Dodge, CEO of digital safety education company EndTAB and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Justice Advisory ...

Our opinion: Posthumous honor well deserved

Sitting in a gymnasium with a lot of other proud parents, spouses, and friends, I had time to think about what graduation means. It was plain to see how invested these people were as soon as the graduates made their entrance. I was impressed with the ceremony. Faculty, staff, and others were present. The president made her remarks. First, she acknowledged what was uppermost in many of our minds. Many of the students were first time graduates – by that I mean that this was their first graduation ceremony. They were the class most affected by COVID-19. COVID 19 took away their high ...

Our opinion: Governor’s secrecy unacceptable

Gov. Josh Shapiro continues to shroud his conduct — the business of taxpaying Pennsylvanians — in an unacceptable level of secrecy. As a Spotlight PA report noted recently, in the previous year Pennsylvania’s governor accepted about $12,000 in tickets to sports events from a nonprofit organization, Team PA. The nonprofit refuses to disclose who its donors are. As Spotlight PA’s reporters Stephen Caruso and Angela Couloumbis succinctly put it, “the secrecy leaves taxpayers in the dark about who underwrites the outings and what interests they may have in state government ...

Our opinion: Help Warren Gives cause today

The 12th annual Warren Gives takes place today. It’s an opportunity to raise awareness of the county’s non-profits and encourage new donors. There are two ways to donate - online at warrengves.com from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. while checks are accepted at the Community Foundation of Warren County, with donors able to complete a check form to designate the organizations that should receive a piece of the check donation. Check donations are accepted through Monday. “The goal of Warren Gives is twofold,” Mark King, executive director of the Community Foundation of Warren County, ...