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UPMC is here for our communities

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Dear Editor, The health needs of a community can change over time, especially in rural areas. What matters most is making sure people can get care close to home, when they need it. You may have seen that Bradford Regional Medical Center recently closed its inpatient and emergency department services. Changes like this can be difficult for patients, families and the community — and can raise questions about where to turn for care. At UPMC, our focus is to make sure care remains accessible, reliable, and easy to navigate. We are committed to supporting people where they ...

More bad acting in Trump criticisms

Local Commentaries

Actor Harrison Ford names President Trump the “worst criminal in history” in articles found in a Google search. Ford condemns Trump's energy policies in particular and his character in general. Trump's energy policies rightfully increase our energy independence which must not be risked in these dangerous times. It's especially critical after the risky policies of Joe Biden and Barack Obama. As for the 'criminal' characterization, has Ford ever heard of Hitler? Mao Zedong? Osama Bin Laden? Ayatollah Khomeini? Hamas? Putin? Morally, Biden is responsible for crimes committed due ...

Other voices: Trump has lost the plot on governance

Our Opinion

Republicans don’t want to say this publicly, but privately they do: President Trump’s personal political obsessions are hurting his Presidency, harming the chances for further policy gains the rest of this year, and putting control of the House and Senate in jeopardy. That’s the backdrop to the GOP revolt this week in Congress on war powers and funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Trump’s unrelated priorities are handing Democrats gift after gift and forcing Republicans to take difficult votes that could cost them in November. His desire for political revenge is ...

Just one more Memorial Day remembrance

Local Commentaries

Editor’s note: Marcy O’Brien is in New England with family graduation festivities. Parts of this column have appeared previously. Memorial Day was a particularly important day of remembrance for my mother. Every year, she made sure we wore commemorative red poppies to honor her youngest brother, the family hero. Kenneth Arthur MacMillan was the youngest of four children. When their mother died, my mother, Alberta, was 6 and the siblings were 4, 2 and baby Kenny was months old. He never knew his mother who spent the last months of her life in a tuberculosis sanitorium. Alberta ...

Our opinion: Data centers spark concerns

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Across Pennsylvania, data center developers are increasingly targeting agricultural land for new projects, and residents in affected communities are mounting opposition, concerned about the industrialization of their farmland. Last week, timesobserver.com posed the question: Are you concerned about data centers in Warren County? Respondents are fairly worried with 145 saying “yes” and 128 voting “no.” This region, however, is much different than national findings. Seven in 10 Americans oppose constructing data centers for artificial intelligence in their local area, ...

Our opinion: State made crosswalk decision easy

Our Opinion

The removal of a mid-block crosswalk in the 200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue West in downtown Warren makes a lot of sense - though changing state standards ended up making the decision an easy one, in our opinion. Police Chief Joe Sproveri told council members that the crosswalk no longer met current PennDOT standards because it is 260 feet from existing crosswalks at Liberty Street and the roundabout at Pennsylvania Avenue and Market Street. PennDOT recommends 300 feet between crosswalks for a mid-block crosswalk to be needed. There are other reasons a mid-block crosswalk made ...