I like to write about the annual robins who nest on my back porch. I enjoy watching their month-long odyssey from the home building to the final fledgling fly-off. Last year’s model must have liked the neighborhood, because Rosie Robin (as I had named her) is back. And she has brought ...
Rep. Tim Brennan, D-Doylestown, has been a staunch advocate over the past couple of legislative sessions for the idea that too many Pennsylvania townships and boroughs rely on the Pennsylvania State Police rather than a local police force. From his seat between Allentown and Philadelphia, we ...
The fact that Warren County is losing population has been drummed into our collective heads over the past 30 or 40 years. But the drumbeat of discouraging population news or disappointing economic news doesn’t obscure the fact that even as our population shrinks, our community’s ...
There’s a lot to unpack in the days after an arson attack at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion. We should all be able to agree that security around Gov. Josh Shapiro was inexcusably lax given that one of the most notorious recent acts of political violence had taken place in Butler, ...
Light in the darkness? Dear Editor, So, for those of you who may not have had a chance to keep up with things, here’s a brief update on what’s been happening in our nation over the past three months. Basically, our newly re-elected leader and his administration have been recklessly ...
A core group of Sugar Grove residents have started a fund that could provide a boost to projects benefiting their neighbors for years to come. Starting the Sugar Grove Community Fund was the easy part. The hard part comes next as the fund’s advisory committee tries to grow the fund. The ...