Closings were ‘wrong’ Dear Editor, This is in response to the recent editorial about re-electing Mary Passinger to the school board. One huge problem is that she and her supporters don’t realize they are wrong. The support for closing schools was not unanimous. These communities did not ...
During last year’s presidential election, nearly 25% of Pennsylvania voters cast their ballot before the traditional Election Day. This begs a question: Should the state do more to promote early voting? For now, the option is limited. Registered voters have the option of applying for a mail ...
Warren County retirees will join about 53 million other senior citizens across America in welcoming the announced 2.8% average increase in their Social Security benefits, effective in January. The word “average” is important in this editorial because individual increases could be above or ...
Warren County voters have already had their say once this year in the race to be the next Warren County District Attorney after Rob Greene chose not to run for re-election. Cody Brown, the county’s first assistant district attorney, received 2,356 (55.5%) of the 4,242 ballots cast by ...
Preparing for this weekend’s garage sale, I came across a canvas bag I hadn’t seen in years. It was filled with pinecones. Giant Sequoia pinecones. Some of these babies are almost a foot long, and my memory of first seeing them goes back to 1949. 1949? Yes, I was alive then – and out ...
The race for Warren mayor, again, will be between David Wortman, this time the incumbent, and Councilman Phil Gilbert, running as an independent. Gilbert’s decision to run as an independent gives city residents a choice rather than the uncontested races seen far too often throughout the ...