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Our opinion: Take part in riverfront planning

Our Opinion

Warren City Council members were quick last week to say one reason it hired Pashek/Larson Karle Architects to craft a new Allegheny Riverfront development master plan is the firm’s track record working with the city on projects in the past. The consultant is starting in a strong place after a recent public survey that generated roughly 40 potential ideas for further development along the river to go along with the first phase of work that is expected to begin soon. The master plan will take those ideas and refine them into realistic, buildable ideas with professional renderings that ...

Our opinion: District does well avoiding tax hike

Our Opinion

There are sighs of relief being breathed around Warren County after last week’s Warren County School District Board of Education meeting. At least a few of those sighs are coming from school board members and administrators who, we’re sure, weren’t relishing explaining to residents that after closing two school buildings in 2025 that the district still wasn’t saving enough money to keep taxes at a manageable level for taxpayers. Some of those same taxpayers have found themselves hit with higher tax bills after the countywide property reassessment driven in part by the school ...

Nation needs a leader to unite us

Local Commentaries

Can you imagine what the world would be like if we had a Donald Trump-like President instead of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the lead-up to and during World War II? Trump would have cozied up to the strongmen of the 1930s and 1940s. Trump’s admiration of strong men would have been in its glory as the authoritarians flexed their military strength and demanded their neighbors cede land to them. Does Venezuela and Greenland come to mind? Or calling Putin’s invasion of Ukraine a la Hitler invasion of Poland brilliant and having a reluctance to assist democratic Ukraine’s struggle ...

Editor’s corner: There’s a thirst for water upgrades

Our Opinion

Tidioute residents are well aware of water troubles. Since March 18, the borough has been under a boil-water order. Making matters worse, the Southwest Warren County Municipal Authority is not optimistic about when users can start drinking from the fountains again. In its latest notice, they ...

Readers' Speak

Letters To Editor

Strange times Dear Editor, I wanted to comment on the tense situation in the Middle East. As a nation we have experienced one war after another in that part of the world; negotiations take place, peace treaties are signed and within days death and destruction return. However, this time things feel strangely different. There’s a sense of finality; of events gearing up and winding down at the same time. A month ago I wrote concerning a prophecy in the book of Daniel in the Old Testament. It describes a war in the Middle East which eventually leads to the Second Coming of Jesus ...

Keeping energy prices low makes the U.S. affordable again

Local Commentaries

The war in Iran has underscored an economic truth: higher energy prices are a killer. The war’s disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz sent oil futures soaring, pushing U.S. gas prices to an average of $4.15 as of April 10. As we approach summer, higher energy prices could hit even harder as people need to cool their homes. President Trump has made it a priority to expand American energy exploration and domestic drilling. It’s time now to double down on these commitments and bring energy prices down — even if it comes at the expense of some of his other signature ...