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End of the line

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Every time I open my computer I get another message. One fine day I am not going to be able to write anything. I am working on a seven-year-old computer which by today’s standards is a dinosaur. The only thing I use my computer for is this column. For Internet access, reading and ordering things I have another device. The major program will stop being updated this October. I am not sure what that means, but just in case I want to be prepared. I do not intend to buy another computer so whatever happens my column will cease when it dies. I have made so many friends doing this bit of ...

View from Hickory Heights: End of the line

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Every time I open my computer I get another message. One fine day I am not going to be able to write anything. I am working on a seven-year-old computer which by today’s standards is a dinosaur. The only thing I use my computer for is this column. For Internet access, reading and ordering things I have another device. The major program will stop being updated this October. I am not sure what that means, but just in case I want to be prepared. I do not intend to buy another computer so whatever happens my column will cease when it dies. I have made so many friends doing this bit of ...

Rounding Third: Facing the cold hard facts

Local Commentaries

We can thank Ben Franklin for teaching us about the two certainties in this life: death and taxes. Those facts haven’t changed since 1776. Or ever. The other certainty is that we all have to deal with both. There’s no escaping the tax man. But a lot of people just aren’t comfortable with the subject of death. Their attitude is “someday.” And I just don’t understand that. I spent many years as a Hospice volunteer followed by a dozen years on their board. Hospice training taught me a lot about coping with the end of life. I needed and relied on that knowledge in the process ...

Our opinion: It is always Donor Day in state

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Last week, a significant day noted something that needs to be considered by residents throughout the year. In a ceremony on Friday, Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Transportation joined health care leaders, organ donation organizations, and families impacted by organ donation at UPMC West Shore to celebrate PA Donor Day and encourage more Pennsylvanians to register as organ donors. PA Donor Day is recognized on August 1 — or 8-1 — a date symbolizing that eight lives can be saved by one donor. More than 6,000 Pennsylvanians are currently on the state’s transplant waiting ...

Our opinion: Dr. Warren would fit with Heroes

Our Opinion

We have no clue whether President Donald Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes will ever become reality. The idea has already gone from fast track to derailed once this decade While the House of Representatives has approved $40 million for the project, the Senate has not approved the funding to build 250 life-size statues in a yet-to-be-decided locale. But if Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes comes to fruition, we see no earthly reason why Dr. Joseph Warren shouldn’t be included. The Dr. Joseph Warren Foundation wants at least one more statue of Warren’s ...

Our opinion: Investment is a positive for county

Our Opinion

We all want to see huge employers come to Warren County with hundreds of jobs that bring good wages and tax base with them. But economic development and growth doesn’t always happen with Fortune 500 companies. New jobs often come in the form of small mom and pop shops that provide services we didn’t know we needed. It’s in that vein that we take note of the small businesses that are popping up - three in the past few weeks alone. Entrepreneurs taking the leap into small business ownership see an unfilled niche and then make a choice to fill that niche. Big-name employers may ...