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Red Cross ready to respond Dear Editor, While many of us are asleep, families huddle on the street, watching firefighters douse the flames consuming their home. At the same time, local Red Cross volunteers — neighbors from our own community — comfort those families and provide ...

Rescuing Obamacare is bad medicine in U.S.

Local Commentaries

The recent U.S. government shutdown brought to light America’s debate over government intervention in our economy, and particularly in healthcare. Are we Socialist? Free-Market? Something else? Obamacare was sold as the remedy for perceived shortcomings in U.S. healthcare. Its ...

Our opinion: Support area business at holidays

Our Opinion

Tens of millions of Americans will do most, if not all, their holiday season shopping with giant online retail operations this year. They will argue that it is more convenient or safer for them to do so rather than patronize local brick-and-mortar stores. Local retailers, from mom-and-pop ...

A seasonal church visit that was a gift

Local Commentaries

Dear Richard and I were in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend. We had matinee tickets for “White Christmas”, the holiday musical, on stage. When I bought the deep discount tickets, I thought it would be a great way to jump into the mood of the holiday season. We stayed ...

Our opinion: Body camera idea makes sense

Our Opinion

Expanding the use of body cameras to state game officials, DCNR rangers and Fish and Boat Commission officers and deputies makes a lot of sense. So much sense, in fact, that it’s hard to believe it wasn’t part of the original 2015 legislation that gave approval for Gov. Josh Shapiro ...

Our opinion: Body camera idea makes sense

Our Opinion

Expanding the use of body cameras to state game officials, DCNR rangers and Fish and Boat Commission officers and deputies makes a lot of sense. So much sense, in fact, that it’s hard to believe it wasn’t part of the original 2015 legislation that gave approval for Gov. Josh Shapiro ...