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Opinion

Warren Worx effort lacks definition

Local Commentaries

It’s kind of rewarding to see some formal actions to attempt to address the challenges of the Warren County community, with its decline in population as the stated key reason. Although the intent is recognized, the questions of the structure, process, and management of such an endeavor are ...

Our opinion: Let lawmakers handle loan relief

Our Opinion

The Biden Administration, once again, is trying to use executive action to reduce student loan debt. And once again, the White House’s approach fails to address the root causes of this problem and ignores the historic avenues that allow such root causes or larger concerns to be aired and ...

View from Hickory Heights: Our everyday wonders

Local Commentaries

On the Internet I recently found something that piqued my interest. On a site called the “Power of Positivity” it listed the Seven Wonders of the World like this. “We can: see, hear, touch, taste, smell, laugh, and love.” This is more than the five senses. It also includes feelings ...

Our opinion: Food Bank need is sign of times

Our Opinion

The economic recovery being touted at higher levels of government isn’t reaching too many in our midst. That’s the biggest takeaway to be had from the news that the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania has seen a 25.3% increase in the level of need over the last year and a ...

Backyard ballgames and apple blossoms

Local Commentaries

Backyard ballgames and apple blossoms Baseball season and flowering trees equal springtime in my book. Most people love summer, many prefer autumn, but I’ve always been a fan of fielders’ gloves and pink magnolias. Spring is my heart-singing, smiling season. I think it all began in our ...

Our opinion: Coming to terms with zoning

Our Opinion

City Councilwoman Wendy McCain isn’t wrong to raise questions over the creation of a new mixed-use district in Warren that combined commercial and residential zoning as Warren transitions from downtown into residential neighborhoods. McCain raised questions about the East Street School, ...