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Local Commentaries

Only group action will allow our county to prosper

Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a four-part series about actions needed to address challenges pertaining to the future of the Warren community. The Warren community today is a product of the past. Good and bad, current trends and conditions are a direct result of all that has ...

Roundabout offers new beginning for city

This letter is in response to the “rip off roundabout” commentary (April 22). To help justify a traffic light instead of a roundabout, the writer oversimplified traffic light intersections, then proceeded to dig deep into the thesaurus to use 289 words (I counted) to make the case that a ...

Porch has advantages

When I grew up my grandparents had an enclosed porch. We spent a lot of time there. Of course, it was only available during the summer months. I loved that porch. The bugs did not bother. The windows were open as long it was good weather. I used to play on that porch. My cousin and I had our ...

Taking special care of the skin we’re in

The skin I’m in is showing signs of neglect. My factory-issued pelt has kept me together so far, but I think I need to spend some time and money to ensure that it remains in one piece. Naively, I was never one of those smart women who were attentive to the softness or the suppleness of their ...

New roundabout in Warren is more like a road to ruin

I truly regret having to write this. I really do. Especially given the wonderful job PennDOT did with the Hickory Street Bridge Project. But now, regrettably, we are at the other end of the scale with the despoilment of the intersection at Market Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Driving by the ...

St. Stephen is one for the ‘faithful’

Editor’s note: This saint series will feature a saint and how he or she is a meaningful example for us today. St. Stephen one who helps ‘faithful’ Pope Francis wrote that “the saints help all the faithful” for “their lives are concrete proof that it is possible to put the ...