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Local Commentaries

Bad boundaries are hampering county school efficiency

If all the students in Warren County attended the closest high school to where they live, Youngsville would be, or close to or be the largest school in the county. Around 50 years ago the Warren School District had no choice but to change the boundary lines — let’s call the lines walls ...

Yesterday’s GOP was one of ‘principle’

By Dr. KAREN L. BLACK I have been a Democrat ever since I was old enough to know better, but I miss the Republicans. Not today’s party, mind you, but the Republicans I grew up with and remember from the time before the Former Occupant and the onslaught of the Crazy People. We used to be ...

Salute farmers every day

March is the time for Agriculture Week. There are getting to be fewer and fewer farmers and that is alarming. What are we to do for food if all of the little farmers are gone? For thirty-four years I was a farmer’s wife. Life in the country was hard. We had little free time. Going out to ...

Childhood heroes are not forgotten

Most kids’ heroes are their Dad, or Grandpa, or sometimes, Spiderman. But sometimes, the hero is an athlete. Today’s sports heroes with nationally recognizable names come mostly from team sports – the Steelers, the Bruins, the Lakers – you get the picture. When I was in elementary ...

Harrisburg needs to end reliance on school taxes

Breaking News … the way Pennsylvania funds its public school system is wildly unfair. It should not have taken a public interest lawsuit to confirm to the General Assembly what I and many others have been saying for a few decades now… homeowners, school districts, teachers and most ...

Frozen meals can offer convenience

Much to my surprise I found that the pioneer of frozen food lived in the 1600s. Francis Bacon actually experimented with the freezing process. It is said that he caught a cold during the process of stuffing a chicken with snow to see what the process would do to preserve the chicken. Although ...