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Local Commentaries

Keeping our eyes on the tree

Editor’s note: This is the final article of the mini-series exploring Christian themes seen through kayaking and canoeing. I remember looking over the vast Canadian lake in Haliburton Scout Reserve 15 years ago. One of my Boy Scout masters was teaching our troop the canoeing and ...

Clinger’s gerrymandering fears still a reality

You could say, sadly, that they don’t make many Republicans like the late Bill Clinger any more. William F. Clinger represented a north-central Pennsylvania district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 until he retired in 1997. Clinger, who died last year at 92, was a lawyer who ...

Debate lacking in state amendment changes

On Aug. 2, the Warren Times Observer published a full page of proposed amendments to our state constitution. This was followed up with an article by State Sen. Judy Ward on Aug. 15. These amendments concern contentious and important issues: allowing the legislature to disapprove a regulation ...

Summer entertainment

This summer I have been entertained by a huge variety of birds. They have visited the feeders keeping me entertained. I keep the feeders on my porch so I see them when I am eating. As I watch, there seems to be a pecking order to be able to eat. I notice that some birds stay for a while and ...

Customer service not what it used to be

The electronics we use everyday save us gobs of time – except when they don’t. I’m talking about when something goes kaflooey and we need to reach a real live customer service person. Fuggedaboudit. “Your business is very important to us. Please stand by while we wait on the people ...

Don’t take for granted our spectacular views

As owners of a cabin located on the west side of the Allegheny River south of Warren, my wife and I are fortunate to have the ability to view a beautiful scene each clear evening as the sun slowly sinks behind the steep slopes that line the river’s west side. As the sun gradually sets, it ...